Chapter 132: Win, win, win, cry! (Finally, beg for a subscription!)

Inside the bridge of the Lushun, Zhuge Weidao couldn't believe his eyes!

When he rushed to the Indomitable, he saw an incredible scene - the airship really destroyed the battleship!

And the method of "big destruction" was simply unbelievable, oh, it wasn't completely unbelievable. At this moment, he was reminded of the use of "flying cameras" to hang two grenades to blow up tanks in later wars. If it weren't for the video evidence, no one would have thought

I won’t believe that DJ turns out to be an arms company.

Nowadays, the method of airships bombing battleships is similar. They also fly slowly to the front of the battleships, then slow down to the same speed as the battleships or even slower, or even hover in the air, and then wait for the battleships to pass underneath before throwing bombs. Because

The speed of the airship is very slow, and it naturally flies very steadily, so the bomb will not miss too much when dropped. It may not hit immediately, but it will be no problem to hit a few close-range hits, and it can also cause a certain amount of damage to the battleship.

Moreover, as long as there are enough airships and enough bombs are dropped, the probability of hitting them may be high enough.

In addition, after a battleship is bombed (direct hit or near miss), the anti-aircraft firepower will definitely decrease. After the battleship's anti-aircraft firepower decreases, the airship can descend. When the airship drops to an altitude of 200 to 300 meters, the bomb can be dropped.

The accuracy will be greatly improved.

This time Guan Tianpei dispatched 25 airships, each carrying 16 100kg bombs, for a total of 400 100kg bombs. If the average hit rate can reach 5%, the Indomitable will have to endure 20 100kg bombs

Of the bombs, at least 20 to 30% of the remaining bombs are near-misses!

This level of damage, let alone the more than 10,000-ton Indomitable, if you let the "True Yamato" try it, it wouldn't be able to stand the constant explosion!

In the end, the Indomitable was bombed while sailing at sea. Although its power system seemed to have malfunctioned and lost most of its speed, it was still able to move. If it had been bombed in the anchorage port. Haha,

It takes a lot of time for a steam boiler to boil water! I'm afraid the ship will be lost before the water boils.

So after the Indomitable was sunk by an airship, there will probably be an airship craze around the world, right?

Zhuge Weidaoxin said: "It seems that we have to get the plane out as soon as possible. Then we can use the plane to fly the airship and we can win. In addition, we have to strengthen the air defense of the battleship as soon as possible. Don't look back and let the British who are chasing after them come."

This is a 'teacher's plan to make a new plan'."

Just as he was thinking of this, the communications officer of the Port Arthur suddenly reported loudly: "Sir, there is a call from the Vladivostok. Chief Li ordered our ship to approach the Indomitable, then launch a torpedo to sink it, and salvage the British officers and soldiers who fell into the water."

"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao laughed and said loudly, "Send the ship over and sink the Indomitable!"

"Yes, sir!"

This was the first ironclad battleship to be sunk in history!

Although it was just a last-ditch hit, it was still a great honor for the Lushun.

Zhuge Weidao knew that it was Li Chenghui of the Li Jin family who gave himself the honor of sinking the Indomitable battleship. Of course, this was an honor that Zhuge Weidao and all the officers and soldiers of the Lushun deserved.

Because, this time the Battle of Kii Waterway seems to have been caused by Zhuge Weidao, the Zhuge military advisor who "calculated all the plans", who was "reckless" or over-calculated, thinking that "imperialism wants to harm me".

Of course Zhuge Weidao now knows that the battle of Kii Waterway was probably a "misunderstanding". Because after the investigation by airship, it can now be basically determined that the battle was in the Kii Waterway and in the Pacific waters outside the Kii Waterway.

, there was no ambush from the shogunate navy.

If this was a long-planned attack by Britain and Japan, then there was no way the Tokugawa shogunate would not set up an ambush outside the Kii Suido.

In addition, according to airship reconnaissance, the four pirate ships that caused this "misunderstanding" are currently escaping into the depths of the Pacific like crazy. Moreover, they are all flying the "red cross and striped flags" of the East India Company.

