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"The Far East Fleet is now fighting fiercely with the Chinese Navy. I have asked the Navy Department to contact the Far East Fleet, but there is no news yet. However, since the war has broken out, it is impossible to withdraw now!"
Sir Frederick William Richards, the Secretary of the Navy, said. To be honest, the Far East Fleet and the Chinese Navy would fight at this time, and he had no idea. However, things had happened and he could not stop them.
It's right.
"So, are the Far East Fleet confident of winning?" asked the Marquis of Salisbury. This is what he values most. If he can win, then nothing is a problem. If he loses a battle, then it will be troublesome.
But that's big.
"The Chinese Navy suffered very minor losses in the battle against the Japanese Navy. And their 'Chinese-class' battleships performed very well in this battle. Therefore, the Far East Fleet will not have any advantage. For victory, I only
You can pray for a miracle to happen!" said Sir Frederick William Richards, the Secretary of the Navy.
"What is Filimantel doing? Is he trying to let the Far East Fleet die?" said the Marquis of Salisbury with some angrily. The Far East Fleet has probably accounted for about one-fifth of the overall strength of the British Navy.
It is within a quarter of it, and it is an important force for the British Navy to safeguard global interests. If the Far East Fleet is defeated, or even completely wiped out like the Japanese fleet, the British Navy's combat power will decline seriously. This is not yet
The most important thing is that once the Chinese navy wins, they will no longer be afraid of the British navy. In the future, Britain's maritime hegemony will be seriously provoked. It is not just that China will do this, it is quickly
Germany, which built a new type of battleship, may be even more eager to pull Britain off from its maritime overlord. This will have a series of very serious consequences.
"This..., the Far East Fleet's telegram said that the Chinese navy first attacked the Pegasus. According to my estimate, the British navy regarded the Pegasus as a Japanese warship. In the Chinese navy and Japan, it was the Chinese navy who regarded the Pegasus as a Japanese warship.
During the Navy War, the Japanese Navy also hung the St. George's flag. That's why there was such a misunderstanding. However, the Chinese side must have understood that this was a misunderstanding. However, they did not clarify the misunderstanding, but instead promoted the war.
I have to say that the Chinese may be hoping for such a battle to completely establish their hegemony in the Far East Pacific!" Navy Secretary Sir Frederick William Richards analyzed.
"Those damn Japanese monkeys, let's make trouble for us!" said the Marquis of Salisbury with some anger. He seemed to have completely forgotten, but he agreed to the Japanese fleet to hang the British naval flag. However, now the Japanese navy is
It was wiped out and hundreds of thousands of troops were trapped in the Japanese archipelago, which was no longer of use to Britain. Therefore, the Marquis of Salisbury discarded Japan.
"Prime Minister, what should we do now? Should we declare war on China?" asked Sir Frederick William Richards. In this case, Britain will inevitably be involved in the war.
"Let's talk about it when the result of the naval battle comes out! If the Far East Fleet can gain an advantage, we will immediately declare war on China, and send warships to support the Far East Fleet, and then assist the Japanese army in landing. If the Far East Fleet fails, we must declare war on China.
.However, the matter of sending navy to the Far East to fight, we have to consider it again!" said the Marquis of Salisbury. The most important force of Britain in the Far East is the Far East Fleet. If the Far East Fleet is destroyed, the British will be in the Far East.
There are only tens of thousands of troops left. The British Army had confirmed that it was no match for the Chinese Army at all. Therefore, if you want to send a large army to expedition to China, the Marquis of Salisbury had no confidence.
"Yes, Prime Minister! I hope God can bless the Far East Fleet!" said Sir Frederick William Richards, the Minister of Navy. However, if praying for God is useful, the commander of the British Far East Fleet, Ferry Mantel, was the first to be aware of the fact that the British Far East Fleet Commander.
I'm afraid I've already started praying.
As the naval battle progressed in fierce competition, the battle became increasingly unfavorable to the British Far East Fleet. Although, at 11:20, the "Counterattack" battleship also hit the "Shenzhou" battleship of the Chinese Navy and successfully
Destroyed the rear main turret of the "Shenzhou" unit. However, it did not cause fatal damage to the "Shenzhou". On the contrary, at 11:42, it was left by the three remaining 305mm dual-mounted main units of the "Shenzhou" unit.
The cannon beat him up. A shell directly cut off the bow of the Counterattack and opened a big hole in the bow. Although it was above the waterline, it also had the speed and balance of the Counterattack.
