In the bridge of the Lushun, Zhuge Weidao couldn't believe his eyes! When he rushed to the Indomitable, he saw an incredible scene where the airship really destroyed the battleship!
and
The method of "big destruction" was simply unbelievable, oh, it wasn't completely unbelievable. At this moment, he thought of the weapons used in later wars.
The "flying camera" hangs two grenades to blow up tanks. If it weren't for the video evidence, no one would believe that DJ turned out to be an arms company.
Nowadays, the method for airships to bomb battleships is similar. They also fly slowly to the front of the battleship, then slow down to the same speed as the battleship or even slower, or even hover in the air, and then wait for the battleship to pass underneath before throwing bombs.
Because the speed of the airship is very slow, it naturally flies very steadily, so the bomb will not miss too much when dropped.
It may not be able to hit immediately, but it is no problem to hit a few close misses, and it can also cause a certain amount of damage to the battleship.
And as long as there are enough airships and enough bombs are dropped, the probability of hitting them may be high enough.
In addition, due to the direct hit and near miss of the battleship, the anti-aircraft firepower will definitely decrease. After the warship's anti-aircraft firepower drops, the airship can descend. When the airship drops to an altitude of two to three hundred meters, the accuracy of bomb delivery will be greatly improved.
This time Guan Tianpei dispatched 25 airships, each carrying 16 100 kilogram bombs, for a total of 400 100 kilogram bombs.
If the average hit rate can reach 5, the Indomitable will have to be hit by 20 100 kilogram bombs, and at least 20 to 30% of the remaining bombs will be near-misses!
This level of damage, let alone the more than 10,000 tons of Indomitable, you let that
Let's try "Main Yamato", but he can't stand the constant explosion! In the end, the Indomitable was bombed while sailing at sea. Although its power system seemed to have malfunctioned and it lost most of its speed, it was still able to move. If it was bombed in the anchorage port... ...Haha, it takes a lot of time for a steam boiler to boil water!
I'm afraid the boat will be lost before the water opens. So after the Indomitable was sunk by an airship, there will probably be an airship craze around the world, right?
Zhuge Weidaoxin said: "It seems that we have to get the plane out as soon as possible. Then we can use the plane to fight the airship and we can win... In addition, we have to strengthen the air defense of the battleship as soon as possible. Don't look back and let Fenqizhi The British who are chasing us have come up with a long-term plan to find out." Just as he was thinking of this, the communications officer of the Port Arthur suddenly reported loudly: "Sir, there is a call from the Vladivostok. Commander Li ordered our ship to approach the Indomitable, and then launch torpedoes to attack it. It was sunk and the British officers and soldiers who fell into the water were recovered."
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao laughed and said loudly,
"Send the ship over and sink the Indomitable!"
"Yes, sir!" This was the first armored battleship to be sunk in history! Although it was only a last-minute hit, it was still a great honor for the Lushun.
Zhuge Weidao knew that Li Chenghui of the Li Jin family had given himself the honor of sinking the Indomitable battleship... Of course, this was also the honor that Zhuge Weidao and all the officers and soldiers of the Lushun deserved.
Because, this time the battle of Ji Yin Waterway seems to be about Zhuge Weidao.
Zhuge's military advisor who "calculates all strategies"
Being "reckless", or over-calculating, thinking that
It was done because "imperialism wants to harm me". Of course Zhuge Weidao now knows that the battle of Ji Yin Waterway is likely to be a
"Misunderstood. Because after airship reconnaissance, it is now basically certain that there is no ambush by the Shogunate Navy in the Jiyin Waterway and in the Pacific waters outside the Jiyin Waterway.
If this was a long-planned attack by Britain and Japan, it would have been impossible for the Tokugawa shogunate not to set up an ambush outside the Kiin Waterway.
In addition, according to airship reconnaissance, the four items that triggered this
The "misunderstood" pirate ship is now escaping into the depths of the Pacific like crazy. And they all work for the East India Company.
