The power of the battleship when it was fired was amazing. Accompanied by loud thunder, a ball of hot giant fireballs spewed out of the muzzle, rolling forward on the sea. Although the muzzle was equipped with a flame-relieving device, it was
In the dark night, the originally dark sea surface was still red by the flames.
Even during the day, large warships 25,000 meters away need to be distinguished by high-power telescopes. On a night with only faint moonlight, the spectacular flames when the battleship's main gun was fired, look like a scratching
Match. But the unique howling sound of a large-caliber shell that was cut into the air and came to the air was chilling.
"Damn it, the enemy's battleship has arrived!" Captain Colonel Manard cursed in a low voice on the heavy cruiser of the Suffolk, and the large-caliber shells came in the air with a sharp whistling sound, scattered in the air.
Near the warship, loud noises were made on the sea, and the whistling sounds were like the god of death blowing the bagpipe, which made people frightened, "Left full rudder, we have to stay away from them, report to the Revenge, and discover the enemy battleship!" Colonel
Give orders to turn.
About fifteen nautical miles behind the heavy cruiser of the "Suffolk", the main force of the H fleet was rushing to the battlefield. In the combat room of the flagship "Revenge", Lieutenant General Samuville and more than a dozen wearing white naval officers' uniforms
Senior officers have been standing by the chart table, paying close attention to the dynamics on the battlefield.
The atmosphere in the war room with thick blackout blinds was very different from the arrogance and arrogance of the British Empire before the war. After years of war, most senior officers had already realized that it was based on the British.
Strength. It was impossible to confront the Republican Army at all. Even after the Americans joined the war, the entire Allied countries were in a passive state of being beaten.
The prospects of war have always seemed very dull, making people unable to see hope.
"If we cannot defeat their weakest fleet, the confidence of the people will be greatly hit, which is a disaster for the righteous forces of this world. For the glory and interests of the British Empire, we can no longer have
Any room for concessions!" In the well-decorated conference room, there was already a grey Lieutenant General Samuville expressing his determination to fight to the death. Since the war began, the Royal Navy has not won a single battle in fighting against the Republican Navy.
Even if it is a small battle, the old-fashioned empire that has never set in the sun has become unscrupulous in the battle with emerging industrial countries. Aviation warships have become the new overlords at sea, but this old empire cannot equip the Royal Navy with those emerging countries.
The relatively resistant aviation warships are one of the reasons why the Royal Navy quickly fell behind.
In terms of the number of battleship equipment, even though the losses were huge in the Southeast Asian war, the Royal Navy still had the ability to compete with the Republican Navy. The main gap between the two sides lies in the quantity and quality of aviation ships.
Lieutenant General Samuville suffered the most shameful scene of his naval career during his Central and South Asia, and the Royal Navy Far East Fleet he commanded was almost wiped out in Singapore. Although the final investigation concluded that Samuville did not have it in the Changi operation.
A big mistake. The lieutenant general could still stay in the Royal Navy to serve, but the shame of ruining a Royal Navy main fleet could not be erased.
This is also one of the reasons why Samuville has always chosen the old "Revenge" battleship as his flagship. These two words have always been engraved in the heart of this 60-year-old navy veteran.
Today is a great opportunity. In the dark night when fighter jets cannot be dispatched, everyone can only speak with their naval guns. In this regard, hundreds of years of experience and courage accumulated by powerful naval power will never lose to the Chinese.
Support the "industrial fleet".
"Send a reply to Admiral Cunningham, we will bite the Chinese fleet tightly, and today will be our day of revenge!" Samuville said quietly. Before dawn, Britain
The fleet must leave the battlefield and return to the protection of Gibraltar shore-based fighter jets, otherwise the enemy's carrier-based aircraft will cause them to suffer serious losses.
God doesn't leave much time for the British.
"The course is 180, each ship is in a single combat confrontation!" The flashing signal lights on the "Revenge" convey the order to change formations to the entire fleet. In another twenty minutes, the enemy will enter the distance between fire.
Cumberland and Suffolk are pulling away as far as possible to the opponent's battle fleet. The enemy's warship muzzles on the sea are occasionally flashing like fireflies in the darkness, even in the commander's hands.
The eight-fold telescope cannot see the outline of the opponent.
"My God, the Messenger Goddess was shot!" Two British heavy patrols evacuated to a safe distance of more than 28,000 meters from their opponents, but it turned out that the Messenger Goddess light cruiser in front was not so lucky, the Chinese battleship
Turn all the main guns into this unlucky light cruiser, less than 20,000 meters away from them.
After only three rounds of artillery attacks, the Messenger Goddess was hit by a large caliber artillery, and the guns caught fire on the rear deck, which further indicated the direction for the Republican warships, and more shells poured down more accurately.
How can a light cruiser resist the successive attacks of four battleships? About three minutes later, a huge pillar of fire burst out from the sea. The scene when this British cruiser exploded was even twenty-five nautical miles.
The battleship outside the Revenge can be seen with the naked eye. After only a few minutes, the Messenger Goddess sank to the bottom of the sea with more than 460 crew members, and in the end only 13 people on the warship survived.
At 10:11 on the 26th, the battleship "Taihang Mountain" led by the Republic Fleet first fired shells at the H fleet that rushed to the battlefield at a distance of 17 nautical miles. Then the ships also began to fire at the enemy ships.
Muville's fleet also began to fire artillery counterattacks, and a fierce and chaotic night battle of battleships began.
More than twenty minutes later, the artillery battle entered a white-hot stage. The two fleets were moving towards each other at a distance of about 25,000 yards apart, and they were able to concentrate all the main guns to attack the opponents located in the sideways.
Under the guidance of the radar, even on such a night with only faint moonlight, the naval guns of both sides of the warring sides were still shot quite accurately. During the thirty-minute fire exchange, the main forces in the two battleships were hit by multiple large-caliber shells.
, all suffered damage to varying degrees. Relatively speaking, in the battle with the new battleships of the Republican Navy, the British old-fashioned battleship guns were slower and they had to suffer a little loss.
However, during the Battle of Dongsha, the Republican Navy discovered that the power of the main gun of the battleship was actually difficult to pose a fatal threat to a battleship with heavy armor protection, even in the face of the "Fuson-class" battleship that has been criticized,
In the end, I had to rely on torpedoes to completely solve the problem.
The night battle in Anta Lucia Sea once again confirmed this view. Although the British-led Revenge and War-weary, as well as the Taihang Mountains in the forefront of the Republic Fleet, were beaten to pieces, and the upper building was in a mess,
It can maintain considerable combat effectiveness and can still fire a cannon while extinguishing the fire with all its might.
After about forty-five minutes of fierce battle, the fleets of both sides temporarily broke off contact, and both fleets began to turn again. At a distance of 30,000 meters, both sides stopped the shelling.
"Discover the enemy's main force, with a position of 196 and a distance of 26!" He and Wei Zihao were about to sit down and rest, but suddenly found a large fleet coming from the sea in the distance.
The main force of the K fleet led by Cunninghai has arrived at the battlefield!