Chapter 123 When the bloody red flag rises! (Please order first!)

"What? It will definitely miss. Can this be calculated?"

On the bridge of the cruiser Vladivostok, Captain Li Chenghui, the admiral of the formation, was holding a Mexican cigar. He looked at the British Royal Navy formation getting closer and closer in the distance and could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The deputy commander behind him, Bai Siyuan, couldn't help but bite his mouth hard and stepped forward: "Sir, Zhuge Daozi is right. According to the intelligence, the 13.5-inch main gun of the Sovereign Class can fire once every 3-5 minutes. If it takes 10 minutes,

In battle, its two 13.5-inch cannons can only fire 8-10 rounds. As for the unyielding 16-inch front-loading cannon, it can fire up to two rounds, which is also 8 rounds. Its six giant cannons can fire up to 16 rounds, and they are all carried by small boats.

The accuracy of the cannon is so poor, I'm afraid it doesn't even have a 2.5% hit rate. 2.5% multiplied by 16 is 40%. If you round up, it means it will miss."

"How can this be rounded off?" Li Chenghui bit his cigar and said, "If a 13.5-inch or 16-inch shell is hit by one shot."

Seeing that Li Chenghui was still hesitating, Major Bai Siyuan became a little anxious, and said to Admiral Li: "Admiral, this time the Japanese pirates and the British have obviously set a trap for us. They first coaxed us to visit Japan, and then used four camouflaged ships.

As a bait, we were led under the guns of the British formation. The commander estimated that there would be a second ambush circle of British barbarians and Japanese pirates in the south. If we left without fighting, we would run into their second ambush circle.

If you create an ambush circle, you will be attacked from both sides and face death!"

Bai Siyuan obviously scared himself, but his analysis is very reasonable. The current situation is obviously that the Japanese pirates, British and foreigners are colluding together! Since they are colluding together, there will not be only ten British ships and two Japanese ships.

Gunboats, four Japanese camouflage ships, and more ships must be ambushing nearby - the Japanese Shogunate Navy has a total of more than thirty steam ships, but only three have appeared now, and the rest cannot be hiding in Yokosuka Port.

Are you ready?

So now we can only gamble. As long as we can severely damage the most powerful Sovereign class, we can deter the remaining British and Japanese ships and prevent them from pursuing them. If there are no pursuers behind us, with the firepower and firepower of the two Lushun classes,

With speed, it is still possible to carve a bloody path and escape.

Although Li Chenghui is a bit slow, he is also an elite trained step by step by the Ming Dynasty Navy. After listening to Bai Siyuan's analysis, he completely understands - now he can only fight! Otherwise, his life will be lost in Japan!

Thinking of this, Colonel Li's anger and blood rose together, and he roared: "Damn it, I will fight with them. Send the order, raise the bloody red flag of King Wu Zhong!"

"Yes, sir!" When Bai Siyuan heard the "bloody red flag", his blood boiled up and he shouted loudly, "The admiral has ordered, raise the bloody red flag!"

The bloody red flag is of course the battle flag passed down by King Zhuge Wu Zhong—the flag that is said to be red with the blood of Zhonglie!

This battle flag is used by both sea and land. The bloody red flag can only be raised when the decisive battle is about to begin!

So this red flag has not been raised for more than a hundred years, but every soldier of the Ming Dynasty, especially the officers, has imagined the moment when the bloody red flag was raised, and also saw with his own eyes the moment when the bloody red flag was raised in the military academy.

Bloody red flag.

Every battalion and combat unit above the battalion of the Ming Army, and every combat ship of the Ming Navy, has a bloody red flag that belongs to them. It is carefully preserved in a mahogany box (of course it must be replaced regularly), quietly

Waiting for the moment to fly in the wind.

And this wait lasted more than a hundred years!

When a bright red flag fluttered on the main mast of the Vladivostok, the slightly panicked officers and soldiers on the four Ming Dynasty naval ships suddenly realized that they were standing at an important historical crossroads and that their new Ming Dynasty was heading towards its final glory.

The last dangerous hurdle before!

Although the Ming Empire has not really fought a war in more than a hundred years since the death of King Wuzhong, the eight aristocratic families and noble groups that rule the country also seem to have lost their ambitions and only want to be their rich man in peace and stability.

