Chapter 242 The Royal Navy in Hell

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[242] The Royal Navy to Hell

The East India Fleet did go to hell.

30 026 fish # mine boats of the North Sea Fleet have secretly arrived at Lu Feng accompanied by the transport supply ships of the East Sea Fleet three days ago.

Because the five warships of the North Sea Fleet were damaged to varying degrees in the naval battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the hulls of the five warships were broken by British artillery, so they had to be repaired in Shanghai. After half a year, the repair has been completed, but considering the defense needs of Bohai Bay, three 026 fish# The supply and support work of the mineboat brigade in the south was handed over to the East China Sea Fleet.

The six warships of the East China Sea Fleet were not accompanied. In Yao Fan's view, the combat strength of 30 026 is much higher than that of any warship formation in Asia these days. Therefore, the East China Sea Fleet only transferred two steam transport ships under the original Merchants Bureau as supply support ships.

2013 #shou's 026 fish #thundercraft for Yao Fan is actually a modified #type #type. The all-steel shell is equipped with a V-shaped hydrofoil, which can fly on the sea with 50 knots instead of gliding on the water.

In addition to the two tubes of 533mm, that is, that is, 21-inch large-caliber torpedo, there are also two front and rear 14.5mm dual-seat high-level dual-purpose carrier-based aircraft qiang towers.

As a small fish # mineboat, the endurance of 026 is not excellent. Although the diesel engine has been modified many times, its endurance has only increased from 400 kilometers to 550 kilometers, so 026 along the way south must carry two transport supply ships full of diesel barrels.

But 30 large-scale clusters of 026, no matter against any warship formation in this era, are as unstoppable as the arrival of death. The high speed of 50 knots makes the movement speed of 026 on the water more flexible than most naval guns of this era. The 533mm large-caliber torpedo can't resist even the armor thickness of the aircraft carrier in 2013.

Compared with the 70-meter attack distance of the world's leading white-headed torpedo, which was first adopted by Russia in 1878, 2013's 533mm torpedo has been changed into a product for more than a century.

However, considering the scientific and technological level of 1877, the 2013 military industry department still castrated the performance, from the double guidance of line control and terminal sonar guidance to a single terminal sonar guidance, from a maximum launch distance of 50 kilometers of the self-use model to 3 kilometers, which basically requires a torpedo The boat can only be fired after rushing into the range of the opponent's main gun.

But this is also a helpless move. Since the line control has been removed, it can only rely solely on the soona system.

is different from the detection distance of more than 40 kilometers of the sonar system of large ships. The working distance of the small sonar carried on the torpedo is only about 4 kilometers, which requires that the launch distance should be controlled within this radius. Therefore, according to the combat regulations formulated for Yao Fan's 1877 navy in 2013, the best attack The strike distance is set to 3 kilometers.

With the help of the small torpedo attack radar on the 026 boat to provide aiming parameters, the torpedo will quickly adjust its posture after launch, enter the predetermined launch parameters, and then turn on the sonar system carried by itself to lock the attack target.

Because the full load tonnage of 026 is only more than 39 tons, it is equipped with a small torpedo attack radar for surface target search, and the sea search radius is only about 37 kilometers, but for 1877, which is the world's first practical For half a century after the birth of radar, 026 is really an invincible sea hegemon... Yes, a 39-ton displacement fish #mine boat... Absolute sea hegemon!

Therefore, when a large number of British warships moored at Stanley Military Port pulled anchor and set sail, three fish # mineboat brigades composed of 30 026 fish # mine speedboats that completed the last supply mission from Lufeng Port in Guangdong have already been waiting for their arrival on the sea.

"Three-quarters of the plane is full, the left rudder 15, refer to the Lantau Lighthouse, and enter the departure route." Brewstone, the commander of the East India Fleet, personally gave sailing instructions to the 6010 tons of displacement flagship Iron Duke.

As the large and small auxiliary ships of the British and French combined fleet sailed one by one, the South China Sea presented unprecedented desolation in the eyes of the British colonists at this moment, and the vast blue reflected in their eyes, bringing extreme sadness to these invaders.

"Brit will come back!" Brewstone, the commander of the East India Fleet, said to the sad naval officers around him.

Hearing Brewstone's words, everyone put away their sad faces and stood upright, "Yes, Your Excellency, Britain will come back."

At this time, without warning, the Iron Duke suddenly suffered a huge explosive attack. A quietly arrived 533mm fish# torpedo was in the stern of the Iron Duke. The water pressure generated by the huge explosion instantly shattered the entire armored shell of the entire second half of the Iron Duke. This iron-clad ship, which can be regarded as the treasure of the East India Fleet, seemed to become a paper sacrifice in an instant, but it was kicked from behind and smashed in half in an instant.

In an instant, the whole ship seemed to be pinched by a big hand, suddenly pricked the sea in front of it, and then suddenly bounced back. It sat down into the sea. The bow of the ship raised out of the sea, and began to sink in a squeaky sound in the panic of the sailors, soldiers and immigrants on the ship.

The water column raised on the sea caused by the 533mm fish # mine explosion is more than ten meters high, and the explosive kinetic energy that cannot be vented underwater is transmitted to the attack target through seawater thousands of times the density than air, so that the equivalent of this explosion is almost equivalent to hundreds of tons of T that exploded in the air. The consequences of N#T explosives can be imagined. Even future aircraft carriers and battleships cannot resist the thunderbolt of 533 caliber torpedoes, not to mention the ironclad ships that have not yet transitioned to the pre-dreadnought era these days.

For a while, there was a loud alarm on the sea, and all the ships of the joint fleet were shaking the alarm copper bells on the ship crazily. The sailors on each ship entered the combat positions, and the rapid copper bells rang on the sea, like a death knell.

Soon, the combined fleet found that it had been surrounded by dozens of fast and unspeakable boats moving at high speed in the distance. Those boats flew on the sea a few kilometers away at a speed that did not belong to this era, throwing out the long-tube fish #thunder on the side of the boat from time to time.

"Damn lookout! Why didn't these bastards find those Chinese Clippers!" Moraelle, the commander of the French Far East Fleet, nervously fell off the telescope and scolded.

"China's Clippers are too small! Such a small ship is difficult to find visually!" The officers explained anxiously

"The Iron Duke is finished. I now announce that the combined fleet will take the cruiser Pasadena as its flagship, and I will command it! All the warships immediately dispersed and fired at the Chinese fast ships!"

"Yes."

While the joint fleet was in chaos, when the Pasadena issued flags and lights in a panic, the three fish # mine boat brigades of the North Sea Fleet have completed the encirclement of the joint fleet in the southwest, southeast and northeast, and a round of fish #thunder shot into the sea from the fish #tube for free.