The battleship HMS Empress of India suddenly lost its steering gear during the march of formation, and then crashed into the Manchurian fleet without dying, which can only be said to be providential. If the Empress of India had been able to convey information to the Manchurian Fleet in time to explain the situation, perhaps the situation could have been reversed, but the captain of the Empress of India, Kent, gave wrong orders in a row, and everything got out of control.

"Flags, flags, explain the situation to the flagship!" In the face of the Manchurian fleet's questioning signal, Kent did not make any reply, but blindly contacted Curtis on the Sovereign with a flag.

The distance between the two fleets was only a little more than 10,000 meters, and Kent did not give the order to shut down the fire after the steering gear failed, so the Empress of India approached the Manchurian fleet at a very high speed. The Sovereign-class battleships were armed with four 343 mm guns and ten 152 mm rapid-fire guns, and their firepower was very strong. The Empress of India approached at high speed, and the ships of Manchuria must have to prepare for battle, and they aimed their guns at the Empress of India, and then Kent was even more outrageous.

"They're aiming at us, adjusting their muzzles to aim at enemy ships!" A panicked Kent gave the order to prepare to return fire.

If the Empress of India had obediently made no moves, Bian Changdi would never have given the order to open fire, and he would certainly have understood the approach of the Empress of India as another provocation by the Far East Fleet. But as soon as Kent turned the muzzle, things were different. The armor of the Manchurian ships is not very thick, and the battle cruisers with the largest tonnage are also relatively brittle, and if the Empress of India is allowed to approach and launch a surprise attack, the Manchurian fleet will definitely lose a main force as soon as it comes up. Therefore, after Bian Changdi hesitated again and again, he still decided not to suffer this immediate loss, and the British did not want to take advantage of the real fight.

"Aim at the enemy ship and fire a salvo!" Bian Changdi wanted the ships to launch a general attack, but Li Gen took the lead and let the Ape Sound and Xiaomeng launch an attack.

The Manchurian Whale-class battlecruiser was copied from the German battlecruiser von der Tann, the capital ship of the First World War, and of course it was greatly modified, with the Germans attaching importance to armor and Goxinga placing more emphasis on firepower. The total displacement of the battleship amounted to 24,400 tons, the waterline armor belt was fifty-two hundred and fifty mm, the deck was fifty mm, the watertight compartment partition was one hundred and fifty mm, the turret was two hundred and thirty mm, and the conning tower was two hundred and fifty mm. It is equipped with four twin turrets with a total of eight 312 mm/52 mm guns. The 10 secondary guns were 150 mm/45 x diameter naval guns, 12 120 mm high-level dual-purpose rapid-fire guns, and four 88 mm/45x diameter rapid-fire guns. The Brute-Whale class battlecruisers were thickly armored and had strong firepower, and they were able to soar to a high speed of thirty knots.

In the era of battleships, salvo fire of the main gun of the same caliber was the royal way to victory, and Li Gen knew this very well. The Empress of India rushed towards him like a target, and the sixteen main guns on the Ape and Xiaomeng locked on him. The first salvo of the two battle cruisers hit more than 50 percent, and the Indian queen, who was concentrated by many large-caliber shells, was instantly shrouded in billowing smoke. Captain Kent was roaring frantically, demanding that his warriors return fire immediately, but the Empress of India couldn't do it anymore. More than one hundred and fifty soldiers had been killed, the Empress of India, whose hull had been damaged in many places, was in disarray, and the billowing smoke obscured their own vision, and they could no longer see the enemy.

The intimate Guo Xinga equipped his battle cruiser's main gun with a treasure called a loader, which made the loading speed of the Brute-class battle cruiser faster to a height that the British could not understand. Curtis ordered the entire army to enter the battle, and before Kent could find a way to escape, the Ape and Xiaomeng completed their reloading, and Reagan gave the order to open fire again. There is no need for such difficult actions as straddle shooting, and the distance of the Indian Empress is too close. The second salvo of the two battle cruisers easily tore through the armor of the Empress of India and penetrated the ammunition room of the Empress of India in one fell swoop.

Huge fireworks rose on the surface of the sea, and the Empress of India exploded instantly, and then completely disappeared into the sea in less than three minutes. Bian Changdi was excitedly dispatching his troops, and ordered all ships to rush forward, striving to gather and annihilate the British Far East Fleet in one fell swoop, while Curtis fell into a state of stupor. Before he could see the situation clearly, the war broke out irretrievably, and in this instant, the Empress of India, which was still in his own formation just now, had sunk. Although Curtis has a high position and deep qualifications, he really has never experienced such a brutal war, and he can't accept everything that happened suddenly.

"The fleet turns right and grabs the T-head!" Curtis was short-circuited, but Vice Admiral Vincent of the First Squadron remained awake and immediately ordered his twelve Centurion-class second class battleships into battle, and wanted to take advantage of the position.

