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    "Boom! Boom!" Four water columns tens of meters tall rose into the sky from the sea.  However, it is a full five to six hundred meters away from the battleship 'Zhonghua'.  However, it is already very extraordinary to be able to achieve such results in the first round of test shooting at a distance of 12,000 you.  The British Navy is indeed the best in the world.

    "Haha! Well done! Boys, let these damn yellow-skinned monkeys know how powerful we are. Not everyone can challenge the maritime supremacy of the British Empire!" On the bridge of the 'Queen of India', Feili  Lieutenant General Mantel said excitedly.  Although the Chinese Navy's home fleet showed very strong strength in yesterday's battle against the Japanese fleet, Lieutenant General Philemantle is confident that his army will not be much worse than theirs.  Even though the performance of the battleships may not be as good, the quality of the British Navy is indeed the best in the world.  It is still unclear who will win the final victory!

    "Fight back! Let these arrogant British know how powerful we are!" Deng Shichang said coldly.  Although, it is almost impossible for the Chinese navy to catch up with the British navy in terms of quality of soldiers in a short period of time.  However, the Chinese Navy, equipped with fire control systems and observation balloons, can already make up for this gap.

    "Fire!" At 9:55, the gunnery officer of the battleship "China" gave the order to fire.  The muzzles of the four twin-mounted 305mm main guns on the battleship 'China' shone with orange-red fire at the same time. Eight shells weighing more than 300 kilograms roared and hit the flagship of the British Far East Fleet.'  Queen of India' number.

    ¡°More than ten seconds later, on the sea to the right of the ¡®Queen of India¡¯, columns of water rose into the sky.  The nearest shell was less than 300 meters away from the 'Empress of India'.  Obviously, in the test firing, the Chinese Navy's accuracy was slightly better than that of the British Navy.

    "It seems pretty good! Keep playing!" A smile appeared on the corner of Deng Shichang's mouth.  He was very happy to be able to defeat the British Navy, a strong man with maritime hegemony.

    At this time, Lieutenant General Philmantle¡¯s face looked a little ugly. It is indeed very surprising that the Chinese Navy can achieve such results in less than ten years.  However, doesn¡¯t this also show that the Chinese navy poses a very big threat to the British navy?

    "Fire! Sink all those yellow-skinned monkey warships!" Lieutenant General Philmantle gritted his teeth and issued the order.

    For a time, the warships of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Home Fleet and the British Navy¡¯s Far East Fleet opened fire one after another.  The sound of cannons rumbled on the sea, and water columns kept rising into the sky, and then fell hard on the sea, as if it was raining heavily.

    The fighting distance is also slowly getting closer as time goes by.  By 10:20, the fighting distance between the two sides had reached 10,000 meters.  At this time, the Chinese Navy's home fleet began to deliberately maintain this combat distance.  The British Far East Fleet tried to close the distance several times, but failed.  The battle line of the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet consists of four "China-class" battleships and two "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers. In terms of speed, how can it be compared with the British Navy's Far East Fleet?  The speed of the British Navy's battle line was only 17 knots. In terms of speed, they suffered a big loss.

    After Lieutenant General Philemantle tried several times without success, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the battle at this distance.  Although their accuracy will be better as the distance is shortened, there is no other way now.  The Chinese Navy, after many battles, has been able to achieve very good results at a combat distance of 10,000 meters.  The opponents of the Chinese Navy often lose in this regard.

    Luck is indeed very important in naval battles.  At 10:30, the British Navy's battleship HMS Lamie was the first to achieve victory.  A 343mm shell hit the side of the Huaxia, destroying a 155mm rapid-fire gun and leaving a large hole above the waterline.  However, it did not cause fatal damage to the 'Huaxia'.

    "Well done! That's it, sink them!" Lieutenant General Philemantle on the "Empress of India" shouted happily.  If this shell went down a little further, it might be able to deal a fatal blow to the Huaxia near the waterline.  In this case, the 'Hua Xia' may be severely damaged.

    However, Vice Admiral Philemantle¡¯s happiness did not last long before the Chinese Navy took revenge.  In a salvo fired by the battleship Yanhuang at 10:42, two 305mm shells hit the battleship Hood.  One hit the Hood's forward main gun.  Destroy this main gun directly.  Moreover, because the 'Sovereign Class' battleships all use open turrets, there is no solid armor around the main guns.  This blow directly destroyed the main gun of the 'Hood', and left a big hole in the deck.  Another shell hit the bridge of the Hood.  Although the bridge armor of the USS Hood battleship is 305 mm, it still cannot stop the 305 mm artillery shells fired by the Chinese Navy.  The shell penetrated the armor and detonated, killing everyone inside including the captain.  The Hood suffered heavy damage.

