The Ming warship that Kui Yi saw through the telescope was indeed a steam-armored warship. However, he could not see the paddle wheel. The most important thing was that the speed of the steam-armored warship was far beyond his imagination.
Also, the steam iron-armored warship he saw was larger than the Ming warships he had seen before, and seemed to be comparable to the largest steam paddle-wheel warship in the Ming Dynasty called Fengzhou.
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There is another significant difference about this steam ironclad warship, which is that it has no sails.
Such differences made Kui Yi a little puzzled: Why is this ship so big? Why does it run so fast? What on earth can it run so fast?
One question after another flashed in his mind. Then he saw that the Ming armored warship had caught up with the fleeing Persian warship, and instead of firing cannons, it directly rammed into it.
Under Kui Yi's gaze, the Persian warship was suddenly smashed into two pieces, like a paper lake.
He couldn't believe what he saw in front of him, so he quickly put down the telescope and looked again.
Facts have proved that there is no problem with the telescope, and the scene just seen is real.
Moreover, because he put down his telescope and his field of view became wider, Kui Yi saw that Ming warships had obviously discovered his fleet. Several of these weird Ming steam iron-clad warships appeared and lined up.
The encircling formation came over.
There are obviously more than 90 sail warships here, but the Ming Dynasty only has five or six. How dare they fight in an encircling formation?
Weird things happen every year, especially this year!
From the observations just now, this kind of Ming Dynasty steam armored warship is indeed powerful, but with such a huge disparity in numbers, do they believe they can win?
Either the Ming people's brains are broken, or the Ming people's warships are really powerful enough to crush sail warships?
When Kuiyi thought of this in his mind, he silently chose the latter answer!
Then, he saw traces of Ming warships appearing one after another on the side of Larzek Island. Apparently, more Ming warships knew about this sailing warship and came to surround and kill it!
"Hey, why did I think of the word "siege" and not something else?" Kui Yi was suddenly stunned. After asking himself, he didn't know why, even if his fleet far exceeded the number of Ming warships,
However, he is already afraid!
Therefore, Kuiyi quickly ordered the fleet to turn around and quickly sail to Bandar Abbas Port. There, it can back up the land of the Persian Empire and be protected by coastal defense artillery. It will give you more confidence. If you return to Qeshm Island, you will definitely do it.
They were besieged by the Ming army and had no support.
Even deep in his heart, he still had the idea that if he still couldn't defeat the Ming warships, he could at least abandon the warships and evacuate to the shore. No matter what, life-saving was the first priority. On this point, he had already
He has experience.
At this moment, Kui Yi completely forgot that he wanted to wash away his shame before.
None of his men were as afraid as he was.
After his orders were conveyed through semaphores, several Danish warships did not obey his command and did not turn to retreat to Bandar Abbas Port. Instead, they faced the Ming Dynasty steam ironclad warships.
Obviously, they had never fought against the Ming army before or suffered losses from the Ming navy, so they were a little distrustful of evil.
Kui Yi was not angry about this. Even if he guessed that the Danes were laughing at his timidity, he was not angry either. He just silently took out his telescope and started observing again.
Since the Danes are stubborn, it would be a good time for them to try out the new warships of the Ming Dynasty. What would it be like to fight against European sailing warships?
However, it can be seen that the Danes were obviously more cautious. They dispatched a total of eight sail warships, divided into units of four, to fight against the two most prominent Ming warships.
Kui was speechless when he saw it. The Danes were tough, but the Ming army seemed to be tough too. The two steam-armored warships rushing at the front didn't even wait for the warships behind them to come over. They were like dumbfounded young men.
Just rush over directly!
The Ming army's style of play has no technical content at all!
Kui Yi sighed, and then discovered another situation. The Danes were still adjusting their formation and adapting to the direction, but the warships of the Ming Dynasty simply ignored the wind direction and went straight forward.
Come to think of it, the warships of the Ming Dynasty didn't even have sails, so why did they have to look at the wind direction?
When he thought of this, Kui Yi suddenly froze.
The Ming Dynasty's steam-armored warships in the past were actually equipped with sails, and were still more or less affected by the wind direction. But now, the Ming army has completely ignored the wind direction and is still so fast. This will account for a lot of damage in naval battles.
It's so cheap that you can think of it with your toes.
Suddenly realizing this, Kui Yi's face became even more ugly.
At this moment, I saw gunpowder smoke suddenly rising from the Ming Dynasty warship. Immediately afterwards, I heard the deafening sound of artillery.
