Chapter 453: Prologue to the Naval Battle 2
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The Independence's hull was blasted with a hole in the stern during the last battle, and when it was repaired, the Navy directly hollowed out the planks in this position and installed a cast iron protective plate. With this layer of protection, the Planning Commission can safely move high-power radios and generators to the Independence, at least to ensure that the artillery of the indigenous forces of this time and space will not generally cause damage to the products of these old time and space. Now that the two Victory-class ships have left the port of Vostok, it is necessary to communicate with the port of the east through this radio station.
They had been on their way for almost two hours, and based on their estimated speed, they should be getting closer and closer to the unknown fleet, and if nothing else, they should have already encountered it. Yang Junbo began to miss the 8154 cruiser, these cruisers that can catch fish by the way are simply the speed that can fly compared to the "capital ship" under his feet. If there was one gift he wanted most, it was to equip the Victory with a high-horsepower engine. It's just that now he has no choice but to slap the mast and sulk, even if the engine doesn't have it, even the high-power radio station is not allowed to be installed, "Can't the radio station be installed if the hull is not injured?" How low is the chance of artillery hurting a ship's hull in a naval battle? He also chose a ship that had already been hit to install the radio......" He was talking to himself when he heard a lookout on the mast shouting, "There is a ship!" There are boats! The men on the boat all looked up at the top of the mast, and sure enough, the two lookouts on the top were jumping and shouting loudly in one direction.
The officers and men on the deck rushed to the side of the ship to look in the direction they were pointing, and sure enough, in the distance in that direction, they saw several sail shadows flashing in the skyline.
"Chief! A message from Independence. A sailor quickly handed Yang a note that had been clearly erased with an eraser. Yang Junbo opened it and took a look, and it was written crookedly, "The two sides are about to enter the visual distance, please pay attention to observation." ”
"Send the flag," Yang Junbo couldn't help but smile, now that he had seen it, the flag soldier next to him hurriedly stood upright, he raised his telescope and looked at the sail shadow in the distance, and said loudly, "Direction 027, the distance is still being calculated, it should be three nautical miles away." The Flag Whisperers hurriedly began to wave the flag towards the Independence a few hundred meters away.
"Ranging!" Yang Junbo shouted at the lookout on the top of the mast, there is a one-meter rangefinder on the top of the mast, this kind of one-meter rangefinder deviation made in this time and space is always a little annoying, but this deviation of three or four hundred meters in sea combat is not too much trouble, so for the time being, I will put it on and pinch my nose and use it, and then replace it when there is a better product in the future.
The lookout had been trained in ranging and looked at the eyepiece for a while, and immediately shouted downward, "Eight thousand meters away." ”
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Yang Junbo made a "good" gesture, and then said beside the flag soldier, "Eight meters away." The Bannerman didn't reply, just nodded, and continued to wave his flag at the Independence.
"There are boats! There are boats! A lookout rushed into Liu Xiang's command room and shouted, "Big shopkeeper! There are boats! It seems to be a big ship of the Medenor people! ”
"The great ship of the Medenor?" Liu Xiang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "Didn't you say that we would capture Dongfang Port independently?" What the hell are the Medenor people rushing out at this time? ”
As he spoke, he followed the lookout hand to the bow of the ship, Liu Xiang raised the clairvoyant mirror handed over by the little pirate in his hand, pulled it, but couldn't see it clearly, so he spit on the lens with a mouthful of saliva, wiped it on the little pirate's clothes, and then came to his eyes.
Although the situation in the distance is not much clear, you can still roughly see the tall mast reaching into the sky and the people on the mast who are faintly looking this way, but unlike ordinary sailors, the sailors on this observation deck are wearing white clothes in a vague way.
"White clothes? What the? Liu Xiang smiled and said to himself, "There are storms on this ship, the things on the ship are dirty, and the clothes are white, isn't the Great Commander of Maidno dead?" ”
He turned around and was about to walk back to his captain's room-this Maidno three-masted warship captain's room was really not covered, it was so big, and there were beds, tables and cabinets, Liu Xiang had never encountered such a good captain's room in his own Guangchuan Fu ships before, and it was simply luxurious in comparison. Liu Xiang took two steps while thinking about this, and heard the lookout on the lookout suddenly shout loudly, "Big shopkeeper!" Not Medenor! It's Chinese! ”
This sentence frightened Liu Xiang so much that her hair stood up, "Chinese? As he spoke, he climbed up the mast, and after a short time he climbed to the lookout, pushed the lookout hand back, and Liu Xiang snatched the clairvoyant mirror and looked in the direction of the coming ship.
