1825 My New Daming

Chapter 290 Your Majesty, Daming has been defeated again! (seeking subscription and monthly ticket)
"Your Majesty, the Revenge has just sent a telegram that the Indian Grand Fleet, which is carrying out landing operations on the beach near Muscat Port, has encountered a volley bombardment by the Ming army's airship swarm."

Charlie Elliot frowned and reported the latest battle situation to Emperor William who was lying on the armchair.The emperor, who was resting with his eyes closed, sat up abruptly, staring at Charlie with wide eyes. Elliot asked, "Damn, lost the battleship?"

After learning that his Indian fleet was raided by the torpedo boats of the Ming army and lost 2 armored cruisers and 2 cruisers, the confident Indian emperor suddenly became depressed. Going around in the combat command center above, until the Marquis Nelson invited him back to his luxurious bedroom to rest.

After returning to the bedroom, Emperor William felt dizzy and chest tight again, so he quickly called the Chinese medicine doctor on board to take his pulse, gave him Musk Baoxin Pill and Apocynum Antihypertensive Pill, and told him to lie down and not get excited.This was a little better, and Elliot rushed in with a telegram again.

"No, no battleship was lost." Charlie Elliot answered truthfully.

"That, that's the loss of the armored cruiser." The emperor's chest began to feel tight again - the armored cruiser is also very precious!In the last battle of Goa, one Blake class was lost, and two other Blake class ships entered the shipyard of the Hindustan Shipyard for overhaul and have not been repaired yet. It seems that the damage is worse than reported serious!

"No, and no armored cruiser was lost." Charlie Elliot answered truthfully.

"That's the loss of the second-class and third-class cruisers." Emperor William felt better.

"No, there is no loss of second-class and third-class cruisers."

"That's the troop carrier?" Emperor William made a cross on his chest, "May God, Shiva, and Guru bless those brave Indians, Amen."

"No, no, and didn't sink the troop carrier either."

The emperor was taken aback, "Then what did they blow up?"

"Actually," Charlie Elliot dragged his voice, frowning.

"Actually what?" Kaiser Wilhelm's heart was pounding.

"Actually, they didn't hit anything!" Charlie Elliot said in an unbelievable tone, "His Majesty the Emperor, Daming seems to have been defeated again this time!"

This is not the first time that Ming was defeated by Great Britain. Wasn't it "defeating the Persian Gulf" last time?So it's not surprising that they lose again this time. I don't know where they will "lose"?

Emperor William became nervous again, "Charlie, they haven't 'lost' any more, have they?"

"No, no." Charlie Elliot quickly shook his head, "Your Majesty, Admiral Codrington's telegram said that Ming has invested 36 small airships to bomb our fleet this time. However, due to the air defense of the Indian Grand Fleet The firepower was too strong, and Ming's airship did not dare to lower its altitude, so it could only carry out volley bombing at an altitude of 3000 meters. They dropped a total of 72 bombs, but none of them hit!"

Now Emperor William finally felt relieved. Daming probably didn't invent the tactic of adding a man-operated gliding bomb to the airship, but he was just stupidly using the airship to drop the bomb.However, after the Battle of the Kii Waterway, the ships of the British and the Royal Indian Navy strengthened their air defenses and installed many anti-aircraft guns that could be used to accurately strike airships.Therefore, the airships of the Ming army could no longer drop bombs at low altitudes, and could only climb to an altitude of 3000 meters to drop bombs.

But how accurate are ordinary unguided bombs dropped from a height of 3000 meters?Blowing up a fixed target is not enough, let alone a ship that travels a Z-shaped route at a speed of more than ten knots?It can't be fried at all.

"Then we were sunk four ships by them," Kaiser William still felt wrong, "and they didn't even lose a single ship for [-]-[-], how can we count as a win?"

"But we have successfully landed near the port of Muscat, established a solid beachhead, and captured two fishing ports!" Charlie Elliot said, "This is a major victory, enough to compensate four Loss of old cruisers."

"Really?"

Emperor William looked at Charles Elliot.

