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Indian Ocean, waters near Goa.

The sunset is slanting, and the twilight is late.

On the undulating sea, two huge formations, more than 20,000 meters apart, each consisting of more than 20 warships, were heading north along the coast of India at a speed of about 10 knots. The billowing smoke could be described as covering the sky.

On that day, such a magnificent scenery made the sailors on the decks of both sides of the formation fearful. Because the warships on both sides had already aimed their main guns at each other.

A battleship formation conflagration is about to begin.

If we calculate the strength on paper, the formation closer to the Indian coastline and flying the red cross flag of the Royal Indian Navy is stronger. After all, they have 8 battleships and 2 9,000-ton large armored cruisers. And they have

The two battleships are the "Indomitable" class that have just completed the upgrade. They are giant ships with 12 9.2-inch cannons!

The Ming Dynasty naval formation flying the sun and moon blue sea flag has only 8 battleships and no large armored cruisers. In terms of the number of 240 mm (9.2 inches) first-class artillery, it is far less than the opponent. The Ming Dynasty's 8 battleships total

There are only 32 240mm cannons, while Britain's 8 battleships and 2 armored cruisers have a total of 54 9.2-inch cannons.

54 to 32, the advantage is certainly with Great Britain!

However, the six-turret layout of the "Indomitable" class means that when it faces the enemy from the broadside, it can only invest a maximum of 8 cannons, and 4 of the cannons cannot be used. In addition, there are 2 turrets with a total of 6 9.2-inch cannons.

The Blake class each received a "Central Break" in previous battles. Although the main guns are still there, the Blake was hit by 5 bullets and the Blenheim was hit by 4 bullets. Now they are both wounded. Both of them are wounded.

There are still holes visible in the hull of the armored cruiser!

Among them, a large hole was blown out of Blake's bow, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured in. The bow sank a lot, the speed dropped by several knots, and the accuracy of artillery fire was also reduced due to the tilt of the hull.

The Blenheim had a large chimney broken, a steam engine damaged, and its speed dropped by five knots, but the rest was fine.

If the two sides really fight, it's really hard to say who has a greater chance of winning. But it's "hard to say" only during the day. If it's at night, then Zhuge Weidao's chances of winning are even greater!

Because every warship over a thousand tons in the Ming Dynasty has a radio station, you can use the radio to communicate with each other when it gets dark without turning on lights, which makes command and organization much more convenient.

As for the British, they could only communicate with each other by light language after dark, and it was impossible for the flagship to organize effectively.

The organization fights the unorganized, and missing a dozen 240mm first-class cannons is not a problem at all.

However, there are disadvantages to being equipped with a radio station, especially a high-power radio station. It is that it must report the situation of the Goa naval battle to the Ming Dynasty Navy Department and the Naval Staff Department, and will also receive orders jointly issued by the Navy Department and the Naval Staff Department.

"Brother Shao'an, Brother Rui, and Brother Ziwen, tonight we will divide the entire formation into four, two Prince-class ships, two Marquis-class ships, and one or two Guogong-class ships to form a night battle formation. You

The three of them and this officer each lead a team. My requirements are not high, just one team can sink an enemy ship tonight! We have now sunk one of their ships and severely damaged two of their ships (actually, they were hit by medium-sized ships).

If we sink four more of their ships, that will be seven ships, and the vitality of this Indian fleet will be greatly damaged! From now on, not only will the Persian Gulf be ours, but the Arabian Sea will also be our territory!"

At this time, Zhuge Weidao was having a meeting in the luxurious conference room of the battleship Tang Wang with the fleet deputy admiral Li Chenghui, the fleet chief of staff Chen Jian and the captain of the battleship Lu Wang Bai Siyuan to arrange the night battle tonight.

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When he talked about how exciting it was, he even slapped the table with a "pop" sound, and the expression on his face lit up.

His heart is not dark, no matter what the ship is, he can just sink four more ships. If he sinks four more ships, the Arabian Sea should be named "Ming"!

Controlling the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea is the standard for future world hegemons!

