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Maybe the world is really small, above the vast ocean, Plimpton. The last fleet of the coalition under Arthur's command and the Chinese Imperial fleet under the command of Lin Haijiang met in the Strait of Malacca. Arthur had been imagining how far this battle would go? And what about the course of its campaign?

However, it is obvious that all the previous plans have lost their role and meaning, and Lin Haijiang is also extremely shocked, and Duravyev, who has been on the bridge, cannot describe his own complicated feelings at the moment. Arthur is a conservative school in the world's naval circles, everything is in order, and he is absolutely not half a step beyond the thunder pool, and he can fight with the last strength of the coalition forces, especially after the fiasco, it can be said that the courage is amazing!

From the time both sides discovered each other's pillars of smoke and sounded the battle alarm, to the two fleets appearing within each other's telescope vision, Priton. Arthur took advantage of the numerical superiority of the fleet to divide the fleet into the left and right wings, and surrounded the Chinese Imperial fleet in a 45-degree detour from the left and right wings at the speed of battle. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly after judging his intentions, he knew that Plinton. Arthur wanted to use the number of his guns on both flanks to flank his own fleet to distract his own fire projection and reduce the effective hit projection ratio of the battleship's main guns!

Lin Haijiang smiled and glanced at Duraviev behind him, and then said loudly: "The right rudder is full, the fleet turns to forty-five degrees, and all the main guns of the fleet are fired in sequence with the main guns of the Zhenyuan ship, concentrating on striking the fourth and fifth battleships of the right flank of the enemy fleet, and disrupting the guerrilla queue of the enemy's formation battle line. ”

As the Zhenyuan ship slowly entered the battle speed, billowing black smoke with sparks rose from the four chimneys, and the four main gun turrets began to slowly rotate with the battleship.

At 12:02 p.m. on April 7, 1862, Princeton. The recorder behind Arthur recorded the Commander of the Fleet, Plimpton. By the order of Admiral Arthur, the fleet concentrated its fire on the enemy's large battleships that were in the first place in the battle column!

In Plimpton. Arthur: In Arthur's opinion, the first warship at the top of the battle formation of the Chinese Empire turned out to be the flagship with the commander's flag? How could the other party make such a low-level mistake? Exposing one's commander-in-chief flagship to the enemy's firepower, you must know that if the flagship is out of battle or sunk, it will cause a fatal blow to the morale of the entire formation, not only that, but it will take longer to rebuild the command system, so no matter what kind of formation is adopted to meet the enemy, the flagship is the core that must be protected, just as the division commander of the army is different from the company commander who charges into battle, because of the different responsibilities it bears.

Plimpton. Arthur was slightly glad that he didn't know that James. How was William defeated by this reckless man who was either too stupid or too reckless? For such an opponent, you naturally don't have to be polite!

At 12:23 p.m. on April 7, 1862, the southeast entrance of Malacca was covered with gunpowder smoke after the artillery fire, which was another large-scale modern naval battle in the history of the world's navies after the Battle of the South China Sea.

Both fleets are the end of the crossbow, and at the same time in order to seize the strategic commanding heights, and launched a battle that is considered to be a dangerous move, maybe there are too many coincidences in this world, maybe God will not favor either side, the sneak attack of both sides turned into an unexpected decisive battle, for both sides think that they are not fully prepared, and the enemy is also not fully prepared, this is a huge test, whether it is for the will of the generals of both sides or the will of the officers and soldiers of the fleet, this is an unprecedented test, Only a desperate situation can test who is strong-willed in the end!

Plimpton. The two detachments commanded by Arthur were the first to fire, but they did not even miss a bullet at close range. Arthur put down the telescope very helplessly, it can be said that although the scale of the coalition navy is huge, the training and quality of the navies of various countries are not the same, so that such a naval fleet can achieve the purpose of unified operations? For Plimpton. For Arthur, this is probably a Vatican myth!

Plimpton. Arthur has now had some guesses about James. William failed because of it, but in his subconscious he still thought that James. William's defeat lies in the incompetence of others, otherwise even if the coalition fleet does not cooperate well, but the morale is still high, the most important thing is that the number of warships of the coalition forces occupies an absolute advantage, even if there are heavy casualties, they should still win! There should be no doubt about that.

