The reason why William Baga wants to fight is because he thinks he still has a chance to win!
First of all, he didn't know about the existence of the "Great Zhou" class.
This is wartime, and neither side will officially announce the trump card in their hands. Not only will they not officially announce it, they will have to hide it, and they will also have to release a lot of misleading fake news. For example, the Ming Dynasty announced a while ago that it would start construction of the so-called "Han Zhaolie Emperor" with a standard discharge of 50,000 tons and a full discharge of 60,000 tons. It will be equipped with eight 400 mm caliber cannons, a main engine power of 150,000 horsepower, and a speed of 30 knots. "class battleship...
The British side boasted that it would start building the Victoria Princess with a standard displacement of 42,000 tons and a full displacement of 48,000 tons, equipped with eight 15-inch cannons, a main engine power of 150,000 horsepower, and a speed of up to 32 knots.
The cool guys on both sides boasted loudly, but the real guys kept their secrets well hidden. The "Emperor of India" class of the Ming Dynasty and the "Emperor of India" class of the British Empire were only occasionally revealed before today. As for the "Da Zhou" class and the "William IV" class, they are simply top secret projects!
Secondly, William Baga knew that he could not safely escape back to Australia with most of the battleships... because he had already seen the speed of the "Shi Huangdi" class! This level of battleship can at least run 27 or 28 knots!
And they also have eight 330mm first-level artillery, with as much lethality as speed!
In addition, the lethality of Ming Dynasty's "big light cruiser" and carrier-based aircraft cannot be underestimated. The speed of the "big light cruiser" can also reach 27 or 28 knots, and the carrier-based aircraft has no speed limit!
Therefore, if William Baga orders to run away now, his large fleet will definitely be relentlessly pursued by the enemy. In the end, one-half of the force will escape back to Australia. Thank God.
At 6:15 p.m., when dusk had arrived and the ocean near the battle area was shrouded in golden sunset, the chimneys of 24 British battleships, including the "King William IV" and the "Queen Elizabeth", began to spit out thick smoke. , all battleships have turned on the forced ventilation mode!
Under the guidance of the "King William IV" and the "Queen Elizabeth", 24 battleships formed a vertical array on the sea, like a long steel dragon, rushing towards the six "Indian Emperor" class ships that were bombarding them. "Qin Shihuang" level.
On the other side, the main force of the Second Battleship Division of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy includes two "Dazhou" class ships, two "Zhongwang" class ships, six hero class or hero modified ships, and six Hanwu Emperor class ships. 16 battleships also rushed to the battlefield at full speed. However, they are different from the British formation. They do not maintain a long snake formation, but are divided into three detachments, including two "Dazhou" ships and two "Zhongwang" ships in one group, six Heroes or Heroes in one group, and six A team of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The reason why the Ming army had to march in three groups was because the sixteen battleships of the Ming army were a little far away from the battlefield, and the speed difference between them was relatively large. The "Dazhou" and "Zhongwang" could both sail to more than 25 knots. They are all considered high-speed ships. The Hero or Hero Kai has a speed of 22-23 knots, which is not too slow. But the Hanwu Emperor level is not good enough, and it can barely manage 20 knots.
If these 16 battleships maintain the same speed, they can only advance at a speed of 20 knots... Now the front line has become a mass, and there are tens of thousands of people in urgent need. Whoever gets reinforcements first will have a better chance of winning. big! …........
"Boom boom boom..."
The first to arrive on the battlefield was the British battleship formation led by William Baga! The two ships, King William IV and Queen Elizabeth, took the lead and led 24 battleships into the battlefield. At a distance of 28,000 yards from the First Emperor, the King William IV and the Queen Elizabeth fired the first salvo.
Although the 20-gun 14-inch guns of these two battleships have almost no accuracy at this distance, they can still scare the "Emperor of India" and the others... If they don't scare them, they will kill the "Emperor of India" , "Roman Emperor", "Charlemagne", "King of Hanover" and "King of England" were all killed!
It turned out that after destroying the "King of Scotland" with one shot, the "First Emperor" and his crew had to continue to show off their power. They quickly aimed all 48 330mm cannons at the "King of England" who was almost trembling with fear.
At this time, the "Emperor of India" and the "King of Hanover" who had previously been able to fire a few shots at "Emperor Tang Taiwu" from a distance had been thrown away.
The only ones who can still compete with a group of "First Emperor"-level cannons are the "King of England", "Roman Emperor" and "Charlemagne"... three against six, it is obvious who has the advantage.
Although the British also scored some hits and set the "Shi Huangdi" on fire, those were only fires caused by hitting the lifeboats and cabins under the stern deck. For a 25,000-ton battleship, however, It's a skin injury.
The six "Shi Huang" class ships fired round after round of 330mm artillery shells. The "King of England" seemed to have fallen into a sea of fire. The 330mm armor-piercing shells kept hitting this standard 25,000-ton battleship. It exploded, and fire and smoke began to spread on the deck. The damage control team tried their best to suppress it with water hoses, but everyone still felt that it was a drop in the bucket.
And this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that the carrier-based aircraft that just blew up a few Indian Emperors are now flying back to drop bombs and torpedoes.
But the British can't send a few "pigeon planes" to cover their own battleships - although there are still two British aircraft-carrying armored cruisers on the battlefield, most of the carrier-based aircraft pilots have gone to see God. .....Unless God releases people, there is no chance.
The "King of England", who was beaten to death, became the key target of a group of Ming Dynasty fighter planes, bombs and torpedoes kept flying upwards to greet him.
Therefore, the emergency telegram from the "King of England" was sent to the "William IV" like a snowflake. The communications officer kept reporting to William Baga: "Admiral, the A turret of the King of England is destroyed and all personnel died in the battle." , the damage control team had to release water and flooded the ammunition depot!"
"Admiral, the waterline armor amidships of the King of England was penetrated by a torpedo, and a large amount of seawater poured in!"
"Admiral, the top of turret C of the King of England was penetrated by a bomb, causing a fire!"
"Admiral, the stern of the King of England was hit by a torpedo... the rudder was blown and cannot turn!"
"Admiral, the bow of the King of England was penetrated by a cannonball, a large amount of water entered, and the bow of the ship sank..."
William Baga listened to the reports from his subordinates and held up his telescope to watch. He already had a general understanding of the situation. Of course, he was so anxious that he almost jumped up. He just urged loudly: "Quick! Hurry up, the British Empire needs us to speed up!"
"Admiral!" Rear Admiral Jervis, the chief of staff of the fleet, suddenly shouted, "The lookout post discovered four large battleships of the Ming Dynasty, two of which were Zhongwang class, and the other two have not been seen before, but judging from their size At least 30,000 tons!”
"What? 30,000 tons, isn't that..." William Baga felt like stars were popping out in front of his eyes. 30,000 tons, that is the level of "King William IV".
Considering the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding level, these two battleships must be very powerful!
If they are not eliminated, today's battle may be the sunset of the empire on which the sun never sets!
Thinking of this, he immediately raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the setting sun, and soon found four large Ming army battleships approaching rapidly!
Fortunately, there are only four ships... there is still hope.
William Baga raised his hand and pointed at the four battleships: "That is our goal... Forget about the Indian Emperor class now, we must sink all four battleships at any cost, otherwise there will be consequences It’s unimaginable!”
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