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Chapter 1065: Big Sea Battle ()
The flagship of the Yinfa Expedition Fleet, the Sovereign, was historically known as a 'pre-dreadnought-class battleship'. The entire ship was equipped with a total of 670 crew members.

It is fully the number of crew members deployed on the Dingyuan ship, twice as many.

It is precisely this way that there are now nearly 256 people on the deck, almost two infantry companies of sailors. They are holding Lee Metford rifles in their hands and firing anti-aircraft fire into the air.

Then, a key question came. When Lao Ping, a newbie, piloted a bomber and began to dive and strafe, could the firepower burst out by a single aircraft defeat so many opponents?

The answer is of course it can be beaten, but it is still the kind of hanging.

Despite the large number of Yin Army sailors, the Lee Metford rifles used, with a caliber of 7.7 mm, were still a bit larger than the 7.62 mm caliber of the aviation machine guns on the aircraft.

But don't forget one thing: the current main standard rifles of the Great Yin Empire are still like little devils, still using black powder as propellant.

The more advanced Lee Enfield rifle, which used smokeless gunpowder, would not be produced until two years later.

So when it swooped over and was still 700 meters away from the deck of the Sovereign, the assistant on the plane, under Lao Ping's order, operated three aviation machine guns to fire.

At this distance, the 7.7mm bullets from the Yin army below flew over and could not even penetrate the wooden boards of the fuselage.

After being refreshed, they all began to dive against the bullets below.

No matter how loudly Jackie Fisher tried to stop it, it had no effect.

It can be said that the Yin Army sailors on the Sovereign clearly felt the cruelty and powerlessness of the flower gardeners and soldiers and civilians during World War II when faced with aircraft strafing.

When a bullet flew past the corner of his left eyebrow, Lao Ping's left eye turned blood red no matter what he looked at. He had just piloted a plane and flown over the narrow hull of the Sovereign.

That face was completely distorted, and there were many broken limbs and arms broken by bullets on the entire deck.

The next second, he saw a large number of sailors in front of him. After blood sprays continued to erupt from their bodies, they were quickly put down to the ground like wheat.

Behind him, there was already a bomber numbered 'Xuan 37', and it dived down immediately.

On the Yinfa Expedition Fleet, those so-called air defenses are naturally completely useless.

In the previous second, he was waving his small decorative pistol and firing continuously into the air.

He wailed a line that many generals in Uncle Sam's family would say in the future:
"Brother Su, have you completely abandoned your followers and sided with the Easterners like Xuan Geying?"

It was extremely rich, with a pungent smell of blood.

Less than a quarter of the personnel were still firing into the air; it was not that they were not afraid, but they were completely frightened, and now only acted instinctively.

When the three fire snakes followed the bomber, they strafed it like a plow.

The sailor who just pushed him away was also lying on the ground when he rushed forward; his whole body, starting from the waist, was torn into two pieces by bullets, which was regarded as a different kind of cut in the waist.

The towering nose bridge was almost broken, but at least Jackie Fisher survived.

In particular, the King Quan, which was under special care, was the first to suffer the second wave of fire.

Pull the nose of the plane to raise the altitude again and prepare to start turning around.

However, for this commander, the bigger and more brutal blow has just begun.

With such thin firepower for air defense, the threat to the air is even smaller.

Immediately, three bloody alleys of death were shot out among the crowd on the deck.

On the deck, the sailors who had carried rifles for anti-aircraft defense in the previous time had completely collapsed mentally under such horrific casualties.

In fact, this is also the case. At this moment, the young sailor is still alive, but he is screaming and struggling on the ground because of the astonishing pain.

And with the noble concubine's rich experience in this area, it has long been proved that people cannot die temporarily.

Looking back, I was frightened by the bloody scene in front of me.

The situation on the deck became even more bloody.

For example, Jackie Fisher, the supreme commander of the Yinfa Fleet.

Because seeing Master Laoping, the effect of this kind of dive-type strafing was so good, other pilots hovering over the fleet, who were suffering from the unsatisfactory bombing effect, immediately started to follow the same method.

Seeing this, Jackie Fisher didn't know that a bigger disaster was about to happen to the fleet. With endless sadness in his heart, his legs became weak and he collapsed on the ground.

But in the blink of an eye, another twenty or thirty sailors on the deck of the Sovereign were knocked down; many of them had their limbs torn apart by the power of bullets.

In his roar full of grief and anger, the third dive of the plane also began; wildly firing bullets, he greeted the deck of the "Sovereign" again.

Some of them dropped their rifles and ran towards the stairs leading to the lower deck; some of them ran directly to the side of the ship and jumped into the sea.

When the fleet commander got up from the ground in great embarrassment with tears and body on his face, he planned to thank the young sailor.

Without waiting for the third plane, it swooped down immediately.

The reason is that a deadly fire snake is spreading towards his location at a terrifying speed.

