Drake's plan made George, Wu Sangui and Kui feel numb. But there was nothing they could do, he was the commander of the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

The only way to turn things around didn't work because of Drake's background as a pirate. After telling about his grand plan, Drake left the office with satisfaction. Only Wu Sangui, George, and Kui were the only three people left in the office.

"Let him go!" Wu Sangui thought for a long time before holding back these words.

"Wu! These are six armored ships, with more than a thousand officers and men on board. We all know the strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy. If there is a fight, then...!" George jumped anxiously, Drake went crazy, and Wu Sangui actually also

Go crazy.

"Just let him go! Let this old thing see how powerful the Ming Dynasty's navy is. It will sink as many ships as it can. In the future, we will just work overtime and build more. We will give up a few ships in exchange for absolute dominance over India in the future. This

The business is a good deal." Wu Sangui said sadly.

George was surprised, Wu Sangui's hand was too cruel.

As a British colony, India is responsible for supplying supplies to the British mainland every year. The most important ones are various precious metals and, of course, various gemstones from Sri Lanka.

However, in recent years, in order to expand their army, George and Wu Sangui did not provide supplies to the British mainland. Instead, they reached out to the British mainland and asked many professors to help them research the technology stolen from the Ming Dynasty.

Even the East India Company has not paid dividends to shareholders for two years.

All of this caused dissatisfaction among the local nobles. Drake was just a concrete manifestation of these dissatisfactions! The British upper class hoped to end the war against the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and of course it would end with victory.

Those in the local area believed that with war weapons like ironclad ships, the Ming people would not be a problem. The British dignitaries believed that plundering this ancient empire would definitely get more than the Spanish did in America. The Incas were far more civilized

inferior to Ming Dynasty.

"I thought I could dominate the world with just a few armored ships. This time, let this old guy see the Ming Dynasty's armored ships. Don't worry about it and prepare everything he needs according to his requirements. When we go to sea, none of us will follow

.

The people close to me have to be removed from the ship. Hum! I want to see how the old guy dies.

This old guy is finished, Her Majesty the Queen will no longer make irresponsible remarks. The rights of the entire India will be firmly in our hands. George! You will be the forefront of standing in the far east and resisting the tyranny of the Dragon Kingdom.

You will become a hero! A hero worshiped by the whole British people!" Wu Sangui had a sneer on his face. Now he wanted the Ming Navy to repair this arrogant old man from London.

George didn't have the slightest joy of being a hero, and his heart was so tangled that it was twisted into knots. He really wanted to write a letter to the Queen of England, telling her that this was not possible.

But if you send a letter now, it won't reach the Queen's hands within half a year. In half a year, the bones of those naval officers and soldiers will be fed to the fishes.

"Okay! You have the final say. I'll let people prepare now." Kui Yi didn't want to get involved. He just wanted to work for a few more years and get a generous pension to spend the rest of his life in the UK. This

He has had enough troubles in his life.

"George! No matter what, you can't follow the old guy, for your sake and for the future of the British Empire. If you die, India will soon be taken away by the Ming Empire. You know what losing India means to the empire.

"Wu Sangui solemnly warned George that as the most important partner, if George is finished, he may be finished in India as well.

"Got it!" George just replied with three words, drank the whiskey in the glass in one gulp, and then threw the glass far away.

The two battleships arrived very punctually. Just after noon the next day, two battleships appeared outside Bombay Port. They were the first-generation ironclads Yorktown and Saxony.

Because of the immature boiler technology, the hulls became even larger. The two ships were parked in the open sea, just like two floating islands.

In such a huge hull, there are only two boilers as power. The speed of these two ships is completely different from that of the new generation of four-boiler ironclads. Moreover, when they were built, the 120mm smoothbore cannon was still the main force. artillery.

This kind of gun can easily tear apart those sailing warships in the West, but now, guns of this caliber are only allocated to warships.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty Navy, due to the application of electricity, soldiers can hoist larger artillery shells. Now the caliber of the main guns on the front deck is generally more than 200 mm. This is simply unimaginable in the West.

The warships of other European countries are still sailing warships from the Age of Discovery. The hulls are covered with densely packed gun ports. An artillery battle between two warships at sea is not much different from using flintlocks to shoot each other in formation.

Even these two first-generation ironclads could dominate Europe. The nobles in London could not imagine how powerful the Ming Navy was. They all thought Wu Sangui and George were lying about their battle reports.

