After all, there are women on board, and the Royal Clipper is a cruise ship and has no armor. Although it is made of steel, the glass is not bulletproof glass. Therefore, Yang Fan decided to break through the interception of Anzhai ship and rush out of the strait. Then leave a supply ship, two troopships and the Royal Clipper outside the channel.
The three cruisers fought back to show these dwarves how powerful they were. Yang Fan mobilized six cruisers this time. Equivalent to half of the main battleships. Just use them to practice your skills.
Yang Fan's navy, officers and soldiers have only fought against pirates and never against regular troops. The first time to fight a country's naval fleet. It is not advisable to choose an opponent that is too strong. It is best to choose a weaker opponent to fight. If you win, you will gradually find stronger opponents to fight. In this way, every victory can build up the confidence and morale of the entire army.
The most important thing for a newly formed army is to accumulate sufficient military morale and morale, as well as a sense of honor among soldiers. Only with a spiritual core can such an army have a soul.
Under Yang Fan's order, three cruisers formed a triangular formation, protecting the Royal Clipper in the middle, and the remaining three ships followed in a row. Rushing towards the Anzha fleet at the east entrance of the strait.
After Date Maru was discovered, all the ships began to fire up the steam engines. In order to save fuel, the steam engine does not light a fire. But once the battle begins, the steam engine needs to be started.
Because combat requires seizing the upper wind direction, seizing the T prefix, and seizing favorable gun positions. So mobility is very important. At this time, we can see the advantages and disadvantages of sails and steam power.
A pure sailboat that relies on wind power is subject to the size and direction of the wind. You can't just turn the corner if you want. You can't necessarily speed up if you want to speed up. This has many limitations of physical principles. But steam power is different.
Steam power fully realizes freedom of maneuver. How you want to maneuver depends entirely on the captain's wishes. Therefore, a sailboat cannot defeat a steamship. You can't get around it by going in circles. As soon as the wind direction and strength are wrong, the steamboat will instantly bite the weak point of the sailboat.
During the Battle of Trafalgar, Vice Admiral Nelson got behind the French sailing battleship flagship. Turn the Victory sideways and attack the enemy's stern with concentrated fire from its broadside guns.
There are several floors of the most luxuriously decorated rooms and walking corridors at the stern. It is the most vulnerable place on the entire ship.
It immediately set the French flagship on fire. After the flagship was destroyed, the French army lost its unified command and the whole army was in chaos. Britain finally won the naval battle.
Now it is still two hours' sailing from the interception point of the local fleet. Because the fixed telescope is in the observation cabin at the top of the mast, the maximum distance that can be seen is actually very far.
Yang Fan uses a professional large-scale navigation telescope and can see a distance of more than fifteen kilometers.
It is said that this distance can be reached in less than two hours. But now we are passing through the strait, the ocean current is countercurrent, and the wind direction is also wrong. So it takes longer.
The Anzha fleet was parked there and waiting. Prepare to attack these huge ships with unknown origins. Since the defeated retreat from Korea. In fact, they have been worried about the invasion of Ming Dynasty. Such a big ship had already shocked them. It's impossible not to intercept.
Yang Fan didn't plan to drive too fast. He wanted to leave enough time for the steam engine to start. In this kind of encounter, follow naval maneuvers. Sprinkle fuel oil on the coals in the boiler and ignite them. In this way, the flame will quickly reach its maximum temperature, boil the water within an hour, and start to build steam pressure.
Two hours are enough for the air pressure to reach a level that can drive a steam engine. .
The Royal Clipper does not need it because it is equipped with a diesel engine. The diesel engine starts quickly and reaches maximum speed quickly. In the era before steam turbines (turbines) and gas turbines, diesel engines started and accelerated very well.
Therefore, even if the situation is not optimistic, there is still no problem for Yang Fan to escape on the Royal Clipper. Just be careful to keep everyone away from the glass windows to avoid being killed by enemy matchlocks and small artillery. As for the hull, don't worry. The six-centimetre-thick hull steel plate is not afraid of any guns and artillery of this era.
In modern shipbuilding, large-tonnage ships generally use pressure-bearing hulls.
Use 60 steel plate.
In Yang Fan's fleet, supply ships and troop carriers use the same hulls and steam engines as cruisers. They just have different purposes. The reason why these three ships are like this is to keep up with the cruisers. When sailing in the open sea, the entire formation must have the same speed and endurance, otherwise it will slow down the formation speed.
Yang Fan's order has been issued, and with the signal soldiers on the main mast of the ship, the order is conveyed in semaphores. Six 1,500-ton warships immediately formed a triangular array, surrounding Yang Fan's ship Royal Clipper in the middle, and sailed towards the distance.
The Hengshan took the lead, driving at the front, forming the sharp corner of the triangular array.
In the bottom warehouse, Boss Hu, as the chief stoker, was directing his soldiers and constantly filling the boiler with coal. Two large boilers are already burning hot.
Boss Hu looked inside the observation port for a while with his sunglasses eyes. He turned around and yelled: "Spray some more fuel oil in. The temperature is not enough."
A seventeen-year-old sailor behind him immediately dropped the wrench, and a large stream of viscous fuel oil was sprayed into the burning furnace. There was a sudden bang, and the flames suddenly burst into flames.
The fuel injection effect is very good, much better than burning coal, and the temperature is visible to the naked eye. The heat wave scorched everyone back again.
At this time, a loud roar came from the steam team, "The air pressure is enough, prepare to start the transmission system."
As the steam valve is opened, high-pressure steam enters the pipeline. Then entering the steam engine, the three-expansion steam engine started to move slowly. The three-person-high connecting rod and crankshaft were reciprocating up and down, turning faster and faster, making a squeaking sound.
Woohoo! The whistles also sounded on each ship in turn. This signifies that the steam engine has started working. Yang Fan was completely relieved when he heard this voice.
Even with the same firepower, ships with steam engines are sure to win.
If you want to hit him, you can catch up with him, but he can't run away. When he wants to hit you, he can't catch up with you. So this kind of naval battle is one-sided.
In the distance, there are more than a hundred Anzhai ships densely packed, and they can be seen clearly.
The Japanese Navy set up an interception formation with three clusters on the left, center and right. Each has five rows of boats. They were waiting quietly for the approach of these huge white sailing ships.
Now, the persecution of Catholics in Japan is in full swing. They looked at the ship, which looked more like a Western ship. I am very worried that the Spaniards are coming to help those who have adopted foreign religions.