Somewhere in my mind, I still remember that I wanted to thank that young sailor for saving my life.

The density of firepower produced instantly was much denser and more violent than the more than 200 rifles on the battleship, which fired into the sky.

As well as the sailors who fell to the ground, wailing and screaming; the above scenes combined, it can be said that it is more bloody than the scene of being hit by a naval gun.

Anyway, when the three tongues of flames on the nose of the aircraft shot towards the deck below.

He wanted to hide, but couldn't react at all.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, a young sailor next to him gave him a hard push; although Jackie Fisher landed on his face on the spot, the fall was quite painful.

Jackie Fisher, who was born as a technocrat and had few actual combat scenes, was so frightened that he trembled all over.

In this sweep, Jackie Fisher was not so lucky.

When the plane flew over their heads with airflow that could lift off their hats, two clusters of blood burst out from the commander's chest.

When an officer ran over from the side and picked him up from the ground, he was ready to take him back to the cabin for treatment.

They were horrified to find that there was already a large pool of blood on their commander's chest. When he touched his nose, he was completely out of breath, so there was probably no need for resuscitation.

Just when he was about to let go, Jackie Fisher grabbed the collar of his chest.

With blood foaming from his mouth, he said in a somewhat vague tone: "Pass, pass my final order, let all the battleships escape.

Especially the 'Sovereign', which is a symbol of the imperial navy and hegemony, must not be sunk here, otherwise we will be the sinners of the Great Yin Empire."

After saying that, Jackie Fisher kicked off his legs and was completely out of breath.

It was also from this moment that the Yinfa fleet basically lost its air defense power.

Just like a little widow who has been stripped naked, she can only let the strong man Xuan Geying be used as a piece of meat...

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Time: 10:17.

During this time, Er Pangfa took the lead in launching a torpedo, and the battle started only for more than half an hour.

In such a far-reaching sea battle, there is no suspense about the outcome.

Grasping the railing of the ship's side with one hand, Er Pang stood on a high-speed maneuvering torpedo boat, constantly passing through cargo ships that were sinking, or had no choice but to stop because the channel ahead was blocked.

That drive was as leisurely as buying food at a market.

Suddenly, the bow of the torpedo boat hit two Yinfa infantrymen splashing in the water.

So much so that the hull of the torpedo boat sailing at high speed swayed significantly.

The two unlucky ones who were hit immediately flew far away; after pouring a lot of seawater into their mouths, they sank towards the bottom of the sea.

But during this process, Er Pang didn't even move his eyelids. On the one hand, in this small sea area, there are Yinfa infantrymen floating on the water to escape like dumplings.

They swam hard to both sides, trying to escape from such a body of water filled with death.

There were simply too many people, and it was impossible to escape even if you wanted to.

On the other hand, there is only the last torpedo left on the torpedo boat where the second fat man is located; the other torpedo boats are basically in the same situation.

Er Pang was naturally prepared to find the most valuable target and send this torpedo out.

So just like buying food, he commanded the torpedo boat to shuttle flexibly among the transport fleet, preparing to pick an unlucky person to attack.

After all, the torpedo boat brigade he led had sunk and damaged a total of 50 cargo ships after firing nearly torpedoes.

The Yin Method transport fleet has a total size of more than sixty ships, and only half of them have been solved now.

Fortunately, regardless of the Strait of Malacca, the narrowest part is said to be 37 kilometers wide; but because there are reefs in many areas, it is not suitable for large cargo ships with extremely deep drafts to pass through.

The number and width of safe waterways are also relatively limited.

When twenty-seven or eight cargo ships were sunk, or lost the ability to move after being damaged, and had to stop where they were, the waterway was considered to have been completely blocked.

In addition, despite the six Yinfa warships that turned around and came back to support, they have already reached the transport fleet.

But facing those torpedo boats that glided flexibly among the many cargo ships, they didn't even dare to fire and attack.

Because often with one shot, there is basically no other possibility except killing the diving personnel on our side or accidentally damaging the cargo ship.

Unfortunately, in the end, the last torpedo boat on the second fat boat failed to be launched.

After wandering around for a while, he finally found a 6000-ton cruise ship, the Blue Tulip, which looked more pleasing to the eye, and was about to rush over to greet it with a torpedo.

Suddenly, you can see a bearded sailor desperately shaking a white sheet on the deck of the Blue Tulip.

The infantrymen on the side threw their rifles and bullets into the water.

In this way, they expressed their intention to surrender.

Seeing this, the second fat man began to curse: "Damn it! Why did they surrender so quickly? These foreign devils are not beaten at all."

The main reason is the "fearful and unethical" nature of the foreign devils, which modern people like them have long known very well.

Before the war started, they had planned to cause astonishing casualties to both Yin and France in this battle, so that these great powers could remember it deeply for many years.

From now on, whenever I think about everything today, I will feel extremely painful.

