William Baga, who saw the Queen Elizabeth's boiler room blown out by the enemy, finally realized that Britain had lost the war... Britain had lost not a battle, but a war!
Of course, she will also lose her empire on which the sun never sets...
The reason why Britain can transform from an island country isolated outside the European continent into an empire on which the sun never sets is that it has the world's largest Royal Navy!
It is no exaggeration to say that it was the Royal Navy that created the British Empire, not the British Empire that created the Royal Navy. And when the Royal Navy is no longer the number one in the world, the sunset of the empire will come.
And this great sea battle that took place in the central waters of the Pacific undoubtedly declared the end of the British Empire's maritime hegemony... Although the Royal Navy of the British Empire had been defeated by the Ming Navy several times in Malacca and the Indian Ocean, But those defeats were not fatal to the British Empire, which had a profound foundation. At least it did not mean the sunset of the empire.
Because at that time, everyone believed that the British Empire was just a moment of negligence... Well, the Western world should think so. Moreover, at that time, the British Empire did still have the capital and hope to make a comeback. After all, the British Empire had the best naval officers and soldiers in the world and the strongest shipbuilding industry in the world. It would not be easily defeated by the Ming Dynasty.
But now this great battle in the Pacific has clearly told everyone that the navy and shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire, with the support of its world's largest industrial strength, has completely caught up with and even crushed Great Britain... ...After all, this is an era of industrialization. Shipbuilding and the navy are inseparable from the great foundation of industrialization.
Britain, whose industrial strength was inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, could only take the wrong approach and design and manufacture a "lame steel behemoth" with relatively outstanding firepower and armor, but a power system that was far inferior to its opponent.
It's nice to see these "lame giant beasts" when they're not on the battlefield, but now that they're on the battlefield, it's completely useless! The result of a speed difference of 5-7 knots is a passive beating! Moreover, the "advantages" in armor and firepower obtained by sacrificing power are non-existent... The firepower and protection of the Ming army's battleships that are 5-7 knots faster are still at a clear advantage.
At this time, William Baga also discovered in despair that although the number of the new Ming Dynasty warships, which were quite balanced in speed, firepower, and armor, was only 10, after a round of fierce battles, none of them were sunk. It seemed that not even one of them was sunk. None - the Ming Dynasty may have lost a few modified old battleships, but those new battleships that are fast, strong, and fierce are still running rampant on the sea, seemingly not even seriously injured.
This shows that the naval officers and soldiers who control those battleships are extremely good and can fully master the powerful weapons in their hands!
In addition, the Ming Navy also has three major killers, one is steam gas torpedoes, the other is aviation, and the third is submarines... Their power has not been fully exerted yet!
The current situation has become very obvious. The Ming Empire already has overwhelming naval superiority... The control of the world's seas has been transferred from the hands of the British Empire to the hands of the Ming Empire.
At 6:50, when the 12 hero-class and Hanwu-class troops of the Ming Navy began to join the battle, William Baga finally fully recognized the reality. After some psychological struggle, he made a decision and issued the order: "So Cruisers and destroyers rush towards the enemy ships, doing whatever it takes... to cover the evacuation of the battleships!"
As William Baga's order was broadcast by the radio on the Sheffield, dozens of small and medium-sized warships rushed into the battlefield like crazy, immediately making the already chaotic battlefield even more chaotic.
"Admiral, enemy cruisers and destroyers have joined the battle!"
"Oh...are you about to retreat?"
"Boom boom boom..."
Li Kezhi had not yet thought about how to launch the pursuit. In the smoke and dusk not far away, three groups of fire suddenly appeared, allowing him to taste the sweetness of victory again - the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which had been beaten to death, was It hit and there was a big explosion. The ones who made the contribution this time were two "Lord King" class. They were ordered just now
Launched a charge towards the Queen Elizabeth and took the opportunity to release 12 530mm steam gas torpedoes... 3 of the torpedoes hit the Queen Elizabeth!
Looking at the Queen Elizabeth, which quickly began to roll over after being hit by a torpedo, the smile on Li Kezhi's face could no longer be concealed.
Counting this 30,000-ton battleship, his fleet has sunk three Sovereign-class ships (Dignity, Canopus, and Terror) and two 25,000-ton class ships (Scottish Battleship) in today's great sea battle. HMS King, HMS King of England), two 30,000-ton class battleships (HMS William IV, HMS Queen Elizabeth) and other seven battleships.
In addition, there are two 25,000-ton class ships that have suffered heavy damage (Emperor of India and King of Hanover), and are about to be sunk by six Shihuang-class ships... Calculated this way, that is the huge result of nine battleships!
And except for the Sanjo Sovereign class, the other six ships are all 25,000-ton or 30,000-ton ships!
What a credit this must be!
"Send the order," Li Kezhi said with a smile, "order our cruisers and destroyers to also dispatch... We have a greater advantage than cruisers and destroyers!"
He's not bragging. Just take out the four-class cruisers and destroyers of the Kongming class, the Haohan class, the Warrior class, and the escort class. You can't even find warships of the same type in the British Empire that can compete with them!
Not to mention that these cruisers, armored cruisers and destroyers were equipped with powerful steam gas torpedoes.
In addition, the Fourth Submarine Group of the Pacific Fleet has already been lurking in the south of the battlefield, waiting for the British fleet to be defeated and run away...
The British people's suffering has just begun!
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St James's Palace, London, UK.
Telegrams about the failure of the Great Pacific Battle flew like snowflakes to the office of William, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India.
His Majesty, the Emperor, and the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy, who were waiting for the news with him, all looked ashen as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Sir Hardy held in his hand the telegram he had just received - this was to be sent by William Bagga from the Sheffield, and then via the high-power long-wave radio on the Roman Emperor (which and the Charlemagne escaped in the chaos) It was forwarded to Australia, then to India via a long-wave station in Sydney, and finally sent to London by wire telegraph.
Although this telegram passed through several hands, the reported news was quite timely.
"Your Majesty the Emperor..." Sir Hardy said in a trembling voice: "What can be confirmed at present is that we have lost 13 battleships, and 8 were seriously damaged or moderately damaged!
Among the battleships lost include Wilhelm IV, Queen Elizabeth, and Emperor of India... Your Majesty, we have lost this war! "
"No, Sir, we haven't lost yet!" Emperor William obviously couldn't accept this reality. He roared angrily, "The Australian Grand Fleet still has at least 20 intact battleships... and 8 battleships that can be repaired quickly. !
Our Royal Navy is still the second largest navy in the world! Nor can our homeland of the United Kingdom be invaded by our enemies.
And on the Australian continent, we still have a huge, well-equipped army... How could we lose? "
As he spoke, he looked at the Duke of Wellington and asked word for word: "Duke, do you think it is still possible for us to defeat the invading Ming army in Australia?"
