Great Tang Southern Emperor

Moreover, although the wind and waves are getting fiercer at this time, it is impossible to evolve into a severe tropical storm after all. Datang's warships have considered the wind and waves at the beginning of their design, which is enough to travel through strong winds below the tenth level, but it is not easy to control the direction That's all, but it's summer at this time, and the southeast wind blows, even if you can't grasp the direction, the general direction is the same as your goal, maybe you can use the wind speed to speed up your progress.

Before, it was just to avoid being blown away by the strong wind and to make Li Zhen sit more comfortably, so the formation of ships was formed, but now that the enemies have already attacked, it is not wise to form a formation of ships again. Compared with life, comfort is about to be left behind.

"Captain, report from the front, and another enemy is coming." Just as Cheng Chuliang was about to leave, another standard bearer came to report.

"Wheel battle? Well, it's really great." Cheng Chuliang sneered on his face: "Send the order, untie the ship array, order all the warships to fire back together, and make sure to stop the enemy ten miles away."

The range of the 75mm naval gun is only fourteen to five miles, and it is still the limit range. Without the assistance of the sighting system and the complicated situation in the sea, it is already a good gunner who can hit the target of ten miles, especially In today's wind and rain, the effective range of the naval gun is even reduced by half, and the maximum is seven or eight miles, which is the limit.

What's more, the accuracy of the opponent's naval guns is not very good. Now Cheng Chuliang ordered all the naval guns to fire together. There are not only 75mm naval guns in the Datang fleet. On battleships, the 75mm naval guns are the smallest. Li Zhen They even planned to remove this caliber gun from the battleship. The power is too small. Unless it hits the keel, even if it hits, it will only be a small hole, and it is impossible to sink the enemy ship.

In addition to the 75mm guns, there are 120mm, 150mm and 75mm naval guns on the battleships, and there are even [-]mm cannons on the first-tier battleships. It was more than [-] li. Compared with such a naval gun, the [-]mm was simply a baby. If such a naval gun fired, it would naturally be enough to keep the enemy out of range, and the enemy's cannon would become scrap iron.

"Your Highness, it looks like the enemy is preparing for a wheel battle, and the subordinates are going down to prepare."

"Go." Li Zhen waved her hand, looking at the chart and not knowing what she was thinking.

Because all the battleships are connected together, it is very convenient for Cheng Chuliang to change ships, and he soon came to the flagship of the fleet - the Yuezhou.

The third-tier battleships are named after the sea, such as Zonghai, Pinghai, Liaohai, etc. In addition, there is also the Liaoyuan class produced by the Vladivostok Shipyard. This should be a merchant ship, but at the beginning of the design, warships were also added. Therefore, only a little modification is needed to become a battleship. Later, Datang expanded the navy, and the launch of battleships was far less than the expansion speed of the navy. So some navies turned to Vladivostok Shipyard to place orders and buy a large number of Ningyuan class. And it was refitted into a battleship, and found that the performance was not inferior to the Zonghai class, especially the speed was even faster (the Liaoyuan class is a flying scissor sailboat, and the speed itself is the biggest feature), so this product that was originally a compromise turned out to be Entering the Navy's sight in this way, the orders drifted to the Vladivostok Shipyard like snowflakes for a while.

Later, the Vladivostok Shipyard improved the original Liaoyuan class, increased its mass and strengthened its defense, and officially changed it into a battleship. Although the artillery was not as good as that of the Zonghai class, its speed was far faster than that of the Zonghai class, and it was also received by A considerable part of the navy loves it, so now Datang has two types of third-tier battleships, one is the oriental-style Zonghai-class, and the other is the Ningyuan-class converted from Western clipper sailboats.

The second-tier battleships are named after Xiaozhou, such as the previous Shazhou, Linzhou, Pingzhou and so on.

The first-class battleships are named after large cities, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Jinling, Hangzhou, etc. Although Yuezhou and Quanzhou are latecomers and upstarts, there is no doubt that they are real in terms of their current scale. Therefore, the two first-class battleships of the Quanzhou Fleet were named Yuezhou and Quanzhou respectively.Even because of the name Yuezhou, the Yuezhou Fleet and the Quanzhou Fleet had conflicts, but this time it was the Quanzhou Fleet who took advantage of the name Yuezhou, but because of this, the enmity between the two fleets became even greater. big.

At this time, Cheng Chuliang came to the Yuezhou, but saw a fleet of about [-] ships in the west, that is, in front of the fleet, all of which were large ships with a displacement of more than [-] tons. The distance is too far, but it is not clear whether the opponent is a warship or a merchant ship.

"I hope it's a merchant ship. If it's a battleship..." Cheng Chuliang muttered to himself, it's fine if the opponent is a merchant ship, even if it's an armed merchant ship, it won't be the opponent of the fleet, but what if it's a battleship? If it is... Although the fleet will not be afraid of them, it can only fight against one of them. At most, it can only severely injure it, but it cannot wipe them out.

"Order, fire." No matter what the opponent is coming, now that the enemy is within his range, let's fire first.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

There was a sound of shelling that was more powerful than before, and there were waves of vibrations even on the board of the ship. The huge shell flew towards the target with a red tail flame, but at this time it was in the midst of a storm. Standing is still difficult, and the accuracy of the shells can be imagined. Even with the assistance of a simple sighting system, how can it be accurate?

Fortunately, the Datang Fleet is well-trained, and they have often trained in storms. This time, several shells hit the target. I saw that one of the opponent's ships was directly hit amidships. The 150mm cannon With huge kinetic energy, he easily passed through the defense of the ship's side, and got into the enemy ship. He didn't know where he hit. He saw the opponent's ship suddenly shook, and then slowly broke into two knots, sinking quickly. After entering the sea, besides this unlucky ship, three other enemy ships were hit, and all suffered damage to varying degrees.

