"The curtain has been opened, and the actors are all in place... I seem to see the heroic spirits of ancient warriors haunting the waves in the distance, shining in front of the barrel, whispering on the clouds, commenting on the value of our generation."
In the central command hall of the Purple Mountain Fortress, Zhu Yourong stood under the giant sea chart, staring up devoutly, and couldn't help but silently recited a line from Wagner's opera. At this moment, she felt that there was nothing more appropriate than this line.
The entire command hall was noisy, with phones ringing and voices everywhere, and the central broadcast system overhead announcing the latest battle situation from time to time. The scaffolding in front of the giant chart was constantly moving, and female officers climbed up and down, holding long
The rod corrects the mark above.
On the giant chart, there are densely packed ship marks, with different sizes and colors used to distinguish the ship type, status, and country... The charts are densely marked with numbers, as well as long and short lines.
Straight lines, curves, dotted lines, red lines, blue lines...and circles, sectors, triangles...Zhu Yourong couldn't understand it, but it didn't matter, she knew she could feel it. Looking at these complicated marks, Zhu Yourong seemed to be there
She was in such a state. At this moment, she could almost feel the ups and downs under her feet, the brackish seawater on her lips, and the smell of gunpowder smoke in her nose...
Xiang Xiaoqiang was busy in the "Office Zero" area in the distance, making phone calls, signing orders, listening to reports, discussing with colleagues, and was busy. Zhu Yourong looked at him from a distance, and his chest and eyes felt hot at the same time.
"His Majesty……"
Xiu Xiu, who was standing next to him, noticed it, reminded him softly, and gestured around, meaning: Your Majesty, no matter how excited you are, now is not the time to shed tears.
Zhu Yourong nodded imperceptibly, smiled at Xiuxiu, held his gloves tightly with both hands, lightly dusted his navy marshal's uniform, and reached out to take the cup of coffee from Wei Zijin.
Tonight, the protagonist in the central command hall is the navy. At this moment that determines the future and destiny of the navies of the two great empires, Zhu Yourong once again arrived at the Purple Mountain Fortress like he did on the eve of the unification war, and took up his position here with a body of ten thousand gold. This kind of maritime
The decisive battle was a moment that the whole country of Japan had been looking forward to for a generation. How could it be that it was not a moment that the whole country of the Ming Dynasty had been looking forward to for a generation? Of course, Japan hoped to use this battle to defeat the Ming Dynasty's navy and dominate the Asia-Pacific. Ming also hoped to use this battle to defeat Japan and dominate the Asia-Pacific.
Japan relied on a stronger fleet, more solid and hard training, a proud night fighting ability, and a desperate gambler's spirit. Ming Dynasty relied on strong national power, continuous oil, and perfect combat plans.
, and secret weapons that are not yet known to the Japanese army.
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At this time, the melodious and melodious broadcast sound above the head sounded again:
"At one thirty-four in the morning, the Mutsu was discovered... At one thirty-four in the morning, the Mutsu was discovered... Our main battle fleet and the Japanese main battle fleet began to contact..."
Following this announcement, almost everyone in the hall couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the giant chart. At this moment, two long poles sandwiched two symbols representing the battle fleet were placed together. One blue
One red.
"Xiu Xiu!" Xiang Xiaoqiang's voice passed through half the hall, "Come here!"
Xiuxiu turned to look at Zhu Yourong and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, I'll go and get busy first."
Zhu Yourong nodded:
"Well, go and help him quickly."
Xiuxiu held the intelligence folder under her arm and ran over.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was so busy that his face was covered with sweat and he didn't even bother to raise his head as he asked:
"How far away is the 'Tianzi Group'? Can we still make it over? The fight has begun!"
Xiuxiu frowned and said:
"I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up. The 'Tianzi Group' is at least 35 nautical miles away from the battlefield, and it will definitely not be able to catch up to the battlefield within two and a half hours. The battlefield is moving every minute now, and the surface warships are traveling very fast, and the submarines may not be able to catch up.
.However, there is hope that the 'Dizi Group' and the 'Ringzi Group' will participate in the war. These two submarine groups are 10 nautical miles and 13 nautical miles away from the current position of the battlefield respectively."
Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, nodded, and took out a cigarette from the cigarette can on the table. Xiu Xiu immediately took out a lighter and lit it for him. Xiang Xiaoqiang stared hard at her red eyes.
He took a puff, then leaned back in the chair, exhaled a long stream of green smoke, and sighed:
"Damn it, people are not as good as God. There are 15 submarines in the Tianzihao submarine group, most of which are cruise-class submarines with high speed and many torpedo tubes. The Dizihao and Renzihao submarine groups only have eight or nine submarines respectively.
