Chapter 459: Sunset Pacific (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)

Great Britain is over!

William. Baga is really heartbroken at this time!

The battleship King William IV, the most powerful battleship in the British Empire, only lasted a few minutes when it was on board an unknown battleship of the same class as the Ming Dynasty! And it didn't seem to inflict any serious damage on the enemy's large battleships.

And once the King William IV is finished, the Queen Elizabeth will definitely not be able to hold on for long...... As soon as the Queen Elizabeth is finished, there are still 22 old battleships left, and they can still deal with those two "30,000 tons"? Don't even think about it!

The 14-inch cannon of the Wilhelm IV can't hammer these two "30,000 tons", how can they be hammered with a 12-inch gun?

In addition, there are still several "Indian emperors" being bombarded by the 25,000-ton ships of the Ming Dynasty, and it is estimated that they will not last long. When those "Indian emperors" collapse, I am afraid that the next thing will be a one-sided chase!

"Admiral...... The William IV has been battered, the bow has been blown off, the sea is rushing in frantically, and it can't hold up for long, Captain Henry begs you to replace the flagship! ”

Just in William. By the time Baga felt that the tide was turning, his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Jervis, had already spoken to the captain of the USS William IV, and pulled Baga with him, who had long since lost his claim, and began to walk towards the command tower.

"What? Our battleships have ...... It's King William IV! "William. When Baga heard this, he was so anxious that tears came down his eyes.

"Admiral, come with me," said Jervis, "the cruiser Sheffield has come up, and you may transfer to this third-class cruiser first." ”

Sheffield ...... This Jervis is a great boat!

Jervis saw William. Baga was still a little reluctant, and he didn't talk nonsense with him, pulling him and running out of the command tower. And William. Baga didn't feel anything when he was standing against the thick steel wall of the conning tower, but now when he followed Jervis, he realized that the hull of the William IV had leaned forward so badly that he couldn't stand on his feet without holding on to something. If the damage control could not be closed in time for some watertight hatches in the bow, and at the same time the stern was filled with water to restore balance, the 30,000-ton battleship would probably not be able to hold out to abandon the ship.

Just as he was thinking about abandoning the ship, Rear Admiral Jervis had already put the drowsy William Brown. Baga dragged out of the conning tower and began to walk down the heavily inclined staircase, I don't know how long, William. Baga felt himself descend to the ship's side deck. The surrounding sounds suddenly became noisy, the sound of cannons, the wind, the sound of the waves, the shouts, and the sound of sirens after sirens, all mixed together to form a magnificent symphony of doom.

William. Baga looked around and saw that the most powerful battleship of the British Empire was almost finished...... The ship had apparently stopped moving forward, and was leaning forward badly, and the deck was in disarray, with a number of dazed Royal Navy officers and men huddled there, and a number of people pouring in from a few stairs near the ship's side deck, wondering if they were ready to abandon the ship. Smoke drifted from the amidships, stern and stern.

In addition, William. Baga also heard the rumbling of the cannon in the distance, and he followed the sound to see first the golden afterglow of the sunset, and then the two fleets that were shelling each other and turning south......

It turned out that after the four battleships of the Ming Dynasty found that the "bow" of the King William IV had been blown off and the hull sank seriously, they did not fall into the well and continue to shell it, nor did they rush up to release mines, but turned their guns to bombard the Queen Elizabeth.

And the situation of the Queen Elizabeth also looks terrible, the 30 cannons of the four large battleships of the Ming army are bombarding it, and the 30,000-ton battleship of the same style as the Wilhelm IV is full of fire and smoke......

Major General Jervis then put a life jacket on William. Baga and then pointed to a cruiser of three or four thousand tons in the nearby sea to William. Baga said: "Admiral, the Sheffield is coming up, let's jump into the sea!" ”

William. Baga sighed, gritted his teeth, climbed over the railing of the battleship with both hands, and jumped into the choppy Pacific Ocean with a thud......

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William. When Baga jumped into the sea, the formation composed of two "Da Zhou" classes and two "Zhongwang" classes of the Ming Navy had already completed the turn, cut horizontally to the front of the formation composed of more than 20 battleships led by Queen Elizabeth, and grabbed half of the T position. The British ship formation had to turn to the left to avoid the entire T position falling into the hands of the battleship formation of the Ming Navy. And this rush also shows the importance of the speed of the battleship. Although the Ming army now only had 4 battleships, the speed of more than 25 knots was 5 knots faster than that of the British formation, which made the latter have to follow the former frequently, and as a result, it was difficult for the battleships in the middle and rear positions to aim and shoot. Therefore, only six or seven battleships could effectively engage these four Ming battleships, and only the 10 14-inch cannons of the Queen Elizabeth could pose a certain threat to the two Great Zhou classes...... However, 16 360-mm cannons are clearly a greater threat to the Queen Elizabeth!

While the Queen Elizabeth was struggling to support it, in the direction of the setting sun, a column of billowing black smoke had gradually approached the battlefield, this was a Ming battleship formation composed of 12 heroes (heroes) and Han Wu!

Although these 12 battleships are all outdated "old ships", their arrival has a decisive effect! The British Royal Navy fleet, which was already in a bitter battle, saw the arrival of 12 battleships belonging to the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, and all of them lost the courage to fight. Everyone knows it - the sun on which the sun never sets...... It's going down the mountain!

"Our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Hooray!"

In the command tower of the battleship Da Zhou, cheers broke out again.

Li Kezhi, who already knew that he had won this crucial battle, raised his hand and pointed at "Elizabeth", who had been shot more than 10 times and was covered in smoke 15,000 meters away, shouting: "Now, lean towards the British boss battleship...... I got closer! This 30,000-ton ship must be left on the battlefield! ”

"Yes!"

The officers around him were jubilant.

With Li Kezhi's order, the four Ming battleships on the sea were fully at full speed, and once again plunged horizontally in front of the Queen Elizabeth, bombarding 30 360 mm and 300 mm cannons as they returned.

The 29th salvo fired by the "Boom ......" ship "Da Zhou" and the two "Zhongwang" finally achieved a crucial result, at a distance of about 12,000 meters, a 360 mm armor-piercing projectile penetrated the waterline armor of the Queen Elizabeth and drilled all the way into its boiler room! With a loud bang, milky white high-pressure steam erupted from the amidships of the ship, forming a steam jet tens of meters high.

With the last touch of sunset before sunset, witnessing the tragic scene of the Queen Elizabeth being blown out of the boiler room by the enemy, William Murphy, who had just been fished out of the Sheffield. Ba Jiang's heart is really like ashes, and there is no trace of illusion anymore, because he knows ...... The sun of the British Empire has really set, and it has set in the Pacific Ocean!