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    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The 11 battleships and battlecruisers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet formed two battle lines respectively and fired at the battleships of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet!  Orange-red flames shine at the muzzle of the thick main gun, like fireworks!

    The British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet only has 6 Devonshire-class heavy cruisers equipped with three twin-mounted 210mm main guns, which are relatively powerful!  However, 10,000 meters away, these Devon-class heavy cruisers still have no way to deal with the thick armor of the battleship!  Unless they can reduce the combat distance to less than five thousand meters.  Otherwise, even if it hits the Chinese Navy's battleship, it will not be able to cause fatal damage to it!

    Several Jianghe-class heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet also joined in the shooting. The three triple-mounted 210mm main guns equipped with them are both superior to the British Navy's Devonshire in terms of firepower and power.  Class, heavy cruiser.  Under such a powerful firepower attack, the British Navy's warships simply cannot rush to the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet!

    "Boom!" A huge explosion came from the heavy cruiser HMS County Durham of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. During this time, the bow of this heavy cruiser with a displacement of 10,000 tons was completely shrouded in thick smoke.  .  He was hit by a 343mm armor-piercing projectile fired from the battleship HMS Benbow. The armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 500 kilograms easily tore through the bow deck armor of the heavy cruiser HMS County Durham.  Internal explosion!  The violent explosion directly

    ¡®Durham, the bow of the heavy cruiser was torn to pieces.  The seawater poured into the heavy cruiser Durham crazily. In less than a minute, the heavy cruiser sank into the sea with its bow facing down.

    When the heavy cruisers of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet were attacked by the battleships of the Chinese Navy, the light cruisers and destroyers of the Mediterranean Fleet also launched a high-speed attack!  The caliber of the guns of light cruisers and destroyers is too small to pose any threat to battleships, but they also have weapons that can pose a fatal threat to battleships.  Then the heavy torpedoes carried on the battleships are much more powerful than caliber naval guns. If a battleship is hit in the vitals by a heavy cruiser, it may cause heavy damage or even be sunk!

    The five light cruisers and 16 destroyers of the British Navy rushed towards the battle line of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet's battleships at maximum speed, trying to rush to a distance of about one thousand meters and then launch torpedoes.  However, the attempts of these light cruisers and destroyers will obviously not succeed!  When they began to charge, the Ningbo-class light cruisers and Fuqing-class destroyers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet had already appeared beside the battle line, forming a tight line of defense and using their own hulls to block the incoming attack.  direction.  At the same time, the main and secondary guns on the battleship began to fire on the light cruisers and destroyers of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet.  The dense artillery shells hit the Mediterranean fleet, and water columns splashed on the sea!

    The tonnage of light cruisers and destroyers is small, and the armor is very weak, almost non-existent.  Even being hit by a small-caliber naval gun is enough to cause serious damage!  In addition to the light cruisers and destroyers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet that protected the 8th Marine Division's fleet, they were all involved in the battle. The number was much greater than that of the Mediterranean Fleet's light cruisers and destroyers.  Under such a siege, the Mediterranean Fleet suffered heavy losses. Before they could reach a distance of one thousand meters from the battle line of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, most of the warships were severely damaged or even sunk!

    In the end, only a few light cruisers and destroyers rushed to a distance of about 1,500 meters from the Chinese Navy's battle line and launched torpedoes!  It's just that launching torpedoes at this distance can easily be avoided by the Chinese navy's battleships.  Apart from the sinking of an unlucky destroyer, there were no other results!

    The Battle of the Alboran Sea ended in less than an hour. The British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet was completely annihilated. All the Devonshire-class heavy cruisers were sunk, and 8 of the 15 light cruisers were sunk.  Sunk, most of the remaining seven light cruisers were severely damaged, and were then forced to surrender by the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet!  Most of the 16 destroyers had the same result!  The losses paid by the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet were minimal. Only one destroyer was sunk. Two other destroyers and two light cruisers were severely damaged and had to return to Sicily for repairs.  The Chinese Navy had already built a small shipyard in Sicily at this time, which could repair light warships.

    The other battleships only received a little minor damage at most, which will not affect the battle!

    After annihilating the British Navy¡¯s Mediterranean Fleet, the Chinese Navy¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet continued to advance westward.  At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet appeared in Gibraltar.  And this time??The British Army and Navy defense forces in Gibraltar are also ready for battle!  In John.  When Admiral Jellicoe's flagship, the heavy cruiser Cambridgeshire, was sunk, other warships had already sent telegrams to Gibraltar.

