As soon as the British fleet entered the Bay of Kodiaar, the navy of the Huaxing Army learned of the situation.The airship squadron would take off from the Huashan and Taishan ships every day, and then patrol the skies over the Gulf of Cordiar for a week, searching everywhere for traces of the British fleet.Two loud whistles rang out, piercing the sky over Trincomalee port.The Huashan and Taishan warships issued combat orders at the same time, and the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet immediately formed and slowly sailed out of the port.The seagulls followed the ship and constantly circled in the sky, the sun sprinkled on the sea with a golden veil, the blue sky was like a wash, and the sky and the earth were tightly connected at the end of the sea.Commander of the British fleet, James, stood on the bow of the ship, constantly looking around with his binoculars, and was intoxicated by the beauty from time to time."
God is really unfair, such a beautiful continent should be allowed to be enjoyed by these inferior human beings here" James always sighed every time he arrived here, secretly sighing that this is not the native of England.As the most civilized and advanced race in the world, they live on less than one-third of the islands of India."
Colonel James, India is nothing.In the east of the world, there is an even more beautiful land, three or four times larger than India.The yellow people there are still backward and ignorant, but they are also comfortable enjoying the gifts of God, who is sometimes too partial. ”Steven, the captain of the command ship, added a sentence, also full of pity."
Mr.
Major, you're talking about China," James squinted and asked, China, a place he had only heard of but had no chance to see."
That's right, China, a bunch of barbarians with big pigtails.They are ignorant and backward, but they enjoy the most beautiful land in the world.General Gordon is just too conservative, seeing that our interests in China are being driven out step by step, but he always tolerates step by step, and has not fought back until now. ”Steven nodded in disappointment, he was also stationed in Shanghai with the Far East Commander He Bo.Seeing the prosperity of the concession step by step, it was finally surrendered to the Chinese."
It's okay, one day we'll drive the battleship back again.The Chinese are just arrogant for a while, where will they be our opponents of the British Empire" James smiled contemptuously, already imagining the moment when he landed in China with a warship.At this time, the two battleships in front of the British fleet suddenly sounded the alarm, and the whistle continued to echo on the sea, which made the entire fleet immediately startled."
What's going on?"
said James, hurriedly yelling at the herald on the mast."
Colonel, word has come from the frigate ahead, they have spotted an unknown fleet directly ahead, and the captain is asking for your instructions."
The herald stared at the flag on the mast in front of him, and then translated it to James one by one."
What" James was shocked, hurriedly took the telescope from Steven's hand, and stood on the bow of the ship and kept looking around.Five or six kilometers away, sure enough, there was a formation sailing in a herringbone pattern.Because of the distance, only a little outline can be seen vaguely, and the tonnage and identity of the opponent's warship cannot be confirmed."
Get all the ships ready to attack, and look closely, and see which country this fleet is," James shouted and ordered the herald on the mast."
Yes, Colonel," the herald replied loudly, immediately waving the command flag in his hand and giving orders to the ships."
Colonel don't be nervous, it's natural that our British fleet sails in the Indian Ocean.Maybe the queen sent a fleet to reinforce Asia, and they're just here to resupply," Steven relieved James with a relaxed look and looked around with his binoculars.He looked at the sizable formation of ships in front of him, and he really couldn't think of it in his head.Is there any fleet in the world that dares to sail like this in the waters controlled by the British, swaggering "You are right, this is the waters of the British Empire, who dares to sail so carelessly."
Europe is now in a mess, except for our British Empire, no country has such strength" James breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about it, there is really nothing to be afraid of."
Colonel, the latest news from the frigate in front, the fleet in front is flying the flag of our British Empire" The herald soon brought the news again, and shouted at James."
Haha, as I expected, it's okay to keep the ships at level 4 combat readiness" James laughed arrogantly and gave the herald another battle order.There are four levels of combat readiness, the first level is the highest level of combat readiness, and once something is found wrong, each ship can open fire at any time.Level 4 is the lowest level of combat readiness, just keep the usual vigilance.When the two sides were three thousand meters apart, James finally saw the huge fleet clearly.Even if he was born into a naval family, he had to be shocked by the fleet in front of him.He had already estimated the tonnage of this fleet, and the smallest warships in it were more than 6,000 tons, and the two largest warships were tens of thousands of tons."
Steven, when will our navy add two more warships of such a large tonnage" James secretly had some bad feelings in his heart, maybe he had been away from Britain for too long, and he didn't know when the navy had undergone the renovation of warships."
