The 533 mm "Buran" torpedo, which was suddenly launched by the amidships of the 163 ship "Nanhua" of the Donghui Navy, had a terrifying speed of up to 200 knots, which was almost a blink of an eye for the two ships to be separated by less than two nautical miles.

Even if the boiler of this old V-class destroyer did not do anything, it would not have been possible to make an effective evasive maneuver in such a short period of time.

"Report to the fleet command that we were torpedoed by the Tohui Navy......"

"Boom!" A loud, dull explosion resounded across the sea level.

Major Holvinson and most of the officers and men on board could clearly see the trajectory of the terrifying torpedo, which was as fast as an airplane, but they could not react at all, and could only watch as the torpedo viciously hit the ship's amidships, knocking them away, stunning, and killing them......

At the same time, in the bridge command room of the "Counterattack" prestige-class battle cruiser, which was about 25 nautical miles away from the old V-class destroyer, Communications Officer Fernand looked at the clear-code message in his hand in a daze.

This is a telegram sent by the crew of our own ship in clear code, the content is very simple, there is only one unfinished sentence: the Donghui Navy has launched a terrifying torpedo with a maximum speed of more than 150 knots......

Cake sellers, is it April Fool's Day?!

A torpedo with a speed of more than 150 knots! How is this possible!

Fernando was hesitating whether to report this telegram to the captain of the ship, Commodore Cahill, when he suddenly saw Commodore Cahill coming over with a grim face and asked in a deep voice: "Why haven't you received any news from the reconnaissance plane yet?" ”

"Report to the captain, I suspect that our reconnaissance plane was most likely shot down by fighters from the Donghui Air Force!" Fernando replied very seriously: "According to normal communication regulations, the reconnaissance plane has to transmit a security code signal every three minutes, but now the reconnaissance plane has been missing for 12 minutes. ”

"What's the message you have?" Brigadier General Cahill frowned at the telegram in Fernando's hand and asked solemnly.

"It was a clear telegram from the Darwin that they had been torpedoed by the Donghui Navy." Fernando handed over the telegram to Brigadier General Cahill and explained: "The telegram says that the Tohui Navy has a terrifying torpedo with a maximum speed of more than 150 knots, which I don't think is credible......"

Cahill's eyes suddenly turned solemn, took the message and looked down, and then said: "Confirm with the Darwin immediately!" ”

"Report, the Darwin has lost contact!" The communications soldier on the side suddenly stood up and reported: "The radar shows that the signal of the Darwin is very unstable. This indicates that the Darwin's hull has been badly damaged and is most likely sinking! ”

"Increase the speed of the voyage and reach the sea area of the accident as soon as possible!" Cahill calmly gave an order: "Send a telegram to the fleet, our ship's reconnaissance plane has been missing for a long time, and it is suspected that it has been shot down by the Donghui Air Force." The Darwin lost contact a minute ago, the radar shows that the Darwin is likely to have been heavily damaged, our ship is speeding up to the area where the accident occurred, if it is confirmed that the Darwin was attacked and damaged by the Donghui Navy, can our ship fire at the Donghui Navy, please make it clear! ”

Soon, Cahill received a call back from the flagship battleship "George V": We have also received a clear message from the Darwin, and your ship must verify whether the Darwin has been attacked as quickly as possible! Without an order, you must not fire the first shot at the Donghui Navy without authorization! ”

Fack! Shet!

When did the Royal Navy of the British Empire fall to the point where it was not allowed to preempt the first shot!

Brigadier Cahill angrily tore the call back in his hand to shreds and threw the crumbs into the air, allowing pieces of paper to scatter like snow.

Despite wearing the uniform of the Royal Australian Navy, Cahill's real identity is that of Commodore Captain of HMS Counter-Attack, a British Royal Navy prestige-class battlecruiser. All the officers and men accompanying the ship are also genuine British Royal Navy.

Since the birth of the mysterious PLAN Pacific Fleet, the British Royal Navy's position as the world's number one has been constantly challenged.

In particular, after the Donghui Navy successively threw out various advanced types of ships, such as the "Yamato-class" heavy aircraft carrier, the "Keeling-class" destroyer, the "King-class" battleship, and the XXI submarine, the British Royal Navy has really felt that a huge threat is approaching step by step.

Although it is said that in the past year or so, Britain has obtained a lot of advanced military and civilian technology from Donghui, so that the British Empire has gradually shaken off the trough of economic depression, but the hawkish figures led by the former Admiral Churchill still have the support of the vast majority of the generals of the Royal Navy.

Let the Royal Navy take action against Donghui regardless of face, not only the cabinet headed by Chamberlain did not agree, but even the British royal family did not agree.

At this time, the Australian federal government, which had been clamoring for the British Empire to give full legislative and judicial final adjudication powers, suddenly became honest, and its prime minister, Joseph Lines, personally organized a delegation to London, claiming that the homeland security of the Australian Commonwealth was facing a serious threat from the Donghui Kingdom, hoping to get the protection of the monarchy British Empire.

This request by Australian Federal Prime Minister Joseph Lines undoubtedly made the hawks led by Churchill feel like someone would send a pillow when they fell asleep. Under Churchill's lobbying, the governments of France, the United States, Canada and other countries were persuaded by Churchill's "generator plan" one by one.

The core content of this plan is to let the Allied camp arm Australia as much as possible to balance Donghui, and provoke a war between Australia and Donghui at the right time, so as to delay the rapid development of Donghui, and at the same time find out what Donghui's war potential is.

With the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada and other countries providing more and more military supplies and weapons and equipment to Australia, more and more British Royal Navy volunteers have consciously applied to go to the Royal Australian Navy to participate in combat.

It was against this backdrop that the battlecruiser "Counterattack" came to Darwin Military Port a month and a half to fly the flag of the Commonwealth of Australia and put on the uniform of the Royal Australian Navy.

The Royal Australian Navy has been studying under the British Royal Navy, and the quality of officers and men can be called the world's first-class navy. That's why it can't be ranked among the world's first-class naval powers.

Students are bullied, and those who become teachers must have a dull face.

To be honest, Cahill still can't believe at this moment that the Donghui Navy really dares to attack the Australian Navy in broad daylight.

Launching an attack on the opposing warship with a torpedo is no longer characterized by a military conflict, but a declaration of war in the true sense of the word.

As the captain of the battlecruiser "Counterattack", Cahill really couldn't understand what was going on in the head of the commander on the flagship. Obviously, it was the Donghui Navy that made the first move to Australia, why couldn't the "Counterattack" under his command fire teach those yellow monkeys a lesson?!

Could it be that today's plans have been unexpectedly changed?

This time, Major Holvinson, who has the racist ideology of Caucasian supremacy, was deliberately arranged to harass the Donghui fishermen, in order to lure the Donghui Navy to intervene, so that the Donghui government can see the true majesty of the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

In the plan, the Donghui Navy, which rushed to the rescue, would definitely ask the old V-class destroyer commanded by Major Holvinson to give up resistance and then escort it back to Hong Kong to await trial.

The "Counterattack" battlecruiser waited for an opportunity to make a detour and intercept it halfway, and coerced the Donghui Navy to stop the ship for processing. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of capturing two complete Donghui Navy Keeling-class destroyers.

However, the Donghui Navy apparently did not "cooperate" as Cahill and others had predicted.

If the Donghui Navy really sank the Darwin instead of escorting it back to port, then it would be impossible for the "Counterattack" to catch up with the Keeling-class destroyer escaping north at the maximum speed of 35 knots.