Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 991
"Admiral, look!" Horton, who was directing the battle, suddenly pointed to the sea ahead and shouted loudly.

Following his cry, Bernie picked up the binoculars, and two huge Chinese warships appeared in his field of vision one after the other. From the appearance, they did not seem to be inferior to his own "Queen Elizabeth" class battleship .

The "Shihuang" and "Daqin" ignored warships that were not of the same class as themselves, but went straight to Bernie's flagship "Malayan". The violent impact of the waters they passed made some small-tonnage ground warships The boat kept rocking.

"Full left rudder, second salvo of the main gun!" Holden ordered loudly.

"Full rudder to the left, the main guns fired a second salvo!" Within a distance of 5000 meters, the "Shi Huang" and "Malayan", "Da Qin" and "War-weary" were like four dueling warriors, Worked one-on-one.

The battleships of the "Shihuang" class quickly showed the advantages of the battleship itself. The "Shihuang" class is actually based on the Zhonghua-class battleship as a blueprint. It was originally intended to be built and upgraded, but it became a larger-scale battleship after modification by the Imperial Naval Design Institute.The increase in displacement, the increase in the caliber of the main gun, the thickening of the armor and the amazing top speed of 28 knots, from the current point of view, it is the invincible warship at the beginning of this century.

The British "Queen Elizabeth" class battleship suffered a lot as soon as the battle broke out. Bernie and Horton were horrified to find that the "War Spite" and "Malayan" that they were proud of were compared with the Chinese battleships. , completely lagging behind, if not relying on the superb skills and rich practical experience of the crew, I am afraid that they would have been defeated by now.

"God, the Chinese have such terrible weapons!" Bernie exclaimed: "Our idiot intelligence personnel even said that China developed the 'Shihuang' class and the 'Shanghai' battlecruiser. Same, they should be cursed and court-martialed!"

The curses belong to the curses, and Bernie still tried his best to raise his spirits and command the battle on the sea.

"At 11 o'clock, the British cruiser "Flying Fish" and the French cruiser "Sea Eagle" were shot and sank slowly. Injured, began to slowly withdraw from the fight.

The Chinese side also suffered losses. The battleship "Yuntian" was shot in many places and withdrew from the battlefield under the cover of the "Yunsheng". The losses in cruisers and destroyers were relatively large. Two cruisers and a destroyer were killed Sunk, the other two lost their combat effectiveness, and were forced to retreat to the Singapore Naval Port.

The battle situation is a bit stalemate at this time.

The battleship "Sea Lance", sweat dripped down the head of Captain Persiemo, but Captain Persiamo was still very proud. Under his command, the "Sea Lance" became a naval battle The dazzling star among them sank and damaged a Chinese cruiser in one go, but he received no other damage except for a big hole in the left deck.

"Target 'Quanzhou', fire!" At this time, Boscaymo turned his attention to the Chinese armored cruiser "Quanzhou". As long as he can kill it again, the rank of brigadier general on his shoulders will definitely be promoted to major general.

With a "boom", the "Sea Lance" suddenly swayed violently from side to side.As soon as Persgamo sat on the ground, there was another loud noise, and the hull of the "Sea Spear" battleship began to tilt sharply to the left.

"Captain, we've been shot!" The first officer ran over, crying, "The hull is seriously damaged beyond repair."

Bosgamo jumped out of the ground like a bull, and roared with his eyes wide open: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! The Chinese warships are all on the opposite side, where is the attack!"

But the truth soon told him.The fatal blow of the Chinese has begun!

The warships of the United Fleet were constantly being attacked inexplicably on the sea, and one after another was shot and caught fire. The Chinese seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago and continued to launch a fierce attack.

"Submarine! Submarine!" Admiral Burnie yelled frantically, his worst fear finally happened.

Nearly 300 Chinese submarines are divided into several waves on the seabed to launch cold-blooded attacks in turn. The main force of the Chinese submarines is already here. They are like sharks smelling blood, and they hit the torpedoes mercilessly towards the United Nations. battleship.

Enemy warships on the sea exploded and sank under the attack of torpedoes, but they had no choice but to dodge in horror like lambs being slaughtered. The sea king who thought he was invincible finally smelled the breath of failure at this time.

Under the command of Guoqiang, the reef submarine launched an attack on the "Malayan", launching two torpedoes in a row.The first "Malaya" dodged, but the second one just hit. Seeing that the flagship of the United Fleet was shot, several submarines quickly surrounded it, and a dozen torpedoes cut towards "Malayan" like the sickle of death. Malaya".

