After this capped bullet exploded in the ammunition depot at the base of the enemy's flagship P turret, the high-temperature fire ignited caused the ammunition in the turret to explode. The destructive force produced by the violent explosion instantly penetrated the bottom of the ammunition compartment, causing the bottom of the ship to collapse. The left wing and left wing were torn to pieces, and a huge amount of seawater poured into the enemy flagship.
The disadvantage of the enemy ship's watertight doors being too crowded was exposed at this moment. The enemy's idea of pumping water on the left side and injecting water on the right side to maintain the balance of the ship was simply impossible to achieve. It didn't take long, because the left side Too much water entered the side, causing the enemy flagship to quickly capsize and sink in the deep sea.
According to the custom of the Royal Navy of the John Bull Empire, they are accustomed to using letters to represent the main guns. Generally speaking, the front main gun is called a turret, b turret, and the rear main gun is called x turret and y turret. The turret in the middle is called p turret, q turret or even r turret.
Of course, this is not an absolute formula. There are also some special cases. For example, after World War I, the John Bull Nelson-class battleship had all three triple main turrets placed in the front, but it was not called C according to the convention. The turret was instead named x-turret.
In addition, the John Bull Empire's warships' secondary guns also have code names, which are derived from the letters starting with p on the left and s on the right, for example, the port side is) and the starboard (starboard).
The enemy's flagship was hit by Li Yong and the others. It was the P main battery turret located in the middle on the left side, not the P secondary battery turret. Because this enemy ship had many main guns but very few secondary guns, they should have been placed on the hull. The P main turret in the middle was placed closer to the port side, so it capsized after being bombed.
Shortly after the enemy flagship capsized, another enemy ship out of four was also cut into two pieces from the middle by a huge number of shells, and fell into the deep sea.
However, the four warships of the empire also paid a price. Three warships were hit by enemy missiles and suffered varying degrees of damage. They must be repaired, otherwise they will be easily sunk.
What is extremely strange is that the No. 1 flagship where Li Yong is located is unscathed. This phenomenon is very strange. Because the two enemy warships have placed all their main targets on the No. 1 ship, and now they are attacked by the enemy. The No. 1 ship, which was designated as the main target, was not damaged, but the other three ships were damaged.
In fact, to put it bluntly, this was also Li Yong's strategy. After he discovered that the enemy's main target was his flagship, he deliberately used himself as a bait to attract the attention of the enemy ships and create an advantage for the other three imperial ships. Attack conditions.
But since it was dark night, it was not surprising that the other party accidentally injured the other three ships of the Empire without any effective observation methods!
After the naval battle, everyone began to clean up the battlefield. Of the hundreds of ghost sailors on the two ships, less than 40 were rescued on the warship, and all the others were buried in the deep sea. Li Yong interrogated the ghost sailors, and the one who performed the interrogation task was Director of Imperial European Affairs~Wang Zhongqiang.
Because the John Bull Empire blocked the Suez River before the war, making it impossible for the empire to transport military supplies to Europe through this road, Wang Zhongqiang suddenly became "relaxed". However, because he was familiar with European laws and affairs and was proficient in several European languages, he was At zero hour, he was seconded to the Imperial Skeleton Fleet operating in Somalia.
The advantage of having Wang Zhongqiang is that he can distinguish very well which ships can be attacked and which ships cannot be attacked, thus avoiding the possibility of making enemies on all sides. After the war with the Allies, the Skeleton Fleet was near the Arabian Sea. , has successfully captured many ships transporting supplies.
Under Wang Zhongqiang's various interrogation methods, everyone soon knew the information they wanted.
Among the captured enemy sailors, there were two people who knew exactly the inside story of the Imperial Locust aircraft fragments. According to them, there were four groups of Imperial Locust aircraft fragments, two of which were intended to be transported to the John Bull Empire through the Suez River.
, while the other two groups were transported towards Yin-China...
This is a prudent measure taken by the John Bull people to prevent mutations.
There were two sets of debris passing through the Gulf of Aden, one of which was in the sunken flagship and had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the ship. The other set of debris was another group that passed through the 4100-ton John Bull Empire~Special
No. 1 merchant ship.
After receiving the news, Li Yong immediately sent a telex to Tian Aijun in the Gulf of Aden, ordering him to pay attention to intercepting the merchant ship No. 1. However, he continued to advance towards the Indian Ocean with three other lightly damaged ships.
On the one hand, he wanted to try his luck to see if he could intercept the merchant ship No. 1, but on the other hand, he wanted to send the three damaged ships to Southeast Asia and enter the Imperial Navy base for necessary repairs.
In addition to this, he also has an undisclosed potential purpose, that is, he is planning to "break through Guandong alone" and go to the Bay of Bengal to stir up trouble and try his luck to see if he can obtain the other two groups of Locust aircraft fragments.
Along the way, they first encountered an 8,600-ton John Bull Imperial oil tanker. After the Imperial fleet fired warning shots at the opponent, the opponent took the initiative to raise the white flag. Imperial Navy soldiers boarded the ship and took control of the ship, and four warships were also there.
It was completed at sea, and oil and other supplies were supplied at sea.
This is a John Bull Admiralty tanker, which carries oil from Asia to Europe.
In addition, Li Yong evened out some of the artillery shells from the other three ships to replenish the ammunition storage of the No. 1 flagship. At this time, Li Yong told Wang Zhongqiang his intention to advance to the Bay of Bengal. Wang Zhongqiang had a bellicose element flowing in his bones.
, also very much agree and hope to go together, Li Yong readily agreed.
Li Yong's purpose in telling Wang Zhongqiang about this was to rely on Wang Zhongqiang's understanding of European laws to solve the future prisoner problem. He did not want to add unnecessary trouble to the Chinese Empire.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yong and the others once again intercepted a third-country cargo ship. This cargo ship was a 6,000-ton cargo ship loaded with high-quality coal. After investigation, they found that it was a third-country cargo ship, and it was a cargo ship that purchased military supplies from the Allied Powers in Asia.
Li Yong and others seized and confiscated the supplies again.
Three days later, everyone finally caught the special merchant ship, but there were no Locust aircraft fragments on the special merchant ship. After careful inspection, it was discovered that the group of John Bull men had changed ships midway, and the one they took was a
The 4,200-ton armed freighter No. 4, flying the Gallic rooster flag.
Li Yong was shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly sent a telex to Tian Aijun to intercept the cargo ship Lu in the Gulf of Aden. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest