Chapter 371

"Let that group of trash stay away from us, otherwise, I will directly order to shoot them down."

Jones, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy Fleet of the British Empire, on his battlecruiser, couldn't help shouting out with a telescope.

There was a messenger next to him, and he immediately ran out to convey the order, and someone on the warship waved a flag and used the semaphore to convey the corresponding information.

However, the fleets of other countries, which Jones called waste, completely ignored his orders.

In other words, this sea area is really a bit chaotic at this time. Even if the coalition forces have communicated in advance and arranged special personnel to watch the semaphore orders, but when more than 300 warships are coming, who can tell? Who can see clearly?

Except for the fleet of the British Empire, which can see the orders of their command ships, the fleets of other countries really cannot see them.

The fleets of France, Ottoman, Tsarist Russia, Germany and other big countries can reach the vicinity of the predetermined sea area coordinates in an organized manner, but the warships of those small countries are like small fish around the dead whale, scurrying around.

"Damn fool."

Jones couldn't help scolding, because he saw the two warships collided with each other. Although they didn't collide and sink, they basically lost the ability to participate in the battle.

"Let them disperse, all disperse, don't get so fucking close, is it because they are afraid that the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire will not be able to aim and hit them?"

At this time, Jones regretted that he had promised to let the fleets of those small countries participate in the battle. They only had a dozen or even a few warships.In terms of tonnage and firepower, they are not as good as the battleships of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. If they don't obey orders, or even hear orders, they can't complete the formation.

But for political matters, a soldier like him can't directly refuse.

"We still have two days, enough for us to complete the formal formation."

The adjutant next to him was also looking through the binoculars, and said in a relaxed tone: "At that time, we will let them go up to consume the ammunition of the Ming Fleet first, and then we will go there to reap the endgame. This will also be beneficial to us."

"Hehe." Jones said with a sneer: "I asked them to form a formation and they were not obedient. Do you think they would be obedient if I asked them to die? This is war. If they run around at that time, it is very likely that they will be killed." The artillery hit our side, so, according to the original plan, let them form an encirclement around them, and our fleet of the British Empire will be the main force."

The adjutant nodded and said: "That's true. However, although I also believe that we will win this battle, if the Ming Empire has any new weapons, we may also suffer some losses."

"No matter what new weapons they have, it is impossible to defeat us." Jones said: "We have more than 300 warships. As long as we spread out the formation formation, we can almost fire at the same time. Thousands of heavy artillery fire at the same time. The fleet will be destroyed by us in the first time, and there is no possibility of fighting back."

The coalition fleet, which has an absolute advantage in numbers, believes that they are sure to win.

The number and tonnage of warships also represent the number of artillery pieces. In this era of naval battles, it is difficult to see the picture of side-to-side battles. They are all bombarded with artillery from a long distance until they sink the opponent's warships.

"Actually, I'm curious about another question." The adjutant said, "Didn't the emperor of the Ming Empire swear not to go back until he broke our capital? How could he break our capital with only one fleet? Even if our coalition fleet doesn't fight him, judging by the number and tonnage of his warships, he won't be able to bring many soldiers. He doesn't think that we will be captured by him in one day like a country like Japan, right? "

"So don't go back, let's die here, hahaha..."

Jones laughed loudly, and then said: "However, according to the information I got, it only took them a few hours to capture the capital of Dongpu, counting from the time they landed. Dongpu doesn't have a real naval fleet either. There is no way to stop them. Judging from this and our previous defeats, the army of the Ming Empire... is indeed the strongest in the world."

The adjutant shrugged and said, "But they insist on using the navy to fight us, so they will lose, and the emperor of the Ming Empire will also die."

Jones heheed twice, seeing that the formation of warships in sight began to take shape, and said: "This is something that can't be helped, because they know very well that even if their army is invincible, it is impossible to attack us from land. British Empire."

The adjutant also laughed and said: "After this battle, they should give up the power of magic and continue to hand over resources to our navy. I have always felt that magic is not enough, only the strength of ships and guns is the real truth." force."

"Yes, they will give up the power of magic." Jones also said firmly: "Just after this battle."

