In the Bay of Bengal, on the outskirts of Chittagong, the British battleships HMS Magnificent, HMS Reckless, HMS St. Vincent and HMS Clingwood were lined up on the sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Behind them, there were two battleships, the Hercules and the Giant, and further away, the British battleships Orion and Liverpool, which were also ready for battle.

The battleship fleet of the British Royal Navy, a total of 8 battleships in the forward are all ready for battle, and the shelling of Chittagong in the Ming Empire is what they are currently going to do.

On the port side, the Indian Ocean Naval Division of the Ming Empire was ready to face the battle, but they only had two battleships, and they were completely inferior in terms of speed and armor.

The two battleships of the Ming Empire, also Shan-class battleships, were armed with 10 standard main guns of 356 mm caliber, the most powerful battleship configuration at sea ten years ago.

And they faced 4 powerful Liverpool-class battleships, as well as the reckless, but equally powerful and difficult battleships that were backward.

The Liverpool-class battleship has been introduced before, this kind of battleship that has created a new technology and formed a battleship generation difference, and its performance has completely crushed the traditional battleships equipped by the Ming Empire Navy.

The 381 mm naval guns did make the Ming Empire's navy miserable, and its powerful range allowed the British fleet to form a two-column formation.

In the front row, the vanguard is the Reckless-class battleship, although the performance is very mediocre, but it also adopts the firepower design of 10 356 mm caliber guns, which is very similar to the mountain-class battleships of the Ming Empire.

"Fire! In this case! Only we can support them! Standing on the shore, the commander of the garrison of Chittagong, Xiong Da, a major general of the Ming Empire, held a telescope, looked at the fleet at sea, and opened his mouth to order.

On his battery fortress, there were only two 400 mm caliber fortress guns, which were able to cover the battleships of the Ming Empire and pose a certain threat to the British fleet.

The remaining 200 mm guns could not participate in naval battles of this level at a range, but could only be used as targets for the battleships of the British Royal Navy.

Although operating for many years and serving as a last barrier against the British fleet into the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Empire's navy also attached great importance to the defense of Chittagong.

But after all, as a fortress that is not in the main direction, the investment cannot be too large. To be able to climb over the mountains and mount two 400 mm heavy guns here is already a very unimaginable investment.

"General! If we fire first, we may attract the attention of the enemy and be the first to attack. The adjutant, worried that his artillery position was being targeted by the British fleet, spoke bitterly.

"Fire! The border generals of the Ming Empire, where is the reason for cowardly fighting in the face of the enemy? Fire! Xiong Da heard his deputy say this, put down his binoculars, and frowned.

Although he is not a high-ranking general of the Ming Empire, being a garrison commander here also shows that he is not a very valued officer, but at this critical moment, he still chooses to stand up and face a powerful enemy!

"Boom!" Two huge cannons of 400 mm caliber, with slender and straight barrels, spewed fierce flames and fired shells that flew towards the enemy.

As the artillery of the shore defense fortress fired, on the battleship Qianshan, the flagship of the Indian Ocean Naval Division of the Ming Empire, the commander of the fleet, Admiral Guo Lihai, stood expressionlessly on the bridge, looking at the British fleet battleships as small as black dots in the distance.

This is the limit of the range of his fleet, and the accuracy of the hit will not be very high, his battleships are deployed in a straight line, and the battleship Montenegro is followed by a thousand mountains.

In addition to these two battleships, the latter two were cruisers. This battle is completely a battle without suspense, and it is also a battle that is destined to end.

"General! The shore artillery fired! The adjutant opened his mouth and reminded him of this, but Guo Lihai still didn't speak, looking at the sea and waiting for him to join the battlefield.

"Boom!" The huge shells fell on the water, stirring up the water column of the stage, and the power of the 400 mm caliber shore defense guns was still very amazing, but it was a little regrettable to deal with sea targets.

When another shell fell, the British Navy's battleship fleet finally adjusted its firing angle and aimed its guns at the enemy on land.

"Let's fire!" Admiral Balek Lemm, commander of the British Expeditionary Fleet, stood aboard his command ship, the battleship Orion, and commanded.

The British Royal Navy battleships, the Reckless and Magnificent in the first column, as well as the St. Vincent and the Clingwood, opened fire together, firing shells at the shore batteries of the Ming Empire.

"Boom!" After an interval of time, a gust of wind and rain immediately broke out on the shore artillery position of the Ming Empire.

Huge explosions were one after another, and a 200 mm caliber heavy gun was directly hit, completely turning into a pile of scrap metal, and the number of dead and wounded rose in a straight line as the shells fell.

After all, most of the fortifications on land could not withstand the direct bombardment of the navy's 356 mm caliber heavy artillery.

The huge explosion silenced the two 400 mm guns - in fact, it would take a long time to prepare for them to fire again.

These two cannons can only fire 2 shells an hour, and after the first strike, they almost lose their due effect.

Seeing his soldiers struggling in the flames of the British Navy's intensive shelling, General Xiong Da didn't say a word, since he had already made the decision to take the lead in firing to attract the opponent's firepower, even if it was all the disaster that happened in front of him.

After all, this war will definitely kill people, and he is not willing to let his family members in the distant motherland suffer any insults because of his cowardice.

He wanted to use a bloody battle to show the British Empire's naval fleet that although they had the upper hand, they could not enter the main battlefield smoothly to make waves.

"Fire!" Guo Lihai saw that the distance between the two sides had approached a good position, and finally gave the order to attack, although it was weak, but the naval fleet of the Ming Empire still had to take the lead in firing and seize the opportunity.

Even from the beginning, he knew that the British Navy was two columns, and the one facing his fleet was even more terrifying, and the British main battleship, the Liverpool class, was a battleship that his battleships could not match.

"Boom!" The 356 mm guns, which had been waiting for a long time, opened fire, which shook the entire battleship, and the naval battle in the Indian Ocean officially began.