Chapter 500: Friction in the South China Sea (Part II)

Someone on the British warship asked, "Captain, why do we have to let them give us a 21-round salute!" Their warships are ten times the size of ours, will they agree? ”

"Hmph, this is the rule set by our British Empire, the rule of our world's most powerful country, and no country dares to violate it. They had to give us a twenty-one gun salute, or that would be a great disrespect to our British Empire. So, if they don't fire these twenty-one salutes, it will be a provocation to our British Empire, so we will definitely not let them go. How can they be compared to our British Empire, a country of yellow monkeys, so they must give us the highest respect! The British captain said.

And that subordinate couldn't help but feel very helpless about these officers of the British Empire, these guys were too high to the top, and then they looked down on those foreign countries. Even though Taiwan's naval strength is now among the top few in the world, they still look at Taiwan from the perspective of the past, believing that Taiwan is just a region of a weak and small country. However, they have no idea that Taiwan has long ceased to be a weak country and region, and has long since become an object that even Britain should respect. But they still treat Taiwan with the eyes of the past, so that they can not fail?

So this cruiser will inevitably pay the price for the arrogance of their captain.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The twelve cannons of the battleship Regulus in the distance opened fire together, and then twelve high-explosive shells exploded together near the British warship.

"Boom ......"

A series of explosions sounded, and a large splash immediately erupted in the vicinity of the British cruiser. The British cruiser immediately began to be staggered by the waves caused by the violent explosion of shells, and the sailors of the warship on it lost their balance of gravity one by one, and then rolled on the warship.

"Bastards, these Chinese. Actually firing guns on the warships of our British Empire, this is a declaration of war on our British Empire! The British captain said angrily.

On the battleship Xuanyuan, Captain Chen Fa immediately began to order: "Recalculate the Zhuyuan, and then try to blow them up at once!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the elements of those cannons also began to be calculated, and this sword-class battleship adhered to the design idea of a dreadnought-class battleship. They used the same all-heavy gun design, which ensured the power of the gun. In the past, the navy used different caliber artillery, and they used different caliber guns to deal with different distances and types of enemies. However, this situation has prevented them from achieving very great results, and history has proved that such different artillery calibers will inevitably lead to insufficient fire density and low single hit rate. In naval warfare, time is the most precious thing, and the faster you can tilt more firepower, that is the common tactic of battleships in this era. And in this era there were no missiles with extremely high accuracy, and how low the hit rate of artillery was. The highest is only a few percent. Therefore, whoever can fire a sufficient number of shells at the maximum speed will have a much higher probability of hitting. And if you can fire enough shells before the enemy counterattacks, enough percentage, you can hit the enemy.

And in order to make up this percentage, some of them have increased the range of artillery, but this efficiency is not high, because the aiming of manpower is at the limit of several kilometers. So in this case, the twin and triple guns came out in order to be able to increase the density of the artillery. And the ability to reduce the weight of the gun. The volume of the gun, reducing the calculation time of the elements. And this all-heavy artillery. In fact, it is to reduce the calculation time of the elements, so that the time of the artillery firing process can be reduced. And all heavy artillery fire at a target together, and fire a sufficient number of shells within a certain period of time, and then be able to make up the percentage as quickly as possible, so that they can also hit the enemy in time and hit the enemy first to achieve a preemptive strike.

"Second round. Begin! Chen Fa shouted.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Twelve guns began to fire violently, and then the shells rushed at the two-thousand-ton cruiser.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Three large-caliber artillery shells fell on the 2,000-ton cruiser, and the huge artillery power was enough to blow up the 2,000-ton battleship.

"It's amazing, the second round of artillery sank a battleship!" Someone was immediately surprised.

"Yes! This new type of battleship is really powerful! Chen Fa said.

And the Chinese fleet in Britain. According to the appointed time, the cruiser should have also returned home, and then they were all very surprised, they did not encounter the cruiser, which shocked them.

"General, what's the matter, why didn't our cruiser come back?" The adjutant of the commander of the Chinese fleet asked.

