1825 My New Daming

Chapter 459 Emperor William felt that the British Empire could still be rescued (please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket)
William Baga, who saw the boiler room of the Queen Elizabeth being blown up by the enemy, finally realized that Britain had lost this war. What Britain lost was not a battle, but a war!
Of course, she will also lose her empire on which the sun never sets
The reason why Britain can transform itself from an island country isolated from the European continent into an empire on which the sun never sets is because she has the largest Royal Navy in the world!
It is no exaggeration to say that the Royal Navy created the British Empire, not the British Empire created the Royal Navy.And when the Royal Navy is no longer the number one in the world, the sunset of the empire will come.

And this large sea battle that took place in the central Pacific Ocean undoubtedly declared the end of the British Empire's maritime hegemony. It is not fatal to the British Empire with its deep foundation, at least it does not mean the sunset of the empire.

Because at that time everyone believed that the British Empire was just an oversight. Well, the western world should think so.And at that time, the British Empire did have the capital and hope of a comeback.After all, the British Empire has the best naval officers and soldiers in the world, and the strongest shipbuilding industry in the world. She is not so easily defeated by Ming.

But now this Pacific sea battle clearly tells everyone that the navy and shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire have already fully surpassed and even crushed Great Britain with the blessing of her world's number one industrial strength. The era of industrialization has come, and shipbuilding and the navy are inseparable from the foundation of industrialization.

Britain, whose industrial strength is not as strong as that of Ming Dynasty, can only take a slanted lead, designing and manufacturing relatively outstanding firepower and armor, and its power system is far inferior to its opponent's "lame steel behemoth".

These "lame behemoths" look good when they are not on the battlefield, but when they are on the battlefield today, they find that they are completely useless!The result of a speed difference of 5-7 knots is to be beaten passively!Moreover, the "advantage" of armor and firepower obtained by sacrificing power does not exist at all. The firepower and protection of the battleships of the Ming army that are 5-7 knots faster still have a clear advantage.

At this time, William Baga also found out in despair that although the number of the new Ming warships with fairly balanced speed, firepower, and armor was only 10, none of them sank after a round of fierce battles. None - Da Ming may have lost a few refitted old battleships, but those fast, strong and fierce new battleships are still rampaging on the sea, and they don't even seem to be seriously injured.

This shows that the naval officers and soldiers manipulating those battleships are all excellent, and they can fully grasp the powerful weapons in their hands!

In addition, the Ming Navy still has three major trump cards, one is steam gas torpedoes, the other is aviation, and the third is submarines. Their power has not yet been fully utilized!

The current situation is very obvious. The Ming Empire has already possessed an overwhelming naval superiority. The world's sea dominance has been transferred from the hands of the British Empire to the hands of the Ming Empire.

At 6:50, when the 12 Hero and Hanwu ranks of the Ming Navy began to join the battle, William Baga finally fully recognized the reality. After some psychological struggle, he made a decision and issued an order: "So Cruisers and destroyers rush to the enemy ships, at all costs. Cover the battleships to evacuate!"

As William Baga's order was broadcast by the radio station on the Sheffield, dozens of small and medium-sized warships rushed into the battlefield like crazy, and immediately stirred up the already chaotic battlefield even more.

"Admiral, enemy cruisers and destroyers have joined the battle!"

"Oh, is this going to retreat?"

"boom boom"

Li Kezhi hadn't figured out how to launch a chase. Amidst the smog and twilight not far away, the sudden appearance of three groups of flames gave him another taste of the sweetness of victory—the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which had been beaten half to death, was killed. It hit and a big explosion occurred. This time, the two "Loyal King" class made the contribution. Just now they were ordered to launch a charge to the Queen Elizabeth, and took the opportunity to release 12 530mm steam gas torpedoes. Among them 3 torpedoes hit the Queen Elizabeth!
Looking at the Queen Elizabeth, which quickly began to roll over after being hit by a torpedo, the smile on Li Kezhi's face could no longer be concealed.

Counting this 3-ton battleship, his fleet has sunk three Sovereign-class ships (Dignity, Old Man Star, and Fear) and two 2.5-ton ships (Scotland) in today's sea battle. King, King of England), two 3-ton class (William IV, Queen Elizabeth) and 7 battleships.

In addition, there are two 2-ton ships that have been severely damaged (the Emperor of India and the King of Hanover), and they are about to be sunk by 2.5 Shihuang-class ships... Calculated in this way, it is a huge result of nine battleships!

And except for the three Sovereign Class ships, the other six ships are all large ships of 2.5 tons or 3 tons!
What a credit this must be!
"Order," Li Kezhi said with a smile, "to order our cruisers and destroyers to also dispatch... We have a greater advantage than cruisers and destroyers!"

He is not bragging, just take out the four-class cruisers and destroyers of the Kongming class, the hero class, the strong man class, and the escort class, and there is not even a warship of the same type that can compete with them in the British Empire!
Not to mention that these cruisers, armored cruisers and destroyers are equipped with powerful steam gas torpedoes.

In addition, the Fourth Submarine Squadron of the Pacific Fleet has already been lurking in the south of the battlefield, waiting for the British fleet to be defeated and run past there...

The british suffering has only just begun!

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St James's Palace, London, England.

Telegrams about the failure of the Pacific Ocean Battle flew like snowflakes to the office of the King of the United Kingdom and Emperor William of India.

His Majesty the Emperor and the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy who were waiting for the news with him are all pale now, as if mourning.

Sir Hardy held in his hand the telegram he had just received - this was the high-power long-wave radio station on the Roman Emperor (which escaped with the Charlemagne) by William Baggar from the Sheffield. It was forwarded to Australia, then to India via Sydney's long-wave radio station, and finally to London by cable telegraph.

Although the telegram passed through several hands, the news reported was quite timely.

"Your Majesty the Emperor..." Sir Hardy said in a trembling voice, "It can be confirmed that we have lost 13 battleships, and 8 were seriously or moderately damaged!
Among the lost battleships were the William IV, the Queen Elizabeth, and the Emperor of India... Your Majesty, we have lost this war! "

"No, sir, we haven't lost yet!" Emperor William obviously couldn't accept this reality, he roared, "The Australian Grand Fleet still has at least 20 intact battleships...there are 8 battleships that can be repaired quickly !

Our Royal Navy is still the second largest navy in the world!Nor can the homeland of our United Kingdom be invaded by an enemy.

And on the Australian mainland, we still have a huge, well-equipped army... how could we lose? "

As he said that, he looked at the Duke of Wellington again, and asked word by word: "Duke, do you think it is still possible for us to defeat the invading Ming army in Australia?"

(End of this chapter)