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Gomsted looked at the right-wing formation and the left-wing formation that the Chinese Empire began to turn, and looked at the central formation of the Chinese Empire that was still rushing straight towards his own side with an indomitable posture, Gommst suddenly understood the intention of the other commander, disrupted his own formation and strategic deployment, and used the melee to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters?

Gomsted knew that most of the naval guns equipped with the ships of the Chinese Empire were the technology of the German Krupp, and the naval guns of the Germans were far stronger than those of the Royal Navy, and the only thing that could compete with the naval guns of the Chinese Empire was probably the Armstrong large-caliber naval guns with fixed ammunition that were still under development, but Gomsted was very skeptical about whether the Royal Navy could be equipped with such expensive artillery, because the Admiralty of the British Empire was run by a group of landlubbers, and they thought that there was no need for excessive waste. They will all give a bitter rejection.

Gommst felt extremely ridiculous and pitiful for the voices of the decision-makers of the British Empire who proposed to destroy their opponents by limited force, that the Chinese Empire or the Germans were not unarmed indigenous Africans, and that their navy and army were not necessarily much worse than those of the British Empire.

Defeat such an enemy with limited force under your control? Gommst thinks either he's crazy or the Admiralty guys are completely insane.

Looking at the two giant ships in the middle formation of the Chinese Empire rushing in the front and alternating positions on the left and right made Gomsted a little dizzy, it seems that those about the Chinese Empire's secret construction of super warships in Germany may have such a thing, the combat effectiveness of the ship comes from the cohesion and cooperation of an overall surname, and the hit rate of the first round shows the training level of the battleship and even the entire fleet, it can be said that the first round of hits and the first to sink the enemy ship are a great boost to the morale of their own fleet, so that the more they fight, the more courageous!

Gomsted's tactics for the Chinese Empire were to attract the attention and firepower of the Allies with the central formation of the flagship, and the two flanking fleets roamed around, using their firepower superiority to inflict effective blows or sinking on the side of the Allied fleet.

Gomsted was a little hesitant at the moment to concentrate the main force to eat the central formation of the Chinese Empire first, especially the two giant ships that had put great pressure on him and the entire Allied fleet? Or do you want to entangle the opponent's central formation first, and concentrate on breaking the opponent's two countermeasures on the outside first?

"Two thousand yards away! Opposing ships shoot! With a loud roar from the Observer, Gomsst awoke from his contemplation and looked at the white smoke rising from the sea opposite, with a sharp whistling sound!

Rumble! Rumble! Five or six successive battleships in the Allied formations were shot and exploded one after another, and the front main turret of the heavy cruiser Mint was directly hit, and the entire turret was lifted into the sea, and the raging fire shrouded the entire foredeck, and the thick black smoke covered up all the conning towers. How could the first volley hit close to 17 percent? It's a miracle within a miracle!

Gomst did not know that before the fleet set out for this expedition, the Chinese Imperial Navy installed all the latest calipers and optical naval gun sights on the ships, and the Chinese Imperial Navy, which had the latest sights, was engaged in large-scale military training activities at war posts along the way, and although it had the latest equipment, it had never relaxed its training whether it was Lin Haijiang or Zhanyang.

After withstanding a round of artillery bombardment that caused heavy losses on the Allied side, it was originally intended to hold out to a distance of about 1,000 yards, and all three formations besieged the central formation of the Chinese Empire, while the other two formations were responsible for entangling the left and right flanks.

Gomsted up this time, first concentrated firepower to sink the two firmament-class battleships on the Chinese Empire's side, both in terms of artillery caliber and standard displacement, which far exceeded the Dreadnought second-class battleships, and at this moment Gomsted was already stubbornly believing that the Dreadnought third-class battleships could easily deal with the previous two giant ships as long as the number was sufficient, in Gommst's eyes, this was just a comparison of who was more rough-skinned.

When the hard turtle shell was also knocked open, Gomsst's overall tactical arrangement was actually very stable, because the Entente side had an absolute advantage, so Gomsted, as a commander, did not need to take risks at all, even if the attack on the port of Mumbai could not be activated, and the materials hoarded in Mumbai were infiltrated and destroyed by the armed team of the Chinese Empire, Gomsted did not have the slightest anxiety and slackness, as if those things had nothing to do with him.

