Chapter 353: The Eighth Wave

Under the sea, a black shadow turned left and right, and finally bypassed the British frigate on the perimeter, approached less than a kilometer from the ironclad ship London, the flagship of the British naval fleet, and slowly raised its periscope.

"Target locked, azimuth 210, distance of about 950 meters, wide field of vision, barrier-free!"

"Adjust the direction, the number one to six bowfish radium is ready to launch!"

"Orientation adjusted!"

"The bowfish and radium are all ready! Launch now! ”

"Launch!"

"Yes! Launch Ray One! ”

"Ray One has been launched!"

"Launch Ray No. 2!"

"Ray 2 has been launched!"

……

"Ray Six has been launched!"

"The Bow Ray Launch!"

"Immediately dive to 50 meters and leave at full speed!"

……

This is the Chinese Imperial Navy submarine Great White Shark, under the wise command of the captain, finally avoided the British frigate patrolling and guarding the perimeter, and successfully approached the British Navy flagship London ironclad, because it was the first underwater attack on the British army's most advanced revenge-class ironclad ship, the commander did not know the underwater protection ability of the ironclad of this class, for the sake of insurance, so he launched six fish radium in one breath to ensure the sinking of the British flagship.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

More than a dozen seconds later, there were four loud bangs, indicating that at least four of the six Fish Radium had hit the ironclad ship London.

The British Navy does not attach importance to the protection below the waterline of the battleship, so even the 450 mm Fish Radium used by the Imperial Chinese Navy five years ago is enough to penetrate the waterline protection of the London, and now the blasting power of the 533 mm Fish Radium is even more huge, and it instantly blasts the London into a gap with a diameter of up to one meter.

Huge waves burst out, flames and black smoke erupted through the gaps, and then the sea poured into them in large quantities. After only five seconds, the 12,000-ton ironclad ship London began to tilt and sank at a visible speed.

The sudden change caught the British by surprise. On the bridge of the HMS London, Thomas was discussing with a group of staff officers. The moment the four fish radium exploded, the sound was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, shaking their ears and instantly losing their hearing, and the sky was spinning in their brains. The violent explosion was like a twelve-magnitude earthquake, and the hull of the ship shook violently, knocking Toms and the others to the ground, and they were immediately dizzy. Before they could react, in a matter of seconds, the London quickly tilted. Thomas and the others rolled off the bridge in a daze and fell into the sea.

Subsequently, the British troops on the ironclad ship London reflected, and immediately screamed in horror and fled for their lives.

The giant ship of more than 12,000 tons sank at a speed that could be seen, and a large vortex with a diameter of more than 200 meters was generated on the surface of the sea.

The surrounding ships and British troops were suddenly in chaos. The blow to the morale of the British army was enormous, and the most important thing was that Tom's whereabouts were unknown, and no one was assigned to replace him in command of the commander-in-chief of the fleet.

You must know that these hundreds of British warships almost covered 90% of the naval power of the British Empire. There are many internal factions, hundreds of generals, all of whom are dissatisfied with each other and do not have the authorization of the commander-in-chief. Even if they are replaced by the highest rank and position according to the emergency, it will be difficult to control each other, because only Matt is the general. Matt wasn't here, and Thomas was just a lieutenant general, and if it weren't for Matt's orders, the other six lieutenant generals wouldn't have obeyed Tom at all. Now that Toms's whereabouts are unknown, the other six British lieutenant generals must have fought on their own.

"It's a submarine!"

"Be sure to find her! Sink her! ”

Soon the surrounding British ships were like a beenet's nest of fried wool, and all the warships were searching for the Great White Shark submarine under the surface.

It is more accurate to say that they are not so much avenging the flagship London and the commander Vice Admiral Toms, but that they themselves are afraid of being attacked by submarines and want to protect their own lives.

