After leaving Spain, the Chinese Navy made a short stay in Italy. Unlike in the United Kingdom and Spain, the Chinese Navy did not need to show its strength to the Italians. There was really no conflict of interest between the two parties. In addition, the good relationship developed over the years

Relations between the two countries have made the relationship between the two countries very harmonious, both government and private.

The relationship is harmonious and Italy does not have much ambition, so the military's status in the exchanges between the two parties will be very low. After a courtesy visit, the Chinese Navy left Italy and then entered the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean and carried out supplies in Mumbai.

Then it crossed the Strait of Malacca for resupply and maintenance in Singapore, and finally entered the South China Sea.

"General, look over there. There is a fleet coming over. It should be a fleet." Shortly after Liu Buchan commanded the fleet to cross Sarawak, smoke pillars rose from the junction of water and sky. Standing on the observation deck, he used a telescope to

You can see the looming mast on the horizon and the flag hanging above it.

"There should not be a fleet of this size in the Far East." Liu Buchan said after looking at it carefully for a moment. The southern base group of China has not been completely completed. Most of all the battleships are in the north, and it is impossible to appear in the South China Sea on a large scale. At least Liu Buchan did not get the relevant information.

It is impossible for the Russians to report the situation. Except for a few old ships stationed in Hokkaido, the remaining new ships should not be in place yet. And even if they are in place, they should be sailing near the Java Sea.

"Could it be the British or the French?" Liu Guanxiong thought for a moment and said. In the entire Far East, apart from the Chinese and the Russians, the only ones with established navies are the British and the French. But there is something wrong with this.

It doesn't make sense, because when we were resupplying in Singapore, some British ships were stationed in the harbor.

The remaining British warships are not of this size. As for the French fleet? With the reconciliation between Britain and France, the French began to shrink their overseas fleet for use in the Mediterranean and Atlantic directions. After all, in the Mediterranean, there is also a powerful Italian royal family.

Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy, how can the French rest assured?

"It's the joint fleet of Britain and France. I didn't expect these two countries to be so friendly now? The fleets came out to cruise together?" When the battleships in the telescope gradually became clearer, the battleship on the left queue was

The piles of illegal buildings and flags clearly indicate its identity. The Union Flag on the fleet flagship on the right tells everyone that it belongs to the great Royal Navy of the British Empire!

"The French flagship should be the Sully armored cruiser. The British flagship should be the Agility-class second-level battleship. Most of the French and British main battleships have been transferred to Europe and the Middle East. Now the main battleships are on the Far East.

Not much left." Liu Guanxiong said with emotion. Zeng

The former Beiyang Fleet did not even have half the strength of the British Far East Fleet. The so-called First Navy in the Far East was just a joke. But now, the real powerhouse on this sea is China, and after he defeated Russia and the Netherlands,

The crown of sea power in the Far East will eventually fall on the head of the Chinese Navy!

"I have to say that this situation is really funny. Isn't it ridiculous that the former thief and the policeman chasing the thief go together?" A Chinese officer next to him said with a bit of laughter. The naval officer said very much.

It makes sense. If there was any country in the pre-Dauntless era that was obsessed with breaking diplomatic ties at sea, then this country was France! It can be said that it was more obsessed with breaking diplomatic ties with cruisers than any other country!

On Xu Jie's plane, Japan's eight armored patrols helped the Japanese win the Battle of Tsushima. The Americans said that the number of Japanese armored patrols was just that, and Uncle Sam laughed while holding a dozen armored patrols in his hand.

Needless to say, including 4 displacement ships

A Tennessee-class armored cruiser with a mass of more than 14,000 tons. With four 10-inch 40L main guns, 16 5-inch 50L main guns, and up to 22 3-inch guns, the Tennessee can definitely suppress Japanese armor in terms of projection.

cruiser!

And when the American emperor expressed that he was very satisfied with his armored cruise, the Gallic chicken slowly came behind Uncle Sam and pointed at the more than a dozen armored cruisers of more than 7,000 tons behind him, indicating that he was a real professional armored cruiser.

!Sam, why don’t you go somewhere to cool down and rest! Nearly 200,000 tons of various armored cruisers are part of the French Navy

An important component, but different from the decisive battle armored cruisers. The firepower of these battleships is weak, and the armor coverage is large but relatively thin. They also have a long range and a relatively fast speed. The French have always expected that this maritime Scud can compete with the British.

They played a huge role in the battle, but as the feud between Britain and France settled, these patrols lost their usefulness.

When the relationship between the British Empire and France was tense, the British Empire was also very wary of these sea scuds that were extremely fast and had extremely long endurance! An armored cruiser could run more than 22 knots with more than 2,000 tons of coal on it.

, this could simply be reversed before the Invincible came out.

Heaven can be described in two words! And the British Empire’s response was very simple, that is, to build larger and more powerful armored cruisers. For example, these armored cruisers such as the Black Prince were actually created to deal with French warships. Until finally, the British Empire built

The pinnacle of British armored cruisers, the Minotaur!

