Chapter 535: The Dwarf and Snow White
"Boom! Fuck the fuck! ”
Defeated two small Spanish ships that rushed over to cover the "Royal September", "in Lin Lang's ★ Wanshushe text version update the fastest ★ and shouted loudly," his Haiao ship finally broke into the "Royal September" ship twenty or thirty feet away, "across the hull", twenty pounds of guns neatly bombarded the battleship's beautiful platform, "like a noble lady's skirt and tail being torn apart," and even a bed could be seen soaring into the sky.
It is a pity that "the gun deck of the Haiao ship is too low" can only be fired from the back, and "the shells enter the ship diagonally", and can only sweep the rear deck. And the opponent's rear deck guns can only stare dryly at the "tail attack" of this small ship because of the height difference.
"Well... Good...
Lin Lang couldn't finish this sentence, "I don't know if it's "so cool" or "so hateful", in the exclamation of his subordinates, "a round of cannonballs poured in" almost swept away the entire helm platform, and his figure was instantly swept away.
More than 100 zhang away, the "Verona Rose" had already turned around, and "merciless cannon fire was spewing from the side," blasting the two Haiao ships led by Lin Lang to the point that the ship was cracked and the mast collapsed.
At the same time, the "Royal September" continued to fight day by day. Several bow guns hit the rear deck of the Golden Shark, "when the eight twelve-pound guns under the aft deck were swept away", the violent shaking under his feet and the debris flying all over the sky did not shake Xiao Sheng's heart, and what made him blink his eyes was the lives of the dozens of gunners below who disappeared in an instant.
The accumulation is too shallow......
Compared with the victory or defeat of this battle", this thought made Xiao Sheng's heart even heavier. He even felt that "those two Sea Lion-class warships have fortunately not been built" and "cannot participate in the war", otherwise they must be sacrifices to the maturity of the Anglo-Chinese Navy.
However, as Li Xi said, "at this time it was the limit of the expansion of the Anglo-Chinese navy," and at that time, it was "slightly superior in strength" over the Spaniards. At this time, without a fight, "wait any longer", the Spaniards pulled the main force of the American Fleet, "Yinghua is afraid that they will lose the entire South Seas." This is a threshold that the rise of Yinghua and Nanyang must cross, "since it has come to this point", it must be ★ updated in the text version of Wanshushe, and fight to the end as soon as possible ★.
This defeat is not enough to be afraid of the prospect of "not being able to inflict heavy damage on the Spaniards", "Is there a future for the Anglo-Chinese Navy!?"
Distracting thoughts were swallowed up by this fire again," Xiao Sheng howled like a beast, "and the wound was carefully bandaged by the ship doctor. Cracked again, "his back was soaked with blood again."
"Liang Ganzi" can't let you laugh at my boss in the sky! ”
Xiao Sheng waved away his subordinates, "pointing forward, the two heads and tails intersected", and were covering each other's Spanish battleships.
"Bump into it! Head on the head! Make them immobile again! ”
The 20-pound guns of the Sea Shark were difficult for these two battleships to inflict fatal damage, "but they were bombarded by Shifang's heavy guns, and they had to avoid Shifang's broadside." The three Sea Shark ships were unable to stop the maneuver of the time side, despite the sudden bombardment of the bow and tail of the ship.
At this time," Xiao Sheng only had one thought in his mind: "Thousand off these two battleships!" Even if all the Sea Shark ships are sacrificed" and even lost this battle! As long as these two large ships can be killed, "the Spanish Navy will no longer be able to dominate the South China Sea in a short time." After that, it will be up to the fourth brother to use the "Turkish Navy" to maintain sea power "so that the army can seize Manila."
As long as the Anglo-Chinese solve the problem of Manila's "rush to build forts", even if the Spaniards transfer the main fleet from the Americas and even Europe, "there will be no place in this South Sea!"
Maybe he sensed Xiao Sheng's heart, "Maybe he was unwilling to continue to play a supporting role", or maybe he didn't want to be dragged by the group of armed merchant ships on the side, "In short, no one understands Hu Hanshan's thoughts at the moment", but it was his change of thought: "The Battle of Subic ushered in the third turning point.
In the analysis of this naval battle, the navies of various countries in later generations "unanimously agreed" that "the performance of the Chinese Navy Commander Xiao Sheng was in order," he soberly realized that his side did not have the accumulation of fleet formation operations, "the strategy set for the Chinese Navy was in line with its own characteristics," and the decision to concentrate forces on attacking the two battleships was only common sense for a calm decision. In addition, "only the first soldier" did not hesitate to tie himself to the mast and command the courage of the ship to fight, which is admirable.
In contrast, "Liang Deguang's sacrificial spirit" became the first bargaining chip to reverse the unfavorable war situation of the Chinese Navy", and Bai Yanding's timely "overstepping authority" command "was the biggest foreshadowing of this battle." ,
But the whole process will be updated through ★ the text version of Wanshu Society, and it will be worn as soon as ★ possible, "let Xiao Sheng's strategy play the greatest effect", so that Liang Deguang's sacrifice will not be in vain, "the transfer of Bai Yanding will finally play a role" is still the young naval commander Hu Hanshan.
