The southern waters of the Mozambique Strait.

Today is a rare and good weather. Although the sun has not yet jumped out of the water, the rising sun has already put a layer of golden color on the sea.

The "Dreadnought" and its battleships and cruisers formed a three-way column to head south. They had just finished their mission of cruising the Mozambique Strait and were preparing to return to Cape Town.

As the British Empire shrank its naval power, the total tonnage of the Atlantic Fleet in the African Strait has exceeded more than twice the Chinese Navy. Because the Chinese Navy is far from its homeland, the advantages gained in the early stages of the war have long been reversed. Now the Chinese Navy has not launched an offensive against the British Navy for a long time, and the British Navy cruises more and more frequently throughout the Mozambique Strait.

In fact, this is equivalent to cutting off the material transportation of the Eastern Empire to the South African colonies. It is not difficult to understand that in the southern African battlefield, the offensive between China and Transvaal was like the end of a force. Within two months of occupying Cape Town, it had to strategically retreat.

The Fearless is a fully heavy artillery battleship that had just been completed in the British Empire, with a displacement of up to 19,000 tons. This behemoth is a veritable maritime giant. It is the most advanced and heaviest tonnage battleship in the British Empire today. The dreadless ship equipped with a full set of radio systems is called by Queen Victoria a maritime steel fortress born to defend the honor of the British Empire.

There is no doubt that the Fearless is like an invincible giant, cruising in the Mozambique Strait with a proud look.

Captain Fearless was also Lieutenant General Nelson, deputy commander of the British Atlantic Squadron. He was the youngest senior officer of the British Navy. He was less than fifty years old this year, but he made many contributions in the battle with the Chinese Navy. He was active in his mind and was not the old-fashioned and serious commander of the imperial navy in the traditional sense. His early experience in serving in the Navy in Hong Kong made him come into contact with the tactical ideas of the Eastern Navy very early, which also allowed him to roughly understand the true purpose of the Chinese tactics when competing with the Chinese Navy.

In the bridge command room, the radio and telegrams were ringing. The fleet's connection with Cape Town was never interrupted, which forced Nelson to sigh at the profound significance of radio technology originating from China to the development of the navy.

"God of General, I heard that the conditions for armistice proposed by the Chinese are very harsh?" The officer standing beside Lieutenant General Nelson was his most trusted staff officer, Colonel Clegg. He was a very handsome officer, and his blue eyes were as deep as the sea.

Nelson nodded silently. In Warsaw, the Chinese and his allies proposed a series of harsh conditions for a truce, including China's regaining of Hong Kong's rule; Brunei, India, and Canada's implementation of ** autonomy; Australia is divided into two regions, Eastern immigrants and European immigrants, and the indigenous people live in the east and west regions according to the boundaries, and implement *** under the will of the whole people; the British recognize the legitimacy of the autonomous administrative regions of the East, such as Singapore, etc.

Involving the European part, the allies proposed that Britain and France's standing army limit was less than 100,000 people, and the total tonnage ratio of the naval naval in Germany, France and the UK shall not be less than 2:1:1. At the same time, various restrictions were imposed on the tonnage of a single warship, and more than half of the British colonies in Africa were transferred to the Germans, etc.

Military expense compensation, other countries of the Allies are not included in the counting of military expenses, and the allies have filed a claim of 20 billion Chinese currencies against Britain and France.

When it comes to Ottoman Turkey, Britain and France have long been unable to take care of it. The allied countries also proposed that all ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire should gain the power of independence, and Türkiye is only allowed to retain a small part of the territory near Istanbul and part of Asia Minor.

Such harsh conditions are unbearable for London's most moderate advocate of ending the war with a decent end, and the Liberal government, which was not allowed to send missions to Warsaw, was criticized by all walks of life.

"The scope of activities of the Chinese navy is limited to the East. As long as we can block the Mediterranean, even if the Chinese army joins the Western Theater Command, the long supply line will seriously weaken their combat capabilities, and the Western battlefield will become their Waterloo." Colonel Clegg's tone and eyes were equally firm. Like many naval generals, he always believed that the British Empire would win the final victory in this war.