The Great Jaws accelerated its evacuation after a sneak attack, but it was always faster underwater than the surface ships. Now it is noon, the sun is shining, the visibility is the highest, the Great White Shark, as the first ocean-going submarine of the Imperial Chinese Navy, has a huge tonnage, a fat body and a long body, and a huge black shadow under the sea surface, which was discovered by the British ship in less than ten minutes.

"She's there!"

"Hurry up and sink her!"

A British frigate happened to find the Great White Shark, which was next to him, and immediately frightened the British army, for fear of being attacked by the Great White Shark, and hurriedly called his teammates to come and support.

However, when dozens of British ships surrounded them, they suddenly found that they did not seem to have a good way to sink the Great White Shark submarine at a depth of fifty meters.

In those days, there were no professional anti-submarine weapons, not even depth charges, and the shells of ordinary small-caliber guns could not hit at a depth of 50 meters.

Soon, dozens of cruisers arrived, and the cruisers equipped with 203 mm guns fired fiercely at the location of the Great White Shark, and countless shells were fired into the sea, wrapped in bubbles and passed around the Great White Shark submarine.

As long as it is hit by a shell, the Great White Shark is in danger of sinking, after all, the skin of the submarine is so brittle that even a close explosion will pose a huge threat to the submarine.

Fortunately, the British flowering bomb will explode at a depth of 20 meters at most, but it is enough to make the Great White Shark submarine staggered by the surge.

The British ships pursued them relentlessly, and if they continued like this, even if the Great Jaws had not been sunk, they would have suffocated because of the lack of air.

At the moment of great danger, suddenly a British sailor shouted in horror.

"Enemy ships! Discover the enemy fleet! ”

In the distance, black clouds billowed in the sky, which were black smoke from the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"How is this possible? Shouldn't they be trapped in the Blanche waterways? How did it end up here? ”

However, they have been chasing the Great White Shark submarine, ignoring the reconnaissance of the distant seas, and at first they thought that another group of British warships had come to help in the battle, only to find out at this time that it was not the British fleet, but the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Knock knock! Knock knock!

In the distance, the rumbling sound of cannon sounded, and with a dark cloud of black smoke in the sky, it was like a thunderstorm coming.

Cannonballs whistled and fell, and huge columns of water rose into the sky.

On the battleship Xiongfeng, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, Chen Shaoyi saw that the British main force was still there, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that General Yang De's successful completion of the task of perseverance gave Chen Shaoyi the opportunity to repay the favor in his own way. The tactics of using Matt against the Imperial Chinese Navy, in turn against the main forces of the British Navy.

This is called a slap in the face, a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo!

The most important thing is that Matt's unsuccessful plan seems to have hope of success in Chen Shaoyi's hands.

In fact, Chen Shaoyi was not sure whether he would be able to lead the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy to attack the British Navy from behind, and whether he would be able to inflict heavy damage on the British Navy after he succeeded.

But. When Chen Shaoyi discovered the main force of the British fleet, he saw that the flagship of the British Navy, the London, suddenly exploded and sank, and a group of British warships abandoned the perimeter guard and pursued and intercepted the Great White Shark submarine on all sides, so that Chen Shaoyi seized the precious fighter plane, and he decisively ordered that the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy rushed towards the main force of the British fleet in battle formation.

At this time, the main force of the British fleet was due to the sinking of the flagship London, and the fleet lacked unified command. The six vice admirals got together to discuss the choice of the deputy commander of the fleet, and they were arguing. The British Navy ships did not believe that there was only one submarine, the Great White Shark, and some of the warships went to besiege the Great White Shark, while the other part of the British ships searched for other submarines. There is also a part that continues to attack the Young fleet and clear the water radium area in the waterway.

The main force of the entire British Navy was scattered because of this, and when they found out that the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy was suddenly killed, they were all dumbfounded.

"Assemble! Assemble now! ”

The British commanders of the ships were shouting, and they knew that only by gathering the main fleet of the British Navy could they engage the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Otherwise, you won't be able to beat it alone.

However, the six British vice admirals still did not agree, and they all feared that something would happen to their fleet. hurriedly went back to their respective detachments, burying the situation of fighting their own battles.