Vincent's reaction was quick, but he was a step slower. Ding Shengping gave the order for the detachment to turn left almost at the same time that Vincent gave the order to turn right. The speed of the Centurion-class ear-class battleship was only a little more than eighteen knots, but the speed of the Sea Tiger-class heavy cruiser could soar to thirty-five knots, so although the order was given at the same time, the Sea Tiger was still a lot faster than the Centurion, and took the lead in seizing the position of the T-head. The position of the Sea Tiger detachment was very good, not only suppressing the centurion at once, but also separating the armored cruiser detachment from the main force in front of the Far Eastern Fleet.

"Li Gen, Ma Erwei solves the enemy ship in front of him, and the sea wolf assaults!" Li Gen's two brute whales and Ma Erwei's twelve sea lions all wanted to attack the main body of the Far East Fleet, but Bian Changdi played a horse race and ordered them to deal with the armored cruiser detachment of the Far East Fleet first, leaving the big chunk of the British to the little ones on their side.

The caliber of the Sea Tiger's main gun is about 40 mm worse than that of the Centurion, but the tonnage, armor, and speed are all much higher than the Centurion. The armored cruiser formation of the Far East Fleet, seeing that there was a battle in the rear, hurriedly turned right and rushed back to join the battle, but was stopped head-on by brute whales and sea lions. Sea lions do not have any advantages over armored cruisers such as Nelson-class, Brute-class, and Orlando-class, but the advantage of Brute Whale is greater, and it is completely an adult beating a child. The armored cruisers must be coquettish to dodge, otherwise they will have to go to the bottom of the sea to accompany the Indian queen if they are hit by a whale.

The Manchurian fleet had superiority in two directions, but they did not take advantage of the main fleet. The Seawolf-class destroyers are very advanced, but where is the tonnage, the towering Sovereign-class battleships and Indomitable-class battleships are really much larger than them. Hu Chaoxiu and the others can only rely on coquettish positions to save their lives, and the 343 mm main gun of the Sovereign class is also a matter of one cannon against the Seawolf-class destroyer. The heavy armor of the battleship is almost immune to all the fire of the sea wolf, and only the fish can make a contribution.

The main guns of the Sovereign-class battleships were not fast, but the range was definitely long enough, and it was not so easy for Hu Chaoxiu, Kuang Guangren, Xu Hongxing and others to play bayonets at sea after they got closer. The wave formations could only release a large smoke screen, using the cover of thick smoke to quickly approach the enemy. Eight battleships of the Far Eastern Fleet formed a battle line and began to shoot wildly at the smoke screen. The destroyer Willow, which was in the lead, fired ten fish at the battleship formation of the Far East Fleet in one breath at a distance of five thousand meters, and nine missed, but the last one hit the starboard side of the battleship Indomitable. The Indomitable was badly wounded, but it was still far from sinking, and after a little adjustment, it continued to shoot at the sea wolves.

Immediately after the first launch of the Willow, it became the key target of the battleships, and with the cooperation of several light cruisers, the battleships locked onto the Willow. Three 343-mm shells hit the Willow one after the other, piercing the main deck and engine room, and then the transmission, engine, and boiler were blown up. Immediately afterwards, the Willow was hit by a shell fired by a British light cruiser, and the three 127-mm naval guns in the rear were also unusable.

Floating at sea without power, the Willow had to resign itself to fate, and suddenly a rain band broke out on the sea, allowing the Willow to breathe and repair some of its power and artillery. The Willow could have hidden in the rain and fog to repair its power as soon as possible before withdrawing from the battlefield, and the Far Eastern Fleet had stopped paying attention to the small destroyer that had lost power, and had focused on the large number of sea wolves attacking from the sea level. However, the Willow inherited the glorious tradition of fighting to the death of the Inland River Sect, and decided to sacrifice itself in exchange for more opportunities for the entire wolf pack. In the rain and fog, the sight was poor, so the captain of the Liuse, Ding Congxian, decided to use the radar rangefinder that was still working, and directed the remaining artillery and rockets to fire at the nearby battleship Royal Oak, and quickly hit the target. Although it failed to cause structural damage to the Royal Oak, it did kill and injure a large number of exposed personnel, and the rocket caused a raging fire on the deck of the Royal Oak. However, the firelight also exposed the shadow of the Willow again, and soon the British stormy artillery bombardment struck, and the Willow was hit by the battleship's main guns again, and slowly sank into the icy water.

The sacrifice of the Willow was very deliberate, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Willow to attract the attention of the British army, all the sea wolves completed the encirclement of the British ships, and the British army had fallen into the wolf pack. The ships of the British army, which had just seen the tragic situation of the Indomitable, did not understand what a fish was about, but they also knew that if they were hit, they would not be lucky. In the face of the wolf pack's fish-ray attack, the British ships had to slow down and dodge*, the formation of the British ships was completely disrupted, and the proud battle line ceased to exist.

After an hour of fierce fighting, the wolves had already lost seven sea wolves, three British light cruisers and two destroyers were sunk one after another, and the Indomitable, Royal Oak, Resolve, and Counterattack were all wounded. However, the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the British army, and the high output and resistance of the battleships made the sea wolves gradually feel overwhelmed.