"Your Majesty, the Revenge has just sent a telegram that the Indian Grand Fleet, which is carrying out landing operations on the beach near the port of Muscat, has been bombarded by a volley of Ming airships."

Charlie. Yilu frowned and reported the latest battle situation to Kaiser Wilhelm, who was lying in a reclining chair. The emperor, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, sat up suddenly, stared at Charlie with big eyes, and looked at Charlie with a little trepidation. Yilu asked: "Loss, loss of battleship?" ”

After learning that his Indian Grand Fleet had been raided by the torpedo boat forces of the Ming army and had lost 2 armored cruisers and 2 cruisers, the Indian emperor, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly withered, and first circled around the combat command center on the Warrior like an ant on a hot pot, until he was invited back to his luxurious bedroom by the Marquis of Nelson to rest.

After returning to the bedroom, Emperor William felt dazzled and tightened again, so he quickly called the Chinese medicine doctor on the ship to call the pulse, and fed him musk heart pills and Luo Bu Ma blood pressure pills, and told him to lie down and not get excited. This was only slightly better, and Yilu rushed in again with a telegram.

"No, there were no losses of battleships." Charlie. Yilu answered truthfully.

"That, that's the loss of armored cruisers." The Emperor's chest began to stuff again - armored cruisers are also precious! In the last battle of Goa, one Blake-class was lost, and two other Blake-class entered the dockyard of the Hindustan shipyard for overhaul and repair, and it seems that the damage is worse than reported!

"There were no and no losses of armored cruisers." Charlie. And the law of righteousness answered truthfully.

"That's the loss of a second- and third-class cruiser." Kaiser Wilhelm is feeling better.

"No, and there were no losses of cruisers of the second and third ranks."

"That's a troop carrier?" Emperor Wilhelm made a cross on his chest, "May the true God, Shiva, and Guru bless those brave Indians, Amen." ”

"No, no, there was no sinking of the troop carrier."

The emperor was stunned, "Then what did they blow up?" ”

"Actually" Charlie. Yilu dragged his voice and frowned.

"What actually?" Kaiser Wilhelm's heart was pounding.

"They didn't actually hit anything!" Charlie. Yilu said in a tone of disbelief, "Your Majesty the Emperor. Da Ming seems to have been defeated again this time! ”

It's not the first time that Da Ming has been defeated by Da Ying. Didn't the last time it was "defeating the Persian Gulf"? So it's not surprising that they will lose again this time, I don't know where they will "lose"?

Kaiser Wilhelm became nervous again, "Charlie. They didn't 'lose' anywhere, did they? ”

"No, no" Charlie. Yilu hurriedly shook his head, "Your Majesty the Emperor, Admiral Codrington's telegram said that the Ming Dynasty has invested 36 small airships to bomb our fleet this time. However, due to the strong anti-aircraft fire of the Indian Grand Fleet, the Ming airship did not dare to reduce the altitude, and could only carry out volley bombing at an altitude of 3,000 meters. They dropped a total of 72 bombs, and none of them hit! ”

Now Kaiser Wilhelm was finally relieved. Da Ming should not have invented the tactic of airship and hanging people to operate gliding bombs, or was stupidly using the stupid method of dropping bombs on airships. However, after the Battle of Kii Waterway, the ships of the British and Indian Royal Navies strengthened their air defenses, installing a number of anti-aircraft guns that could be used to accurately strike airships. Therefore, the Ming army's airships could no longer drop bombs at low altitudes, and could only climb to an altitude of 3,000 meters to drop bombs.

But what is the accuracy of an ordinary unguided bomb dropped from a height of 3,000 meters? Bomb a fixed target hanging, let alone a ship that takes a Z-shaped course at a speed of more than a dozen knots? It's not going to be blown up at all.

"Then we were still sunk by them four ships," Kaiser Wilhelm still felt wrong, "and they didn't lose even a boat four to zero, how can we win?" ”

"But we have managed to land near the port of Muscat, and we have established a strong beachhead, and we have also captured two fishing ports!" Charlie. "It was a major victory, more than enough to compensate for the loss of four old cruisers," Yoshiro said. ”

"Really?"

