Deng Zhilong led the Chinese Navy's overseas Chinese protection fleet to safely sail into Manila Bay from the main channel. Then the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy's Water Radiation Battalion quickly dragged the ropes, pulled the water Radiation on both sides into the main channel, and rearranged the water Radiation defense line.

Soon, the British naval fleet chased after him and prepared to quickly pass the main channel into Manila Bay.

With a loud bang, the British ironclad ship Thor, which was leading the formation, touched a water radium, and the impact angle was instantly blown to pieces, setting off a huge wave more than 30 meters high, instantly slapped the dozen British sailors on the bow of the ship away.

If it were the British ship five years ago, the explosion of this water radium would be enough to blow the entire bow to pieces. But now the British ships are forged in iron armor, and their resistance to violence has been greatly improved, so only the parts under the bow waterline such as the angle of collision were blown to pieces.

Even so, the bow of the ship was severely damaged and a large amount of sea water poured in.

The watertight cabin structure of the ironclad ship in this era is very primitive and proves to be almost useless. So as the bow of the ship slowly sinks, the British sailors on the Thor were panicked.

“Loss pipe report!”

"The collision angle is seriously damaged, the gap in the nose is too big, so it must be stranded and repaired immediately!"

"Damn it! How could there be water radium here?" Captain Thunder cursed immediately. He was happy that he had taken over the command of the right wing team (previously under the command of the Destruction). He wanted to do something big, but he was severely injured before he caught up with the Chinese fleet.

"Manila Bay was occupied by the Chinese Navy, and they arranged the water radium!" The adjutant hurriedly explained.

"I know! I have a brain! I need you to remind me?" Captain Thunder smashed his head and shouted, with nowhere to exhale.

"Yes! Sir!" said the adjutant with a crying face.

"What is it? Turn around and find a safe place to dock. Do you want to sink into the sea to feed fish? Your brain is stuck in the door, so I'll remind you with me?"

He really knelt down. The adjutant had the urge to die. He was scolded by the captain and was directly regarded as an air pump.

Thor quickly blew the flag saying "This ship was severely damaged and exited the battle sequence", and then made a sharp turn toward the nearby shallows of the shore. He was preparing to strand and repair the warship.

"Stop moving forward!"

On the bridge of the Iron Duke, Klaus saw something happening to the Thor who was leading the front, and hurriedly stopped the entire fleet.

"Damn it, I was careless!"

Klaus blamed himself. Realizing that his anger had affected his judgment, he actually forgot that Manila Bay had been occupied by the Chinese Navy and would naturally place water and radium defense.

"Commander, what should we do?"

"Block the waterway and send people to dispose of radium!"

Klaus issued the latest order. Because of the timely reaction, only the Thor Iron Craft was hit, and the other British ships reversed and exited the channel in time, so no further losses were caused.

However, the two Destruction-class ironclad ships, Doom and Thor, were both severely damaged and could not recover their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. This was not conducive to the British Asian fleet and the morale of the army was greatly affected.

On the other side of the channel is Manila Bay. The Chinese fleet led by Deng Zhilong did not go far. Instead, he looked at it from a distance.

"It's a pity that I couldn't blow it up!"

"It seems that the attack power of water radium on the ironclad ship has been greatly weakened!"

Deng Zhilong said to himself, a little disappointed. He thought that he could at least explode one of the main battleships of the British army, which would greatly reduce the defensive pressure.

Seeing that the British fleet sent a large number of small hulls to ship radium, Deng Zhilong naturally could not let the British army succeed, so he immediately ordered the fleet to prepare for artillery attacks.

Since the Radium area is three nautical miles long, the main gun range of ordinary cruisers and frigates is insufficient, so three armored battleships can only bombard the main guns.

The maximum range of the 305mm main gun of the Dingyuan-class ironclad ship is only 10,000 meters, but the accuracy decreases quickly when it exceeds 5,000 meters. It is difficult to hit the British warships on the other side of the radium area, but it can deter these British warships and disrupt their radium operation.

The large range and power of the 305mm main gun quickly scared the British warships that came to sweep the radium and fled. Not long after, Klaus personally led the main fleet to approach and also fought back with the main gun.

The two sides fired each other across the water-radium zone. The 120-pound main gun on the British ironclad ship is theoretically equivalent to the 305mm main gun, but it is obviously inferior to the main gun of the Chinese ironclad ship in terms of range and explosion power, and it is difficult for shells to hit the Chinese fleet.