"Okay."

There was a burst of cheers in the fleet, obviously happy that their side was able to hit the target with one shot.

"Continue to fire." Cheng Chuliang suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to order to fire.

And the other party seemed to be frightened by the terrifying power of the naval guns. After barely avoiding two rounds of shelling, they all dispersed and retreated, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 1115 Spy Rampant ([-] words)

Chapter 62 Spies Rampant ([-] words)

"It's a pity that our ship formation has not been untied, otherwise we would have to rush for a while." Seeing the fleet going away, Cheng Chuliang thumped the guardrail of the battleship vigorously, and said unwillingly.

"Don't worry, the governor. Since the opponent is using the wheel to fight, naturally they won't just send these two waves of attacks. We have plenty of opportunities." Li Daoyun, the political commissar next to him, explained with a smile.

"That's right, then order to go down and untie the boat array as quickly as possible." Cheng Chuliang urged with a wave of his hand.

"Yes." An adjutant immediately went down to convey the order.

"Not good, Commander, another enemy ship has appeared." As soon as the order was issued, someone came up to report.

"Fight back when the enemy comes." Cheng Chuliang said indifferently, "Didn't you see what I did just now?"

"But there are too many enemies coming this time." The standard-bearer said anxiously: "All our warships have received news that enemies have appeared in all directions... Commander, they want to surround us."

"What? You're here so soon?" Cheng Chuliang's expression turned pale, and he hurried to the observation deck—the first-class sailing battleship Yuezhou is currently the tallest among all warships, so there is a telescope with the best performance on the observation deck. Similar to the one on the Holy Prince, it is considered the pinnacle of Datang glass craftsmanship, and each lens is polished by the great glass master Wudu himself.

Putting his eyes on the binoculars, he looked around, and sure enough, many ships appeared on the sea forty or fifty nautical miles away, and the total number exceeded two hundred, encircling the entire Yuezhou fleet. Even in the midst of a big storm, they still approached this way in an orderly manner.

"Besides, you turned your face so quickly?" Although he was surprised that the enemy turned his face now, Cheng Chuliang still didn't take it to heart: "Order the fleet to dismantle the ship array as quickly as possible, and all other ships open fire. The enemy is blocked out of range of their shells."

"Yes."

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

There was a more violent shelling sound, and countless shells flew into the distance with shrill screams and bright tail flames. The momentum was so loud that enemy ships dozens of miles away could hear it.

"Captain, our ship array has finally been released." At the moment when the artillery fire was at its peak, Li Daoyun came up to report: "It's all right now. As long as the enemy dares to run, we can definitely send them all to the bottom of the sea."

"Very good, I can finally pursue them, but just sending them to the bottom of the sea can't relieve my hatred." Cheng Chuliang clenched his fists and said excitedly: "These rebellious officials and thieves, how prosperous is our Tang Dynasty? They are one by one They all got a lot of benefits from Datang, and it turned out that not only did they not appreciate God's favor, but they did the treasonous thing instead. Prove the identities of all of them, and then let their family be complete."

"Eh..." Li Daoyun was ashamed, the fart was complete?Isn't it just destroying the Nine Clans?However, intending to assassinate the crown prince and committing a conspiracy against him are enough crimes to exterminate the nine clans...

However, as the saying goes, there are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings. Cheng Chuliang was in high spirits just now, but the next piece of news poured cold water on him, poured him a heart-warming feeling, and directly brought him back from the nine days. He kicked into the [-]th floor of hell.

"The governor is not good, there is something wrong with the fuze of our shells." The quartermaster came up and gave Cheng Chuliang a heavy blow.

"What did you say?" Cheng Chuliang grabbed the quartermaster and shouted, "What's wrong with the fuze? Why is there a problem with the fuze?"

The fuze of the cannonball is usually not installed on the cannonball. After all, the ship itself is not stable during the voyage. In case of any sloshing, the cannonball may be moved. If the force is strong enough, the fuze can be triggered completely. A disaster - so when sailing in normal times, the fuze is released separately from the shell and is only installed before firing the cannon.

"Our fuzes have been tampered with, and all the fuzes in the ammunition depot have been damp." The quartermaster is an official in charge of logistics. He is in charge of everything from shells to food. Now that there is a problem with the fuze, he is naturally troubled. Resign the blame, but absolutely dare not hide it at this time.

"Damn it." Cheng Chuliang finally understood that the enemy's trump card was actually here: "Take me to see it quickly, and Lao Li, you can ask other ships to see if there is anything wrong with their cannonballs?"

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Li Daoyun knew it was an emergency and didn't dare to delay, so he quickly agreed.

"Sure enough..." Holding the wet fuze, Cheng Chuliang felt a chill in his heart. It turned out that this was the enemy's last resort.

"Captain, you can kill me." The quartermaster was weeping. With such a big problem, he felt that he was doomed. It would be better to ask for death sooner, and maybe it would save his family from being involved.

"Let's not talk about your matter for the time being, you can recall first, who was here before you found out that there was a problem with the fuze?" Cheng Chuliang knew that the biggest problem now is not killing people to vent his anger, he must figure out why the fuze was destroyed, You must know that the ammunition depot of a ship is very large, especially in this era, there are dozens or hundreds of cannons on a warship, and the conventional ammunition of each cannon is based on a base (one hundred rounds). Counting, that is tens of thousands of shells, so many fuzes have been destroyed by the enemy, it will definitely require a lot of water, at least one or two mouthfuls will not work, at least a large basin is needed, someone has so much The water came in, but no one noticed?It is impossible to think about it.