Time passed quickly, from the time when the scouting ships discovered the Ming Empire's Pacific Fleet to when they formally formed a naval formation to go to battle, only three days passed.

And during these three days, after losing several warships, the coalition fleet finally formed a large naval fleet formation in decent shape, and they saw the fleet of the Ming Empire in their line of sight.

"Go at full speed, don't give them a chance to bypass us, let those idiots form an encirclement circle, and open fire immediately after reaching the attack distance."

After Jones gave the order, more than 300 warships, like sharks smelling blood, rushed towards the Pacific Fleet of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty, which was also advancing at full speed.

From the perspective of the sky, the coalition fleet is like an umbrella, and the Pacific Fleet is like the handle of the umbrella. At this time, the 'umbrella' consisting of more than 300 warships is in the process of being put away.

The umbrella handle is about to be completely wrapped in it by the umbrella cover.

The distance between the two sides has been shortened from 3000 kilometers to 3000 kilometers. None of the coalition fleet opened fire, because their heavy artillery has a range of only [-] meters, and at a distance of [-] meters, there is no strike accuracy at all. to speak of.

Whether you can hit the opponent depends entirely on luck.

Especially when the warships on both sides are moving targets.

"We zoomed in to a distance of two kilometers before firing."

Jones gave the order again, he didn't want to waste shells.

Among the coalition fleets, the fleet of the British Empire is the fastest, because they have upgraded their warships with the help of the achievements of the industrial revolution.

Steam power, metal hull, warship armor, new artillery.

No matter in terms of speed, defensive power, and attack firepower, it must surpass the fleets of other countries in the coalition.

There are only a few countries that can be compared with it, but even if these countries are as powerful as Tsarist Russia, they cannot compare with the British Empire in terms of fleet size.

This is also directly related to the large geographical area of ​​Tsarist Russia. Not only part of Tsarist Russia's fleet will be parked in Europe, but also part of it will be placed in the Pacific Ocean.

The fastest fleet of the British Empire, when the fleets of other countries in the coalition were still four kilometers away from the Ming Empire fleet, the distance had already been shortened to three and a half kilometers.

The distance difference of 500 meters is already a big influencing factor in naval battles.

Seeing this scene, the fleets of other countries also continued to increase their speed, as if they had money to grab ahead, and launched a frantic charge.

They all wanted to get closer and fire, and then they said that they were the ones who sank the target ship of the Ming Empire, and they also killed Emperor Wudi of the Ming Dynasty.

This is an unworldly feat.

"Three kilometers, the shells are loaded, and the ship is ready to move laterally."

The adjutant gave the order.

The artillery of warships in this era is all located on the side of the warship, so in naval battles, after reaching the attack distance, it is necessary to move the hull of the warship laterally so that the muzzle of the artillery faces the direction of the enemy fleet.

The navy of the British Empire is actually very advanced. It has built fixed artillery that can change the shooting direction, but it has not formed a standard configuration.

Therefore, their warships are actually not the battleships of World War II, and they are much behind in comparison.

However, the enemy they faced seemed very weak to them and could be swallowed in one bite, but it was a nearly modern aircraft carrier formation.

The reason why it is called modern is only because this aircraft carrier formation has no missiles, only artillery and carrier-based aircraft, and there is no truly mature fire control system.

Leaving aside the carrier-based aircraft, the artillery seems to be no different from the coalition fleet, but in fact, there is a huge difference between the two.

Qinhuang aircraft carrier.

Standing in the captain's room, Wu Yan looked through the porthole at those coalition fleets rushing madly, as if they couldn't wait to die, and asked aloud, "Beichen, is the camera setup ready?"

Bei Chen, who was standing beside Wu Yan, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, all twelve cameras have been set up, and the angles are calculated by the teacher."

The teacher was talking about Annie, she had many more apprentices in the Ming Empire than the emperor Wu Yan.

Because Bei Chen has been learning about the manufacture of fighter jets, warships, various equipment, and electromagnetic force, he also calls Annie a teacher.

"it is good."

Wu Yan nodded, signaling for the camera in the captain's room to turn on.

The person carrying the camera was Rui Wen, who had transformed into a student of the Daming Academy of Sciences. This time, she was here to watch the fun, so Wu Yan gave him a task to film his own imperial conquest.