This has caused a certain impact, making the bombardment accuracy of the 'Counterattack' number worse and worse.
Immediately afterwards, at 11:44, the battleship "Counterattack" hit the bridge of the heavy cruiser "Tianjin". The armor of the heavy cruiser "Tianjin" is not as thick as the "Chinese-class" battleship, although it has been adopted.
The new armor was not penetrated. However, the huge force still caused heavy casualties in the Chinese naval soldiers on the bridge. The captain was also severely injured. Although he did not die on the spot, he could not continue to command the battle. Now the 'Tianjin'
The heavy cruiser is commanded by the gunman commander. However, the artillery fire of the heavy cruiser "Tianjin" has never stopped, as if he wants to take revenge.
At 12:05, a volley of the battleship "Yanhuang" caused fatal damage to the battleship "Hood" of the British Navy's Far East Fleet. During this shelling, two shells hit.
The 'Houd'. A shell hit the 'Houd'' power compartment, blowing up the boiler. The high-temperature steam leaked out of the boiler, killing the British soldiers inside instantly, and causing the 'Houd'
The power of the 'until completely disappeared and its speed began to drop sharply. Another shell destroyed the main gun of the 'Houd', causing the 'Houd' to almost completely lose its combat power.
Soon, the battleship "Hood" stopped on the sea, like an iron coffin floating on the sea.
"Haha! Yanhuang did a good job. Let Yanhuang and Zhonghua besiege the Queen of India, and the battleship "Houd" will have a destroyer to deal with it, and use two torpedoes to send him in
It's under the sea!" Deng Shichang laughed. Losing a 'battleship' will greatly reduce the strength of the British Far East Fleet and will have a great impact on the morale of the British Navy Soldiers.
Soon, two light cruisers and four destroyers launched an attack on the Hood. The light cruisers and destroyers of the British Far East Fleet also rushed to stop them. The fierce battle broke out immediately. If the battleships were
If the battle against the bomb is a heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor, then the battle between the destroyers will be like a bayonet.
Four Chinese Navy destroyers launched an attack on the battleship "Hood" at a high speed of 30 knots. Behind them, two light cruisers were suppressing other destroyers and light cruisers of the British Far East Fleet with powerful firepower.
The soldiers on the battleship "Hood" were also aware of the danger. All the secondary artillery fired one after another, launching attacks on the Chinese Navy's destroyers approaching at high speed, in an attempt to stop them.
The Chinese Navy's destroyers were in western Sichuan during the bomb rain. The destroyers had small displacement and almost zero armor. Not to mention the large-caliber main gun, even if they were hit by a 152mm caliber naval artillery, they could be affected by it.
Fortunately, the "Hood" is now completely stationary on the sea surface. The destroyer can rush left and right, avoid some dead corners, and launch a lightning strike on the "Hood".
At 12:35, four Chinese Navy destroyers approached only two thousand meters away from the Hood. Here, they launched torpedoes. 8 450mm torpedoes, and quickly towards the Hood.
Rushed over and left a water mark on the water surface. Because the "Hood" no longer has power, the eight torpedoes did not take a fan attack method, but aimed at the ship's part of the "Hood" battleship
.
"Oh God!" The British naval soldiers on the Hood were panicked. Some soldiers manipulated small-caliber rapid-fire cannons and fired at the torpedoes, hoping to bombard the torpedoes. However, the effect was very insignificant.
Some British naval soldiers jumped on lifeboats and wanted to escape.
Two minutes later, the torpedo shot by the Chinese Navy hit the ship's "Houd". Among the 8 torpedoes, two British people drilled from the bottom of the battleship' "Houd" because they were too deep.
After the other one misfired, the other five torpedoes hit the battleship "Hood". They were hit by five torpedoes, and the "Hood" had no chance of survival. Each torpedo was
The warhead weighs 80 kilograms and charges 50 kilograms. Such power is enough to severely damage a battleship.
The battleship "Hood" was blown up from the sea in a violent explosion and lifted more than two meters high. Then it landed heavily on the sea and broke into several pieces. In less than a minute,
, and then sank into the sea. Only two of the hundreds of British soldiers on the warship survived.
"His Excellency Commander, the Hood was sunk!" Lieutenant Colonel David reported the news to Lieutenant General Filimantel.
"I understand!" Lieutenant General Filimantel didn't say much. With his head bandaged, he had already guessed the outcome of the battleship "Hood". However, with Hud
The 'sank was completely detrimental to the British Far East Fleet.
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