Elliot nodded with certainty: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the purpose of our feint attack on Muscat?"

Only then did Emperor William figure it out, nodded and said, "Yes, our purpose is to force the Ming Empire to send their main fleet through the Strait of Malacca and enter the Indian Ocean to rescue the Persian Gulf Fleet."

"That's right," Elliot said, "and to do that, we have to land in Muscat, occupy Muscat port, move a large number of ground troops from India to Oman, and advance to the Hajar Mountains .As long as we can capture the Hajar Mountains, Ras Al Khaimah will be safe! And once we capture Ras Al Khaimah, the Persian Gulf Fleet of the Ming Empire will be finished!"

"Then can we take the Hajar Mountains and Ras Al Khaimah?"

"Yes! As long as we invest enough Indian ground troops, victory will always come!"

Borneo, Brunei Bay base.

In the gentle evening wind, a Dragon IV fast airship seemed to have a golden light under the setting sun. Like a flying magic weapon, it fell from the sky and landed on the empty runway of the newly built Brunei Airport.

Sitting in this airship, Zhuge Weidao grinned, looking at the newly built airport, imagining waves of war eagles rising and falling, and looking forward to the future even more.

Zhuge Weidao, who is familiar with another period of history, knows that the period of World War I and World War II was the period of the fastest development of aircraft. From the invention of aircraft to the time when aircraft can dominate the battlefield, it was only a short period of more than 30 years. This is still the development of aviation technology during the interwar period. slow results.If the confrontation between Ming and Great Britain can continue, the two sides will only continue to increase their investment in aircraft, and it is entirely possible to mature aviation weapons within 15 years!

Therefore, in the foreseeable future, it must be the aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft that will decide the outcome on the ocean!

When the airship stopped, Zhuge Weidao found that Guan Tianpei and Chen Jian were already waiting for him on the runway.Zhuge Weidao hurriedly pushed open the hatch of the airship, then descended to the ground along the gangway, and walked towards the two of them.

"Guanjunmen, Mr. Chen, how is the situation?"

Although the new Ming Dynasty already has such awesome equipment as "battlecruiser torpedo boats" and "aircraft-launched battlecruiser torpedo boats", it still retains many traditions.For example, the white woolen military uniforms worn by Zhuge Weidao, Guan Tianpei, and Chen Jian incorporated many traditional elements, and the names in the army were also relatively traditional.

Guan Tianpei's admiral of the Nanyang Fleet can be called the "military gate".And Chen Jian's official position is the commander-in-chief of the squadron, which can be called the "chief town".Because Zhuge Weidao is the admiral of the aviation force, he can also be called the "Military Gate". Otherwise, according to his aviation fleet, he would be at most a commander-in-chief level.

"Zhuge Junmen," Chen Jiandao, "It is now confirmed that the main force of the Indian Navy is in the Gulf of Oman."

"Are you sure?" Zhuge Weidao was still a little skeptical—the fact that there is oil in the Persian Gulf hasn't been leaked yet, right?
Guan Tianpei nodded: "Daozi, just when you came from Ryukyu, we got a report from the Persian Gulf Fleet. The airship they sent found a large-scale ship formation on the sea near Muscat in the Gulf of Oman. At least There are 150 ships of various types deployed on the sea surface of the Gulf of Oman. The number of British and Indian troops landing is also large. In just one morning, more than 5000 people landed!
In addition, we have also received news that Kaiser William has already personally commanded the conquest, and most of them are in the large fleet outside the Gulf of Oman. "

"The emperor's imperial convoy went to the front line?" Zhuge Weidao was taken aback, "Does he really think that this is the era of the Napoleonic Wars?"

"What's the matter?" Guan Taipei laughed, "Emperor William is four years older than Napoleon, and I'm only 12 years younger than Napoleon. You are almost married to Napoleon (Natalie's sister almost married Napoleon) !"

Saying that, Guan Taiping patted Zhuge Weidao's shoulder in a daze again: "Let's go, let's talk in the war room!"

(End of this chapter)