1890 King of Southeast Asia

On July 1, the Edward VII Fleet Review was held as scheduled. One by one, the Royal Navy warships lined up in the Spithead Sea, followed by warships from other countries.

Among the warships from other countries, the most eye-catching one was undoubtedly the Chang'an, with four huge turrets and 12 huge gun barrels, which looked terrifying.

"Oh! Is Nanhua taking revenge on Britain?"

"The British Empire, the naval overlord, can't even take out a battleship of the same level. It's really ironic!"

"The last time Nanhua conducted a naval review, Britain deliberately sent a second-class battleship..."

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"But Nanhua is really funny. It dares to conduct a fleet review with such a small number of battleships..."

The Germans and Tsarist Russians who participated in the fleet review reached a consensus, holding telescopes and mocking Britain and Nanhua.

"Wow~ What is that?"

"New battleship! The British have made a new battleship!"

A slender warship cut through the water and headed straight towards the Chang'an.

"Send a signal and let them follow our ship for review." On the British warship, the captain held a telescope and observed the Chang'an.

"The British asked us to follow?" On the Chang'an, the first mate said to Gu Fan.

"Follow, hang all the flags, and load the salute." Gu Fan observed the warship with a telescope.

The slender hull, combined with two large chimneys emitting thick smoke, makes people know at a glance that this ship is not slow.

The turrets are twin-mounted, two in front and two in the back, and there is another one on the left front side of the midship. In this way, it is speculated that there should be one on the right rear side.

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"Six turrets, twelve guns, why not four triple-mounted turrets?" Gu Fan muttered to himself.

The first mate heard: "Maybe it's accuracy. The accuracy of the twin-mounted turret is higher than that of the triple-mounted turret, and the dispersion is much smaller at long distances."

"Compared with the extra weight and wasted space, this little accuracy is meaningless. It's better to keep only four turrets." Gu Fan shook his head.

Six turrets, the space problem that needs to be considered for installing the turrets is a nightmare, not to mention the total weight of the extra turrets.

There is also the layout of the ammunition compartment, the protection level of the balanced turrets, etc.

Even if all these are solved, the single-sided firepower is only ten, two less than Chang'an.

"Maybe the British want to show their own characteristics? Isn't it the same for the Naval Design Bureau? The commander wants to add rockets to every transport ship." The first mate shrugged.

"The other side is going to speed up, boiler pressurization, forward three, pay attention to the distance." Gu Fan looked at the flag signal hung on the British warship and gave orders.

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"In terms of innovation ability, I admit that the Imperial Design Bureau and the whole of Europe have been a little slack. For the sake of stability, we have not developed all heavy artillery because it has no actual combat support." The British Navy Minister took the microphone.

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"I said, enough, we need innovation, just like the Crimea gave birth to ironclad ships, and battleships appeared ten years ago. These are the manifestations of the continuous progress and development of the navy."

"As a new country, the South China Empire undoubtedly has no stumbling blocks. It can boldly innovate and dare to experiment with new technologies. This is the quality that the empire is gradually losing."

"Fortunately, thanks to South China's timely reminder, we have started the long-prepared unified all-heavy artillery battleship. Please look, everyone, the latest battleship of the British Empire-Dreadnought!" The Minister of the Navy looked at the approaching Dreadnought.

The Dreadnought at this time is very different from the historical one. In addition to the same main gun layout, there are various differences.

In order to complete the successful service of the Dreadnought in the shortest time, it is positively proved that the British Empire is still the most powerful maritime power, and all the relatively mature technologies are installed.

The steam turbine is installed, but the boiler is still an old boiler. After adding the boiler, the hull is more than ten meters longer than the original version. After the hull is lengthened, more tonnage is used on armor. Fortunately, the length-to-width ratio is increased, and the speed reaches 21 knots.

The artillery is the ancestral 305mm 45-caliber artillery.

And there is no firing director on this warship.

In other words, it only has the theoretical ability to fire in unison, and it cannot fire in unison during actual combat.

Boom!

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The port side of the Dreadnought fired a salvo, and flames spewed out of the muzzle, dark red flames.

"Salute." Gu Fan looked at the Dreadnought, which fired randomly, and shook his head.

The Dreadnought still has a long way to go before it can form combat effectiveness.

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Bang!

A gunshot rang through the wilderness, and the Indian soldiers who heard the gunshots quickly lined up in a dense formation of three rows. Thousands of thousands of people

This is what Asan thinks is the best lineup for rifle firepower, which can greatly increase the unit firepower.

"Where are the scouts? What happened in front?" Swaraj rode a tall horse.

"Report, you didn't say you would send out scouts!" A junior officer from the third caste of Vaishya saluted and reported.

"Then send someone quickly! Do you want me to go and investigate in person?" Swaraj gave him a whip.

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"Yes!"

Soon, a company of Indians deployed in a group charge formation and slowly moved forward.

Don't think this is a search, this is a walk before the charge. After all, there are not many people who can run a thousand meters in one breath and still have the strength to fight.

"What is the other side doing?" Han Fei looked at the third brother in the lens with a confused look on his face while holding a telescope.

