1825 My New Daming

Chapter 130 The enemy ship not only did not surrender, but dared to shoot at us! (Eighth update, first order, follow-up order)

"Sir, airships, lots of airships! Coming to us!"

The staff's desperate cries rang in George Elliot's ears, and fear filled the command tower of the Indomitable.Brigadier General George Elliot just stood blankly on the platform outside the conning tower, looking up at the airships flying in formation in the sky, filled with remorse.

He never thought that the ambushes of the Ming Navy were actually in the sky!

He originally thought that after disbanding the formation, he could take advantage of the British Royal Navy's strengths in melee combat and win in chaos. Even if he couldn't really win, as long as he drove the four warships of the Ming Navy from Japan's territorial waters to the Pacific Ocean, he would be able to Claimed victory.

And the development of things at the beginning was as he expected, and the Ming Navy also dispersed its formation and fled south.Because the Lushun class and Xinchang class are fast, and the captain of the Royal Navy is very clever.So George Elliot believed that the result of this pursuit battle must be that the Royal Navy successfully chased the enemy away, which of course was a victory!

As for the destruction of the front and rear turrets of the Revenge, it was not his fault, it was the fault of the designer. The armor on the Revenge was thick and much, and it was protected everywhere. Why did the turrets just miss out?Shouldn't that be the most important thing?Doesn't the Revenge rely on those four 13.5-inch cannons to fight?Without these four cannons, there are only 10 6-inch guns left on the Revenge, with 5 on one side, and the firepower is not as good as that of the Lushun class!
In addition, the four 13.5-inch cannons are not accurate at all, and the rate of fire is astonishingly slow. It takes three to five minutes to fire one shot. These cannons are useless at all!
What is even more useless than the 13.5-inch cannon of the Sovereign class is the 16-inch front-mounted gun of the Indomitable class. The 16-inch gun is still front-loaded. Struggle to stuff the shells in, this is an old cannon of the last century!

Obviously, the Royal Navy of the British Empire was not ready to fight a world war at all. Although the Royal Navy looks very shiny, if it is not ready, it is not ready!
So George Elliot was ready to "take it as soon as it's good." After driving the Ming Navy from Japan's territorial waters, the British Empire had to withdraw from Japan.As for how Ming would deal with Japan, the British Empire could only give all support except help!

But George Elliot never expected that when the Royal Navy was doing the best thing of "let it go", accidents happened again and again!
The airships of the Ming Navy are actually ambushing above the Jiyi waterway, and these airships obviously have the ability to attack the sea!Needless to say, the plumes of smoke rising into the sky from the sea are the airships of the Daming Naval Air Corps blowing them up—otherwise, how could they fly from the place where the plumes of smoke rose into the sky?
Now I just don't know who was bombed?Looking at the billowing smoke, it should not be a destroyer of hundreds of tons that was blown up, but a cruiser of several thousand tons.
As soon as he thought of the air strike, another particularly desperate question appeared in George Elliot's mind.

How to fight the airship in the sky?
A 16-inch front-loading gun will definitely not be able to hit it, and a 6-inch half-rapid-fire gun seems to be no good either. The rate of fire of this gun is slow, and the angle of fire is not high enough to shoot into the sky—the Indomitable is Built and served during the Napoleonic Wars, there were no rigid airships in those days!

As for the 2-inch rapid-fire gun, it seems that it can't shoot into the sky, because a shield is installed on the cannon, which limits the shooting height of the cannon - this kind of cannon is used to deal with torpedo boats and sweep the deck of enemy ships, and it is not considered at all Use it to hit sky targets.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on George Elliot's forehead!

Although the firepower configuration of this Indomitable is very outdated, it is still a large ship with a full platoon of nearly [-]. It has strong protection capabilities and is strong enough to withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. As long as the artillery is upgraded, it will be a good ship again.

Now it's going to be sunk by the airship, but it's too unjust.
"George, our British Empire is not yet at war with the Ming Empire, if we can show them that we have no hostility, maybe"

George Elliot glanced back, and it was his cousin Charlie Elliot who made this genius suggestion.

"So, how do we show that we are not hostile?"

"A white flag of peace may be hoisted"

"Charlie!" George Elliot glared at his cousin, "What nonsense are you talking about? The Royal Navy of the British Empire will be destroyed when it sees the enemy. How can we fly a white flag?"

"But what do we use to hit the airship in the sky?" Charlie Elliot asked, "The Indomitable is an old-fashioned battleship, and it doesn't even have a large-caliber machine gun that can shoot into the air."

"Use, use" George Elliot thought hard, and finally gritted his teeth, "Use a rifle! There is a new Bass breech-loading rifle on the Indomitable! The rifle can shoot into the sky!"

The so-called "New Bass" breech-loading gun is actually a copycat of a certain type of Daming's breech-loading rifle, so it is not named after the designer or the factory. It is simply called "New Bass" to distinguish it from the old-fashioned Brown bass and rifled bass (also a knockoff).

This new Bass rifle was not considered advanced in 1827, but it could "shoot the sky" anyway. There is always a shooting height of several hundred meters. Using a rifle to shoot an airship is much more reliable than using a samurai sword.

Thinking of this, George Elliot gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Quick, hurry up and gather the sailors. Except for those who must stick to their posts to keep the warship sailing at high speed and fight with artillery, everyone else is on the deck. The Royal Navy must stick to it." Position, fight to the death without retreating!"

"Yes, sir!"

Now, the British Royal Navy has become an army lined up to be shot, and they are all called up by Charlie Elliot. Each person has a new bass, and they are lined up on the deck of the Indomitable. Just waiting for the airship.

"Sign up the Indomitable and make them surrender!"

When the airship team of the Daming Naval Air Force approached the Indomitable, Guan Tianpei, who was riding on the airship, issued an order that was difficult to carry out—how to use the semaphore on the airship?
When the navigator and communication officer on the airship was in a daze, Observer No. [-] shouted: "Sir, the enemy ship Invincible not only refused to surrender, but dared to open fire on us!"

"Fire?" Ma Xuchen, who was the captain of the boat (and captain at the same time), was taken aback, "What are they using to fire?"

"Use rifles!" said the observer. "British sailors are standing in a row on the deck of the Indomitable, each with a rifle, shooting at us!"

This scene. An iron-clad battleship with a full line of nearly 1 tons, or a battleship with four 4-inch cannons, is actually playing a real queue to shoot!
Moreover, the target of the shooting was an airship floating in the air at an altitude of more than 1000 meters!
"Playing a volley? This is really... a commendable spirit!" Guan Tianpei nodded in admiration, "The Royal Navy of the British Empire really lives up to its reputation!"

Ma Xuchen on the side smiled and said, "No matter what, you will be beaten if you fall behind. This is the famous saying of King Wu Zhong!"

All military academies of the Ming Army and Navy, upon entering the gate, there is a huge stone tablet with this sentence on it!

Guan Tianpei nodded and said, "Okay, now is the time for the British Empire to fall behind and be beaten. Since they refuse to surrender, let's start fighting! Captain Ma, you are in command."

"Yes!"

Ma Xuchen immediately took over the task, and ordered loudly: "Give power to each boat and change into a column. The whole team follows the flagship boat at an altitude of 1200 and a speed of 20 knots. Fly over the top of the enemy ship Indomitable one by one and prepare to drop bombs!"

(End of this chapter)