Chapter 900 The final struggle of the British Navy
Portsmouth Military Port in England is one of the main military ports in England and is also taken care of by the Royal Navy of the Empire of China.
A large number of docks in Portsmouth have been destroyed, and there are still many dilapidated buildings outside the port.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Portsmouth Naval Port is the largest submarine naval port.
Submarines can go out to sea directly from the bottom of the sea. Most of Portsmouth Harbor has been destroyed, but the facilities on the seabed are still intact, allowing submarines to go out to sea normally.
Viscount Halvor, Commander-in-Chief of the British Navy, and the others were in a building, looking at the dilapidated Portsmouth Harbor in the distance.
Viscount Halvor pointed to Portsmouth Harbor, which had become a paradise for wild birds, and said excitedly: "Our previously magnificent port has been completely destroyed by the enemy.
Now the enemy has blocked the British Isles, and not a grain of food can enter.
You are all the pillars of the Kingdom, and the Kingdom distributes food rations to you.
But there should be some among your relatives who are hungry."
Viscount Halvor's words immediately resonated with many people.
A naval admiral said with a cry: "In order to give bread to her children, my sister only ate some bark every day and starved herself to death."
Someone lamented: "My neighbor came to the door and wanted to exchange a pound for a piece of bread.
I hesitated for a moment and did not agree to the exchange."
Viscount Halvor announced loudly: "The Prime Minister, Lord Oliver Cromwell, has decided that all those participating in this battle will be heroes of England.
In addition to the military pay you should receive, ordinary soldiers will also distribute one hundred pounds of flour to each household.
You generals will be given different amounts of flour according to your rank."
When the British admirals heard the news, their faces all showed joy.
At this time, money has no effect at all.
No matter how much money you have, it can't fill your stomach.
When Viscount Halvor saw this situation, he felt unhappy.
The top brass of the British Navy were bribed by a few bags of flour.
They all look like this, which shows that the bottom level is already very miserable.
Distributing flour to them is the most suitable method to win people's hearts.
No matter how much money you give them now, they can't keep their family alive, but giving them a bag of flour can keep the whole family alive.
Viscount Halvor saw that morale was available, and he said with emotion: "
Britain's navy on the surface has completely disappeared with the defeat of the European Allied Navy.
But the submarines we produced in England were difficult to transport at that time.
There are still more than 30 submarines left in the submarine warehouse, which can pass through the undersea tunnel and lurk in the sea.
In addition to submarines, we in England also have more than 40 steam warships.
These forces will be our strength in the decisive battle with the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
Many people are confused that most of our warships have been destroyed along with the European Allied Forces and ports.
Our warships are small steam ships that can navigate inland rivers.
These warships are all docked inland, and we can reach the sea directly through rivers.
There must be questions in everyone's mind: We have these warships, why didn't we act earlier?
This is because the scale of shipyards on inland rivers is limited.
Each warship needs to be outfitted.
If we want to fight, we cannot open a steel shell onto the sea.
Warships must be equipped with weapons and other necessary items.
These were not handled by inland river shipyards before, but now they can only be handled by inland river shipyards."
Viscount Halvor told the reason why some warships were still left in England, and he felt very bitter in his heart.
The British Navy had made a complete misjudgment before. At that time, the steamships of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire were powerful, but the degree of victory in a naval battle had not yet been determined.
The British Navy chose small steamships because of insufficient technological accumulation.
These small steamships are simply unable to compete with the battleships of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
Their shells hit the deck of the battleship without breaking the defense at all.
These insufficiently powerful warships can only serve as cannon fodder, and the decisive blow is still accomplished by submarines.
A submarine equipped with a large amount of yellow explosives is powerful enough to sink the battleships of the Great China Empire.
Viscount Halvor looked in the expectant eyes of many naval admirals.
He began to describe the battle plan.
"The biggest problem our army has encountered is the large number of mines dropped by the Dahua Empire around the islands.
But after these days of testing, we have found a way to crack the mine.
That is to use our mines to detonate the enemy's mines.
This process will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
As long as they send troops to investigate, the navy's surface ships will attack.