    "How is the 'Hood'? Can it still continue to fight?" Lieutenant General Philmantle asked with a stern face.

    A few minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel David, the adjutant of Lieutenant General Philmantle, received the specific situation: "Your Excellency, Commander, the front main gun of the 'Hood' was destroyed and the captain was killed. It is now under the command of the chief engineer.  However, the Hood stated that they can continue to fight. Their rear main and secondary guns can continue to fire!"

    "That's good, this is the quality that soldiers of the Royal Navy of the British Empire should have!" Lieutenant General Philmantle said seriously.  However, he felt very humiliated that a battleship had been severely damaged in such a short period of time.

    The fierce artillery battle is still going on, although the combat power of the British Navy is far from comparable to that of the Japanese Navy.  However, after the initial nervousness, the soldiers of China's home fleet were able to calmly display their due combat effectiveness.  The balance of victory has begun to slowly tilt towards the Chinese Navy.

    At 11:06, a salvo fired by the battleship 'China' hit the 'Empress of India' with a shell.

    At that time, Lieutenant General Philmantle only felt a huge force coming towards him, and he fell forward.  When he fell, his head accidentally hit the corner of the table, causing blood to flow out.  but.  After Lieutenant General Philmantle got up, he did not care about his injuries, but shouted loudly: "Report the damage!"

    And his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel David, noticed that Lieutenant General Philmantle had a broken head and was bleeding, and quickly called the medical soldiers to bandage the wound of Lieutenant General Philmantle.  This shell hit the stern of the 'Empress of India', destroying one of the secondary guns, but did not cause much damage.  Only then did Lieutenant General Philmantle breathe a sigh of relief.  However, he gradually calmed down, knowing that this naval battle was not as easy as he imagined.  Originally, he thought that with the strength of the Far East Fleet, even if he could not defeat the Chinese Navy, there would still be no problem in maintaining a tie.  But now it seems that things are far from being as simple as he thought before.

    When the British Far East Fleet and the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet were fighting fiercely, it was late at night in London, England.  After the officer on duty received the telegram from Lieutenant General Philemantle, he did not dare to neglect and immediately sent the telegram to the Minister of the Navy, Frederick?  William?  Sir Richards' hand.  After the war between China and the Pacific Alliance began, Britain also went on alert.

    Lord of the Admiralty Frederick?  William?  After reading the telegram, Sir Richards immediately cursed: "Philemantle, this idiot, does he want to destroy the Far East Fleet? Come, prepare the carriage, I want to see the Prime Minister!"

    Ordering the Far East Fleet to return to Singapore, is this Frederick?  William?  Sir Richards personally ordered it.  Although he did not witness the naval battle between China and Japan, he realized that the 'Zhonghua-class' battleship entered into service by the Chinese Navy was indeed a truly epoch-making battleship. There is no battleship in the British Navy that can compare with it.  contend.  The Far East Fleet cannot take advantage of the Chinese Navy.  Therefore, he issued the order for the Far East Fleet to retreat.  Even if the British Navy wants to fight the Chinese Navy in the future, it will have to wait until the British Navy has gathered enough strength!

    The crisp sound of horse hooves sounded in the silent street, but was Admiral Frederick sitting in the carriage?  William?  Sir Richards was in a very bad mood.  He had a vague feeling that the British Navy's Far East Fleet might be in trouble this time.

    Being Frederick?  William?  When Sir Richards arrived at the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, was already up.  In Frederick?  William?  While Sir Richards was away, he had sent men to rule over the Marquis of Salisbury.  However, the Marquis of Salisbury looked very tired, with heavy bags under his eyes, and was drinking bitter coffee to refresh himself.

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I am very sorry to disturb you so late!" Lord Admiral Frederick?  William?  Sir Richards apologized.

    "It doesn't matter, state affairs are more important! How is the situation with the Far East Fleet?" said the Marquis of Salisbury.  Originally, in their plan, China and the Pacific Alliance should be allowed to fight for a period of time first. Britain would not intervene in this war so early.  But now it seems that the situation has changed.

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