"Three thousand meters from the right flank fleet of enemy ships! The main gun is 2.2, the speed is 15, and the crosswind is corrected! The gunner's excited voice changed his tone a little, Lin Haijiang calmly looked at the intersection of the two fleets, from 11,000 meters to 4,500 meters, the fleet of the Chinese Empire has always maintained a silent firepower, but the coalition fleet side is in full swing, the Changsha heavy cruiser located in the seventh place in the battle column was hit by the left wing fleet of the coalition forces and the hull was on fire, and was forced to hang up the signal flag of our ship's fire that was difficult to control, and withdrew from the battle, Lin Haijiang only nodded slightly after receiving the report, he can't have any distraction now, As long as the fleet and the coalition's right flank fleet are staggered at the intersection point of 1,200 meters, the eight warships on our side can completely carry out two and a half rounds of flank firing with all the main ship's guns, and if they can defeat the coalition's right flank fleet, then its aggressive left flank fleet will become an ornament, and the coalition forces should swallow the bitter fruit of their division of forces.

Plimpton. Arthur looked at the Chinese Imperial Fleet, which was heading straight for the right flank fleet, ignoring the left flank, and suddenly had a bad premonition. Arthur was stunned to find that the nine-inch main gun on the Queen Victoria hit the Zhenyuan ship, and a steel core bullet was actually bounced off?

At a distance of about 5,500 meters, the steel core projectiles fired at the high elevation angle of the nine-inch caliber main gun could not penetrate its waterline side armor? What kind of monster is that battleship? Speed up and down fifteen knots? What did the Prussians make for the Chinese Empire?

Plimpton soaked through the back of his shirt in a cold sweat. For the first time, Arthur felt the so-called fear, and it was also the first time he realized that he was so powerless. Although the number of warships of the Chinese Empire is small, but the overall tonnage of a single ship is too frightening, if it is not for the chimney and other vital points with weak protection, I am afraid that it will not be able to cause damage to it at all, and the most terrifying thing is that the warships of the Chinese Empire have always maintained an amazing silence in the rain of bullets, and the quality of such naval officers and men is even far superior to that of the British, at least not comparable to the French Navy!

Could this engagement be a mistake? Plimpton. Arthur didn't have time to think about it! He had already understood the other party's intentions, and used heavy artillery fire at the close point of the two fleets to deal a blow to the coalition forces, which was not only aimed at the coalition warships, but also the morale of the coalition forces!

"Send a signal so that the right-wing formations immediately evade! Fast! Be quick! "Plimpton. Arthur looked at the indifferent Rear Admiral Mitchell and yelled, while Rear Admiral Mitchell raised the telescope and said helplessly: "Within two thousand distances, if the right flank fleet turns, it is equivalent to exposing their weak flanks to the other side, this distance does not use the opponent's 260 mm main gun, even if it is a 100 mm secondary gun, it can produce enough damage to our warships, the protection of our warships is much weaker than the enemy's, the previous naval battle in the South China Sea, their flagship was shot at least a few hundred rounds!" ”

Plimpton. Arthur was amazed to glance at Major General Mitchell, who had always been obedient to him, because Major General Mitchell had adopted the name of a battle on the Chinese Empire's side, which was transmitted back by a newspaper reporter on the Hong Kong side, and the allied side became the War of Atonement!

The Chinese Empire expelled the British governors and suppressed all the immigrants and merchants, and the only people who could move freely by virtue of their rank were the newspaper reporters. Arthur seems to perceive something? If the purpose of leaving reporters behind is to leave a last room for the post-war maneuver, then today's battle will be meaningless.

The distance is 1,200 meters! The navigator had just reported out to read when two grenades of at least one hundred and fifty mm hit the left armored bridge of the Zhenyuan, and the hatch, which was supposed to be closed, remained open at all times due to the staff officer's back and forth! With the influx of a wave of qi, Lin Haijiang's eyes were dark and he suddenly lost consciousness!

Jia Wuji, who was standing behind Lin Haijiang, got up from the deck and shouted, "Medical officer rescue the Führer!" The main guns of the whole ship shoot at the enemy ships in the second and third series of battle positions! ”

Rumble! Boom! With the roar of the eight main guns of the Zhenyuan ship! The main guns of the seven heavy cruisers that followed also began to roar with momentum for a long time!

The first hit was a piece of cake for a well-trained gunner at a distance of 1,200 meters and the Imperial Chinese Navy! The 260 mm high-explosive shell deflected the entire Sharp, which was located in the second battle sequence of the coalition forces, by seven degrees, and the smoke from the explosion enveloped most of the battleship.

It can be said that the eight warships of the coalition battleships were all shot one after another, and the entire battle line suddenly collapsed, and the guns of seven of the battleships basically stopped firing, and the two battleships that were hit by bullets began to stop, and the personnel on the battleships that appeared tilted began to fight on the deck in a panic for lifeboats and lifebuoys.

At 13:41 p.m. on April 7, 1862, the second round of shelling by the Imperial Chinese Navy could be said to have completely routed the right flank of the Allied Army, and the lightly damaged Italian Light Sail armored protection cruiser with a standard displacement of 4,900 tons began to break away from the battle column and try to escape with billowing smoke.

(To be continued)