Conversely, the main gun of the Chinese fleet has a maximum range of 10,000 meters. Although the hit rate at this distance is very low, sometimes a lucky blow will occur, causing certain damage to the British ships.

The water radium area of ​​several nautical miles seemed to have become a natural barrier, preventing the British fleet from rushing into Manila Bay to fight the Chinese fleet.

Klaus was so angry that he almost vomited three liters of blood. He knew that the Chinese overseas Chinese protection fleet in Manila Bay was not very strong. As long as he could rush in, he would be sure to eliminate the Chinese overseas Chinese protection fleet.

Unfortunately, this wish that was easily realized was now blocked by a water radium zone. The more Klaus thought about it, the more angry he became. He quickly lost his mind with revenge.

"Let the Destruction go and swim radium!"

As soon as this order was issued, all the officers and soldiers of the British Asian fleet were shocked.

Let the Destruction go to radium, it is clearly to let the Destruction go to death.

Some British officers and soldiers were very disgusted with Klaus's decision, because Klaus could let the Destruction die today, and there would be a possibility that other British ships would die tomorrow.

If you put your heart in mind, no one is afraid that it will be his turn next.

Similarly, some British officers and soldiers expressed their support because they all found that the Destruction was actually destroyed and was burned to pieces by fire.

Although the current Destruction has saved the warship from being burned after half a day of fire extinguishing, due to the fire of the coal compartment and the central temperature is too high, the keel and transmission shaft in most areas of the stern have been burned and deformed, and have completely lost power. Even if it is taken back to China for maintenance, it will cost a lot of money, and it is even not cost-effective at all. It is better to let the Destruction go to radium and play its final value.

In the end, Klaus's strength forced the Destruction to rush to Radium.

So, the Destruction was ahead, and the Invincible was slowly pushing it with an iron rod behind.

Despite the sacrifice of the Destruction, the British Navy did not easily sink the Destruction, but instead used the Destruction's armor protection to cover the British ships to line up to sweep the radium.

At the same time, the captain of the Destruction, Stephenson, was forced to find a way to protect himself.

Stephen Sun sailors quickly dismantled several large iron plates. They spliced ​​them to support them in front of the bow impact corner, and used the large iron plate to hit the water radium hidden in the water. This can reduce the damage to the bow and water line below the water line when the water radium explodes, thus keeping the Destruction from sinking.

When people are forced to do so, they will always exert their extraordinary thinking ability. Stephenson's wonderful ideas coincide with the principles of later radium armored vehicles. The entire bow of the Destruction ship is pushed with a huge iron plate, which looks like a sea bulldozer.

Well, there is no soil on the sea. There is only water, so it should be called a sea water pusher.

Stephenson didn't know that his fantasy ideas were forced to be included in the ranks of inventors by later generations because he invented the first sea water pusher in human history, and was called the originator of radium discharge at sea.

The explosion continued to sound, and the huge iron plate hit the water radium in the water, and was instantly blown to pieces.

However, the explosion shock waves received by the bow and waterline of the Destruction are very small and are within the bearable range.

Seeing that his invention had succeeded, Stephenson hurriedly shouted happily.

As a result, at this moment, several shells fell down and hit the Destruction.

It turned out that the Destruction itself had no power, and was pushed entirely by the Invincible behind it. It was already very slow. In addition, the bow of the ship pretended to be a huge iron plate underwater, and the resistance was very high when moving in the water, resulting in a slower speed, almost like a snail.

This speed, coupled with the huge hull of 10,000 tons in the Destruction, is equivalent to a fixed target at sea.

After the Chinese Navy discovered the intention of the Destruction, it immediately organized a volley of artillery fire. The shells were fired only once, and the second time it accurately hit the Destruction.

Bang bang bang bang!

The warhead weighing more than 200 kilograms instantly drilled through the armor of the Destruction's side, leaving huge holes and sparks.

This is an armor-piercing bomb. Due to the technical conditions of this era, the armor-piercing bomb has almost no medicine inside, or the amount of medicine is very small, making its explosive power very small, and it depends entirely on kinetic energy impact.

Even so, the kinetic energy of the warhead of more than 200 kilograms is very terrifying. It caused huge penetration damage inside the hull of Destruction in an instant.