"Red Cross Stripes" should be some smuggling ships anchored under the name of the East India Company... Well, these smuggling ships are very active along the coast of Ming Dynasty, along the coast of Japan and in coastal areas throughout Southeast Asia. Not only Smuggling pornographic films and everything else that can be smuggled.
Moreover, these East India Company's Yapian ships and Japanese pirate ships sometimes formed a two-in-one existence.
They were both girl ships and pirate ships, and they also made a living selling Japanese girls to the Ming Dynasty and various parts of Southeast Asia.
It is even related to the underworld profiteers in Ming Dynasty, Japan and Southeast Asia. The Ming Navy had many encounters with them, so it was very familiar with them.
The four merchant ships that were running very fast and sailing toward the southeastern Pacific Ocean were obviously both pirate ships and pirate ships, and they were also veterans.
According to Zhuge Weidao's own analysis, they were probably waiting near Danlu Island to trade with the profiteers in Osaka last night.
As a result, they accidentally encountered four Ming warships and a Japanese gunboat. They thought they were encountering the Ming Dynasty soldiers who came to capture them, so they opened fire while escaping. Then they happened to meet the British who were visiting Japan. The fleet... now that I think about it, it seems like a bit too much of a coincidence!
But as long as you win the fight and win, it doesn't matter what the truth is! Zhuge Weidao had just figured out all these things when two roars suddenly came from the starboard direction. He quickly turned his head and found that 1,000 meters away, the burning battleship Indomitable had two wings rising from its port midship. A water column tens of meters high.
The hull was tilting to the right at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon it rolled over, and then quickly sank into the vast sea.
"Wan Sheng! Daming... Wan Sheng!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty..." Cheers suddenly erupted from the bridge of the Lushun. Zhuge Weidao smiled and said to the king beside him: "Send a message to Admiral Li... The Port Arthur has sunk the Royal Navy battleship HMS Indomitable!"
"Yes, sir!"......
"Really? Is this true? Can you say it again? Great, great, thank God..." Beijing, in the residence of Prime Minister Zuo, when Chief of Naval Staff Zhuge Weiyong put down the phone in his hand , already filled with tears.
Zheng Guozhong looked at Zhuge Weiyong who was crying, took a deep breath, and then pretended to have the courage to ask: "Yongzhi, how is the situation? Did we... win?"
"Win, win..." Zhuge Wei said with a black-faced man wiping his tears.
"Win", I cried even though I won, how much should I win? Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu looked at each other, and Mr. Yu then asked: "With this, will we win much?"
"Too many, too many!" Zhuge Weiyong cried and laughed at the same time: "Big win, big victory, we severely damaged a Sovereign-class battleship, sank an Indomitable-class battleship, a Lid'an-class cruiser and a destroyer! "
"What? Sink a battleship?"
"That's right, I sunk an Indomitable Class and severely damaged a Sovereign Class!"
"This, the displacement of the unyielding class must be more than 10,000 tons... This is really a great victory!" Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu both looked shocked... It was too late
"happiness",
The "surprise" came first! Killing one thousand enemies will cost you eight hundred! They've all been turned into battleships. I'm afraid they'll suffer a lot of damage, right?
"What about our losses?" Mr. Yu has already
I reacted in "surprise", but still didn't dare to be happy, but continued to ask.
"The Port Arthur was slightly injured, with a few skin scratches, nothing serious at all... Four sailors were killed and five were wounded, one of whom was seriously injured." Zhuge Weiyong said,
"There is also an airship that was damaged during the landing process, but it is not serious. It can be used normally after repair." Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu sighed at the same time, with both faces showing
The look of "great joy"...really great joy! Zheng Guozhong asked Mr. Yu: "Sir, has King Zhuge Wu arrived in Europe now?" Mr. Yu said: "I just entered the Su Yinshi Canal two days ago... It will take two days to cross the canal. I estimate that I can reach Alexandria today. Dinner with Ali Pasha.”
"Then send a telegram quickly to make King Zhuge Wu happy..." Zheng Guozhong said with a smile,
"He has a lot of chips this time!"
"Chips?" Zhuge Weiyi, who was smiling from ear to ear, asked hurriedly,
"Prime Minister, are we still talking to the British?"
