After the results of the investigation into the Yangon incident were announced to the officers and men, all of them had an incredulous expression on their faces and repeatedly asked their superiors to verify the authenticity of the investigation results.

No one dared to believe that a few manually operated sampan fishing boats alone could blow up and sink tens of thousands of warships and kill thousands of naval officers and men. The destination of the navy soldiers should not be here, but on the rough sea, on the battlefield with the roar of huge cannons, and use all their strength to win battles for the country and honor for the king, so that they can die a worthy and glorious death.

What is it to die under a sneak attack? Future generations will laugh at it!

The expeditionary fleet wants revenge and vindication for itself, so they can't wait a day. After the three battleships replenished by the Mediterranean Fleet joined the expeditionary fleet, Admiral Natal immediately ordered the voyage to set sail, keeping the highest alert during the voyage, and sent two cruiser detachments to cruise around the fleet in rotation.

After entering the Strait of Malacca, the terrain is more vulnerable to attack, and everyone has a heartstring before arriving in Singapore. The navy of the empire on which the sun never sets exploded into great strength after becoming serious, and the fleet evolved in formations such as navigation, defense, offense, and anti-submarine, neatly and orderly, so that the warship detachments of France, Spain, Italy and other countries that followed behind were also divided.

The port of Singapore has long been in a state of combat readiness, and the hundreds of warships of the expeditionary fleet cannot all dock in the port, but the superior port conditions can ensure that the fleet is in a favorable defense. No one dared to pack a ticket without being attacked by the Chinese army, and all they could do was to improve their defense as much as possible.

After a three-day refresh in Singapore, the expeditionary fleet entered Malaysian waters with two battleships and four cruisers replenished from the Far East Fleet. According to the plan, the expeditionary fleet will make a final replenishment in Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina, and then use Cam Ranh Bay, Manila and Singapore as rear bases to find the main forces of the Chinese army intended for a decisive battle.

Cam Ranh Bay was not the main anchorage of the French Far East Fleet, but the French opened it up as a large trading port. Warships can also refuel coal here, and they are not regular military ports, so they cannot perform tasks such as repairing ships. Previously, the main anchorage points of the Far Eastern Fleet were the Gulf of Tonkin (Gulf of Tonkin Tonk) and the port of Shanghai, and the main resting place in Indochina was the port of Haiphong. After the rise of China, Haiphong Port, Beibu Gulf and other places were too close to China, and in order to ensure the safety of the fleet, the French increased their investment in Cam Ranh Bay. And for more than a year it turned into the main mooring point of the Far Eastern Fleet,

On July 15, the expeditionary fleet set out from Cam Ranh Bay and embarked on the road of searching for the main force of the Chinese fleet. Natal divided the fleet into battleship, cruiser and torpedo boat groups, five detachments of battleship groups, five ships of the first detachment, five ships of the second detachment, six ships of the third detachment, and four ships of the fourth detachment. There were three ships in the fifth detachment, with the British battleship Intrepid as the flagship, and Admiral Natal also commanded the operation on this warship.

There were four detachments of the cruiser group, six ships from the first detachment, four ships from the second detachment, seven ships from the third detachment, and eight ships from the fourth detachment. The torpedo boat brigade consisted of five detachments of eight ships each.

Overall. The expeditionary fleet concentrated twenty-three advanced battleships, twenty-five cruisers and forty torpedo boats, for a total of eighty-eight advanced warships. Together with the supply ships, hospital ships, and other logistical vessels that accompanied the fleet, a total of 103 warships participated in the battle against the Chinese navy.

After entering the war zone, Natal's first order was to send a reconnaissance detachment, during which time the Chinese Navy completely blocked this sea area, and the Allies became blind and deaf here, and they could not get any information, and the front was like a fog. Natal needs intelligence. He knew that the Chinese Navy would not be left alone in the harbor, and if they wanted to win this battle and defeat the more than 600,000 troops in the north, they would have to fight a decisive battle with the expeditionary fleet.

Be the first to find the enemy's location. Then enter a favorable offensive position and give full play to the powerful firepower advantage of the twenty-three battleships, and you can completely defeat the two super battleships of China.

Natal, who had regained his self-confidence, had no intention of underestimating the enemy, nor did he have any intention of waiting for the Chinese navy to come to his door, and the British navy's tradition was to attack, attack and attack, and even if there was a huge difference in strength, it could not retreat. This spirit is ingrained in the bones of the officers and men of the Navy, and once they enter combat mode, they can display all their combat effectiveness.

Compared with the British Navy, the Chinese Navy is like the difference between a veteran of a hundred battles and a little fresh meat, the veteran is serious, and there is no problem with beating Xiao Xianrou. The key is that Xiao Xianrou is now carrying an automatic rifle, and the veteran is bare-handed, so it seems that the veteran will suffer a loss, and if he doesn't make trouble, he will have to capsize in the gutter.