Although the piercing shot causes great damage to the hull, if you do not encounter a fatal piercing shot, you will generally not be sunk suddenly.

Of course, if you are hit by more than a dozen non-fatal shots in succession, it will mean that the warship has lost its combat effectiveness or sinks directly, because at that time the entire hull has been knocked into a hornet's nest, and the internal structure will be ruined long ago, and even the keel bones are broken. Even if they are not sinking, it will be useless.

The luck of the Destruction was very bad. The main gun of the Laiyuan stern No. 4 opened fire, and the ballistics increased slightly. As a result, the shells had a large arc, crossed the vertical armor protection of the Destruction's side, and hit the horizontal deck of the ship with a large oblique angle.

Except for the Chinese Navy, warships of this era have no horizontal armor protection. This is true for the Destruction. The horizontal deck is just a thin layer of iron plates and wooden floors, which cannot withstand the impact of more than 200 kilograms of high-speed armor-piercing bombs and are instantly penetrated.

The shells broke through the three-layer cabin from top to bottom, and then penetrated the seawater valve in the bottom cabin, causing the seawater valve to fail and a large amount of seawater to flow backwards.

This seawater valve was originally a self-sinking device set up by the Navy to prevent the enemy from capturing the warship. Once opened, the bottom cabin will be filled with sea water in an instant, and it is very difficult to close it again.

The panicked British sailor jumped into the water and wanted to close the valve, but found that it was impossible because the valve had been destroyed by shells.

After receiving the news, Captain Stephenson suddenly cried and cried. Doom was like his lover. Seeing Doom slowly sinking, he was naturally heartbroken.

But Klaus, who was watching the battle behind, did not think so. Seeing that the radium discharging method of the Destruction had worked, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered other ships to cooperate quickly and learn how the Destruction discharging.

On the other hand, Deng Zhilong on the Weiyuan battleship did not have the joy of sinking the Destruction, but instead had a solemn expression.

He thought that the water radium area was enough to prevent the British fleet from entering Manila Bay, but now it seems that the British have really left the luck and can find a way to discharge radium by hitting water radium with iron plates.

Although this method is too primitive, stupid and slow, it works.

The radium area of ​​three nautical miles can be arranged according to the British army's method, and only half a day is enough.

"Deputy Commander Lin, prepare your fish radium boat team!"

Lin Changlong nodded and said, "My fish radium craft team is ready for a long time!"

Deng Zhilong said: "You'd better launch an attack at night, and use the cover of the night to make it easier to get close to the British ship and succeed in the attack."

Lin Changlong said: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, the British want to complete the radium displacement, and it will probably be dark. When they are about to break through the radium zone, you will lead the fleet to delay it. When it gets completely dark, I will take action."

Deng Zhilong smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, you forgot that our place is Nanyang. Look at this day. If you want to get completely dark, it will probably be after nine o'clock in the evening."

Lin Changlong was stunned, then he looked at the sky and smiled bitterly.

"Okay, then let's go. Even if my twelve fish and radial boats in my fish radial boat team are wiped out, they will have to sink twelve British warships."

The fish radium boat does not have any armor protection, and even if it is hit by a blasting bomb with an 80mm naval gun, it will definitely die.

Therefore, in Lin Changlong's eyes, a fish radium boat can basically be replaced with one British ship. In the case of a sneak attack, if the front is approached, the cannons on the side of the British ship will definitely be fired without any residue and will not be able to get close.

"Let me think about it!" Deng Zhilong thought for a while and said, "I will find a way to divert the frigates near the British main battleship. You'd better attack the British main battleship. The more you sneak attacks, the greater the chance of our main battleships surviving. Otherwise, let the British fleet come in, and our two fleets will explain."

Lin Changlong nodded and said, "I know, don't worry, even if you die, you will have to pull someone on the back."

Then, Deng Zhilong studied the specific tactics and cooperation with Lin Changlong, and Lin Changlong personally went to supervise the Fish Radiation Boat Team.

The plan could not keep up with the changes, and the British came up with a new way to crack the water radium defense zone, and Deng Zhilong had to inform the Empire's Navy in time.

Originally, Deng Zhilong was completely sure to hold on for two days, and waited until the main fleet of the Imperial Navy arrived, but now it would be great if he could hold on for one day.
Chapter completed!