The Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers, which had arrived in the Arabian Sea, had already completed the formation of the entire fleet of warships during the previous voyage in the Red Sea, and the naval commanders of the joint expeditionary fleet had divided the huge fleet into several warbands, which would facilitate the naval engagement after encountering the enemy.

Now that the Joint Expeditionary Fleet has arrived in the Arabian Sea and is heading towards the Indian port of Mumbai, that is to say, it is getting closer and closer to the sea area controlled by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

The Joint Expeditionary Fleet had 72 powerful dreadnought battleships, and the fleet commanders of various countries tried their best to divide the 72 dreadnoughts into nine teams according to the ownership situation and the performance of the dreadnought battleships.

The British Navy's 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts and 4 Giant-class dreadnoughts were organized into the 1st Battleship Squadron, 8 St. Vincent-class dreadnoughts were organized into the 2nd Squadron, 6 Neptune-class dreadnoughts and 2 Valdo-class dreadnoughts of the Russian Navy were organized into the 3rd Squadron.

The Russian Navy's four Russian-class dreadnoughts and the French Navy's four Lone-class dreadnoughts were organized into the Fourth Squadron, and the other two Lone-class dreadnoughts and six Provence-class dreadnoughts were formed into the Fifth Squadron.

The German Navy's 8 Oldenburg-class dreadnoughts were organized into the 6th Squadron, 4 Westphalen-class dreadnoughts and 4 Helgoland-class dreadnoughts were organized into the 7th Squadron, and 6 Nassau-class dreadnoughts and 2 Austrian-class dreadnoughts were organized into the 8th Squadron.

4 Dante-class dreadnoughts of the Italian Navy, 2 Dante-class dreadnoughts of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and 2 Dante-class dreadnoughts of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Because it belonged to the dreadnought battleships of the same class, it was organized into the ninth warframe.

A squadron of 9 dreadnought battleships. The Entente had 5 navies and the Allied navies 4. As for the other types of warships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, they were also divided into different warbands according to their respective types, but these warbands were not evenly distributed as the Dreadnought battleship warships, each of which consisted of 8 ships.

For example, although the 72 all-steel battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet were also divided into 9 teams, because the Allied navy had 46 ships, it formed 6 teams, so that 4 of them were 8 all-steel battleships and 2 teams were 7 all-steel battleships.

Of the 26 all-steel battleships of the Allied Navy, two of them had nine all-steel battleships, and the 72 all-steel battleships were not evenly divided into nine teams.

The reason for this lies in the warring teams of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. Another characteristic of the composition is that the warships between the Entente and the Central Powers are of the same type, and they will not be integrated into the same team.

The 20 ironclad battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were divided into 3 squadrons, 66 large fast armored cruisers were divided into 8 squadrons, 180 fast protection cruisers were divided into 15 squadrons, 236 destroyer squadrons were divided into 20 squadrons, 308 torpedo boats were divided into 30 squadrons, and 48 submarines were divided into 6 squadrons.

In addition to these thousands of warships of various types in the navies of 7 countries. The Joint Expeditionary Fleet also has nearly 400 supply ships with a displacement ranging from more than 1,000 tons to tens of thousands of tons, allowing the Joint Expeditionary Fleet to form a long snake tens of kilometers long on the surface of the Arabian Sea, and the scene is extremely spectacular.

The Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, worried by the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. Although he did not come to the Arabian Sea at this time to find trouble with the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, he was not idle.

8 a.m. on November 6, 1908. Outside Chittagong in British India, the Fifth and Sixth Fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. All had been gathered here to prepare for an attack on the British Navy's Indian fleet in Chittagong. Completely deal with the Indian fleet of the British Navy, and do not let the Indian fleet of the British Navy merge with the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers from afar.

The size of that joint expeditionary fleet is already unusually large, don't let it gain weight again!

The configuration of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy is similar, the battleship formation has 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 6 all-steel battleships, and the 12 all-steel battleships of the 2 fleets have been captured in naval battles, but after some modifications in recent years, the combat effectiveness of these captured all-steel battleships is not weak.

In addition, the armored cruiser formations of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet also have 4 Taishan-class large fast armored cruisers and 4 Tsav-class large fast armored cruisers respectively, the Taishan-class is an improved version of the Tsaver class, and the standard displacement has increased by more than 2,000 tons compared with the Tsaver class, reaching 12,500 tons, and the full load displacement has reached 13,100 tons. The length of the ship is 139.5 meters, the width is 22.5 meters, the draft is 8.1 meters, 16 triple-type steam boilers are installed, 2 new steam engines are installed, the top speed reaches 28 knots, the waterline armor is 200 mm to 305 mm, the deck armor is 45 mm to 60 mm, the main gun turret armor is 350 mm, the secondary gun turret armor is 200 mm, and the conning tower armor is 350 mm. It is equipped with 4 twin 45x caliber 260 mm rapid-fire main guns, 16 single 45x caliber 155 mm rapid-fire secondary guns, 14 75 mm rapid-fire guns, 4 500 mm torpedo tubes, and a crew of 680 people.

The protective cruiser formation has 16 anti-modification protection cruisers and 16 anti-several protection cruisers, the anti-modification class is also an improved version of the anti-several class, with a full load displacement of 5800 tons, a maximum speed of 30 knots, waterline armor 100 mm to 200 mm, deck armor 45 mm to 60 mm, main gun turret armor 200 mm, secondary gun turret armor 100 mm, conning tower armor 200 mm, equipped with 3 twin 45 times caliber 210 mm rapid-fire main guns, 8 single-mount 45-caliber 155 mm rapid-fire secondary guns, 20 57 mm rapid-fire guns. 4 500 mm torpedo tubes, crew of 680 people.

