Even if a group of foreigners with a feud is temporarily combined, they will inevitably be able to make their own plans in private.

However, in the end, with the demands of common interests and facing a strong opponent, they reluctantly joined hands and put on a stance of working together.

The British command art needs no doubt. As the world's largest naval power today, even the temporarily integrated fleet is managed by them in an orderly manner. The second echelon of heavy warships of 10,000-ton class, and light auxiliary ships, followed up on both sides of the rear, and ran hundreds of nautical miles from Japan, and was still in order.

On the afternoon of the 15th, the lookout hand on the main mast of the "Counterattack" battleship with its head held high and discovered an abnormal situation on the distant sea surface and immediately issued a warning: "Suspicious ships were found ahead!"

After observing repeatedly with a telescope, Lieutenant General Seymour said calmly: "It's a fast Chinese gunboat! They are obviously here to detect our actions, so there is no need to worry, that little guy will not pose any threat to us."

On the surface, the Commander-in-Chief is so light, but in private, there are many complaints: "It's really bad that the Chinese people discovered so quickly. It seems that they have been paying attention to the dike."

The intelligence cannot be hidden from other partners. After informing all warships through the banner, the French were first uneasy and issued a special question: "Is it too arbitrary to ignore the situation? What if the Chinese fleet is hiding in the dark and preparing to launch an attack on us at night? We think that the damn reconnaissance ship should be killed!"

The Germans first threw the ridicule: "Do you have that boat that can catch up with that kind of damn reconnaissance ship? Gentlemen, that's a kind of agile guy who can run at 25 knots or even higher speeds!"

"Damn Chinese! How did they make such a quick guy?!"

The French cursed with gritted teeth, but they could not help. Now everyone knows that the warships built by China are outrageously fast. Whether it is a 200-ton torpedo speedboat or a frigate of more than 1,000 tons, one can run at a high speed that is beyond reach. It is precisely because these elusive guys have been swimming in the waters of China that countries cannot quietly enter and exit as usual.

Lieutenant General Seymour gave them a signal to express comfort: "This is a normal manifestation, and we don't need to worry. On the contrary, I think that the Chinese may have given us a warning if they expose their warning. In addition, they will not give up their advantages to launch an attack at night."

He was not talking nonsense. In this era, the shape of warships has not completely separated from the traces of the sailing era. The ships built can only dare to move forward quickly when the sea conditions are good enough. Making high-speed maneuvers in bad weather is seeking death.

At night, the vision of both the enemy and us is not wide enough, and the battle mostly occurs within 3,000 meters. In addition to getting a chance to approach quietly and give a attack, the attacker will inevitably be chaotic. It is dark and the flag cannot be seen clearly, and the lights will also be affected by the explosion.

Of course, the foreign devils did not know that the Chinese had radio contact. Although they learned similar doubts through their own sailors who had served in the Beiyang Navy, the arrogant British stubbornly believed that high-tech things that Westerners could not invent, the Chinese would definitely not be able to do.

The Chinese Navy has obvious advantages. It has high speed, high maneuverability, and long range. Although it has a little bit of the power of night sneak attacks - the "ghost ship", it does not have a decisive impact.

At night, these advantages will be greatly offset. Only when they are stupid will they give up their strengths and fight against powerful enemies. Once they are approaching to sneak attack and fire, they will wait to be flooded by powerful warships from various countries with heavy shells!

Others could not come up with better suggestions, so they kept the fleet on alert and sailed straight to the estuary of the Yangtze River under Seymour's insistence.

The reconnaissance ship that deliberately exposed the hiding was the "Jiaozhou" frigate. Captain Sa Zhenbing was the first to join the naval training class after the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle and the first to change his post. The ship he commanded was the second of this model. In more than half a year, he had been running up and down like a finger.

