In the Indian Ocean, a cruiser of the Ming Empire is sailing on the sea, and this cruiser is also the Fuxian Lake class, which is the cruiser with the most models of the Ming Empire now. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This cruiser is the Chaoyang Lake, which at this moment is responsible for monitoring the outlet between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, providing early warning to the Indian Ocean fleet of the Ming Empire.

On December 28, the Ceylon forces in India began to move, and in cooperation with the pro-British Empire forces in India, a bill was issued to prohibit the warships of the Ming Empire from using Indian ports.

This bill cost the Ming Empire two-thirds of its supply points in the Indian Ocean and made it very difficult to oversee the western part of the Indian Ocean.

The destroyer fleet, which had been deployed in India, had to be moved to the Bay of Bengal, which is very far from the western Indian Ocean.

As a result, the task of reconnaissance was shifted to the cruiser, which was originally a large warship, which increased the cost of monitoring the place in disguise.

Because the Ming Empire was busy attacking Ceylon and Japan, it didn't have time to take care of India, which was about to move, so India jumped out to find trouble at this time.

Of course, this does not mean that India will not be retaliated against by the Ming Empire, and the civilian economic aid and construction have stopped at this time, and even many troops have raised the alert level in Bangladesh.

Two days later, the Ming Empire summoned an Indian prince who was residing in Beijing as a hostage and expressed his anger at the betrayal.

The cruiser Chaoyanghu was in the western part of the Indian Ocean at this time, and there were no suspicious ships in the calm sea.

In retaliation for India's cancellation of the Ming Empire's right to use the naval base, the Ming Empire's patrolling cruisers launched a tacit attack on Indian fishing boats.

Once an Indian-owned fishing boat is spotted fishing at sea, the Ming Empire's cruisers will chase after it, sink them and kill all the fishermen on board.

Because radio is still a scarce good thing, there are very few Indian fishing boats equipped with this kind of thing at this time.

Therefore, although this sinking behavior was protested by India, the other side had nothing to grasp - after all, India was looking for trouble first, and its confidence itself was three points weaker.

It is precisely because of this that before the arrival of the main fleet of the British Empire, India could only swallow its anger and unilaterally prohibit its fishing boats from going to sea.

"No suspicious targets were found at the lookout posts, and according to the report, there is information that Britain has signed a non-aggression pact with Germany......" the first mate on the Chaoyang Lake said to his captain.

On the mast, the soldier in charge of the lookout looked at the sea vigilantly, because of the threat of the British Empire, all the naval ships here have been upgraded to a level of alert.

"Because the sea area to be guarded is so big, we can't even go to sea with two warships." The captain looked at the tired sailors and said with some depression.

They hadn't been on the ground for half a month, and every soldier missed their distant homeland. But because the Strait of Malacca has been blocked, they can't go back to their home country at all.

Although they could get supplies from the Bay of Bengal and could return to land for a vacation, because the warships could not bypass Malacca, they could not enjoy the vacation and return to the east coast of the Ming Empire.

That is the hometown of many sailors, and there is the real core and rich existence of the Ming Empire. Compared with Bangladesh, the prosperity there is simply one heaven and one underground.

These sailors now have to choose carefully which targets they want to attack, because ammunition is not replenished in time if it is depleted too quickly.

There were a small number of shells in India, but they were now mothballed, and the Indian side announced that it would wait until the end of the war to return them to the Ming Empire.

"The intelligence service said that a British detachment is already moving towards us, and I heard that it is part of their Mediterranean fleet, which is heading south with the main fleet." The adjutant said with some concern.

Even the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Empire, plus some capital warships, is not something that the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Ming Empire can compete with alone.

The nature of the two sides is not the same, and the Mediterranean detachment of the British Empire is the main fleet holding the Suez Canal, and its strength is very strong.

The Indian Ocean detachment of the Ming Empire is only a detachment responsible for vigilance, and the main fleet of the Ming Empire is pinned down by the Ceylon Navy, and it cannot be dispersed and deployed like the British Navy.

Therefore, the Ming Empire only had two battleships and four cruisers in the Indian Ocean, which could be regarded as a combat force that could enter the eyes of the British fleet.

The rest of the destroyer fleet, which can only be regarded as a pitiful addition, cannot be evaluated at all as real combat effectiveness.

The British Mediterranean Fleet had 4 battleships, which was twice as many as the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Ming Empire, and after being strengthened, it might be able to reach 7 or even more.

Therefore, at least in the Indian Ocean, the fleet of the Ming Empire can only play the role of delaying the British navy to continue to advance eastward, but at the cost of its own total annihilation!

Of course, you don't have to worry about this price in peacetime, after all, there is the Strait of Malacca to run away. But now that the Ming Empire is at war with Ceylon, this retreat does not exist.

Similarly, the main fleet of the Ming Empire, which was near the southeast peninsula, could not support the fleet of the British Empire, which was close at hand.

This is the reason why the British Empire has no fear and is sure that it has decided to eat the Ming Empire's fleet.

"We are waiting here now, in fact, we are using our own lives and the battleship under our feet to give an explanation to the motherland." The captain said as he looked out at the endless sea in the distance.

He was a soldier, although as a captain of a ship of the Indian Ocean Fleet, his country had been abandoned by his country the moment it declared war on Ceylon.

Now he is a cannon fodder, a cannon fodder who must use his life to delay the southward movement of the British Empire's warships.

And the only thing he can do is to try to make his cannon fodder more valuable, win this war for his motherland, and make his greatest contribution.

"Long live the Ming Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! The lieutenant said firmly to the captain.

"Long live the Ming Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! For our hometown! For the sake of our loved ones! Fight to the death! The captain put away his thoughts and said to all the naval soldiers around him with the same determination.