New Ming Empire mixed in America

The armored gunboat that was quickly called over, under the cover of firepower from the new ironclad ship, successfully got close to the Black Prince's hull.

And he firmly tied himself to the Black Prince with a grappling hook. A dozen of the most skilled soldiers began to climb.

Before these soldiers could lower the rope ladder onto their gunboat, a group of sailors armed with various weapons rushed out of the cabin.

But after a few grenades, the sailors' resistance gradually became lighter.

More and more Wehrmacht soldiers climbed onto the deck of the Black Prince from their own gunboats.

And they attacked inward along the deck. First, the captain's cabin located below the deck was captured by the National Defense Forces.

But the Wehrmacht soldiers only found the bodies of a dozen sailors here. After inspection, the man in rich clothes who died in front of the desk was identified by the surrendered British navy soldiers as the body of the captain.

This is located between the deck and the gun cabin. In addition to the captain's cabin, there is also an exquisite layout such as a conference room and a small kitchen.

This was obviously a scene of civil strife, which made the soldiers of the National Defense Forces become nervous and began to run quickly towards the ammunition compartment under the leadership of the prisoners.

When the Wehrmacht soldiers arrived near the ammunition cabin, they discovered that two waves of people were confronting each other.

After discovering the arrival of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the British soldiers outside the cabin very wisely put down their weapons and stepped aside, while the British sailors blocking the cabin raised their weapons.

Raising weapons means fighting, so fierce gunfire began to ring out in the cabin aisle.

However, the Wehrmacht soldiers who were shooting did not notice the expressions on the faces of the British sailors who blocked the cabin.

It was a mixture of disbelief and shock.

"Stop firing, stop firing, this is an ammunition bay!"

The sharp-eyed officer who had just arrived spotted the gunpowder barrel placed at the door of the cabin. Then he looked at the British soldier who had been hit by the bullet and the cabin wall. The hair on the officer's back stood up.

"Head, what is the ammunition compartment?" A soldier asked with a smile. He had just taken the lead in firing and killed more than a dozen British soldiers. He thought he had made a contribution, so he was very happy.

"Don't you know the ammunition depot? This is the ammunition depot on the ship. Are you shooting here?"

After the officer finished shouting, he wiped the cold sweat from his head.

It wouldn't matter if the ammunition bay exploded and the ship was blown up, but the more than a hundred Wehrmacht soldiers who followed him aboard would be out of luck.

"Take those guys into custody, and let the others check the ammunition bay with me!"

After finishing speaking, the officer walked towards the door of the ammunition compartment.

Because the ammunition compartment is required to provide gunpowder for the gun positions, it is designed to be very flat to facilitate the rolling of gunpowder barrels.

When the officer walked around the corpses, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the ammunition cabin was penetrated by an armor-piercing bullet from an inclined plane, and the cabin was already filled with water. This is why the two groups just did not bother to raise their guns to confront each other.

"We...surrender...hope to...get...very comfortable...treatment..."

A soldier leading the British army spoke stumblingly in Chinese about their demands.

"I didn't even say it was comfortable. You prisoners still want to be comfortable, so be honest!"

A soldier's face felt a little painful when he listened to this stumbling Chinese.

Because of the rise of the Xinming Empire, there are now more and more people in the countries around the west coast who can speak Chinese.

Being able to speak Chinese here means being able to barely understand it by the people of the empire. The various accents require the assistance of gestures from time to time when conversing.

Outside the ammunition compartment is the artillery deck. It can be said that after occupying this place, it is equivalent to occupying the ship.

Today's warships do not have a "last resort" such as sea valves, which is similar to glory bombs, so there is no need to worry about someone causing trouble and causing the warship to sink.

With the Black Prince withdrawing from the battle, the battle has come to 'garbage time'.

After the second-level ship that came to rescue the commander was damaged by a burst of artillery fire, it decisively left behind the fleet commander who was still rowing the boat desperately and retreated towards the gathered fleet.

