Compared to the domineering red livery of [Thunder Dragon], the sky blue livery of [Haiyan] is much more low-key.

This camouflage color is more conducive to [Haiyan] to carry out reconnaissance missions.

Because of its thin and light skeleton, the [Petrel] has almost no bomb-carrying capacity, but this is enough.

On the North Yinzhou, Morishita habitually took off his white gloves.

This means that he has smelled the smell of the big prey.

Just three minutes ago, news came from the reconnaissance aircraft carrier USS Yunnan that a Briton cruise ship had been spotted.

Judging by the number of red-haired GIs on deck, it is likely that this is a troop carrier.

The Atlantic Theater shoulders the heavy task of cutting off the enemy's Atlantic shipping routes and protecting its own Atlantic shipping routes.

And as the commander of the capital, Morishita knew that he had to maintain a keen sense of smell on the battlefield.

Moreover, as the only general of the Yunnan Department in the Ming Imperial Army, Morishita feels that it is incumbent upon my generation to win glory for Yunnan, and we must not live up to the trust of the Son of Heaven and the trust of the fathers in my hometown.

Soon, combat orders were conveyed through the ship's radio waves.

"Commander Sendu's order is very simple!"

Yu Dongsheng said in a very calm tone, "Fire overload strike, don't save shells, what I don't lack in the Ming Dynasty is shells." ”

The battleship Kita-Yinzhou, where Morishita was, was relatively slow at 14.3 knots because of its extremely heavy armor.

It must have been a lot faster than the cruise ship, but according to the pilot's visual observations, it was slower than the two British frigates.

Therefore, in order to ensure the total annihilation of the enemy, Morishita ordered four light ocean-going frigates, the Yangzhou, Quanzhou, Hiroshima, and Jinshu, to circle around the enemy at full speed and blockade the area with heavy firepower.

Because he didn't care whether he could hit the enemy ship or not, he only cared about stopping the enemy ship's attempt to escape, so Captain Yu Dongsheng didn't have to think about saving ammunition at all.

Of course, this is also the confidence brought by the terrifying, bottomless industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty.

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"Sir, the enemy ship is about to shoot! They seem to have spotted us! ”

In the command tower, Morishita held up the telescope and nodded.

If only there was a kind of warship that approached the enemy silently from below the surface of the sea.

Morishita saw an illustration of this kind of magical battleship in Banzai's sci-fi "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

And Long Live Ye swore in the annotation: "Just as I believe that an iron bird with steel wings can soar into the sky, I also believe that a warship that can dive for a long time is also feasible." ”

Nowadays, the big bird with iron wings is barely there, of course, exactly aluminum alloy mixed with wood.

The battleship that has been submerged for a long time, another prophecy of this Long Live Lord, will surely come true soon.

In fact, the first submarine used in actual combat was built by the Southern Army and used against the Yankeos as early as ten years ago.

The Ming Dynasty even used an executive order to access relevant materials.

But in the end, it was judged that its performance was too clumsy and did not have much research value.

So when Morishita saw the British ship that began to turn its bow and prepare to escape, he felt regretful.

"Keep speeding up and keep in touch with the lieutenant colonel!"

Under Mori's order, the huge Beiyinzhou approached the British ship like a rhinoceros that seemed to be bulky, but in fact it was not slow.

There was silence in the conning tower, and now everything was coming from outside, the sound of the ship's side parting the waves, the noise of machinery, the churning of propellers.

The enemy ship was apparently blocked by Yu Dongsheng's headquarters and reversed course again.

They had to present a ninety-degree T-shaped angle with the main force of the Ming fleet.

This means that the enemy's area of fire has increased several times.

"Fire!"

Although it was a bit far away, Morishita decided to give it a try.

In the telescope, the three enemy ships were swallowed up by the waves like leaves in a storm in an instant.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is about 6.5 kilometers, which is still a bit far for the friendship cannon developed by Mingde.

At maximum range, but with poor accuracy.

As a result, the three enemy ships looked thrilling, but they did not explode for a long time.

"Stop shooting and keep moving!"

Morishita gave the order.

The previous shelling was not completely useless either, at least the enemy had no way to retreat.

The British were also forced to try to return fire using the shipboard Armstrong guns.

They only have two 2,500-ton frigates, and the cannon installed at zero hour on the "Good Man Winston" is not flattering because of the lack of fixation, and the range and accuracy are not complimentary.

It's not so much a fight back as a death throes.

However, perhaps because of centuries of maritime tradition, there really is some magic in it.

The British shells actually hit the North Yinzhou first.

You must know that although the North Yinzhou is large, the "Good Man Winston" is even bigger.

The British were able to hit with one shot from a distance of 5 kilometers, which was pure fraud.

Shells of highly concentrated compressed black powder fell on 260 mm thick "imported" steel armor, leaving a black recess, emitting heat.

Oh, my God!

Morishita was furious.

If you hit twenty or thirty more shots in this place, the enemy will have to penetrate our armor!

Morishita's face was gloomy as water.

The British cannon did not hurt much, but it was extremely insulting.

He tried to restrain the words at the beginning of the word "eight", and said: "Gentlemen, the British animal has given us a great gift, and we should also let them see our Ming hospitality." ”

"Torpedo tube water!"

"It's done! Sir"

"Open the tube!"

Mechanical commands spat out from Morishita's lips.

In later generations, large warships and warships no longer installed torpedo tubes, but nowadays, countries are keen to install torpedo tubes on former dreadnoughts.

The torpedo is an ancient weapon.

At present, the torpedoes commonly installed by the navies of various countries are white-headed torpedoes propelled by air compression.

The firing range is only seven or eight hundred meters.

It was this kind of torpedo that was used in the First Sino-Japanese War, and in the end there was no result.

However, the thermodynamic torpedo on the North Yinzhou is different from these stinky fish and rotten shrimp.

Not only has the firing range reached 2,000 meters, but the stability has been greatly improved.

Now it is also the first time that it has been used in actual combat in the Ming Navy.

This is not the conventional weapon of the North Yinzhou, but at this time, the choice to use a torpedo with great power and a single shot into the soul is obviously as a retaliation that "the enemy not only did not surrender, but also dared to resist".

There is no room for charity in war.

The Ming Empire also did not sign the Geneva Conventions.

In this battle, the order of the Sendu commander was not to take prisoners.

In addition, the use of torpedoes can be regarded as a little solace in the thoughts of underwater warships.

Sun Tiejun, who calibrated and fired the torpedo, felt that he was a little dry and even speechless, and his palms began to sweat, and he would become the first armorer to verify this weapon in this war.

"Torpedo No. 1 launched, Torpedo No. 2 launched".

After Sun Tiejun heard the commander's order, he immediately pressed the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo buttons, and the reversing propeller of the internal combustion engine torpedo in the boat's water-filled torpedo tube immediately rotated, pushing the torpedo tube towards the target.

Sun Tiejun and his comrades-in-arms were all breathing together, and everyone was waiting for the sound of the explosion to sound.

Start Countdown.

Sun Tiejun's voice broke the silence.

"Ten, Nine, Seven, Six......"

After about ten breaths, the light of the fire rose from among the waves, and then the sound of a huge explosion was heard.