Nelson nodded slightly. He knew that the military had proposed a Baltic landing combat plan. When the Chinese team entered the western battlefield, the Allied coalition would land in Poland through the Baltic Sea, and together with the Polish forces in eastern Germany and Austria, the remaining Russian troops in western Russia, and the opposition forces in Poland. The second battlefield in the eastern section could be opened. As long as the German and Austrian coalition forces that lost Eastern aid and the Chinese elite army that joined the Western European battlefield would fall into an extremely unfavorable situation or even annihilated.

Now the coalition forces have already begun to coordinate with all parties to prepare for this grand plan for the Jedi counterattack.

Looking for victory in the vicinity, Nelson believed that if the second battlefield was successfully opened, the Allied Group, which felt that victory was within reach, would face a heavy blow, especially for the soldiers on the front line of the Allied who believed that the war was about to end, the blow to their morale would be fatal. The strategic vision of the military commander who planned this Jedi counterattack campaign was really brilliant.

"I hope your prophecy will come true." Nelson smiled and looked at the blue sea. In the east, the red sun gradually jumped out of the sea.

"Boom" A dull loud noise came faintly from the West. Nelson frowned and asked, "Hog met a Chinese ship?"

Two nautical miles away in the West, the Hog cruiser formation escorted the main fleet.

The message soon came one by one through radio waves.

"God, the Hogg is attacked by an unknown object and is sinking!"

"The Hill, the Eastern Trail Blazers exploded violently!"

"The West discovered the Chinese warship formation!"

Nelson said coldly without thinking: "Order all squadrons to move closer to the Hog and prepare for battle!"

The Hog is a heavy cruiser with a displacement of more than 8,000 tons. The Hill and the Oriental Trail Blazers are both Hog-class cruisers. The entire squadron combatants, sailors, etc. have more than 6,000 people. Even if all the Chinese African Strait fleet arrives, Nelson will not ignore them.

What's more, Nelson, who has been relying on land-based artillery fire to hike in various ports, is struggling to find an opportunity to compete with them with real swords and guns.

The dreadnought is like a giant, moving forward at full speed. The split waves are striking.

From the telescope, small black dots were soon discovered, which were warships of the Chinese Navy. The black dots were getting bigger and bigger, and the pattern of the Qilin flag showing its might on the flying high-flying Qilin flag was clearly visible.

On the Dreadnought, the steel armor above the huge glass of the command room was slowly falling down. Nelson stood straight in front of the command room, and the shadow of the steel armor slowly enveloped his rock-like cold face.

The command line was transmitted from the command room to various squadrons through radio waves, responsible for attacking the battleships of the Chinese fleet. The cruisers followed the dreadnought and drew countless white lines in the blue sea. The column rushed towards the Chinese fleet, and another cruiser squadron sailed towards the slowly sinking ships such as the Hog.

But no one noticed that at this time, small black dots close to the sea appeared and appeared on the blue sea surface in the south.

Periscope, the clairvoyance of Chinese submarines - the 3-type periscope, represents the improved clairvoyance periscope crystallized by the imperial optical technology.

In the Jiaolong submarine at the front, the commander-in-chief of the submarine formation, the captain Deng Shichang, excitedly looked at the dozens of black spots getting closer and closer. He said, "I won't leave! Have a big meal!"

Although the Imperial Navy has been working tirelessly to develop military submarines, the 19 submarines led by Deng Shichang, which secretly came to the African Strait with the cover of the fleet, are the latest model of the Empire's Jiaolong-class submarine with offshore combat capabilities and displacement of more than 500 tons. It has a double-layer shell structure and uses the latest diesel engine.

However, the speed of the Imperial submarine is still far lower than that of the surface ships. The submarine attack tactic can only be to ambush near the target's necessary route to intercept enemy ships. Once the target is thrown away, it is beyond the reach of chasing. The sea is vast and there are countless routes. Deng Shichang led the submarine formation to carry out such a waiting battle several times, but he always returns empty-handed.

Even senior generals at the Navy headquarters expressed doubts and pessimism about the practicality of submarines, believing that submarines can attack merchant ships. They are really used for combat, but only talk on paper.

Deng Shichang, who volunteered to enter the submarine combat force after being installed in the submarine, also breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, how could Deng Shichang not be excited when he caught a big fish this time?