After Anne made the camera, Wu Yan really wanted to record these things.

It was useless when capturing the capital of Dongpu before, not because it was not built at that time, but because Dongpu was too weak in this period, and it is meaningless to record it.

"Li Er."

Wu Yan's expression became serious, and he spoke majesticly.

"The end is here."

Li Hongzhang, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, responded with great excitement.

Wu Yan asked: "How many countries and warships does the enemy have?"

Li Er replied: "Your Majesty, the enemy's coalition forces consist of 329 countries, with a total of [-] warships."

There were 332 ships before, and three of them collided.

Wu Yan asked again: "How many warships do we have?"

Li Er replied: "Your Majesty, our Pacific Fleet Qinhuang aircraft carrier formation has a total of 23 warships, of which 1 is an aircraft carrier and 6 are transport ships."

Wu Yan asked again: "Then you said, did they surround us, or did we surround them?"

Li Er shouted: "Returning to Your Majesty, we surrounded them."

Wu Yan laughed, looked sideways at Li Hongzhang, and asked: "The enemy fleet has many warships, and our fleet went deep alone. Why did we surround them?"

Li Er's tone became even higher, and he said excitedly: "Because your majesty is here, because your majesty is invincible. With the Ming army led by you, they are invincible."

Wu Yan nodded and said, "I think so too, so if I sink them, I can't keep a single one."

"Yes." Li Er shouted loudly, almost shouting: "Your Majesty will win, and the Ming army will win."

Others in the captain's room also shouted excitedly.

Then, officially enter the war state.

As the actual commander, Li Hongzhang took his place and began to issue orders into the microphone in front of him. At the same time, his voice rang in the captain's room of all the warships in the Qinhuang aircraft carrier formation.

In contrast, the coalition fleet, which is still using semaphore, is about 50 years behind.

From a high-altitude perspective.

The two frigates and two destroyers are still on both sides of the aircraft carrier, relatively close to each other.

And the six battleships of the Ming Fleet, three on the left and three on the left and right, appeared on the side of the aircraft carrier. The distance was relatively far away, but the sailing position surpassed the aircraft carrier.

The six cruisers are behind the aircraft carrier formation, protecting the six transport ships and the rear wing of the aircraft carrier formation.

It can be seen from this formation that the main force of the Ming Fleet in the battle is these six battleships.

But the strange thing is that there are not many artillery ports on the hulls of these battleships. There are only two artillery ports on the deck of each battleship.

Adding it all together, the number of artillery on the six destroyers of the Ming Navy is not as good as the number of artillery on a battleship of the British Empire Navy.

Because the distance is already within three kilometers, the British Empire Fleet, which is closest to the Ming Navy Fleet, can already see the number of artillery on the battleship.

"Are they crazy? Just six battleships and twelve artillery pieces, are they going to fight us?"

"Wait, can a warship with only two cannons be considered a battleship?"

"I feel that the Ming Empire is insulting us. They are really crazy. Their emperor is a lunatic, and their navy soldiers are also lunatics. No, their ministers are also lunatics, so they let them The emperor's personal conquest... I know, they want to rebel, they want Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty to die in our hands, so that they can inherit the legacy of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty."

"Hiss... What a vicious method."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Jones ordered: "There must be something wrong with their artillery. If the distance reaches two kilometers, shoot me immediately, suppress the advance with firepower, sink them for me, and sink them if they miss."

Jones' analysis is correct. Of course, the Ming Empire's naval guns cannot be the ship-borne artillery that should exist in this era.

When the fleet of the British Empire began to move its hull laterally, preparing to suppress the fleet of the Ming Empire with firepower.

In the captain's room of the Qinhuang aircraft carrier, Li Hongzhang listened to the report on the completion of the aiming from the communicator, and after making sure that nothing was missed, he looked at Wu Yan and began to report loudly.

"Your Majesty, the twelve 130mm naval guns of our army have been prepared. All the warships of the enemy fleet are already within the effective range of 10 kilometers of our naval guns. Please instruct."

Wu Yan waved his hand: "Fire the cannon."

(End of this chapter)

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