1825 My New Daming

Chapter 455 Fight it, fight it! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

The reason why William Baga wanted to fight was because he felt that he still had a chance to win!
First of all, he didn't know the existence of the "Da Zhou" class.

Now is the time of war, and neither side will officially announce their trump card. Not only will they not announce it officially, they will have to hide it, and they will also release a lot of misleading fake news.For example, Daming announced a while ago that it will start construction with a standard discharge of 8 tons, a full discharge of 400 tons, equipped with eight 15mm caliber cannons, a main engine power of 30 horsepower, and a speed of [-] knots. "class battleship.
The UK, on ​​the other hand, boasted that it would start building the Victoria Princess with a standard displacement of 4.2 tons and a full displacement of 4.8 tons, equipped with eight 8-inch cannons, a main engine power of 15 horsepower, and a speed of up to 15 knots.

The bullies on both sides are boasting a lot, but the real guys are well hidden.Before today, the "First Emperor" class of Ming Dynasty and the "Emperor of India" class of Great Britain had only shown up occasionally.As for the "Great Zhou" class and the "William IV" class, they are simply top-secret projects!
Secondly, William Baga knew that he could not escape back to Australia safely with most of the battleships because he had already seen the speed of the "Emperor Emperor" class!This level of battleship can run at least 27 knots and 28 knots!
And they also have 8 330mm first-class artillery, the lethality is as amazing as the speed!
In addition, the lethality of Ming's "big light cruiser" and carrier-based aircraft should not be underestimated.And the speed of the "big light cruiser" can also reach 27 or 28 knots, and the carrier-based aircraft has no speed limit!

Therefore, if William Baga ordered to run away now, his large fleet would be ruthlessly hunted down by the enemy, and in the end half of the troops could escape back to Australia, thanks to God.

At 6:15 in the afternoon, when dusk had arrived and the ocean near the battle area was shrouded in golden sunset, the funnels of 24 British battleships, including HMS William IV and HMS Queen Elizabeth, began to spew thick smoke , all warships have turned on forced ventilation mode!

Under the guidance of the "William IV" and the "Queen Elizabeth", 24 battleships formed a column on the sea, like a long steel dragon, rushing towards the six "Emperor of India" class ships that were shelling several ships. "Qin Shihuang" level.

On the other side, the main force of the Second Battleship Squadron of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, including two "Da Zhou" class ships, two "Loyal King" class ships, six Hero class ships or Hero Kai ships, and six Han Wu Da Di class ships. The 16 battleships also rushed to the battlefield at full power.However, they are different from the formation of the British army. Instead of maintaining a long snake formation, they are divided into three teams, of which two "Da Zhou" ships and two "Loyal King" ships form a team, and six heroes or heroes change into one team, and six A team of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The reason for marching in three teams is because the sixteen battleships of the Ming army are a little far away from the battlefield, and the speed difference between them is relatively large. They are all high-speed ships.And the hero or the hero has a speed of 25-22 knots, which is not too slow.But the Hanwu Emperor class is not enough, and it is barely 23 knots.

If these 16 battleships also maintain the same speed, they can only advance at a speed of 20 knots. Now that the front line has become a group, it is extremely urgent. Whoever arrives first with reinforcements will have a greater chance of winning!
"boom boom"

The first to rush to the battlefield was the British battleship formation led by William Baga!HMS King William IV and HMS Queen Elizabeth took the lead, leading 24 battleships into the battlefield.At a distance of 28000 yards from Shihuang, King William IV and Queen Elizabeth fired the first salvo.

Although the 20 gates and 14 inches of these two battleships are hardly accurate at this distance, they can still frighten the "Emperor Qin" and the others. , "Charlemagne", "King of Hanover" and "King of England" were all killed!

It turned out that after the "King of Scots" was blown up with one shot, the "First Emperor" group of course had to continue to show off their power.They quickly aimed all 48 330mm guns at the "King of England" who was already trembling with fright.

At this time, the "Emperor of India" and "King of Hanover" who were able to shoot a few shots at "Emperor Tang Taiwu" from a distance before had been thrown away.

Only the "King of England", "Emperor of Rome", and "Charlemagne" were able to face off against a group of "Emperor Emperor" level, and they were three against six. It was obvious who had the advantage.

Although the British also scored some hits and set the "Emperor Emperor" on fire, it was only the fire caused by hitting the lifeboat and the cabin under the stern deck. For a battleship of 2.5 tons, it is not It's a skin injury.

And the 6mm artillery shells of the six "First Emperor" class fired round after round, and the "King of England" seemed to have fallen into a sea of ​​​​fire. The 330mm armor-piercing shells kept hitting the 330-ton battleship. It exploded, and the fire and thick smoke began to spread on the deck. The damage control team desperately suppressed it with water dragons, but everyone still felt that it was a drop in the bucket.

And this is not the worst. The worst thing is that the carrier-based aircraft that bombed a few Indian emperors just now flew back and dropped bombs and torpedoes.

But the British can't send a few "pigeon planes" to cover their own battleships-although there are still two British aircraft-based armored cruisers on the battlefield, most of the carrier-based aircraft pilots have already gone to see God unless God let people go, otherwise there is no play.

The "King of England", who was about to die after being beaten, became the key target of a group of Ming fighter planes, and bombs and torpedoes continued to greet him.

Therefore, the emergency telegrams from the "King of England" were sent to the "William IV" like snowflakes, and the communications officer kept reporting to William Baga: "Admiral, the A turret of the King of England is over, and all personnel died in battle. , the damage control team had to flood the ammunition depot with water!"

"Admiral, the waterline armor of the HMS King of England was penetrated by a torpedo, and a large amount of sea water poured in!"

"Admiral, the top of the C turret of the King of England was penetrated by a bomb, causing a fire!"

"Admiral, the stern of the HMS King of England was hit by a torpedo. The rudder was blown up, and the ship cannot turn!"

"Admiral, the bow of the King of England was pierced by shells, a lot of water flooded in, and the bow sank."

William Baga listened to the report from the people below, while holding up the binoculars to watch. He already had a general understanding of the situation. Of course, he was almost jumping in anxiety, but he urged loudly: "Quick! Hurry up, the British Empire needs us to speed up!"

"Admiral!" Rear Admiral Jervis, the chief of staff of the fleet, suddenly yelled, "The lookout post found four large battleships of the Ming Dynasty, two of which are Zhongwang class, and two have not been seen before, but judging by their size At least 4 tons!"

"What? 3 tons, isn't it?" William Baga only felt that Venus was popping up in front of his eyes, 3 tons, that is the level of "King William IV".

Considering Ming's shipbuilding level, these two battleships must be very powerful!

If they are not eliminated, today's battle may be the sunset of the empire on which the sun never sets!

Thinking of this, he immediately raised his binoculars and searched in the direction of the setting sun, and soon found four large battleships of the Ming army that were approaching rapidly!
Fortunately, there are only four ships... There is still hope.

William Baga raised his finger and pointed at the four battleships: "That is our goal. Don't worry about the Indian Emperor class now, we must sink all those four battleships at all costs, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

(End of this chapter)