Indian Ocean, the waters off Goa.

The sunset is slanting, and the twilight is delayed.

On the undulating sea, two huge formations of more than 20 warships, each separated by more than 20,000 meters, were heading north along the coastline of India at a speed of about 10 knots. The billowing smoke can be called covering the sky and the sun, such a magnificent scenery, but it makes the sailors on the decks of the two formations fearful. Because the warships on both sides have already aimed their main guns at each other.

A fire of battleship formations was about to begin.

If you calculate the strength on paper, closer to the Indian coastline, the formation with the Red Striped Cross flag of the Royal Indian Navy is stronger. After all, they had 8 battleships and 2 large armored cruisers of 9000 tons. And there are two battleships that have just completed the upgrade of the "Indomitable" class, which are huge ships with 12 9.2-inch cannons!

And the Ming naval formation, which hung the blue sea flag of the sun and the moon, had only 8 warships and no large armored cruisers. In terms of the number of guns in the 240 mm (9.2 in) class, it was far less than the opponent. The Ming Dynasty's 8 battleships had only 32 240-mm cannons in total, while the British had a total of 54 9.2-inch cannons on 8 battleships and 2 armored cruisers.

54 to 32, of course, the advantage is in Great Britain!

However, the six-battery layout of the "Indomitable" class made it possible to put in a maximum of 8 cannons when facing the enemy on the side side, and 4 guns were not effective. In addition, the two Blake classes, which have a total of 6 9.2-inch cannons, each received a "mid-break" in previous engagements, and although the main gun is still there, the Blake was hit by 5 bullets and the Blenheim was hit by 4 shots, and now they are all wounded. Holes can still be seen in the hulls of the two armored cruisers!

Among them, Blake's bow also blew a large hole, pouring hundreds of tons of seawater, sinking a lot in the bow, dropping its speed by several knots, and the accuracy of artillery fire will also be reduced due to the tilt of the hull.

The Blenheim had a large chimney broken, a steam engine was broken, and its speed dropped by five knots, but the rest was fine......

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If the two sides really fight, it is really difficult to say who will win the bigger chance. But "hard to say" is only during the day, if it is at night, then Zhuge Weidao has a great chance of winning!

Because every warship of more than 1,000 tons of the Ming Navy has a radio station, as soon as it gets dark, you can use the radio to communicate with each other without turning on the lights, and it is much more convenient to command and organize.

On the British side, after dark, they could only communicate with each other by the language of lights, and it was impossible for the flagship to organize effectively.

Organized to fight unorganized, a dozen or so 240-mm first-class cannons are not a matter at all.

However, there are also disadvantages to being equipped with radios, especially high-power radios...... That is, it is necessary to report the situation of the naval battle in Goa to the Admiralty and the Naval Staff of the Ming Dynasty, and to receive an order jointly issued by the Admiralty and the Naval Staff.

"Brother Shao'an, Brother Rui, Brother Ziwen, tonight, let's divide the entire formation into four, two prince-class ships plus two Houye-class ships plus one or two Guogong-class ships to form a night battle formation, and the three of you and the official will each lead a team...... The officer's requirements are not high, just sink an enemy ship by a team tonight! We have now sunk one of them, severely damaged two of them (in fact, it is Zhongchuang), and sank four more of them, that is seven, and the vitality of this Indian fleet will be greatly damaged! In the future, not only the Persian Gulf will be ours, but even the Arabian Sea will be our territory! ”

At this time, Zhuge Weidao was in a meeting with Li Chenghui, deputy commander of the fleet, Chen Jian, chief of staff of the fleet, and Bai Siyuan, captain of the battleship Luwang, in the luxurious conference room of the battleship Tang Wang, to arrange the night battle tonight.

When he said that he was energetic, he also slapped the table with a "snap", and the expression on his face flew up.

His heart is not dark, he doesn't care what kind of ship, just sink four more ships...... If you sink four more ships, the Arabian Sea will be surnamed "Ming"!

