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The Chinese navy has arranged a large number of warships in the South China Sea this time, including two Queen Elizabeth-class warships that have just been installed and named 'Xianyang' and 'Chang'an', the Sovereign-class 'Zhujiang' and 'Heilongjiang', the U-2 submarine Jiaolong No. 1 to No. 10, two Invincible-class battle cruisers 'Qinhan' and 'Tang Song', and three Dreadnoughts: 'Ryukyu' and 'Taiwan'. Hainan', these are the capital ships, in addition to these there are some old cruisers and supply ships, this time China has concentrated more than 150,000 tons of navy in the South China Sea.

The naval battle was personally led by Sa Bingzhen, he took a dry Beiyang fleet veterans to stand on the deck of the flagship Xianyang with passion, he said to these veterans: "How many years, we finally attacked again, the world said that there is no navy in China after the first day of the war, this battle is another major event that determines the fortune of my Chinese country, we must not lose, my Chinese navy will take back the honor that belongs to us here, I hope you can witness with me, long live the Chinese navy!" ”

Many veterans were in tears, they were ruthlessly abandoned by the Qing government after the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, but they never forgot the shame of that time, they thought that they would never have the opportunity to fight with those powers again, but they did not expect that the great chairman gave them another chance, which made them grateful.

These veterans all replied sonorously: "It's the commander, the ship is here, and the ship is dead." ”

After hearing this, Sa Bingzhen said angrily: "Bastard, whoever taught you is not allowed to die, the ship is not there, the people must be there, the battleship can be built again if there is no one, and there is nothing left if the people are gone, you are the most valuable talents in the navy, Huaxia still needs you to teach more real naval talents, we still have a long way to go, listen to me, give me to go back alive." ”

After finishing speaking, Sa Bingzhen walked back to the flagship's office, as soon as he entered, his tears fell down, there will definitely be casualties in the war, and he doesn't want to see any of these veterans die, but after a while, he stopped crying, now their navy is too young, even with these advanced warships, they are still inexperienced, so this war will be very cruel.

The veterans outside are very determined, this time even if they fight for their lives, they will defeat the British army, although they also want to stay and hand over more new navy, but they are old, maybe this is their last naval battle, so they have to leave themselves to the sea they miss day and night.

On the Qin-Han ship, a naval recruit asked the captain, "Captain, will we be able to defeat the British Far East Fleet this time?" ”

"We must win, this is the sea area of China, and most of the British Far East Fleet are warships from more than ten years ago, even if there are new ones, there will not be many, see my flagship, it is a battleship that even Britain does not have, so we will definitely win this time. Don't be afraid, you recruits, just do what you are told. ”

After hearing this, the recruits in the vicinity looked at the two flagships, and then looked at those huge warships were very proud, they had never even seen such huge warships when they had not yet entered the navy, they knew that these warships were only available to the powerful Western powers, and they believed that one day their own navy would be able to compete with the navies of those great powers.

On the other side of the British Far East Fleet's flagship, Vice Admiral Alfred Winslow was discussing with a group of men, and he said to his men: "Damn pigtails, they dare to challenge the authority of the British Empire, damn the army is simply the scum of the empire, their defeat in Tibet has disgraced the face of the empire, I really don't know what they are doing in India and Myitkyina." ”

A Rear Admiral named Fergas stood up and said: "According to the news from the Empire, the current size of the Chinese navy has exceeded 100,000 tons of tonnage, and some of those warships are more advanced than those of our fleet, so we must be cautious. ”

Alfred Winslow said angrily: "Damn the naval headquarters, our fleet hasn't updated any warships over the years, aren't these colonies in Asia important?" The Chinese navy is very rubbish, you see that their warships were similar to the Japanese back then, but they still lost, and they lost so completely, even if they have these warships now, they are not our opponents, and an excellent navy is not so easy to train. ”

Another rear admiral's eyes lit up, "The prime minister said, the army has also experienced a huge defeat in India, and the hope of the empire is in the hands of our navy, and we will definitely be knighted when we return to China after defeating the Chinese navy this time, which is a rare opportunity for our fleet, and we will never have to stay in this small fleet in the future." ”

The officers were very excited after hearing this, they thought that this mission would not be difficult, and there would be a rich reward, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The British Far East Fleet not only has the "Indian Fleet" and the former "Chinese Fleet" this time, but also the East India Fleet, and the rest are several "Sovereign" class battleships, "Invincible" class, "Old Man Star" class, and one "Dreadnought" sent by Britain after learning about the Chinese warships.

