1825 My New Daming

Chapter 246 World War?Nothing, just Ming and India conflicts at sea! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Indian Ocean, off Goa.

The setting sun is slanting, and the twilight is late.

On the undulating sea, two huge formations consisting of more than 2 warships each separated by more than 20 meters are heading north along the coastline of India at a speed of about 10 knots.The billowing thick smoke can be said to block out the sky and the sun, but such a magnificent view made the sailors on the decks of the two formations fearful.Because the battleships on both sides have already aimed their main guns at each other.

A conflagration of battleship formations is about to begin.

If you calculate the strength on paper, the formation closer to the Indian coastline and flying the red cross flag of the Royal Indian Navy is stronger.After all, they have 8 battleships and 2 large armored cruisers of 9000 tons.And there are two warships that have just completed the upgrade of the "Indomitable" class, which are huge ships with 12 9.2-inch cannons!
而挂着日月蓝海旗的大明海军编队，只有8艘战舰，没有大型装甲巡洋舰。在240毫米（9.2英寸）一级的火炮数量上，更是远远少于对方。大明的8艘战列舰总共只有32门240毫米大炮，而英国的8条战列舰和2条大甲巡总共有54门9.2英寸大炮。

54 to 32, the advantage is of course in Great Britain!
However, the layout of the six turrets of the "Unyielding" class makes it possible to use up to 8 cannons when facing the enemy sideways, and 4 cannons are useless.In addition, the two Blake-class cannons with a total of six 6-inch cannons each received a "neutral damage" in the previous engagement. 9.2 rounds were fired, and now they all go into battle with injuries.Holes can still be seen on the hulls of the two armored cruisers!

Among them, a large hole was blown out of Blake's bow, and hundreds of tons of sea water poured in. The bow sank a lot, the speed dropped by several knots, and the accuracy of artillery shooting would also drop due to the tilt of the hull.

The Blenheim was interrupted by a large chimney, a steam engine was broken, and the speed dropped by five knots, but everything else was fine
If the two sides really fight, it's really hard to say who has a better chance of winning.But "it's hard to say" is only during the day, if it's night, then Zhuge's chances of winning are great!

Because every warship over a thousand tons of the Ming Navy has a radio station, and when it gets dark, they can use the radio to communicate with each other without turning on the lights, which is much more convenient for command and organization.

On the British side, after dark, they can only communicate with each other by lights, and it is impossible for the flagship to organize effectively.

Organized and unorganized, the loss of a dozen 240mm first-class cannons is not a problem at all.

However, there are disadvantages of being equipped with radio stations, especially high-power radio stations. It is necessary to report the situation of the Goa naval battle to the Daming Navy Department and the Naval Staff Department, and to receive orders jointly issued by the Navy Department and the Naval Staff Department.

"Brother Shao'an, Brother Rui, and Brother Ziwen, tonight we will divide the entire formation into four, two Wangye-class ships, two Houye-class ships, and one or two Guogong-class ships to form a night battle formation. The three of you and this officer each lead a team. I don’t have high requirements, just go to the team to sink one enemy ship tonight! We have now sunk one of them and severely damaged two of them (actually, they were hit by the middle), If we sink another four of them, that will be seven ships, and the vitality of this large Indian fleet will be seriously injured! From now on, not only the Persian Gulf will be ours, but even the Arabian Sea will be our territory!"

At this time, Zhuge Weidao was having a meeting with Li Chenghui, deputy admiral of the fleet, Chen Jian, chief of staff of the fleet, and Bai Siyuan, captain of the battleship Luwang, in the luxurious meeting room of the Tangwang battleship, to make arrangements for the night battle tonight .

When he was talking about enthusiasm, he even slapped the table with a "slap", and the expression on his face was all flying.

His heart is not dark, no matter what kind of ship, just sink four more ships. If four more ships are sunk, the name of the Arabian Sea should be "Ming"!

