Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 12 The Super Dreadnought Battleship Turned Out
The four battleships of the Third Fleet of the Star Empire and the three battleships of the Xingang Fleet all wanted to seize the prefix T and occupy a favorable position, so the routes of the two fleets gradually formed a "eight" shape, constantly shortening each other. distance between.

And when the battle line formed by the battleships of the two sides was shortened to about 4000 meters, the eight 380mm main guns of the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang of the Xingang Fleet opened fire on the former dreadnought battleship Zhenlong of the Star Empire. They fired a volley, and although none of the shells hit the Zhenlong, they scared the entire Third Fleet of the Star Empire. The nearest shell was less than 300 meters away from the Zhenlong.

"It's impossible! Now the distance is at least 4000 meters. Even the most powerful Princess Alice-class battleship of the British Empire, it is impossible to fire at such a long distance!" Li Dongyan, commander of the Third Fleet of the Skystar Empire Shouted in shock.

The British Empire is the most powerful navy in the world, and it can even be said to be the most powerful country in terms of comprehensive strength. The Princess Alice-class battleship is the latest dreadnought battleship of the British Empire, with a full load displacement of more than 10 tons. Ten 343mm main guns.

Before the Princess Alice-class battleship entered service, the main guns of the dreadnought battleships of various navies all had a caliber of 305mm. The service of the Princess Alice-class battleship has brought a new round of arms race to several major naval powers in the world. Various countries have begun to design and build dreadnought battleships with a main gun caliber of 343 mm.

The captain of the Xinglong, Jia Zhongyang, said nervously: "Commander, the caliber of the main gun of the enemy's dreadnought battleship may even exceed 343mm, and the displacement is even larger than the Princess Alice-class battleship of the Inaba Empire. Our Third Fleet has encountered a very formidable enemy."

Li Dongyan shouted angrily: "Which country made this? Why doesn't our Skystar Empire have any information about this dreadnought battleship?"

Jia Zhongyang pondered for a moment and said, "Commander, the enemy's dreadnought battleship poses too great a threat to our Third Fleet. I suggest retreating immediately."

Jia Zhongyang's words made Li Dongyan's face show a tangled look. Li Dongyan felt that it was too useless to give the order to retreat like this. However, if the battle continued, the Third Fleet might suffer unbearable losses.

Just when Li Dongyan felt a bit of a dilemma, the eight 380mm main guns of the Yongxiang launched another volley. The second volley was less than 1 minute away from the first volley.

The second salvo of Yongxiang's eight main guns was successful. One of the 380mm shells directly penetrated the side armor of the former Dreadnought Battleship Zhenlong of the Skystar Empire, and penetrated into a part of Zhenlong. The ammunition warehouse just exploded, detonating hundreds of tons of shells in this ammunition warehouse in an instant.

"Boom—boom—boom—" After a violent explosion, the Zhenlong with a full load displacement of 16500 tons was blown into two pieces and quickly sank to the sea. The Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang was on the second The salvo of the main guns of the rounds completed a fatal blow to the former dreadnought battleship Zhenlong of the Skystar Empire.

Li Dongyan, commander of the Third Fleet, stood in front of the observation window of the Xinglong bridge, looking at the broken Zhenlong in disbelief, impossible!This is absolutely impossible!I must be dreaming!
"Commander, give the order to retreat quickly! If you don't retreat, the Xinglong may also be doomed. It is not an ordinary dreadnought battleship, but a super dreadnought battleship!" Jia Zhongyang, the captain of the Xinglong ship Shouted in horror.

The shock in Li Dongyan's eyes at this time has been replaced by fear, "Quick! Order all the warships of the Third Fleet to turn around immediately and retreat to the east! Evacuate here at full speed!"

Just as more than 30 warships of the Third Fleet of the Skystar Empire turned their bows to prepare to escape, eight 380mm artillery shells from the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang fell from the sky again.

In this round of salvo of the main guns, the target chosen by the Yong Xiang to attack was the Xinglong, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Skystar Empire. Li Dongyan, the commander of the Xinglong, and Jia Zhongyang, the captain of the Xinglong, turned pale with fright. The two of them glanced at each other. At this moment, they both had a deep fear that maybe they would never be able to return to the Skystar Empire.

The premonition of the two people was quite accurate. A 380mm artillery shell fired by the fifth salvo of the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang hit the side below the waterline near the front main turret of the Xinglong. This happened to be the front torpedo. The position of the cabin, dozens of torpedoes in the torpedo cabin, caused a martyrdom explosion in an instant.

The bow of Xinglong was lifted out of the sea within a few seconds of the explosion, and then smashed into the sea heavily. A large amount of water flooded into the bow that had been blown up, and then the entire rear half of Xinglong's hull It slowly tilted up, causing the Xinglong to sink vertically into the sea very quickly.

