1825 My New Daming

Chapter 240 The advantage is mine, I will run away if I win! (Please subscribe, please collect)

"What? What did you say?"

"Mr. Chen, Admiral Zhuge's telegram said that we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, and the advantage lies with me!"

"The advantage is me? He, has he forgotten how powerful the Blake class is? That is a large armored cruiser of the same level as our County King class armored cruiser!"

On the bridge of the old-fashioned armored cruiser Wei Guogong with a standard displacement of 3000 tons, Colonel Chen Jian, the chief of staff of the Persian Gulf Fleet, who temporarily served as the admiral of the armored cruiser formation, already wanted to grab that young master Zhuge Weidao and let him see the mine for himself. What does the gram-class armored cruiser look like? Impulsive!
Although both the Blake class and the Guogong class are called "armored cruisers", if the tonnage is used as the standard division method, the Blake class with a standard displacement of more than 9000 tons is a first-class cruiser, while the standard displacement is only 3000 tons The Guogong class can only be classified as a third-class cruiser.

The former not only far exceeds the latter in terms of protection ability, but also has an overwhelming advantage in firepower!

布雷克级拥有一座双联装的9.2英寸舰炮炮塔（位于舰艏）、一座单装的9.2英寸舰炮炮塔（位于舰艉）、10门6英寸速射炮、16门3磅速射炮，以及若干临时加装的防空抬枪。

而国公级只有一座双联210毫米前主炮炮塔、一座单装210毫米后主炮炮塔、两门位于侧舷耳台上的155毫米副炮、2门75毫米反鱼雷艇炮、4门50毫米速射炮，同样也配备了一些防空抬枪。

What's even worse is that the speed of the Blake class far exceeds that of the Duke class!Although the Blake class is an "old ship" that appeared on the front and back of the Sovereign class, the original intention of the British to design it was to break the diplomatic relationship.Therefore, its main engine power is quite powerful, even more powerful than the Sovereign Class. It can reach 1.3 horsepower under normal ventilation, and an astonishing 2 horsepower under forced ventilation!

Driven by the powerful main engine, the speed of the Blake class can even exceed 20 knots (up to 21.8 knots), far exceeding the 16 knots of the Guogong class.

So when the Duke level meets the Blake level, they say "the brave wins", and they can't even run away!

"Mr. Chen, it's not that we have no chance of winning. We have more ships than them!"

Immediately, a chief mate named Wei Guogong pointed out his own advantages!

It turns out that the Ming Navy's side is not completely without the possibility of "the brave wins".Chen Jian, the chief of staff of Chen Da, has 8 state-level ranks in his hand, while the other party only has 3 Blakes-8 to 3, the advantage is great!

而且这8条国公级都装了电台，可以集火射击！这8条船的火力布置也比较有特色，前主炮和两侧耳台上的副炮都可以朝前打，也就是可以集中2门210炮和2门155炮搞舰艏对敌。8条船加一块儿就是16门210毫米炮和16门155毫米炮集火.还是很猛的！
In addition, the main fleet commanded by Zhuge Weidao is coming quickly.Although 2 Hero-class ships have left the team, Zhuge Weidao still has 8 battleships, 8 third-class cruisers, and 4 Tianwang-class ships on hand, for a total of 20 battleships.

As long as Chen Jian can persevere until Zhuge Weidao's main force arrives, the 28 Blakes running 3 against 3 may be wiped out if they run a little slower!
Thinking of this, Chen Jian had no choice but to grit his teeth, and ordered loudly: "Sound the battle alarm, the formation changes, and forms a horizontal team. From left to right, there are Liang Guo Gong, Cheng Guo Gong, British Gong, and Ding Guo Gong. No., Wei Guogong, Yue Guogong, Wei Guogong, Cao Guogong!
Also, raise the bloody red flag! "

"Yes, sir!"

"This is the battle formation? Are they crazy? They only have 8 third-class cruisers, they should disband the formation and escape!"