What's so strange about this, Colonel.The army's rifles have been replaced with breech-loading devices, and this fleet must be the latest warship of our navy" Steven had no doubts at all, and when he confirmed this unidentified fleet, he was even more sure in his heart.He believed that apart from British shipbuilding technology, no country could build such a large tonnage of warships."
Maybe, but to be on the safe side, let's go against this fleet," James frowned, still a little uneasy."
Okay, I'll arrange it" Steven nodded, also wanting to confirm the identity of the other party and reassure James and himself.He got out of the cabin and let the gunners on the side of the ship fire twenty-three shells with empty cartridges, which meant "you", "who are you".The W is twenty-three in the English alphabet, so it rings twenty-three.If the other side were his own people, he would shoot five rounds with empty cartridges when he heard the sound of artillery, and E ranked fifth, which means "", the British fleet."
Boom, boom, boom" Twenty-three shells were fired one after another, and the earth-shattering cannon rang out throughout the sea at once.At this time, the distance between the two sides was about two thousand meters, and as soon as the British command ship finished issuing the code, the opposing fleet really let out a violent cannon fire.Before James and Steven had time to rejoice, they saw smoke billowing from the two frigates at the front."
Enemy ships, they are enemies, they are enemy ships" The herald immediately shouted in horror.The opposing battleships fired not only five shells, but almost all of the main guns of nearly twenty battleships, and all of them were solid shells.James' eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity."
Colonel, we have encountered a sneak attack, quickly order a return fire" Steven reacted immediately, and hurriedly put all the command ships on alert, ready to fire back.Seeing that James hadn't reacted yet, he immediately ran to him and reminded him loudly."
Okay, return fire, return fire immediately" James was stunned, and hurriedly gave a battle order to the herald on the mast.But since the other side's artillery was fired, it had no intention of stopping at all.The main guns of the warships of the Huaxing Army were all replaced with caliber broken general artillery, and the warhead alone weighed more than 300 kilograms.One can imagine what it would be like to be hit by more than 300 kilograms of yellow explosives, which are enough to destroy a villa.Twenty warships of the Huaxing Army, sailing in a horizontal formation, spread out like eagle's wings, completely arcing to encircle the British trapezoidal fleet.The two frigates at the front of the trapezoid, at the same time received continuous fire from the main guns of twenty battleships.Huge flowering bombs exploded on the deck, billowing smoke.Each battleship was hit by at least three or four shells, and one or two of them were armor-piercing shells, which passed directly through the iron armor on the outside of the British battleship and entered the cabin.The difference between flowering shells and armor-piercing shells is that the warheads of flowering shells are loaded with explosives and weigh more than 200 kilograms.The armor-piercing bullet was filled with sand and weighed more than 300 kilograms.When Qiao Zhiqing watched the First Sino-Japanese War, some people often posted that the reason why the Beiyang Fleet was defeated was because the military salary was embezzled, and the gunpowder of the shells was replaced with sand.Qiao Zhiqing always scoffs at this kind of layman's opinion, and before making a decision, he always has to conduct a factual investigation before he has the right to speak.The two ironclad frigates of the British army soon sank into the sea due to a leak in the cabin.The top layer of the trapezoidal line of defense was broken and soon collided with the command ship in the middle position.A cold sweat broke out on James's body, and he immediately let the herald blow the whistle to change the formation, so that the two wings of the trapezoidal formation quickly stepped forward, changing the fleet into a V-shape, and the command ship fell at the end of the fleet.The main guns of both sides opened fire on each other, but because the main guns of the British battleships were too weak.Although none of the ships had three main guns, all of them were breech-loading firing technology, and the maximum caliber was only a few.In front of the Huaxing warships, there is only the passive part of being beaten.The British only updated the army's rifles in imitation of the expeditionary rifles, but they lagged far behind the Huaxing navy in artillery.Qiao Zhiqing made great efforts to develop the navy, and although the number of warships was small, the artillery assembled was ahead of any country in the world.Britain wanted to make this kind of artillery, but the "steel-filling" technology brought by Qiao Zhiqing was only produced by Germany's Krupp in three thatched houses a few years later.Because when the artillery of the Broken General is fired, the warhead and propellant are loaded separately, and the propellant alone is about ten kilograms.The steel currently produced in the world cannot withstand such a violent explosion because of the large number of impurities.It is estimated that after firing a few shells, the closed barrel will have to explode and burp
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