On the one hand, it is the temptation of being famous in the western land, and on the other hand, it is the risk of failure once an attack is launched. In the position of Duke Rose, the fate of a fleet can be decided in a single thought. No wonder Duke Rose is like this.
hesitate.
There are people who are warlike, and there are bound to be people who are afraid of war. The military has always been divided into two factions. This has always been a very normal thing in all countries.
General Levi was obviously a representative of the militant faction. Just when he asked for orders from Duke Rose, and Duke Rose was obviously hesitating with an expression of excitement, a veteran stood up and said to Duke Rose: "Your Excellency, Duke,
There is a saying in the East: Don't chase an enemy when you are poor. There is no doubt that Ming people are extremely fierce in combat. Once the pursuit fails, what will be the consequences? Has the Duke ever thought about it..."
Upon hearing this, General Levi immediately said to the veteran: "General Harry, you think too highly of Akito. Didn't you see that Akito's fleet fled when it saw our fleet? Any war will have the risk of failure.
Should we not fight just because there is a risk of failure? When did the Kingdom of Spain lose the courage to fight with others? "
General Levi's words were very powerful, especially when he said that the Kingdom of Spain did not even have the courage to fight with others. The expressions of almost 90% of the generals around him changed. Some showed excitement on their faces, while others showed shame.
color.
The next moment, General Levi said solemnly to Duke Rose: "Please make an early decision, Your Majesty the Duke!"
Duke Qiangwei was able to put aside his glory and wealth and not enjoy it, but instead asked for orders to come to supervise the battle. This shows that Duke Qiangwei is not that kind of waste, and he has some blood in his heart.
At this moment, being stimulated by General Levi's words, his head immediately became hot. He stood up suddenly, slapped the table with his palm, and said in a deep voice with a bright light in his eyes: "Let Mingren teach me a lesson about Spain."
The kingdom’s navy is really powerful.”
Having made a decision, Duke Rose looked at the generals and said: "Everyone, I leave the glory of the Kingdom of Spain to you!"
"For Spain, for the glory of the kingdom..."
"For Spain, for the glory of the kingdom..."
Only about half an hour later, the Spanish fleet, which had originally retreated to the port, once again sailed out of the port in a mighty manner.
Hundreds of warships sailed out of the port. The scene was really amazing. At this time, Spain already had some of the momentum of the later Armada.
At the peak of Spanish naval power, the naval fleet was known as the Invincible Fleet and was invincible across the ocean. However, it was defeated in a battle by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets. Since then, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets has surpassed the Kingdom of Spain and become the world's number one naval power.
Therefore, the current strength of the Spanish navy can definitely be regarded as the first naval power in the West. Portugal was defeated by Spain, and the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets is still trying to catch up. Only Spanish warships roam the sea, and it is difficult to encounter opponents.
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The mighty ships were scattered on the vast ocean and chased in the direction of the Ming fleet.
On the sea surface more than ten miles away, Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others were on the flagship. Not long ago, everyone discussed the result, which was to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Spanish navy. It was not that they were afraid, but that they were limited by themselves.
The logistical supplies are insufficient, and it would indeed be too risky to fight with them.
Yu Dayou suppressed his warlike heart and sent an order: "I will order the army to withdraw to Port Blair and wait for domestic logistics supplies!"
The order was passed on, but soon a rapid siren sounded. The people who were originally relaxed could not help but be shaken. They suddenly raised their heads and looked at the soldiers who were rushing towards the order.
I saw the messenger running over quickly with a look of panic. When he came closer, he bowed solemnly to Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others: "My lord, something serious has happened. We have discovered that the enemy fleet is heading towards our fleet!"
Hearing this, Yu Dayou was stunned for a moment, then he realized and couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, originally I was not willing to fight with them, but I didn't expect that they actually came to my door. That's really the best thing."
Got it!"
While speaking, Yu Dayou looked at Jiao Yuan, Yue Buqun, and Lin Pingzhi and said, "What do you think we should do?"
Just looking at Yu Dayou's high-spirited fighting spirit, you can tell what Yu Dayou is thinking at this moment. Whether it is Yue Buqun or Jiao Yuan, they actually have a sense of arrogance in their hearts.
In the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty, except for the Ming Dynasty, all directions are barbarians. As a member of the Ming Dynasty, I have a certain pride.
They took the initiative to retreat before, not because they were afraid of the Royal Spanish Navy, but because they were unwilling to fight head-on with insufficient logistics.
But not retreating is not because of fear. Now the Spanish fleet actually comes to provoke. This is a naked provocation in the eyes of Yu Dayou, Jiao Yuan and others.
"I am the Ming Dynasty, why should I be afraid of a battle?"
Jiao Yuan had a solemn look on his face and said decisively.
