Chapter 458: Sunset on the Pacific Ocean (please subscribe, please vote)

Daying is about to die!

William Baga is really heartbroken at this time!

When HMS King William IV, the most powerful battleship in the British Empire, fought against the unknown Ming Dynasty battleship of the same level, it only lasted for a few minutes! And it didn't seem to cause any serious damage to the enemy's large battleship.

And once the King William IV is finished, the Queen Elizabeth will definitely not be able to sustain it for long. Once the Queen Elizabeth is finished, can the remaining 22 old battleships be able to deal with those two "30,000 tons"? Don't even think about it!

The Wilhelm IV's 14-inch cannon couldn't hammer these two "30,000 tons", so how could it rely on its 12-inch cannon?

In addition, there are still several "Indian Emperors" being bombarded by the Ming Dynasty's 25,000-ton ships, and they probably won't last long. Once those "Indian Emperors" collapse, I'm afraid there will be a one-sided pursuit!

"Admiral. The William IV suffered heavy damage. A section of the ship's bow was blown off. The water is pouring in crazily. It can no longer sustain it for much longer. Captain Henry asks you to change the flagship!"

Just when William Baga felt that the situation was over, his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Jervis, had already spoken with the captain of the William IV on the phone, and started to walk towards the command tower with General Baga, who had long since given up his ideas.

Already.

"What? Our battleship is already the King William IV!" Upon hearing this, William Bagga was so anxious that he burst into tears.

"Admiral, come with me quickly," Jervis said, "The cruiser HMS Sheffield is already approaching. You can transfer to this third-class cruiser first."

Sheffield. Jervis really chose a good ship!

Jervis saw that William Baga was still a little reluctant to leave, so he didn't talk nonsense to him, pulled him and ran out of the command tower. However, William Baga didn't feel much when he just stood holding on to the thick steel wall of the command tower.

Now as I followed Jervis around, I discovered that the hull of the William IV had tilted forward severely, and it would be difficult to stand on anything without support. If the damage control could not close some watertight hatches at the bow of the ship in time,

At the same time, water was injected into the stern of the ship to restore balance. This 30,000-ton battleship might not be able to hold on until all personnel abandoned the ship.

Just when he was thinking of abandoning the ship, Major General Jervis had already dragged the dazed William Baga out of the command tower and began to walk down the severely sloping stairs. He didn't know how long he walked. William Baga felt

He had already descended to the ship's side deck. The surrounding sounds suddenly became noisy. The sound of cannons, wind, waves, shouts, and sirens one after another, all mixed together to form a magnificent doomsday symphony.

song.

William Baga looked around and found that the most powerful battleship in the British Empire was almost finished. The ship had obviously stopped moving forward, and it was tilting forward severely. The deck was a mess, and there were many confused people.

Royal Navy officers and soldiers were crowded there, and many people were pouring in from several stairs near the ship's side deck. I wonder if they were preparing to abandon the ship? There was also choking thick smoke floating over the middle and stern of the ship.

In addition, William Baga also heard and noticed the rumbling sound of artillery going away. He looked along the sound and saw the golden-red sunset first, and then saw the two men who were shelling each other while turning south.

fleet

It turned out that the four battleships of the Ming Dynasty discovered that the "nose" of the King William IV had been blown off and the hull had sunk seriously. Instead of adding insult to injury and continuing to bombard the ship, they did not rush up to lay mines. Instead, they turned their guns to bombard the Queen Elizabeth.

Already.

The situation of the Queen Elizabeth also looked dire. 30 cannons from four large Ming army battleships were blasting at it, making this 30,000-ton battleship of the same model as the Wilhelm IV burst into flames.

cigarette

At this time, Rear Admiral Jervis put a life jacket on William Baga, then pointed to a three to four thousand ton cruiser on the nearby sea and said to William Baga: "Admiral, the Sheffield is approaching.

Let’s jump into the sea!”

William Baga sighed, gritted his teeth, held on to the railings of the battleship with both hands, turned over, and then jumped into the undulating Pacific Ocean with a splash.

When William Baga jumped into the sea, the Ming Navy's two "Da Zhou" class formations and two "Zhong Wang" class formations had completed their turn and crossed into a formation of more than twenty battleships led by the Queen Elizabeth.

The front of the formation grabbed half of the T position. The British ship formation had to turn to the left to prevent the entire T position from falling into the hands of the Ming Navy's battleship formation. This turn also showed the speed of the battleship.

Importance. Although the Ming army currently has only 4 battleships, the speed of more than 25 knots is a full 5 knots faster than the British formation, which makes the latter have to follow the former to frequently turn, and in this way, the queue is

It is difficult to aim and shoot the battleships in the middle and rear positions. Therefore, there are only six or seven battleships that can really engage in effective firefights with these four Ming army battleships. Among them, only the Queen Elizabeth's 10 14-inch cannons can target the two Dazhou-class battleships.

It is enough to pose a certain threat, but the 16 360mm cannons are obviously a greater threat to the Queen Elizabeth!

While the Queen Elizabeth was struggling to hold on, in the direction of the setting sun, a row of billowing black smoke gradually approached the battlefield. This was a Ming army battleship formation composed of 12 Hero-class (Hero-class) and Hanwu-class battleships.

!

Although these 12 battleships are all outdated "old ships", their arrival has the final say! The British Royal Navy fleet, which was already in a bitter battle, saw the arrival of 12 battleships belonging to the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy.

We have lost the courage to fight. Everyone knows that the sun never sets on the Empire. It is about to set!

"Our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Long live!"

In the command tower of the battleship Da Zhou, cheers once again erupted.

Li Kezhi, who already knew that he had won this crucial battle, raised his hand and pointed at "Elizabeth" who was 15,000 meters away, had been shot more than ten times, and was covered in thick smoke, and shouted: "Now, to the British boss.

The battleship is approaching. Fight as it approaches! This 30,000-ton ship must be left on the battlefield!"

"yes!"

The surrounding officers were in jubilation.

Following Li Kezhi's order, the four Ming Dynasty battleships on the sea were at full power, and once again thrust across the front of the Queen Elizabeth, bombarding her with 30 360mm and 300mm cannons while pushing back.

"boom"

The 29th round of salvo fired by 2 "Da Zhou" and 2 "Zhong Wang" finally achieved critical results. At a distance of about 12,000 meters, a 360 mm armor-piercing projectile penetrated the Queen Elizabeth.

The waterline armor also penetrated all the way into its boiler room! With a loud noise, milky white high-pressure steam spurted out from the middle of the ship's hull, forming a steam jet dozens of meters high.

Taking advantage of the last ray of sunset before sunset, witnessing the tragic scene of the Queen Elizabeth's boiler room being blown up by the enemy, William Bachang, who had just been fished out of the Sheffield, was really heartbroken and had no illusions anymore, because

He knew that the sun of the British Empire had really set on the Pacific Ocean!
Chapter completed!