1825 My New Daming

Chapter 458 Sunset Pacific (seeking subscription, monthly pass)
Daying is over!

William Baga is really ashamed at this time!

When HMS King William IV, the most powerful battleship in the British Empire, was on board the unknown battleship of the same level as Ming Dynasty, it only lasted for a few minutes and it was over!And it doesn't seem to have caused any serious losses to the enemy's large battleships.

And once the King William IV is finished, the Queen Elizabeth will certainly not last long. Once the Queen Elizabeth is finished, there are still 22 old-fashioned battleships left, can they deal with the two "[-] tons"?Don't even think about it!

The 14-inch cannon of the William IV can't hammer these two "12 tons", how can it be hammered with a [-]-inch cannon?
In addition, there are still a few "Emperors of India" that are being bombarded by Ming's 2.5-ton ship, and it is estimated that they will not last long.Once those "Emperors of India" collapse, I'm afraid there will be a one-sided pursuit!
"Admiral William IV suffered heavy damage. The bow of the ship was blown off. The sea water is pouring in frantically. It can't last long. Captain Henry requests you to replace the flagship!"

Just when William Baga felt that the situation was over, his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Jervis, had already spoken to the captain of the William IV, and led Baga, who had lost his claim for a long time, to the command tower. up.

"What? Our battleship is König William IV!" Hearing this, William Baga burst into tears.

"Admiral, come with me quickly," Jervis said, "The cruiser Sheffield has approached, you can transfer to this third-class cruiser first."

The Sheffield. This Jervis is really a good ship!

Seeing that William Baga was still a little bit reluctant, Jervis didn't talk nonsense with him, and pulled him to run outside the command tower.And William Baga didn't feel anything when he was standing on the thick steel wall of the conning tower. Now he walked around with Jervis, only to find that the hull of the William IV had seriously leaned forward. Nothing stands still.If the damage control cannot close some watertight hatches at the bow in time, and at the same time inject water into the stern to restore balance, this [-]-ton battleship may not be able to sustain the abandonment of all personnel.

Just as he was thinking of abandoning the ship, Rear Admiral Jervis had already dragged the drowsy William Baga out of the conning tower, and began to walk down the severely sloped stairs for an unknown how long, William Baga felt He had already descended to the side deck of the ship.The surrounding sounds suddenly became noisy, the sound of guns, wind, waves, shouts, and sirens after waves, all mixed together to form a magnificent symphony of doomsday.

William Baga looked around and found that the most powerful battleship in the British Empire was almost finished. The ship had obviously stopped moving forward, and was still leaning forward severely. The deck was in a mess, and there were many dazed people The officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy are crowded there, and many people are rushing from several stairs near the side deck of the ship. I don't know if they are planning to abandon the ship?Amidst and stern of the ship, thick choking smoke drifted over.

In addition, William Baga also heard and noticed that the rumbling guns were going away. He looked along the sound, first saw the golden-red afterglow of the sunset, and then saw the two guns that were shelling each other while turning south. fleet
It turned out that the four battleships of the Ming Dynasty found that the "ship head" of the King William IV was blown off, and after the hull sank seriously, they did not continue to bombard it, nor did they rush up to release mines, but turned their muzzles to bombard the Queen Elizabeth. up.

The situation of the Queen Elizabeth also looks terrible. The 4 cannons of the 30 large battleships of the Ming army are bombarding it, and the 3-ton battleship of the same type as the William IV is full of flames. cigarette
Rear Admiral Jervis put a life jacket on William Baga at this time, then pointed to a three to four thousand ton cruiser on the nearby sea and said to William Baga: "Admiral, the Sheffield is approaching, Let's jump into the sea!"

William Baga sighed, had no choice but to grit his teeth, leaned on the railing of the battleship with both hands and turned over, and then jumped into the choppy Pacific Ocean with a plop
When William Baga jumped into the sea, the two "Da Zhou" and two "Zhong Wang" formations of the Ming Navy had already completed their turn and crossed to the formation composed of more than twenty battleships led by the Queen Elizabeth. In front of the formation, half a T position was grabbed.The British fleet had to turn to the left to prevent the entire T position from falling into the hands of the battleship formation of the Ming Navy.And this quick turn also shows the importance of the battleship's speed.Although there are only 4 battleships in the Ming army, the speed of more than 25 knots is 5 knots faster than that of the British formation, which makes the latter have to follow the former to turn frequently. The battleship in the position is difficult to aim and shoot.Therefore, there are only six or seven warships that can effectively exchange fire with these four Ming battleships. Among them, only the 10 14-inch cannons of the Queen Elizabeth can pose a certain threat to the two Da Zhou-class cannons. However, the 16 360mm cannons are The threat from the Queen Elizabeth is clearly greater!
While the Queen Elizabeth was struggling to support, in the direction of the setting sun, a column of billowing black smoke gradually approached the battlefield. This is a battleship formation of the Ming army composed of 12 hero-class (hero-modified) and Hanwu-class ships. !
Although these 12 battleships are all outdated "classic ships", their arrival has a final effect!The British Royal Navy Fleet, which had already been in a bitter battle, saw the arrival of 12 battleships belonging to the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, and all of them lost the courage to fight.Everyone knows—the sun never sets on the Empire. The sun is about to set!
"Our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Long live!"

In the command tower of the battleship Dazhou, cheers broke out again at this time.

Li Kezhi, who already knew that he had won this crucial battle, even raised his hand and pointed to "Elizabeth" who had been shot more than ten times and was covered in smoke, 15000 meters away. The big battleship leaned up and fought! This 3-ton ship must be left on the battlefield!"

"Yes!"

The surrounding officers erupted in jubilation.

Following Li Kezhi's order, the four Ming battleships on the sea fully fired at full horsepower, and once again thrust across the front of the Queen Elizabeth, bombarding it with 30 360mm and 300mm cannons while thrusting back.

"boom"

The 2th round of salvo fired by two "Da Zhou" and two "Zhong Wang" finally achieved a key result. At a distance of about 2 meters, a 29mm armor-piercing projectile penetrated the Queen Elizabeth's ship. The waterline armor got all the way into its boiler room!With a loud bang, milky white high-pressure steam spewed out from the midship of the hull, forming a steam jet stream tens of meters high.

Taking advantage of the last sliver of the setting sun before sunset, witnessing the tragic scene of the Queen Elizabeth being blown up by the enemy's boiler room, William Bajon, who had just been fished up on the Sheffield, was really ashamed, and he had no more illusions, because He knew. The sun really set on the British Empire, and it set on the Pacific Ocean!

(End of this chapter)