Chapter 300 Ying Yi deserves death, Guan has been waiting here for a long time! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Damn Indians, damn Hindustan Dockyard, good ships have been repaired by them! Every Indian in Hindustan Dockyard should be hanged, every one."

Rear Admiral Thomas Corcoran started scolding the Indians again, because the Blake, the second flagship he was riding in today's naval battle, had another inexplicable malfunction. But this time it was not the steam engine that broke, but the front and rear main engines.

The servo system of the gun turret - the turret could not rotate, and the electric loader failed. In fact, the Blake's turret was not damaged in the previous battle and did not need repair at all. It was just maintained at the shipyard.

In other words, the Blake, which looks like something very similar, is now unable to fight at all!

Fortunately, the long-wave radio station on the Blake was produced by the American Weir-Morse Company, and American engineers personally came to India to install it on the Blake, so it can still play a role. And the second radio station under Thomas Corcoran

None of the ten Edgar-class ships were equipped with long-wave radio transmitting devices, only short-wave radios and ore receivers. Therefore, Major General Thomas Corcoran could only stay on the Blake to command. However, he still adjusted the queue and removed those without combat capabilities.

The Blake placed itself behind the twenty Edgar-class ships that formed two columns, and then entered the Strait of Malacca, swearing all the way.

"Major General, there is fire ahead, more than 30,000 yards away!"

Just when Major General Thomas Corcoran was scolding the Indians to his heart's content, he suddenly heard an exciting shout from a staff officer. So he immediately stopped shouting, then raised his telescope and pricked up a pair of particularly sensitive ears.

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Through the eyepiece of the telescope, he saw that the eastern horizon, which had become fish-white, was flashing with a strange red light, as if something was burning! At the same time, his ears also heard from the sound of noisy machines and waves,

Distinguished the thunderous roar!

"There it is" Thomas Cochran muttered under his breath.

"It's the Bay of Alanya!" a staff officer said excitedly, "Major General, the fighting there is still going on! We have caught up!"

"Thank God!" Thomas Cochrane made the sign of the cross on his chest and shouted loudly, "Send the order to raise the Z flag. The Royal Navy needs each of us to fight bravely! Long live the Emperor!

The whole team speeds up to 20 knots!”

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Yes, sir!"

Following Major General Corcoran's order, the 21 armored cruisers that originally sailed in at a speed of 16 knots suddenly accelerated. Amidst the huge roar of the steam engines, the speed increased to more than 20 knots. These 21 armored cruisers with nearly 10,000 tons of equipment suddenly accelerated.

The patrol seemed to have turned into 21 sea predators full of strength and struggle. 20 of them "behemoths" also showed their sharp fangs (there was also a fang of a "behemoth" to the Indians).

It was broken), and quickly pounced on the seven Haohan-class armored cruisers that had been fighting all night and were already exhausted.

It turns out that the Fourth Armored Patrol Formation of the Nanyang Fleet led by Chen Huacheng fought quite hard in the Bay of Yalan! Although their first wave of torpedo boat assaults were very effective, 24 torpedo boats rushed within a short distance of the British modified battleships.

The torpedoes were not fired until a distance of 1,500 meters. There were 48 steam gas torpedoes in total, which knocked down 7 beggar battleships in one wave! But after the torpedo boat fired all the steam gas torpedoes, Chen Huacheng's formation fell into a hard battle. He

There were only 12 Heroes on hand, and one of them was hit by a 12-inch armor-piercing projectile during the attack. It didn't last long before retreating. The opponent also had 8 beggars' battleships.

Although the British's eight beggar battleships cannot compare with serious battleships, when they fight on land and face the enemy head-on, their firepower and protection are not weak!

The power of these beggar ships is not good, and the armor on the sides and stern is not good either. Moreover, there is no main gun on the stern, and there are only two 6-inch rapid-fire cannons placed on the lugs on the sides. But their bow and turret are

The armor has been reinforced, with two 12-inch main guns comparable to those of a battleship, and the 6-inch guns on the turrets on both sides can also fire forward.

That is to say, the mine protection was too poor (the threat of torpedoes was not great these days, so all types of ships ignored mine protection), so the enhanced steam gas torpedoes sank 7 ships at once!

