Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince: Two hundred and eighty-seven 3 battles to determine the monarch and ministers (Part 1)

All the Ming army was ready to stop. At the time of the showdown at the negotiating table, the Indian governor's army had also arrived in Manchuka. Azerg was also eager to see it.

In order for the fleet to arrive in time, the Indian fleet can be said to be marching day and night. Although the driving power comes from the endless sea breeze and does not require manpower to drive, the whole army is exhausted from the non-stop sailing day and night.

When the army arrived, Azerg looked at the magnificent fleet, almost crying. Twenty battleships, twenty in total! This is almost all the main battleship of the Portuguese Navy that controls the Indian Ocean.

The Governor Albuquerque is taking a risk, betting this game with him. This God of War, who has been adventurous all his life, gave him absolute trust and once again demonstrated his ambition for the Far East.

This is almost all of the Portuguese troops stationed in India. Once it fails and the fleet suffers major trauma, Albuquerque’s political life will end, and it will even be impeached and tried.

The Royal Portuguese Navy will not only fail in the Far East, but will also become powerless in the entire Indian Ocean. This power gap will soon be filled in by the Spanish, Arabs and Great Ming forces.

So the Chinese people’s July 14th, the day when ghosts haunt in the legend, the ghosts of the people in Fujian and Guangdong were not idle, dispatching troops, carrying arms, and more than forty warships ready to go. , Azerg must fight to the death for his ideals, his future, and the trust of General Krk.

When the news that the Ming army had arrived was reported through the news speedboat, Ezeger, as the theater commander, immediately ordered all the warships to set sail, and the Ming army was fighting to the death in the sea off Manchuria.

With their warships and Ming warships, the huge fleet cannot start a decisive battle in the Strait of Manchuria. Moreover, if the Ming forces take the opportunity to rush ashore and preemptively occupy the land, they will be forced to fight with the sea. The enemies on both sides of the land fought.

The Ming army is not a palace guard full of thorns and thorns. By then it will be easy to regain lost ground. Only in a decisive battle at sea and annihilate the main force of the Ming army navy in one fell swoop, then the Ming army can only retreat to land, and both the South China Sea and the East China Sea can become themselves Water park.

In order to facilitate the use of the power of the side guns, quickly mobilize the artillery fire of each ship in coordination, battleship? ? However, in the shape of a wild goose, where the warships were gathered at a certain distance laterally, more than forty warships lined up in three rows of wild goose wings, each line separated by about three nautical miles, and greeted the Ming army.

The warships in the first row are Japanese pirates, Spanish pirate merchants, and mercenaries. These miscellaneous forces have uneven combat power and poorer ability to cooperate with each other. The meaning of putting them at the forefront is self-evident. Azerg is not a fruit seller.

This "United Nations" fleet has a Portuguese warship in the center. The captain is the Spanish Royal Navy captain Louis-Diego, he is a militant soldier, is Ezege's love general, but also a nobleman, his father is a knight.

Diego, dressed in a straight military uniform, stepped onto the observation deck and looked into the distance. At this time, the daylight is abundant, and the only thing that is not conducive to combat is that the wind is blowing from the direction of the Ming army at this time, so that the speed of the open boat is faster than theirs.

However, Diego didn't care much about this. This was the site of their decisive battle, not the place of the boat race. Once the two armies fought, fast boating would be of no use. His sails and helmsmen can make fine adjustments to make his warships give full play to their combat effectiveness.

Diego saw the Ming army's battleship clearly, and at that moment he couldn't help but stared in surprise: "God, this is the Ming army that made the commander worried and even transferred all the main naval forces of the Indian base to the challenge. Navy?"

There are many ships, really many, more ships anchored in the most prosperous port that Diego has seen all the way to the east, but these ships are large and small, uneven, and some can even be It can be seen that its sails are tattered and the formations of the ships are uneven and irregular. Under such circumstances, the rear ship may even break the mast of its friend ship, which is incredible.

Diego can swear to God: When he was studying at the San Francisco Maritime Academy, no genius professor had ever told him that he could use this formation to launch an attack on the enemy. This is the navy of the strongest country in the East?

Louis-Diego resisted the feeling of wanting to laugh: we were waiting for it, and what was waiting was such a tattered navy, and the chemists seemed so stupid that they were no different from those backward indigenous tribes.

