Kling was a young captain in the British Navy, and he had become the captain of a battleship in his early 50s. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this moment, he was standing on his bridge, looking at the calm water in the distance. Like the captain of the Ming Empire, he also had a somewhat uncertain strangeness about what he had to face.

The decisive battle with the Ming Imperial Navy warships seems to be a distant topic, the British fleet at that time was still sailing ships, and the Ming Imperial Navy at that time was also sail power.

At that time, the British navy was weak, and its overall strength could not be compared with the fleet of the Ming Empire at that time.

At that time, the British Navy had no way out, and had been forced to the doorstep of Gibraltar by the Ming Empire Navy, which dominated the Indian Ocean.

The British Navy at that time was passive, because the Ming Imperial Army at that time still had the possibility of finally rushing into Europe.

At that time, talking about the decisive battle with the fleet of the Ming Empire, the generals of the British Navy were filled with despair and sorrow.

However, they defeated their opponents and won this world, allowing themselves to dominate the world for a hundred years and become the nominal overlord of the four seas.

The glorious deeds of their ancestors have infected the younger generations of the British Navy, and they still believe that they are the best navy in the world, the most powerful navy in the world!

On the Suez Canal, the passage of British battleships attracted the onlookers of local civilians on both sides of the river, and the strange scene of the yellow sand and battleships floating on the water here is naturally very popular.

The point is, there is not just one battleship here, there is a huge British Empire battleship far behind this battleship.

The Liverpool-class battleship is a new type of battleship named after Liverpool, where the British battleship was built, and the Liverpool was launched 10 years ago, which can be regarded as the elite of the Royal Navy.

The new battleship adopted a more advanced power system, powered by oil instead of coal, and its speed was suddenly increased to a terrifying 22 knots.

Because of its ultra-high speed, which is not inferior to that of cruisers, this type of battleship has also been used by the British for expeditions abroad.

The Liverpool-class battleships were the vanguard of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and they were also very powerful killers at sea.

In order to surpass many of the old battleships of the Ming Empire, the British Empire equipped its new battleships with more powerful 381 mm guns, surpassing the 356 mm guns used on the original battleships.

What's even more terrifying is that this kind of artillery is equipped with a total of 8 guns on Liverpool, which is not much less than the 10 main guns generally equipped on the battleships of the Ming Empire.

Technically, the new main gun adopts a new type of aiming equipment, and the accuracy of hitting has also been improved to a certain extent, making up for the defect of the decline in the number of its main guns.

At the same time, in order to increase the survivability of the warship, more armor was laid, so that the full load displacement of the entire warship exceeded 40,000 tons.

Such a powerful power system, as well as a defensive system, and even more terrifying artillery, were all housed in a huge hull, with a length of 230 meters and a width of more than 31 meters, which was much larger than all opponents.

To put it simply, from the moment of its birth, the new British battleship was built to comprehensively surpass the battleships of the Ming Empire.

Of course, now it seems that it has indeed surpassed all the battleships owned by the Ming Empire, and the investment of the British has not been in vain.

At least so far, the navy of the Ming Empire has no new battleships that can compete with the Liverpool-class battleships.

Several of the newly-built battleships are still in dock and are not yet operational - while the British have already commissioned a full 10 Liverpool-class battleships.

The captain of such an advanced battleship, Kling was proud to have taken over the command knife from his father and become an honorable member of the Royal Navy.

"Captain, the Governor of Egypt has sent a telegram wishing us a smooth journey to the Indian Ocean." The adjutant wore white gloves, walked up behind him, stood up and saluted, and spoke.

Hearing the report, Cling looked away from the not-so-wide water in the distance, and turned to take the brief telegram from the other's hand.

The current battleship Plymouths, part of the British Empire's Asian Expeditionary Fleet, was one of its seven battleships.

Another battleship, the Liverpool, the lead ship of the Liverpool-class battleship, served as the flagship of this vast expeditionary fleet.

"Reply to a telegram, thank you, Mr. Governor-General, for your blessings, long live the British Empire! Long live His Majesty the King! He casually drafted a call back, and then looked to the shore not far away, looking at the locals who were watching.

The adjutant handed over the telegram of the return call to the signal soldier, and after returning to his post, Kling turned his head sideways and asked first: "Do you think that the navy of the Ming Empire knows that we will come?" ”

"I suppose as long as they're not stupid, they should know we're coming, right?" The adjutant glanced at his captain, thought for a moment and replied.

In fact, everyone knew that the fleet of the British Empire would intervene in disputes when the Ming Empire expanded, and even did not hesitate to declare war on the Ming Empire.

Moreover, such an intervention could not be countered strategically: the battleship fleet of the Ming Empire was pinned down by the Ceylon fleet, and it was simply impossible to preemptively strike or enter the Indian Ocean for defense.

"The intelligence says that the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Ming Empire has only two battleships and four cruisers?" Kling spoke again, asking in a slow voice.

"That's what the intelligence says, this kind of intelligence is all clear, there won't be any mistakes, there shouldn't be any problems." This time, the adjutant replied more quickly.

Klin sneered and continued to ask the third question: "So, these poor ships of the Ming Empire's navy won't run away before we come, right?" ”

When the adjutant heard his captain ask, he smiled and nodded, "I think they should run away if they are not stupid." ”

He deliberately used the same sentence as he had answered before, causing all the officers on the bridge to laugh, and Kling was obviously relaxed, nodding his head and not asking any further questions.

On January 1, the day of the Western New Year, the fleet of the British Royal Navy entered the Suez Canal and made an expedition to the southeast peninsula to prepare to defeat their old adversary, the navy of the Ming Empire.

Also on January 1, the cruiser Chaoyanghu entered the Red Sea, facing the entire British expeditionary fleet, and the captain stood on Cambridge, humming a local drama - going to the meeting alone.

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Long Ling wanted to take a leave of absence today, because he had been sick for a month because of the lack of adaptation, and today it was more serious.

However, in terms of recommending the new book, I couldn't bear to be disappointed by the editor, so I insisted on updating the newly opened "Imperial Overlord".

Then, the book friends who couldn't bear to snub the book could only continue to persevere, and insisted until now to write this chapter.

I just want to prove that Long Ling thanks you for your support and love, thank you for your support all the way! Thank you.