Almost at the same time, the Danish sailing warship closest to the Ming Dynasty warship was hit by a cannon, and several other shells fell into the sea next to it. Sawdust and wood blocks flew together, and one side of the ship's side was damaged.
A big chunk.
"..." Kui was speechless when he saw it. How accurate were Ming warships?
Then he quickly remembered, yes, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty must also be rifled artillery, so it has a long range and high shooting accuracy.
The coalition forces are actually building rifled artillery. However, relatively speaking, the main manpower and force are concentrated on rifled artillery. However, the construction of rifled artillery took too long, and there are only about ten of them. They are currently placed in Abbas.
The harbor side is used as coastal defense artillery.
While he was thinking about it, he saw the Ming warship firing its cannons, and it fired "boom, boom, boom" again.
"My God, what is going on?" Kui was dumbfounded. It had only been so long since the first round of shelling. How could another shelling be fired so soon?
He was a little confused!
While he was stunned, the Danish warship that had just been hit was hit by several more artillery shells from the Invention Army. Two of them hit the waterline, making a big hole.
The blisters will probably sink soon.
The other Danish warships were still adjusting their formations and were busy when they discovered that a warship on their side was damaged and was sinking. Suddenly, they were a little dumbfounded.
Before they could recover, the Ming Dynasty armored steam warship was already approaching them, emitting black smoke.
As a result, these Danish sailing warships ignored their formation and faced the Ming warships, trying to fire their guns at close range and sink the Ming warships.
Seeing this scene, Kui Yi couldn't help but look forward to it.
He knew that the so-called iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty were actually the original wooden ships covered with a layer of iron. If the sail warships bombarded them at close range, they would definitely cause serious damage to these iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty.
At this moment, he was already somewhat convinced that the Ming Navy was simply a mindless war and did not understand naval warfare at all.
If he were to command these Ming warships, he would definitely use his mobility to occupy a favorable position, bombard them from a distance, and take advantage of the artillery to sink the opponent's warships.
But that's okay. If some of the Ming warships were sunk, maybe one of them could be robbed and used as a replica.
However, while I was thinking about it, suddenly, my eyes almost popped out. The scene in front of me was so incredible!
I saw that under the close range bombardment of Danish warships, several shells did hit the Ming Dynasty's armored warships. However, Kuiyi discovered through the telescope that the places on the Ming Dynasty's warships that were hit by the shells were only dented. Some are a bit far away and can’t be seen clearly, but I guess they are slightly recessed, that’s all!
How could this be?
Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty armored warship in front of me is not wood covered with iron at all, but is made entirely of iron?
This is impossible!
How is this possible!
Kui was stunned!
He could accept and understand the idea of wood covered with iron sheets. Even in Europe, there was this way of strengthening defense, but it was not common.
However, he couldn't accept it if the entire ship was made of iron!
This does not mean that it will sink, but that it will be very slow! But obviously these Ming Dynasty's armored warships are like flying!
"Peng!"
There was a loud noise, at least in Kui Yi's mind, he felt that there was such a loud noise, because he saw the Ming Dynasty's armored warship directly hit the middle of a Danish warship, and the entire warship was hit hard. Turned over.
There was another Ming Dynasty armored warship that was engaged in the battle. It did not hit the Danish warship like this one. Instead, from their deck, it could be seen with the naked eye that the shells were fired at the approaching Danish warship in a parabola.
Then, a surprising scene appeared in front of Kui Yi and others again.
I saw huge explosions happening where the cannonballs fell, both on the sea and on the Danish ship, as if a gunpowder barrel had been detonated.
Suddenly, the Danish warship was bombed, and the damage to the hull was greater than the damage caused by several iron bombs!
In just one battle, three of the eight Danish warships were lost. This war was not a war at all, but the kind of adults bullying children.
Seeing that there were many Ming armored warships like this behind them, they had already come to kill them. Kuiyi didn't care about the Danish warships at all. He walked, walked, walked quickly, and escaped to Bandar Abbas Port first!
This time, all the sailing battleships did not dare to neglect, and they all operated the sailing battleships to escape as fast as they could, and the best was to escape first.
The Dutch, because of Kui Yi, were the fastest and arrived at Bandar Abbas Port first. As a result, Kui Yi and others found that Bandar Abbas Port was also involved in the war. , looking at the densely packed warships in the distance, he picked up the telescope and took a look, and suddenly he turned into a stupid chicken again!