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    The sinking of the battleship HMS Hood caused the British Far East Fleet to lose its first battleship since the Battle of Trafalgar.  This dealt a huge blow to the morale of the British soldiers.  At the same time, because the battleship 'Hood' was sunk, the battleship 'Yanhuang' joined the attack on the battleship 'Queen of India'.  The 'Empress of India', which was besieged by the battleships 'Zhonghua' and 'Yanhuang', suddenly became more dangerous.

    Lieutenant General Philemantle began to hesitate after the sinking of the battleship HMS Hood. This time he asked the British Far East Fleet to launch an attack on the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet. Is this right or wrong?  Now it seems that the British Navy's Far East Fleet has less than half an advantage. If this continues, they will fail sooner or later.

    "No, the British Royal Navy is not that easy to defeat. Even if we fight to the last battleship, we can win the victory!" Vice Admiral Philemantle said secretly, and at the same time issued an order requiring each ship to fight to the death.  .

    "Boom!" At 12:55, the battleship 'China' launched a salvo. This time, the battleship 'China' hit the 'Empress of India' as expected.  A 305mm shell hit the stern of the 'Empress of India', blasting a large hole in the stern.  Because of the open turret used by the 'Sovereign Class' battleship, the artillerymen of the rear main gun of the 'Empress of India' suffered heavy casualties in this shelling.  Fortunately, there were enough spare gunners. After a fifteen-minute pause, the rear main gun of the 'Empress of India' roared again.

    At 13:04, the battleship Royal Oak, which was at the end of the battle line, hit the heavy cruiser Shanghai.  The shells weighing more than half a ton overturned the front main gun turret of the heavy cruiser Shanghai, and all the gunners inside were killed.  Fortunately, the shells in the front main gun of the "Shanghai" have been fired. Otherwise, once the explosion occurs, the damage to the "Shanghai" will be even more serious.

    After learning that the battleship 'Royal Oak' had severely damaged the 'Shanghai', Lieutenant General Philemantel's eyes lit up. The 'Sovereign Class' battleship was no match for the 'China Class' battleships of the Chinese Navy, but it was a serious opponent of the Chinese Navy's 'China Class' battleships.  The cruiser is not inferior at all!

    "Order all ships to concentrate their firepower on the two armored cruisers behind the Chinese Navy's battle line! Sink these two armored cruisers first, and then deal with the Chinese Navy's battleships!" Lieutenant General Philemantle immediately issued the order  Order.  On the current battle line, the British Far East Fleet has only five warships, one less than the Chinese Navy.  However, if the British Far East Fleet can seize the time, God willing, one cannon blasts through the ammunition depot of the Chinese Navy's warships and sinks the two heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy in a very short time, then it will become five  In a situation of four, perhaps the British Far East Fleet can still take advantage.

    The warships of the British Far East Fleet carried out the orders of Vice Admiral Philemantle very well.  The Lamie, the Counterattack, the Resolve and the Royal Oak behind the battle line focused their firepower on the heavy cruiser Tianjin and Shanghai respectively behind the Chinese naval battle line.  On the heavy cruiser.  This put the two warships under great pressure.

    When the heavy cruiser was originally designed, it was not used to fight battleships at all.  But when there are not enough battleships, this is used to make up the number.  However, this still proves that unless it is absolutely necessary, whether it is a heavy cruiser or a battlecruiser, it is best not to use it to fight a decisive battle with a battleship.  Unless it has armor that is not inferior to that of a battleship, the heavy cruiser or battlecruiser will definitely suffer.

    The tactical change of the British Far East Fleet made Deng Shichang hesitate for a moment, but then he did not change his combat ideas.  Although the British Navy's tactics will put the heavy cruiser 'Tianjin' and 'Shanghai' under great pressure, it also creates an excellent opportunity for the four 'Zhonghua-class' battleships in front of the battle line.  .  If we can take advantage of this time to severely damage or even sink the battleships of the British Navy's Far East Fleet, then all difficulties will be solved.  With the powerful firepower of the "China Class" battleship, this is not impossible.

    For a time, the battle between the two sides became more intense.

    Compared with the duel between battleships, which could not be determined for a long time, the battle between the armored cruisers of the British Navy's Far East Fleet and the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet has come to an end.  The armored cruisers of the British Navy's Far East Fleet and the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy are not at the same level at all.