At least four torpedoes were hit, and the "Malayan" was lying on the sea like a seriously wounded giant, panting heavily, looking helplessly at its fate of being destroyed.

"Admiral, the escape boat is ready, please get on board quickly!" Horton said eagerly.

Bernie's eyes were lost, and he was muttering something to himself. He seemed to be crushed, with the scattered limbs and broken arms in front of him, and the sinking warship, which constantly stimulated his nerves. .

Is that the end?The reputation of the Combined Fleet is thus ruined, and the seas of the Pacific Ocean will no longer belong to the proud Royal Navy.

Horton was in a hurry, he signaled, two sailors came up and drove their commander-in-chief, one on the left and one on the right put him on the lifeboat, and rowed to the "War Spite", but they hadn't reached the "War Spite" yet. , but saw that the giant ship also exploded, and the Chinese submarines were everywhere.

Holden hurriedly commanded the boat to approach the nearest heavy cruiser "Hercules", and finally climbed onto the deck. Bernie looked like a fool, and had completely lost the ability to be a commander.The current command of the Far East Combined Fleet has all fallen on Horton's shoulders.Bernie can't be blamed entirely. As a famous naval admiral who has gone through countless battles and always appears as a winner, suddenly the entire fleet collapsed completely, and the blow suffered by ordinary people is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The attack on the bottom of the sea is still going on. The Chinese submarine brigade has made a gesture that it will never withdraw from the battlefield until it wipes out the combined fleet. From the launch of the first torpedo to the present, the submarine brigade has lost a total of 17 ships, but it has wiped out the combined fleet. All kinds of warships, in terms of the low cost and fast production cycle of submarines, are completely a bargain for the Chinese navy.But Yu Guoqiang didn't think so. What he felt distressed was not the submarine, but the brothers who were buried under the sea. Therefore, Yu Guoqiang, who had finished launching the torpedoes, was still unwilling to leave. All sank under gunfire.

The balance of victory has completely turned to China. While the enemy warships are being abused wantonly on the bottom of the sea, the Chinese warships on the sea have also begun to join the ranks of encirclement and suppression.

"Shihuang", "Daqin", "Yuntian", "Shanghai", "Xuzhou", "Yunsheng", and all the battleships that can act have been put into the final blow to the United Fleet. Cannons, torpedoes, machine guns, all available weapons have been brought into full play.

The French were the first to hold on. Under the leadership of the French ship, the remaining French warships raised the white flag, regardless of the life or death of the British allies, and quietly moored on the sea.Immediately afterwards, the Dutch warships also hoisted the white flag one after another.

The surrender of the French fleet made the Far Eastern Combined Fleet, which was already dying, lose its confidence in the final resistance. The continuous explosion and sinking of the ship pierced the hearts of British naval officers and soldiers like needles.

At 3:15 p.m., the flagship of the Far East Fleet, the "Malayan", announced its surrender. Rear Admiral Horton, on behalf of Admiral Burnie, asked the ships to give up resistance and wait for the Chinese to accept them.

The "War Spite" refused the order to surrender, and they continued to fire shells, and even damaged a destroyer of the Chinese fleet.

At 3:30, two shells from the "Shi Huang" hit the main engine compartment of the "War Spite", and then all four torpedoes from the submarine submarine force hit the hull of the "War Spite", which was already incapacitated.

The last semaphore of the "Warspite" was: "China has a navy that is not afraid of heroic death, as does the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Let our actions end this shameful naval battle!"

Amidst the crew singing "God Bless the King", the "Warspite" sank 10 minutes later, and their behavior even made Chinese warships pay tribute to them.

The naval battle that broke out in the South Pacific is over, and the combined fleet of the Far East is annihilated. This means that the attempts by Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries to carve up the rights and interests in the Pacific have almost completely failed. In the future, only the Chinese Empire will patrol the sea. Navy battleship.

In the White House of the United States, President Johnson, holding a Havana cigar between his fingers, is silently listening to the report of Lieutenant General Sims, the chief of staff of the US Navy.

"In three months, we only have three dreadnoughts available, which is less than one-fifth of the opponent's, and the enemy's carrier air force is fully capable of turning San Diego into the second Pearl Harbor." Sims The lieutenant general spoke with great enthusiasm.

"I think that before our warships and aircraft carriers reach a sufficient number, the main force of the fleet should try to distance itself from the overwhelmingly superior enemy to avoid unnecessary losses. The defense of the west coast and Panama can be completely handed over to the Army , in fact, if the enemy immediately crosses the sea to attack the west coast, the remaining strength of the fleet will not play any substantial role in defending the homeland."

(End of this chapter)