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William. Tak was not unlearned, and his cousin William. In comparison, James lacked the most basic political acumen and long-term strategic vision, but relied on his family's power and nepotism to become a vice admiral in the Royal Navy. De is just a so-called brave general! The meaning of this brave word is that it does not go through the brain, and it is simple and rough. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the command of Vice Admiral William, the British Royal Navy's Indian Ocean advance formation began to prepare to return to the Indian Ocean, which is really a shame to say, the so-called Indian Ocean advance formation of the British Royal Navy has mostly stayed in the Arabian Sea!

The reason why Jia Wuji moved the anchorage of the battle cruiser formation from Ceylon back to the imperial fortress was that if his battle cruiser formation took the initiative to attack, would the British heavy patrol group escape from the Arabian Sea? Although Jia Wuji repeatedly wanted to bombard Mumbai, India's largest port city, the plan to shell Mumbai could only be carried out in the face of the task of annihilating the British Royal Navy's advance heavy patrol formation.

In the era when there was no satellite positioning, chasing a fleet in the face of the vast sea? If their battle cruiser formation has been stuck at the eastern entrance of the Indian Ocean, then the British will not be stupid enough to enter the sphere of influence of the Greek fortress to engage themselves, so Jia Wuji decided to take advantage of the fact that the main fleet has not yet arrived, and adopt the tactic of luring the snake out of the hole to show weakness to the enemy.

Now the Ceylon fortress gives the British the impression that their six-ship formation can only operate within the scope of the fortress's artillery cover, and the battleships are always cruising at half the speed, so that the British cannot know the true speed of the Southridge-class battlecruiser formation, Jia Wuji believes that at this moment, the information he has carefully prepared has been put on the table of the British, and all he has to do is to give all the ports on the west coast of India a devastating blow, so that the British can not sit firmly in the Diaoyu Tai, The heavy patrol formations that forced the British to take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle with themselves, or rather, to send them to the door on their own initiative.

According to Jia Wuji's tactical plan, Jia Wuji is sure that the whole of India will fall into complete closure, so that India's industrial system and economic model that have just begun to take shape will be completely stifled, so that the British will not get the slightest benefit from India, and even make India a drag on the British Empire.

According to the results of the General Staff's deduction, the Allied fleet led by the British Royal Navy and the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet put the preset battlefield on the Pacific Ocean, and the British knew that the Chinese Empire did not have enough troops to land and threaten India because of the war with Russia, although the occupation of the Ceylon Peninsula and its imperial fortress echoed the containment of the Indian Ocean, but if the Entente fleet could defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, whether it was the Ceylon Peninsula or its imperial fortress, or even the Indochina Peninsula, will be included in the colonial control of the British Empire, as for the French, the British have no intention of giving them a piece of the pie, whether it is Indochina or Indochina, it will become an overseas territory of the British Empire.

At 10:32 a.m. on May 22, 1869, near the island of Migadola in the Indian Ocean, Vice Admiral William of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Fifteen heavy cruisers under the command of De met a formation of Nanling-class battle cruisers commanded by Vice Admiral Jia Wuji, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Imperial Chinese Pacific Fleet.

The formation of the Imperial Chinese battle cruisers, which had just carried out a large-scale bombardment of Cuttac, was still well stocked with ammunition, because of the successive sorties, Jia Wuji ordered each ship to carry various types of ammunition with twice the standard ammunition reserve, in case it was needed.

The fifteen heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy of the British Empire under the command of Vice Admiral William have been waiting for a long time sixty nautical miles outside the port of Cuttac, Vice Admiral William looked at several plumes of smoke rising from the sea level and said to the signal officer: "The first battle column follows the flagship Poseidon Fork, and the second battle column follows the Mangrove, crossing the left and right of the enemy formation, concentrating artillery fire to attack the enemy flagship, and knocking out the enemy's command system!" ”

"Yes!" The signalman immediately gave the order! At 10:56, the British Royal Navy's Indian Ocean fleet began to divide into the first and second battle columns and began to sail towards the Chinese Imperial Battle Patrol Formation.

Due to the sea level, the Chinese Imperial Fleet discovered the opposing fleet a few minutes later than the British, and the battle cruiser formation sailing in a line began to turn to meet the enemy, and in the terrible siren, the officers and men of the Chinese Imperial Navy who were waiting for the battle looked at the two rows of smoke columns about 26 degrees apart in the distant sky, and the nemesis battle cruiser, which was a heavy cruiser, finally had a place to show its strength today.

