On the side of the British Combined Fleet, the naval battle a few days ago caused the sinking of one frigate and three steam gunboats of the original East India and China Combined Fleet, and one cruiser and one frigate were seriously damaged, and there was no time to repair them, because the strength of the remaining nine warships was weakened. Although only 3 warships were added, it was enough to give a great boost to the confidence of the British forces in West Malaysia and the entire Combined Fleet. Because naval warfare relies on the powerful firepower of artillery, and the guns on these three warships, both in terms of number and caliber, are comparable to the sum of the other nine warships.

This combined fleet consisted of a total of 12 warships, of which the flagship "Ellecourt" was a large battleship and a third-class warship. Because the British Royal Navy, the first class battleship is too expensive, after the Battle of Trafat with France, it has gradually shrunk, and is currently stationed in European waters, while the second class battleship is basically no longer equipped because of some shortcomings, so this third class battleship is already the highest level of battleship except for European waters. The reason why the third squadron of the Nanyang Fleet was able to be completely annihilated in one fell swoop last time was mainly due to the fact that this flagship had 80 guns, and it was a battleship alone that sank two ships and damaged one enemy ship. And this time, it happened that Governor Canning had brought in two more capital warships, both of which were fourth-class warships, from the West Indies Fleet Bombay Harbor, which had been put down because of the rebellion. One is the "Chesapeake" steam cruiser, with a displacement of 2,380 tons, although it is not a battleship, but it is also powerful, although there are only 51 guns, but they are all large-caliber cannons; The other is the original East India Fleet's main warship "Calcutta", which is also a third-class battleship, which was originally the flagship of the East India Fleet.

It was precisely because of the addition of these three warships that the people of West Malaysia and the Combined Fleet dared to take the initiative to attack, knowing that there were two sub-fleets of the Nanyang Fleet and that the guns were sharp.

At this time, the Nanyang Fleet put on a wedge-shaped formation, the Dutch cruiser rushed to the front, and the rear was nearly 300 meters away, and the "Nanyang No. 1" and "Nanyang No. 2" followed closely behind, leading the follow-up Nanyang Fleet to the Combined Fleet.

On the Dutch cruiser rushing to the front, if Sima could be on board, he would have been surprised! On this captured Dutch cruiser, there were only about a dozen soldiers and men who were captured, and of the original 38 guns on the entire ship, only one bow gun remained, and the rest had been dismantled, and there was a large amount of water at the bottom of the cabin, which was obviously deliberately put into the hold to increase the weight of the ship.

Next to the bow gun, the two helmsmen tightly held the steering wheel, causing the cruiser to turn around and rush straight towards the cruiser "Chesapeake" in the British Combined Fleet on the side! And one of the leaders standing on the deck, who seemed to be a platoon leader, shouted: "Hang the sails full, keep the maximum speed!" One, two, three, ready, fire! ”

At this time, only a bang was heard, and the bow cannon opened fire dreamily, but unfortunately because it was a smoothbore gun, and the hull was bumpy and undulating with the waves, the cannon did not hit the opposite side.

As the distance closed, the cruiser "Chesapeake" of the British Combined Fleet also opened fire. There was a heavy artillery fire, and sixteen of the twenty-one guns on the flanks opened fire, three of which hit the cruiser, and in an instant two masts were broken, two holes were made in the ship's plank, and three of the soldiers on the deck were killed and wounded. But the cruiser was not affected in the slightest, only slightly shifted its angle, and still rushed vertically towards the side of the cruiser "Chesapeake", getting closer and closer, and soon entering a distance of less than 200 meters.

Sima, who was paying close attention, suddenly came to his senses and said loudly to the staff assistant next to him: "God! That cruiser is crazy, the Easterners are crazy! It must have wanted to directly hit the 'Chesapeake' of the same tonnage and die with it, so quickly ordered the 'Chesapeake' to let them dodge! ”

The assistant's face changed: "Crazy, really crazy!" General, it's too late, even if you notify the Chesapeake now, it's too late! The steering fluid was too late, and the Chesapeake had to slow down or accelerate on its own to avoid it. ”

The "Chesapeake" lived up to expectations, and also discovered the enemy's attempt, deviated slightly from the course, and began to turn the sail angle, stop the oars of the steamer and began to slow down, trying to avoid the rushing cruiser, but before West Malaysia had time to rejoice, the cruiser seemed to know that the "Chesapeake" would be like this, and turned the angle twice in a row, so that it was always perpendicular to the "Chesapeake", and still directly collided.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Xima's face changed greatly! What he feared still happened, the cruiser had such a deep draft, and it was head-on into the side of the "Chesapeake", as long as it was hit, the "Chesapeake" would definitely be seriously damaged. Therefore, in a fit of rage, he ordered again: "Quick, give the flag order, let the "Chesapeake" and the "Calcutta" next to it quickly open fire, and the rest of the main warships will also press on me, and sink that madman cruiser quickly!" ”

At the same time, the bow guns of the "Nanyang No. 1" and "Nanyang No. 2" that followed behind also opened fire with a bang, and they quickly turned around and made a 90-degree turn to go side by side with the combined fleet. Subsequently, the "Nanyang No. 4" and other warships also followed and inserted into the battle line, keeping a distance of six or seven hundred meters from the British Combined Fleet side by side, and then opened fire fiercely!

The Dutch cruiser at the front was hit several shells in a row, but because there was a deep draft in the cabin, it was protected by the sea, but the side panels of the ship that leaked out of the sea were broken and cracked one after another, but it did not affect the "Chesapeake" that continued to crash into the "Chesapeake" that was still trying to dodge.

Finally, a dull thud dissipated, and the Dutch cruiser slammed into the front third of the Chesapeake's side with a clattering sound, and the planks of the two ships exploded violently and cracked, as if even the bilge had been shaken to crack.

The Dutch cruiser immediately began to slowly enter the water from the bilge. However, the platoon commander who led the group laughed amidst the deafening artillery fire: "Brothers, you have succeeded!" Our brothers in the death platoon are all good! For the rest, fight separately! After speaking, he brandished a machete, and in a dozen strokes, he slashed the highest main mast, causing the fallen mast to smash violently on the "Chesapeake" next to it, knocking down the dense sail mast on the opposing ship, which had been broken a lot by the violent impact, and more than a dozen British soldiers with guns on the deck also overturned to the ground.

The situation on the "Chesapeake" has completely deteriorated at the moment! Because in the event of a violent impact, the center of gravity of the Dutch cruiser was low, the impact site was below the waterline, and it was a weak side of the ship, and the planks of the ship, which had been hollowed out by a row of gun doors, could not withstand such a huge frontal impact. Even the bow board of the Dutch cruiser, which actively rammed, cracked and slowly entered the water, not to mention the weak side plates? Immediately, a large hole was punched open in the left side of the Chesapeake's plank, and the water was pushed by the waves and poured into the bilge, where it began to sink visibly.

Sima screamed miserably, his heart ached! The "Chesapeake" was the main warship after the flagships "Alekaut" and "Calcutta", two third-class battleships, and the fire was so fierce that it was actually rammed and broken by a Dutch cruiser captured by the enemy.

I was too careless! The cruiser also had no ramming angles, and who would have thought that they would go crazy and make a move that would end up together, and since the 17th century when shipborne guns became more powerful, this kind of ramming tactics has rarely appeared in the Western world. After all, even if it hits, it may not be sunk, and secondly, both ships will be damaged, and most of them are large-tonnage ships that sink small-tonnage ships, but because the value of large-tonnage ships far exceeds that of small-tonnage ships, who would do such a cost-effective thing?