The naval battle between the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy and the British Indian Fleet had been going on for more than ten minutes, and the British Navy's Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Luhmann was hit by two 305-mm shells, which was already the fifth and sixth 305-mm shells hit by the Luhmann after the battle.

The 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet were unlucky to be hit by a 305-mm Dragon-class dreadnought battleship shell in the first salvo 20,000 meters away from the British and Indian fleets, and before they could fire, they lost 1 double-mounted 45 times caliber 305 mm main gun, directly losing one-fifth of the Luhmann's main gun firepower.

This is not the end, and then 3 305-mm shells that were hit one after another brought a lot of injuries to the Luhmann, one of which fell on the deck of the Luhmann, penetrated the deck armor of the Luhmann, and exploded inside the Luhmann's hull, fortunately, there was no key place in this part, only destroyed several cabins, 2 anti-aircraft guns were implicated and blown up, and a lot of fire was ignited.

There was also a 305 mm shell that directly penetrated the Luhmann's waterline armor, and after its internal explosion, the four boilers of the Luhmann were completely paralyzed at once, causing the Luhmann's speed to drop a lot, and the other shell hit the Luhmann's armor under the water, opening a large hole a few meters square for the Luhmann, although the British naval officers and men of the Luhmann used the method of closing the ship's cabin. As a result, the Luhmann stopped pouring in a few hundred tons of seawater, but the Luhmann, which was carrying hundreds of tons of seawater, was a little slower.

The Luhmann, which was slowing down, was easier to target. In the 10th salvo of the main guns of the 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, two 305-mm shells hit the Luhmann in succession. One of the shells was so lethal that it pierced the waterline armor and exploded near one of the Luhmann's main gun shell magazines.

The steel wall of the ammunition compartment was like paper paste under the power of the explosion of the 305 mm shells, and then an unusually strong explosion sounded in the Luhmann, and the 305 shells in the ammunition compartment of hundreds of rounds exploded, and the British Navy's Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Luhmann, with a full load displacement of 22,359 tons, could not withstand such an explosion and was almost blown in two. It began to sink slowly into the sea.

On the bridge of the British Navy's Indian fleet's flagship Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship HMS Magnificent, Captain Welbeck shouted in horror to Carragher, commander of the Indian fleet: "Your Excellency, HMS Luhmann is finished!" It seems that the ammunition compartment of the Luhmann was detonated! ”

Carragher's face was very gloomy, and the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire outside the port of Chitta, which had been kept at a distance of about 20,000 meters, was shelling its own warships in the port of Chitta, so that only 12 dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet could fire guns, and only the main guns of 12 dreadnought battleships could fire on the British and Indian fleets.

However, at this distance, the Indian fleet only had the main guns of 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships capable of counterattacking the 12 dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet. Moreover, the 12 dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet concentrated their main gun fire on the 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, which was equivalent to the British Indian fleet could only defeat 4 enemies and 12.

The British's Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships were slightly inferior to the Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire in terms of overall performance. Nowadays, 4 against 12, the situation of naval battles can be imagined.

The 12 dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet were about 20,000 meters, so that the range of hundreds of shore defense guns in the port of Jida could not be fired. Even the longest-range shore defense artillery can only shoot to 18,000 meters. It could not pose a threat to the 12 dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire at a distance of about 20,000 meters.

Originally, after the last war between Lin Daxin and the Eight-Nation Alliance, most countries in the world began to upgrade the shore defense artillery in their respective ports. Large-caliber coastal defense guns with larger caliber and longer range were installed to cope with the ultra-long range of the main guns of dreadnought battleships, but although India was the most important British colony, it was only a colony in the end, and the British shore defense gun upgrade plan must give priority to the ports of the British mainland.

As for the original large-caliber coastal defense guns currently used in India's ports, the British could not have predicted that the war would break out again so soon, otherwise they would definitely upgrade the coastal defense guns in Jitai Port first, and the hundreds of large-caliber coastal defense guns in the current port could only watch the excitement from the sidelines, and they could not even fire their guns on the 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

In fact, not only the Luhmann itself was unlucky, but also 1 British fast protection cruiser was also unlucky, being directly hit by a 305-mm shell that missed 1 shot, and disappeared into the sea without holding out for a few minutes.

The commander of the Indian fleet, Carragher, said to Captain Welbeck of the Magnificent in a deep voice: "If this continues, our Indian fleet will not be able to escape the fate of total annihilation, and the commander of the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet is very cunning, knowing that the range of our coastal defense guns in Jida Port cannot reach 20,000 meters, so at a distance of about 20,000 meters, use the main guns of 12 dreadnoughts to shell our 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, if our 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships lose their combat effectiveness, They can continue to bombard the coastal defense guns of our port of Chitta, as well as the other warships of our fleet, and wear us to death little by little. ”

Captain Welbeck of the Magnificent said helplessly: "Now that the Luhmann is certain to sink, we only have 3 dreadnought battleships left, and if we continue to fight like this, our 3 ships are also dangerous!" I really don't know what those gentlemen in the country think, we have applied to the country for many plans to upgrade the coastal defense guns of India's major ports, but they have all sunk into the sea, and there is no movement at all, if the coastal defense artillery of the Chittay port can support us now, the situation will not be so bad! ”

Carragher sighed and said: "It's useless to say anything else, we have to find a way out of such a bad situation, it seems that we can only choose to break through." Otherwise, our entire Indian fleet is in danger. ”

Welbeck frowned and said, "We are running away now...... Is it too late to break through? Can you break through? Where can we break through? ”

Carragher hesitated for a moment and said, "There is still a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough. If you stay in the port of Chitta, you can only wait for death. Let all the warships break through to the southwest, and we will go to the Arabian Sea, and wait for the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers. ”

Carragher, the commander of the British Indian fleet, saw that the 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire were only firing a salvo of their main guns at about 20,000 meters at their own warships in the port of Chitta, and had already sunk the Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Luhmann, and immediately felt that it was impossible to go on like this, so he ordered the remaining 3 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, 8 all-steel battleships, 6 ironclad battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 7 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, Sixteen torpedo boats, 18 small gunboats and four submarines broke through outside the port of Chitta.

The Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy immediately discovered the movement of the British and Indian fleets in the port of Chitta, and knew that the British were not prepared to be beaten like this, after all, 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships fought 4 British dreadnought battleships. No, now it has become 3, and 1 of the British dreadnoughts is about to disappear into the sea, and the British are too bad.

On the bridge of the Dragon-class dreadnought battleship Dragon Scale, the flagship of the Royal Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, Wen Yu, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, immediately contacted Huang Hong, the commander of the Sixth Fleet, and prepared to let the warships of the two fleets intercept the British and Indian fleets that were preparing to escape.

Huang Hong, the commander of the Sixth Fleet, had already returned from the Dragon Scale to the Dragon Fly, the flagship of the Sixth Fleet, before the first salvo of 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships.

The British Indian fleet chose to break through, which was exactly what the two commanders of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Imperial Navy wanted. Relying only on the main guns of 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, it would take a lot of time to destroy the dreadnought battleships of the Indian fleet and the shore defense guns in the harbor, and they did not want to delay too much here. So much so that the Fifth and Sixth Fleets were delayed to join the other 4 main fleets, especially outside the range of the shore defense guns, and all the shore defense guns were eliminated with the main guns. It will take at least a few days.

In order to completely destroy the dozens of large and small warships of the British and Indian fleets, it was necessary to destroy all the dreadnought battleships and hundreds of shore defense guns of the Indian fleet. Then let the warships of other types of the two main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire be swarmed up.

The British Indian fleet wanted to break through. It is definitely not so easy, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire gathered 2 main fleets outside the port of Jida is not a dry meal, although considering the decisive battle with the Entente and the Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the mythical aircraft carrier was not allowed to appear in this naval battle, and the killer weapon will not be taken out easily, but the overall strength of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet has far surpassed the British and Indian fleets.

With such a strong concentration of strength, can the British Indian fleet leave easily? It's simply impossible!

And if the British and Indian fleets were to be allowed to leave, and they would be able to join up with the combined expeditionary fleets of the Entente and the Central Powers, if they fled to the vicinity of the waters of the Chinese Empire, it would not be at the time of the great battle at sea, leaving a huge hidden danger behind, and the remnants of the British and Indian fleets would threaten the coastal ports of the Chinese Empire.

Then the cannon outside the port of Chitta, all the warships of the British and Indian fleets broke out of the port of Chitta, and launched a full-scale exchange of fire with the two main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire blocked outside the port.

From the very beginning, the whole breakout battle has entered a white heat, the cannon outside the port of Jida rumbled, the sound of explosions continued to sound, and the sound became more and more dense, this is the distance between the fleets of the two sides is close, more warships are put into the bombardment, from time to time there are more violent explosions, indicating that the ammunition compartment or boiler of a certain warship may have exploded, and the fate of the warship that has been martyred can be imagined.

With a loud bang, another British Navy all-steel battleship exploded violently, this all-steel battleship had just been hit by a 305-mm shell, hit the front of the hull, and suddenly penetrated the waterline armor, directly penetrated the torpedo launch bay in the front of the hull before exploding, and suddenly detonated dozens of 533-mm torpedoes at the same time, so that the bow of the all-steel battleship was suddenly blown to pieces, and the seawater almost poured into the hull along the gap, and soon after, the stern was warped out of the sea. The all-steel battleship plunged diagonally into the sea.

Excluding the all-steel battleship, which was about to sink, by half past ten o'clock in the afternoon, there were not many warships of the British and Indian fleets left on the sea outside the port of Chitta.

In the nearly 2-hour breakout, the British and Indian fleets suffered extremely heavy losses, leaving only 2 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, 3 all-steel battleships, 2 ironclad battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 1 fast protection cruiser, 4 destroyers, 5 torpedo boats, and most of them were still wounded, and all 18 small gunboats and 4 submarines of the Indian fleet had been sunk.

The slow speed of the small gunboats is easy to be locked by the naval guns, and the caliber of the naval guns itself is small, and the threat to other warships is basically negligible, and the naval battle that broke through was not long in progress, and the 18 small gunboats of the British and Indian fleets were hit one after another, and then disappeared into the sea without exception.

The 4 submarines of the British and Indian fleets, although they were under the surface of the sea, did not escape the fate of being sunk, they were besieged by 12 Q-class submarines and 4 S-class submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which were more advanced.

The problem is that the British and Indian fleets have paid such a heavy price, but there is no warship at all that can break through the interception of the warships of the two main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and what makes the officers and men of the British and Indian fleets even more depressed is that they can't retract the port of Chitta, and even the way back from the port of Chittay has been cut off by the warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. (To be continued......)