Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 633 Steel Torrent
"Urgent! Urgent! Urgent!" Wen Hui almost roared out these words, and then quickly sent a notification to the fleet. Due to the heavy fog, he only saw the first three ships. When he finished sending, Looking up, he could already see six pillars of smoke, so he quickly added, "The number of enemy ships is still increasing!"

Sa Zhenbing was shocked when he received the report. The first reaction from a professional soldier was excitement. He had been waiting for this day. For more than half a month, he had been suffocated. Since receiving the order, He is almost even dreaming at this moment of a dream!It's just a little pity that the weather is not very good, our advantages cannot be fully utilized, and it is too late to discover the enemy's situation.Of course, the reconnaissance plane can't be blamed for this. Originally, due to the weather, it was difficult for the airship to take off, and the fog was heavy, so it would be nice to be able to find it.So he hurriedly ordered the plane to return to the flight, so as not to leak his whereabouts.

But at the same time, when he thought of the three atomic bombs lying quietly under the bottom cabin of the Qiuzi aircraft carrier, he suddenly became nervous again. In any case, he must try his best to avoid the flagship from being bombarded by enemy ships, otherwise if the atomic bomb is detonated, the two sides will only die together. It's all over. "All the warships are arranged in a T-shaped formation!" With an order, all the warships began to turn and arranged in a T-shaped formation. The flagship Qiuzi was located in the center of the entire T-shaped formation, protected by warships in front and on both sides, Baiyun, Lanyun, Feiyun's three Yunzi-class heavy cruisers rushed forward. Because these three battleships have thick armor and fierce firepower, they are most suitable for attacking enemy ships. The two wings are the battleship Glacier, Yangwu, and cruisers from near to far. , torpedo ship, and outside is a network attack formation composed of submarines.

In fact, he didn't have to be so nervous, the enemy was far from discovering himself. On the Bismarck, the flagship of the German Atlantic Fleet, Lukins was complaining about the bad weather in his heart. This hazy weather made him feel bored and depressed even more. But this kind of dense fog exacerbated the danger of the fleet being attacked. If at this time, the Chinese warship suddenly came from the side, the Atlantic Fleet would suffer heavy damage.

Thinking of this, Lukins felt that it was better to be more careful, and he immediately ordered the fleet to be on alert and keep moving in a diagonal formation.

Just when Lukins was full of doubts, the Singapore Fleet had already completed its mobilization. In order to avoid alerting the other party, each ship quickly completed the order by radio.

"Full left rudder!" Sa Zhenbing gave an order, and the entire fleet completed a major turn. The entire fleet formed an arc-shaped long snake formation with six battleships and an aircraft carrier at its core. Before he found himself, he moved forward and slowly adjusted his ship position.

Wen Hui's visual distance was obviously a bit off. After completing this big move, Sa Zhenbing saw the blurred black outline of the German fleet through the telescope.

"Attention all the team, turn on the searchlights! All the planes are up and ready to fight!" Following this order, dozens of searchlights were lit up, forming a long line on the foggy sea. The reconnaissance planes took off one after another, commanding the warships to fight from above, and the pilots made cheering gestures to each other.

The Germans almost suddenly discovered that there was a lantern dragon stretching across their north. Amidst the harsh police whistle, they saw two planes coming through the mist. "All on alert! Enter the combat position immediately, enter the combat position immediately. Scouts, immediately measure the distance and find out which country they are from." Lukins roared and issued an order. He had a vague premonition that the military's intelligence was correct. A big battle is coming.

Five warships with a displacement of about 3 tons form the steel core of the Atlantic Fleet. The world's largest Bismarck, Tipinitz, Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Blücher Er, the latter two ships have a displacement of 3 tons, plus a total of 3 other ships, with a total displacement of 1 tons.

Opposite them are six Yunzi-class battleships with a displacement of about 3 tons. Together with 3 cruisers, the total displacement is about 33 tons.

In terms of main artillery, the main guns of Tipinitz, Prinz Eugen, and Admiral Hipper are all 3 triple-mounted 283 mm calibers, but there are two behind them, and the secondary guns are 4 double-mounted 150mm and 4-seat single-pack 150mm.The Blücher is equipped with twin 283mm artillery. Judging from the artillery, this kind of equipment is not weak, but opposite them, there are six Yunzi-class warships coming prepared, almost all of which are triple Installed 283 mm main gun.

Judging from such data, the strength of the two sides is comparable.

At this time, the Singapore fleet has adjusted its shooting elements, and is only waiting for Commander Sa Zhenbing to say "Fire!".

Of course, the Germans are not stupid. After discovering the enemy's situation, the experienced Lukins quickly divided the entire fleet into two columns, and all turned to the left full rudder, trying to use the battleship's anti-strike ability to cover the cruisers on the inner wing. Get out of the enemy's attack range as soon as possible at high speed, and for a while the sea is full of waves formed by sharp turns.