However, the Ming Dynasty's steam gas torpedoes have just been put into mass production, and there are only two models: 530 mm and 610 mm (the torpedo engines currently in use are relatively large, and small torpedoes cannot fit in them), so there are only the Ming army's battle cruisers, torpedo boats, and new models

They only have cruisers and destroyers, as well as top-secret submarines, and they don’t have much ammunition. Therefore, Chen Huacheng’s torpedo boat ran out of ammunition after finishing a wave, and could only use its 240mm main gun in the next step.

Concentrate your firepower on those beggar battleships from a distance of 5000 meters.

However, the 240mm armor-piercing projectiles were not powerful enough to hit the opponent. After a whole night of fighting, the gun barrels were "sore", and only three beggar battleships were damaged by the hammer, causing them to withdraw from the battle and find a place to beach themselves.

. In addition, five third-class cruisers or destroyers of the British and Indian Navy were sunk by the Haohan class and the cruisers escorting them when they attempted to launch torpedo attacks.

The 12-inch cannons of those beggar-style battleships also hit Chen Huacheng's "heroes" hard, hitting 4 hero-class ships one after another. One of them was seriously damaged and had already withdrawn from the battle with scars. The other three ships

Although the Haohan class was not seriously injured, Chen Huacheng still ordered them to evacuate to Luba Island (a subsidiary of Sumatra Island) more than 50 kilometers away together with the two severely damaged Haohan class before the British and Indian reinforcements arrived.

I went to the east side of the island to "rest".

The weak firepower and insufficient protection of the hero class were fully exposed in this battle!

And just when these heroes were using their full strength to hammer the remaining five beggar-class battleships, 20 Edgar-class and 1 Blake-class commanded by Major General Corcoran arrived.

The advantage of 21 to 7 is too great.

Probably because they knew they were no match, when the fleet commanded by Corcoran appeared on the battlefield, the Ming army's cruisers, second- and third-class cruisers and destroyers immediately panicked. They didn't even have the guts to line up to fight, so they all released smoke together, and then

Escaped to the east of Luba Island. The five heroes who were there also started to smoke in a panic, trying to cover themselves. In the end, they turned themselves into very conspicuous targets - such a big smoke,

There must be a big fish!

Cochran stood on the bridge of the Blake and saw this scene from a distance. He was so excited that he danced with excitement: "Force ventilation, attack at full speed. Don't let them go, not even one of them!"

"Yes, sir!"

As the order was sent from the Blake, all 20 Edgars started charging at top speed, except Blake. The Blake's pressure blower was broken - it was originally good, but after some maintenance by the Indians

, now it’s broken as soon as I turn it on!

So Corcoran could only watch the 20 Edgar-class armored cruisers, like 20 sharks with their mouths open, pounce on the prey that was already in a mess.

The chase at sea immediately began. The Ming warships near the Bay of Alanya obviously had very powerful main engines. After turning on the forced ventilation, they also ran at a high speed of more than 20 knots. 20 Edgar-class ships and the light ships following them

Although the ship tried very hard to catch up, it failed to catch up after more than an hour. Rear Admiral Cochrane was really anxious in his eyes, but he couldn't help, so he had to urge the engine department to repair the pressure blower quickly.

Suddenly, a staff officer in the bridge exclaimed: "Rear Admiral, the Edgar reported that a large number of enemy ships were found east of Luba Island, including more than 10 battleships! There are also 4 Hero-class battleships.

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"What?" Major General Cochran was petrified when he heard the news!

There are 10 battleships, and 4 are hero-class. This is clearly the main force of the Nanyang Fleet!

Moreover, the speed of the Hero-class is similar to that of the Blake-class and Edgar-class. Can those 20 unlucky Edgar-class escape under their 280mm main guns?

In addition, why are these 10 battleships squinting behind Luba Island? Did they already know that they were coming? Is this simply a trap?

"Hahaha" At this moment, in the command tower of the Hongwu Emperor, Lieutenant General Guan Tianpei looked at the 20 Edgars that had fallen into his trap, and laughed up to the sky, "The Yingyi who deserves death, Guan

I've been waiting here for a long time!"
Chapter completed!