, it should be a Yapian smuggling ship anchored under the name of the East India Company. Well, these smuggling ships are very active along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, the coast of Japan and coastal areas throughout Southeast Asia. They not only smuggle Yapian, but also everything else that can be smuggled.

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Moreover, these East India Company's Ya-Pan ships and Japanese pirate ships are sometimes two-in-one. They are both Ya-Pan ships and pirate ships, and they also sell goods to the Ming Dynasty and various parts of Southeast Asia.

The livelihood of Japanese girls is closely related to the underworld profiteers of the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

The navy of the Ming Dynasty had many encounters with them, so it was very familiar with them. The four merchant ships that ran very fast and fled towards the southeastern Pacific Ocean were obviously both pirate ships and pirate ships, and they were also experienced ones.

According to Zhuge Weidao's own analysis, they were probably waiting near Awaji Island to make deals with Osaka's profiteers last night. As a result, they accidentally encountered four Ming warships and a Japanese gunboat. They thought they were encountering a Japanese gunboat.

The Great Tomorrow Soldiers came up to capture them, so they opened fire while escaping, and then happened to meet the British fleet visiting Japan. Now thinking about it, it seems to be a bit too much of a coincidence!

But as long as you win and you win, it doesn’t matter what the truth is!

As soon as Zhuge Weidao had figured out all these things, two roars suddenly came from the starboard direction. He quickly turned around and found that 1,000 meters away, the burning battleship Indomitable had two towers rising from its port midships.

There was a water column of tens of meters high. The hull was tilting to the right at a speed visible to the naked eye. It turned over after a while, and then quickly sank into the vast sea.

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

"Long live the Ming Dynasty."

Cheers suddenly erupted from the bridge of the Port Arthur.

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said to Wang Wen beside him: "Send a message to Admiral Li. The Port Arthur has sunk the Royal Navy battleship HMS Indomitable!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Really? Is this true? Can you say it again? Great, great, thank God."

In Beijing, in the residence of Prime Minister Zuo, when Chief of Naval Staff Zhuge Weiyong put down the phone in his hand, tears filled his eyes.

Zheng Guozhong looked at Zhuge Weiyong who was crying, took a deep breath, and then pretended to be brave and asked: "Yongzhi, how is the situation? Did we win?"

"We win, we win." Zhuge Wei used a black-faced man to say "win" while wiping his tears. Even though he won, he cried. How much should he win?

Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu looked at each other, and Mr. Yu then asked: "With this, will we win much?"

"Too many, too many!" Zhuge Weiyong cried and laughed at the same time: "Big win, big victory, we severely damaged a Sovereign-class battleship, sank an Indomitable-class battleship, a Lid'an-class cruiser and a destroyer!

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"What? Sink a battleship?"

"That's right, we sunk an Indomitable Class and severely damaged a Sovereign Class!"

"This, the displacement of over 10,000 tons must be unyielding. This is really a great victory!"

Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu both looked shocked. There was no time to be "joyed", and the "surprise" came first! Killing a thousand enemies, but damaging yourself eight hundred! They have been turned into battleships, so the damage to themselves will not be less, right?

"What about our losses?" Mr. Yu had already recovered from his "surprise", but he still didn't dare to be happy and continued to ask.

"The Lushun was slightly injured, with a few skin scratches, nothing serious at all. Four sailors were killed and five were injured, one of whom was seriously injured." Zhuge Wenyong said, "Another airship was damaged during the landing, but

It’s not a big deal, it can be used normally after repair.”

Zheng Guozhong and Mr. Yu breathed out at the same time, with expressions of "overjoyed" on their faces. They were really overjoyed!

Zheng Guozhong asked Mr. Yu: "Old man, has King Zhuge Wu arrived in Europe now?"

Mr. Yu said: "I only entered the Suez Canal two days ago and it takes two days to cross the canal. I guess I can have dinner with Ali Pasha in Alexandria today."

"Then send a telegram quickly to make King Zhuge Wu happy." Zheng Guozhong said with a smile, "This time he has more chips!"

"Chips?" Zhuge Weiyi, who was smiling from ear to ear, asked hurriedly, "Mr. Prime Minister, are we still talking to the British?"
Chapter completed!