Daying is finished!
William Baga is really despairing at this moment!
When the King William IV, the most powerful battleship in the British Empire, fought against an unknown Ming battleship of the same level, it only lasted for a few minutes and was over! And it didn't seem to cause any serious damage to the enemy's large battleships.
And once the King William IV is finished, the Queen Elizabeth will definitely not be able to sustain it for too long... Once the Queen Elizabeth is finished, can the 22 old battleships left be able to deal with those two "30,000 tons"? Don’t even think about it!
The Wilhelm IV's 14-inch cannon can't hit these two "30,000 tons", so how can it hit them with its 12-inch cannon?
In addition, there are still several "Indian Emperors" being bombarded by the Ming Dynasty's 25,000-ton ships, and they may not last long. Once those "Indian Emperors" collapse, I'm afraid there will be a one-sided pursuit!
"Admiral... the Wilhelm IV suffered heavy damage. A section of the ship's bow was blown off. The water is pouring in crazily. It can no longer sustain it for much longer. Captain Henry asks you to change the flagship!"
Just when William Baga thought the situation was over, his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Jervis, had already spoken with the captain of the William IV on the phone, and started to walk towards the command tower with General Baga, who had long since given up his ideas. .
"What? Our battleship is already...it is the King William IV!" When William Baga heard this, he was so anxious that he burst into tears.
"Admiral, come with me quickly," Jervis said, "The cruiser HMS Sheffield is already approaching. You can transfer to this third-class cruiser first."
Sheffield...Jervis really chose a good ship!
Jervis saw that William Baga was still a little reluctant, so he didn't talk nonsense to him, and pulled him and ran outside the command tower. And William Baga didn't feel much when he was holding on to the thick steel wall of the command tower. Now as he followed Jervis, he realized that the hull of the William IV had tilted forward seriously. Nothing stands firm. If damage control cannot close some watertight hatches at the bow in time and at the same time inject water into the stern to restore balance, this 30,000-ton battleship may not be able to survive with all personnel abandoning the ship.
Just when he was thinking of abandoning the ship, Major General Jervis had already dragged the dazed William Baga out of the command tower and began to walk down the severely sloping stairs. He didn't know how long he walked. William Baga felt He had already descended to the ship's side deck. The surrounding sounds suddenly became noisy, including the sound of cannons, wind, waves, shouts, and sirens one after another, all mixed together to form a magnificent doomsday symphony.
William Baga looked around and found that the most powerful battleship in the British Empire was almost finished... The ship had obviously stopped moving forward and was tilting forward severely. The deck was in a mess. There were many bewildered Royal Navy officers and soldiers crowded there, and many people were pouring in from several stairs near the ship's side deck. I wonder if they were preparing to abandon the ship? There was also choking smoke drifting over amidships, stern.
In addition, William Baga also heard the rumbling sound of artillery going away. He looked along the sound and saw the golden-red sunset first, and then saw the two men who were shelling each other while turning south. A fleet...
It turned out that the four battleships of the Ming Dynasty discovered that the "nose" of the King William IV had been blown off and the hull was seriously sinking. They did not add insult to injury and continue bombarding it, nor did they rush up to lay mines. Instead, they turned their guns to bombard the Queen Elizabeth. .
The situation of the Queen Elizabeth also looked dire. 30 cannons from four large Ming army battleships were blasting at it, making the 30,000-ton battleship, the same model as the William IV, burst into flames. cigarette......
At this time, Major General Jervis put a life jacket on William Baga, then pointed to a three to four thousand ton cruiser on the nearby sea and said to William Baga: "Admiral, the Sheffield is approaching. Let’s jump into the sea!”
William Baga sighed and had no choice but to grit his teeth, hold on to the railings of the battleship with both hands and turn over, then jumped into the undulating Pacific Ocean with a splash...
...
When William Baga jumped into the sea, the Ming Navy's two "Da Zhou" class formations and two "Zhong Wang" class formations had completed their turn and crossed into a formation of more than 20 battleships led by the Queen Elizabeth. At the front of the formation, we grabbed half of the T position. The British ship formation had to turn left to prevent the entire T position from falling into the hands of the Ming Navy's battleship formation. And this grab and turn also shows the importance of the battleship's speed. Although the Ming army currently has only 4 battleships, the speed of more than 25 knots is a full 5 knots faster than the British formation, which forces the latter to frequently follow the former in turning, and in this way, those in the queue and behind A battleship in this position would be difficult to aim and shoot. Therefore, there are only six or seven battleships that can really engage in effective exchanges with these four Ming army battleships. Among them, only the Queen Elizabeth's 10 14-inch cannons can pose a certain threat to the two Great Zhou classes... However, The 16 360mm cannons pose a greater threat to the Queen Elizabeth!
While the Queen Elizabeth was struggling to hold on, in the direction of the setting sun, a row of billowing black smoke gradually approached the battlefield. This was a Ming army battleship formation composed of 12 Hero-class (Hero modified) and Hanwu-class battleships. !
Although these 12 battleships are all outdated "classic ships", their arrival has the final say! The British Royal Navy fleet, which was already in a bitter battle, saw the arrival of 12 battleships belonging to the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, and all lost the courage to fight on. Everyone knows - the sun that never sets on the Empire... is about to set!
"Our reinforcements have arrived!"
"Long live!"
In the command tower of the battleship Dazhou, cheers once again broke out.
Li Kezhi, who already knew that he had won this crucial battle, raised his hand and pointed 15,000 meters away. "Elizabeth", who had been shot more than ten times and was covered in smoke, shouted: "Now, to the British boss. The battleships move closer... and fight when they get closer! This 30,000-ton ship must be left on the battlefield!"
"yes!"
The officers around him were jubilant.
Following Li Kezhi's order, the four Ming Dynasty battleships on the sea were at full power, and once again inserted themselves in front of the Queen Elizabeth, firing 30 360 mm and 300 mm cannons at the same time.
"Boom..." The 29th round of salvo fired by the "Dazhou" and the two "Zhongwang" finally achieved key results. At a distance of about 12,000 meters, a 360 mm missile The armor-piercing projectile penetrated the Queen Elizabeth's waterline armor and penetrated all the way into its boiler room! With a loud noise, milky white high-pressure steam spurted out from the middle of the ship, forming a steam jet dozens of meters high.
Taking advantage of the last ray of sunset before sunset, witnessing the tragic scene of the Queen Elizabeth's boiler room being blown up by the enemy, William Bachang, who had just been fished out of the Sheffield, was really heartbroken and had no illusions anymore, because He knew...the sun of the British Empire had really set on the Pacific Ocean!