In this plane, because of the appearance of Xu Jie, the whole situation has changed a lot. The appearance of the armored cruiser in the decisive battle not only rewritten the results of previous naval battles, but also gave some inspiration to the French. France in this plane

People no longer pursue range and speed too much.

, facing the following British cruiser, the French also chose to repel it instead of relying on the tactic of escaping at high speed. As a result, various large-caliber guns were mounted on the battleship, and now the Suri is in front of them.

The armored cruiser is the product of this revised cruiser idea!

The entire ship is equipped with eight 240mm guns. This secondary main gun, which was originally supposed to appear on the Dandong-class front-dreadnoughts, appeared on the Sully armored cruiser because of Xu Jie. There are two twin 240mm turrets at the front and rear. The remaining

The lower four guns are installed at the four corners of the hull. The thickness of the armor belt is also determined by

It was increased to 8 inches, and the speed was maintained at about 21 knots. This performance was already pretty good, and when the Sully appeared, the British also took corresponding countermeasures. That was to build a second-level battleship that was more powerful than the armored cruiser!

The Agility appeared specifically to deal with the Sully!

The Agility in this plane can be seen as an enlarged version of the Suli, with almost the same layout, similar speed and 9-inch armor. By the way, there are also eight 10-inch 50l main guns, both in terms of caliber and barrel length.

They are all better than the Sully. Facing the small

No. 1 Sully's agility has certain advantages. If Sully is an agile thief, then Agile is a policeman who specializes in dealing with this thief! And now the thief and the police actually sail hand in hand, which is really surprising.

I feel very funny.

"The other party should be a major general, and they have already fired a gun salute to us as usual." Liu Guanxiong said. Normally when warships of the two navies meet, the one with a lower official rank will fire a gun salute to the one with a higher official rank first, and the British Far East Commander is also a

Major General. So I think it is appropriate for Lieutenant General Liu Buchan to fire a salute, and then the Chinese Navy will return the salute, and then everyone will say hello with a few flags and then leave, just like saying hello to an acquaintance.

But at this moment, from the other end of the horizon, a few lonely masts rose up, which meant that a new fleet had appeared! "The opponent is traveling very fast, it should be a warship, and the height of the opponent's mast should be

Battleship level." After looking at it for about a quarter of an hour, Liu Guanxiong guessed, when did the ocean in the Far East become so chaotic? When did the battleships come across casually at sea? Liu Guanxiong was a little puzzled.

"They may be the Russian and Dutch fleets!" Liu Buchan said with a dark face. Although intelligence shows that the Russian and Dutch fleets should not have entered the Dutch East Indies in large numbers, it does not mean that the Russian and Dutch fleets do not have a single ship in the Far East.

.As the target gradually appeared on the sea level, Liu Buchan finally matched the two behemoths with the images in the intelligence.

"If I guess correctly, the battleship with a strong French style and equipped with four turrets in the front should be the Seven Provinces, the first ship of the seven-provincial class battleship of the Dutch Navy. The one in the back is equipped with

The one with 6 main guns should be Russia’s new fast battleship, which should be Peter the Great.” Liu Buchan said.

At the same time, two warships of the Russian-Dutch Combined Fleet also discovered the powerful Chinese fleet. The commander of this fleet, the Dutch Fleet Commander Admiral Harvey, looked at this huge fleet with constant drumming in his heart. Logically speaking, he

He is an admiral, and there is no admiral rank in the Chinese navy, so the other party should salute him first, but it is very obvious

However, the other party had no intention of doing this. Not only did he not hear the salute for a long time, he actually found that the two battleships at the head of the group actually lowered the muzzles of their main guns and the rangefinders on the top of the ships also started to rotate. This was very unfriendly.

What a move! Maybe at this moment, my own No. 7 has fallen into the optical lens on the opponent's rangefinder!

"Let's go." General Harvey thought for a while and decided that it would be better to avoid these murderous gods for the time being. After all, the relationship between the two sides is already very tense, and it will be a matter of time before the film starts! The firepower of any of the other's warships is not weaker than his own.

, once we take action, I am afraid that there is no other way but to run, and it is even impossible to run. After all, the opponent also has 4 fast battleships, two of which are also known as the fastest battleships in the world!

"There are British and French people, and the Chinese navy has no habit of undeclared war." Before Admiral Harvey's decision was conveyed, Essen said with some dissatisfaction. It is now peacetime, and there are still two countries, Britain and France.

I don’t know what the British think about the Chinese warship as a witness, but the French will never sit back and watch the Chinese Navy wantonly massacre the Russian and Dutch fleets without declaring war. Moreover, Essen really wants to take a close look at these behemoths of the Chinese Navy.

"Keep your distance and don't overly irritate your opponent." Harvey looked at Essen next to him and frowned, but finally agreed to Essen's suggestion. After all, although he was a general, in terms of command art and experience, he was far behind him.

It was not as good as Essen, who had experienced many bloody battles next to him, and Harvey also wanted to see what these behemoths created by the power of Europe would look like on the ground. So he changed the order to keep the fleet away from the Chinese Navy, and

His actions caused a fierce reaction from the Chinese Navy!
Chapter completed!