The First Emperor is here!

After "Zhuge Kongming" led "Pang Shiyuan", "Zhou Gongjin", and "Lu Zijing" to blast two British "monarchy" classes with a 630mm heavy torpedo hammer in a very short time, the real protagonist is on the scene today.

I saw "Qin Shi Huang" leading "Emperor Han Gao", "Emperor Guangwu of Han", "Emperor Wu of Jin", "Emperor Wen of Sui", "Emperor Taiwu of Tang" and a few others, under the protection of a group of 2,000-ton "Escort"-class destroyers, lined up in a column, and came up with great momentum!

These six are now battle cruisers with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a full load displacement of 31,500 tons, and eight 330 mm 45 times the caliber main guns - although the standard for dividing battle cruisers in the Ming Navy is to have both the defense and firepower of a battleship and the speed of a cruiser. In no way does it mean that the armor and main guns will shrink. Of course, if you compare the "First Emperor" class with the "Great Zhou" class battleships that use the same 75,000 horsepower power system, it does mean sacrificing armor and firepower in exchange for higher speed. However, the opponent of the "First Emperor" today is not his own "Great Zhou" class, but the "Indian Emperor" level of the British!

And the "Emperor of India" is of course quite powerful - it is a "turnaround ship" built by the British Empire at no cost, its standard row is the same as the "First Emperor" class, which is 25,000 tons, and the full row is less than 2,000 tons, but it also has 29,500 tons.

At first glance, the "Emperor of India" appears to have a stronger firepower than the "First Emperor", with 10 13.5-inch cannons compared to the "First Emperor's" only 8 330mm cannons. However, Daming's armor-piercing projectile technology has always been ahead of Daying, and now there is a hood armor-piercing projectile with stronger armor-piercing ability. So the combat effectiveness of the 330-mm Daming armor-piercing projectile should be no less than that of the 13.5-inch (343 mm) British armor-piercing projectile.

And the defense capability of the "Emperor of India" is not weak, if you only consider the thickness of the armor and not the quality of the armor steel, it can almost be equated with the first emperor. If you consider the quality of the hard steel armor of both sides, the defense capability of the "First Emperor" is definitely superior.

However, EMPEROR of India was a bit slower and had a maximum speed of only 21.6 knots...... Moreover, this speed of 21.6 knots was still run in sea trials, and the nominal maximum speed was only 21 knots. The "First Emperor" has a nominal maximum speed of 27 knots, and even ran at a high speed of 28 knots in sea trials.

In terms of speed, the "Emperor of India" and the "First Emperor" are far behind.

But this is also a matter of no choice, who let Daming's oil-fired boilers and steam turbines throw off similar products in Daying a few streets! The 75,000 hp engine of the "First Emperor" is more than double the 31,000 hp engine of the "Emperor of India"!

Although the power of the "Emperor of India" is much worse than that of the "First Emperor", as long as the ship is strong and the guns are sharp, it is not impossible to fight a fair battle...... However, "First Emperor", "Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty", "Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty", "Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty", "Emperor Wen of Sui", and "Emperor Taiwu of the Tang Dynasty" are all non-martial virtues, and there is no word "fairness" in their dictionaries.

Therefore, before they appeared, more than 90 carrier-based aircraft that took off from the Shuzhong King and Kui Zhong Wang had already blown up 6 Indian Emperor classes, although they did not sink them, but they also blew them up one by one.

Among them, the "Emperor of India" was the worst, the power compartment suffered a 250-kilogram armor-piercing bomb, one of the four steam turbines was blown up, the remaining three also blew up some minor problems, and some pipes were blown up to leak steam ...... Almost 30% of the power has been lost, the main engine power is only 21,000 or 22,000 horsepower, and the speed has been reduced from 21 knots to 15 or 16 knots, and now it has fallen behind the formation composed of 6 "Emperor of India" classes.

The "Roman Emperor", who was on the same level as the "Emperor of India", was hit with two torpedoes in the buttocks...... Fortunately, it was a 450-mm aviation torpedo, and the power was not too great, so the ass was still there, but a lot of sea water entered, the hull was slightly tilted, and the speed was slowed down by 2 knots, which did not affect the navigation.

