Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

The Ming Empire Navy was theoretically a student of the British Empire Navy.

Their semaphore systems were all derived from the British Navy's semaphore system.

But
They actually don't use semaphore now.

"They have some new technology!"

Will Smith said solemnly.

"This new technology makes their command more flexible. Otherwise, with the tactical literacy of the Chinese navy, they would never be able to easily complete such tactical changes in a very short period of time!"

Will Smith's words made Fleet Commander John Jervis' heart sink.
The Ming Empire's navy possessed some new technology, and the emergence of this technology made the British less optimistic about the command flexibility of the Chinese navy.
It’s gone up more than one level! !

The British Imperial Navy had to train for several years to achieve such tactical proficiency, and the Imperial Navy had hundreds of years of cultural heritage.

All of them may disappear in the face of this technology.

The dimensionality-reducing blow brought about by new technologies made John Jervis, a veteran Imperial Navy admiral, feel a sense of powerlessness in the "dimensionality-reducing blow of advanced civilization against backward civilization."

He gritted his teeth.

Staring at the turning Chinese fleet ahead.

"No matter what new technology they use, this battle has reached a critical moment. As long as we trap them, they will be dead!"

John Jervis slammed the table.

"Order! The Fourth Squadron and the Seventh Squadron advance at full speed, get ahead of them and block their way!"

With the order of John Jervis issued.

Now on the battlefield.

The fleets of both sides have been divided into four groups.

among them.

The main fleet of the British Navy continued to maintain its original formation and turned slowly on the sea.

The main fleet of the Ming Navy turned left, trying to go around to the side of the main fleet of the British Navy to form a T-shaped battle position.

at the same time.

Both sides sent out fast cruiser squadrons, trying to take the lead!

"The Ming Navy! Fight to the death!"

With the new battle flag hoisted.

After receiving the order, the 4 Hong-class cruisers and 10 Wei-class frigates began to accelerate.

By this time.

Only the British saw how fast the Chinese warships were.

The sharp bows of the 14 ironclad ships broke through the waves and drew white water marks on the sea.

The mission of these 14 ironclad ships is to entangle the 12 enemy cruisers.

Use 4 cruisers and 10 frigates to deal with the enemy's 12 cruisers.

This strength seems to be quite different.

but.

They must use their own casualties.

Give the main fleet a favorable position to fight! !
"Report!! 10000 meters away from the enemy ship!"

"9000 meters!"

"8000 meters!!"

Following the reports from the navigation officer.

The atmosphere in the Hong Lie's control tower suddenly became tense.

Deng Huanzhuang, the captain of the Honglie who was in charge of commanding this fast squadron, handed a Guangfu brand cigarette to his deputy Ito Yunori.

Then he also stuffed one into his mouth.

Nor ignite.

Instead, he looked ahead with a cigarette in his mouth.

By this time.

The tension in my heart actually dropped a lot.

Countless performances allowed the officers and soldiers on the ship to make final preparations before the battle in an orderly manner.

"Left rudder, 15 degrees!"

Deng Huanzhuang's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"Left rudder, 15 degrees!"

With constant repetition.

Honglie took the lead in turning.

The warships following the Hong Lie also turned together with the Hong Lie.

14 Chinese warships were seen turning.

The 12 British Roar-class cruisers also adjusted their course as if they had a tacit understanding.

The two fleets formed a parallel line on the sea area about 6000 meters apart.

And it keeps getting closer.

Seven o'clock in the morning.

The dim sunlight became dazzling.

The main gun of the cruiser "Falcon" of the British Indian Ocean Fleet fired the first roar.

And almost at the same time.

The main gun of the cruiser "Hong Lie" of the Ming Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet also trembled.

The two shells pierced the sky and flew towards their respective targets.

This is a battle between China and Britain over the fate of the country.

it has started!

The two shellings seemed like two starting guns.The 26 three artillery pieces on 160 Chinese and British warships that had been waiting for a long time opened fire at the same time.

The surface of the azure sea was stained orange-red by the flames of gunpowder explosions.

Gunpowder smoke enveloped the warships on both sides, but it was quickly blown away by the sea breeze.

On these firing guns.

There are 66 artillery pieces belonging to the British.

among them.

They have 12 280mm retractable guns with a very slow rate of fire.

The remaining 44 are all [-]mm rapid-fire cannons.

The other 97 artillery pieces belong to 14 Ming Navy warships.

Although in terms of gross tonnage.

The total tonnage of 4 cruisers and 10 frigates cannot be compared with 12 cruisers.

But in terms of the number of artillery pieces, it has a crushing advantage, with a total of 31 more cannons!

but.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy did not feel how great their firepower advantage was.

Ito Yunori firmly grasped the telescope and looked inside the lens.

Several black spots whizzed towards the Hong Lie.

Flight time of about ten seconds.

It looks very short.

But for these people who are waiting for the shells to fall on their heads.

But it seemed extremely long.

The rumble of cannons rang out.

However, this round of shelling also demonstrated the biggest feature of artillery of this era - a serious lack of accuracy.

The nearest shell fell into the sea more than 60 meters away from the port side of the Hong Lie.

The huge impact blasted the seawater tens of meters high.

There were even waves hitting the side of the Hong Lie, making a crackling sound.

“I don’t know who hit it first.”

On the Zhenwu's command tower, Captain Zhu Yixian was praying so that the British warship would suffer first.

"Ancestors bless you."

Zhu Yixian held the jade plaque of the Zhu family in his hand.

I heard that it was consecrated to his ancestor, Emperor Taizu, at the Ancestral Temple - Zhu Daohua has even encountered such things as time travel, so he is not a staunch atheist now, so he does not resist worshiping the Ancestral Temple as an emperor. some type of.

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang really has a spirit in heaven.

and so.

The first thing to be hit was indeed a British warship, and it was their leading flagship, the Falcon.

A shell fell from the sky on the Falcon's stern deck.

Blast a lifeboat to pieces.

The Ming Navy was not equipped with any solid artillery shells, and their tactic was "deck washing flow".

Don't pursue sinking.

What is pursued is to develop the explosive power of artillery shells.

Maximize the destruction of personnel and equipment on the ship.

and so.

All the shells fired were filled with high explosives.

The shock wave generated by the explosion of high explosives swept many British sailors on the deck into the air, and many of them fell straight into the sea. This was lucky - the sailors who were directly affected by the explosion fire even had their bodies damaged. It was blown to pieces.

The intense heat from the explosion also caused a fire.

a time.

Fire and smoke billowed from the Falcon's tail.

It looks very embarrassing.

"Da Ming wins!!"

Cheers rang out on all the warships of the entire Ming fleet.

Zhu Yixian breathed a sigh of relief and was about to thank his ancestor for his blessing.

Within his sight, he found that several British warships had once again separated from the main fleet and headed towards the Hong Lie.

"Governor! The British sent six more cruisers!!"

The command room of the fleet flagship.

Zhang Bao quickly got the news.

"Damn it! The British are so persistent!"

Zhang Bao couldn't help but curse.

"Send out all the remaining 10 frigates!!"

"Governor, this leaves only eight battleships and four cruisers in our main fleet!"

A staff member reminded.

Zhang Bao did feel that there was something tricky.

But he gritted his teeth.

"You can't control that much! Your Majesty's judgment must be correct!"

"It must be!" (End of chapter)