Diego took the time to order the fleet to lower its sails to slow down and turn to the side. More than one battleship lay on the sea and opened an attack formation.

"Their tactics are stupid, but there is no doubt that they are brave. Why are stupid people always braver?" Diego muttered in a superior and compassionate aristocratic tone, looking still facing The Ming fleet rushed over with his muzzle, and habitually stroked the clan and school emblems on his chest.

The badge of the Maritime Academy graduated from the Maritime Academy is the youngest beautiful female instructor in the school. It was worn on his chest by Baron Alie Adeni, who was chartered by the king and promoted to captain because of her special contribution.

The year he graduated was the year Adni came to teach at school. When he first saw Adeni, he was infatuated with this noble, beautiful and elegant noble girl.

He almost decided to recite it for three years. If it weren't for his father, and Sir Louise had asked for a duel with him with a long sword, then he would have done so.

"Unfortunately, her family actually supported the judgment and turned from a nobleman to sinners of the empire. Alas, now Miss Adoni is still alive, maybe she has become a fat man weighing three hundred catties. One of the dozens of wives of the native chieftain, who gave birth to several children for him, was wearing a skirt made of leaves and animal skins, sitting in front of a shelter at the foot of a mountain, basking in the sun."

Diego sadly crossed his chest for his short-term crush, then gracefully took off his military cap and waved forward, chanting like a recitation: "Shoot, my soldier, send these The poor stupid man goes back."

"Tom tom tom" a series of dull cannons sounded, each muzzle shot out fire tongues, and water jets rose up in the Ming army fleet ahead. The unexpected lineup of the Ming Army surprised Captain Pedro and Hiroshi Miyamoto, who had confronted the Ming Army, but they had no time to think about it. As Diego ordered the gun to fire, they hurried to the approaching Ming Army. The ship attacked.

Intensive artillery fire has set off more waves. Some Ming warships have been hit, and a small warship that has been hit by multiple attack shells has even been blown apart, but the Ming warships did not counterattack. Posture, still rushed forward without hesitation.

"Do they want to use these broken ships to sink us? Or are they ready to risk huge casualties and jump to help melee?" Diego's eyes were a little confused. On the one hand, he ordered the fleet to continue to attack with fierce artillery fire, and at the same time briefly reported the battle situation to the rear team with semaphores, asking them to pay attention to the sea on the two wings to prevent the Ming army from attacking from the flanks.

Many ships of the Ming army have been shot, some have penetrated the bilge, apparently leaked and sank, and still swayed over. Behind these densely packed ships, body and Portuguese began to appear. A large warship similar to the military fleet.

"That's the main force of the Ming army." Diego stared at the main battleship of the Ming army that appeared from a distance and was neatly formed, with a warning in his eyes.

That was the official fleet led by Han Wu and Adeni. Adeni stood at the bow of the ship, watching the Portuguese fleet still in the stance of shelling in the distance, she couldn't help but sighed faintly: "I think that Commander Dagama is here. I'm afraid I will have to eat in the first battle. A big loss. In our place, it is impossible to imagine using so many ships to carry out a one-time attack. It is too imaginative."

Han Wu also noticed that the Portuguese army is still intact, and can't help but smile easily: "This kind of tactics can only win surprisingly, once it is seen through, it is worthless. But at present it seems that we have succeeded."

He looked back and said: "Command! Speed ​​up, change in the course, Majesty leads the way and walks the sickle line."

Adeni's body was shocked, and she repeated: "The sickle? The weapon of death..."

Han Wu gave her a strange look and said, "What are you talking about? The sickle..." He slowly drew a curved curve in the air, and said, "It's just a job of mowing the grass. That's it."

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Diego in the distance curled his eyebrows and analyzed the Ming army’s strategy: "What happened to these different types of ships in the front? Isn't it always used to consume our shells?"

Too many shells were fired. It is indeed necessary to clean the barrel and cool down the barrel, which will delay the bombardment time. However, the Portuguese army has so many warships, and now only uses side guns, the impact is minimal , Is this the purpose of the Ming army?

Or, is it a wolf pack strategy? Use these boats to fight a large number of casualties in close close combat, creating opportunities for the main battleship behind? What opportunity? Indiscriminate attack? Diego laughed blankly at his absurd idea.

