1825 My New Daming

Chapter 448 General, His Majesty's telegram has arrived! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Kwajalein Atoll 102 Fleet British Navy main force"

Zhuge Weidao was standing in the fleet command center on the Nanjing command ship, with his arms folded on the edge of the sea chart table, staring at the Kwajalein Atoll on the map, and the second battle group of the Ming Pacific Fleet (102 Fleet). , the ship-shaped wooden sign of the main force of the British Royal Navy's Australian Grand Fleet.

These two wooden signs are now located in the west of Kwajalein Atoll, and the distance between them seems not too far away, probably less than a hundred nautical miles. Since the two fleets are heading towards each other, each It can be shortened to nearly forty nautical miles in an hour, and in two hours at most, we should be able to meet face to face. If William Baga does not run away, a decisive battle at sea that is likely to determine the outcome of this world war will happen. It will start before this evening.

As long as the fight starts, the British fleet will be finished!Even if the battleships of the 102nd Fleet can't deal with such a huge British fleet before dark, they can stick to the British fleet by virtue of their speed. As long as the 102nd Fleet can stick to the main force of the British Navy, then the 101st Fleet will know where to go? There are three to four hundred carrier-based aircraft on the six aircraft carriers of the 101 Fleet. As long as they follow the British fleet to blow up for a day or two, they will definitely be blown up!
At that time, the Pacific Fleet will have too many ways to deal with the main force of the Royal Navy.

If Daming can win this naval battle completely, then it seems that this world war will not be a protracted war that lasts for 20 years, and it will almost end in peace in a year or two.

But it is not evening yet, and the two large fleets have not yet driven to a position where they cannot get rid of each other.If William Baga is scared now and turns around to leave the battlefield, it can still be done.After all, the speed that the 102 fleet can achieve is at most seven or eight knots faster than the main force of the British navy, and it can't catch up in 10 hours.And this sky, in another six or seven hours, will have turned black.At that time, it will not be easy to lock the position of the British fleet. The vast Pacific Ocean, where can I find it?
But who knows whether William Baga is cowardly or not?

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao lowered his head and glanced at a telegram on the side of the chart table—this is the battle report sent by the Guarding General Division of Kwajalein Atoll. More than 102 fighter planes sent by them and the 120 Fleet Great results have been achieved in the bombing of the British aircraft carrier formation. It is certain that one ship was sunk and four ships were destroyed!

That is to say, William Baga should already know that a main fleet of the Ming Navy including at least several aircraft carriers is approaching Kwajalein Atoll.

Now let's see if he has planted it?

"There are more than 100 fighters in one attack wave. Could it be that the main force of the Pacific Fleet is already approaching us? This, this."

William Baga has given up!

The way he stiffened while holding the telegram from George Elliot, and the trembling voice he made when he spoke, all showed that he was completely cowardly, and he no longer had the spirit of the Royal Navy to destroy the enemy. There is only one thought left - run!

There are more than 100 aircraft in one attack wave. If the aircraft carriers of the Ming Navy are also dispatched in two waves, and some aircraft are reserved for air defense, they will have at least 300 carriers, and there are almost five or six aircraft carrier battleships. Nearby!
Now 8 of William Baga's 5 patrol aircraft are gone, and the losses of carrier aircraft and pilots are also extremely heavy, all exceeding 100.The remaining "pigeon planes" don't even bomb the enemy. Even the fleet's air defense is not enough. If the enemy is allowed to bomb a few more attack waves, the main force of the Australian fleet will be crippled if it doesn't collapse. Once the fleet is crippled, it will quickly escape Ming The pursuit of the Pacific Fleet!
Their battleships can wait until the Australian fleet is bombed and scarred, and then rush up for a decisive battle, so that they can be sure of winning!

So... have to run!
Just as William Baga was about to give the order to evacuate, his chief of staff, Major General Jervis, suddenly said, "Admiral, a telegram from His Majesty the Emperor!"

"What?" William Baga was taken aback, "A telegram from His Majesty the Emperor?"

The meaning of the telegram seems to be to send a decree by telegram!
What does Kaiser Wilhelm mean?Do you want to give orders to the Australian Grand Fleet across the Atlantic Ocean, the American continent, and half of the Pacific Ocean?
William Baga frowned and asked, "What did His Majesty's telegram say?"

"Admiral," Rear Admiral Jervis frowned, and said while reading the telegraph, "According to reliable information, the aircraft carrier formations of the South Sea Fleet and the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy are moving eastward, and it is expected that they will be within a week. Arrived near Port Moresby within [-] days! If we can't seize this opportunity to defeat the Ming Pacific Fleet, then we will be flanked by the two large Ming fleets. Therefore... His Majesty the Emperor ordered our Australian fleet to fight at all costs. The main force of the Ming Pacific Fleet is engaged in a decisive battle!"

William Baga had a bitter face, "But we just lost 5 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!"

Rear Admiral Jervis said: "Admiral, His Majesty the Emperor already knew about our losses, that's why he sent us a telegram. His Majesty the Emperor hopes that we will fully carry forward the spirit of the Royal Navy to fight the enemy to the end!" Said Then, he handed the telegram in his hand to William Baga, "His Majesty the Emperor also said that if we fail to defeat the main force of the Pacific Fleet this time, then we will lose the Admiral of the World Empire. His Majesty the Emperor is the United Kingdom and India. The commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the empire, we are obliged to obey his orders!"

Major General Jervis is right. The Royal Navy is theoretically the property of the King of the United Kingdom. Of course, it is obliged to obey the emperor's orders!

And Emperor William was not commanding blindly. Although the decisive battle is not good for the Royal Navy now, if we don't fight now, the Royal Navy will have a chance to win when Ming's Pacific and South Sea fleets converge?
After the merger, the two ocean fleets of the Ming Dynasty will have more than 10 aircraft carriers, the number of carrier aircraft will exceed 500, and the number of battleships will also exceed that of the Australian fleet
William Baga had already read Emperor William's telegram, and then sighed heavily, and said to Major General Jervis: "Get ready for a decisive battle! Give Major General Dundas an order to lead the B fleet to follow from Kwajalein Atoll. Behind the prominent Ming Fleet. They will bring us to the main force of the Ming Pacific Fleet.”

"Yes, sir!"

"Sir, a telegram from Fleet 103!"

In the spacious bridge of the flagship "Da Zhou" of the second main force of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, Admiral Li Kezhong, who was looking down at the chart, heard the voice of his chief of staff and captain of the "Da Zhou" Rear Admiral Yu Yang, Immediately raised his head and asked, "How is it? Has the British fleet retreated?"

Yu Yang walked to the edge of the chart platform, pointed to a sea area west of Kwajalein Atoll and said, "William Baga arrived here half an hour ago. An advance fleet with armored cruisers as the main force is trailing behind Guo Baozhi's 18rd Fleet, chasing and fighting."

"Has Fleet 103 completed its assembly?" Li Kezhi asked.

Fleet 103 was split into several teams by Guo Xiaobao before, and only one of them went to Kwajalein Atoll to install torpedoes, but the rest of the teams were also near Kwajalein Atoll. The units of the 103rd Fleet began to move closer to him.

"Not yet, but soon." Yu Yang said: "In at most one hour, the 1rd Fleet will be able to complete the assembly with the Kwajalein Squadron, and then the confrontation between the two advance fleets will begin! Two hours later, the decisive The sea battle is about to begin!"

Li Kezhi nodded, and said to Yu Yang: "Give orders to Shuzhongwang and Kuizhongwang. After one and a half hours, the carrier-based aircraft dispatched again, this time targeting the British battleship!"

(End of this chapter)