At this time, there were not many main warships of the British Navy, the London had just sunk, and two ships were severely damaged in the previous Battle of Guam, and they were towed back to the British mainland for repairs, because the British army in the Far East did not have the dock capacity to repair 12,000-ton ironclad ships. And in order to lure the Chinese Imperial Navy into falling for it, Matt took ten more old ironclads with him, so that the main fleet actually only had seventeen revenge-class ironclads.

Previously, in the secret waterways of Lenwa Island, these seventeen revenge-class ironclad ships took turns to fight, each with injuries.

At this moment, there are still ten ironclad ships attacking the four ships of Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Zhiyuan and Haidai in the waterway, and six of the other seven ships belong to the flagships of the six subfleets, because the six British vice admirals have not reached a unified command, so the six ironclad ships cannot be merged together and assigned to the command of the fleet commander, but are scattered in the six sub-fleets as the flagship, and the other ironclad ship is seriously injured and is being repaired on the shore.

Even Chen Shaoyi didn't expect that the main fleet of the British Navy would be in such a mess.

"Haha, God help me!"

"Pass my order, and the whole fleet will accelerate the impact!"

"In the first round, we must defeat them!"

Chen Shaoyi will never let go of such a rare opportunity, and he must make good use of it, because this is an opportunity for the officers and men of the Chinese Imperial Navy to pay the price of their lives, the Sea Eagle, the Fourth Fleet, and the Great White Shark submarine, without their cooperation, little by little to reverse the situation that is unfavorable to the Chinese Imperial Navy, there will be no chance for the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy to counterattack at this moment.

"Soldiers, the brothers of the Fourth Fleet are bleeding and dying, and we must avenge them!"

"Kill me!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The morale of the officers and men of the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy was unprecedentedly high, and after learning of the conspiracy of the British, all the officers and men were filled with righteous indignation, and the anger of revenge was burning wildly.

At this moment, there is only revenge!

The main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy rushed forward in a wild goose formation, with the flagship Xiongfeng at the front, followed by eight Xiongfeng-class battleships, six Dingyuan-class ironclad ships, nine Zhongning-class armored cruisers, and six Haiqi-class dome cruisers were covered inside, and more than 50 other frigates followed behind, like a group of small white geese followed by big white geese, and when they entered the center of the enemy formation, these little white geese would be released and turn into fierce wolf hunters to attack the enemy.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Boom! Knock knock! Knock Knock......

The main guns of the ships opened fire, and concentrated their fire on the nearest British Seventh Fleet.

The British Seventh Fleet had only one flagship, the Sapera ironclad, then six armored cruisers, eleven unprotected cruisers and more than thirty frigates, but just now the Seventh Fleet was too scattered, and some of them went to encircle the Great White Shark, which was the closest to the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy at this time. There was no time to assemble.

Boom Boom Boom ......Boom

Shells exploded in the Seventh Fleet, stirring up columns of water.

At 1:37 p.m., the British armored cruiser Orion was hit in the first round of artillery bombardment, which was a 305 mm shell, which instantly pierced the starboard waterline of the Orion ship, and the Mars exploded. The shells continued to penetrate the six bulkheads before stopping, followed by a large amount of seawater pouring in, causing the hull to sink slowly.

At the same time, the British ship Neptune unprotected cruiser was hit by the main guns of the battleship USS Hurricane. In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, the hull of the ship was heavily damaged, and black smoke billowed out.

Vice Admiral Solon, the commander of the Sapella, who had just returned to the flagship of the Seventh Fleet, hurriedly ordered the battle, but it was time-consuming to assemble the fleet using the flag language, and the British troops were blown up insane by the shells fired by the Imperial Chinese Navy, and they went their separate ways without waiting for Sauron's order.

Sauron's order was difficult to convey to all the warships of the Seventh Fleet, and only a few recent armored cruisers and frigates could see the order clearly and move closer to the flagship.