We don’t know anything, and we haven’t figured out the situation yet, but we are going to attack directly?

“Send an envoy and shout over.” Although we really want to send a signal to attack directly, we still have to go through the necessary procedures.

An armored vehicle rushed forward, and a soldier took out a loudspeaker and shouted in English.

“We are the special envoy of the commander of the Oman Defense Zone of the South China Army. At the request of Emil Paxia, the governor of the Mesopotamian Plain, we entered Mesopotamia to quell the rebellion. Soldiers on the opposite side, please identify yourself and ask your commander to come out for negotiations!”

“We are the South China Army…”

“South China people? We have been discovered? There are spies! They must be those untouchables!” Swaraj listened twice before he could hear clearly.

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The Indians who were “reconnaissance” didn’t know what to do for a while, looking at the back, waiting for orders.

“What should we do?” Swaraj thought about it and looked at the Gorkha people.

"The employer's goal is to drive out the South Chinese here. The Gurkha people must abide by the rules and take the employer as their primary task." The Gurkha people simply refused to accept it. I'll play my own game. You can do whatever you want.

Swaraj was confused. He wanted the Gurkha people to give their opinions and then let them go. He would see the situation.

If the South Chinese were easy to fight, Swaraj would lead the army to attack. If they were not easy to fight, he would abandon the Gurkha people and retreat.

The British imagined that the South Chinese could only allocate one regiment to Mesopotamia in a short period of time, sacrificing 3,000 Gurkha people and more than 10,000 Indians, which would at least make the South Chinese people busy.

Once they were in chaos, it would be easy to reveal flaws. At that time, they could just think of a reason, such as humanitarian aid. Cyprus, a division that had just withdrawn from South Africa was ready to intervene at any time.

"Think about your family. Where do we have a choice? It's just an excuse for the British. There is no intelligence, no support, only rifles and hunting knives. After entering the plains, the food supply is getting less and less..." The Gurkha people saw it more clearly.

The British needed Mesopotamia to be in chaos, preferably to the point where South China could not clean up the mess, and then the Ottomans would invite the British to take over.

How could they ensure that there would be chaos? Cut off the army's food supply. In order to avoid starvation, the army could only collect food locally, which would inevitably cause chaos.

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Swaraj rode his horse and walked proudly to the front of the battle.

"Are you soldiers from South China?" Swaraj stopped until he was a few dozen meters away.

He was shouting in his heart, "Catch me, catch me! I want to be a prisoner!"

"We are the South China Army. Please identify yourself and withdraw from Mesopotamia immediately. Otherwise, according to the authorization of the Emir, we have the right to attack all armed elements." A voice came from the armored vehicle.

"Then there is no room for negotiation?" Swaraj walked closer.

"Negotiation is an important means to solve problems. We hope to resolve the disputes between the two sides through negotiation." The soldier continued to shout, and in order to prevent misunderstandings, the armored vehicle retreated a few meters.

"Then, see you on the battlefield!" Swaraj shouted loudly, looking helpless and furious, and stayed where he was.

"This man's riding skills are good." Han Fei looked at the crazy man.

"Yeah, it seems that he is not a small official. Should we take the opportunity to capture him? We can also ask some things." The deputy regiment suggested.

"No! Those who can come here should not know much. We already know enough." Han Fei shook his head and looked at the armored vehicles that were driving back after the negotiation failed.

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"Are all the units ready?" Han Fei confirmed.

"The armored forces are ready and will be deployed according to the plan." The deputy regiment confirmed.

"How far is the airship?"

"The latest news two minutes ago, there are still ten kilometers."

"Proceed as planned."

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"Start the attack!" Swaraj gave the order in disappointment.

The Indians formed a charge formation and slowly approached the Nanhua position.

"Machine guns are not allowed to fire without orders. Go into the fortifications. There are artillery on the opposite side." On the Nanhua side, the infantry was already ready.

Looking at Ah San's formation, the Nanhua soldiers shook their heads from top to bottom. A three-row square formation, 30 people, was packed tightly together. One shot could destroy most of them, and the other half was because the shrapnel was blocked by teammates.

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Bang bang bang...

"What? Get ready, get ready! The enemy is coming." Seeing Ah San start to shoot in a fancy way at a position of 400 meters, the Nanhua soldiers were confused.

Boom!

"Avoid the artillery!" Seeing the soldiers enter the battle position and suddenly hear the sound of artillery, Han Fei's eyes suddenly filled with blood.

I didn't expect Ah San to have such a tactic?

boom!

Smoke and dust rose 200 meters in front of the position...

The skills of the pariah artillery, that is, they can only fire normally. Aim? Shoot slowly, and you can always hit it accurately.

"Artillery counterattack!" As soon as Han Fei finished speaking, a series of roars sounded on the Nanhua position.

Boom...

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Boom...

Before the Indians fired the second round, Nanhua had already fired six rounds. There were only three Indian artillerymen left, and they were still running around desperately.

"Charge! All charge!" Swaraj drew his scimitar, and the Indian soldiers rushed up like ants.

"Idiot!" The Gurkha mocked softly and slowly joined the charging team.