"Long live the Queen! Long live Britain!"

Cheers rang out in the command tower of the Indian battleship Empress. + Because the Chinese battleship Yongli had tilted seriously and was about to overturn soon! Arthur Hood could even see the panicked man through the telescope.

The Chinese sailors were swimming hard, trying to reach another Saxony-class battleship not far away.

'But what's the use? It's just a moment longer. That ship and the other two Saxons will sink soon!' Arthur Hood thought happily.

"Admiral! Telegram from the Minotaur..." Aspen's voice was very low, "We lost the Orlando! It was torpedoed into two pieces by the Chinese!"

"What? It's the Orlando..." Arthur Hood felt a pain in his heart. This 5,600-ton armored cruiser is the best armored cruiser in the British Navy! Its speed of 17 knots is almost comparable to that of a fast cruiser, and its firepower and armor are also the same.

The best battleship of its type... Its value is even higher than that of the sinking battleship Everlasting!

"I know," Arthur Hood put down the telescope in his hand, his voice was slow and calm, "Victory always comes with sacrifice, and England will always remember every child who gave his life for her. And those of us who are alive

, you must also fulfill your duties!”

Arthur Hood pointed at the Hongguang, which was retrieving fallen officers and soldiers 3,000 meters away, "It is the next target, sink it to avenge the Orlando!"

"Yes, sir!" the British in the command tower shouted in unison. In a sense, it was the sacrifice of the Orlando that gave the three Indian Empress-class ships the opportunity to sink the four Chinese Saxon-class ships. Of course.

In turn, it can be said that the four Saxons of the Chinese army gave their main fleet the opportunity to severely damage the British Eastern Fleet.

Now let’s see who can grasp it!

"Commander, the Yongli was abandoned!"

At almost the same time, in the command tower of the Guangfu battleship, communications staff Liu Buchan was also reporting bad news to Nanyang Fleet Commander Feng Ziye.

"1:1," Chief of Staff Zhao Dalong whispered, "It's a tie now, but we will have the upper hand soon. Our 10 Tianjin-class ships and 11 Hong Kong-class ships have arrived..."

"11 Hong Kong-class ships?" Feng Ziye was slightly surprised. He clearly only remembered that 10 Hong Kong-class ships were dispatched.

"It's the Hong Kong of Togo Heihachiro. It has been wandering near the war zone."

"Oh, that's it." Feng Ziye nodded. "Where are the five Nanzhi-class ships? Where are they?"

The Nanzhili-class armored cruiser, with an unloaded displacement of 7,150 tons, is a new type of armored cruiser that entered service in 1876. Not only is its speed and armor second to none among the armored cruisers in the world, but it also has two twin-mounted 210mm-caliber main guns!

This isn't cliche.

Instead of the retractable cannon, it is a tube-retractable rapid-fire cannon! If the firepower of the secondary guns is not counted, the firepower of the Nanzhili-class armored cruiser is exactly the same as that of the Great Emperor-class battleship - of course, after the development of the 240mm caliber rapid-fire gun is completed, the Great Emperor

The class will still be modified with a 240mm cannon.

However, in this great sea battle, the five Nanzhili-class ships were a powerful weapon in Feng Ziye's hands.

"It will take a quarter of an hour at most, and their smoke pillars should already be visible on the battlefield." Navigation Staff Officer Tsuboi Kozo replied.

"What about us?"

"We can arrive there within half an hour." Tsuboi added.

"Commander, the battle will be almost over as soon as we arrive, right?" Zhao Dalong stood beside the chart, holding a cigar and said. "Our numerical advantage is too great, they have no choice but to escape, unless...the three Indian Queen-class ships

Take action!" He licked his lips, "Then it will be a decisive battle!"

Feng Ziye was silent for a moment after hearing this, then turned back to look at Chief Staff Officer Lin Taizen and Artillery Staff Officer Ito Hiroshi, "Have the preparations for the decisive battle been prepared?"

Although the naval battle has been extremely fierce, the real drama has not yet begun! Because the real capital of both warring parties has not yet been put on the gambling table! For the British Eastern Fleet, the real capital is the three Indian Empress

, 3 ships were ravaged, 3 ships were victorious. As long as these 9 giant ships were not severely damaged or sunk, the British could continue to rely on Singapore to guard the Strait of Malacca.