Another "Emperor of India" class "Charlemagne" was hit with a 250-kilogram bomb on its "bow", and the bomb landed in front of the No. 1 turret in the bow

smashed through the bow deck, exploded below deck, and lit something along the way, and now "Charlemagne" still has smoke billowing from his head!

The "King of England" of the "Emperor of India" class was hit by a 450mm torpedo at the starboard waterline...... Fortunately, I got into some water, and my body was a little crooked.

The "King of Scotland", also of the "Emperor of India" class, was blown off a twin 13.5-inch turret located on the "butt of the ship", and the steel plate on the top of the turret looked old and thick, but it did not withstand the blow of the 250-kilogram armor-piercing aerial bomb, and it exploded directly. However, the fire door under this turret is quite good, so it only blew up the turret, not the ammunition depot.

There is also a "King of Hanover", which is also of the "Emperor of India" class, which was the least injured, only hit a few 100 kg bombs dropped by the Wyvern 2, and did not hurt any vital points, but just smashed two lifeboats and lit a fire, and now the fire has been extinguished, but it is only "black" and looks a little ugly.

Because the "King of Hanover" was the least injured, it was the first formation today, the "King of Scotland" with his ass blossoming followed behind, and then the "King of England" with a slightly crooked body, the "Charlemagne" with a smoking head followed behind the "King of England", and then the "Roman Emperor" with two thunders in the buttocks, and the team was the "Indian Emperor" who injured the host and couldn't run a little.

Seeing such a crooked and twisted "pile of broken ships", "Qin Shi Huang", "Emperor Han Gao", "Emperor Guangwu of Han", "Emperor Wu of Jin", "Emperor Wen of Sui", "Emperor Taiwu of Tang" and their masters were so happy that they rushed up at full speed. He didn't care about the "Junquan" class that was being besieged by the "beggar's version of battleships" and "military division" cruisers, but just rushed towards the "King of Hanover", and after rushing to a distance of more than 20,000 meters from it, under the leadership of "Qin Shi Huang", he made a sharp turn at sea, and at the same time slowed down the speed to 22 knots - this was to grab the T position for artillery bombardment.

The 6 "Emperor of India" class ships at sea can only barely maintain the speed of 178 knots, and they can't compete with their opponents for the "T" position, so they have to quickly follow the turn, but they are still a beat slower, and when the "Qin Shi Huang", "Emperor Han Gao", and "Emperor Guangwu of Han" turn around, only one King Hanover of the "Emperor of India" class has completed the turn. As a result, the "Qin Shi Huang", "Emperor Han Gao", and "Emperor Guangwu of Han", who had turned the corner first, turned 24 330mm cannons and fired a fierce bombardment of the "King of Hanover" from a distance of 17,800 kilometers!

The "King of Hanover" fired his 10 13.5-inch cannons at the "First Emperor"!

For a while, you came and went on the sea, and bullets rained down.

The "First Emperor" class is a big ship carrying a small cannon - fight steadily! Moreover, the Ming Navy's observation basis and computing power (they were equipped with the Taiping Yuannian military abacus) were far superior to their opponents, so they made the first hit after 8 rounds of salvos.

A 330mm armor-piercing bullet fired by the "Emperor Guangwu of Han" drew a graceful arc in the air, and then landed accurately between the two chimneys of the Hanover, and the "boom" exploded with dazzling fire and a large amount of white smoke......

William commanded on the "King William IV" in the rear. When Baga sees this, he knows it's going to break!

The "King Hanover" had already suffered heavy damage, its horizontal deck was pierced directly by 330 mm armor-piercing shells, which went straight into the boiler room, destroying two boilers and killing all the boiler crews in the cabin, and after blowing up some pipes, the speed of the "King Hanover" was reduced to 15 knots.

However, this was the beginning of the "King of Hanover" disaster, only 1 minute later, the 330 mm shell fired by the "First Emperor" hit the "King Hanover" again, this time the shell directly hit the "King Hanover" bow waterline with relatively thin defense, once again formed a penetration, directly blasted a large gap, the sea water surged in mercilessly, which made the "King of Hanover" slow down again, and the hull also tilted. While the concept of Focused Protection ensures that it is difficult to sink, the King of Hanover, who has lost its speed, will now have a hard time leaving the battlefield......