In response to the changes in the enemy, Sa Zhenbing gritted his teeth, spit out a mouthful, and made up his mind to fight. At this time, it may be useless. Since the two powers meet, they can only have a head-to-head contest.

"Attention all ships, each chooses a favorable attack position, and fires freely!" The communications soldier on the flagship immediately became excited, communicated with him by radio, and issued the order of Sa Zhenbing to the entire fleet.

It was 7:57 in the morning.

boom!boom!boom!
All the 283mm cannons roared almost in unison, seeming to stir up the entire water of the Red Sea.

Sa Zhenbing quietly observed the situation on the opposite side through the telescope. The opponent adopted a two-line formation, and now they need to intersperse their way back as soon as possible. A torrent of steel sank it.

At this time, Yangwu led the eight cruisers Kaiji, Huantai, Jingqing, Nanrui, Baomin, Huwei, Feiting, and Jingyuan, with the assistance of the battleship Lanyun. Down, slowly firing while turning to the east, the overall formation gradually elongated.

"Medium! Medium! Medium! Medium!" The reconnaissance planes in the sky sent back the hit data of the first round of fire one after another.Yangwu's hit rate was 25 percent, and the rest of the ships were also mostly positive. Only Jingyuan's data was better, with two hits, while Baomin missed one.The commanders quickly asked the gunners to correct the muzzle through the radar.

This round hit the cruisers Scharnhorst and Luzzot on the periphery of the Atlantic Fleet. Among them, Luzzot was hit by four rounds, two were on the left side of the front deck, and one hit the side and exploded. , the huge flames and shock waves made the gunner who was shooting dizzy, and the other shot passed by the hull. A wave splashed on the sea, and mistakenly thought it had hit an enemy ship.

"Fire! Fire!" Lukins gave the order to fight back, and at the same time ordered the fleet on the inside to look for opportunities to turn around immediately, and interspersed to find suitable positions to attack the enemy fleet.

At the same time, the reconnaissance planes of the two sides continued to report back the data. Based on these data, the commanders quickly directed the movement of the ship and carried out the next round of bombardment.

"Concentrate firepower! Strike the enemy's flagship!" Under the fierce artillery fire, the six German battleships always maintained a protective posture on the periphery. Sa Zhenbing put his heart aside, ignoring the dozen or so shadows at the far end who were gradually moving away from the battlefield. Looking at the bad weather angrily, he shouted into the intercom: "Hit!"

Of course, the German flagship, the Bismarck, would not take on the protective role for too long. She led the four battleships in a charging posture while fighting back, and then made a turn, aiming the triple-mounted artillery at the stern at the Chinese battleship Baiyun. .

"Boom!" There were several roars again, and the sixteen main guns of the Chinese side fired again, seizing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the enemy fleet turning, shells roared and hit the side of the enemy ship, and the fireball caused by the explosion Throw the screaming sailors into the sky one by one.

The enemy also fired a volley. Since it crossed the hull, in addition to the Lützow, which had already turned around, the Admiral Hipper and the Prinz Eugen could fully exert the power of their main guns, while Tipinitz Both the HMS and the Blücher had only triple-mounted 283mm guns on the bow. In this round of salvo, a total of 4000 shells traveled a distance of more than [-] meters, causing two explosions on the Baiyun.The main gun at the stern was almost hit, and the shell landed on the protective barrier not far from the gun position. It had little effect on the hull, but the explosion caused minor injuries to two soldiers.

But the other one was a headache. Like a god, the shell hit a torpedo boat hanging on the flank, and the explosion caused the airship's position to be blurred.

"Your grandma!" Sa Zhenbing turned his head and cursed angrily: "Hit! I'll beat his mother hard for me. Put on full power and turn to the south!"

While the main battleship was dueling, the cruisers with relatively small tonnage were not idle. Taking advantage of the opportunity when both sides were greeting each other, more than a dozen cruisers were ordered to fire freely, relying on their high speed. Quickly interspersed, approaching their respective enemies.

The tense turn of the Germans is still going on, their current morale is a bit low, and the entire fleet seems to have different ideas. Commander Lukins' intention is to use the large fleet to attract the opponent's firepower, and then use his advantage of having a large number of small ships, Let the cruiser fleet detour to the opponent's flank to assist the main ship in combat.However, many ships below thought that the commander was covering their retreat, so when the battle started, two cruisers of the Atlantic Fleet left the battlefield and quickly headed south.Some of the remaining cruisers circled with the rushing cruisers at close range, while the other part still carried out Lukins' detour strategy.

(End of this chapter)