Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

"Ding ding ding ding ding..."

The departure alarm bell rang rapidly across the strait.

Warships flying the flags of the Angel Alliance, with their steam engines running at full power, sailed towards the opposite side with thick smoke billowing out.

The Ming army launched an attack, and their final battle at sea also arrived.

The Angel Alliance Fleet also understood that the Ming army launched such an open attack in order to lure them out for a decisive battle.

This was a naked message to them that they either had to come out and fight a decisive battle or accept the fury of the Ming army.

In the end, the Angel Alliance chose to attack and fight.

They didn't believe that they could lose when they had twice as many warships as the enemy.

"May God bless us and help us drive out the invaders and achieve victory!"

On a warship flying the flag of the British Empire, the elected fleet commander, the naval general of the British Empire, was praying silently.

The commander actually opposed the naval battle with the Ming Dynasty.

Although their fleet is twice as large as that of the Ming Dynasty, the performance of their warships is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the tonnage, in terms of hull defense and artillery, the difference is huge.

According to the intelligence he had obtained, the Ming Dynasty's warships had undergone the latest reform, with most of them being transformed from the original wooden hull with iron clad exterior to an all-steel hull.

The thick steel deck made everyone who learned about it feel despair.

As for artillery, the Ming army's artillery was all replaced with twin-mounted artillery, and they were all large-caliber artillery.

The long range and strong power, combined with the elite Ming army soldiers, meant that even with twice the number of troops, he had no chance of winning.

But at this moment, he had no choice but to go out to sea for a naval battle, otherwise his homeland would be threatened.

The number and strength of the Ming army brought great pressure to the lobster soldiers. After many calculations, the Army Department finally concluded that they could only barely hold out. If the Ming army once landed, their only choice would be to fight street battles in the city, using the advantage of familiarity with the terrain to forcibly drag down the Ming army.

Although victory may be achieved in the end, the industrial base that the British Empire had worked so hard to build would be completely destroyed.

The British Empire, which had an industrial base and lobster soldiers that shocked the world, would become a sunset.

Therefore, the only way to break the impasse was for his naval forces to dispatch and use their numerical advantage to completely defeat the Ming army's navy.

"Buzzing..."

Just as I finished my inner prayer, a buzzing sound suddenly sounded in the sky.

The commander felt a chill in his heart and looked up at the sky. He saw a mass of black spots flying in the distance.

"That's the enemy's air force, form an air defense formation immediately!"

The commander looked grim, but he still issued the air defense order as quickly as possible.

Getting beaten can also help you gain experience. After being beaten by the opponent's air force so many times, the Angel Alliance has also gained some experience.

Various types of rapid-fire weapons imitating the Ming Dynasty's were moved onto warships and high places.

As the Ming army planes approached, the Angel Alliance fleet, which formed an air defense formation, began to attack the sky.

One shell after another, bullets whizzed through the sky, forming an explosive defense network in the sky.

In many people's impressions, air defense means aiming at targets and shooting continuously.

In fact, in real wars, to be precise, between World War I and World War II, most of the anti-aircraft firepower could not hit the target. They killed targets in the sky, and most of them formed a firepower network in the air.

With good luck, or the enemy's poor skills, they will hit the exploding debris and be shot down.

The so-called aiming and shooting it down is good enough if you can succeed once in 100 times.

"Fighters draw enemy fire!"

"Torpedo bombing squadron action!"

Gao Hang calmly gave the order, and the fighter jets broke away from the team and began to hover over the enemy, attracting fire from below.

The torpedo attack team flying at the lower level began to lower its altitude from a distance after the fighter jets attracted most of the attention, and flew quickly outside the fire protection net, close to the water surface.

After reaching the torpedo attack range, he pulled the wrench next to him without hesitation, and the heavy torpedo carried below was thrown into the sea with a splash.

When the torpedo entered the sea, the motor started turning instantly, dragging a trail of water and rushing quickly towards the distant fleet.

"Torpedo, torpedo, evade!"

A lobster sailor who was shooting accidentally skimmed the surface of the sea. He was terrified and turned around and yelled loudly into the megaphone next to him.

The captain, who was commanding the battleship to counterattack, also discovered the torpedo. Without bothering to remind the helmsman, he rushed to the helmsman, grabbed the steering wheel, and turned the rudder to the right.

Although the captain tried his best to correct it, the distance between the two sides was still too close.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

It hit the rear of the battleship, causing a deafening explosion. A hole was instantly blown in the waterline, and sea water rushed in violently.

"Close the watertight compartment quickly!"

"Put out the fire! The fire is heading to the ammunition depot!"

The warship was in a panic and the sailors were running around in a hurry.