As a general trained in a formal Western style naval warfare, Diego really can't think of any other purpose for sending so many warships.

At this moment, a large number of Ming army warships were approaching. Within ten meters, the decks of some of the ships could be seen clearly. There was no one on it. No wonder they resisted the gunfire and never Rebelled.

This weird phenomenon stunned Diego, who originally wanted to order the fleet to raise its sails sideways and form a triangle with the rear fleet.

At this moment, there were successive Ming warships burning. The wind took advantage of the fire and burned very fast. It seemed that a lot of flammable materials were filled on the top, and things were set to ignite the fire regularly. Although I have never seen a large number of warships used for fire attack tactics, at this time, Diego finally understood the intention of the Ming army. It turns out that Yang Ling is not selling fruit.

More than a dozen Portuguese warships that fired horizontally were attacked too far. Diego decisively ordered to stop the shelling. All warships turned to face the Ming ship. Although the ship was narrow and narrow, the Ming army’s fireboats were numerous, but the hull There is still a gap available to pass through and accelerate to rush past.

It was too late to shift to the sides. As a soldier, he couldn't tolerate being chased by a bunch of fireboats without seeing an enemy. The warships that the Ming army really used to attack were still a long distance away. At this time, they were walking in a circular arc. He had time to get rid of these fireships and reopened the attack formation.

The Portuguese ship quickly turned its bow, and rushed past the bright ships that were spitting flames and the burning mast canvas "cracking and purring". The first row of burning fire boats passed by. At this moment, with a sound of "Boom", one of Miyamoto Hiroshi’s boat was hit by a fire boat of the Ming army. The hull shook and continued to move forward. go with.

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"What a bunch of fools!" Diego cursed, but his eyes widened in surprise.

The fire ship that just hit Miyamoto Hiroshi’s battleship was on the other side of the ship. He could only estimate that it collided with the Ming fire ship, but he didn’t know the details, but now he clearly sees this A fire ship on one side, as if it had a life, suddenly turned and rammed Hiroshi Miyamoto's ship.

There was another "hum" sound. The burning fire ship hit the fast-moving battleship heavily. The impact of the hull made the fire even more intense after a meal, and as the battle ship moved forward, the fire ship unexpectedly The hull next to it was moving synchronously. Since the sails had already burned out at this time, these fire ships were unimpeded. The flames burned Miyamoto Hiroshi’s ship, and there was a sudden flame on the siding, who wanted to fight the fire. The crew can't even get closer.

Diego can no longer call the Japanese stupid, because his ship, and all other warships that quickly passed through the fire ship, suffered the same bad luck. At first, I felt that the bottom of the ship stagnated for an instant as if by resistance, and then the fire ships on both sides swiftly slid over like fire falling stars, slammed into the ship's board, and started to burn the ship.

"There must be an underwater chain link between the fire boats. These fire boats are all connected to each other. My God, it's just a net. Go back, go back immediately!"

The sailsman and the helmsman adjusted the warship nervously, and a strange scene appeared on the sea. A three-masted warship, dragging the burning wooden ships on both sides, slowly moved back. More large and small fire ships in front of them are rushing in one after another, chasing after...their bows.

Farther away, the large battleships of the Ming Army are approaching quickly, and a row of battleships will soon enter the most bombarded position at the bottom of the arc. Diego was very anxious. He notified the second echelon to come forward and circumvent the two wings to confront the Ming army, while accelerating backwards, but the **** fireboats were like conjoined babies, biting his ship. put.

A sailor avoided the most flaming and sky-high part of the ship's side, and pushed **** the fire ship with a long brace. After his skin was cracked by the flames, he finally dropped the burning brace. Backed desperately: "Captain Diego, there are countless long iron nails installed on the side of the ship. When it hits, they have been deeply nailed into our ship, and there is no way to separate them."

"What?" Diego glared strangely, and his unreasonable way of playing cards made him feel at a loss like a recruit.

As a commander, he has dealt with all kinds of enemies, Arabs wielding machetes and riding horses, and native savages hiding in the grass with blowing arrows and painted faces. As for naval battles with European countries and large and small Eastern countries, including India, he has also experienced a lot, but this is the first time such a confrontation has been encountered.

