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May 10, 10 a.m. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info North of the Riau Islands, South China Sea Surface.

The cannon, which had been roaring for hours, suddenly stopped, and all that remained on the surface of the sea was the low roar of the steam engine, except for the sound of the waves.

If you look at it from above, you will see that the sea has been chaotic and now orderly. The cruisers of the British Empire, the medium and light cruisers that had been fighting for several hours, although they had staggered, some of them still on fire and smoking, had already turned their bows and broke away from the line of fire, like a group of wounded soldiers, slowly moving behind their own lines.

And this front that protects them is a large horizontal formation of 16 battleships and armored cruisers. In the center of the formation are three Indian Queen-class, the most powerful battleships of the British Empire! On either flank are three Ravage-class (right flank) and three Victory-class (left flank), both of which are 10,000-ton battleships, and are Britain's second only to the Indian Queen's steel fortress at sea. Between the three ravage-class and the three Queen-class of India, there are three Minotaur-class side-gun battleships, which have little firepower in the bow but still have ramming angles. Between the three Victory and the three Queens are two Nelson-class and two Savage.

The British laid out a horizontal formation, and there was no column to match. Obviously, they are now just trying to push their opponents back so that they can cover the evacuation of their cruisers.

Opposite these 16 British battleships / battlecruisers, the main forces of the Chinese South Sea Fleet have also completed the alignment. The cruisers, wounded in the previous hard battle, have already begun to evacuate. They are no longer needed in this naval battle. And those who remained on the battlefield were all new forces that had just arrived.

This time the Chinese fleet lined up only two columns, the first battleship detachment. Three Great Emperor and seven Emperor ships are arranged in sequence, occupying the right flank. The second cruiser detachment, five Nanzhili-class, ten Tianjin-class, and eleven Hong Kong-class formed a large column, occupying the left flank.

Like the British, the Chinese also made their intentions clear. The battleship column would turn in front of the British ship line to seize the T-position. The cruiser column outflanked the British from the right flank of the British ships and grabbed another T-position—because the British had put up a horizontal formation, the Chinese fleet had two T-positions to grab. And the formation of the two sides on the battlefield at the moment is very similar to the situation of the naval battle in the Yellow Sea in another time and space.

But here's the difference. Every battleship of the British was stronger than the Calm II of the day!

"Sir, telegram from the cruiser Tientsin."

"The telegram of the Tianjin?" Feng Ziye was holding a telescope to observe the British fleet about 25,000 meters away. Now the two sides are rapidly approaching at a speed of 50,000 meters per hour. After another 20 minutes. One of the fiercest sea duels in the history of mankind is about to enter the most.

"Tianjin?" Feng Ziye nodded, "Call back and tell Zhu Zixiu (Zhu Guoguang) that Zhu Zihua is safe and sound." ”

The Hongguang has just sent a telegram that it has run aground on the beachhead north of Riau Island! The prince Zhu Guohui ...... It is impossible to be safe and sound. He was injured in many places, but his life was not in danger, but he also had a scar on his face. But this small injury is not a problem for a prince, and it is even a good thing. In the future, as soon as his son and brother see the scar on his face, they can remember his hard work, and the future is bright!

Feng Ziye was also relieved to get the news, although Yu Guibei and Enomoto Wuyang were "drowned", but as long as Zhu Guohui did not die, he was not afraid that he would not be able to explain to the above - in fact, nothing had been explained above. It's just that Feng Ziye knows it in his heart. If he didn't have this point, how could he have risen all the way to become the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet?

"Commander, the telegram from the Tianjin ship is not from Lieutenant Zhu Zihua." Liu Buyun frowned. "It was Colonel Zhu Zixiu who made a combat proposal."

"Suggestion...... When has this been, and still make suggestions? Feng Ziye squinted at Liu Buyun and said, "Take it for me to see." ”

Of course, Feng Ziye knew that Zhu Guoguang's status in the Ming royal family was by no means comparable to Zhu Guohui - Zhu Guoguang's mother was the noble concubine Feng Yuniang, and she was also the first commander of the Ming Imperial Guard! He was the hero of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and there were several marshals in the army and his cousin General Feng Zicai. are all the old subordinates of this noble concubine.