The five armored cruisers of the British Navy are all old goods from more than ten or twenty years ago, and the main force of the British Navy's 'Chinese fleet' in the past includes two 'Nelson-class' armored cruisers, namely 'Nelson' and 'Northampton'. The displacement of the 'Nelson' is 7,473 tons, and the 'Northampton' is 7,630 tons. The ship is 85.34 meters long, 18.29 meters wide, 7.54 meters draft, 6,600 horsepower, and has a maximum voyage of 14 knots. It was armed with 4 254-mm naval guns, 8 228-mm naval guns, 6 20-pounder guns, 6 6-pounder guns and 8 3-pounder guns. Two 'Savage' armored cruisers, 'Savage' and 'War Wey'. The Savage Class has a displacement of 8,500 tons, a length of 96.01 meters, a width of 18.9 meters, a draft of 8.5 meters, a power of 8,000 horsepower, and a top sailing speed of 16 knots. It was armed with 4 234-mm naval guns, 6 152-mm naval guns, and 4 6-pounder guns. The Orlando-class armored cruiser USS Aurora is also the latest armored cruiser in the British Far East Fleet. The Goddess of Aurora has a displacement of 5,600 tons, a length of 91.5 meters, a width of 17.07 meters, and a draft of 6.68 meters. The power is 5600 horsepower, the top range is 17 knots, and the short-term emergency can reach 18 knots. It was armed with two 234-mm guns, 10 152-mm guns, six 6-pounder guns and 10 3-pounder guns.

Britain also has 6 'Sovereign-class' battleships, 'Empress of India', 'Hood', 'Lami', 'Counter-Attack', 'Resolve' and 'Royal Oak', the 'Sovereign class' here is different from the 'Sovereign class' of the Chinese Navy, the Chinese one is modeled on the 'Revenge' class, while the British Far East Fleet's is 15,800 tons, and the Chinese is 30,000 tons. There are also two 'invincible-class' battlecruisers and one 'dreadnought', the two 'old man' battleships are 'Goliath' and 'Revenge', the ship has a displacement of 13,360 tons, the main armament is four 350mm guns, launched in October 1897, the size is 128m×23m×8m and three Edgar-class first-class protection cruisers.

Originally, Britain's fleet in the Far East was less than 100,000 tons, but because Britain was afraid that its interests would be harmed and that it would deter Japan and Russia, Britain transferred a 'Dreadnought' and other warships to the Indian Ocean, so that Britain's Far East Fleet now has a tonnage of 150,000.

Vice Admiral Winslow led the fleet to China continuously, and now he was not afraid of the Chinese navy at all, in his opinion, the poor navy of China was simply beyond his strength to compare with the imperial navy, and the only one who could threaten his fleet in the Far East was the Japanese navy. He thought that after defeating the Chinese navy, he would go to China to loot some property, he had seen in China the things brought back by those navies who had participated in the war against China, and every time he fantasized about how good it would be for him to participate in those battles, he could get endless enjoyment of the goods, and there were no longer a few British navy with this dream with him.

The British Far East Fleet sailed quickly through the Natuna Sea into the South China Sea, and Winslow received information from Hainan that the Chinese navy had departed, but because the spies were not able to get close to the naval base in Hainan, they did not get the real strength of the Chinese navy.

Winslow immediately asked the navy soldiers to prepare when he received the information, and he guessed that the navy of Huaxia would ambush them in their path, so he became very cautious. But they did not know that their every move was under the supervision of the Huaxia reconnaissance submarines, which had been lurking near the Natuna Islands two days earlier, and that the two submarines had been following the British Navy since they saw the British Far East Fleet.