The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 441 The First Naval Battle

Navy Admiral Deng Shichang ordered the Qin Army Navy to conduct continuous patrols within [-] nautical miles off the coast of Qingzhou.

In order to increase the patrol space and density, the three naval detachments were divided into three naval detachments, and each detachment consisted of ten warships.

Each detachment was followed by a supply ship.In addition to the necessary food and fresh water, there are more shells, muskets and ammunition on the supply ship, so that the ammunition and supplies consumed on the battlefield can be quickly replenished after a battle.

Deng Shichang ordered the navy to patrol with the smallest unit, and ten small teams patrolled within about [-] miles near Weihaiwei.

Judging from the firepower and tonnage of warships of the Qin State Navy today, as long as there is no such large-scale enemy naval invasion and only deal with Japanese pirates, a team of ten warships is enough to deal with any possible naval battle. Even if they can't completely annihilate the opponent, at least they can persist until other teams cruising nearby rush to rescue.

Deng Shichang has rich experience in maritime combat.

His intuition told him that this group of Japanese pirates is very likely to make a comeback and attack the coastal areas of Qingzhou again.This is in line with the Japanese pirates' usual characteristics of looting and harassment operations. After all, they mainly plunder and attack from the sea, so the restrictions are much less than those on land.

But because the coastline along the coast of Qingzhou reaches nearly a thousand miles, it is impossible to determine where the Japanese pirates will attack from.Therefore, the army cannot be allowed to ambush in advance to prevent Japanese pirates from attacking, and can only patrol within a designated area at sea.

Deng Shichang clearly ordered that once an unknown ship is found at sea, he should immediately step forward to warn the other party to reveal his identity and board the ship for inspection.If the opponent refuses, you can immediately fire a warning and report to the nearby naval unit quickly.

The sun has begun to slant to the west. At this time, about 200 nautical miles southeast of Weihaiwei, seven unidentified ships are sailing and sailing towards the coast of Qingzhou.

There is nothing unusual about these ships in appearance, they look like ordinary merchant ships.

The middlemost ship is huge, several times the size of the other ships.

Although the other six ships were of different shapes, they were all about the same size, enclosing the big ship in a loose formation.Apparently it was to guard the big ship.

At this time, the closest to this unidentified fleet were the ten warships of the first division of the first division of the navy.

They spread out, keeping a distance of no more than half a nautical mile between each two warships, and patrolling within the patrol range.

On the top of the high mast of each warship, there is a sentry searching and observing with a telescope. Once suspicious targets are found, they will quickly report to the commanders of the ships.

At this time, it was around You hour, which was around five o'clock in the afternoon according to Western time.

According to the regulations, in half an hour, they will return to the temporary military port set up by the engineering battalion in Weihaiwei.

In this era, due to technical limitations, all ships basically have no night navigation capability.

Without nautical charts and radar, sailing at night is a very dangerous thing.So after at most half an hour, they had to return, otherwise they would face the danger of sailing at night.Not to mention anything else, the climate on the sea at night will change a lot.

And there is another point, that is, these ships of the navy are relatively small, and their ability to resist wind and waves is relatively poor.

Time passed little by little, and the sun was gradually setting to the west.The commander in command of the first division?After looking at the sky, he was preparing to order the team to return.

At this moment, the observation sentinel on the flagship of the first division suddenly screamed loudly: "Report to the commander, an unknown fleet is found in the southeast direction, and an unknown fleet is found in the southeast direction!"

This news made everyone on the warship nervous, and they all looked at the commander.

The commander pondered for a moment, and ordered the semaphore soldiers to climb up the mast to play semaphores to other warships of the nearby unit to report the enemy's situation, and ordered them to approach the flagship to prepare for combat.

At this time, the sentries on other warships also discovered the unidentified fleet. After receiving the order from the flagship, they moved closer to the flagship, and at the same time ordered the personnel to take their positions and prepare for battle.

Under the command of the commander, the ten warships of the first division quickly drummed up their sails and surrounded the unidentified fleet.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the sentries on the mast and the water potential sentries can already see the flag of the other side.

"Report to the commander, the opponent's flag is unknown, and the identity cannot be identified." The sentinel on the mast reported loudly.

The commander made a decisive decision and ordered ten warships to approach the unknown fleet in an enveloping formation.

And the flagship issued an order to the rest of the warships, asking them to fire at the enemy fleet at the same time as soon as they saw the flagship firing.

At this time, the unidentified fleet also discovered the surrounded first team.

The unknown fleet quickly signaled to the first team that they were merchant ships going overseas, and asked about the identity of the first team.

The sentry reports the opponent's semaphore to the commander.

The commander of the first detachment ordered the semaphore soldiers to display semaphore to the enemy, telling them that this was the Daming navy, and asked them to stop the ship immediately and accept inspection, otherwise they would fire immediately.

The semaphore soldiers quickly sent the commander's semaphore to the opponent.

Suddenly the unknown ship fell silent, and no further semaphore was played.

The commander of the first detachment immediately noticed this unusual situation, thinking that the identity of the opponent was very suspicious, and ordered all ships to prepare for battle. The opponent was most likely a Japanese pirate ship.

The warships of the first squadron had quickly made preparations for battle. At this time, they received the order from the flagship and put on high alert. The ten warships approached the suspected Japanese pirate fleet.

About within the range of the opponent's artillery, the ten warships of the first team stopped and formed an arc-shaped encirclement circle for the opponent's fleet.

The commander of the first unit on the flagship continued to order, and asked the semaphore soldiers to tell the other party that if the other party continued to stop the ship for inspection, it would be fired and destroyed immediately.

Just as the semaphore soldier uttered this semaphore, the ship leading the other side suddenly flashed with flames, and then there was a loud noise, and a black shell flew across the sky and landed in the sea near the flagship, causing waves.

There is no need to talk about such a situation, it can basically be judged that the identity of the other party is very suspicious.

The commander of the first unit decisively ordered the ten warships to disperse and advance towards the opponent in an arc.

Today's Qin Army Navy first built warships, the tonnage is relatively small, the artillery range is relatively short, and the power is relatively small.

Therefore, according to the wolf pack tactics formulated by Deng Shichang, when facing an enemy battle group, three ships are usually used to meet one ship of the opponent.Form absolute superior firepower locally, and use quantity to make up for the gap in artillery quality.

In addition to the flagship of the first squadron, the other nine warships quickly formed three combat groups, and surrounded the three leading ships of the unknown fleet.

The tonnage of the first three enemy ships is not too large. According to their size, they are only slightly larger than the navy's warships.

And they are heading against the wind at this time.However, the naval warships are advancing with the wind, so they are faster than them.

And if the hull is small, it is more flexible to turn around.

The nine warships of the Navy, like a pack of wolves, rushed towards their respective targets from three different directions.

With the first gunshot, the artillery battle between the two sides officially kicked off.

All of a sudden, the artillery fires on the entire sea, the flames flicker, the guns rumble, and the white smoke fills the air. The first naval battle since the formation of the Qin Army's navy began in such a sudden situation.

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