"Damn it! How do Ceylonesees always have problems at critical times? "Balek? Admiral Lem spoke gloomily and asked the Ceylon liaison officer who had sent the information. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He was originally preparing for a decisive battle with the naval fleet of the Ming Empire with his fleet, but before the decisive battle, he was told by his allies that he could not participate in the battle with two more battleships.

Balek? Admiral Lem even wanted to ask the liaison officer in Ceylon how much combat power he would have left in his hands when he really came into contact with the opposing battleship fleet!

For a moment, the British admiral even had the illusion that the Chinese were joining forces to pit him, an Englishman from afar!

But this thought only existed for a moment, and he kicked it out of his head. After all, the hatred between the Ceylonese and the Ming Empire was as great as that of the British, and in this case, the possibility of peace between the two countries was almost zero.

Although Ceylon will not make peace with the Ming Empire, but Balek? Admiral Lem decided to remind his allies not to give a damn about any other problems.

He turned his head sideways, looked at the liaison officer sent by Ceylon, and said in a cold voice: "Send a telegram to Your Excellency Speaker Miao Shengye, I hope that before the decisive battle begins, there will be no other problems!" ”

"I see! The Speaker is approaching us with a decoy fleet, and the position of the opposing battleship forces has not yet been exactly reported! The liaison officer in Ceylon replied.

For this decisive battle, Ceylon has deployed very dense reconnaissance fishing boats in the waters near Luzon, which will provide early warning and detect the location of the Ming Empire's fleet for the main fleet of the coalition forces.

At regular intervals, these small ships would send telegrams to Ceylon to confirm that they had spotted the enemy fleet. Such debriefings are quite frequent, and the areas and sequences are pre-arranged.

Even if the Ming Empire sank these small ships, the Ceylon side could judge the approximate location of the Ming Empire's battleship fleet based on the missing returns.

According to such an early warning network, the coalition fleet will discover the battleship fleet of the Ming Empire as soon as possible and seize the more favorable terrain.

Of course, in order to prepare for the decisive battle, the Ming Empire did not sit still. The navy and the emerging air force have planted their own reconnaissance forces in the seas.

In terms of the navy, the old and serious Chu used the same method as Ceylon, arranging his own reconnaissance fishing boats in the vast sea area to provide early warning for the fleet.

The air force was much more advanced, and the two Djinn 1 bombers that took off on Luzon did not carry bombs, carried more fuel in the bomb bays, and followed Ceylon's decoy fleet from a distance.

In the eyes of the Air Force, it is more practical to follow the enemy's decoy fleet than to search for the enemy's fleet of battleships on the vast sea.

Because according to the speculation of Chu and Wang Jue, and even the generals of the Gyeonggi Military Department, Ceylon's decoy fleet will also participate in the decisive battle of the fleet nine times out of ten.

The two bombers followed behind the Ceylon decoy fleet, sending various vague location reports, helping Chu and them grope for the approximate location of the coalition fleet.

So, in this way, about 40 nautical miles west of Luzon, the two fleets discovered each other's tracks almost simultaneously.

"Sound the battle alarm! The two battleships of the 2nd Detachment kept course and held off the decoy fleet in Ceylon! Chu pinched the report on the position of the enemy fleet and gave the order to prepare for battle.

Behind him, the captain of the battleship Kunlun Mountain had already ordered the main guns to be reloaded with shells, and all gun emplacements were put into the first level of combat readiness.

The commander's flag and the battle flag were already raised high, and the entire fleet was making final preparations before the battle. The sailors were busy, and everyone who could see the sea was looking nervously at the sea in the distance.

"Get ready to fight! All artillery stock! Sailors go to combat duty! Sound the battle alarm! "In the same way, on the Coalition flagship HMS Magnificent, the British Navy Balek? Admiral Lem also gave the order to fight.

The three battleships with higher speed took the lead, and according to the battle plan, they went to seize the most advantageous T-shaped position, as long as they stopped the naval fleet of the Ming Empire, they could use their superior artillery to meet the opponent's first battleship.

In the bridge of the Kunlun Mountain, the flagship of the naval fleet of the Ming Empire, Chu stood in his position, his wrinkled palm, pressed on the long sword at his waist, he looked at the sea, and firmly issued his battle orders.

"Let the three battleships of the First Detachment be arranged in battle columns! Concentrate superior firepower and fight the enemy's main fleet! He knew that the British had new battleships and knew how powerful they were, so he decided to take a more conservative approach to the enemy in front of him.

While giving the order for a decisive battle, he named the two battleships Jingtingshan and Damaoshan that were barely following the rear of the fleet: "Jingtingshan and Damaoshan, keep the speed and follow the rear of the fleet, as the rearguard force, take over the position of the battleships Tianzhu Mountain and Qingchengshan!" ”

After the order, he looked into the distance with a smile on his face: "Since you want to eat my main fleet, I will give you a chance to eat!" But we naturally have to pay for it, so don't be too expensive! ”

As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Luzon and said to himself, "As a soldier of the Imperial Navy, I have done everything I can!" God bless the Ming Dynasty and prosper forever! ”

"The fleet accelerated, the speed increased to 16 knots! Seizing the upper hand, the naval guns began to turn! Gentlemen, God bless His Majesty! "Balek? Admiral Lem stood in his position, looking at the black smoke that covered the sky at sea level in the distance, and prayed.

Ceylon's fleet of battleships began to pick up speed and aimed their main guns at the black smoke in the distant sea.

Because there are two battleships with a slower speed, the fleet of the Ming Empire is relatively slow, and the fleet can only speed up to 15 knots at a maximum, and the two fleets get closer a little bit, and the air seems to be solidified.

As the minutes ticked by, the sailors' breathing slowed. The terrible silence before the war made everyone seem to be forgotten even to breathe.

Everyone stared at the end of the line of sight on the distant sea, the enemy warships one after another, nervously waiting, waiting for the order to open fire, waiting for a fierce battle to begin.