Sure enough, the sails on these two huge Meideno ships are brand new white sails, and the front white sail is printed with a large North Star, which is very obvious, the Meideno people generally paint the captain's family crest or the two-headed bear logo of Meideno in this position, only the Chinese like to draw the North Star everywhere. During this time, Liu Xiang's pirates also robbed a lot of merchant ships to and from Dongfang Port, although the Chinese goods on them were all over the door, but they all had the same words "Made in China" and a Polaris logo in a prominent position. The North Star on the sails of the two big ships in front of me is exactly the same as the North Star on those Chinese goods.
Liu Xiang hurriedly climbed down the mast and shouted at the people next to him, "Everyone is in place, the thief is coming!" Pretend to be the Zheng family's fleet, and raid after getting closer! The flag-bearers hurriedly took their flags and began to dance at the nearby ships.
"Zheng!" Yang Junbo couldn't help but look at the pennants hanging on the top of these ship masts with some suspicion, and the word "Zheng" was written on them, "No, the wind is not in the right direction now, at this time, the Zheng family's fleet is generally going back, and there are few southward movements." Ston rubbed his chin and said, "And there are too many Canton ships in this fleet, right?" ”
Yang Junbo was stunned for a moment, "Guangchuan? Suddenly, he remembered that the ships that carried out terrorist activities in Dongfang Harbor this morning seemed to be Cantonese ships, compared with the Fu ships that were common in the Zheng family's fleet, the hull of the Guangzhou ships was relatively low, and the speed of travel on the sea was a little faster than that of the Fu ships, and the Guangzhou ships were mainly made of iron and wood, and the price was not only more expensive than the Fu ships, but also much stronger than the Fu ships, and if they fought at sea, the Guangzhou ships could often take a great advantage in the collision. Compared with the tall hull of Fufune, Canton Ship is really no longer conspicuous.
"Also," Ston said as he looked through his binoculars, "their flagship is an avantgarde-class frigate, which is usually equipped only by the Meideno Navy, and it is a bit strange for them to appear here, the decommissioned ships of the Meideno Navy are always directly dismantled in Yaning, and are hardly sold to the outside world. ”
"You mean this is the fleet of the Medeno Navy?" Yang Junbo felt a little puzzled, but Ston shook his head very firmly, "No, it can't be Mederno's ship, you see that the sails of that ship are all broken like this, it's impossible, and the hull is also full of scars, obviously repaired, and it hasn't been seriously repaired."
If it is a Medeno naval ship, it will be sent back to Yaning for repair after a long time of damage, instead of being driven out in tatters like this. In comparison, I think it's a little more likely that these are pirate ships. ”
"Why?" Yang Junbo didn't have that much experience in commanding ships at sea, so he raised his binoculars and looked at it for a while, but he couldn't see any clues, and Ston said patiently. "Look at the ships in the back, the last ones, there aren't many sailors in sight, the deck is full of things covered with cloth, and the draft is very deep, it's obviously an arsonist ship, and now they're coming towards us, slowing down a little, indicating that they are going to get closer to us and communicate, but look at the back."
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Ston said, gesturing into the distance, "The arsonists are receiving their sails, but they haven't fully folded their sails," he said, pointing his finger upwards with a finger in his mouth, "The wind is in their favor now, and if I'm not mistaken, then their ships will begin to spread out to both sides." ”
"Really?" Yang Junbo was stunned for a moment, turned his head and raised his binoculars to look over, sure enough, the other party's fleet was spreading to both sides, and the sails on the ship were only put away, not tied, and it was obvious that they could be put down immediately when needed.
"Since they are under the banner of the Zheng family, they must know the flag language of the Zheng family, and the captain may wish to ask a sailor who is familiar with the flag of the Zheng family to ask them what they do." Ston said, looking around. Yang Junbo nodded, he had completely trusted Stone's judgment, turned to the flag soldier and said, "Send a message to the Independence, spread out a distance of 1,300 meters, and prepare for battle." ”
"Big shopkeeper, the thief has raised the flag over there!" Hearing the lookout's words, Liu Xiang couldn't help but look over in amazement, and the flag bearer squinted his eyes and looked over there, "The Zheng family's fleet, stop the ship on the spot and accept the Chinese Navy's boarding inspection." ”
"Big treasurer, the two big ships are also parting." Sure enough, two large warships in the distance were spreading out one to the east and the other to the west, and the sides of the ships were facing the direction of Liu Xiang's fleet.