Because the Xinglong sank very quickly, of the more than 700 officers and soldiers of the Skystar Empire Navy on board, only a dozen escaped, but among the dozen or so people, Li Dongyan, the commander of the Third Fleet, and the Xinglong were not included. Captain Jia Zhongyang.

The Xinglong is not bad, no matter how you say it, more than a dozen people survived, and the other sank former dreadnought battleship Zhenlong sank even faster, and none of the more than 700 officers and soldiers of the Star Empire Navy on the Zhenlong finally survived. Surviving, some officers and soldiers on the Zhenlong who jumped into the sea to escape were all brought into the sea by the vortex generated when the ship sank.

Seeing that even the flagship was easily killed by others, the remaining warships of the Third Fleet of the Skystar Empire didn't have the slightest intention of avenging the flagship, and instead sped up and fled eastward.

In the bridge of the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang, Su Yi saw that Yongxiang's main guns fired only five rounds of salvo, and it solved the two strongest battleships in the fleet of the Star Empire. He couldn't help waving his fists excitedly. Wang Chengliang said: "It's too accurate! Five salvos of the main guns killed two big guys. The Yongxiang is indeed a super dreadnought battleship!"

The smile on Wang Chengliang's face was also very bright at this time, "Commander, it took five rounds of salvos to sink the opponent's two former dreadnought battleships at such a long distance. Even I didn't expect it. It seems that today Should be a lucky day for our Newport Fleet."

As soon as Wang Chengliang finished speaking, Su Yi suddenly received a system prompt, "Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden task of 'sinking a [-]-ton battleship', and rewarding the host with a golden treasure chest."

Su Yi immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at the sea surface, and found that the former Dreadnought battleship of the Skystar Empire that was sunk first had completely disappeared on the sea surface.

Su Yi glanced at another former dreadnought battleship of the Skystar Empire that was sinking, and immediately asked the system in his mind: "Could it be possible to complete a hidden mission by sinking a battleship with a displacement of more than [-] tons?"

The system's answer made Su Yi a little disappointed, "Host, the hidden missions are unique."

At this time, Wang Chengliang said to Su Yi: "Commander, the remaining warships of the Skystar Empire have already started to escape. Will our Xingang fleet pursue them?"

"The navy of the Skystar Empire still has so many cruisers and destroyers, so there won't be any danger for us to pursue them?"

"Don't worry, Marshal. With the firepower of our three battleships and two large armored cruisers, it is very difficult for these cruisers and destroyers of the Skystar Empire Navy to approach our five warships and release torpedoes. As for their naval guns, it is very difficult for our five warships. It's not even a threat."

A cold light flashed in Su Yi's eyes and said: "Then chase after them and try to keep the two armored battleships of the Skystar Empire behind! People are not ruthless and cannot stand firmly. If we want to gain a foothold in Xingang City, we must show it." Be ruthless, this time we will use the navy of the Skystar Empire to show our prestige!"

The two armored battleships Sea Lion and Seahorse of the Third Fleet of the Star Empire have a top speed of only 15 knots. In addition, they are almost ten years old. In reality, they can only run at about 14 knots at the fastest speed. The pursuit of the Xingang fleet is easier said than done!
What's even more tragic is that the 30-caliber 305mm main guns of the Sea Lion and the Sea Horse fought back against the three battleships Yongxiang, Jianwei, and Jianyong of the Xingang Fleet that were pursuing them, but the Sea Lion and the Sea Horse's guns The main gun has insufficient effective range and cannot pose any threat to the Yongxiang, Jianwei, and Jianyong, which are always kept at a distance of 8000 meters.

In the end, the Sea Lion was sunk by the main guns of the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang, and the Haima was sunk by the Edward VII-class battleship Jianwei.

In addition, the Third Fleet of the Skystar Empire had two armored cruisers and one light cruiser, which were also sunk by the Newport Fleet while escaping, while the three battleships and two large armored cruisers of the Newport Fleet were unscathed. A complete victory was achieved.

The two sunk armored cruisers had a displacement of less than 19 tons and a speed of only about [-] knots. They belonged to relatively old armored cruisers. As for the other light cruiser that was sunk, it was sunk by the Edward VII-class battleship Jianyong.

After Xingang Fleet Commander Wang Chengliang gave the order to stop the pursuit, Su Yi received another prompt from the system, "Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission of 'Naval Battle Victory', and reward the host with a golden treasure chest."

Unexpectedly, another hidden task was completed. Su Yi looked at the two golden treasure chests in the item warehouse, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

And after this naval battle, Su Yi's experience became 3184/10000, an increase of more than 2000 experience, which also indicates that the Sky Star Empire has more than 2000 naval officers and soldiers, who died in the sea along with seven sunken warships.

(End of this chapter)