At the beginning of his departure, he led the warships to escape from the large army, quickly sailed to the waters of Jeju Island to patrol and monitor the naval operations of various countries. Since the enemy ships left the port, he had been tracking carefully with the help of radar forty kilometers. It was not until Liu Buchan issued the order to "shock the snakes" that he appeared and exposed his figure.

Seeing that the foreign devils did not react violently, the intern deputy captain who observed with him said disappointedly: "What a pity, if one or two enemy ships come to chase us, you can knock out some of their strength at the same time."

He didn't think that his little guy, who had a total of about 1,000 tons, had only four 127mm cannons, which were as weak as a little chicken that had just emerged from the enemy's 10,000 tons warship. Nowadays, speed is power.

Sa Zhenbing smiled faintly, looked at the towering figure at the end of his vision, and said leisurely: "The British are very cunning and will not be fooled easily. As long as they can make them unable to sleep or eat, our goal will be achieved. Let the battle be left to the main ship to solve the problem."

Despite this, he was filled with regret. Who wouldn't want to command a powerful warship to exchange fire with the enemy? But now, the Chinese Navy has only two main battleships in Dingzhen. After fully understanding the real fast cruisers to be built in the future, they were unceremoniously sent to the separate list and failed.

That is, the shipbuilding power cannot keep up now. Once all shipyards start working and take action at the same time, a huge number of cruisers with a large number of 7,000 tonnage or even larger will be put into service within a few years. Only then will he have the opportunity to show his ambitions.

Now, I have to endure it.

Sa Zhenbing stared at the enemy ship for a while, closed his eyes and relieved the sourness of both eyes. After two minutes, he suddenly opened and said decisively: "Forward forward into the enemy ship and raid the light ship behind it. In the next time, don't give them any chance to rest!"

"Yes!" The intern deputy captain repeated the orders excitedly and personally steered the "Jiaozhou" toward the enemy ship!

This unusual move immediately caused a commotion in the coalition fleet, and the British and French ships on the right wing line responded immediately. The sailors rushed to the artillery position and were ready to fight! Especially those small and backward French warships, they were ready to go forward and find cover on the left side of the British battleship. Since they were about to start fighting, of course, they would be thick-skinned and thick-skinned to go up as shields. How much can they work?

Seymour issued an order: "All ships remain calm and do not have to pay attention to the feint of the little bug. As long as it dares to keep approaching, it will be expelled with a secondary gun."

I have suffered losses, and no one dares to be too careless. If I get close to the other party and come to the family, it will be really not worth the loss.

The warships of various countries in this operation generally use rapid-fire guns. Whether it is the British 152mm gun or the French 140mm gun, this is true. Using advanced smokeless launching drugs, the range can reach more than ten kilometers away. Although there is no accurate head, there is a threat if there is too many numbers. Once the grenade hits, the small body of the "Weihai-class" frigate will really not be able to withstand it for a few seconds.

The rapid advance of the "Jiaozhou" allowed naval officers and soldiers from various countries to see with their own eyes what highway is. They rushed from the northern waters at a speed of 25 knots, and soon the distance between the two sides suddenly narrowed to more than 12 kilometers. Through the telescope, they could clearly see their beautiful and slender figure.

"What a beautiful little guy! There is no unnecessary burden on you. I really don't know how the Chinese designed it."

Lieutenant General Seymour is very proud of it. Although in his mind, there is no warship in the world more beautiful than the "June-Class" battleship, he now has to admit that the "Jiaozhou" with simple lines seems to be better. In particular, many masts without branches and branches, the masts and the van bridge are perfectly integrated, and the tilted single chimney with a symmetrical proportion reveals the unique beauty of an industrial product.

In the minds of all British navy, probably only the British Empire could design such a wonderful warship. The Chinese naval talents were basically from studying in the UK, which means that the warships in front must have noble British blood. It is not an exaggeration to praise them.

But no matter how you say it, Seymour did not dare to be careless at all. The 152mm secondary gun on the starboard side of the "Counterattack" fired one after another. As the "Bangbang" roared, three shells shot out, and thick smoke blew out, covering half of the hull.

