Chapter 1521 New Situation
At the same time, in the South Sea of Da Zhou...
This summer, something that will go down in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty is happening !
The first steam ironclad ship of their Great Zhou emitted a low humming sound within the territorial waters of the South China Sea.
Accompanied by billowing smoke, this steel monster living on the sea broke through the waves and approached this side.
Unfortunately, ordinary people cannot reach this location at all, and Zhou Xu himself did not go there in person because the journey was too long.
The only ones who could witness this historic scene in this South China Sea port at this moment were the South China Sea garrison headed by Soros and the shipyard workers responsible for building this steam ironclad ship.
The atmosphere on the scene was quite lively. Seeing the steam ironclad ship successfully completing its first cruise mission, the shipwrights and soldiers stationed in the South China Sea were all very excited.
At this moment, the steam ironclad ship was slowly heading towards their South China Sea port.
According to the original plan, the next step is to dock for maintenance.
As the distance got closer, the steel monster continued to grow bigger in the eyes of everyone, and the invisible sense of oppression made their faces flush with excitement.
Once the power problem is solved, the scale of the ship can naturally be built larger.
But normally speaking, this was the first steam ironclad ship after all, so when designing it, Qin Fen, for the sake of safety, did not go too far right at the beginning, and planned to build a small boat to test the waters first.
This steam ironclad ship is 93 meters long and 18 meters wide. Its current maximum cruising speed can reach 28 kilometers per hour.
The entire ship is wrapped in thick armor. Under this premise, the two sides of the ship have been adjusted to cooperate with the artillery troops, freeing up special artillery positions, and arranging two decks! While ensuring the space for activities, each deck can be equipped with eight artillery pieces, and the two decks together have sixteen pieces! The total number of artillery pieces on both sides is thirty-two!
The artillery produced later and sent to the southern border were basically all installed on it, which directly cured all the fear of insufficient firepower!
With this configuration, once it enters the battlefield, all known large warships can only be pressed on the sea surface and rubbed crazily! Under this premise, the speed of this steam ironclad ship is faster than that of a speedboat!
The speed of a sailing warship of common specifications will be affected by the strength of the wind and the human power, but the speed is generally around 15 to 20 kilometers per hour.
Sometimes, when the right time, right place and right people come together, this limit can be broken through, but it is not sustainable at all and can basically be ignored.
The speed of their steam ironclad ship can reach a stable speed of 28 kilometers per hour.
Under this premise, they are not affected by wind and manpower. As long as the fuel is in place, the speed is as stable as Mount Tai! It is simply a dimensionality reduction attack! At present, this first steam ironclad ship was directly named "Ironclad Ship No. 001" by Zhou Xu.
The ironclad ship No. 001 docked smoothly and quickly, and the sailors who had been on standby throughout the process immediately went on board to confirm the situation.
Finally it was confirmed that after completing its first official cruise mission, the ironclad ship No. 001 had no problems in any part of the ship and was very stable!
The relevant report was delivered to Zhou Xu as quickly as possible.
Looking at the report in his hand, Zhou Xu was extremely excited at the moment. He wished he could fly to the southern port right now to see with his own eyes the first ironclad ship of their Great Zhou.
However, he remained relatively calm about this matter.
It is of great significance, but it would be a bit irrational for him to put aside a lot of work and rush to the southern border just for this matter.
Zhou Xu took a deep breath, adjusted his state, quickly picked up the pen and started writing the warrant.
He ordered the Ironclad Ship No. 001 to rush directly to the tropical island to support the pioneering fleet! Although there was only one ship, the epoch-making performance of the Ironclad Ship No. 001 was there, and it was a king bomb when it entered the battlefield! Zhou Xu's order was issued, and at the same time, on the tropical island side, when Bai Tu returned with the fleet, it was already early autumn.
Just as predicted at the beginning, the defeated Patton fleet would not be able to take any further action in a short period of time even if the news had been confirmed.
Not to mention that the other party may not have confirmed the news yet.
So far, not counting the four large warships and three speedboats that were still on the volcanic island for repairs, the fleet size of their Great Zhou on the tropical island has now reached a rather spectacular 24 ships! These 24 warships also include the spoils they captured earlier, which have now all been repaired.
Two were large warships and twenty-two were fast ships.
On this basis, one of the large warships and seven clippers have been fully equipped with artillery weapons!
With this situation and considering the existence of their air forces and artillery weapons, any one of the four fleets of the Patton Empire, even if they send out all their forces, they now dare to say that they have a greater chance of winning!
In fact, to be honest, it is not certain that the other side can pull off such a spree right now.
After all, according to the intelligence provided by Harald, in the previous battle, not only was the North Sea Fleet completely wiped out, but even the East Sea Fleet and the West Sea Fleet that came to support lost one-third of their forces.
Now, let alone assembling a large fleet to fight them to the death in a short period of time, even the garrison deployment in the North Sea has become a problem for the Patton Empire.
In other words, at this stage, the North Sea region of the Patton Empire is most likely wide open.
However, Bai Tu had no intention of seizing this opportunity to directly attack the North Sea and complete the landing.
The information was also provided by Harald. Because they are an archipelago country, their territory is separated into pieces on the sea.
In the current situation, the Barton Empire has no idea where their front-line base is. The enemy is in the open, and I am in the dark! The initiative is completely in the hands of Bai Tu.
Taking advantage of this, they can conduct guerrilla warfare at sea. Whenever the opponent sends a fleet, they can destroy it. In this way, they can constantly wear down the opponent's naval fleet.
But once Bai Tu occupies the North Sea island, the situation will be different.
This is equivalent to giving the Patton Empire an opportunity to attack them! The original advantage is gone, isn't that just asking for trouble?
Therefore, Bai Tu has no such idea at this stage.
For now, he will maintain the current mode and continue to reduce the enemy's military strength at sea until the enemy's maritime power is completely disintegrated, or the enemy makes new moves, then he will take further action to transfer their troops to land! (End of this chapter)
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