It was Jiao Yuan who was opposed to starting a war with him before, because Jiao Yuan considered the overall situation, but now it was Jiao Yuan who was the first to respond to Yu Dayou, but it was because Jiao Yuan knew that this battle was related to the glory of the Ming Dynasty.
Just like on the Spanish side, General Levi persuaded the Duke of Rose in the name of the glory of the Kingdom of Spain. Now the Ming Dynasty is also fighting for its own glory.
Yue Buqun and Lin Pingzhi naturally had no objections. They looked at each other and unified their opinions. They heard Yu Dayou say in a deep voice with some excitement: "Give me the order to hang out the battle flag and fight the Spanish fleet.
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The horn sounded, and a bright and distinct battle flag was slowly raised. Suddenly, the captains on the surrounding battleships saw the raised battle flag, and the battleships began to rise one by one.
The sails were taken off, and the soldiers returned to their positions, ready to fight at any time.
When the two sides were almost four or five miles apart, they could already clearly see the figures of the soldiers and generals on the ship through the telescope.
The flagship of the Ming Dynasty is naturally quite eye-catching. With the prosperity of the domestic shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty, the ships of the Ming Dynasty were updated very quickly. A few years ago, when they went to sea, Yu Dayou's flagship was the first generation of new warships, but now they
The flagship under my seat is a new second-generation battleship.
Although the domestic logistics supplies of the Ming Dynasty were only supplied two or three times because they were thousands of miles apart, just last time, several new second-generation warships replaced Yu Dayou's flagship.
Therefore, Yu Dayou's flagship is now larger than before, and its firepower is even more fierce.
On the Spanish warship opposite, several Spanish generals were looking at the Ming fleet opposite them through telescopes.
Regarding the Ming fleet, to be honest, there is still some psychological shadow in the hearts of the Spanish generals. After all, many Spanish squadrons have had the experience of fighting against the Ming Dynasty, and it can almost be said that they will lose every battle.
Once or twice is fine. The key point is that they have never won once. One can imagine what kind of pressure and shadows these Spanish generals would have in their hearts when facing the Ming fleet under such circumstances.
The reason why General Levi encouraged the Duke of Rose to fight was because he saw the Ming Dynasty retreating, thinking that the Ming Dynasty was afraid, and wanted to win a victory through this battle to restore the morale of the Spanish fleet.
As a famous naval general of the generation, General Levi has great trust from Duke Rose, and this time he was appointed as the commander of the Ming Dynasty by Duke Rose.
General Levi looked at the conspicuous Ming fleet opposite and couldn't help but exclaimed: "God, Ming people can actually build such a huge warship. What do our craftsmen do? If Ming people can build it, how can we?"
Can’t it be made?”
It can be seen that the emergence of the Ming Dynasty's new warships had a considerable impact on soldiers such as General Levi.
Especially at this time, the navies of various countries are still in the age of sails. Of course, during this period, even if the Ming fleet has been upgraded for three generations, even the latest third-generation warships are still in the age of sails.
However, the Ming Dynasty has begun research on steam warships. Chu Yi is not a fool. Upgrading the technology tree requires a basic foundation. It is obviously difficult to jump directly into the steam era, but it does not prevent Chu Yi from leaving behind the design of steam warships.
and imagination.
Sometimes the emergence of new things is just a concept, separated by a piece of paper, you only need to pierce this piece of paper, and new things will be born naturally.
According to the current crazy development momentum of the Ming Dynasty, if nothing unexpected happens, the first generation of steam battleships may be launched within three to five years. By that time, the Ming Dynasty will usher in a new era.
Compared to the mainstream sailing battleships in the West today, Yu Dayou's flagship is at least decades ahead of the mainstream Western battleships. No wonder General Levi and others looked shocked when they saw the flagship.
Standing behind General Levi, a general said with a bit of greed: "Take it back and let the domestic craftsmen build it. Our navy in the Kingdom of Spain is the strongest."
Decades and hundreds of years of overseas expansion have made most of Spain's naval admirals full of greed, and they want to take back any good thing they see.
Since they don't have such an advanced warship, they can just snatch it back and then imitate it.
Through the telescope, General Levi saw many ships of the Ming Dynasty fleet several miles away. Among them, there were not many huge warships like flagships, only three. This made General Levi breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Although I have not seen the combat effectiveness of this new battleship with my own eyes, just looking at the huge hull, I can imagine that such a battleship must have ferocious firepower.
If there are many such warships in the Ming Dynasty fleet, then General Levi will have to consider whether to withdraw to the port.
After all, although General Levi belongs to the militant faction, he has the qualifications of a famous general. He has his own judgment in his mind under which circumstances he can fight and under which circumstances he cannot.
Then I heard General Levi give an order: "Send the order and let the whole army press forward."
