1825 My New Daming

Chapter 123 When the Scarlet Red Flag Raises! (, ask for the first order!)

"What? It's definitely not going to hit. Can this be calculated?"

On the bridge of the Vladivostok cruiser, Colonel Li Chenghui, the admiral of the formation, was smoking a Mexican cigar, looking at the British Royal Navy formation that was getting closer and closer in the distance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitched twice.

The deputy chief behind him, Bai Siyuan, couldn't help biting his lip hard, and stepped forward and said, "Sir, Zhuge Daozi is right. According to the intelligence, the monarch-level 13.5-inch main gun can only fire once every 3-5 minutes. In combat, its two 10-inch guns can only fire 2-13.5 rounds. As for the 8-inch front-mounted guns of the Indomitable class, it can fire up to two rounds, which is also 10 rounds. The 16 cannons can fire up to 8 rounds, and they are all carried by small boats. The accuracy of the cannon is so poor, I’m afraid it doesn’t even have a 6% hit rate, 16% multiplied by 2.5 is 2.5%, rounded up, it’s just a miss.”

"Can it be rounded?" Li Chenghui bit the heart of his cigar and said, "If a 13.5-inch or 16-inch shell hits one round."

Seeing that Li Chenghui was still hesitating there, Major Bai Siyuan was also a little anxious, and said to Admiral Li: "Admiral, this time the Japanese pirates and Yingyi obviously set a trap for us, first coax us to visit Japan, and then use four camouflage ships As bait, we were lured under the guns of the British formation. The official estimated that there would be a second ambush circle by the British, barbarians and Japanese pirates in the south. If we left without a fight, we would crash into their second ambush circle. An ambush circle, when the time comes, you will be attacked from the front and back, and you will die!"

This Bai Siyuan is obviously scaring himself, but his analysis is very reasonable. The current situation is obviously that the Japanese bandits Yingyi colluded together!Now that they are colluding together, there will not only be ten British ships, two Japanese gunboats, and four Japanese camouflage ships, but there will definitely be more ships lying in ambush nearby—the Japanese Shogunate Navy has a total of more than thirty ships There are only three steamships, the rest can't be squinting in Yokosuka Port, right?
So now I can only gamble, as long as the most powerful Sovereign class can be severely damaged, the remaining British and Japanese ships can be deterred and they will not dare to chase after them.If there are no pursuers behind, with the firepower and speed of the two Lushun-class, it is still safe to kill a bloody road and escape.

Although Li Chenghui was a bit dull, he was also an elite trained step by step by the Ming Navy. After listening to Bai Siyuan's analysis, he completely understood - now he can only fight!If you don't fight, your old life will be lost in Japan!
Thinking of this, Colonel Li Da's anger and blood rose together, and he roared: "Damn it, I fought with them. Send an order to raise the bloody red flag of King Wu Zhong!"

"Yes, sir!" When Bai Siyuan heard the "bloody red flag", his blood rose and he said loudly, "The admiral has an order to raise the bloody red flag!"

The bloody red flag is of course the battle flag handed down by King Zhuge Wuzhong—the flag that is known as the blood-stained red flag of loyalty!
This battle flag is common to land and sea, and the bloody red flag can only be raised when the decisive battle is about to start!
So this red flag has not been raised for more than 100 years, but every Ming soldier, especially an officer, has imagined the moment when the bloody red flag was raised, and also witnessed the bloody red flag that King Wuzhong once held high in the military academy .

And every battalion and above the battalion of the Ming Army Army, every combat ship of the Ming Navy has a bloody red flag that belongs to them. It is carefully preserved in a mahogany box (of course, it must be replaced regularly), quietly Waiting for the moment when the wind blows.

And this class is more than 100 years!
When a bright red flag was flying on the main mast of the Vladivostok, the flustered officers and soldiers on the four Ming Navy ships suddenly realized that they were standing at an important historical crossroads and that their new Ming Dynasty was heading towards its ultimate glory The last hurdle before!
Although the Ming Empire has not really fought a single battle in the more than 100 years since the death of King Wuzhong, the eight aristocratic families and the Xungui Group that ruled the country seem to have lost their ambitions and only want to be their rich and stable.

