Montevideo Bay.
Eight Brazilian Imperial Navy warships were quietly moored at the berth. This large fleet arrived in Montevideo two days ago. From that day on, this fleet attracted the attention of the entire South America.
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As in the past, Navy Captain Paul was holding a telescope and nervously looking at the sea in the distance.
Whenever a plume of smoke rises from the sea, he will observe it carefully for a while!
If there is only one smoke column on the sea, it may be a passing merchant ship. If there are multiple smoke columns, it must be a fleet of ships.
How would the Ming Empire respond to them?
Although he was young, Paul had visited the Ming Dynasty with a warship. He did not believe that the Ming Dynasty would silently allow their fleet to demonstrate here.
The Ming Empire Navy will definitely do something!
Captain Paul is convinced of this, but his judgment has no influence at all in the navy. Right now, the Commander and the senior officers of the fleet are attending a dance at the residence of senior officials in the city.
It seems that to them, the threat of Ming Dynasty is simply not worth mentioning!
"It is true that the diplomats of the Ming Dynasty issued a warning. They warned us that if we do not withdraw the fleet and insist on challenging the bottom line of the Ming Empire, we will be resolutely counterattacked!"
In the banquet hall of the high-ranking official's residence, facing the local dignitaries, ladies and ladies attending the welcome ball, Marquis Tamandare held a wine glass in one hand and gestured with the other.
"When I asked how you would respond if I refused to withdraw, do you know what their answer was?"
Everyone laughed and said.
“We’ll see!”
Just this morning, the Montevideo newspaper reported this news. The threat of Ming Dynasty was so weak, it was just four words.
"Yes."
Marquis Tamandare laughed, then shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Okay, let's wait and see!"
When the words fell, the ballroom burst into laughter. Amidst their laughter, the music sounded again. Those beautiful ladies invited the naval officers one after another. In the cheerful music, people danced gracefully.
Dance.
While these people were immersed in the cheerful music, in the air hundreds of kilometers away, a huge airship force was slowly flying towards the target.
This is the Ming Dynasty's aerial force, consisting of three regiments and nearly seventy-two airships, sailing toward the distance in a cloud-blocking formation.
While the huge aerial force was flying towards Montevideo, the Brazilian sailors at the port berth were still enjoying the bright sunshine. For them, this was no different from usual.
On weekends, many sailors even lined up there waiting to go ashore.
The prostitutes and tavern owners on the shore are also looking forward to their arrival.
July 30, 1876, seemed like the same day as any other, just an ordinary weekend!
Some people are happily planning how to spend the weekend, while others are at work. Captain Paul is such a person. Perhaps because of his inner vigilance against the Ming Empire, he does not dare to relax like others. In his
While searching the sea surface with a telescope, he suddenly heard some strange sounds mixed in with the waves.
What is the sound?
Just when his heart was filled with such doubts, someone suddenly shouted in his ear:
"Airships...the sky is full of airships! There are airships coming!"
What? An airship is coming...
He raised his head in surprise and picked up the telescope. Paul's mouth opened wide in surprise...
Airships...lots of airships!
Not one or two airships, but a total of seventy-two airships formed into two columns, flying towards them from the southern sea.
"It's Ming Dynasty's airship, hurry up, sound the whistle, raise the fire, pressurize the boiler..."
The officers who stayed behind issued orders one after another. When the boilermen of the warship were trying their best to light the boilers and pressurize the boilers, the officers all raised their telescopes to look at the sky.
The same was true for Baron Ladario. He was holding the famous Phoenix eight-fold telescope in his hand. Although they were more than ten kilometers apart, he could still distinguish the shapes of the airships and the cabins hanging below. He found that in the sky
Those airships are completely different from the small airships that Brazil bought from Britain.
It looks bigger!
This is the ace of the Ming Empire - a large long-range airship!
Ming Dynasty's airship technology has always been ahead of the world. They have flown across the Atlantic countless times, but what about Brazil's airships? They have never made such an attempt.
airship!
Why did Ming send the airship?
Although there are not many airships in Brazil, the Brazilian army has also conducted experiments on airships. The conclusions they came to in the experiments are the same as those of the British and French - airships are extremely lethal to infantry, but they are extremely lethal to infantry.
Warships have no lethality at all, because the bomb accuracy of airships is too average.
Not to mention a moving warship, but also a warship parked at a berth, if the bomb on the airship wants to hit it, it also depends on luck. It is difficult for the bomb to hit the warship from an altitude of several hundred meters.
Some naval officers even called airships "budget-eating waste."
Of course, this does not mean that airships do not pose a threat to the navy. For example, the 30mm Gatling cannon on the airship is a threat to the navy of any country. The dense small shells will cause a bloody storm on the deck and destroy the deck.
, break the mast, and the rigging of the mast will burn into a huge fire.
Fire!
It is also very deadly for an ironclad ship. Of course, it is definitely impossible to destroy an ironclad ship with a fire ignited by an airship using a 30mm Gatling cannon. At most, it will only kill a large number of sailors!
In this case, why did Ming Dynasty send their airship troops?
"Maybe they're demonstrating!"
Baron Ladario instinctively came up with the idea that if what appeared in front of him now was the Ming Navy fleet, he would be aware of the threat, but the airship force...
For a moment, Baron Ladario didn't even know how to describe his mood.
Is this the Ming Empire’s answer?
Maybe they wanted to use the airship to have some "strong friction" with the Brazilian Navy!
"Is the pressure reached?"
Baron Ladario urged again, once the pressure of the boiler is reached, he will command the fleet to the sea and have a friction with the Ming Dynasty's airship force. God can testify that he will use a strong hull to fight against the Ming Dynasty's airship force.
Give it a good rub.
"It turns out that the Ming Dynasty...is just like this!"
This chapter has been completed!