The "Revenge" and two "Nile-class" battleships followed one after another opened fire, and the shells fell on a distance of about ten kilometers. The clear water columns that were smashed soared into the air, which were quite spectacular.

But from beginning to end, no shot can threaten the "Jiaozhou".

Sa Zhenbing's eyes flashed and shouted, "It's impolite to come but not go, fire a fire and fight back!"

The 127mm cannon on the bow shook slightly, and the grenade was out of the bore at a high speed, and fell into the water and exploded less than 200 meters away from the "Counterattack"!

Lieutenant General Seymour was startled! Such accurate shooting skills were actually completed at such a high speed. What the hell is there on the other party’s ship?

He had never seen such artillery before, and such amazing accuracy was even more than expected. If Chinese warships were at this level... the future battle would probably not be so easy.

He murmured in his heart, this shell must have been fooled, right?

After more than ten seconds, the second shells followed one after another, and the landing point was even closer than the first one!

Lieutenant General Seymour browed and could no longer calm down. No wonder the Japanese Navy lost so badly. When their weak armored ships of thousands of tons encountered such a freak, they could not withstand the precise grenade strike at all. If they were too many, they would be overwhelmed!

Although his battleship is powerful, his weaknesses are also very obvious. Whether it is the two main guns or other secondary guns, the armor protection is defective. Although the gun seat, movement and loading machinery are mostly wrapped in thick armor, the main gun is exposed and cannot prevent the damage of explosions nearby! The secondary gun also has only a symbolic anti-fragment shield. Once hit by an enemy ship shell, even the smallest caliber armor-piercing shell will be easily destroyed!

Now, Seymour has seen with his own eyes what a high-precision artillery with "ultra-long range" is called. His arrogance and confidence in his heart began to collapse like a pile of sand.

You must not get shots first, as they will greatly damage the face of the Royal Navy. Seymour ordered the sub-cannons of each ship to speed up the fire, and used a dense rain of bullets to find the possibility of destroying the other party. At the same time, the smoke of gunpowder will also bring a little cover to the hull, making it difficult for the other party to aim.

Fortunately, the "Jiaozhou" was not injuring the enemy. After forcing ten kilometers, it turned left and formed a parallel staggered posture with the British and French fleets. It ran wildly and fired and rushed to the end.

Although the ships in the rear have small tonnage and weak firepower, they are only compared to the main battleship of tens of thousands of tons. None of them has a displacement of less than 3,000 tons, and the caliber of the main gun is above 200mm, and the number and power of the secondary guns are not weak.

The Sino-Japanese Naval Battle of 1894-1895 brought great impact to the navies of various countries. The three-high battleships with high speed, high fire rate and high protection decided to win or lose, and countries have modified and upgraded their battleships. The original short-barrel secondary guns were all updated to new guns using new launchers and high-explosive drugs warheads, and the main guns basically did not have models using black fire-drugs.

This time, one of the ships that went to the Far East was calculated and the speed of fire was guaranteed. Facing the "Jiaozhou" that was rushing towards the rush, no one was passively beaten, and each fired with a sub-cannon to intercept it.

The Jiaozhou is like a dexterous dolphin running on the sea, gently rubbing against the edge of the opponent's bullets and passing by the end of the formation, running beyond its tail cannon range, then slowly slowed down and turned, and then made a big circle and then maneuvered to the left wing of the enemy ship formation.

This time it was the Germans and Russians who were nervous! Before it could get closer, the dragged Russian warships first fired fire and intercepted them, regardless of the ammunition, forming a dense explosion wall that was lying in front, forcing the Jiaozhou to bypass from a distance.

Sa Zhenbing does not seek to kill. Let the warships steadily catch up at a speed of 20 knots, and fire while walking. Let the cannons warm up one by one.

Without the pressure of hitting the target, half of the recruits on the ship could relax, but instead could perform at their usual training level. Just as the warship was about to run to the front and headed alongside the German flagship "Election Emperor", an armor-piercing bullet hit the entire part and shattered a gas intake pipe!

