1825 My New Daming

Chapter 437 How could Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan lose? (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

On the battleship William IV, General William Baga raised the curtains, looked at the starry sky, and frowned a little more.

"Where is Team B?"

"We have arrived near Guadalcanal Island and are currently searching. After we confirm that there is no danger there, we can pass through that area."

William Baga put down the curtain, turned around and walked back to the edge of the chart platform, supported the edge of the platform with one hand, and slid on the chart with the other, and found Guadalcanal Island, which is located in the center of the Solomon Islands.He immediately discovered the value of this small island—as the range of the plane continued to increase, this island would sooner or later become a key point for controlling the Solomon Sea and the Solomon Islands!If the British Empire can keep Australia this time, it must deploy heavy troops in Guadalcanal Island in the future!
At the thought of keeping Australia, William Baga felt terrified again.This is a kind of battlefield intuition that is difficult to explain clearly. Although the information gathered to him so far shows that the main force of the Pacific Fleet has already sailed to Southeast Asia, Pearl Harbor is relatively empty.But he still felt that the raid on Pearl Harbor would not have any good results!

Moreover, when he led the fleet into the Solomon Sea, where the islands are scattered, he felt a strange feeling of falling into a trap and being targeted by the enemy. But the Solomon Islands are clearly under the control of the British Empire!

The Royal Navy and the Army stationed troops on many islands in the Solomon Islands. The Navy deployed gunboats and torpedo boats, while the Army deployed infantry and artillery.But General Bagha was extremely disturbed!Especially after he received a report from the Kaiser Wilhelm this morning that he had found a "UFO", he became more and more disturbed.

How can there be any UFO in this world?That thing must be Daming's seaplane!
However, Truk Lagoon and Kwajalein Atoll are too far away from the Solomon Islands, and the seaplanes deployed there are unlikely to fly to the Solomon Sea for reconnaissance. Therefore, it is very likely that a squadron of the Ming Pacific Fleet has slipped into the Solomon Islands set an ambush!
William Baga, aware of the danger, did not change his course and turned to the New Guinea Sea or the open sea east of the Solomon Islands.

Because the New Guinea Sea is too close to the Nanyang Islands in William Baga's view. If that Da Ming's seaplane finds the whereabouts of his large fleet, the carrier aircraft carrier of the Da Ming Nanyang Fleet is likely to be galloping!If he turns to the New Guinea Sea, it will take a little longer. After his fleet sails out of the New Guinea Sea, it may be overtaken by the Daming carrier fleet that drove back from the South Seas. This is dangerous.

As for moving to the east, taking the open sea east of the Solomon Sea and heading north, in William Baga's opinion, it is not very appropriate-this route is too "clean", in case something happens, the huge fleet It can only be exposed to the vast ocean, and there is not even a place to hide.

In the end, it was impossible for him to turn back to Port Moresby just because a seaplane found his whereabouts. In fact, his purpose of running so far to the South Pacific was not really to attack Pearl Harbor.It's for a decisive battle with the divided Daming Pacific Fleet!
If his fleet can win this decisive battle, it can temporarily crush Ming's threat to Australia. Don't underestimate this "temporary" breakthrough!Because the actual battle between Ming and Great Britain has been going on for 2 years, during these 2 years, the results of Ming's victory are actually not great, only the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra Island, South Luzon Island, the Persian Gulf, and the southeast coast of Texas. Billion dots" site.

Except for the Strait of Malacca between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, the rest of the places are either barbaric or barren, and not of much value. Therefore, there must be people in Ming Dynasty who oppose this war that is not worth the candle.

Once Da Ming can't make a substantial breakthrough in the direction of Australia that they want most soon, the two sides may be able to make peace.

So William Baga still decided to maintain the original route of advance. However, William Baga did not foolishly follow the original plan and let his large fleet go out in a large column and march northward.

Instead, he divided his fleet into eight teams including ABCDEFGH.Among them, Detachment A and Detachment C are capital ship detachments, Detachment D and Detachment F are aircraft-carrying armored cruiser detachments, while Detachment B, Detachment E, Detachment G, and Detachment H are four detachments centered on armored cruisers. .

During the specific voyage, the four teams of B, E, G, and H went hand in hand, and searched while opening the way in front, while the A and C teams carefully followed behind, and the D and F teams hung on the bridge of the Grand Fleet. At last.

"Admiral, Team B sent a telegram, they seem to have spotted a small formation of the Ming Navy!"

At this time, Commodore Jervis, the chief of staff of the fleet, suddenly shouted.

William Baga quickly accepted the telegram, his eyes flashed coldly: "Our prey has come and ordered Major General Bohme to lead the team into battle immediately!"

"Admiral," Jervis reminded, "are we really going to fight? Will it further expose our strength?"

William Baga shook his head: "No, I want to test the current strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy. We have made rapid progress during this period, but will they also make progress? And I am not afraid of being exposed. Maybe our exposure We can attract part of the strength of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy to Truk Lagoon, no, near Kwajalein Atoll! As long as we can severely damage them and delay their action steps in the direction of the South Pacific, we have achieved our goal. Can we attack Pearl Harbor? It doesn't matter. We don't have the capability to take Pearl Harbor anyway."

In fact, William Baga's fleet also has some marines, but the number is limited. It is impossible to even think about capturing Pearl Harbor. Seizing Truk Lagoon may not be enough. At most, one can capture Kwajalein Atoll— ——Da Ming didn't invest much there, and just operated it as a submarine base.

On the mast plate of the large light cruiser Kongming, Hong Renkun and Feng Yilong, the two watchmen, were holding up their binoculars and staring intently at the shadowy figures of ships in the darkness. Both of them were very nervous and mumbling words!
"Father, brother, bless me, Amen!"

"Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother will definitely keep me safe!"

It's not that these two are cowardly, but now is the worst time!
The artillery of the large light cruisers, second-class patrols, and destroyers of the Ming Dynasty Navy is not strong, and their advantage is torpedoes!And the torpedo can't be too far away, it won't hit if it is far away!Moreover, the torpedoes on cruisers and destroyers are not equipped with ammunition, and they are all configurations that have to go after a wave, so you can't release mines too early, the closer the better. But the enemy is not blind!

When the two were praying to their heavenly father and brother, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in the southern sky, as if a sun had suddenly exploded in the sky.

How can the eyeballs that have long been accustomed to the darkness be able to withstand this stimulation?Immediately, the legendary "blinding" effect appeared, and nothing could be seen except a vast expanse of whiteness.

But even if they couldn't see it, Hong Renkun and Feng Yilong knew that the Kong Ming had been discovered and was about to be bombarded!

But Hong Renkun and Feng Yilong are not ordinary people, they are both born capable of great things, they are very calm and bold, and they are also very lucky. In another timeline, they both changed their names later, one is Hong Xiuquan, One is Feng Yunshan!
Although the two lookout soldiers who are very lucky and very calm are a little flustered now, they are not in a mess. Instead, they start rubbing their eyes according to the usual training requirements-the eyes are their weapons!

You have to quickly recover your eyesight, and then determine their position according to the enemy's muzzle flames. As long as you find the position and throw the torpedo out, you will not be afraid of killing the big fish!

While the two of them were thinking, there was a muffled cannonade in their ears—the British warship opened fire!

(End of this chapter)