Calmness is a necessary virtue of an admiral, Gomsted's ability to grow from a sailor to an admiral of the Royal Navy is enough to illustrate the problem, but the pressure brought to him by the two giant ships like swords on the Chinese Empire side is also very great, Gommst has a total of 23 Dreadnought 2nd, Dreadnought 3rd class battleships or battleships of the same class, which is much larger than the total of only 40 warships in the Chinese Imperial Fleet.

In this battle, the Entente invested a total of 73 combat ships, which can be said to occupy an absolute advantage, so Admiral Gomsted was able to calmly carry out tactical deployment, and in Admiral Gommst's eyes, it was just a question of whether to strike at the left and right flanks of the Chinese Empire first or the central formation first.

But now the opponent's naval artillery has caused heavy losses to the Allied fleet, the Chinese Imperial Fleet on the right flank is distancing itself from the second formation of the Entente at full speed, using fierce firepower to attack the second formation, and the second formation is also struggling to fight back, although the Chinese Empire on the left flank has only six warships, but these six warships have extremely high speed, the third formation on the Entente side can not approach at all, the third formation is not only unable to get close to the enemy ships, but also was hit by the superior firepower of the enemy ships, Several battleships in the third formation already rose billowing black smoke.

Gomsted's tactic was to let go of the four battleships that had assaulted, focus on attacking the heavy cruiser formation that was defending the strategy, and break the Chinese Imperial Central Formation into two sections with firepower to attack and annihilate it.

For Zhanyang, it is very difficult for the 14 warships to maintain a stable assault speed, especially in this chaotic environment, although the sea area off the port of Mumbai is vast, but more than 100 warships have fired guns here to tear up the whole sea area in the dark, including the Indian Governor Sir Lawrence and others have climbed the bell tower of the Bombay Cathedral and set up binoculars to watch this unprecedented scale of the sea battle that will determine the fate of India and even the British Empire.

In the distance, the sea and the sky faintly pierced a burst of thunder-like sounds, the earth-shattering battle brought to the people who tried to watch the battle in the church as long as such a little intuitive feeling, Sir Lawrence stood in front of the telescope nervously, looking at it from time to time, although he couldn't see anything, but Sir Lawrence was already too nervous, after all, the Chinese Imperial Navy had left too deep an impression on the whole of India, and the nightmare-like fleet made Sir Lawrence have not slept comfortably for a long time.

"Report to the commander, the rear of my formation, the heavy cruisers Tianjin, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, and Xining were cut off by enemy formations! The Tianjin gave a signal for the flagship to continue to advance and penetrate the enemy line! ”

The observer's flag report made Zhanyang hurriedly pick up the telescope, and the artillery fire from the battleships of the Allied fleet, which occupied the numerical advantage, formed a cloud of smoke on the sea, and the battleships on the Entente side were concentrated in the first formation and the fourth formation, and the remaining three formations were only the flagship of the dreadnought-third class battleships equivalent to the Zhenyuan class, although the central formation was hit intensively, but the two firmament-class battleships did not receive a fatal blow, and the two Zhenyuan-class battleships were also safe and sound.

The ten heavy cruisers that had been on cover duty were all severely damaged to varying degrees, so much so that six heavy cruisers were separated from the main force of the formation, and the intention of the Entente to divide and encircle was already very obvious.

For Zhanyang, his wisest choice was to abandon the besieged six warships, and instead use the firepower of the Sky to strike at the ships of the Entente on the outside line, facing a pair of hot waiting eyes in the bridge, Zhanyang took a deep breath and said: "The Führer once said, don't give up on anyone!" Even if it is a body, it must be transported back to China with all its might, and the Imperial Navy has never given up on any of its comrades since its establishment, not before, and even more so today! I ordered the formation to turn around and fight into the encirclement! ”

Right full rudder! Full rudder right! One-third of the speed, front and rear main gun angle adjustment! Position correction, front and rear main gun loading! With a series of orders, the bridge of the Firmament seemed to burn with a thrilling flame, and this flame burned in the chest of every soldier of the Imperial Chinese Navy!

(To be continued)