1825 My New Daming

Chapter 452 Military advisers, go! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Admiral, the Emperor of India reported that it was fired!"

"Admiral, the Emperor of India reported that the No. 30.00 engine room was damaged, and the power loss exceeded [-]%. Please leave the team!"

Inside the bridge of the King William IV, reports about the damage to the Emperor of India came one after another. William Baga's face turned blue when he heard it. The engine room of a large battleship with a row of 2.5 tons was blown up!Although William Baga has as many as 41 battleships, according to his own thinking, there are only 6 Indian Emperor-class ships and 2 William IV ships that can really fight against Ming Dynasty's "Loyal King-class" and above battleships. There are only 8 king-class ships in total, and now 1 ship has been "limped". Next, the Chinese battleships come up in groups, how can we fight?
Thinking of this, William Baga also ignored the ongoing battle between the "Older Battleship" (Monarch Class) and the "Beggar Battleship" (Island Class), and quickly issued an order: "The second battleship, the third battleship strengthen Air defense, let the destroyer release smoke to protect the battleship!"

"But sir, if the second and third battles focus on air defense and let the destroyers smoke, we won't be able to support the first battleship detachment with Indian emperor-class and King William IV-class heavy artillery."

William Baga shook his head and said, "Aren't they just 12 remodeled old battleships? The 11 Sovereign-class ships of the first battleship squadron can't deal with them?"

As if to prove that William Baga's words were right, his words were still lingering on his lips, a huge ball of fire suddenly rose on the stern deck of an "Island" class battleship of the Ming army. It's so big and bright!
"It was our Sovereign class that knocked down its turret!" William Baga raised his binoculars and shouted excitedly, "And the detour of the first battleship formation is about to be completed. The battleship has passed around the left side of the enemy line. Now we are going to win the next round!"

The front row of the first battleship formation originally composed of Sovereign-class ships has passed in front of the line of 11 Island-class ships, and two of the Sovereign-class ships have completed the turn. Now they can use their own 2 12-inch cannons Focus on bombarding the fragile stern of an island-class battleship - since they are "beggars", of course they are not unbreakable everywhere, otherwise the "beggars" are too decent and too expensive.

When these beggar-style battleships were refitting, they focused on strengthening the protection of the bow and main gun turrets, while neglecting the rear of the ship.This is also the reason why Guo Xiaobao let them form a horizontal team and use the bow of the ship to face the enemy.

But battleships, after all, you get what you pay for, and this group of "beggars' version" ships still can't compare with the expensive but powerful Zhongwang class, Shihuang class, and Dazhou class.If they were replaced, it would not be possible to gather 12 24 main guns from 320 ships and fire more than a dozen rounds, but still failed to sink the Dignity, although the Dignity had hit three more rounds in just a few minutes. 320 mm shells, the bow turret was blown away, and the waterline in the midship was opened. The hull was seriously tilted, but it was still floating in the sea after all, and it was recovering a little bit by injecting water to the other side. balance.

It has to be said that these Sovereign-class battleships built with excellent craftsmanship in peaceful times are still very capable.

Seeing that his own monarchy can still be maintained, William Baga emphasized his tone: "The key now is to protect the large battleships of the second and third teams. Air defense must be strengthened, and the destroyers must be ordered to emit smoke, immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Admiral, the two Sovereign-class ships have completed a detour!"

"Admiral, the distance is just right now"

"Admiral, the semaphore of Pang Shiyuan, is ready to charge."

"Admiral, it's time!"

On the "Kong Ming" large light cruiser, Guo Xiaobao was breathing heavily, trying to make himself look less nervous, while beside him, the staff officers were loudly reporting and urging him—urging him to give the order to charge!
The Ming navy elite on the "Kong Ming" is not a fool. Of course, they know that 12 beggar-style battleships cannot defeat 11 sovereign powers. Go attack their vulnerable flanks.

Therefore, the monarchy will rely on the tactics of quickly detouring to the flanks or even the back of the beggar version of the battleships, which can be imagined by anyone with a brain.

而郭小宝手下的参谋们则提出了一个现在看起来好像在发疯的战法——用4艘“孔明”级、3艘“壮士”级和8艘“护卫”级组成第一突击队，用2艘“好汉”级、3艘“壮士”级和8艘“护卫”级组成第二突击队，分两批冲到迂回过来的君权级跟前去放鱼雷！
At the same time, the remaining destroyers are ready to release smoke at any time to cover the retreat of the "Island" class battleship.