By the way, I don’t dare to have the slightest intention of peeking at the Far East.

This is also the reason why the Xuange camp has not persuaded the Yinfa expedition fleet to surrender until now; in order to have enough excuses to kill more people in the battle.

To avoid any comments saying that killing prisoners is uncivilized or too cruel.

What I never expected was that these white-skinned men who are usually awesome and coquettish would be so cowardly.

The main force of their fleet is still fighting, and when most of the transport fleet is still alive, the foreign devils on the 'Blue Tulip' have already begun to surrender.

In order to take into account the reputation of Xuange Camp, Er Pang could not wait to continue to call the torpedoes over.

I could only suppress the strong impulse in my heart and issued an order in a depressed tone: "Turn around and find the next target~"

However, before they could successfully turn around and find their next target, the surrender on the 'Blue Tulip' had already spread like a plague.

Especially after seeing the action of waving the white flag and throwing away the weapon, and actually dodged a torpedo attack.

Each of the remaining cargo ships had many white sheets on them that were waved vigorously, and rifles and pistols were thrown into the water like raindrops.

Even the six warships that turned back to support only hesitated for a moment before lowering the Yinfa flag and raising a white sheet.

He even raised his cannon muzzle high towards the shore, indicating that he would not have any thoughts of attacking Xuange Camp.

They may not be worried about the threat of these torpedo boats, but looking at the planes still raging in the sky, they know that it is impossible to escape during the bombing.

What else but surrender?
All the above situations happened within three to five minutes, leaving Er Pang and others unable to react.

It wasn't until another torpedo boat rushed up to them at high speed that one of the men above shouted: "Sir, what should we do now?
Do you want to accept their surrender? If we accept it, what should we do next? Should we immediately go to the battlefield to support the main force of the fleet? "

After hearing such a sentence, Er Pang hurriedly held the telescope and looked in the direction of the main force of the expedition fleet.

After a while, after putting down the telescope in his hand, he said lightly:

"As for the main force of the fleet, I think our support is no longer needed; so watch these people surrender and help treat the wounded and rescue those who have fallen into the water.

Xuan Geying is a civilized and mighty division, this image must be established..."

Er Fat was right. When all the remaining merchant ships of the transport fleet surrendered, there was no need for them to bring the last torpedo to support them on the battlefield of the main force of the fleet.

After relying on dives and strafing back and forth, the anti-aircraft firepower on the deck was dealt with.

The Xuange Camp Air Force's ultra-low-altitude bombing of the Yinfa Fleet began again.

After they dived to a height of up to 250 meters or even lower, they threw -kilogram aerial bombs at the warship below.

Thanks to being close enough, the hit rate of their bombs immediately increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One after another, after the aerial bombs landed on the hull, they would cause extremely terrifying damage.

Even if key areas such as the power compartment and the shell compartment are not exploded, with the power of 200 kilograms of TNT, only two or three rounds can still destroy a warship of several thousand tons.

Even if it failed to hit directly, it fell into the sea water on the side.

The huge explosion power generated by this thing can still tear a large hole in the hull of the ship with thick armor protection on the spot, allowing a large amount of seawater to pour in.

Although these warships all have watertight cabin structures, closing the relevant cabins prevents the warship from sinking immediately.

But inevitably, the hull began to tilt, and the speed was greatly reduced.

In addition, the four warships including the 'Barong' are now firing at them frantically; because the current distance between the two sides is only one or two kilometers away.

At such a distance, the hit rate of naval guns is already quite good.

Especially the little brother Lang Qing, in order to ensure the operation of the 'intelligent auxiliary chip' in his head, he even ignored the poisonous oath he made in the past, 'I will never eat beef jerky until I die from now on'.

While crazily stuffing beef jerky into his mouth, he swallowed it after taking a few bites, and then poured honey that was so sweet that it hit his throat to provide energy for his body.

On one side of the head, there are two twin-mounted 260mm naval guns on the 'Barong', constantly calculating the ballistics.

The hit rate of the bombardment was so high that it was somewhat unscientific.

Such a 260 mm caliber naval gun is naturally not as powerful as aerial bombs, or even torpedoes.

However, that kind of terrifying hit rate of up to 4 rounds per minute, almost 60%, can often hit an enemy ship in a few minutes until the entire ship is full of fire, and the speed slowly slows down.

In short, when Er Pang took the binoculars and looked over there, he could see 16 Yin Army ships and 9 French Army ships, a total of 25 warships.

As of now, only 14 ships continue to sail forward in a chaotic manner.

The other 11 ships were either in the process of sinking, or they actually raised the white flag when their speed was greatly reduced and they saw that there was no hope of escape.

The sailors on the 14 ships had no confidence that they could escape, and there was a huge despair in everyone's hearts.

They were racking their brains and couldn't imagine why the scene would become like this...

(End of this chapter)