"Torpedo, torpedo!" The desperate cry rang out again. Before the sailor could react, he felt his body lose weight and then suddenly sank.

"Crack!"

A cracking sound was heard by everyone, and then the sailor in the center of the ship saw a ray of sunlight shining in from the gap on the side.

"Oh my god!"

"Hahaha, thank you, Sixth Brother!"

The last torpedo that hit the target was launched by a pilot. Seeing that he had cut the enemy ship in half, he cheered loudly with excitement, and at the same time he did not forget to thank the first pilot who hit the target.

"Don't forget to buy me a drink when you get back!"

The first pilot who was hit smiled and replied, then he pulled the joystick and went back to reload with his companions behind him.

They had no time to rest all day today. Their superiors had clearly instructed them that once the torpedo attack was complete, they should ignore everything else and go back to reload immediately.

All the pilots knew in their hearts that today was a big battle, and also a fierce fight. Whoever couldn't hold on first would be the loser.

"These are generally the ways to identify directions. Just familiarize yourself with them."

When the Air Force launched an attack on the Angel Alliance Navy, more than a dozen nautical miles away, the main warships of the Ming army had already separated from the escort fleet and headed here to prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy.

On the flagship command ship, Wang Zhi was observing the target through a telescope. Next to him were two specially selected combat staff officers, who were teaching them how to steer the warship and identify directions and routes.

These two people were sent by Li Shimin to specifically learn warship technology. They were Li Xiaogong and Zhangsun Wuji.

One of these two people is a member of the royal family, and the other is his elder brother-in-law. They are considered the people Li Shimin trusts the most.

Although Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong were loyal enough, they were land generals after all, and they also married girls from the five surnames and seven families as their wives. Old Li was always a little worried.

After looking around, he finally found that only Prince of Hejian Li Xiaogong and his elder brother-in-law made him feel at ease.

If Li Chengqian was not too young and was currently studying with several old teachers, Li Shimin would have planned to let Li Chengqian come in person to study the navy.

Now that two people have learned it, Li Chengqian may choose to join the Air Force in the future.

In the words of Li Shimin, the Tang royal family must control at least one of the three forces: navy, army and air force.

“Dingle bell…Dingle bell…”

The doorbell suddenly rang, and the fleet members who were originally quite leisurely suddenly became busy.

The staff officer took the papers and various observation and calculation equipment and began to work steadily but not chaotically.

The artillery outside also began to circle and adjust.

"Is the battle about to begin? Why don't we see any enemy warships?"

Let the staff officer who was teaching them get busy, Li Xiaogong walked to Wang Zhi's side and looked at the sea through the transparent glass window.

Not finding any enemy warships, Li Xiaogong asked about the doubts in his mind.

Wang Zhi did not answer immediately, but issued a series of orders before explaining to Li Xiaogong and Changsun Wuji who were walking over: "With the changing times, close-range combat like warships is no longer suitable for us."

"The range of our current artillery is more than ten miles, or even dozens of miles away. By the time you can see it, the two sides have actually been fighting for a long time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a red light came on in the cabin and everyone put earplugs in their ears.

Li Xiaogong and Zhangsun Wuji also put on earplugs with the cooperation of their staff.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The twin guns fired a salvo, and the powerful recoil caused the battleship to slide several meters on the sea.

Changsun Wuji, who observed carefully, discovered that when these artillery pieces were firing, there were very short pauses in between, and they were not firing all at once as they appeared to be.

After asking the staff officer next to me, I realized that the reason for doing so was to protect the keel of the ship.

No matter how powerful a warship is, it is difficult to withstand the recoil of all the guns firing at the same time, so for safety reasons, it is often necessary to fire the next gun after the previous one has been fired.

It's just that the interval is so fast that people who don't observe carefully can't notice it at all.

"Correct the trajectory, coordinates xx direction xx distance..."

In just a short while, the staff officers recalculated, raised the guns and launched another attack.

On the other side, the Angel Alliance Navy fleet, which had finally managed to break out of the air force attack, looked extremely embarrassed.

The air force attack just now sank eight of their warships, and more than ten warships also had scars of varying sizes. One of the warships was still emitting thick smoke from the back, and its speed had obviously dropped a lot.

"Commander, the William requests to withdraw from the battlefield!"

A staff officer reported loudly, and the commander turned the telescope to look at the smoke-filled William. He was silent for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, let's..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a whistling sound in the sky, and then as he stared blankly, the William was hit directly, its speed slowly decreasing, and the hull tilted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Damn it." The commander cursed, and then gave the order helplessly: "Let them abandon the ship."

No longer paying attention to the William, the commander gave orders with a serious expression.

"According to the plan, launch an attack on the enemy. We must destroy their navy at all costs and block the landing of the Ming army." (End of this chapter)