The Royal Navy has surrendered!

In the crowd watching the battle in Cologne, Marville, with a telescope in his hand, could not believe his eyes, he had traveled from France to New York to cover the civil war in the United States, and after hearing the news that the British had sent a fleet to Panama after the Chinese army occupied Panama, he immediately sailed to Panama. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Marville had even prepared a manuscript for himself long ago - "The Rise of the Chinese Empire Was Cut Off by Britain", just like the Napoleonic Empire in those days.

In this regard, almost no one would doubt that in the last few days in the hotel almost everyone was talking about this, in their opinion, after the arrival of the Royal Navy of Great Britain in Panama, everything would have ended, and it would not have been possible to even explode the war.

"For now, in the world, no country dares to challenge Britain and dare to challenge the Royal Navy, and we can conclude that once the Royal Navy arrives and shows the Chinese the determination of Britain, the Chinese will decisively choose to back down."

Just yesterday, the words of the sworn oath were spoken in the mouth of Marville, and his opinion was agreed by everyone.

But now, all this in front of him has turned his perception upside down - instead of flinching, the Chinese Navy has decisively confronted the British Royal Navy, and now in the naval battle, even before the cigar in his hand is exhausted, many British warships have been sunk, and even a Royal Navy warship has raised the white flag.

"O my God! Is Britain just abandoned? ”

An Englishman nearby had a cross on his chest, and he even muttered.

"Chinese must have made a deal with the devil, otherwise how could their warship not be sunk......"

"That's because they're using ironclads!"

A European next to him said in an insider's tone.

"Ironclads are impossible to sink......"

Ironclad!

If ten minutes ago, people's consciousness was still a vague understanding of the ironclad, then now, after witnessing the naval battle off the coast of the Battle of Cologne, the invincible power stored in the ironclad ship is deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.

For those who stand on the Peruvian hills and watch the battle, they may sigh and watch all this with the eyes of a bystander, but for the officers and men of the British Royal Navy Task Force who are on the battlefield, they have no leisure to discuss all this, and now they are all in an unprecedented catastrophe.

Ariadne, Yargu, Cressy...... One by one, the warships of the Royal Navy sank into the sea with the glory that once belonged to the Royal Navy, because it was offshore, and the masts of some warships were still half-exposed on the sea, symbolizing honor and pride.

The sea was littered with overboard British sailors, trying to hold on to everything that floated on the surface of the water in order to save their lives.

With a violent explosion, the "Dionysian Priest", which was almost blown in two, raised a white flag, which was a sign of abandonment of resistance, and after the white flag was raised, the British sailors on board abandoned the ship.

Twenty minutes ago, the mighty task force that had flaunted its might on the sea, and there were only two lone warships left - the Warrior and the Black Prince, the two most powerful ironclads of the British Royal Navy, and in the past 20 minutes, although they kept firing at the Chinese warships, they did not pose any threat to them at all, and could only watch as the warships on their side were sunk one after another.

"It wasn't a naval battle, it was a massacre!"

After witnessing this naval battle, Ergin's face turned pale, his lips moved lightly, and he kept muttering.

In less than 20 minutes, eleven Royal Navy warships were sunk, thousands of Royal Navy officers and men languished in the sea, and many more sank to the bottom of the sea.

In the history of the Royal Navy, there has never been such a fiasco, and now, this fiasco is presented directly in front of his eyes.

"You, you......"

In the shouts of his subordinates, the distracted He Bo finally came back to his senses, and until now he couldn't believe all this in front of him, and he didn't even know what was going on.

In such a short time, his fleet was destroyed!

"Your Excellency, we have failed, and we must get out of here quickly."

In the suggestion of his subordinates, He Bo still seemed a little dazed.

Eleven warships were sunk, and Herb could even imagine what kind of accusations he would suffer when he returned to England, which would be a disgrace to the Royal Navy.

"No Admiral of the Royal Navy has ever ordered the fleet to retreat!"

In the face of the persuasion of his subordinates, Herb gave an answer that was in line with the status of a royal admiral.

"This order will not be given from me today!"