1,304 years ago, there used to be a general commanding an army of one hundred thousand. Holding a sharp knife, he screamed in grief and indignation against the burning fire around him, and then he was so smoked that he dropped ten thousand people like a stove king. Wan Dajun fled in embarrassment. The general was named Xiahou Dun.

Louis-Diego is even more panicked than Xiahou Dun. At least Xiahou Dun’s enemies have twenty to thirty thousand soldiers besides the fire. But now just with these fire ships, will I burn more than ten of my warships?

"Boom!" There was an explosion on the gunwale of a ship, and the gunwale that was being burned by the fire broke apart. That was because the fireboat was burning too hard, and the artillery bullets placed beside a cannon on the head of the fire did not have time to take away, causing an explosion.

"What to do?" Everyone on each ship ran in panic. The fire burned too fast and too fiercely. People could not stand on the sides of the ship, could not put it out, and could not get rid of the fire ship. Could it be that there were nearly three hundred cannons? With more than a dozen warships, could it be that with such strength it is possible to completely overthrow the powerful naval forces of many small countries and be wiped out by some tattered fireboats?

Suddenly, Diego was very quick and wise, and he came up with an unconventional way to deal with it. He commanded loudly, "Shoot the sail sideways, and hit Miyamoto Hiroshi's warship with all his strength. Use the flanks to hit the fireship! "

The battleship moved its direction, and then hit the top of Miyamoto Hiroshi's ship. With a sound of "hum", the hulls of the two ships shook violently. The crew on board Miyamoto was not warned. The collision was immediately "dumped" by Captain Diego, and they came to the deck, ship's side, masts, and bollards. A close encounter.

The fireboat itself was not strong enough to burn. After the collision, the cracks were opened with a "squeak" sound. It was another impact. The hull was completely shattered, and parts of the crashed fireboat were still sticky. It burned on the side of the ship, but the fire was much smaller.

When the other warships saw this, they started drawing gourds in the same way and collided with each other. The iron ropes of the fireboat were still connected, and the collision dragged more fireboats over, and if one was not careful, it might be nailed somewhere. Except for Diego, who first adopted this method, left the battle group with a left-to-right collision. The collisions of other warships only attracted more fireboats to nail their bows and sides.

At this moment, the warships of the Ming army approached, and the hulls of the warships were drawn sideways, drawing beautiful arcs, just like a military parade. The muzzles of rows of black holes, "boom boom boom" shells are dense as rain.

The "United Nations forces" who are playing "bumper boats" are like a mess. The more entangled each other, the more the fire boats are entangled, and they have lost their mobility.

Their ships were congested with each other, the hulls were entangled by fire ships, the sides of the ships were flaring, and some were severely damaged. They hit violently, and the remaining artillery also smashed the gun mounts, rolling everywhere. Yes, it cannot be used for combat at all.

This is the strangest battle in the history of naval warfare. When one side's warship platoon attacked, the other side didn't even fire back. Diego looked ahead sadly. The dozen or so warships belonging to Spanish pirates, Japanese pirates, and native mercenaries had turned into a pile of rags, ten times more broken than the broken ships of the Ming army he had just seen. ~IndoMTL.com~ The ship's side that was burned by the fire and cracked by the shells became the best inflammable material. Now even if there is no fire ship, it is impossible to extinguish the soaring flames.

"My fleet is over." Diego sighed.

"Ha ha ha ha..." Peng Shark's eyebrows were open and smiling, and his beard and hair were all red with a red flag above his head, which looked like a fire star. Although he couldn't see the battle while standing here, the billowing smoke from the sea was telling him: you're done.

If the fire attack fails, it is impossible for the scattered fire boats to form such a thick and concentrated smoke. Although the fire attack is a plan that has been continuously supplemented and improved after repeated discussions by many generals and aides, he is the original initiative.

In the first battle, the company burned the camp. Naturally, he couldn't get rid of this skill.

When the diego ship, which had lost its combat power, retreated to two nautical miles or less, seeing that the second echelon was in a zigzag shape, decisively abandoning the rescue of the diego fleet and directly intercepted and wound the sickle.

The communication boat on the sea passed the command signal of the Han Wu ship, and Peng Shark lifted his spirits and rolled up his sleeves and said: "It's our turn, let's go!"