At the same time, the remaining intact secondary ship raised the flag representing the flagship.

This shows that the fleet has been replaced by other officers who have taken over the command according to the death of the fleet commander.

"Fake...Fake...Fake! They will be punished by God for doing this!"

The commander of the British fleet who was "killed" cursed loudly on the lifeboat, and even shot randomly in the direction of his own battleship with a pistol.

But none of this changes the fact that they have been abandoned.

The fleet could not risk the loss of warships to pick them up unless the commander was the illegitimate son of the Queen of England.

"Commander, we are in trouble..." The first mate's voice was trembling, causing the commander to glare over with dissatisfaction.

He's not a fool, doesn't he know they are in trouble?

But looking back, he understood what the first mate said: "Fake, what are these Orientals going to do?"

At this time, a huge battleship had appeared behind their small boat, and the protruding plow-shaped ramming horn near the waterline of the battleship was about to hit the lifeboat he was on.

"Paddle quickly...Oh Shet..."

The commander only had time to shout these words before he was carried to the bottom of the sea by the waves stirred up by the warship passing by.

Song He on the battleship didn't notice the lifeboat at all. His attention was now focused on the British battleships that were reorganizing their formation.

In the distance is the 'Reserved King' and its companions chasing the lone battleship. Nearby are three armored ships that are circling and firing at the fleet.

Further away, there were more gunboats from both sides strangled together in a melee.

So what Song He needs to do now is to lead his second formation to launch a new assault on the flagship of the British fleet.

Otherwise, the opponent is likely to hide inside the fleet and take command. In that case, it will be much more troublesome to sink the opponent.

But the next two assaults all ended in failure. The battleship Daiying actually learned the lesson and gathered the battleships together to start defense. It seemed that they were trying to delay the evacuation.

Yes, that's evacuation.

General Kemp, who took over the command, has ordered that the fleet will evacuate to the nearest Mexican port for repairs after dark.

This battle caused them heavy losses. They needed time to re-evaluate the maritime power of the Orientals, and even more time to formulate new tactics to deal with possible attacks from the Orientals.

As the sky gradually darkened, the battle gradually turned into a confrontation.

The fleets of the Xinming Empire also began to gather, and the two formations began to reorganize.

Song He was also waiting for it to get completely dark so that he could make the next battle plan.

But this time, only four of the six new warships arrived, and his formation arrived more than half an hour later than expected, all because of changes in the San Francisco waters.

"This is the sea area of ​​the Xinming Empire. The port has been closed. Please leave quickly!"

Looking at the flags displayed on the strange battleships of the New Ming Empire, Leonid, the commander of the Tsarist Russian squadron, shook his head.

He told the messenger: "Tell those Easterners that we are here to supply supplies at the port, so let them not be nervous."

Leonid actually lied. One of his goals here this time was to help the Xinming Empire resist the British navy.

However, this will not happen until the entire navy of the New Ming Empire is destroyed. At that time, they will come as a savior.

Then let the Orientals on the west coast pay some price to gain Dai Ying's understanding, and this mediation will be completed.

They also need these Easterners on the west coast to contain the United States, which is in civil war, and the Nazis, who are bullying Mexico.

The most important thing is that it can drag the British colony Canada back on land.

In this case, not only will Daiying lose his maritime hegemony in the Pacific, but it will also disrupt the situation in America and make Daiying disgusted.

But now judging from the attitude of the Orientals, they should have arrived early.

But even after arriving, he could not turn around and leave, so he could only arrange the warships in the San Francisco port in the name of entering the port for supplies, in order to defeat the purpose of leading the British from San Francisco Bay directly to the capital of the East.

PS①: Finally I know why dad cares about my sleep and makes me wake up early.

I’ve been working all day today (┯_┯)

PS②: The previous chapter mentioned the sea valve, but it has been changed now because the sea valve has not yet appeared at this time.

Sorry, shit shovelers (┯_┯)