The Royal Navy of the Great China Empire has an instrument called a telegraph.
If there is a problem in a sea area, they will definitely provide emergency support.
At this time, our submarine formation did not hesitate to blow up the Royal Navy ships of the Great China Empire that came to support us at all costs.
The number of Royal Navy ships of the Dahua Empire is very small.
As long as we can achieve effective results and sink several ships of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
The blockade imposed by the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire on the British Isles will be lifted directly.
All of us will become heroes of England."
When the English admirals heard the tactics explained by Viscount Halvor, their morale improved slightly.
These naval generals who participated in the breakout plan did not expect to survive the war. The gap between the two armies was really too big.
But after hearing Viscount Halvor's explanation, they may be able to solve the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
As long as this is possible, they will do it at all costs.
Portsmouth Harbor is quiet before dawn. This period is when people are most sleepy.
The sleeping people are sleeping deeply at this time, and the people on duty are also dozing off.
On the Thames River, the British warships had already been prepared. Under the command of their officers, they began to head for the estuary.
Because of the river, mines cannot be laid here at the mouth of the sea.
The British naval fleet successfully entered the sea from the river.
The navy's small steamships cannot trigger mines due to their draft.
If these small warships can trigger mines.
No warship of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire can pass through waters where mines are laid.
They soon arrived outside Portsmouth Harbor, and according to their previous plan, they used depth charges to detonate mines in the water.
The biggest problem with mines is their long-term sealing performance and the stability of their concealment.
The depth charges used by the British Navy only use simple delay fuzes, and there is no need to consider so many complicated issues.
With Britain's technical level, it is not difficult to build such a depth charge.
Viscount Halvor's right hand trembled slightly, and the muzzle of the flare gun in his hand was pointed toward the sky.
He looked at the sea in the distance, with lights flashing from time to time.
Only the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire can use electric lights for lighting at sea.
Viscount Halvor made up his mind that England's fate would be written by him.
He pulled the trigger, there was a crisp sound, and a red flare exploded in the sky.
When the British warships saw the signal, they immediately fired depth charges from their artillery to the distant seabed.
After the depth charges covered an area, they only waited for a moment.
Depth charges sink to the bottom of the sea and detonate at a suitable location.
The detonation of the depth charges caused a sharp change in the water pressure on the seafloor, detonating surrounding mines.
The British fleet all turned off their lights and operated. They could not see in the dark night that mines were detonated on the sea, causing countless water columns to appear on the sea surface.
But they could hear the sound of mines exploding and the sound of seawater being blown up high and falling back to the surface.
Viscount Halvor learned about this situation and clenched his fists. The plan was now half successful.
He immediately ordered people to light the green flare that notified the submarine fleet to dispatch.
The submarine fleet waiting in Portsmouth Harbor will enter the ocean through the bottom of the sea.
They have completed clearing mines around Portsmouth Harbor.
The mines blocking the British Isles have been eliminated, and now only the Royal Navy Fleet of the Great China Empire remains.
If the Royal Navy Fleet of the Great China Empire cannot be defeated, England's fate will still not be changed.
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Commander Zhan Tie was awakened by the guards and heard that the British navy was clearing mines on the front line and was preparing to break out.
He got dressed, walked out of the cabin door, and saw Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan on duty.
He proudly said: “My previous guess has been fulfilled.
We have completely sealed off the British Isles and got the news from the prisoners.
Not only the lower class people, but also many small noble families have run out of food.
The English have begun to chew the bark of the tree, and to this extent, the English still do not surrender.
They must have some kind of reliance, because this kind of reliance can solve the crisis they encounter."
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan nodded and said with a smile: "Now that Yingjili's trump card has been forced out, we can close the net.
I will immediately inform Du Qiwen to let the squadron commanded by the Huashan deal with these remnants of the British Navy."
The telegraph ticked and the order was immediately conveyed to the battleship Huashan.
After Captain Du Qiwen read the telegram, he said excitedly: "God is on my side.
Today our Huashan is on patrol duty at night, and the British Navy is causing trouble today.
When this war is over, I will definitely give the British admiral a large medal weighing a pound."
