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【242】The Royal Navy in Hell

The East India Fleet did go to hell.

The 30 026 Fish # Mineboats of the North Sea Fleet had secretly arrived at Lufeng three days earlier, accompanied by the transport and supply ships of the East China Sea Fleet.

Because the five battleships of the North Sea Fleet were damaged in the Battle of the Yangtze River Estuary, and the hulls of the five battleships were broken and broken by British artillery, they had to be repaired in Shanghai, and after half a year, the repair has been completed, but considering the defense needs of Bohai Bay, the supply and support work of the three 026 Fish # Mineboat Brigades to the south was handed over to the East China Sea Fleet.

In Yao Fan's view, the combat strength of the 30 026 was much higher than that of any warship formation in Asia in those years, so the East China Sea Fleet only transferred two steam paddle steamer carriers under the original steamship China Merchants as supply support ships.

In 2013, the 026 fish #Thunder boat that #shou gave Yao Fan is actually a modified # of the 026 type II, with an all-steel hull and a V-shaped hydrofoil, which can be used at a speed of 50 knots to fly on the sea surface by relying on the hydrofoil, instead of taxiing on the water.

In addition to the two 533mm, that is, 21-inch large-caliber fish # torques, there are also two 14.5mm twin-mounted high-level dual-purpose carrier-based aircraft qiang towers in the front and rear.

As a small fish # torpedo boat, the 026's endurance is not outstanding, although the diesel engine has been modified many times, but the endurance has only increased from the original 400 km to 550 km, so the 026 all the way south must carry two transport supply ships full of diesel barrels.

But the large-scale cluster of 30 026, no matter against any battleship formation of this era, is as unstoppable as death has descended. The high speed of 50 knots allowed the 026 to move on the surface more agile than most naval guns of the era. The 533mm large-caliber Fish # Mine, even the thickness of the aircraft carrier's armor in 2013 could not resist.

Compared with the 70-meter attack range of the world's leading level of the Fish# Mine, which was first adopted by Russia in 1878, the 533mm Fish# Mine in 2013 has been improved# for more than a century.

However, taking into account the scientific and technological level of 1877, the military industry department in 2013 still castrated the performance, from the dual guidance of wire control plus terminal sonar guidance, castrated to a single terminal sonar guidance, from the maximum launch distance of 50 kilometers for self-use models to 3 kilometers, which basically requires the fish # torpedo boat to rush into the range of the opponent's main gun before it can be launched.

But this is also a helpless move, since the wire control has been removed, it can only rely purely on the sonar system.

Unlike the sonar system of large ships with a detection range of more than 40 kilometers, the working distance of the small sonar carried on the torpedo is only about 4 kilometers, which requires that the launch distance is best controlled within this radius, so according to the combat regulations formulated by Yao Fan's 1877 Navy in 2013, the optimal attack distance is set at 3 kilometers.

With the help of the small Fish# Mine Attack Radar on the 026 boat# for aiming parameters, the Fish# Mine will quickly adjust its attitude after launch, enter the predetermined launch parameters, and then turn on its own sonar system to lock the attack target.

Since the full tonnage of 026 is only more than 39 tons, it is equipped with a small fish # mine attack radar for surface target search The power is not large, and the sea search radius is only about 37 kilometers, but for 1877, which is still half a century away from the birth of the world's first practical radar, 026 is really an invincible maritime hegemon............ Yes, a fish # torpedo boat with a displacement of 39 tons...... Absolute sea hegemon!

Therefore, when a large number of British warships anchored at Stanley Military Port pulled anchor and set sail, three Fish# Mineboat Brigades composed of 30 026 Fish# Mineboats that completed the last replenishment mission from Lufeng Port in Guangdong Province were already waiting for their arrival on the sea.

"Three-quarters full, left-hand rudder 15, reference Lantau Lighthouse, into the departure route." Brusto, commander of the East India Fleet, personally gave navigation instructions to the flagship Iron Duke with a displacement of 6,010 tons.

As the large and small war support ships of the Anglo-French combined fleet sailed away one after another, the South China Sea was now bleak in the eyes of the British colonists, and the vast blue came into view, bringing extreme sorrow to these invaders.

"Britain will be back!" Brusto, commander of the East India Fleet, said to the naval officers beside him with sad faces.

Hearing Brusto say this, everyone put away their sad faces and stood up straight and solemn: "Yes, Your Excellency General, Britain will come back." ”

At this moment, in such a situation without warning, the Iron Duke suddenly received a huge blasting attack, a quietly approaching 533mm fish # Lei was in the stern of the Iron Duke, and the water pressure generated by the huge explosion instantly crushed the iron armor shell of the entire rear half of the Iron Duke. This ironclad ship, which can be called the treasure of the East India Fleet, instantly seemed to be a papier-mâché sacrifice, but it was kicked from behind and half shattered in an instant.

In an instant, the whole ship seemed to be pinched by a big hand in the dark, and stabbed a fierce stab at the sea in front of it, and then suddenly bounced back, and sat down in the sea, and the bow of the ship was completely cocked out of the sea, and began to sink with a creaking sound amid the terrified cries of the sailors, soldiers, and immigrants on board.

The water column on the sea surface caused by the explosion of this 533mm fish # mine is more than ten meters high, and the kinetic energy of the explosion that cannot be vented underwater is fully transmitted to the target through the sea water that is 1,000 times denser than the air, so that the yield of this explosion is almost equivalent to hundreds of tons of TN#T explosive# explosives exploding in the air, and the consequences can be imagined, even the aircraft carriers and battleships of later generations cannot withstand the thunderous blow of the 533 caliber fish # thunder. What's more, it is an ironclad ship that has not yet transitioned to the pre-dreadnought era in this year.

All of a sudden, the alarm sounded loudly on the sea, and all the ships of the Combined Fleet were frantically shaking the brass alarm bells on the ships, and all the sailors on each ship entered the combat posts, and the rapid brass bells resounded on the sea, like a death knell.

Soon, the Combined Fleet found itself surrounded by dozens of fast, unspeakable dinghys moving at high speed in the distance, speeding across the sea several kilometers away at speeds that did not belong to this era, occasionally throwing out long-tube fish# torpedoes on the side of the boats.

"Damn lookout! How did these bastards not find those Chinese clippers! The commander of the French Far East Fleet, Molajère, nervously dropped the telescope and scolded angrily.

"China's clippers are too small! It's hard to spot such a small ship visually! The officers explained anxiously

"The Iron Duke is finished, and I now announce that the combined fleet has the cruiser Pasadena as its flagship, and I will take command! All the battleships immediately scattered and fired at the Chinese clippers! ”

"Yes."

While the Combined Fleet was in chaos and the Pasadena was panicked with flags and lights, the three Fish#Mineboat Brigades of the North Sea Fleet had already completed the encirclement of the Combined Fleet in the southwest, southeast, and northeast directions.