Now there is such a little fresh meat to provoke, the destroyer Hangzhou set off again after resting, and they were lucky enough to encounter the main force of the expeditionary fleet three days after departure.

Forty-five minutes ago, Lieutenant Shen Lan was sitting with coffee in the command cabin of the bridge, and his calm temperament made people ignore the age of his captain. This is close to the sea area at the time of the last battle, and Shen Lan seems to be controlled by the sixth sense, and orders the radar chief Wang Bin to turn on the radar and search the sea surface.

Before leaving, Shen Lan had carefully read the mission briefing, the expeditionary fleet had just set off from Singapore, and it was possible to go to Manila and Cam Ranh Bay two anchorage points for replenishment, but Cam Ranh Bay's facilities were relatively perfect, and the top was inclined to Cam Ranh Bay, so five destroyers were sent to the nearby waters to reconnoitre, and three were sent to Manila.

Calculated according to the speed of the expeditionary fleet, if they enter Cam Ranh Bay for supplies, then it is very likely that they will leave the port now, and it will be nearby! The sixth sense is still based on theory and experience, and the young Lieutenant Shen Lan and the young Huaguo Navy are once again favored by Lady Luck.

"Daihatsu, Daihatsu!" (PLEASE FORGIVE THE AUTHOR FOR LIKING RUNNINGMAN) WANG BIN TOOK OFF THE HEADSET AND SHOUTED, SHEN LAN WALKED QUICKLY TO THE RADAR ROOM, AND THE DENSE OPTOELECTRONIC WAS COVERED WITH THE RADAR DISPLAY SCREEN.

"Captain, at least fifty ships, although the radar can't accurately display all the warships, but this is the main force of the expeditionary fleet!" Deep Blue nodded, and Sun Lu, the first mate and former gunner, rubbed his hands back and forth.

"Let's go over and take a look, if you don't know for sure with the naked eye, it's not good to send a telegram to the rear!" Sun Lu was also bold, Shen Lan quickly calculated in his heart, and then nodded with a smile. The Hangzhou turned in the direction of the expeditionary fleet.

As long as you are careful not to be surrounded by the expeditionary fleet, you will not be caught up with the speed of the Hangzhou, and if you give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

"Captain, thirteen nautical miles apart, the target is divided into four detachments in four directions." Radar is really a good thing, the expeditionary fleet sent four reconnaissance detachments, must have wanted to find the location of the main force of the Chinese navy, but they didn't think that they had been discovered!

The rare good weather in the South China Sea was once again encountered by the Hangzhou, but it was discovered by the expeditionary fleet at a distance of more than 10,000 meters, standing in the bridge, Shen Lan could feel the horror of the expeditionary fleet after discovering himself. The position was exposed at the very beginning, and the expeditionary fleet was already at a disadvantage in this battle.

The two fast cruisers left the formation and sailed towards the Hangzhou, about nine kilometers apart, the Hangzhou turned thirty-five degrees to the right and inserted itself into the left side of the fleet, and the two cruisers behind it continued to pursue, and another cruiser separated on the left side of the fleet to intercept the Hangzhou.

The Hangzhou, which had already sent a telegram to the rear, could play to its heart's content, and the feeling of dancing on the tip of the knife made the officers and men on the Hangzhou extremely excited. However, the game cannot be indulged, and in the case of slower speeds, the British can completely besiege the Hangzhou by surrounding it with multiple warships.

In fact, the British did the same, and the excellent quality allowed the battleships that came out to intercept the Hangzhou accurately and effectively, Shen Lan decided not to take any more risks, and found a direction to increase the speed and then rushed out of the encirclement. The Hangzhou, which had a maximum speed of 35 knots, rode in the dust, and Shen Lan also broke out a lot of sweat after breaking out of the encirclement, and the British taught themselves another lesson, and they were blocked for about 3,000 meters before they broke out of the encirclement.

Fifteen minutes of pursuit, the two cruisers received orders from Natal to look at the Hangzhou's ass and not let him out of their sight and force the battleship to move as far away from the main fleet as possible. The division is unfavorable, Admiral Natal did not panic, luck is not something that can be countered by manpower, and can only be made up from other aspects. The current situation is obvious, and after receiving information on its own position, the Chinese Navy will certainly draw up a battle plan according to the situation in all aspects, and it will become the passive side of the attack.

The advantage was that the expeditionary fleet had an absolute superiority in the number of warships, and Natal divided the fleet into two, and ordered the second battleship detachment, the third detachment, the fourth and third cruiser detachments, and the fourth and fifth torpedo boat detachments to form the second combat fleet, sail to the northeast, separate from the main force, avoid the range of the Chinese reconnaissance ships, and agreed that the two sides would advance in parallel forty nautical miles apart.

The remaining 1st Combat Group headed to the northeast and accelerated its advance. Natal knew that even then the Chinese army would be more or less aware of his position and would send a large number of reconnaissance ships near the route, and it would be a matter of time before he could find himself again. (To be continued.) )