They are mainly medium-sized submarines. Their maximum speed on the surface is at least one and a half knots slower, and there are two fewer torpedo tubes... The originally designed trap is now missing a big corner. What a pity!"
Xiuxiu warmly said with a relieved smile:
"My lord, look at you, this is a naval battle, not a land battle. There are railways and roads that must pass through. You can always be close to setting up an ambush... There are channels in all directions on this sea. You want to know the location of the battlefield completely.
, even gods can’t do it. Sir, based on my experience, it’s already a blessing to be able to use two of the three groups now.”
Xiang Xiaoqiang half-opened his eyes, glanced at Xiuxiu and laughed:
"In your experience? Haha, how much experience do you have?"
Xiuxiu lowered her head, still smiling meekly:
"That's wrong... From my 'professional' point of view, it's okay. Haha... Sir, please don't forget that the core of this plan is not these three groups of ordinary submarines, but the 'Zero Group'... They are
Those who always move with the battle fleet will definitely appear on the battlefield as soon as possible... The three groups of heaven, earth, and people are just foils. Even if they are all present, the results will not be much. This is not a battle against the merchant fleet, but
Fighting a fleet. The underwater speed of ordinary submarines cannot catch up with warships. It mainly depends on those 'Orca-class' submarines."
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The sea was now like a boiling pot. Countless cannonballs smashed into the water, stirring up giant water columns several stories high. After more than ten seconds, they fell again like an avalanche. The battle fleets on both sides were separated.
Thousands of meters away, the guns all over the body were spitting out tongues of flame, like a building setting off fireworks. The flames from the muzzle of the giant main gun shone one after another, sending one or two tons of shells into the opponent's array. Whenever a shell hit
Enemy warships, a burst of fierce cheers and whistles will erupt from the warships here.
The entire battlefield was filled with fire and black smoke, as well as warships that had been shot and burning. The dazzling firelight reflected on the dark sea water, and each ship was half paralyzed, destroyed, or on the bodies of the sinking warships.
They were all burning with raging fire. From time to time, giant fireballs shot out from the cracks in the steel, leaping dozens of meters into the sky. Half of the night sky was reflected red. In the light and dark reflection of the fire, many things could be seen.
The sailor, whose body was on fire, jumped into the sea...
And right next to these burning "corpses", more "living people" were also dragging their bodies with fire, quickly shuttled across the water, and fired cannonballs at the enemy ships on the opposite side.
All battleships from both sides were present. The Ming Army had four ships, against the Japanese Army's seven ships. Since the Ming Army's battleships were obviously inferior in number, the Ming Army's heavy cruisers also bravely lined up with the battleships, joining the "battle fleet" and fighting on the opposite side.
The battleships fired at each other. The remaining heavy cruisers of the Japanese army naturally joined the "battle array" and opened fire on the Ming army's cruisers opposite.
Although the number of Ming army battleships is small, the four ships that came this time are all the best, with thick armor and strong firepower. The main guns of Changping and Yanping are 15 inches in diameter and have the thickest armor. Yongle and Tokunaga have main guns.
The caliber is 16 inches and the armor is slightly thinner.
At this moment, the Changhei had hit 11 main gun shells of the Chinese and Japanese battleships, the Enpei had been hit by 8 rounds, the Yongle had been hit by 10 rounds, and the Tokunaga had been hit by 12 rounds. The Mutsu had already hit the main gun of the Mingship battleship.
9 shells were fired, Ise was hit by 7 rounds, Hyuga was hit by 4 rounds, and Yamashiro was hit by 6 rounds. The remaining three fast battleships Kongo, Haruna, and Kirishima were separated because of their thin armor.
As the target of the Ming army's heavy cruisers.
Judging from the shell hit rate of both sides, the Japanese army's record is obviously better. However, the torpedo hit rate of both sides is completely reversed. So far, only the Yanping of the Ming Army has hit one torpedo, while the Japanese
The ship Mutsu had already been hit by two torpedoes, the Yamashiro had been hit by two torpedoes, and the heavy cruiser Mogami had been hit by one torpedo, but they were blocked by Mutsu.
The Yamashiro is the most pitiful. Its iconic "towering like a cloud" tower was originally designed to enhance the sighting effect in long-distance naval battles. Now in close combat of several kilometers, it is like a big sail, which can reduce the power of the ship.
All the horizontal shells it received were "caught". To make matters worse, it had already been hit by two torpedoes, and the two torpedoes were very close to each other, almost hitting the same place. Now hundreds of tons of sea water have been poured into it.
The top-heavy structure already made it crumbling.