If it weren't for the crown prince's fear that Zhu Guoguang would use his mother's influence in the army to develop his power, he would have joined the army now and become the second Juan. For this prince. Feng Ziye was very willing to make friends, and he didn't dare to take his suggestion as a deaf ear.

"What?! How does this work? Feng Ziye took the telegram and glanced at it, and immediately screamed in surprise.

"What's wrong? What did Zhu Zixiu say? Zhao Dalong, the chief of staff of the fleet, was a little curious.

"See for yourself!" Feng Ziye handed the telegram to Zhao Dalong, but at the same time said in an admiring tone, "This prince is worthy of being born by Feng Guifei, if there is a military wizard, according to his method, this battle will be a great victory." But...... This risk is too great, in case of damage to His Royal Highness Zixiu, I still have to let Feng Nangan (Feng Zicai) blame death? ”

Zhao Dalong clapped his hands and laughed: "Good way, good way!" Commander, let's follow the methods of His Royal Highness...... It's going to be fine, the 16-inch cannons of the British are not so accurate and can't hit! And the Tientsin was nothing more than a fast cruiser, and the British must have concentrated their firepower on the Nanzhi. ”

Feng Ziye nodded, "I also know that I can't beat him, but ...... Either way, no matter what! Let's just give it a try! After all, this naval battle is about some luck, and we are really going to be unlucky. By the way, let Tianjin be the flagship! ”

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At this moment, inside the command tower of the Empress of India, the flagship of the British Eastern Fleet. Arthur. Hood, however, looked confident. This naval battle has been fought so far, and it is basically a draw, no, it should be the British Eastern Fleet that has a slight upper hand! Because just now the Royal Oak called, saying that it had captured a Chinese vice admiral, a Chinese rear admiral! That's something to brag about.

As for the double-column formation that the Chinese are now putting up, he expected it earlier, and the British Navy is not unable to play column tactics. Moreover, over the years, I don't know how many large and small exercises have been experienced, and the tactical drill of the double column outflanking the horizontal formation is the focus of it. In fact, there is no big deal, as long as the opponent's roundabout column and frontal column are determined in advance.

According to the tactical regulations of the British Royal Navy, when the horizontal formation encounters the enemy's double column, when it is attacking, it should adopt the "oblique horizontal formation and double horizontal formation tactic", that is, first deliberately let the warships on the corresponding side of the horizontal formation slow down in turn, and turn the horizontal formation into "half" of the wild goose marching formation, that is, half or more of the warships still maintain the horizontal formation, and the rest of the formation is discharged in an oblique formation, which the British Royal Navy calls "oblique horizontal formation". Then, when the opponent made a roundabout move, the battleships that discharged the oblique formation collectively turned to form a single horizontal formation to attack the enemy's roundabout column, which the British called the "double horizontal formation" - the horizontal formation of the Royal Navy of the British Empire was also very complex, but not the level of the Beiyang Naval Division.

"Ray, which team do you think they will use to outflank?" Arthur. Hood asked Aspen beside him.

"Of course it's their left flank, and it's our right flank that outflanks." Asben replied without thinking. "Their left flank is full of fast battleships, the large armored cruisers in the lead can drive up to 17 knots, and the Tianjin class in the back can drive up to more than 18 knots! And the firepower is not weak either. Our right wing is in trouble. ”

"Let Hopkins deal with it." Arthur. Hood thought for a moment and said, "Three Minotaur-class ships and three ravage-class ships form a right-wing column and adopt diagonal formation tactics. After a detour of the enemy's left flank column, it became a double horizontal formation. Tell Major General Hopkins not to fall in love with the enemy column after breaking the enemy's column, and to immediately turn around and return to reorganize the horizontal formation. We must be like cavalry, constantly destroying our opponents with their impacts! Force them to evacuate. ”

Arthur. Hood paused, then added, "Let's let our cruisers go first and return to Singapore...... Then send a telegram to the artillery detachment and tell them to go around Borneo and go south to the Java Sea in the Kassar Strait and back to Singapore. In this way, if we are not in a good war with the Chinese, we will be able to maintain our strength to the maximum. (To be continued)