In other words, the four cruisers including the Kong Ming will charge against the powerful firepower of the Sovereign-class 4-mounted 3-inch main gun turret. The timing of this charge is very important, and we cannot wait for all the Sovereign-class Turn the corner and charge again, or the Kong Ming will crash into the firepower net of more than 9.2 60-inch cannons!

Guo Xiaobao, who is also a member of the elite group of the Ming Navy, of course knows that now is not the time to be afraid, he must make up his mind!
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Kong Ming charge!"

"Yes!"

As the staff officers around Guo Xiaobao took orders loudly, the "four military advisers" who had already turned on the steam turbines to the maximum power - Zhuge Kongming, Pang Shiyuan, Zhou Gongjin, and Lu Zijing - began to charge together .

This is the big charge of the "Military Division Alliance"!
Although the four "Large Light Cruisers" named after the famous military advisers in the Three Kingdoms period only have a standard displacement of 13000 tons, the total power of the steam turbines they have is higher than that of the largest British battleship, the King William IV class. The total power of the host is also increased by 50%!
Driven by the strong power of 4.6 horsepower, the "Four Great Military Masters" who had been hiding behind the beggar's version of the battleship all of a sudden went into a frenzy, and within a few minutes the speed was raised to the fastest, heading towards the ship that had just completed the turn. , The two Sovereign Classes that were bombarding the "Salmon Island" heavy artillery ship rushed forward.

"Kongming, Shiyuan, the enemy's number one ship!"

"Gongjin, Zijing. The second enemy ship!"

"7000 meters torpedo attack, 5 rounds per ship!"

While the gunnery staff shouted, one of the five 5mm rotating torpedo tubes on the four cruisers began to turn and aimed at their respective targets.Hong Renkun, who was in charge of measuring the distance on the mast plate of the Kongming, did two things at once, while silently saying "Heavenly Father, God bless" in his heart, and at the same time loudly announcing the distance.

"9000 meters!"

"8500 meters!"

"8000 meters!"

"7500 meter."

When Hong Renkun shouted the distance of "7000 meters" into the receiver, the gunner of the Kong Ming immediately gave the order to fire after hearing it.

"Torpedo. Release!"

His order was quickly conveyed to the torpedo launch squad through the ship's telephone, and then there were five muffled sounds of "boom bang bang bang". It began to rotate rapidly, and along the way, a series of air bubbles were eliminated, forming a white trail.

The two observers on the Sovereign class who had just turned the corner also found 7 cruisers and 8 destroyers rushing towards them like crazy at this time, and hurriedly called the bridge to report.But it was already too late. Before the two monarchs even had time to turn their guns to bombard the approaching "military divisions", the "military divisions" had already fired the first wave of torpedoes, which were a total of 20 630mm heavy steam gas torpedoes , and it was fired at a distance of 7000 meters. The two Sovereigns didn't even have time to turn the bow, and the torpedoes had already reached them!
The first to be shot was the Dread. A 630mm heavy torpedo pierced through its midship waterline armor belt, opening a hole that can only be described as terrifying, and the huge explosion force even tore through the ship. The power compartment of this battleship, an unknown number of tons of sea water surged in, and the damage control personnel had no time to do anything. This battleship, which once dominated the west and shook the ocean, capsized and sank in the vast Pacific Ocean.

It was followed by the Canopus, which was hit by two powerful 630mm torpedoes, both of which hit the stern of the ship. The two big explosions blew up the good stern of the ship, and the people on board did not even have time to react. The bow of the ship had already been lifted due to the sinking of a large amount of water in the stern, and then "buttocks down" and sank to the bottom.

And this is not all the disasters that the British fleet encountered in just a few minutes. The Dignity, which had been besieged by 24 320mm cannons before, also had a big explosion at this time. The 320mm shells seemed to penetrate its ammunition library, triggering a big explosion, and the entire battleship instantly turned into a fireboat.
The upheaval on the front line shocked William Baga, who was concentrating on air defense, his jaw almost dropped, but before he could figure out what to do, someone around him shouted: "Admiral, their main force, the Chinese The main force is coming!"

(End of this chapter)