    Because the maximum speed of the Nelson-class armored cruiser is only 14 knots, these two warships have become the first targets of the Chinese Navy's heavy cruisers.  Although?, the armored cruisers of the British Navy have very fierce firepower, but the caliber of the main guns is relatively small and it is difficult to pose a fatal threat to the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy.  The 305mm main gun of the Chinese Navy's 'Beijing-class' heavy cruiser can easily tear through the armor of any armored cruiser of the British Navy.

    At 10:25 in the morning, the heavy cruiser "Cullen" hit the "Nelson".  The armor-piercing projectile, weighing more than 300 kilograms, easily tore through the tail armor of the armored cruiser Nelson and directly destroyed the two 254mm rear main guns.  At the same time, the steering gear of the "Nelson" was damaged, causing the "Nelson" to lose the function of turning the rudder and could only drive directly forward.

    At 10:43, the 'Dihua' also achieved results. In a salvo, two shells hit the 'Nelson-class' armored cruiser 'Northampton'.  One shell hit the front deck, destroying two 254mm main guns on the front deck.  Another shell blasted a hole more than two meters long near the waterline.  After 20 minutes of hard work, the damage control personnel on the Northampton were unable to plug the leak, and finally had to declare that the rescue had failed.  By this time, hundreds of tons of seawater had been poured into the Northampton, causing the Northampton to tilt.  At 11:30, the 'Northampton' rolled over on its side on the sea and soon sank into the sea. The British soldiers on the battleship could not survive.

    After the 'Dihua' sank the 'Northampton', it began to besiege the 'Nelson' with the 'Cullen'.  The Nelson, which could not turn its rudder, could not withstand the siege of two advanced warships. After holding on for half an hour, it was sunk at 12 o'clock.

    At the same time, the battle between the other three heavy cruisers and three armored cruisers was also extremely fierce.  However, it is still the Chinese Navy's heavy cruisers that have the absolute advantage.

    At 11:08 a.m., the stern of the "Arrogant" was hit by a bullet and caught fire. Although the fire was extinguished ten minutes later, the main gun at the stern was unable to fire normally.  Afterwards, the "Arrogant" hit the side of the "Changsha".  But the shell was bounced away and fell into the sea more than ten meters away.  The huge power of the 234mm caliber shell explosion created strong pressure and tore a hole in the underwater part of the side of the 'Changsha'.  However, the hole was not big, only less than half a meter. After the efforts of the damage control personnel, the hole was blocked.  However, after returning to the shipyard, the heavy cruiser Changsha had to undergo armor replacement.  Then, at 11:24, the Changsha avenged itself.  A 305mm naval gun fired penetrated the bridge of the "Arrogant" and killed all the captain and all officers inside.  The British soldiers on the "Brutal" were also frightened. Instead of continuing to fight, they ran away.  However, the speed of the 'Arrogant' is nowhere comparable to the heavy cruiser of the Chinese Navy.  It was soon overtaken and sunk.

    By 12 o'clock, the only armored cruisers of the British Navy's Far East Fleet were the "Warspite" and the "Lady of Dawn".  However, they had to face five powerful heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy.  Under tremendous pressure, the "Wars Exhausted" chose to resist to the end, and was sunk at 12:28.  The Dawn Goddess raised the white flag and became the first warship of the British Far East Fleet to surrender.  Afterwards, a Chinese Navy light cruiser moved closer and guarded the British soldiers on the Dawn Goddess to prevent them from opening the sea valve.

    The surrender of the Dawn Goddess caused the morale of the British Far East Fleet to fall to the bottom.

    "What a bastard, I will definitely send him to a military court!" Lieutenant General Philmantle swore on the 'Empress of India'.  At this moment, he was like a furious lion.  However, this can no longer change the outcome of the British Navy's Far East Fleet.

    After the surrender of the "Dawn Goddess", all the armored cruisers of the British Far East Fleet were wiped out. Next, the five heavy cruisers "Nanjing", "Guangzhou", "Changsha", "Cullen" and "Dihua"  Immediately rushed to the battle line, preparing to support the heavy cruisers 'Tianjin' and 'Shanghai' that were struggling to support themselves.  The situation on the battlefield has become very favorable to the Chinese Navy's home fleet.

    "Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and the middle part of the "Tianjin" was hit by a bullet and caught fire. The rear mast was broken and the damage was very serious.

    "Order the Tianjin to withdraw from the battle!" Deng Shichang immediately ordered.  Now, after the other five heavy cruisers have joined the battle, the Chinese navy's combat power has become more abundant, which can completely prevent the 'Tianjin' from suffering greater losses.

    On the contrary, the British Far East Fleet fell into despair and was very close to collapse!

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