Controlling the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea is the standard configuration for future world hegemons!
But this time the task given to him by the Navy is just to control the Persian Gulf, and then build an existing fleet in the Persian Gulf.It is not about defeating the Indian Grand Fleet and seizing sea dominance in the Arabian Sea.If he really had such a plan, he would not continue to carry out the hero ship deal with Rakshasa.

But the plan can't keep up with the change!

Originally thought that the Indian fleet would not prevent the Daming Ocean Fleet from entering the Persian Gulf, but unexpectedly they came out in full force, and even got into a fight with the Daming Persian Gulf Fleet!
What does it mean?Did they also discover that there is oil in the Persian Gulf?

Zhuge Weidao, who "can pinch and count", doesn't know what the British think now?Anyway, they have fought all the way, so if they don't do anything, they will beat the Indian fleet to the ground and seize the dominance of the Arabian Sea!

Just when Zhuge Weidao made up his mind to do another big fight tonight, his chief staff officer Guo Xiaobao suddenly hurried in, still holding the telegram he had just received.

"Admiral, the call back from the Admiralty and the Naval Staff has arrived!"

Zhuge Weidao looked back, only to see Guo Xiaobao frowning tightly, as if something happened.

"What's wrong?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

"Admiral," Guo Xiaobao handed the telegram to Zhuge Weidao, "the telegrams from the two headquarters (referring to the Admiralty and the Naval Staff Department) stated that the world war has not yet broken out, and the British government and the Indian government have not submitted any information to us. Ultimatum, and we have no intention of submitting an ultimatum."

"Oh," Zhuge Weidao smiled, "The Great War has broken out. It's just that some people don't know it yet, or it's inconvenient to say it."

In fact, Zhuge Weidao said this casually, because he doesn't know if the world war has started yet?I don't even know what the world war on this timeline will look like?

The original World War I home court was in Europe. France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Austria-Hungary were all close neighbors. Of course, they fought as they said.Moreover, these countries have a nationwide mobilization system, which can gather large forces in a short period of time to launch an attack.

But now Daming and Great Britain are far away!Although the two sides also have the need to compete for colonies (Australia, Oregon, Malacca, Dutch East Indies) and markets (India, Mexico, South America, Arabia), and the contradictions are difficult to reconcile-in history, Britain and Germany are still relatives, Kaiser Wilhelm Even has the right of succession to the British throne (not very high, but not very low either).Today, however, the struggle between Ming and Great Britain is actually two civilizations and two races competing for living space and the right to future development.

How can this contradiction be reconciled?

Thinking of this, he reached out to take the copy of the telegram, read it word by word, read it for a while, and then said with a smile: "The headquarters ordered us not to invade the territorial waters of the Indian Empire. If the Indian fleet withdraws to the territorial waters of India, we must not Pursue. In addition, the headquarters reiterated that the mission of our fleet has not changed, and it is still to effectively control the Persian Gulf and serve as an existing fleet.”

"Admiral, let's go tonight then"

"Admiral, do you still want to fight?"

"Yeah, shall we still fight night battles with them?"

Li Chenghui, Chen Jian, and Bai Siyuan seemed to be retreating a bit.The three of them are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty after all—the soldiers of the new Ming Dynasty have always obeyed orders and obeyed the command. , It has been more than 100 years now.

Even if the garrison officers on the frontier made a little move and wanted to do something, an order from above could immediately suppress it.

Even if Zhuge is the way, as long as a telegram from the Ministry of the Navy can beat him!

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Now the military division must be negotiating with Lord Wei, the Prime Minister of the British Empire. Our record is the bargaining chip in the hands of the military division!" He paused, and then said, "And the headquarters also We are not prohibited from continuing to fight with the Indian fleet. If they do not withdraw to Indian territorial waters, it means that we must defeat them in order to prevent us from entering the Persian Gulf!
In addition, tonight's night battle, we will win!And the winner is blameless! "

(End of this chapter)