"Damn! What do these Chinese want to do? Order the 'Orlando-class' battleships and the 'Southampton-class' light cruisers to enter the battlefield and get ready to intercept those damn yellow-skinned monkeys! Order all the secondary guns to fire with all their might, and not let the Chinese light battleships approach us! "The Commander of the Home Fleet of the British Navy, George . Admiral Satrus yelled.

"Yes, General!" Chief of Staff Thomas. Lieutenant General Maitland also felt the danger. Despite the fact that the battleship secondary guns of the British Navy were already desperately firing, the results achieved were not great. This makes the entire fleet seem to be in danger.

There were eight more 'Orlando-class' battleships of the British Navy, and since the beginning of the battle, they have been operating on the left side of the battle line. In order to avoid being injured by mistake, they were not close to the battle line, and it was almost impossible to rush into the battlefield in time to intercept the light warships of the Imperial Navy.

In addition, as time passed, the distance between the light warships of the Imperial Navy and the battleships of the British Navy was also getting closer.

Six minutes later, the Imperial Navy's 'Nakshatra-class' cruisers and 'Tiangang-class' destroyers were only four kilometers away from the British Navy's battle line. After another four to five minutes, they will be able to get into the effective firing range and launch an attack.

At this moment, the British shelling was also more intense, and shells continued to fly over their heads, falling into the sea, blowing up columns of water.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The guns in the bow of the Imperial Navy's 'Nakshatra-class' cruisers and 'Earthshatter-class' destroyers were also firing desperately, trying to suppress the secondary guns of the British Navy's battleships, so that their own battleships could follow the battle line that was closer to the British. But. The number of secondary guns of the light battleships of the Imperial Navy was significantly less than that of the battleships of the British Navy. There is simply no way to suppress them.

The eight battleships of the Imperial Navy were also firing desperately. At a time when the attention of the British Navy was attracted by the light warships of the Imperial Navy. It is a good opportunity to give them a fatal blow.

"Boom!" A ball of fire rose on the foredeck of the Imperial Navy's cruiser USS Golden Goat. The twin 155-mm naval guns were immediately lifted away. A 155-mm shell from the British Navy hit the cruiser "Ghost Golden Goat". Fortunately, the shell only destroyed the main gun located on the foredeck and did no other damage.

Under the intensive firepower of the British Navy, these light warships of the Imperial Navy paid a certain amount of casualties. However, none of the battleships were heavily damaged, and the main combat power was not damaged. Even if they are wounded. They all insisted on moving on. It was the debut of the Imperial Navy's torpedo attack, and no one wanted to be absent.

At 11:08 a.m. on January 6, 1855, the decisive battle between the 5th Fleet of the Imperial Navy and the Home Fleet of the British Navy officially began.

The cruiser "Star Horse" of the Imperial Navy was the first to rush to a place less than 800 meters away from the battleship "Ben Bauau" of the British Navy. In the face of heavy enemy fire, six 450-mm medium torpedoes were fired from the bow of the cruiser "Star Horse". The torpedo fanned out and rushed towards the battleship 'Ben Bau' at a high speed of 20 knots.

After firing the torpedo, the cruiser "Xingri Ma" immediately turned at a large angle and accelerated to escape. It takes time for the torpedo tubes in the bow of the ship to reload the torpedo. Wait until after reloading the torpedo. The cruiser Star Sun Horse will come back again.

The rest of the 'Nakshatra-class' cruisers and 'Earthshatter-class' destroyers also came into torpedo range one after another, fired torpedoes, and then quickly fled. To ensure an accurate hit on the target. The first ships of the Imperial Navy to launch lightning strikes were targeted at the first five battleships of the British Navy's battle line.

16 battleships, a total of 78 torpedoes were fired. These torpedoes. Like a shark at the bottom of the sea, it quickly rushed towards the battle line of the British Navy. A distance of a thousand meters is for a torpedo at high speed. It only takes a little more than a minute. To ensure hitting the target, all battleships fired torpedoes in a fan-shaped fashion. Such. It will be able to ensure that no matter how the enemy escapes, there will always be torpedoes that hit the enemy.

The light warships of the Chinese Navy immediately turned around and fled after firing torpedoes, which made the British Navy a little strange, and they did not understand what the Chinese Navy was doing.

At first, the British Navy thought that the Chinese Navy was planning to return the British Navy's battleships with light warships. However, whether these light warships launched suicide attacks or attacked the battleships of the British Navy by ramming. But this requires a battleship to collide directly! Now, the light warships of the Chinese Navy have escaped when they are still a full thousand meters away from the battleships of the British Navy, which makes the British Navy a little confused.