The destroyer group has 16 destroyers of the destroyer class and 16 destroyers of the destroyer class. The standard displacement of the displacement grade is 1200 tons, and the full load displacement is 1400 tons. The ship is 86.4 meters long, 8.5 meters wide, 2.9 meters draft, can reach a maximum speed of 34 knots, is equipped with 2 single-mounted 45 times caliber 155 mm rapid-fire main guns, 8 47 mm rapid-fire guns and 2 500 mm torpedo tubes, and the crew is 120 people.

The torpedo boat formation has 24 Torpedo boats of the Mine B class and 24 torpedo boats of the Mine A class, which is also an improved version of the Mine A class with a displacement of 320 tons. The maximum speed is 36 knots, it is equipped with 4 47 mm rapid-fire guns, 3 500 mm torpedo tubes, and the crew is 30 people.

The submarine formations of the 5th and 62nd fleets have 12 Q-class submarines and 4 S-class submarines.

The entire Indian fleet of the British Navy has a total of 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, 8 all-steel battleships, 6 ironclad battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, 16 torpedo boats, 18 small gunboats and 4 submarines.

Although there is a huge difference in strength, the Indian fleet of the British Navy will not sit still, after being blocked by the two fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. The warships of the Indian fleet of the British Navy were also all in motion, cruising in the port of Chitta, preparing to cooperate with the coastal defense guns of the port of Chitta, to resist the attack of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

Inside the bridge of the British Navy's Indian fleet, the Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Magnificent Admiral Carragher, the commander of the Indian fleet, was standing in front of the observation window at this time, holding a telescope and looking at the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the distance, which could be seen from the bulging green tendons on Carragher's hand holding the telescope. He was in a very uneasy mood at this time.

Captain Welbeck, who was next to Carragher, was also holding a telescope, observing the situation of the Imperial Chinese Navy's fleet in the distance. Welbeck first put down the telescope and said with a helpless expression: "Your Excellency General." The current situation is very bad, the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet outside the port of Chitta, has 12 dreadnought battleships, while our Indian fleet has only 4 dreadnought battleships, the difference in strength is too great, once the Chinese Imperial fleet attacks, our Indian fleet will be more than lucky. ”

Carragher also put down the telescope at this time, and said with a solemn face: "The situation is indeed very bad, according to the size of the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet outside the port of Chitta, this should be the two main fleets of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and our Indian fleet is facing one of them, and it is also in a weak position, let alone the two main fleets now." ”

Welbeck sighed and said, "General, what are we going to do now?" After a while, we ......"

Welbeck's words were not finished, but Carragher understood what Welbeck meant, now that the two sides have a huge disparity in strength, after the fight, the end of the Indian fleet is likely to be very, very bad, even if the whole army is destroyed.

Carragher glanced out of Chitta's port again, and then said, "No matter how big the difference in strength is, for the honor of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, we can only fight with the fleet of the Chinese Empire to the end!" We also have the support of hundreds of large-caliber coastal defense guns in Chittay Port, and it cannot be said that there is no chance to hold Chittay Port at all. ”

Welbeck didn't take it, but he said in his heart that there was a chance, but it was very slim.

And outside the port of Chitta, the flagship of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the Dragon-class dreadnought battleship Dragon Scale, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, Wen Yu, said to Huang Hong, the commander of the Sixth Fleet: "Old Huang, now that our two fleets have arrived at the port of Chitta, it seems that it is time to deal with the British Indian fleet." ”

Huang Hong nodded and said: "According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers has arrived in the Arabian Sea, and we must deal with the British and Indian fleets before the joint expeditionary fleet reaches the Bay of Bengal, and then join up with the other four main fleets to have a decisive battle with the joint expeditionary fleet coming from afar." ”

Wen Yu nodded and said, "This naval battle with the British Indian fleet should be regarded as an appetizer before the decisive battle between our Imperial Chinese Imperial Navy and the Combined Expeditionary Fleet!" The strength of our 2 fleets far exceeds that of the British and Indian fleets, and there is no need to plan any tactics, so let the battleships take the lead and start the attack! ”

Huang Hong said without hesitation: "I think it's okay!" However, you have to be careful of those shore defense guns in the port of Chitta, so as not to cause unnecessary losses. ”

Wen Yu said with a smile: "The intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau shows that the British coastal defense guns in Chittaport are all old large-caliber guns with limited range, and our dreadnought battleships can knock out all these coastal defense guns outside the range of the British coastal defense guns, as long as the warships pay attention to it and don't run into the range of the shore defense guns, there will be no big problem." ”

At 8:20 a.m., the 12 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy formed a battle line on the sea about 20,000 meters away from the port of Jida, and launched the first round of main gun salvo against the British and Indian fleets in the port.

The Dragon-class dreadnought battleship has five double-mounted 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns, and because of the use of new gunpowder, the effective firing range has been increased to 22,000 meters, and 120 305 mm giant shells of 120 dragon-class dreadnought battleships have landed on the head of the Indian fleet in the port of Chitta.

"Boom-", the luck of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was good, a salvo of the Dragon-class dreadnought battleship had a very good start, a 305 mm shell directly hit the British Navy's Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Luman, and blew up a double 45 times caliber 305 mm main gun of the Luman, so that the Luhmann's main gun fire was lost four-fifths before the cannon was fired.

The salvo of the 12 Dragon-class dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire represents the beginning of the naval battle, and the British will certainly not be beaten back without fighting back, after the first salvo of the 12 Dragon-class dreadnoughts, it was not long before the Indian fleet's 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class dreadnoughts also counterattacked, but the first salvo of the main guns of the 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts did not produce any results. (To be continued......)

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