Control the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, that is the standard for future world hegemons!

However, this time the navy gave him the task of controlling the Persian Gulf, and then building a presence fleet in the Persian Gulf. It is not to defeat the Indian Grand Fleet and seize the control of the Arabian Sea. If you really have that kind of plan, you won't continue to carry out the transaction with the Rakshasa Hero Ship.

But the plan can't keep up with the change!

I thought that the Indian Grand Fleet would not block the Ming Ocean Fleet from entering the Persian Gulf, but I didn't expect them to come out of the nest, and they also got into trouble with the Ming Persian Gulf Fleet!

What does that mean? Did they also discover that there was oil in the Persian Gulf?

Zhuge Weidao, who "can pinch and calculate", now I don't know what the British think? Anyway, if you don't do anything, you will knock down the Indian Grand Fleet and snatch the control of the Arabian Sea!

Just when Zhuge Weidao was determined to do another big job tonight, his chief staff officer Guo Xiaobao suddenly hurried in, still holding the telegram he had just received.

"Admiral, the call back from the Admiralty and the Naval Staff has arrived!"

Zhuge Weidao looked back, only to see Guo Xiaobao's brows tightly locked, as if something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Zhuge asked.

"Admiral," Guo Xiaobao handed the telegram to Zhuge Weidao, "The telegram from the two headquarters (referring to the Admiralty and the Navy Staff) said that the world war has not broken out at present, and the British and Indian governments have not handed us a letter, and we have no intention of submitting an ultimatum. ”

"Oh," Zhuge said with a smile, "the Great War has broken out...... It's just that some people don't know yet, or it's inconvenient to say. ”

Zhuge Weidao's words were actually said casually, because he didn't know if the world war had started now? I don't know what the world war will be like on this timeline?

Originally, the home of the First World War was in Europe, and France, Germany, Russia, Britain, and Austria-Hungary were all close neighbors. Moreover, these countries have a national mobilization system, which can concentrate large forces in a very short period of time and use them to launch an attack.

And now the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain are far away! Although there was also a need for colonies (Australia, Oregon, Malacca, the Dutch East Indies) and markets (India, Mexico, South America, Arabia), the contradictions were difficult to reconcile – historically Britain and Germany were still relatives, and Kaiser Wilhelm even had the right to inherit the British throne (not very high in the rankings, but not very low in the rankings either). However, now the dispute between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain is that two civilizations and two races are fighting for the right to live and develop in the future.

How can this contradiction be reconciled?

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to take the copy of the telegram, read it word by word, and after reading it for a while, he said with a smile: "The headquarters has ordered us not to invade the territorial waters of the Indian Empire, and if the Indian Grand Fleet withdraws to the territorial waters of India, we must not pursue it." In addition, the General Headquarters reaffirmed that the mission of our fleet has not changed, and that it will continue to effectively control the Persian Gulf and act as a presence fleet. ”

"Admiral, then let's ...... tonight"

"Admiral, are you still fighting?"

"yes, are we still fighting them at night?"

Li Chenghui, Chen Jian, and Bai Siyuan seem to be a little retreating. After all, they are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty - the soldiers of the new Ming Dynasty have always obeyed orders and listened to commands, there is no disobedience to orders, and there is no disobedience, at least after the victory of King Wuzhong's Northern Expedition, this kind of thing has never happened again, and it has been more than 100 years now.

Even if the garrison officer on the frontier makes a little move and wants to do something, an order from above can be suppressed immediately.

Even if Zhuge is the way, as long as the Admiralty sends a telegram, he can be jerked off!

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said, "Now the Great Military Division must be negotiating with Lord Wei, the Prime Minister of the British Empire...... The record we have played is the chip in the hands of the army division! He paused, and then added, "And the headquarters has not forbade us to continue to fight with the Indian Grand Fleet, if they do not withdraw to Indian territorial waters, it means that to prevent us from entering the Persian Gulf, we must defeat them!"

In addition, we will win tonight's night battle! And the winner is blameless! ”

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