On the flagship of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Ji Fengling sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, listening to the reports sent by various detachments, and waited quietly.

When the first and second teams were preparing for the attack one after another, the last torpedo detachment also sent a report of readiness.

At this time, the flagship also received a clear code communication from the British.

"This is the British Far East Fleet, please stop approaching, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war against the British Navy."

Seeing the content of the telegram, Ji Fengling ordered very domineeringly: "Tell David that the old lady is fighting the British Far East Fleet." ”

At the same time as the telegram was sent, Ji Fengling also picked up the whole fleet's radio communicator and officially issued an order: "I order the Indian Ocean Fleet, in accordance with the No. 3 plan, to launch an attack on the British Far East Fleet. ”

In the No. 3 offensive plan, six weapons commanders gave the order to shell at the same time on the six battleships in the 1st and 2nd squadrons, which were the priority attacks.

The main guns of the main battleship of the center of the British Far East Fleet had already been aimed at it, and at the same time it let out a roar, and the fire from the muzzles of the guns illuminated the entire sea.

When the main guns of the battleship opened fire at the same time, the secondary guns on the battleship were all aimed at the small battleships on the periphery of the British Far East Fleet, six battleships, and more than 100 large and small guns fired in a salvo, the scene was very spectacular and shocking.

It is difficult for people who are not standing on the battleship to feel the strong stimulation brought by the roar of the ship's guns, which can fully stimulate the secretion of adrenaline in the human body.

On the British fleet, David had just seen Ji Fengchi's telegram, and he was very angry, and when he was about to give the order to start a battle, on the sea in the distance, ten thousand cannons were fired in unison.

The secondary artillery shells, which were almost straight ballistic fire, were the first to explode on the periphery of the British fleet, and several British gunboats, which were only a few kilometers away, were hit by merciless shells, and the explosion ignited the warships, and some British sailors hurriedly jumped into the sea.

"Damn, how far is that?" Putting down the binoculars and looking at the enemy who was at least a dozen kilometers away, David asked a little speechlessly.

In this era when the main gun hit rate was less than 4 percent, the battleships were all engaged at a distance of about 6,000 meters, and most of them were engaged at a distance of 6,000 meters.

In this way, the hit rate can be increased as much as possible, otherwise, if the distance is too far, the shells alone will fly for a long time, and the warship can not really only move in a straight line, and in the time when the shells fall, it is enough for the battleship to make evasive actions.

However, when the shells fell, David was very worried to find that the enemy's first round of shelling, and at a distance of more than ten kilometers, the shells hit the points within 20 meters of each ship.

Although the luck of the capital ships was good, not a single capital ship was hit by the first round of shelling, but such a terrible hit rate was not compromised in the slightest.

After all, it was not one of the lucky shells that approached the battleship, but each one that landed on the side of the battleship.

"Avoid formation immediately." David ordered in time.

At this time, the destroyer sub-fleets of the fleet sent the news of the discovery of the enemy's small battleship formation, and David also decisively ordered: "The cruisers and destroyers will attack immediately, and the main fleet will approach the enemy's main fleet in order to avoid the formation." ”

One order after another was given, and soon it was conveyed to all the battleships of the British.

However, neither David, who gave the order, nor the warships that received it, did not know that the order had been tampered with.

The British Far East Fleet, which was directly dispersed, had no idea what was waiting for them next.

As soon as the order was received, the British formation of three cruisers immediately approached the enemy ships on the right side of the fleet.

The speed of fourteen knots was also raised to twenty-four knots, and nine cruisers, in front of them, lost in the direction of the destroyer formation of the enemy's navy, and soon broke away from the main battleship.

But no one cared, because every detachment was breaking away from its original formation.

After advancing for almost twenty minutes, the hazy shadow of the ship in the distance made the captains of the three cruiser formations feel very bad.

There are three kinds of main warships under Fan Yize, in addition to battleships and cruisers, there is also a destroyer with a tonnage of about 5,000 tons.

Although it was not understood in this era why a 5,000-ton destroyer was built, in terms of combat effectiveness, calculated by the internal combat sequence of Britain, it would take at least a cruiser to be able to deal with such a destroyer.

At the same time, the British Navy also forbade cruisers to deal with cruisers under Fan Yize, except for heavy cruisers.

However, the enemy fleet that appeared in the distance, the size of the battleship, was not a destroyer at all, and most likely a cruiser.

And how could these British cruisers, which were about 7,000 tons and only equipped with two twelve-inch twin-mounted main guns, be the opponents of Fan Yize's cruisers.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The naval guns beat like war drums across the sea, and the British captains in the three cruiser formations knew very well that if they retreated now, they would only be chased away, and the opponent's speed would surpass their own in an all-round way, and the result would be even more tragic.

Just as he was about to face the British cruiser on his head, he couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the shells that landed three or four meters on the side of the battleship.

The British Navy, everyone knows that the fleet under Fan Yize has a terrible hit rate, but understanding it in peacetime and face-to-face understanding in naval battles is a completely different concept.

The shells that exploded on the surface of the water drenched the British sailors on the cruiser into a soup chicken, and this was already the best result, at least one of the British sailors on the cruiser was not so lucky.

A shell landed on the stern of the cruiser, and the explosion not only blew the entire stern open, but also broke the propeller, losing momentum and slowing down immediately.

At a distance of more than 10,000 meters, they were able to hit the first round, and all the British cruisers couldn't help but open fire, because if they didn't fire again, they would really be beaten passively.

Dense artillery fire roared across the sky, and the cruiser fleet of the Indian Ocean Fleet in the distance immediately launched a second round of shelling.

The cannonballs streaked across the night sky, the tracer cannonballs fell like meteors, and in the close proximity of many British soldiers, the cruiser that was already about to stop was hit by several shells in a row, and most of the British sailors on the ship did not even have time to escape from the battleship, and the shells blew up the 7,000-ton cruiser to the ground.

On the side of another cruiser, a shell exploded, and the British sailors in the entire battleship were almost deaf in their ears, and the shell that exploded close to the surface of the water exploded, blowing up a huge opening, and a secondary gun was directly lifted off and fell on the sea.