Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 296 The Destruction of the New Spain Fleet

The artillery on one side of the New Spain, which has a three-story gun bay, aimed at the two oncoming ironclad ships ahead.

Boom boom boom.

The first salvos were twelve 64-pounders.

There are three other warships on the same level as the New Spain.

Four first-class battleships fired a salvo of 48 64-pound guns, and the shells flew towards Ming's ironclad ship like raindrops.

On the ships of the line of the New Spain fleet.

The Spanish sailors immediately gave out loud cheers.

In the current battlefield of naval battles, what is important is a preemptive strike.

Occupy a favorable position first, and launch a salvo with sufficient power first!

So many 64-pound guns fired together, although they are all solid bullets, but this is enough to cause enough damage to the two monster ships.

The power of the 64-pounder cannon is impossible to be stopped by anything! !

48 solid projectiles flew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About one-third of them hit the steel armor on the bow of the front end, making a tinkling sound.

At the same time, about a dozen black and white spots appeared on the bow steel armor.

This is the shell that knocked off the anti-rust paint.

The shell that hit the steel armor of the inclined bow flew into the air after refraction, lost its kinetic energy, and fell into the water.

Not even a splash of water!

Seeing this scene, Zheng Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the solid bullet bulletproof test was also done when the Dingyuan class was finalized.

It proves that the Dingyuan class with steel armor has enough defense to withstand the bombardment of the old-fashioned smoothbore cannon.

But this is still the first actual combat of the Dingyuan class.

So after seeing that he successfully blocked the bombardment of the opponent's most powerful and longest-range 64-pound gun, Zheng Xiaoyi showed a smile on his face.

He put down the binoculars.

Said to his deputy: "The Spaniards are finished, they are simply old antiques from the last era! I even think that the General Staff of the Navy is too conservative. With our current strength, it is more than enough to directly find a place to establish a military port on the west coast of North America. !"

Zheng Xiaoyi is a naval officer with a professional background—that is, an officer who has studied at the Daming Naval Academy for three years.

Now most of the staff of the Navy's General Staff are three hundred old brothers who received some "European" education in European military academies.

They are more or less afraid of offending all European countries in an all-round way-similar to Emperor Zhu.

But most of the "native factions" like Zheng Xiaoyi and Cai Qian think that there is no need to fear these European countries at all.

Both technically and nationally.

Daming is a crushing existence against any European country. ,

The development in North America is too conservative.

"If they want to run away, where will they run away?" Zheng Xiaoyi whispered.

'According to the current and wind direction, there is a high probability that it is in the direction of Hawaii. ' said his deputy from the sidelines.

"Hawaii" Zheng Xiaoyi nodded slightly, "Is it possible for us to pursue Hawaii?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, the military department did not give us an order to go to Hawaii. And the voyage of the ironclad ship is not that far"

"The order given to us by the military department is to destroy the Spanish fleet, and the scope of operations has not been delineated. The vast ocean, where can it not be a battlefield? And we also have [-] hybrid ships. In addition... we can tow the ironclad ship to Hawaii. "

"This"

The deputy looked at Zheng Xiaoyi and said nothing.

There have been some radical voices within the navy recently.

For example, destroy the Kingdom of Hawaii and bring Hawaii into the territory of Ming Dynasty.

As such.

Hawaii can truly be used as a springboard to march to the North American continent, and it can also be used as a transit point for Ming to immigrate to the North American continent. ,

The reason why these voices are so aggressive.

It is because most of the wars in the Ming Dynasty recently took place on land.

There are already many generals in the army.

And the navy.
Don't talk about Fenghou.

Not even a few generals.

In the Grand Marshal's Mansion, it is basically the voice of the army.

Even now that the Ming Navy has dozens of ironclad ships, it can be said to be the most powerful naval force in the world today.

But their various missions seem to be essentially a fleet subordinate to the Army.

On the other hand.

Those admirals with generals on their shoulders are also conservative one by one.

Not even the kingdom of Hawaii dared to do anything, and they still had to talk about leasing the port.

The army has already reached the Western Regions, and defeated the main force sent by the Russian army to the East.

The navy can't even fart now.

Many young naval officers were very disappointed by this.

Many people even angrily denounced these admirals in private for being indebted to the emperor!
"Order to fire! First destroy their four first-tier battleships!"

Zheng Xiaoyi suppressed the idea of ​​going to Hawaii to make great achievements, and ordered loudly.

the other side.

Mallosca, commander of the New Spain Fleet, immediately realized their failure.

The 64-pound gun fired solid bullets and could not bow the opponent's defense.

That's a fart.

The distance between the two sides was now less than three hundred yards.

The opponent's bombardment was enough to kill the New Spain!
Just now.

On the bow of the Songjiang ship, eighteen four-inch guns fired.

Boom boom boom!
Although there are only eighteen artillery pieces.

But this is a rifled gun, and its accuracy and speed are not comparable to the old-fashioned smoothbore guns.

The four-inch caliber shell flew out of the muzzle in a spinning motion, and traced a wonderful parabola in the air.

It landed accurately on the deck of the New Spain, and the spinning shells easily tore through the planks of the deck and penetrated into the cabin of the New Spain.

'Oh, God!got hit..'

"It's over."

Both Marosca and Valeriano closed their eyes in pain.

They all know that the bombardment guns equipped by the Chinese are yellow powder, and the explosion is extremely powerful.

And
Even if it is black powder, an explosion in the cabin is enough to severely damage any sailing battleship!
Rumble!
Huge explosions sounded one after another.

Almost at the same time.

Malloska just felt that he was flying in the sky and fell heavily into the sea.

He struggled to climb out of the water and saw a scene that he will never forget.

The battleship New Spain with a full load displacement of nearly [-] tons has been blown into two pieces.

The bow part has been pouring and sinking.

The stern of the ship is due to the rearward center of gravity, and the broken end is inclined upward.

It hasn't sunk to the bottom of the sea yet.
But the New Spain was finished.

"Lieutenant General! Get out of here!"

A surviving Spanish sailor swam to Malosca's side at this time.

Malloska glanced at the New Spain, which was completely finished.

Sighing, he headed towards a light fast ship ahead.

If there is still a chance for them to leave, then this kind of faster light ship may have some opportunities.

(End of this chapter)