In the face of the commander's orders, the officers did not have the slightest resemblance to the Royal Navy, they had long been accustomed to orders, accustomed to obedience, whether the order was reasonable or not.

"Gentlemen, now let's fight for the honor of the Royal Navy!"

Looking at the officers beside him, Hebo said in a relatively calm tone.

"If Nelson had chosen to retreat at the Battle of Tragarfa, then there would have been no Splendor of Tragarfa, gentlemen!"

At the time of Herber's order, the Western task force, which had already dealt with the "pesky flies", was focusing on the Warrior and the Black Prince, two of the most powerful ironclad ships of the British Royal Navy.

"Enemy ships fire!"

The huge flame cluster of the Hubei reflected the light of the sea, and there was no need for the watchman's report at all, everyone saw it, almost at the moment when the flame cluster reflected the sea and sky, He Bo and everyone on the "Black Prince" knew that the current naval battle was just beginning.

"Fire!"

When the main guns were fired, even in the bomb bay under the waterline, the sailors could still feel the huge roar, the officers and men in the ammunition depot clearly felt the shock under their feet, and the sailors in the armored cabin could not witness how spectacular the shelling was, and after those four explosions, they understood a fact - the real naval battle began at this moment.

The previous naval battles were just appetizers for them, and now the naval battles have just begun! "Gentlemen, for the honor of the Royal Navy!"

Heber's tone was a little excited, no matter what, this naval battle will go down in history, it was the first battle between ironclad ships and ironclad ships in the history of mankind.

The battle between the ironclad and the ironclad is spectacular, but it also has no literary value, they are like two knights in heavy armor, on the sea, constantly using heavy artillery to attack each other, through artillery bombardment, forcing the other side to surrender or flee.

The salvo of the first round of the main guns of the Western dispatch fleet did not hit the enemy ship, but formed a near-miss bomb nearby, and the huge water column instantly enveloped the only two British warships on the sea, and then the continuous water column accompanied by explosions continued to appear around the "Black Prince" and "Warrior" ironclad ships, which was the salvo of the main and auxiliary guns of the fleet of the dispatch fleet, not only half of them formed a close miss, but some of the shells almost exploded against the Black Prince, and the fragments of the shells hit the hull.

The salvo of the sending fleet missed, as did the salvo of the British, and the missed shells formed columns of water around the fleet, because the distance between the two sides had been widened by the previous voyage, more than a nautical mile, and the hit rate was extremely pitiful.

However, both sides did not give up, but continued to pour shells at each other, and in this regard, the British navy undoubtedly had the advantage - their guns may be smaller, but they are more numerous, and the 254-mm fleet that sent the fleet may be powerful, but the rate of fire is slow, and the number of secondary guns is also extremely limited, the "Hubei-class" side has only four 150-mm secondary guns, while the "Warrior" and "Black Prince" have as many as 20 guns on the side side.

Because of this, although the dispatch fleet has as many as four warships, its firepower density is inferior to that of the British Navy, as if they are under "siege" and constantly drop columns of water around the fleet, and this is how naval battles are carried out, constantly throwing shells around enemy ships, and eventually there will always be shells hitting the target, the cannonballs will be discharged, and the rest is luck.

Luck is extremely important in naval battles!

Suddenly, a violent shock only caused the gunners in the former main turret of the "Hubei" to shake their bodies, and the turret was hit, but the heavy armor protected the gunners in the turret.

Still, the violent concussion shook some of the gunners with ear and nose bleeds, and some even fell to the deck.

"Hurry up, hurry up, reload ......"

The gunners inside the turret reprimanded loudly, and then deliberately emphasized loudly.

"If you want to survive, sink the enemy first......"

At the shouting of the gunner, the sailors immediately began to move, and reloading was a series of repeated operations: open the bolt, load the new shell and push it in with the pusher, load the cartridge, and then the bolt slammed shut again.

"No. 1 Gun Stock!"

"No. 2 Gun Ready!"

Far from slowing down, their rate of fire was faster than before, and after just two or three seconds, they fired another salvo as the gunner's aiming.

As soon as the salvo ended, the gunners in the turret were fanatically operating the giant cannon and began to reload again......

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