As far as the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the 4 Saxon-class ships are nothing. The real capital is 3 Great Emperor-class ships, 7 Emperor-class ships and 5 Nanzhili-class ships. As long as these 15 battleships/armored cruisers are intact,

Then Arthur Hood didn't hurt the Chinese at all.

"We already have a decisive battle plan," Lin Taizeng said. On the way just now, he, Ito Hiroshi, Tsuboi Kozo and Liu Buchan repeatedly studied the final decisive battle plan - in their view, a major battle between the two sides' battleships

The possibility of a decisive battle is very high. Because the front has already turned into a chaotic battle, the British are not talking about retreating.

can retreat, unless Arthur Hood does not want his own armored cruisers and fast cruisers, otherwise with the advantages of quantity, firepower and speed, the Ming Nanyang Fleet's armored cruisers and fast cruisers can defeat the opponent's warships of the same level.

The group is destroyed. Even if four Saxon-class ships are taken in, the Ming Dynasty will still win a complete victory.

More importantly, there are at least 13,000 British Royal Navy officers and soldiers on the thirty-odd cruisers brought by Arthur Hood. Although the Royal Navy of the British Empire has 200,000 people receiving military pay, the real number of battleships and cruisers on the front line is

There will be no more than 50,000 officers and soldiers serving. They are the elite of the entire Royal Navy. If a naval battle occurs, more than a quarter will be lost. The vitality of the British Royal Navy will be greatly damaged!

"Commander, we believe that the enemy will concentrate 12 battleships and use horizontal charge tactics to confront our battleship force." When Lin Taizeng spoke, Ito Togesuke and Tsuboi Kozo had already set up a simulation with a small wooden boat on the chart table.

Battle Formation - These are the most elite members of the Chinese and Japanese navies in history.

Officers, in this time and space, they are also naval elites. If they are any different from those in history, it is that they have received more complete naval education and serve an "old navy" that was founded more than 30 years ago. This is definitely

The best stage for them to show their talents.

"According to the current situation on the battlefield, the British fleet is fighting and retreating. Its purpose should be to join forces with the three Indian Empress-class ships, and then use the impact of the battleship formation to force our fleet back, so as to win the opportunity to retreat unscathed. And

We surrounded them with double columns

The tactic is to use 10 battleships as the front, and then use 10 Tianjin class and 5 Nanzhili class ships to detour to the flank of the enemy's horizontal formation to seize the T-position. Rely on the firepower and range of the 20 210mm rapid-fire guns of the 5 Nanzhili class ships.

Give the British ships a devastating blow!"

Feng Ziye and Chief of Staff Zhao Dalong looked at each other and nodded at the same time. Although Commander-in-Chief Feng did not want a decisive battle, he had to fight now. Fortunately, it was not without any certainty. Although 155mm and 140mm

The rapid-fire guns cannot deal with the British battleships, but the 10 battleships of the Nanyang Fleet and the 5 Nanzhili-class armored cruisers have a total of 60 210mm rapid-fire guns. They can always cripple the 12 British battleships, right?

"Boom boom..."

The huge roar sounded in Zhu Guohui's ears again at this time. The poor prince's current situation can really be described as deep in water and hot! Just as he climbed onto the battleship Hongguang from the bottomless sea, he saw a dazzling fire.

The regiment jumped up from the hull not far away - this was caused by a British 6-inch explosive bomb! Of course the British battleship was equipped with explosive bombs! Not only did the 6-inch explosive bomb

bombs, and 16-inch giant explosive bombs! However, so far in the naval battle, Arthur Hood has not ordered the use of such huge and expensive explosive bombs - they are used to deal with China's Emperor-class and Emperor-class

, it is not the turn of third-rate goods like the Saxon class to enjoy. If what hits the Hongguang ship now is a 16-inch explosive bomb, Zhu Jishi will probably have a white-haired man (does Zhu Jishi have white hair?) and a black-haired man!

However, just a 6-inch explosive bomb filled with starch explosives almost killed Zhu Guohui. The heat wave that swept along the deck instantly evaporated all the seawater on his body and almost scorched his military uniform.
Chapter completed!