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However, the navy and army schools of the Ming Dynasty have always instilled in their students the idea that the final battle will come, and the Ming Dynasty will either win and become the master of the world, or fail and be stepped on by the enemy.

The future and fate of the Ming Dynasty depends on whether the navy and army soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can win one victory after another for their empire!

"The bloody red flag! The flagship Vladivostok has raised the bloody red flag!"

On the bridge of the Lushun, Wang Wen was the first to see the bloody red flag flying on the main mast of the Vladivostok - this was the signal for the decisive battle!

"Okay! Raise the bloody red flag!"

Zhuge Weidao turned around and saw the waving red flag. Suddenly he felt a surge in his heart and immediately ordered the bloody red flag on the Lushun to be raised.

As soon as he issued this order, cheers suddenly erupted from the bridge of the Port Arthur.

"Ten thousand victories! The Ming Dynasty is ten thousand victors!"

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

Before the cheers had dissipated, the signal officer's voice sounded again from the bridge of the Lushun: "Sir, the flagship ordered us to lead the entire team and seize the T-shaped position in the shortest possible time!"

"Got it!" Zhuge Weidao said loudly, "Lushun, full speed!"

At this moment, the steam engines of the four Ming Navy cruisers and destroyers on the sea suddenly began to roar and began to output maximum power. The majestic bows suddenly smashed into the water blocking their progress. The four ships began to take the Lushun as the vanguard.

An attack was launched towards the "joint formation" composed of the British Royal Navy and the Japanese Shogunate Navy that was turning more than 10,000 meters away.

"Report distance!"

Zhuge Weidao held his hands on the railing, stared ahead, and asked questions loudly.

"Report, the distance is 13,000 meters!"

"Eleven kilometers!"

"Ten thousand meters!"

"Nine thousand meters!"

"Eight thousand meters"

The captain's sound of distance reports one after another made the atmosphere in the bridge of the Port Arthur extremely tense. After all, there were a Sovereign class, an Indomitable class, eight other British ships, and two Japanese gunboats five thousand meters away. Everyone.

Their eyes turned to Zhuge Weidao, the youngest "Zhuge Military Advisor" in more than a hundred years.

Probably seeing the bloody red flag raised by the Ming army, George Yilu and Charlie Yilu immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Bloody red flag! They want it."

"They are going to war! Are they crazy? We have 12 warships and they only have 4!"

"Sir, the Ming Navy formation is rushing towards us. The distance is less than 8,000 yards. Please give instructions!"

In the bridge of the Revenge, the extremely nervous voice of the chief staff officer also sounded.

George Elliot also calmed down, with a sarcastic smile on his face: "Since they want to fight, well, although Britain has not declared war on the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Navy will never give in! Raise the Z-shaped flag and all soldiers

Do your duty faithfully and you will destroy the enemy when you see it!"

"As you command, sir!"

"Pass my order, all form a column, and all ships follow the flagship!"

"As you command, sir!"

Soon, the formation of the British-Japanese coalition forces also completed adjustments. The two Yamato-class gunboats that originally led the way have disappeared. The leader is the Sovereign-class Revenge, followed by the Indomitable, Leander, and

HMS Mersey, HMS Eris, and five destroyers with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons. The two gunboats of the Yamato class, Echigo and Mino, followed slowly at the end of the formation.

Compared with the high speed of more than 24 knots that the Ming Dynasty naval formation was running at this moment, the British and Japanese formations were much slower and could only run a little over 14 knots, because the Indomitable was only that fast. But they

The firepower is quite strong!

Because the Ming army formation has not yet turned, the two sides are facing each other in columns along two parallel lines. The secondary guns on one side and at least half of the main guns on both sides can aim at each other and fire!

At 5:35 in the morning, when the distance between the two formations shortened to between four and five kilometers, dozens of main and secondary guns on the 10 British Royal Navy ships in front of the British and Japanese formations opened fire at the same time.

The thick gunpowder smoke suddenly rolled up into a black storm on the sea. Before the permeable gunpowder smoke dissipated, dozens of artillery shells roared across the sea and flew towards the Port Arthur, which was speeding in the distance!
Chapter completed!