How could the ignorant and barbaric people of the Ming Dynasty have such advanced weapons? The arrogant British did not know that these advanced weapons were built using blueprints stolen from the Ming Dynasty and given to professors at Cambridge and Oxford for research. .

Of course, the matter of stealing the Ming Dynasty blueprints is also classified as top secret in the UK, and only a few people know about it.

Two ironclad ships were moored majestically off the coast of Mumbai, and small ferries came by one after another, delivering many supplies.

Drake did not intend to let the two ships dock. They only had to wait one night before they could go out with the four warships. Drake believed that the last time the two armies fought, each other was damaged. This time, he brought The two undamaged ironclad ships will definitely achieve a brilliant victory. As the pride of the British Navy, Drake is extremely confident in his naval combat capabilities.

In the early morning of the third day, the warships left the port one after another in darkness. Only the huge and hazy figures of the warships could be seen in the darkness. In order to keep it secret, the warships did not even sound their whistles.

But when Drake saw the coastline through his telescope after a day and night of sailing in the early morning light, he also saw a huge thing hovering in the sky. Not only was this thing hovering, but... it seemed to be moving.

A huge object flew near the battleship, flying very slowly but very high. Even the guns and guns on the British battleship could not reach this thing!

The huge airship flew for a while, but when it saw that it couldn't keep up with the speed of the battleship, it had no choice but to turn around and send a light signal to the distant observation station.

Li Xiu was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up. People who are sleeping soundly are usually not good-tempered when they are woken up. If you dare to wake him up at this time, something big must have happened.

"Six British warships are attacking?" Upon hearing the news, Li Xiu's sleepiness immediately disappeared.

Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were seriously injured and returned to Lushunkou for repairs. Now there are only Zhiyuan, Laiyuan, Jingyuan and Jiyuan in the port. Among them, Laiyuan, Jingyuan and Jiyuan were all injured and had no time to repair. In Xinjiapo, They don't have the ability to repair ironclads at all. In this damn place, the dry dock can only accommodate small ships. There is no way to repair them!

I have four battleships in my hands, but the enemy has six battleships. Where did the damn British come from so many ironclads!

"Second Master! If we really rely on fighting, our captain will probably suffer a loss." The boilers of each ship are all heating up. Chen Laohu and Li Xiu are sitting in the war room. The second round of airships has taken off, and they want to observe this.

A British fleet.

If possible, they would also attack the British with bombs.

Li Xiu had no hope for the bombs thrown from the sky. First of all, the airship was too bulky and its speed was not even as fast as a warship. Moreover, it was not as agile as a warship. At an altitude of more than a thousand meters, the warship on the ground was as big as a cigarette box.

It's easier said than done to lose the middle.

"What should we do if we don't fight? Let people block the harbor? Isn't it just death in the end? Your second master can't die so cowardly!" Li Xiu roared angrily.

"But now we only have so many ships, and there are more than a dozen airships. Forget about airships, that thing is okay for looking at, but it is impossible to blow up warships." Chen Laohu was also helpless.

These are the only boats here.

"The fort on the shore was destroyed by the British last time, and it has not been repaired now. Even if it is repaired, there are still no cannons! The previous cannons were all blown up when the British escaped." Sun Yuanhua spread his hands and expressed that he could not help.

"We usually talk so much nonsense, and it's just a trick. Now I ask you to help me think of a solution, and I have no fucking idea." Li Xiu was a little annoyed and glanced at these two people.

Chen Laohu and Sun Yuanhua immediately looked at their noses, mouths, and mouths, and fell into meditation like old monks. The little officers were even more afraid to speak.

Li Xiu glanced at the clock on the wall and calculated based on the speed. In about two hours, the British fleet should appear in the sea of ​​​​Singapore. At that time, he can only bite the bullet and go to war.

"Prepare more torpedoes. If it doesn't work, just get close and fight them." Chen Laohu roared.

Torpedoes explode underwater, and even a hit by an ironclad ship is devastating. The Prince of Wales was still reeling after being hit by more than a hundred bullets, but after being hit by one torpedo, it immediately collapsed.

However, the biggest shortcoming of this thing is that the range is too close. Generally speaking, the distance is only three to five hundred meters! If you want to increase the chance of hitting, you must get closer to within three hundred meters.

"Yeah! I have no choice but to do this." Li Xiu nodded, and suddenly he saw a young officer holding out his hand timidly.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Li Xiu looked at the young officer and said.

"Commander, we can use the airship...!"

After the young officer finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room. Everyone looked at the young officer, wondering how the airship could still play like this.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Deng Yongchang!"
Chapter completed!