The British fleet ignored it, and broke into the ambush circle of the Taiping Invincible Armada with the attitude of knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and favoring the tigers.

They really didn't believe that the Armada could do anything to them.

However, the self-confidence of the British fleet is not blindly self-confident, they do have the capital of self-confidence, which can be seen from the strength of their fleet.

If nothing else, let's just say that the British fleet that is imprinted in the eye at a glance can be seen.

At this time, the British Navy's huge destroyer formation was guarding hundreds of transport ships, carrying a large number of British soldiers, approaching the docks of New Delhi.

Obviously, in the minds of the British king, India is very important, and the British Empire cannot lose the fat of India lightly in any case, not to mention, this is also related to the face of the British Empire.

At the same time, the British Monarch had other fears, and if they lost India this time, the other colonies would follow suit, and at that point the situation would become out of control, which the British Empire obviously did not want.

Therefore, it was very important for Britain to keep the colony of India.

In that case, it is normal to send heavy troops to help.

But how could the British army come so quickly, not long after William's letter of request for reinforcements was sent, reinforcements came.

It turned out that in Asia, because there were colonies of India's size and other important commercial interests, in addition to the Indian colonies, Britain also stationed a large number of troops in a place called Bilcutta in the Indian Ocean.

This place is called Bilcutta, to be precise. It should be an island country with more than 100 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean, but although it is an island country, its geographical location is quite important, it is almost like a nail in the Indian Ocean, guarding the golden shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean. Almost all merchant ships and fleets that pass through the Indian Ocean must pass through Guò Bilcutta.

Therefore, it makes sense that Britain has a heavy military presence in such a strategically important place.

The island of Bilcutta was originally home to a large number of indigenous people, but after the British took over the place, these indigenous names no longer existed, and the British killed all the indigenous people here and turned it into a British military base.

Of course, Britain has established a military base here not only because of its strategic location. More importantly, it was close to the British colonies on the Asian continent, especially the Indochinese colonies, which could reach the Indian subcontinent in almost a day or so from Bilcutta, so that the British could easily protect their interests from infringement.

And on the other hand. This is also the reason why William's letter was not sent long before the British rescue army arrived.

And. William's luck was really good, this rescue operation coincided with the British Royal Navy's Atlantic Fleet training in Calcutta, so the British fleet sent to the rescue this time was extremely large, in addition to the naval fleet originally stationed in Calcutta, the Atlantic Fleet also joined. This is almost half of the strength of the British Navy.

In this way, it is normal for them to ignore the Taiping Armada.

The British fleet felt that their strength was much higher than that of the Taiping Armada, and it was normal to despise them, which made it easier to understand why they rushed into the ambush circle of the Armada without hesitation.

If it's a fragile ambush circle. Can this be considered an ambush circle, it is clearly not, the British fleet thinks so.

However, the course of the battle was not as the British had hoped.

It was only after the Armada opened fire that the British understood that they were in big trouble.

The Armada was not as weak as they thought.

And what Li Hongzhang and others want is the contempt of the British, and only by despising can the Invincible Armada have a chance.

At first, they were still worried that the British would not break into their ambush circle as they wished, but it turned out that their worries were unnecessary, and every qiē was unexpectedly smooth, and the British had an arrogance beyond their imagination, they even ignored the existence of the Armada and broke into the ambush circle without hesitation.

In this case, the dishes delivered to the door, the Armada is disrespectful.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang immediately ordered the Invincible Armada to open fire.

First of all, the roar of the giant gunboat sounded.

Then came the volley of multiple cannons.

In the end, one British ship after another was hit, caught fire, and sank.

The British were taken by surprise and suffered a lot of losses for a while.

However, after all, the British were accustomed to running rampant at sea, and they were powerful, so, after the initial panic and paying a certain price, they also slowly began to stabilize their positions and gradually launched counterattacks.

The British corvettes alternately covered the attack, and with the firepower of the other ships, they were on the side of the encirclement, but they were on par with the Invincible Armada, and in some respects, the British had the upper hand.

It can be seen from this that the strength of the British is not blown, and they can run rampant at sea for so many years, which is indeed relied on.

However, in the final analysis, comprehensive strength is still the most important criterion for judging which is better or worse.

In terms of overall strength, the British do have the absolute upper hand.

Their ships not only have an advantage in mathematics and physics, but also surpass the Invincible Armada a lot in quality, which is not something that can be piled up with money, this is a kind of heritage, which has been accumulated over many years.

And it is precisely this kind of heritage that the Taiping Invincible Armada is missing.

After years of catching up and making up for evil, the strength of the Taiping Arma has greatly increased, and the construction of all aspects is also in full swing; in terms of strength, I dare not say that it is already among the best in the world, but at least, the strength of the Invincible Fleet has caught up with or even approached the highest level in the world, and even occupies the position of the highest level in the world in a very few places.

This is something to be happy about, but it does not mean that the Armada is one of the most powerful fleets in the world.

Although the evil compensation over the years has solved a lot of problems, it cannot make up for the years of arrears in a short period of time, and the gap with the old empire such as the British Empire is also real, which is particularly obvious in this actual battle, which is why the British are in ambush, but they are still on par with the Invincible Armada.

This can only be said that the Armada still has a long way to go.

But no matter what, no matter whether there is a gap or not, this battle has been connected today, then we must fight for a result, if we can get away with this invincible British fleet, then the Armada will make a lot of money, even if we can not fight the British fleet, as long as it can destroy its vital forces in large quantities and delay or block its support for the Anglo-Indian coalition forces, then the Armada's combat operation will still be successful.

So, the Armada said that it had to withstand everything.

And the battle between the two sides was fierce, or rather tragic.

Because the British fleet had to come out to cover the transport fleet, it was constrained everywhere and could not exert its true strength, which also allowed the Invincible Armada to take advantage of the loopholes.

And the offensive strategy of the Invincible Armada is also very clear, so it specially beckons to the British Navy's transport ships, so that the British can not use most of their forces in the counterattack against the Invincible Armada.

This created opportunities and conditions for the offensive of the Armadada.

And the Arma also took advantage of such opportunities and conditions to kill and damage a large number of British ships and British.

However, after a period of fighting, casualties on both sides also began to increase.

However, no one could find a way to kill the other in a moment, so a stalemate occurred. (To be continued......)