"We're in control of the word head now, and they really don't have much to sing right now," Ston said, laughing, "and the arson ship is coming out." ”
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Sure enough, the ships of the opposite convoy began to move out of position, and ten arsonist boats drove from the back to the front, and then maintained a speed of about two knots, thinking that this side would come slowly. The ships behind gave way to the arsonist boats and followed one by one. Ston continued to hold the telescope and keep an eye on the situation, "They are playing the flag," Yang Junbo hurriedly pushed the flag soldier beside him, "Translate." ”
"We are the Zheng family fleet, and we are going to Dongfang Port to buy goods, and we are about to stop the ship." The Banner Soldier stared at the scene on the other side as he spoke, he was a little nervous, the atmosphere in which the battle was about to start was always a little oppressive to the point of uncomfortable.
At this moment, the shout of the lookout came from the top of the mast, "Chief! Heads! Our plane is coming! ”
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Lin Jinlai saw the two Victory-class capital ships appear on the skyline three minutes ago, and because they had been in contact with the radar station, they learned that the two Victory-class ships had already met with that strange fleet.
"Lin Jin, let's see how many of those ships there are." Yuan Zhenli hurriedly held down the microphone and shouted loudly. Lin Jinlai hurriedly raised his binoculars and quickly counted at the fleet, and it didn't take long for him to report loudly into the microphone, "There are thirty-five in total, one of which is a three-masted battleship. ”
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Yuan Zhenli hurriedly switched the channel to the communication with the fleet, "Independence!" Independence! Here is the gunboat machine, can you receive it? ”
"Yes, your voice is very clear," the voice of the reply was loud and distorted, and Yuan Zhenli couldn't tell whether it was the patriarch who was operating at all, "Thirty-five ships, a three-masted battleship, located in the center of the fleet, should be the flagship." ”
As he spoke, the plane had already skimmed directly over the two Victory-class ships at an altitude of two hundred meters.
"Weird...... Strange Birds! Immediately, sharp-eyed pirates saw the plane in the sky, and they all pointed to the sky and shouted, Liu Xiang was also stunned on the spot, "What is this?" Why can you fly in the sky? ”
For a while, the whole fleet was boiling, the sailors forgot what was at hand, and rushed to the side of the ship to look at the planes in the sky, and the sailors who pulled the sail cable also forgot that they were still raising the sails, and let go of the sail cables in their hands, these hard sails were originally quite heavy, where could the few sailors who were left to pull such heavy hard sails, and they were all worn down by the hot rope to let go, and the two sailors who refused to let go were directly pulled into the air by the cable, and hit the hard sail headlong and then fell off the deck, The sailors on deck laughed.
In order to be able to raise the sail quickly, the hard sail of the fleet uses the bottom of the hard sail to be raised, and once the cable is released, the hard sail will be directly deployed to quickly increase the speed. At present, many of these sailors unconsciously let go of the cables of these hard sails, so these hard sails immediately became full sails, and the speed of the ship immediately increased, especially the first arson boats, there were not many sailors, and the hard sails were put down, and it was not easy to pull them up, and the hull was heavy, and the speed gradually increased.
"The entire fleet is accelerating, it should be ready for an impact, the distance has been narrowed to eight hundred meters, and it is ready for battle." Ston looked at the speeding fleet and said, "Captain, should we be warning for a shot?" ”
"Okay!" Yang Junbo hurriedly nodded and said, "Warning shot!" ”
Then the sound of a spring cannon sounded from the lower gun deck, and a shell fell directly on the sea two hundred meters in front of the arsonist ship, raising a high column of water.
"The Great Shopkeeper! They fired! Immediately, a lookout shouted, Liu Xiang hurriedly looked over, and the column of water rising from the sea where the explosion occurred just now had not yet had time to fall back to the sea. Damn it! The arson boat is set on fire! Liu Xiang viciously pulled out his waist knife and shouted at the trumpeter.
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