To the east of the Strait of Malacca lies the vast South China Sea, and although most of the main force of the British Empire's Asian Fleet escorted two infantry divisions to China, a dozen or so warships were left behind to protect the security of the Malaysian peninsula. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two battleships, four gunboats, and two torpedo boats, with such strength, there is no problem in dealing with daily pirates, but in the face of the upcoming Chinese fleet, it is naturally far inferior in strength, and the Chinese fleet is all giant ships!

Keynes, deputy commander of the Asian Fleet, assembled all the warships in the southeast of the Malay Peninsula, because he knew that what he had to deal with now was a possible threat from the direction of the Philippines, and the threat from the Indian Ocean behind it was almost zero, as long as there was nothing wrong here, the Malay Peninsula would be as stable as Mount Tai!

Keynes and his fleet cruised back and forth near the southernmost tip of the South China Sea, on guard.

At this time, in the northeast direction, the Shandong Sailor rushed up.

Almost at the same time, both sides discovered the other's presence!

Keynes was terrified, fleet! It is a huge fleet, except for France and the destroyed Spanish fleet in the South Seas, no country has such a huge fleet strength, it must be China's Shandong Naval Division!

Didn't they already go to the Taiwan Strait? How did it suddenly appear here? Damn it!

Keynes was completely panicked, facing such a huge fleet, it was definitely not something that his dozen or so warships could handle, and now the two sides met at a distance of 80 kilometers from Singapore, so close at hand, it was very difficult to get rid of the opponent!

"Order the fleet, retreat at full speed, and retreat in the direction of the strait!"

Keynes roared.

The Asian Fleet sprang into action urgently.

However, apparently at this time, Ding Ruchang had also given an order, of course, an order for operations, and the Shandong fleet split into two and collided with the Asian fleet.

The ironclad ship in front of it penetrated the Asian fleet at the fastest speed, relying on its thick armor, in an attempt to cut the Asian fleet into two sections at the first time, and then divide and surround it, and annihilate it on the spot!

Keynes, as the deputy commander of the Asian Fleet and the vice admiral of the British Empire, has rich combat experience, so he naturally saw through Ding Ruchang's tactical intentions at a glance, but he saw through it and saw through it, his strength was not good, the Shandong Navy Division had seven or eight ironclad battleships, and the rest were all advanced gunboats, all of which were brand-new warships, and their combat performance was not inferior to the current Asian Fleet, the Asian Fleet, but there were only two ironclad battleships, and the rest were gunboats and torpedo boats, and this strength was not at the same level at all!

"Quick! Retreat, retreat, leave the enemy alone, immediately retreat at full speed and throw off the opponent! ”

Keynes roared angrily.

However, it was too late.

When the two fleets met, the Shandong Navy Division was marching in the southwest direction, the flagship direction was in the southwest direction, and the Asian fleet was thinking about marching southeast, lined up, and the flagship was in the southeast!

Now the two fleets formed a huge "T" shape, and the two torpedo boats and one gunboat that originally fell at the end were able to break out of the encirclement, but the four battleships led by the flagship William were not so lucky, and just turned around, before they had time to escape, the entire fleet was cut off by the Shandong Naval Division.

Two battleships turned around and blocked the three small battleships behind, and the rest of the battleships swarmed up, surrounded all four battleships and began a frantic attack!

Five battleships, plus a dozen gunboats, began to launch a ferocious offensive against the four battleships of the Asian Fleet, and one ship gun after another poured huge shells down on the British battleships!

Keynes was so frightened that he couldn't resist it, he couldn't resist it at all, the other party's firepower was too fierce! Now the combat power of the Shandong Navy Division is three times that of the Asian Fleet, more than three times!

As the old saying goes, when three attacks are three times the enemy's strength, then rest assured to boldly attack, besiege, and strangle the enemy in one fell swoop!

Of course, Ding Ruchang will not let go of such a good opportunity!

When you encounter an enemy suddenly, you naturally have to divide up and down!

Attack, attack, attack!

The Shandong Navy Division has activated the fleet's firepower to the maximum, and more than a dozen warships together have nearly 100 main and secondary guns.

Although Keynes thought he was an excellent admiral, in the face of such an obvious situation, he sighed in vain, and he had no power to turn the tide!

"Signalman, herald, order the battleships Philip and William, to immediately move forward and launch a surprise attack in the northeast direction! Be sure to break out of the encirclement, quick, be sure to break out of the encirclement! ”

Keynes is naturally not a waste, he saw that the opponent has five battleships, occupying three directions, but the northeast direction is dominated by four gunboats, battleship to battleship, Keynes is not sure that the battleship can rush out, but it is still feasible to impact the opponent's gunboats, with a strong volume, press the opponent to dodge the road and break out of the encirclement!

The two battleships immediately began to turn around and rush to the northeast, and the guns from the battleships fired at the four gunboats!

Ding Ruchang's heart was shocked, good guy, this Keynes is really shrewd enough, using battleships to oppress my gunboats, trying to break through? Where is it so easy? It's so easy to let you run away, then Lao Tzu, the admiral of the water division, will do it in vain!

"Order, all the battleships, concentrate their firepower to attack the British battleships, and be sure to sink them all before they break through, and the four gunboats Guilin, Wuchang, Chengdu, and Kaifeng contain their remaining three gunboats and attack!"

Ding Ruchang gave the order again, five battleships, besiege two battleships, two battleships of the British army, and break through the defense of ten gunboats head-on, you can imagine how bad the situation facing Keynes is!

The veins on Keynes's head jumped high, and he kept roaring, directing the battle, constantly approaching the defense of the naval gunboats, and the guns on the battleships opened fire with all their might, trying to suppress the gunboats and complete the breakthrough.

Heaven is not beautiful, originally this tactic did not have any flaws, however, the only problem is on the gunboat, unfortunate is in the northeast, there are two gunboats from the American concession of the battleship, the soldiers on it are all Americans, the Chinese battleship is naturally three military life, and the British are fighting to the death, but the Americans will not, there is no problem in helping you to fight, let us die with the enemy, that is impossible, even if we let us die with the enemy for the sake of the United States!

Can't you hide if you can't mess with me? Seeing that the two battleships collided, the two American ships actually retreated at a critical moment!

(To be continued.) )