"Raise the white flag! Surrender!"
The long-range ships launched a fierce bombardment on the Volda, completely ignoring the white flag raised by the Occitan army.
Ten minutes later, the Volda was hit by several shots and slowly sank. The shells fired by the main cannon could not even tear through the armor of the Long Distance. They could only leave a few black craters on the ship.
Fifteen minutes later, the only remaining ships in the Far East fleet of the Ockot Kingdom, the Triumph and the Dujutu Road, raised the white flag again. This time, the navy of the ancient kingdom accepted their surrender!
Capturing the Triumph and Dujutu Road made the technicians of the shipyard ecstatic.
With their technology, they could already build a 2200-ton cruise ship like the Kaiji, but the Kaiji was still a cruise ship with a double wooden shell, not an ironclad ship. The technical director, Wickham, carefully studied the naval battle and boarded these warships to observe and compare them.
He realized that wooden warships were very fragile, so he had to make ironclad ships.
This was because both the ancient and the Occitan Alliance's advanced cannons were breeched cannons, and the shells used were either explosive shells or explosive shells. Wooden warships would burn if they were hit, and they wouldn't be able to withstand a few shots.
Wickham came to the conclusion that it was useless for wooden ships to have giant cannons. There was no way for them to withstand artillery fire. In the future, the main force of naval battles would definitely be iron-armored ships.
"Hurry up and draw the blueprints! Test data!"
He sent all the technicians on board the warship and took advantage of the maintenance and replenishment time to record the data. The warship was instantly busy.
There were Orcutt's ironclad ships, German battle ships, and Zhao's patrol ships. After these valuable data were recorded, it was very useful to the shipyard. With their strength, if the hardware allowed, they could definitely build a 4800-ton ironclad ship like Guang Yuan in two or three years.
Mawei Shipyard was the largest shipyard in the country. It had the most complete technical team and equipment. They were confident.
Two days later, the fleet had been repaired and replenished, so he had no choice but to let them go. The fleet still had to participate in the battle, and the data could be measured at any time. The things that were recorded overnight were enough for them to digest.
He didn't expect that his actions would greatly promote the development of the country's shipbuilding standards. After the batch of technicians who supervised the construction of the Long-term Vision Five Ships returned to China, they merged with each other. Coupled with the technical equipment provided by Wang Guangxu, the ancient country surpassed the Western Alliance in shipbuilding within a decade.
Inside the Mawei Military Port.
All the warships stayed together. Lin Taizeng, Deng Chang, Lu Han, and Chen Ying stood behind Ding Ru.
Yang Wu's captain, Zhang Cheng, actually didn't die. He was also standing among them and had been promoted to Triumph's captain.
After falling into the water, he was lucky enough to be rescued. After being unconscious for a day, he was wrapped up like a dumpling and joined the ranks of the commanders.
"Fire the cannon! Mourning for the dead soldiers!"
Ding Ru ordered.
Immediately, dozens of cannons boomed and fired twenty shots in a row. Even the cannons on the shore started firing.
When the cannons stopped, everyone drew their military sabers in unison. The blade glistened under the sunlight.
"I will definitely win this trip to Jilong! Revenge for our dead brothers!"
"If you fail! I, Ding Ru, should commit suicide to thank the emperor for his kindness and atone for my dead brothers!”
Ding Ru used the commanding knife to cut a small opening on his finger. Naturally, someone brought over a jar of wine. Everyone followed suit and dropped a drop of blood into the jar. The guard took out a bowl and poured the blood wine.
"There's no retreat! This battle would definitely be won!“
Everyone shouted in unison, downing the blood wine in their hands in one gulp, and smashing the wine bowls into pieces.
The addition of the Triumph and the Dujutu Road caused the fleet's strength to rise once again. As the location of the navy academy, it had nurtured many talents over the past decade. Naturally, personnel were not a problem, and there were plenty of elites to replenish them.
"Raise the anchor! Set off!“
Ding Ru decisively gave the order, and all the officers took small boats back to their own ships…
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