But Ming’s naval and army schools have consistently instilled in their students the idea that the final battle will come, and Ming must either win and become the master of the world, or fail and be trampled underfoot by the enemy.
As for the future and destiny of Ming Dynasty, it depends on whether the soldiers of the navy and army of Ming Dynasty can win one victory after another for their empire!

"The bloody red flag! The flagship Vladivostok has raised the bloody red flag!"

On the bridge of the Lushun, Wang Wen was the first to see the bloody red flag flying on the mainmast of the Vladivostok—this is the signal for a decisive battle!

"Good! Raise the bloody red flag!"

Zhuge Weidao turned his head and saw the red flag fluttering, and suddenly felt a surge of emotion, and immediately ordered the bloody red flag on the Lushun to be raised.

As soon as he gave this order, cheers erupted in the bridge of Lushun.

"Wan Sheng! Daming Wan Sheng!"

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

Before the cheers dissipated, the signal officer's voice sounded again from the bridge of Lushun: "Sir, the flagship ordered us to lead the whole team, and we must seize the T-position in the shortest possible time!"

"Understood!" Zhuge Weidao said loudly, "Lushun, full speed!"

At this moment, the steam engines of the four Ming Navy cruisers and destroyers on the sea suddenly began to roar, and began to output the maximum power, and the majestic bows slammed into the water that blocked their progress.The four ships, starting with Lushun as the vanguard, launched an assault on the "joint formation" composed of the British Royal Navy and the Japanese Shogunate Navy, which was turning more than 1 meters away.

"Report distance!"

Zhuge held on to the railing for the Taoist, stared ahead, and asked loudly.

"Report, the distance is 3000 meters!"

"1000 meters!"

"Ten thousand meters!"

"9000 meters!"

"8000 meters"

The navigator's short-cut distance report made the atmosphere in the bridge of the Lushun extremely tense. After all, 5000 meters away, there was a Sovereign-class, an Indomitable-class, eight other British ships, and two Japanese gunboats.Everyone's eyes shifted to Zhuge Weidao, the youngest "Zhuge military adviser" in more than 100 years.

Probably seeing the bloody red flag raised by the Ming army, George Elliot and Charlie Elliot immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Blood red flag! They want."

"They're going to war! Are they crazy? We have 12 warships and they only have 4!"

"Sir, the Ming Navy formation is rushing towards us, the distance is less than [-] yards, please give instructions!"

Inside the bridge of the Revenge, the voice of the chief staff officer who was extremely nervous also sounded.

George Elliot also calmed down, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Since they want to fight, well, even though Britain has not declared war on Ming Dynasty, the Royal Navy will never back down! Raise the Z flag and all soldiers Dedicated to duty, see the enemy will be destroyed!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Pass my order, all form a column, and all ships follow the flagship!"

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, the formation of the British and Japanese allied forces has also been adjusted. The two Yamato-class gunboats leading the way have disappeared. The lead is the Sovereign-class Revenge. The Mersey, the Aerys, and five destroyers with a displacement of less than a thousand tons.The two gunboats of the Yamato class, Echigo and Mino, followed slowly at the end of the formation.

Compared with the high speed of more than 24 knots that the Ming Navy formation was running at the moment, the speed of the British and Japanese formations was much slower, and could only reach a little over 14 knots, because the Indomitable was only that fast.But their firepower is still quite fierce!
Because the formation of the Ming army has not yet turned, the two sides are facing each other along two parallel lines in columns.The secondary guns on both sides and at least half of the main guns can aim at each other and fire!
At 35:5000 in the morning, when the distance between the formations of the two sides was shortened to between 10 and [-] meters, dozens of main and secondary guns on the [-] Royal Navy ships walking in front of the British and Japanese formations fired simultaneously.The thick gunpowder smoke immediately rolled up a black storm on the sea. Before the pervasive gunpowder smoke dissipated, dozens of shells whizzed across the sea and flew towards the fast-moving Lushun in the distance!
(End of this chapter)