Captain Du Qiwen commanded the ships via telegraph and headed to the area near Portsmouth Harbor to encircle and annihilate the remaining British navy.
The fleet sailed at high speed on the sea, with huge searchlights constantly observing the situation on the sea surface.
In order to prevent the attack of British submarines.
The destroyer was in front of the fleet, dragging a wire trawl forward.
The battleship Huashan soon arrived outside Portsmouth Harbor, its huge searchlight illuminating the sea as bright as day.
When Captain Du Qiwen saw the size of the British Navy, he smiled and said: "No matter how confident the British naval generals are, they will not provoke us with such a small force.
The British Navy must be hiding a trump card.
Their technical strength cannot build large warships, otherwise our army would not be able to fight so easily.
It must have been a submarine hiding underwater in an ambush.
Only suicide attacks by submarines can severely damage the ships of the fleet.
They really thought the fleet couldn't deal with submarines."
After Captain Du Qiwen finished speaking, he issued an order: "Let the destroyer shoot out all the torpedoes.
The fleet will not have large-scale naval battles in the future. If these torpedoes are left until they expire, they may not be able to be used again.
Now consider it a weapons test.
Use torpedoes against submarines and let them fight underwater.
The battleship Huashan will be responsible for the fleet on the sea.
We are the second warship of the Taishan-class battleship to be commissioned.
Some previously verified weapons and equipment have been installed on the Huashan battleship for experiments."
The turret of the battleship Huashan began to rotate, and the artillery staff used the optical sight and the abacus to calculate the parameters of the gun.
The battleship Huashan's main gun fired, and the shells flashed with fire and headed straight for the English fleet.
There was a loud noise and the shell exploded on the water without hitting any warships.
A steamship of the British fleet was hit by debris, which directly caused the warship to flood.
Captain Du Qiwen's order was simultaneously transmitted to the destroyers ahead.
Some destroyers carrying torpedo tubes began to prepare to launch torpedoes.
Wang Gongshun, captain of the destroyer Taikang, issued the order to launch.
The torpedo swam directly forward from the bottom of the destroyer's ship.
Captain Wang Gongshun said with emotion: “The British used submarines to fight in America, which gave domestic weapons scholars ideas to develop torpedoes.
It uses compressed air as power, and it travels at very fast speeds on the sea. It is like a cannonball that can glide in the sea.
The British submarines need to be operated by humans, and our torpedoes are a special kind of ammunition.
These two weapons clash on the bottom of the sea, and victory will surely belong to us."
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Viscount Halvor risked being bombarded by the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire, but he did not choose to retreat.
His purpose in doing this was to attract the attention of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire.
Let them focus on the fleet on the surface and ignore the submarine formation that is preparing to approach them.
Viscount Halvor kept praying in his heart that a submarine must hit the enemy's battleship.
As long as the battleship in front of them can be damaged or sunk, in order to maintain their own safety, the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire will never besiege the British Isles.
Viscount Holvor was calculating in his mind how long it would take for the submarine to get close to the Royal Navy fleet of the Great China Empire.
He suddenly discovered that there was a violent explosion on the bottom of the sea, and he could hear it even while standing on the boat.
With the help of the searchlights of the Royal Navy of the Dahua Empire, they could see seawater constantly blowing up, and from time to time the wreckage of a submarine flew out.
Viscount Halvor saw the response of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire, and his heart was filled with despair.
The Dahua Empire has an unknown weapon that can directly destroy submarines on the bottom of the sea.
The greatest trump card of the British Navy was ineffective, and Viscount Halvor knew that he could not change the fate of England.
The breakout operation they led this time not only exhausted the British navy's foundation, but also failed to achieve any results.
When Viscount Halvor was considering whether to retreat, there was a huge explosion under his ship.
A thought flashed across his mind: "No, I was hit by a weapon of the Royal Navy of the Great China Empire."
He then lost all consciousness and turned into ocean debris along with his ship.
When Captain Du Qiwen saw that the battle was over, he sighed: "It's really difficult to find an evenly matched opponent now.
It is useless for the British Isles to struggle, it is destined to be our military glory."