1825 My New Daming

Chapter 439 Let's not go to Pearl Harbor anymore, let's gather around to fight for aid! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Torpedo launched!"

"Quick, quick, quick prayer!"

"Heavenly Father God bless us, Heavenly Father God bless the Chinese and British ships"

Hong Renkun and Feng Yilong, who are blessed with great luck, also saw the torpedo launch, so they began to ask God to help them aim.

The Kongming class also spared 10 deadly 630mm "big thunders" this time and released them all at once, all aimed at the Monmouth, which was carried by Major General Bohme.

Immediately afterwards, the hero-class and three escort-class ships following the Kongming also launched torpedoes successively. 50 630mm or 530mm steam gas torpedoes were first pushed out of the launch tube by the high pressure, and fell into the seawater with a plop.At the same time as it fell into the water, the motor of the steam gas torpedo started to start, and the propeller at the tail of the torpedo also began to rotate rapidly. The rotating propeller pushed the slender torpedo to gallop through the waves at a high speed of more than 5000 knots in the sea, heading towards [-] meters away. The British ships rushed away.

But it is night now, and the visibility is very poor. It can only be illuminated by moonlight and occasional flares.Therefore, the British army did not see the torpedo launch, and it is impossible for them to see the wake of the torpedo sailing formed by a large number of bubbles.Therefore, the British formation didn't know that dozens of deadly torpedoes were rushing towards them, so they maintained their original formation and did not adopt any evasive posture.

Say it is late, then soon.Boehme had just regained his footing with the support of the staff officer, and was thinking about how many rounds it would take before he could hit the Ming cruiser, which seemed to be comparable in size to a battleship.The 630mm torpedo launched by Kong Ming is here!
Moreover, this torpedo looked like it had grown up. The first torpedo hit the waterline armor of the Monmouth. But how could the 102mm armor block a 630mm torpedo?Only a loud noise was heard, and the waterline armor belt on the starboard side of the Monmouth was opened so that even a car could enter and exit, and the sea water rushed in!

And the shock caused by the violent explosion knocked Bomei, who had just stood firm, to the ground. This time he fell headfirst, and his bald head hit the floor hard, and it was broken at that time. Yes, blood flowed down his face.But before he recovered from the dizziness caused by hitting his head against the steel plate, the Monmouth trembled violently again!This time the torpedo hit the bow of the unlucky cruiser, still a 630mm "big thunder", but this time it didn't hit the armor belt.Because the armor belt of the Monmouth did not extend to the bow, when the 630mm "big thunder" hit the thin steel plate, the damage was even more amazing. The huge explosion shock wave squeezed the seawater and broke through the steel plate. Then it penetrated several baffles and compartments one after another, destroying almost half of the bow.

The two huge and terrifying holes that appeared on the bow and midship were of course extremely fatal, killing Rear Admiral Boehmer and all British Royal Navy officers and soldiers on the Monmouth.

The frantic influx of sea water quickly made this armored cruiser with a standard displacement of 9800 tons completely lose its balance, and quickly capsized and sank to the right. In the blink of an eye, the Monmouth completely disappeared in Guadalcanal on the sea next to the island.

But the sinking of the Monmouth was only the beginning of the disaster for the British Royal Navy!
It was the 630mm "big thunder" fired from the Kong Ming. I don't know how it sailed, but it actually hit the bow of the Bedford behind the Monmouth—the one that didn't have much armor protection Bow!The torpedo exploded as soon as it touched the steel plate. This blast directly broke part of the bow of the Bedford, beheading it directly!Is it okay now?How big is the hole that appeared after the armored cruiser was "beheaded"?The seawater poured in like crazy, and there was no blockage at all.

So the Bedford quickly followed in the footsteps of the Monmouth, but instead of capsizing, it plunged headfirst into the sea and became a diving boat that would never float.

It was followed by the Donegal, which is also a Monmouth class. The 9800-ton hull looks very strong, but it cannot withstand the explosion of a 530mm steam gas torpedo-for an armored cruiser of this class, 630 There is not much difference between the thunder of the 530 and the thunder of the [-], that is, one dies sooner and the other dies slower.

Three 530mm steam gas torpedoes hit the stern and midship of the ship successively, and they all hit the bottom of the ship, not holes, but gaps!A "mouth" was directly blown away, and hundreds of thousands of tons of seawater really poured in, and there was no chance of rescue.However, its captain, Colonel Aspen, still had time to give the order to abandon the ship. He also took his own life and used his freestyle skills to swim to Guadalcanal with a group of sailors.Later, he persisted on this desolate and inhabited island for 3 full years before he was discovered and sent back to the UK, where he was also received by Queen Victoria and Prince Jubilee in St. James Palace.
The Berwick armored cruiser also quickly followed in the footsteps of its three sister ships, but it was much stronger than the first three. It was only because of too much water that it sank helplessly after being hit by five 530 mines in a row. In the ocean near Guadalcanal.Half of the crew on board had been evacuated before it sank.However, most of them were not rescued, but became a delicious meal for sharks in the Solomon Sea.

The result of killing four armored cruisers in a short period of time, not to mention the British did not expect, even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy were dumbfounded. They did not have such results in training torpedoes at night during normal training!

50 out of 11 thunderbolts, 4 of which were bombed and sank [-]-ton patrols. This achievement appeared in actual combat, which is simply the best of martial arts!
The sea suddenly became quiet, and the guns on both sides were not too big. After a full 5 minutes of stunned, Guo Xiaobao finally came to his senses. After a burst of ecstatic laughter, he ordered loudly: "Guns, target!" Change to British destroyer free fire!"

After sinking the cruiser, of course we can't let go of the destroyer. Even torpedo boats and gunboats are also the result of the battle!It is also an aggressive tool of imperialism and must be eliminated!
Following Guo Xiaobao's order, the naval battle near Guadalcanal started again, and the six "kindergarten" class destroyers with a displacement of less than 6 tons became the brutal cruisers of the Ming Navy and the 1000-ton "big drive" The goal!

However, these British destroyers still ran very fast, and they didn't care about salvaging the British officers and soldiers who fell into the water. When they saw something was wrong, they all turned around and ran away.As a result, only 2 were sunk but the 4 "baby destroyers" that ran away did not run well, and directly led the formation led by the cruiser Kong Ming to the vicinity of the flagship of the Royal Navy's Australian Fleet, William IV.

The William IV is a giant ship with a full row of 3.5 tons and 10 14-inch cannons. How can a large cruiser like the Kongming class dare to touch it?Seeing its hazy figure from a distance, Guo Xiaobao decisively gave the order to evacuate.

And looking at the back of the Kongming-class large cruiser that was about to disappear through Yuehua, William Baga, who already knew that his four armored cruisers had been wiped out by "a handful of torpedoes", was trembling when speaking!
"Quick, quickly send electricity to His Majesty the Emperor, I, we are not going to Pearl Harbor, we are going to fight for aid, we are going to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands!"

(End of this chapter)