Chapter 164: The Advent of the Navy (Part I)

Compared with Tan Sitong's elation, Li Zhongju was extremely calm, and at this time, although the 101st Regiment had successfully destroyed a total of eight ironclad ships in the British fleet, compared to the British army's more than a dozen battleships and more than 60 ironclads, this loss could only be said to be average, and the British army was completely acceptable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

You don't deserve Li Zhongju's pleasure this time, but Li Zhongju won't disturb the interest of Tan Sitong and the soldiers of the 101st Regiment. In fact, Tan Sitong and the 101st Regiment have done quite well, and to be honest, Li Zhongju is also very satisfied.

At this time, Li Zhongju quietly looked at the fleet of the British army in the south, since you look down on the Huaxia navy, let you see the true strength of the Huaxia navy today. It is believed that the officers and soldiers of the British army will waver in their own country's naval strength after seeing the navy under the command of Li Xiang and Li Shen.

Li Zhongju felt that the time was completely ripe at this time, and immediately ordered Li Xiang to start leading the navy to attack, and he must annihilate as many British soldiers as possible. More precisely, it was to sink as many British warships as possible.

Li Xiang received the order and immediately ordered all the battleships to advance towards the British fleet, although it was only five or six kilometers away, and the British battleships could be shot at this position, but Li Xiang did not want to open fire with the enemy in this position, he wanted to continue to move forward, fire at a distance of three kilometers from the enemy, and in one fell swoop he would concentrate his firepower to take down the two British battleships.

The attention of the British troops was all attracted by the Hong Kong Battery, and they did not notice at all that there was a danger to their right, and that this danger was enough to pose a definite, if not great, threat to them.

Li Xiang ordered six battleships to sail at the forefront, followed by twenty ironclad ships, and finally a dozen cruisers and dozens of clippers and the rest of the lifeboats, and so on.

Li Xiang's fleet rushed towards the British fleet, and this time Li Xiang must let the British army see the strength of the Chinese nation's navy, so that the British army will be completely impressed by China.

The distance of two or three kilometers (one or two nautical miles) is almost in the blink of an eye. The British still no one noticed that a powerful fleet had appeared on their right. This is because they are attracted to other things, to be precise, to be attracted to Tan Sitong's 101st Regiment.

Li Xiang had already begun to sneer at this time, he knew that his plan could be implemented very well and would not encounter too much obstruction.

The battleships owned by Li Xiang and Li Shen's fleet were all exchanged by Li Zhongju from the battleship system, and they were all very powerful in terms of performance and other things.

Li Zhongju numbered Li Xiang's six battleships as "Canton" No. 1, "Canton" No. 2, "Canton" No. 3, "Canton" No. 4, "Canton" No. 5, and "Canton" No. 6. The six battleships commanded by Li Shen were numbered by Li Zhongju as "Zhenyuan" No. 1, "Zhenyuan" No. 2, "Zhenyuan" No. 3, "Zhenyuan" No. 4, "Zhenyuan" No. 5 and "Zhenyuan" No. 6.

Whether it is the battleship "Guangzhou" or the battleship "Zhenyuan", their performance is the same. The displacement of the battleships is about 13,500 tons, they can continue to sail for 3,200 knots, the draft can be 23 meters larger, and the speed is also very fast, up to 18 knots.

The battleships "Zhenyuan" and "Guangzhou" were all equipped with two 235 mm howitzers for the main guns and ten 205 mm howitzers for the secondary guns. 160 ammunition for the main gun and 600 ammunition for the secondary gun.

The howitzer of 235 mm caliber has a range of up to 20 kilometers and a rate of fire of up to 868 meters per second, and the explosion can destroy all soil and plants within a radius of tens of meters, and can penetrate iron plates for tens of centimeters. The 205 mm howitzer of the secondary artillery is only slightly less powerful than the main gun.

At the same time, the battleship was also equipped with 80 166 mm howitzers, and although the rate of fire of this kind of shell was not as powerful as that of the main and auxiliary guns, it would certainly be better than the main and auxiliary guns in short-range strikes.

Close, close, Li Xiang has been calculating the distance between the two sides, as early as five minutes ago, Li Xiang had ordered all the battleships and ironclad ships to be ready, as long as he gave the order, he must shoot artillery at the enemy.

Finally, Li Xiang's fleet reached the perfect distance in Li Xiang's heart, and Li Xiang immediately ordered all the battleships and ironclad ships of the whole fleet to attack together.

Boom, boom, boom.......

After Li Xiang's fleet sent out two rounds of howitzers, the two battleships "Tyson" No. 2 and "Annie" No. 3 instantly began to emit white smoke, and the two battleships immediately dropped sharply in terms of speed and reaction ability.

In an instant, all the battleships and the main and secondary guns of the ironclad ship attacked the two battleships of the opposing side together. Boom, with a loud bang in the two provinces, both battleships were finally completely destroyed and fell into the sea, and it was a matter of time.

At this time, the captain of "Tyson" No. 2 and "Annie" No. 3, as well as the soldiers of the whole ship, began to panic, because the entire battleship had begun to frantically enter the water, and it was impossible to stop it, so they could only choose to escape with lifeboats, but because the British soldiers were conceited, the lifeboats prepared were not enough at all.

The threat of death in an instant made them feel extremely helpless, but who could blame them?

Seeing all this, Gerson immediately ordered the special lifeboats to be used quickly towards the "Tyson" II and "Annie" III, since the battleship was gone, it was necessary to ensure the safety of the personnel as much as possible.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, the lifeboat sent by Gesen has not yet reached the battleship "Tyson" No. 2 and the battleship "Annie" No. 3, it was terminated by a howitzer of the battleship "Guangzhou" No. 3, the lifeboat is very simple, there is not much deck, so it is useless to be hit by the battleship "Guangzhou" No. 3, and it will definitely sink completely in a few minutes.

Can Li Xiang satisfy his ambition by taking two battleships in a row, of course this is impossible, Li Xiang immediately ordered each battleship to find its own target to attack, and at the same time, each ironclad ship should cooperate with the battleship.

Li Xiang's order, of course, their respective commanders know how to do it, in fact, the personnel who really command the battleship and the ironclad ship at this time are all robots, and they can understand Li Xiang's order very well, and then grasp it, it is very easy.

I'm afraid the British army would never have dreamed that they were not facing the Shina people, twenty-one groups of robot people. Of course, there is still a large part of the people, but they do relatively simple things, and the most complex ones are robots. (To be continued.) )