Bright Sword Military System

1649 Sea Battle
Originally, the coast defense regiment should have changed course at this time, but Xu Huandong looked at the chart and was silent for a while, then ordered: "Keep going!"

The staff officer asked a little strangely: "Commander, keep moving forward? The order from the superior is for us to lead the devils towards the port!"

"I'm just leading the devils towards the port!" Xu Huandong said, "But if we turn around now, will the devils be able to keep up?"

The staff immediately understood that although the warships of the coastal defense regiment were not equipped enough, they were small and fast. The maximum speed of the "Zhenhai" ship reached 34 knots, and the "Wrath" class destroyer even had a speed of 37 knots.

If the devil had a heavy cruiser, its speed was barely comparable to the "Zhenhai" ship but not as fast as the "angry" ship. If the coastal defense regiment turned around at this time, the devil who was so far away would really be unable to catch up.

If the devils can't catch up, they are likely to give up chasing the coastal defense regiment and implement their own plan.

Thinking that the staff officer had no objection, he immediately passed on the order.

In fact, Xu Huandong had another reason for doing this, he hoped that the devils would underestimate the enemy.

According to common sense, after the coastal defense regiment discovers the enemy's seaplane, it should know that the enemy ship is nearby, so at least it will carry out some necessary maneuvers such as changing the course.

Although changing the course may not be able to avoid the enemy's pursuit in the end, changing the course will at least disrupt the enemy's deployment and make it more difficult to pursue and encircle.

But Xu Huandong didn't even change his course, and continued to sail forward at the same speed. This would easily make the devils mistakenly think that the fleet of the Eighth Route Army, which was made up temporarily, didn't know how to fight at all.

Toshihei Inoguchi did think so too. When he knew from the report from the seaplane that the Eighth Route Army fleet was still advancing on the original route, he laughed: "Sure enough, it's a fleet looking for death, but it's no wonder, where are the guys on land in naval battles?" understand?"

Toshihei Inoguchi even scolded the Imperial Army.

The devil fleet was advancing at a speed of 25 knots, and the coastal defense regiment was cruising at a speed of 20 knots. The routes of the two armies were at a certain angle, so they did not meet until almost two hours later.

Xu Huandong was of course the first to spot the enemy ship. This was a matter of life and death for the coastal defense regiment. He did not neglect at all, and ordered every warship to send the best lookouts to observe the possible direction of the devil from a high place.

Then, a huge monster gradually rose from the sea level.

The lookout couldn't help being shocked, grabbed the phone and shouted: "Battleship, it's a devil battleship!"

Although the lookout couldn't tell which number it was the Devil's, he knew it was the Devil's battleship from its shape.

Xu Huandong couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, and quickly ordered: "Everyone is here, turn around at full speed!"

"Full U-turn!"

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Xu Huandong cursed secretly in his heart: "You bastard son of a bitch, he's a battleship as soon as he comes up, this is too bullying!"

Several warships of the coastal defense regiment turned around one after another. At this moment, the devil's warship opened fire. With a loud "boom", a shell hit the starboard side of the "Zhenhai" one kilometer away.

Xu Huandong knew right away that he was the target of the devil's battleship: the first shell was a test shot, and the seaplane would observe its impact point and report the offset distance to the warship, and then guide the shell to the exact position.

The staff officer looked nervously at Xu Huandong, as if to say that it was too dangerous to turn around at this time, because he was almost setting the devil battleship as a target.

But Xu Huandong didn't respond. He knew that the devil would not be satisfied with the shell shifting by one kilometer, so the devil's artillery observers would recalculate the position and try to fire at least one more round.

This time may be the only chance for the "Zhenhai" ship to escape its range...

Xu Huandong didn't expect the devils to dispatch battleships.

If he had known, Xu Huandong would not have approached the enemy fleet at this distance, because the range of the large-caliber naval guns on the battleships reached about 40 kilometers, which was beyond the normal range for the coastal defense regiment to observe enemy ships!
Xu Huandong raised his binoculars and looked at the smoke from the target gun muzzle. Years of experience in artillery battles told him that the distance between the two ships was about 30 kilometers.

It is not easy for the lookout to spot the enemy ship at this distance. If it is closer, for example, the enemy ship is not found until 20 kilometers away, it is very likely that there will be no chance to escape.

"Boom" was another loud bang. This time the shell hit the port side of the warship more than 200 meters away. When the shell exploded, it stirred up a column of water, splashing sea water onto the warship, and the hull shook violently with the waves.

The staff officer struggled to grab the handshake in front of the window, and shouted in a panic: "Commander, give the order!"

Xu Huandong knew what the staff officer meant, more than 200 meters is already very accurate in naval battles, which means that the guns of the Devil battleship have spotted the shooting elements of the "Zhenhai" ship, and in the next second they should be firing multiple salvos.

At this time, if the "Zhenhai" ship does not change its course, it is likely to be smashed into pieces by those large-caliber naval guns.

But Xu Huandong still didn't give the order, he shouted in a firm tone: "Steady, keep the course!"

Xu Huandong understands that it is useless to change the course too early. The devil's seaplane can see clearly in the sky, and the pilot will give the "Zhenhai" ship's course change feedback to the warship in time, and then the naval guns will follow the "Zhenhai" ship's course change. The new course adjusts the elements... With the quality of the Devils Navy, they will accurately grasp this change.

Therefore, if you want to survive, you must grasp the timing well.

After waiting for a while, Xu Huandong suddenly ordered: "Full right rudder!"

"Right full rudder!"

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The warship suddenly changed its U-turn posture and headed towards the devil fleet instead. The huge centrifugal force made every crew member on the warship have to hold on to the fixed objects tightly so as not to be thrown out.

Then Xu Huandong knew that he was right, because he only heard a loud "boom", nine shells flew over with a piercing roar and exploded hundreds of meters away from the port side of the warship, creating a column of water. As if the entire ocean was boiled, the warship first sank slightly, and then was thrown up a few meters by the stirred up waves before falling heavily.

There was a burst of screams from the crew members nearby... Most of the crew members of the warship were merchant sailors. They had never experienced this kind of scene and were not mentally prepared. Many people may have been injured just now.

Fortunately, he was not hit, otherwise, one round of shells with a caliber of more than 400mm would be enough for "Zhenhai".

"Full left rudder!" Xu Huandong loudly ordered to continue to maintain a serpentine maneuver to avoid enemy naval guns.

But Xu Huandong also knew that this was not a long-term solution, and it would only be a matter of time before he was hit.

Then Xu Huandong naturally thought of anti-ship missiles...

(End of this chapter)