Chapter 2719: Battle of Brunn

If France pursues an aggressive strategy, it should meander north along the British coastline, hitting British cities hard along the way.

And advancing along the French coastline, the implicit meaning is that in case of defeat, the French army's coastal defense artillery can be protected, and rescue is also convenient.

Of course, it can be explained by the rapid advance of the French fleet and not wanting to cause complications halfway.

But everyone knows that the Chinese guard ships have discovered them a long time ago, and have already reported to their own large fleet. No, there are still many cruise ships and fast ships with strange movements on the distant sea watching the French fleet. Fleet, the French army also sent cruise ships to drive them away, but they couldn't catch up, and their binoculars were strong enough to see the French ships clearly from a long distance.

As for fighting against the wind and keeping the ship first, this is a sign of lack of confidence in oneself.

It has been clearly stated before that when the battleship is fighting upwind, if the waves are too large and the muzzles on the lower gun deck cannot be opened, then the 32-pound and 42-pound heavy guns are placed, and the result is a sharp drop in firepower. You go to war with the enemy with half the firepower?

You are in the upper air, and you can't hold back and want to slip away. Where are you going? Anchor together, and when the wind blows, it will be sent directly to the muzzle of others. You can't escape even if you want to!

Teams that dare to take the lead in fighting are either lunatics or have super confidence in their own fleets. For example, the Chinese, British and Dutch like to fight with the upper hand.

Fighting at the downwind, if you can't win, immediately lift the anchor, follow the wind, and slip away.

There is another great advantage of the downwind port. When the battleship is sideways, when the wind blows, the waves hit the waves, and all the guns are on the sea surface, so they can give full play to their firepower.

Although there are many cannons for shooting planes, but with chain bombs and bar bombs, the opponent will be turned into a bald bird. If the opponent loses, he will not be able to run away if he wants to, and if the opponent wins, he will not be able to chase after him. Wouldn't it be beautiful to see the enemy army!

It seems that fighting in the downwind is more beneficial, but Lieutenant General Abraham Duquesne and some aggressive officers in the French army wanted to fight for the upper hand, but they failed to fight after all.

France, which was in a hurry, built a large number of battleships at once, and the crews were fully equipped, but the level was uneven. There were not only heroic French naval officers, but also skilled veteran sailors from Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries, and more It's a fledgling kid.

They are full of enthusiasm for fighting, but their eyes are high and their hands are low. Although they have spent a lot of money and time on artillery training, they can only achieve the rate of fire of firing one shell in one and a half minutes. In actual combat, due to various unfavorable factors hindering , which greatly reduced the loading and reloading time of the French gunners. It may take two minutes or even three minutes to fire a shell.

If you want to increase the speed of the artillery, you must go through the baptism of blood. Those sea battle veterans who survived the battle can keep the artillery at a high rate of fire without shaking their hands in the fierce artillery battle.

And what about the rate of fire of the pagan gunners in the East?

They are so fast that they can even fire one shell in forty to fifty seconds. In actual combat, the average rate of fire is one round per minute, and some artillery squads can even fire three shells in two minutes.

This is why the Chinese dare to fight even when the muzzles of the lower gun decks on the upwind vent cannot be opened!

"Okay!" Lieutenant General Abraham Duquena said to himself: "Do our best, and may God bless us!"

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The Nanhua Fleet was sailing in the English Channel, and there were clippers along the way to inform the white-skinned fleet, and then brazenly crossed the strait, arrived in Calais, France (almost close to the narrowest part of the strait), and bombarded Calais with naval guns. coastal townships.

The port of Calais is protected by large-caliber heavy artillery, but there is no such thing in the townships. The Nanhua Navy uses Tier 3 battleships to fire guns on the shore, which is regarded as a live ammunition exercise, and the loss of personnel is not large. A lot was smashed.

The two sides have already torn their faces apart. You hit me and you hit you before, so attacking the coastline is nothing.

The two hostile large fleets "met as they wish" in the coastal city of "Bren" south of the Port of Calais. Seeing the Chinese line up the battle line, one after another battleships sailed in line, this is the signal of the fleet in the age of sails seeking war, without saying anything, the battle broke out immediately, known as the "Battle of Brunn Sea" in history.

Before the war, both sides divided their fleets into three divisions, the forward, the center and the rear. On the French side, the commander of the forward division (carrying the blue flag, called the "Blue Fleet") was Abraham Duquesne, who sat The ship "King" fought side by side with another first-class battleship "Paris". The commander of the Chinese detachment (flying the white flag, called the "White Fleet") was none other than Admiral Jean d'Estret, Sitting on the "Duke Royale", the commander of the first-class battleship "Golden Corolla" and the guard unit (flying the blue and white flag, called the "Blue and White Fleet") is Earl O'Neill, who commands the "France", the second ship For the battleship "Henry".

The main generals and capital ships are allocated in this way. The forward squadron has 22 battleships, the center squadron has 26 battleships, and the rear squadron has 22 battleships.

When the battle started, everyone was in trouble. The wind and waves in the Atlantic were turbulent and blocked the ships. The battleships of the French rearguard were out of touch with the battleships in front, sailing far behind the center and vanguard fleet.

The Chinese saw this opportunity, and if they gathered 84 battleships and swarmed up, they would fight more and eat less, and eat up 48 French battleships as soon as possible (the number of battleships on both sides was just reversed), then it would be a blessing to God.

But the Chinese people have more than enough people but not enough power, and the wind and waves of the Atlantic will not spoil you. Even a first-class battleship of thousands of tons is bumping from side to side and ups and downs in the wind and waves. The rest of the battleships are even more unbearable. s position.

The Atlantic Ocean is really fierce. Now the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and there are no dark clouds, indicating that there is no storm. However, the sea is turbulent. Under the action of wind and ocean currents, the waves are pushed to the distant coast, and the waves The top lifts up the beautiful waves!

The scenery is beautiful, but the combat is difficult. Even the Nanhua Fleet has been training in the Atlantic Ocean many times~www.wuxiaspot.com~It also feels difficult.

Everyone is sighing: "Hey, it's still fun to fight in the Mediterranean tub!"

The Mediterranean Sea is sandwiched by the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. The wind and waves are not strong, and the sea surface is as flat as a mirror. It is called a bathtub.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanhua Fleet tried their best to operate the ship, but failed to seize the opportunity. Until 8:00 am, they and the French were adjusting their sailing and reorganizing their formation. Among them, the formation of the Chinese was more neat, and the two sides were separated at once The level of ship operation is high and low!

At around 8 o'clock, seeing that the French fleet had not yet converged, the Nanhua Fleet attacked first. Siresma took his 25 battleships to pounce on the French fleet, trying to intercept the entire French fleet before the vanguard fleet of Lieutenant General Abraham Duquesne. The French fleet!

Judging from the situation at the time, Siresma was indeed hopeful, because Lieutenant General Abraham Duquesne lowered his sails for a while to wait for the Chinese fleet and rearguard fleet.

It's a pity that when a headwind blew, Siresma's squadron stopped advancing. He shook his head unhappily, but he was not angry. After all, you can only bear the temper of the Atlantic!

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