But it doesn't work. Soon the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy had entered a distance of five thousand meters, and the artillery at this time was even denser, and it was impossible to compete with the main force of the Chinese Empire with a single ironclad ship and a few armored cruisers.

Knock knock!

That's when it happened. The fifteen Flesh Shield capital ships at the forefront of the Imperial Chinese Navy fired another volley of fire, and thirty 305-mm main guns opened fire, all of which were aimed at the Sapera, focusing on the flagship.

Boom!

Explosions rang out near the Sapera. A shell of more than 200 kilograms hit the foredeck of the Sapera and exploded, instantly blasting a huge hole and igniting a fire. Billowing smoke billowed out. The anchor lock of the Sapera was blown open, and two large iron anchors of dozens of tons sank into the sea, which quickly dragged the Sapera and was almost pulled over by the Sapera.

Vice Admiral Sauron hung out of the window, but fortunately, the ship was hurriedly stopped, and British sailors quickly broke the anchor chain, but it was delayed for five minutes.

In these five minutes, the fifteen capital ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy fired four more fire salvos, still aiming at the Sapera.

Sauron wanted to cry without tears, but unfortunately the Sapella couldn't move and became a live target.

Boom! Boom!

After the first few shots, in the fourth salvo, eleven shells hit the ironclad ship Sapella, blowing the Sapera beyond recognition, and the hull was full of holes and billowing black smoke. The last shell delivered a fatal penetrating damage, hitting the ammunition depot of the front main gun.

With a loud bang, the ironclad ship Sapera exploded, the entire bow was blown to pieces, a cloud of fiery mushrooms rose into the sky, and hundreds of tons of turrets were lifted off and fell into the sea in the distance.

In an instant, the Sapera was blazing, black smoke billowing to obscure the sky, and it was sinking at a visible speed.

As soon as the battle began, the flagship of the British Seventh Fleet was sunk, which immediately made the British Navy panic, and the other ships of the Seventh Fleet immediately scattered and fled.

However, at this time, the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy had already entered a distance of four thousand meters.

Chen Shaoyi made a quick decision, the entire fleet dispersed, and a team of three warships began to chase and kill the nearby British warships.

Nine Hsiungfeng-class battleships and six Dingyuan-class ironclad ships, with rough skin and thick flesh, were not afraid of the British ship's artillery attack at all, and bravely rushed to the British ship, and then fired direct fire at close range, seriously injuring the British ship, and only escaped for their lives.

With nine Zhongning-class armored cruisers and six Haiqi-class dome cruisers, these fifteen cruisers pose a greater threat to the British Navy, even more than the threat of capital ships.

This is because the cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy are extremely fast, especially the Zhongning-class armored cruisers, which have a speed of 24 knots, but they are fully armored and protected, and they are not afraid of British guns at all. On the other hand, by virtue of its speed advantage, it quickly approached the British battleship, and the rapid-fire artillery fire at close range bombarded the British ship's superstructure beyond recognition, and fires broke out everywhere, and countless casualties were killed and wounded, and rivers of blood flowed.

The lethality of personnel was the real reason for the extreme fear of the British sailors, who were immediately frightened by the armored cruisers of the Chinese Empire, and the British cruisers and frigates, which were originally preparing to fight, immediately turned around and ran away when they saw the cruisers of the Chinese Empire rushing over.

As a result, there were bizarre phenomena on the battlefield, hundreds of British cruisers and frigates were chased like dogs by the 15 cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and they fled with their lives.

And there are more than 50 frigates in the Imperial Chinese Navy, and at this moment, they are following the armored cruisers of their own side, beating water dogs, and picking up leaks everywhere. When they encountered a British ship at a distance, they opened fire, and when they were close, they fired a ray of fish, and a single ray of fish and radium sank the crispy British cruisers and frigates.

The scuffle began, and the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy rushed into the sheepfold like fierce tigers, and the British Navy, which originally thought it was a hero, instantly turned into a bear and was beaten to the point that it was unwanted. (To be continued.) )