Kaiser Wilhelm looked at Charlie. The Law of Righteousness.

Yilu nodded affirmatively: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the purpose of our feint attack on Muscat?" ”

Only then did Emperor Wilhelm understand, nodded and said, "Yes, the purpose for us is to force the Ming Empire to send their main fleet through the Strait of Malacca and into the Indian Ocean to rescue the Persian Gulf fleet. ”

"That's right," said Yilu, "and to do that, we have to land in Muscat, capture the port of Muscat, transport a large number of ground troops from India to Oman, and advance into the Hajar Mountains." As long as we can take the Hajar Mountains, then Ras Al Khaimah will be in no danger! And as soon as we capture Ras Al Khaimah, the Persian Gulf fleet of the Ming Empire will be finished! ”

"Then can we take the Hajar Mountains and Ras Al Khaimah?"

"Yes! As long as we put in enough Indian ground forces, victory will always come! ”

Borneo, Brunei Bay Base.

In the gentle evening breeze, a fast airship of the Flying Dragon IV seemed to have a golden light under the setting sun, like a flying magic weapon, falling from the sky and landing on the empty runway of the newly built Brunei Airport.

Sitting in this airship, Zhuge Weidao grinned, looking at the newly built airport, fantasizing about the ups and downs of waves of war eagles, and looking forward to the future even more.

Zhuge Weidao, who is familiar with another period of history, knows that the First and Second World War period was the period of the fastest development of aircraft, from the invention of aircraft to the fact that aircraft can dominate the battlefield, but it is just more than 30 years. This was also the result of a temporary slowdown in the development of aviation technology during the war. If the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain can continue, the investment of both sides in aircraft will only continue to increase, and it is entirely possible to mature aviation weapons within 15 years!

So in the foreseeable future, it must be aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft that will compete on the ocean!

When the airship stopped, Zhuge Weidao found that Guan Tianpei and Chen Jian were already waiting for him on the runway. Zhuge Weidao hurriedly pushed open the hatch of the airship, then went down the gangway to the ground, and walked towards the two of them again.

"Guan Junmen, Mr. Chen, how is the situation?"

Although the new Ming Dynasty already had such awesome equipment as "battle cruiser torpedo boats" and "aircraft-carrying battle cruising torpedo boats", it still retained many traditions. For example, the white tweed military uniforms worn by Zhuge Weidao, Guan Tianpei, and Chen Jian combine many traditional elements, and the names in the army are also relatively traditional.

Guan Tianpei's Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet can be called a "military gate". And Chen Jian's official position is the chief soldier of the detachment fleet, which can be called "the head town". Zhuge Weidao is the commander of the aviation force, so it can also be called the "military gate", otherwise according to his aviation fleet, it is at most a general military level.

"Zhuge Junmen," Chen Jian said, "it can now be determined that the main force of the Indian Navy is in the Gulf of Oman. ”

"Are you really sure?" Zhuge Weidao is still a little suspicious - the oil in the Persian Gulf has not been leaked, right?

Guan Tianpei nodded: "Daozi, just when you came from the Ryukyus, we got a report from the Persian Gulf Fleet, and the airships they sent found a large ship formation in the sea near Muscat in the Gulf of Oman. At least 150 ships of various types are deployed in the waters of the Gulf of Oman. The number of British and Indian troops who landed was also very large, and in just one morning, more than 5,000 people landed on the shore!

In addition, we also received news that Kaiser Wilhelm had already made a personal expedition, and most of it was in the Grand Fleet outside the Gulf of Oman. ”

"The emperor drove himself to the front line?" Zhuge was stunned for a moment, "He really thinks that now is the era of the Napoleonic Wars?" ”

"What's this?" Guan Taipei smiled, "Kaiser Wilhelm is four years older than Napoleon, and I am twelve years younger than Napoleon, and you are a little closer to Napoleon's brother-in-law (Natalie's sister almost married Napoleon)!" ”

As he spoke, Guan Taiping patted the shoulder of Zhuge Weidao, who was a little stunned: "Let's go, let's go to the war room!" ”

(End of chapter)