The standard displacement of the Bloomington-class heavy armored protection cruiser built by the British is 6,200 tons, with six 180-mm twin-mounted main guns and 10 120-mm secondary guns, and the thickest freeboard of the whole ship is 230 mm, which is already the limit of armor thickness compared to a heavy cruiser.

As far as the Southridge-class battlecruisers are concerned, the 180-millimeter Armstrong guns of 22 times the caliber produced by Armstrong cannot penetrate any important protective parts of the Southridge-class battlecruisers, on the contrary, the 30-caliber 308-mm guns equipped by the Southridge-class battlecruisers only need two hits to hit the vital point, which is enough to completely incapacitate a Bloomington-class heavy armored protection cruiser.

However, the battle cruiser was extremely vulnerable to a battleship of the same tonnage firepower, and if it could not immediately and effectively use the speed advantage to get out of the battlefield, it would almost certainly be the battlecruiser that would be sunk.

Jia Wuji gave a combat order with a relaxed expression, identifying the British fleet flagship fleet to concentrate firepower to sink the British fleet flagship and knock out the British command system, although the Southridge-class battle cruisers had an absolute advantage over the British Royal Navy's Birmington-class heavy armored protection cruisers, but Jia Wuji still did not dare to completely relax his vigilance, because on the waves, any small mistake would cause him to return with hatred, and no one could know what would happen in the next second in the fierce naval battle? What if the ship's fuel tank or ammunition depot was hit or penetrated? The consequences are unimaginable, after all, good luck on the battlefield is not only for you!

Lieutenant Admiral William lit a cigar with a smile on his face, and felt glad that he had made the right decision, for Vice Admiral William, those battleships that had been hidden under the cover of the fortresses on the Ceylon Peninsula could only be said to be strong in the middle and outside, and he did not understand why the Chinese Empire would build those things that looked like battleships but were flashy. For the incomprehensible logic of the Orientals, Lieutenant General William felt extremely ridiculous! Although this naval battle has not yet begun, in William's eyes, this battle seems to have ended!

At 11:45 a.m. on May 22, 1869, the first shell was fired from the main gun of HMS Mangrove of the British Royal Navy, and the shell landed about 500 yards away from the battle cruiser formation of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Whether it is Jia Wuji or Vice Admiral William, at this moment they did not expect that their engagement would become a textbook classic in the history of the world's naval history, and it was analyzed and studied by the naval academies of various countries in later generations, it can be said that there is no problem with the tactical response of both sides, and at the same time the target is aimed at the enemy's flagship, the only difference is that the new type of ship developed by the Chinese Empire, the sharpness of the battlecruiser, and the flexible and mobile tactics of the British side are all remarkable highlights in this naval battle.

Two thousand five hundred yards away! The speed of the enemy ship is set at eighteen knots! The first front main gun is aimed at the first flagship, and the second front main gun follows and aims! The third and fourth main guns on the rear deck are aimed at the second and third positions of the enemy ship formation!

The fire control room of the Nanling class constantly conveys various commands from various bridges, and the signal tower at the top of the bridge is also constantly transmitting signals with lights and flags.

Vice Admiral William is undoubtedly very lucky, the Mangrove Forest-class Bloomington-class heavy armored protection cruiser commanded by Colonel Hill is actually the first Bloomington-class cruiser, and the appearance of the Bloomington-class heavy armor protection cruiser that was manufactured in a hurry to speed up the assembly efficiency is somewhat different.

As a result, the Mangrove was naturally mistaken for the flagship of the British Royal Navy heavy patrol formation, and Vice Admiral William also realized the purpose of the movement of the Imperial Chinese Navy formation in the direction of the second battle, so he also ordered the fleet to adjust its direction, and drove flat at a distance of 3,600 yards to contain the Chinese Imperial Formation with firepower, so as to reduce the pressure on the second battle. After all, the Chinese Empire was a country that rose entirely on its navy, and the two countries had a lot of striking similarities compared to the British Empire.

The first battle column under the command of Lieutenant General William concentrated its fire at a distance of three thousand yards and began to bombard the Southridge, which was flying the command flag! For a while, the cannon roared on the sea, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled!

Shot! Hit the opponent five bullets! The Observer suddenly lost his voice after reporting a bullet? Lieutenant General William strangely raised his binoculars to look at the almost unresponsive flagship of the Chinese Empire? Where exactly was the part of the bullet?

(To be continued)