"We have few torpedoes." The officer next to us had to remind Deng Shichang that when he attacked the British cruiser squadron, the submarine formation had already launched most of the torpedoes, after all, each submarine had only four 500mm torpedo tubes, carrying one of the few torpedoes.

Deng Shichang stared at the "Fearless" closer and closer. He said coldly: "Torpedo ready! The submarine is ready for rapid submarine!"

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although they have never coordinated combat with the Imperial Navy battleship formation and cannot contact the Imperial Navy fleet in the western waters, Deng Shichang believes that every senior Imperial Navy general can capture fighter jets, and that every captain of his submarine squad will definitely not retreat as planned after attacking themselves.

"Yes!" The commander issued an order, and the question immediately turned into obedience. The entire narrow hull of the Jiaolong was immediately filled with various commands for combat preparation and busy figures.

The submarine quietly approached the British warship. The periscope stretched out of the water for a while and disappeared under the blue waves. The flashing lens was like the eyes of a hungry wolf, glowing green, greedily peeking at the target...

"Boom", the Fearless suddenly and violently shocked. In the command room, Nelson, who was observing the fleet of ** ships in the distance, staggered and almost fell.

"What's going on? Cab! Fort! Power cabin!..." Colonel Clegg immediately grabbed the wired telephone microphone leading to various areas on the ship, shouting at each area, "Reward! Reward!"

There was another loud bang, and then there was a continuous explosion sound from the cabin.

Colonel Clegg was so angry that he was not yet fighting distance with the Chinese naval formation. It must be that the soldiers on the ship neglected and detonated the ammunition room. Is there such a stupid Royal Navy soldier? Unless it is a Chinese spy.

Nelson, who had just stood firm, looked gloomy and gloomy. Suddenly, he thought of something and shouted: "Order all warships to turn on the searchlights and observe whether there are any submarines in the sea within 500 yards!" In an anxious manner, he had forgotten that this was not night combat.

"General, let's abandon the ship!" Colonel Clegg, who listened to reports from various regions, was discouraged and found that the Great Blast of the Fearlessness slowly sank the nearly 20,000 tons of steel fortress.

"Send my order first! The Chinese may have used the submarine!" Nelson gritted his teeth and said the worst possible he had guessed.

Submarines, since the first time they were used in the American Civil War, although Britain and France did not pay much attention to it, they were actively developing them. However, whether it is Britain or France, the submarines produced by them cannot be used in actual combat for the time being due to various problems. If China is once again at the forefront of naval technology, then...

Nelson dared not think about it anymore.

However, the cruel facts could not be changed by refusing to believe them. Soon, a destroyer discovered a Chinese submarine approaching. After a fire, he lost his trace of the other party.

Even more deadly, the Chinese fleet in the distance is approaching quickly, which also forces the British into a desperate situation.

The dreadnought that was slowly sinking, abandoned the ship and escaped General Nelson sitting in the small motor ship, the fierce artillery fire of the upcoming Chinese gunboats, the underwater submarine that was elusive but could give its own warship a fatal blow...

Everything predicts the final outcome of the Mozambique Strait encounter...

...

In February 1885, when the British and French representatives were threatening to leave Warsaw at the peace meeting, the Mozambique naval war that shocked the world broke out, completely destroying the war beliefs between Britain and France.

Since its service, the most massive and advanced Fearless, it has sank into the vast ocean without launching a single shot in actual combat. The Chinese Navy has achieved the brilliant results of sinking and capturing more than 130,000 tons of British warships at the slightest cost. Although it is said that several Chinese submarines have disappeared in the vast ocean due to various problems that occurred in actual combat, this is no longer important.

The terrifying attack power of the Chinese Jiaolong-class submarine has made headlines in all major newspapers around the world. As a result, there are also terrifying reports that the total tonnage of the Chinese Navy has exceeded 1.5 million tons. Perhaps it can be said that when a Chinese Navy ship is sunk, three or even four new warships will be launched on the east coast of China. The Chinese Navy has long surpassed Britain to become the world's number one overlord.

Both the British and the French were immersed in great pessimism, waiting in fear. After the Chinese Navy had an unconventional weapon like the Jiaolong Submarine, the warship armies of the Eastern Empire that covered the sky and the sun rushed into the ocean, when did they pour into the ocean, which had always been ruled by the Europeans.
Chapter completed!