In General Levi's opinion, there was obviously a reason why Ming Dynasty took the initiative to retreat. Although it was impossible to guess, General Levi also knew that this might be their only chance.
Even if there is a slight possibility, General Levi is willing to take a gamble. If he wins the battle, Spain will still be the strongest country in the West. If he loses, everything will be over.
Yu Dayou noticed that the entire Spanish fleet was pressing forward. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said to the messenger beside him: "Send the order, be ready to fight at any time."
As the two sides gradually approached, the range of the artillery carried by the Spanish fleet was obviously inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty. Just when the Spanish fleet entered the range of the Ming Dynasty artillery, the captains who had been staring at the flagship discovered that the flagship was not equipped with
Give the signal to fire.
As a civil servant, Jiao Yuan experienced more than one naval battle in the past few years, and he grew from a civil servant who knew nothing about naval battles to a qualified general.
Just seeing that Yu Dayou did not order the artillery fire, I knew clearly that it was not that Yu Dayou did not want to rely on the advantage of the range of the artillery to sling the Spanish fleet to attack, but that if the distance was too far, the hit rate of the artillery would be significantly reduced.
If there is sufficient artillery fire, this method of hanging is naturally perfect. However, their biggest problem right now is insufficient logistics and insufficient artillery fire. If they attack from a distance, although they can pre-emptively strike, it will also waste a lot of money.
Lots of shells.
With a sigh in his heart, Jiao Yuan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He knew that Yu Dayou's choice was not wrong. Even if he put in the bomb, the fleet might suffer a lot of losses, but with the advantage of artillery fire, in a limited time
With limited logistical supplies, great results can be achieved.
After many battles, the Spanish fleet still had a certain understanding of the range of the Ming Dynasty's artillery, so after entering the range of the Ming Dynasty's artillery, a group of Spanish fleets were ready to come, and made various defenses in the process.
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However, the artillery attack they imagined did not come.
General Levi watched as the Ming Dynasty fleet on the opposite side slowly pressed forward. Not a single shell was fired, but a huge pressure hit his face because he couldn't guess what the Ming Dynasty fleet was brewing.
He clearly had the advantage in firepower, but he did not take advantage of this advantage to achieve the victory first and occupy a certain advantage. If it were him, he would definitely not let in the attack. All fools know how to keep the distance and rely on the advantage of the artillery range to defeat the enemy.
Fighting is the right choice.
I am afraid that General Levi would never have imagined that the reason why the Ming fleet did not open fire when they came within range was not because of unwillingness, but because of insufficient logistics.
For the same artillery shells, it is obvious that the higher the hit rate, the longer the victory will be and the greater the result will be. Since the logistics are insufficient, one can only take some risks.
"Fire!"
General Levi roared. He had never thought that the first cannonball fired by the two sides in the battle would be fired by them.
Following General Levi's order, hundreds of warships roared together, smoke filled the air, and columns of water suddenly splashed on the sea surface.
Several Ming warships were obviously hit, but on the flagship, Yu Dayou, who noticed this, was not surprised at all. All this was within his expectation. His eyes were shining, his voice was hoarse, and he was a little excited.
He just stared at the Spanish fleet opposite and murmured: "Closer, closer!"
Suddenly, Yu Dayou waved his hand and said: "Fire."
As more than a dozen cannons on the flagship opened fire together, the surrounding warships had already been holding back their energy and opened fire almost at the same time. Suddenly, rounds of shells shot out, heading straight for the Spanish fleet on the opposite side.
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Boom boom, boom boom.
Compared with the Spanish warships' solid bombs, the Ming Dynasty had completely used the explosive bombs. In this case, the two sides only fought once, and the result can be imagined.
Even though General Levi was mentally prepared to a certain extent, when he saw the shells exploding on the ship, General Levi couldn't help but gritted his teeth and shouted: "Damn it, use the explosive shells, quick!"
War is the best way to promote technological upgrading. After all, after several battles with the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible for the Spanish side not to upgrade their artillery shells. However, the quality and quantity of the shells they produced were far inferior, so these limited shells were
General Levi regarded the ammunition as a treasure at the bottom of the box and refused to use it. However, seeing the fierce firepower of the Ming Dynasty, General Levi knew that if he did not use it, he might not have a chance.
As General Levi's order was passed on, the Spanish side finally used the explosive shells at the bottom of the box. When a explosive bomb exploded on a Ming Dynasty battleship, although it was not more powerful than the Ming Dynasty's artillery shells, it was
This shows that Spain is rapidly upgrading its artillery.
Seeing this scene, Yu Dayou couldn't help clenching his fists, staring at the Spanish fleet opposite, and said quietly: "Even if we try hard to inflict heavy damage, we have to destroy this fleet. We absolutely cannot give it time to grow!"
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