The Germans were shocked! Can such a thing happen? Is there any reason for it?

Commander Dietrich was even more ashamed and angry! After a while, the other party fired dozens of guns, and the ships of other countries were safe and sound. His flagship was the first to be hit. This was a slap to the German Empire! Even if the shell did not cause any damage, he would not be able to overcome it in terms of face!

He angrily ordered, and the main gun immediately opened fire to kill the hateful flea!

The 40-diameter 280mm dual main gun that was aimed at was turned and immediately fired!

The roar of heavy artillery immediately attracted everyone's attention. Lieutenant General Seymour saw the explosive water column from afar. He didn't know how far away from the almost difficult-to-discover "Jiaozhou" to find out, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The Germans are still so impatient. Don't they know that it is almost difficult to hit the fire under high-speed navigation?"

Soon the lookout hand came to the observation result, and it turned out that the Germans were shot! A burst of laughter immediately sounded in the command room, and the gentlemen were speechless about the Germans' bad luck.

Sa Zhenbing didn't expect that he could even beat him up. He shook his head and smiled: "It seems that luck is on our side, and this starts very well."

After firing several shots at the "Election Emperor" in a row, the "Jiaozhou" accelerated to the left and quickly disappeared between the vast sea and sky.

"She ran away like this?" All the generals of warships, including Seymour, were confused. Could it be that the purpose of this small boat was to harass a handful of ammunition, to accelerate the wear of the boiler and the main engine, and to consume its coal? Is this enough to eat enough?

I can't catch someone to ask clearly about this matter. Lieutenant General Seymour can only judge based on experience. Perhaps the reconnaissance ship is testing the performance of warships of various countries. More, perhaps they were so arrogant that they were so arrogant that they planned to miss it to see if they could achieve something.

Of course, there is one thing that is beyond doubt, the other party will definitely not stop. If nothing unexpected happens, she will still monitor the fleet's actions nearby, and it is reasonable to have an attack from time to time.

Seymour sighed: "We have to be glad that the Chinese cannot build large warships. If they can create a 10,000-ton ironclad ship, but have such high speed and precise strike capabilities to use to attack us, the result will be very worrying."

It's not just worry, it's simply a disaster.

British naval generals are generally of high quality. It is clear that once a battleship similar to the "monarch-level" speed exceeds 20 knots, the main gun fire rate and range will be increased to the level claimed by the Japanese, which will definitely pose a comprehensive threat to warships around the world.

It can be imagined that a big guy with at least four 305mm long tube cannons with a range of more than 15 kilometers and a firing rate of one shot per minute will always keep attacking from five kilometers or even ten kilometers away. Even if there are multiple "monarch-level" teams together, they can't do anything to him.

On the contrary, as long as she gets shot, her own warship will have to drink a pot!

"The Chinese must not continue to develop. It is only a matter of time before they can modify the Dingyuan-class ironclad ships and make warships of the same tonnage come out. Once they can build that powerful warship in batches, Britain will want to ensure that its control over the Far East will become a castle in the air!"

Lieutenant General Seymour has firm belief that this time, he must win!

As night fell, all the coalition fleets of various countries reduced their speed to 10 knots. The two columns were densely formed, forming two arcs, guarding the weak-armored ships in the middle, and being mentally cautious.

Without disappointing them, Sa Zhenbing commanded the "Jiaozhou" to make a comeback. He launched five raids overnight, and with the help of the night, he kept smashing shells into the enemy formation far away. The sailors were increasingly adapting to the attack rhythm and sea conditions. Since the third raid, shells have been constantly hitting the enemy ships. The explosion fires rose, which made them enthusiastic and weakened the morale of the coalition forces one by one.

In the early morning of the 16th, the sky was bright and the towering figure of the "Dingyuan Ship" slowly emerged on the distant sea. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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