    Roslin, Chief of Staff of the British Navy¡¯s Mediterranean Fleet.  On the one hand, Lieutenant General Wells ordered all the troops in the Fortress of Gibraltar to prepare for battle, and on the other hand, John.  News of Admiral Jellicoe's death was reported to the British Admiralty!  British Admiralty Minister John.  After Sir Fisher learned the news, he cursed John.  Admiral Jellicoe is a fool.  His act of seeking death cost thousands of officers and soldiers of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet!  You must know that after the British Royal Navy suffered several defeats, not only the capital ships suffered too much, but also the well-trained naval officers and soldiers suffered serious losses. If these officers and soldiers of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet can be preserved, this will be a great blow to the British Navy.  Re-emerging can have a big positive effect!  However, even if John.  Sir Fisher to John.  Admiral Jellicoe was very dissatisfied with this action, but when publicizing it to the outside world, only General John.  Admiral Jellicoe is promoted as a hero who fights to the death for the glory of the Royal Navy. Only in this way can he inspire the Royal Navy and the British people.

    The British Navy¡¯s Gibraltar Fortress, after decades of construction, has formed a complete defense system!  On the platform south of Gibraltar, the British Navy built five strong forts here. Each fort is equipped with a fortress gun with a maximum caliber of 305 mm. Each fort has two guns. In addition, each fort also has four 280mm guns.  mm fortress guns, as well as varying numbers of 210 mm fortress guns, 155 mm coastal defense guns, etc.!  Adding up all the cannons, the entire Gibraltar Fortress has more than 150 cannons with a caliber of 155 mm or more!  These forts built on the platform are very strong. They basically hollow out the platform and then place the fortress cannon inside!  The top is made of limestone several meters thick, and the front is made of reinforced concrete, and then embedded with steel plates hundreds of millimeters thick for defense. It is very strong and can withstand shelling from 5mm main guns.  Of course, even the 343mm main gun can hardly penetrate the defenses of these forts.

    However, limestone is not very hard. If a limestone several meters thick is shot by a battleship's main gun, it will be easily destroyed if it is hit several times!  When the Fortress of Gibraltar was originally built, its main purpose was to defend against frontal enemies. The mainstream naval guns in the world at that time were only 5mm main guns.  Now the 5mm main gun has lagged behind. The main gun of the super battleship is as high as 343mm or more. The main gun of the Chinese Navy's Tang class battleship, the British Navy's Queen Elizabeth class battleship and the 'Revenge class' battleship under construction.  The gun caliber is as high as 381 mm.  Such a blow is also unbearable for the British Navy's Gibraltar Fortress!

    At 1:05 pm, on the sea about 10,000 meters away from the Fortress of Gibraltar, 11 battleships of the Chinese Navy began bombarding the Fortress of Gibraltar.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Except for the two 'Qin-class battleships, the main guns of the remaining nine battleships are all 343 mm, and they all fire armor-piercing projectiles.  A total of 89 343mm main guns and 16 5mm main guns began a fierce bombardment of the Fortress of Gibraltar!

    A few minutes later, the forts of the Gibraltar Fortress also began to counterattack.  The fortress cannons opened fire quickly, and the armor-piercing shells exploded on the sea, splashing water columns into the sky!

    The fort¡¯s fort has strong protection and is difficult to penetrate.  The battleships were constantly cruising on the sea, which made it difficult for the fortress's turret to hit the target.  The artillery fire from both sides was very fierce, but they could not do anything to the other side for a while!

    While the battleships were engaged in artillery battles with the British Navy¡¯s fortresses, the Chinese Navy¡¯s anti-submarine formations composed of Lop Nur-class frigates and Fuqing-class destroyers were also cruising around, looking for possible submarines.  In particular, the vicinity of the transport fleet of the 8th Marine Division is the focus of monitoring.

    If the transport fleet is attacked by a submarine of the British Navy, it will cause serious losses!  After all, to capture Gibraltar, you have to rely on the Marine Corps to land!  Otherwise, even if the navy's capital ships remove all the forts of the Gibraltar Fortress, no one will land, and they will not be able to capture it!

    At this time, the Chinese navy launched an attack on Gibraltar, which also attracted the attention of other countries.  Such as the Kingdom of Spain!  A Spanish army has appeared north of the Fortress of Gibraltar!
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