Chapter 153: The Self-Righteous Briton (8/10)

The tragic British fleet, unaware that it was completely trapped by the enemy, guided the British fleet, whether cruisers or ironclads, to meet the waiting Red Alert cruisers.

And those British destroyers and small warships, facing the destroyers of the Red Alert, could not avoid the battle, and it was lively for dozens of nautical miles around.

The cannon roared, as if the whole sea was boiling.

In the headquarters of the British Far East Fleet, David did not know what was going on, and he received reports from the detachments below, all of which were good news.

"The 3rd Cruiser Detachment sent a report that they had encountered three destroyers, that they had exchanged fire, and that by the time the telegram was transmitted, one of the enemy destroyers had been damaged."

"The 2nd Ironclad Detachment sent a report that they had met three enemy cruisers and were engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy."

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Without exception, the news that David had arrived, in his own opinion, was the best news that the ironclad ships of the Far Eastern Fleet had met enemy cruisers, cruisers had met destroyers, and destroyers had met enemy torpedo ships.

This is the best result, and even made David feel very strongly that he will definitely be able to wash away the shame of the Far East Fleet and let the world see who is the strongest navy in the world.

David, who had ignited his ambitions, also urged the fleet again to increase his horsepower to get closer to the enemy's main battleship.

At the same time, on the flagship of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Ji Fengchi also received a lot of relevant reports, but it was completely opposite to what David received.

Even many of the rescue telegrams of the British detachment were disguised as telegrams to report success, paralyzing the British again and again.

"The six British Majestic-class battleships are divided into left and right flanks to outflank us, in that case, let's kill these six former dreadnoughts first." Ji Fengling looked at the situation map of the enemy and me, and gave the order very simply:

"The first team made a U-turn to the right, and the second team made a U-turn to the left, seizing the horizontal characters of the British left and right flank ships."

The two warbands separated at the first time, and soon threw two huge U-turns on the sea, intercepting the front of the fleets on both sides of the British.

And also took advantage of this to avoid the broadside fire of the other main British battleship.

Facing the six Majestic-class battleships on both sides, and on the six capital ships of the two teams, there was not much pressure.

The Majesty class is a battleship that was commissioned a little earlier than the old man star battleship, and the speed is a little slower than the old man star, and the firepower is not much different.

And the last time the British old man star battleships, a full six, were easily wiped out by the First Fleet at that time, not to mention the number of six against six now.

With their speed, the two teams that seized the superior position poured hundreds of shells into the British left and right flank formations in a dense manner.

When it was discovered that the enemy's navy was rapidly changing its formation, the British formation on the left and right flanks also immediately adjusted, and also tried to turn on the sea surface and make a lateral confrontation with the enemy.

However, compared with the speed of the enemy, the British former dreadnought battleships were still much slower, and when the dense shells rained down, the fleets on both flanks had not yet adjusted their formation, and then they were covered by dense artillery fire.

At this time, the distance between the main warships of the two sides had been shortened to within 10 kilometers, and not only the British warships had the certainty of firing, but the hit rate of the main warships of the same Red Alert Navy had also been greatly improved, and the response speed of the radar was more sensitive.

There is a radar to bully an opponent without a radar, this is the biggest asymmetry.

The six Majestic-class battleships that were shot one after another made almost all British sailors feel deep despair.

What kind of opponent is this?

Why such a terrible hit, why their own shells.

With desperation, the British also desperately launched an artillery bombardment on the enemy 10,000 meters away, and a shell fell on the No. 1 turret of the 115th battleship, and as a result, the 305 shell was on the 380 mm armor, and when the armor-piercing shell hit the turret, it made a crisp impact sound, sparks splashed everywhere, and the shells did not know where to fly.

The dreadnought-first class battleship has a displacement of 27,000 tons, but its firepower can be said to be very weak compared to the unit, but the battleship that focuses on defense has a defensive capability that makes most of the main guns of this era desperate.

The hopeful counterattack made the British sailors even more desperate, especially those who had already seen the shells hit, but saw the shells being bounced away, and even had the idea of giving up.

Fortunately, the Far Eastern Fleet also has three Dreadnought-class warships equipped with 343 mm guns, which is also the last hope of the British sailors at this moment.

David did not let the desperate British sailors wait long, and the three dreadnoughts approaching the battlefield at full speed immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the nearest enemy.

It's just that the luck was not very good, the shells did not fall at all where they should have fallen, the attack of the three dreadnoughts, all fell on the sea, and the six battleships on the opposite side, intact.

And at this moment, the six Majestic-class battleships were already scarred, and the Red Alert Navy, which did not care about these three dreadnoughts at all, once again launched a salvo strike on these six Majestic-class warships.

The dense shells had fallen for the third time, and the dense explosions, the water column rushed into the sky around the six battleships, the waves crashed against the battleships, and the underwater impact of the explosion even shook the war.

Many British sailors were rocked to the deck, and if it weren't for the railings, many would have landed on the sea.

And it was lucky, in the third round of salvo attacks, two battleships went to the last moment of this naval battle.

Seeing this, David was also clenching the railing in his hand at this moment, and all the previous predictions of victory were like smoke dissipating, and he had to accept an extremely cruel fact, that is, on the capital ship, the British Far East Fleet was still too weak.

If there were Orion-class battleships in the Far East Fleet at this time, David detailed, the main battleship on the opposite side would definitely not attack their own battleships so easily.

"Invent the code telegram to the other side, in this war, Britain will definitely use its national strength to fight Fan Yize to the death." David said through gritted teeth.

On the 111 ship, Ji Fengling looked at the British telegram, held his forehead and said: "Why are there so many self-righteous people in this world, does Britain have the strength to make us afraid?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Fengling immediately ordered: "The second team is still attacking the remaining four majestic class battleships, the first team, move forward quickly, and go to meet those three dreadnoughts for a while." ”