"What's going on? Could it be that those Chinese gave up the attack? "The Commander of the Home Fleet of the British Navy, George . Admiral Satrus frowned. However, he sensed that things would not be so simple. How could the Chinese Navy launch a useless attack? In this, there must be some conspiracy.

Six torpedoes rushed towards the battleship 'Ben Bo' at high speed. At this time, the battleship 'Ben Bao' was completely unaware of the impending danger. The officers and men on the battleship were still cheering for the escape of the light warships of the Chinese Navy, and almost everyone thought that they could breathe a sigh of relief.

The battleship 'Ben Bauau' was the fourth of the British Navy's 'Admiral-class' battleships, and it was the newest battleship to enter service with the British Navy. With a displacement of 13,000 tons, the battleship Ben Bauer was already the most powerful battleship in service in the British Navy. The ship's five twin 11-inch guns were enough to shred any enemy.

However, in the face of the enemy from underwater, the battleship 'Ben Bao' was not at all defenseless.

Of the six torpedoes fired by the cruiser "Xingrima" of the Imperial Navy, two missed, and the battleship "Benbao" did not hit. Because when the torpedo arrived, the battleship 'Ben Bau' had already sailed by. In addition, one torpedo, because the depth was too deep, got through the belly of the battleship 'Ben Bao'.

However, the remaining three torpedoes accurately hit the battleship 'Ben Bo'. Three torpedoes hit the bow and amidships of the battleship 'Benbao' one after another. A torpedo exploded two meters below the waterline under the bow of the battleship 'Benbo', and the warhead charge of the 450-mm medium torpedo reached 40 kg. The terrifying power of the torpedo explosion directly tore through the weak underwater armor of the battleship 'Ben Bo' and blew a large hole under the bow of the battleship. The British officers and sailors on the battleship were all thrown away due to the violent explosion, and many of them were even seriously injured. In addition, some sailors who were operating the secondary artillery were thrown directly into the river.

"What's going on? What happened? The officers and men of the British Navy looked at each other.

It was at this time that two more torpedoes hit the apostle of the battleship 'Ben Boug'. Both torpedoes exploded near the waterline, less than ten meters apart. The violent explosion tore through the armor of the battleship 'Ben Bao'. The sea rushed into the battleship of the Ben Bau. The three huge loopholes could not be plugged at all, and this directly pronounced the fate of the battleship 'Ben Bao'.

"Your Excellency, the battleship 'Ben Bao' exploded for unknown reasons!" On the flagship battleship Collingwood, a junior officer looked at George Brown with a panicked expression. Admiral Satrus reported.

"Damn, what the hell is going on? Ask about the situation! "George. Admiral Satrus yelled.

Immediately afterward, explosions were heard. Those powerful battleships of the British Navy exploded one after another.

The battleship "Rodney" was hit by 4 torpedoes, and these four torpedoes, lightly, shredded the underwater armor of the battleship "Rodney". In addition, the keel of the battleship was also broken in the violent explosion, and the entire battleship was blown in two.

The battleship 'Anson' was even more unlucky, with a total of 10 torpedoes hitting the unfortunate battleship. In the violent explosion, the battleship 'Anson' was directly blown into pieces and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The battleship 'Giant' was also a target for the Imperial Navy. Caught off guard, the battleship ate 3 torpedoes. Although, these three torpedoes did not cause fatal damage to the battleship "Giant". However, large holes were blown out of the water in the bow and starboard side, and although they were blocked, there was too much water ingress, which caused the battleship "Giant" to collapse, and the speed of the battleship was greatly affected. In addition, the battleship's guns could no longer fire at the battleships of the Imperial Navy in the distance due to the angle. It can be said that the battleship 'Giant' no longer has any effect.

Seeing this, the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, George Murphy. Admiral Satrus and Chief of Staff Thomas. Vice Admiral Maitland's mind was blank, they did not expect that the attack of the Chinese Navy would be so sharp, and in the blink of an eye, the battleships of the British Navy were heavily damaged and even sunk. The most important thing is that they don't even know how the enemy is attacking.

"Underwater! The Chinese's attack comes from underwater, dodge quickly! Suddenly, a sailor on the starboard side of the battleship Collingwood shouted. When everyone was stunned by the fact that his capital ships were hit one after another, he happened to see a torpedo traveling at high speed underwater, and immediately warned him. (To be continued......)

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