And the commander of the Chinese fleet also muttered: "Yes! Why haven't you come back yet? According to the agreement, they should all be back! ”

Soon, time passed minute by minute, and they didn't know what was going on, so they didn't come back. This made them all feel worried, because a warship had been away from the port for too long, but no news could be sent back, and they did not return on time and at the specified time, so the probability of problems was very huge, and I am afraid it was also very dangerous. And the two-thousand-ton cruiser was not equipped with a radio station, because the two-thousand-ton cruiser was too small to be able to install a radio station. In this era, each radio station is measured in tons, and the nautical radio station requires a lot of power, so the size and weight of the radio station are definitely not small, generally speaking, a fleet has only one radio station, and a warship without tens of thousands of tons cannot put down the radio station. So the 2,000-ton warship can't put down the radio, so they can't communicate with each other.

And when Chen Fa returned to the port of Taipei, he immediately met Wang Guorui.

"Lord Wang, fortunately, I sank the warship of the British who dared to invade our Taiwan. However, the soldiers on the warship were killed by high-explosive shells. Chen Fa said.

The 2,000-ton battleship was hit by three high-explosive shells of more than 300 millimeters, and was completely blown into several pieces. This kind of 2,000-ton cruiser has already had a serious generation gap with this kind of battleship, and even several generations. And how could those "four-handed" battleships of the British Chinese fleet be opponents of the latest artillery? And under the hit of that super-large caliber artillery, the armor of the cruiser of more than 2,000 tons could not withstand such a fierce artillery fire at all, and it was blown into several pieces. As for the British Navy on that warship, it was simply impossible to survive. Because this broke into several sections, and the cannon was powerful enough for them to scorch. After all, a high-explosive bomb with a caliber of more than 300 millimeters has an explosion radius of enough to reach tens of meters, and an area the size of a football field will be killed. This kind of warship also relies on armor to protect the soldiers, once the warship is torn apart, the soldiers will never survive the explosion of the powerful artillery.

"Okay, you must remember this time that the British fired first, understand?" Wang Guorui said.

And that Chen Fa rolled his eyes for a moment, and immediately said: "Yes, this time the British fired first, so we were forced to return fire." ”

Chen Fa can not know what Wang Guorui means? In fact, it is to put the blame on the British, so of course this kind of thing can't admit that they fired the cannon first, anyway, the people on the other side are all dead without proof, as long as they and their subordinates keep their mouths shut tightly, then no one will know. Even if the British know what to do, this kind of thing is all justified by the public and the mother-in-law is reasonable, anyway, they can't come up with a living mouth, and they don't have the slightest way. So as long as the British fired the cannon first, there would be no problem with Taiwan. In any case, the side that fires the cannon first is bound to be rude and not moral. But morality is the embodiment of strength, and only when strength is strong is morality, and Taiwan has not left a living mouth, so the British are simply dumb and can't say that they have suffered from Coptis chinensis.

"Very good, very good, you are very smart and promising! It seems that you should be able to exchange the two bars and four stars on the list for a golden star! Wang Guorui said.

And a trace of excitement flashed in Chen Fa's eyes, because he was actually about to become a general. A few months ago, he had just been promoted to colonel and became the captain of Taiwan's most important warship, but now it has only been a few months, and he has been promoted one level again and has become a rear admiral, which is like the first person in the second generation of admirals to become a general. And this time Wang Guorui promised to give him a general, that is, to become a major general, a major general Wang Guorui can still decide for himself, and he doesn't have to worry about being rejected.

"Thank you, Lord Wang, I will definitely die for Lord Wang in the future!" Chen Fa said.

Faced with the attraction of becoming a general, Chen Fa soon began to swear allegiance, and he may be able to become the de facto head of the navy in the future, that is, the chief of staff of the navy. He may become the second generation commander of the Navy, and the future is definitely very high. If he can become the commander of a fleet in the future, it will definitely be of great help to his future.

"Okay, this time we must sue the wicked first!" Wang Guorui thought. (To be continued......)