On the bridge of the Blake armored cruiser, Colonel Andrew Jervis of the Royal Navy saw the eight third-class cruisers of the Ming Navy on the opposite sea forming a bow to face the enemy, and he suspected that he was dazzled .

The advantage is clearly on his side!
He also has 3 powerful Blakes, and 3 Surprises that are rushing to serve as notification ships.Although the other party has 8 armored cruisers, they are only 3000 tons of the Duke class, not the 10000 tons of the Junwang class. Why are they so dragging?
Is there a fraud?

Thinking of this, Colonel Jervis immediately asked left and right: "Have you found where their main formation is?"

In the main formation of the Ming army, there are two terrifying Hero-class ships. Not to mention that they run faster than the Blake-class ships, and each Hero-class ship has 12 280mm main guns. This is simply the nemesis of the Blake-class ships!

"Sir, none found."

"Sir, under normal circumstances, the formations of the First Class Tour are the vanguard of the main formation, and their main formation should not be far from us!"

"Sir, the armored patrols of the Ming army must have radios, so their two heroes must be coming at full speed, so we..."

Hearing someone mention the radio station, Colonel Jervis' face became bitter.

The enemy has a radio station, but you don't!The disadvantage here is too great, he doesn't even know where his main force is now?And it is impossible to summon them in the first time.Even now, he doesn't know if there is a war between Ming Dynasty and Britain?
Everything can only be guessed, it is too passive.

"Sir, the enemy seems to have raised the bloody red flag and is charging towards us at full speed!"

While Jervis was guessing, a first officer beside him was already yelling loudly.

"What? I'm really going to fight." Jervis hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, and found that the 8 Duke-class ships on the opposite side were already lined up, and they started to speed up.And on the top of each state-level mast, there is a blood-colored red flag hoisted.

After all, Colonel Jervis was also an old colonel who fought against the French Navy with Nelson, and he had quite a lot of actual combat experience. He calmed down immediately and asked the left and right loudly: "How far is it?"

"About 20000 yards!" the nautical master replied loudly.

Jervis took a breath and said: "Let the two notification ships stay away, and the three Blakes form a single line, the order is the Blake, the Blenheim, and the Waterloo!"

"Yes, sir!"

While the formation was being adjusted, Jervis raised his binoculars again, looked at the Ming Navy formation in front of him anxiously, and said in a low voice, "It seems that the two heroes are nearby."

The first mate of the Blake on the side stepped forward and said: "Sir, we can retreat, our speed is faster than them, we have to retreat."

"We are going to retreat," Jervis nodded, "The Blake class is designed according to the standard of a destroyer, and a destroyer should just hit and run, so before retreating, we should still fight and at least severely damage one ship." A state class!"

"Sir, which Duke-class ship do you want to hit hard?"

"Right, the enemy's rightmost ship. We can charge to the center of their horizontal formation first, and then turn left when we reach 13000 yards away, and use broadside firepower to focus on the enemy's first warship on the right wing! After severely damaging or sinking it, immediately head south at full speed and retreat close to the Indian coastline!" Colonel Jervis thought for a while, "Okay, that's it, and announce the plan to Blenheim and Waterloo with semaphore No."

"Yes, sir."

"Sir, the enemy is charging straight at us in a column! It seems that they want to cut our line in two!"

Inside the bridge of the Wei Guogong, the captain of the Wei Guogong was loudly reporting the enemy's situation to Chen Jian.

"No," Chen Jian shook his head, denying the first officer's analysis, "Their three Blakes are very valuable. If we want to land in India or the Gulf of Aden, these three Blakes will pose a great threat to our logistics line. It cannot be lost. So the British must not be willing to be hit hard by us. Because after a heavy hit, it will become a heroic prey, but it will be gone!" He paused, "Their real purpose is to hit our flank A piece of national level, hurting our eight fingers, it is better to cut off one of our fingers! So they will definitely turn around after approaching our formation. Send orders, pressurize ventilation, and move forward at full speed. After the enemy formation turns, it will immediately slow down to 3 knots, so the firepower is aimed at the enemy The last ship of the formation is firing salvo!"

"Yes, sir!"

(End of this chapter)