Hu Hanshan's decision was to pull this assembled battle line to the side of the two large ships of the Spaniards: "Boom when you get close to their side!" At this moment, the Haiao ships of the Anglo-Chinese Navy had been stretched out, and they were "mixing with the Spaniards." And the decisive battle between the Sea Shark and the battleship "is the key to this battle." Hu Hanshan believes that "the Sea Shark ship is already at a disadvantage. Once the two battleships of the Spaniards had switched to "covering each other", it would be difficult for the three Sea Sharks to maintain the siege. And once the Sea Shark ship collapses, "this battle body is over."
With a low freeboard, "as long as it was close to one or two hulls," the battleship could only meet the enemy with the guns on the main deck.
This is almost the same as Xiao Sheng's decision: "It is suicide." The small body and 20-pound cannon of the Haiao ship "the thickest board and the largest gun" will not be able to carry a few guns.
However, Hu Hanshan believed that "as long as the maneuver of the time side can be restricted" and "weaken the enemy's artillery fire", the goal will be achieved. It doesn't matter if these six Haiao ships are sacrificed, the "advantage of the Anglo-Chinese Navy" is that there are many ships. There were four warships on several sides, "of which thirty were Haiao", and the Spaniards had only forty-four. With the exception of battleships, "the Spaniards did not have many official cruisers," less than twenty, and the others were gunboats with thinner planks and even armed merchant ships.
When Hu Hanshan took this battle line around the Golden Shark, the "bow of the Royal September" was also colliding with the bow of the Golden Shark. The sailors were slashing the broken mast of the Bronze Shark into the hull of the ship, and "after such a hit", a large part of the "dumplings" suddenly fell into the sea.
"Crazy! Another madman! ”
Pedro roared and wrenched out of thin air as he "grabbed the Golden Shark with both hands." Chinese really don't know how to fight naval battles" Do you think it's the fastest ★ game in the Middle Ages that bumps around the text version of Wanshushe!★?
But he had to admit that it worked. Even if the Golden Shark is a martial arts master, "he was dragged by one person" and "strangled by another person", and suddenly there was no room for movement.
Seeing a convoy of small ships pulled into a battle line again, "stretching out from the north," Pedro drawn. Cool air. He is experienced, "I can see Shi Fang's plan at a glance." With the madness of the Chinese, "maybe they want to use this battle line to block the layer of their main gun deck" so that the big ships of the time side can bombard from the side.
Looking into the distance, "a large number of schooners are swarming" made Pedro even more startled, "The Chinese's best fireboat warfare method flashed in his mind."
It's like the seven dwarfs have brought down Snow White...
The boiling mind flashed a ridiculous and chaotic scene: "Pedro looked around" The fleet formation had been completely disrupted, and the "current battle situation" had become a continuous stream of Chinese battleships with two battleships. His heart is getting colder and colder," and the assessment of the capabilities of the commander of the Chinese Navy suddenly increased.
Dig it out...
He thought to himself with such chagrin, "These two battleships were originally the core of the battle array", but they also attracted the fiercest attack of the time. Seeing that the Chinese are determined to kill themselves at all costs," he had to admit to the old saying of sailors: "If you want a barrel to withstand a fall", you can't let one or two of the planks be too thick.
It would be nice if you had ten battleships "instead of just two."
Pity... Ten battleships: "That means the American fleet is in full swing", and the situation in Europa will change for this.
Pedro suddenly felt that "there is no need to fight any more", and the Chinese navy has also suffered heavy losses in this battle, "wait for his own withdrawal to Manila Bay" after regrouping. You can kill it again and "control Subic Bay...... At that time, China's naval strength should not have been so strong, and it was "never an opponent of its own side."
Later generations of naval history Shi ★ Wanshushe text version updated the fastest ★ Rear Admiral Pedro's evaluation is two words: pitiful.
Almost all professionals agree that "there was nothing wrong with his decision" and that he "remained calm" in the face of a suicide attack by the Chinese Navy, stabilizing the tide of the war for a long time. Even his mind is very open-minded, "and he quickly realized his mistake."
The problem was that "he was so caught up in Europa's rules of naval warfare" that he was too late to correct his mistakes. According to the evaluation of the history of the Chinese navy, "the greatest mistake of this rear admiral is that he has sunk into the tradition of defeating the enemy magnificently with a neat formation." And when he felt that it was time for him to abandon his tradition and "turn into a wolf", time was no longer on his side.
Pedro was about to order the two battleships to retreat, but his mouth was wide open when he was shocked by the encounter with the "Rose of Verona" in front of him, and this order was not given......
A Sea Shark battleship gnawed hard on the butt of the "Verona Rose" with its bow, and the "mast stabbed deep into the slipway", connecting the two ships together.
Originally, the "Royal September" could be covered by the broadside, but the battle line pulled up by the small ship had already come closer, and "even if the ship's plank was torn apart by the bombardment," it was unwilling to retreat, thus blocking the most powerful gun deck of the "Royal September".
Two Sea Shark ships held two battleships, and Bai Yanding's Silver Shark continued to rain cannonballs on the side and rear of the "Royal September". Seeing that the group of sailing ships approaching rapidly, "the cold and cold climbed ★ rapidly from Pedro's spine, and the text version of Wanshushe was updated the fastest ★ above the head" to lose......
"Herald! Disband the ship's formation" Approach me! ”
Pedro finally made the right decision", although he knew that "this order" may be too late. If the horizontal team had been disbanded earlier, "a defensive line had been set up in front of the two battleships", and "reinforcements from the absolute side" had been separated, he would have won a sure victory.
At 10:30 a.m. on 17 April, "after making great sacrifices," the Anglo-Chinese Navy finally completely isolated the two Spanish battleships. (To be continued.)