Long before the sea dragon and sea tiger completed their mission, the smoke of gunpowder on the main battlefield had already dissipated, and the dozen or so British warships that rushed to the coastal defense fleet with all the courage to pull a few backs before they died had to face the head-on attack of the coastal defense fleet alone because of the large speed gap.

Although the queue had to be dispersed in order to protect the supply ships, even if only one of the Dingzhen 2 ships could open fire, it would be unbearable for a weakly defended protective cruiser.

As a result, not long after the battle, a British patrol was unfortunately hit by the Dingyuan's 305mm cannon, and a new blasting shell with a fuse at the bottom of the bullet (in fact, it is not a new type, but this caliber is the first time it has been used in actual combat. With its huge kinetic energy, it directly smashed open the warship's not too thick dome armor, penetrated into it like an armor-piercing bullet and imploded, magnifying the power several times, directly blowing up this protective cruiser of more than 2,000 tons into two pieces, and all the more than 200 officers and men on the ship were killed.

Such a tragic scene frightened the captain of another British anti-patrol ship, and because the Ocean Fleet unexpectedly freed up its forces to support it earlier, and successfully forced all the remaining seven ships to land after sinking five weak British ships that were dragging behind, the captain knew that the general situation was gone, and finally let go of his long sigh and ordered the white flag to be hung up and surrender to the Chinese Navy.

At this point, the naval battle near China's Nansha Islands officially came to an end, and the two major fleets of the Chinese Navy worked together to sink 88 British ships of various kinds (including 32 ships with a standard row of more than 2,000 tons) and captured 21 warships (of which only one was with a standard row of more than 2,000 tons) at a small cost of 2 dead and 7 wounded, no losses, or even only damage to one warship, causing the invincible British Royal Navy to suffer another heavy loss.

Although with Britain's strong shipbuilding capabilities, if construction starts at full capacity, it can make up for the losses within a year, but the more than 11,000 naval officers and sailors who died in the war, even with the world's first training mechanism of the British Royal Navy, cannot be re-trained in a short period of time.

The impact of another crushing defeat of the British Royal Navy on Britain's world hegemony was an even greater loss to the "British Empire."

But the worst thing is that the British paid such a big price and got almost nothing, only slowing down the trip of the Chinese Navy's southward fleet by a mere day, which is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the British army in Singapore, where the local reinforcements will take two months to arrive.

What the British did not expect was that the Chinese navy had ignored the conventions of the world's navies for many years, and had forced a lot of important information from the prisoners.

Unlike the Army, which can use any means to extract a confession from a prisoner, the Navy, as an aristocratic service, will not only actively rescue the enemy who has fallen into the water after victory, but also give preferential treatment to the captured prisoners.

However, during this time, Li Hui, who was becoming more and more confident due to the rapid growth of strength (financial resources), has become less and less concerned about the ways of the Western powers, and has become more and more unscrupulous, and his attitude has naturally affected all the biochemical soldiers.

After capturing the prisoners, the political commissar of the Ocean Fleet ignored the opposition of Liu Buyun, Deng Shichang and other former Beiyang admirals, and ordered the military police accompanying the army to strictly interrogate the British captain who surrendered, and obtained a lot of important information, such as the distribution of gun emplacements, the number of types, the number of garrisons, and the arrangement of mines in the Singapore fortress.

Although they oppose extorting confessions by torture, since they have already asked questions, Liu Buyun, Deng Shichang, and others will not think that this information is too dirty and will not use it, and Deng Shichang, who has always been bold, has even put forward a new plan that is very different from the original combat plan.

"Zhengqing, it's too risky to do this, it's not a wise move for the fleet to storm the fortress." After Liu Buyun became the commander of the fleet, he felt the weight of responsibility on his shoulders, and acted more cautiously than before, shaking his head again and again when he heard it.

Deng Shichang slapped the table and insisted on his opinion without backing down, "The reason why the fleet can't attack the fortress is on the premise that there is no difference in the quantity and quality of the artillery on both sides, but the large-caliber artillery of the Singapore fortress is all old-fashioned fortress guns, and they can't compete with our rapid-fire guns at all, not to mention that the fleet can concentrate its firepower to attack one point, but the fortress guns can only fight on their own, and the difference in firepower is more than a hundred times?" With such a large difference in firepower, even if the target of the battery is much smaller than that of the warship and the accuracy of the fortress gun is superior, we are still sure of victory! ”

"What's more, there is no giant cannon in the Singapore fortress that surpasses the main guns of the centurion-class battleships, and it can't penetrate the solid armor of the Haitian-class patrol, so we are actually invincible!" When Deng Shichang said this, his face unconsciously showed a regretful expression, why did he not have the opportunity to command such a good warship? Even if you are not the commander of the fleet, you can just be an ordinary captain!

Li Hui, who watched the live broadcast of Zhou Chunyu's text, couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard it, especially when Deng Shichang mentioned that although the 210mm armor-piercing shell is a little difficult to deal with the hard-hardened armor, it is still very powerful to hit the building, which is enough to penetrate the fort that has not been reinforced for many years in the Singapore Fortress, which shows that he is deliberate rather than a whim, in this way, it seems that there is really hope for success?

"Indeed, the British Royal Navy thinks that it is invincible in the world, and the fortress protection can only cope with the firepower of the ironclad era, as long as we launch a ruthless attack, the Singapore fortress will definitely not be able to withstand it", Liu Buyun couldn't help but nodded, but he still had a question, "The firepower duel does have a great chance of winning, but after all, the occupation requires an army, and we originally planned to blockade Singapore this time, and we didn't plan to capture it immediately, and we didn't bring much land at all, what should we do?" Do you want to abort this mission and report back to China first? ”

Deng Shichang, who had been prepared for a long time, replied confidently, "The transfer of manpower from various warships to form a marine corps should be able to reach the strength of a regiment, and it is indeed not enough to occupy the whole city, but our side has an overwhelming advantage in personnel quality, squad tactics, and weapons and equipment, and if we take the initiative to attack regardless of defense, the British army will not be able to stop us at all." Although they are numerous, they cannot be fully developed, and most of them are only temporarily gathered, the quality is uneven, and the morale is also very low. (To be continued.) )