But this time, the task given to him by the Navy was just to control the Persian Gulf and then establish a fleet presence in the Persian Gulf. It was not to defeat the Indian fleet and seize control of the Arabian Sea. If he really had such a plan, he would not continue to implement the peace treaty with Romania.

Sha's hero ship was traded.

But plans can’t keep up with changes!

I originally thought that the Indian fleet would not stop the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going fleet from entering the Persian Gulf, but unexpectedly they came out in full force and even fought with the Ming Dynasty's Persian Gulf Fleet!

What does this mean? Did they also discover oil in the Persian Gulf?

Zhuge Weidao, who is "good at pinching and calculating", still doesn't know what the British think? Anyway, they have already fought, so they just won't stop doing anything, so they will defeat the Indian fleet and seize control of the Arabian Sea.

Bar!

Just when Zhuge Weidao was determined to fight again tonight, his chief staff officer Guo Xiaobao suddenly hurried in, holding the telegram he had just received in his hand.

"Admiral, the call from the Navy Department and the Naval Staff has arrived!"

Zhuge Weidao looked back and saw Guo Xiaobao frowning, as if something had happened.

"What's wrong?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

"Admiral," Guo Xiaobao handed the telegram to Zhuge Weidao. "The telegrams from the two headquarters (referring to the Navy Department and the Naval Staff Department) stated that the world war has not yet broken out, and the British and Indian governments have not submitted any information to us.

We have no intention of submitting an ultimatum."

"Oh," Zhuge Weidao smiled, "The war has broken out. It's just that some people don't know it yet, or it's inconvenient to say it."

Zhuge Weidao actually said this casually, because he still doesn't know if the world war has started? He doesn't know what the world war will be like in this timeline.

The original home ground of World War I was in Europe. France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Austria-Hungary were all close neighbors. Of course, they could fight whenever they wanted. Moreover, these countries had national mobilization systems that could mobilize in a very short time.

Within a certain period of time, a large force was gathered to launch an attack.

And now the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain are so far apart! Although both sides also have the need to compete for colonies (Australia, Oregon, Malacca, Dutch East Indies) and markets (India, Mexico, South America, Arabia), and the conflicts are difficult to reconcile - historically the British

Germany and Germany are still related. Kaiser Wilhelm even has the right to inherit the British throne (not very high, but not very low either). But now the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain War are two civilizations and two races fighting for survival.

Space and future development rights.

How can this contradiction be reconciled?

Thinking of this, he reached out to take the copy of the telegram and read it word by word. After reading it for a while, he smiled and said: "Headquarters ordered us not to invade the territorial waters of the Indian Empire. If the Indian fleet withdraws to the territorial waters of India, we will not be allowed to do so."

Pursuit. In addition, the headquarters reiterated that the mission of our fleet has not changed, and it is still to effectively control the Persian Gulf and act as a presence fleet."

"Admiral, let's go tonight"

"Admiral, do you still want to fight?"

"Yeah, are we still fighting them at night?"

Li Chenghui, Chen Jian, and Bai Siyuan seemed to want to back down. After all, the three of them were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty - the soldiers of the new Ming Dynasty always obeyed orders and obeyed the command. There was no such thing as disobeying orders and walking alone, and there was no such thing as overcoming superiors. At least King Wu Zhong's Northern Expedition After the victory, this kind of thing never happened again, and it has been more than a hundred years now.

Even if the garrison officers on the border make some small moves and want to cause trouble, an order from above can be suppressed immediately.

Even Zhuge Weidao can defeat him with just a telegram from the Admiralty Department!

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Now the Grand Army Advisor must be negotiating with Lord Wei, the Prime Minister of the British Empire. The record we have achieved is the bargaining chip in the hands of the Grand Army Advisor!" He paused and then said, "And the headquarters is also There is no prohibition for us to continue fighting with the Indian fleet. If they do not withdraw to Indian territorial waters, it means that we must defeat them in order to prevent us from entering the Persian Gulf!

In addition, we will win tonight’s night battle! And the winner will not be blamed!”
Chapter completed!