Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 184 The Largest Naval Battle Begins

At 3014 o'clock in the morning on January 22, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, on the bridge of the Bavarian-class super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet, looked solemnly at the bridge. Wang Chengliang said: "Commander-in-chief, the two destroyers of our First Fleet in charge of reconnaissance have discovered the joint fleet of the five navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi, Monia, and Rielland, and they are approaching Huifeng Port. , it seems that the other party wants to engage in a decisive battle at sea with our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire."

Wang Chengliang asked calmly: "How big is the joint fleet of the five navies?"

Yuan Fan said in a deep voice: "The enemy's warships are too many. The two destroyers in charge of reconnaissance can't count them at all. They can only be described as overwhelming."

Wang Chengliang said firmly: "No matter how big the joint fleet of the five countries' navies is, since they are coming to Huifeng Port, we have to face it. Give us the Second Fleet and Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire." , Fifth Fleet, and the Second Fleet, Third Fleet, and Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire sent a telegram to join us immediately and prepare to fight to the death with the joint fleet of the five navies!"

At this time, the 61 super dreadnought battleships, 32 battlecruisers, two armored cruiser formations, two light cruiser formations and four destroyer formations of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty are more than 30 kilometers north of Huifeng Port. Seas beyond the sea.

After the new year, Su Yi added hundreds of warships to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire, which immediately increased the strength of the two royal navies by several percent, but then something very embarrassing happened The most important thing is that the berths in Huifeng Port are no longer enough for several main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, whose strength has surged.

The Royal Navy of the Datang Empire has long since learned that the main forces of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi have gathered together, so that the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire does not dare to disperse several main fleets across the entire Datang Empire. Among the ports, only some of the warships can be parked in Huifeng Port for rest, and some of them are cruising in the waters near Huifeng Port.

The Second Fleet, Third Fleet, and Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire were dispatched to Huifeng Port in accordance with Su Yi's order, preparing to join the decisive battle with the United Navies of Yingluoba, Sharad and other countries.

The First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire did not come over, and continued to stay in the waters of the Ziyue Empire, Jisk Empire, Orenza Empire, and Skystar Empire to guard against the navies of Jisk and Orenza.

At present, the Second Fleet, Third Fleet, and Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire are all resting in Huifeng Port, while the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire are in the waters near Huifeng Port.

Of the five main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire, only the third fleet did not come to Huifeng Port because it was stationed at Huitong Port in the south of the Great Tang Empire.

Yuan Fan hesitated for a while and said to Wang Chengliang: "I didn't expect that the main forces of the two navies of Monia and Rielland would have merged with the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi. Do you want them to be stationed in Huitong?" The Third Fleet in Hong Kong should rush over to provide support as soon as possible, after all, the Third Fleet stays in Huitong Port to guard against the navies of Monia and Rielland."

Wang Chengliang shook his head and said, "It's probably too late for the Third Fleet to rush over now, not to mention the seven main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty and Ziyue are already strong enough."

At one o'clock in the afternoon on January 22, the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire and the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire had gathered in the waters more than 20 nautical miles away from Huifeng Port. The joint fleet of the five navies, and the seven main fleets of Datang and Ziyue can also be described by this word, and it is not an exaggeration at all.

大唐、紫月两国七支主力舰队，仅仅主力舰就拥有89艘超级无畏战列舰、六十艘战列巡洋舰、一百零七艘无畏战列舰和96艘前无畏战列舰，另外还有100多艘大型装甲巡洋舰、200多艘轻巡洋舰和400多艘驱逐舰。

Of course, the overall scale of the seven main fleets of Datang and Ziyue is still far behind the joint fleet of the five navies. The total number of warships in the combined fleet of the five navies is close to four thousand. many.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon on January 22, the seven main fleets of Datang and Ziyue finally discovered the joint fleet of five navies that could not be seen at a glance.

On the bridge of the flagship Yongxiang, Wang Chengliang of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty said to Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet in a deep voice: "Send a telegram to each battleship formation, armored cruiser formation, light cruiser formation, and destroyer formation. For the implementation of the formulated tactics, each formation must be closely connected with each other. A naval battle of this scale is unprecedented, and the command system at all levels must be kept smooth to avoid chaos!"

Yuan Fan nodded and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, the emergency measures of the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue are very sound, and there will never be any chaos in the command system."

After discovering the main forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, on the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Bull, the flagship of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Royal Navy, Commander Genis was a little excited to the captain of the Bull, Vesalius. Said: "The main naval force of the Tang Empire has indeed come out, and the opportunity for our Sharad Royal Navy has finally arrived!"

Captain Vesalius of the Bull put down his binoculars, frowned and said, "I never thought that the navy of the Ziyue Empire would secretly come to Huifeng Port, and the capital ship of the Navy of the Tang Empire seems to be stronger than what we have under our control." More, it seems that if the joint fleet of the five navies wants to win, they will have to pay a considerable price."

Commander Janis said indifferently: "Our joint fleet of the five navies has gathered the largest fleet in history, even if the Navy of the Tang Empire has the Navy of the Ziyue Empire to help, it still cannot escape the fate of defeat. On the contrary, it is the joint fleet of our five navies who just took the opportunity to wipe out the main naval forces of the Ziyue Empire and completely control the sea control in the hands of our seven-nation alliance. "

After a pause, Commander Genis continued: "According to the tactics formulated by our five commanders, the mission of our Shararad Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet is to outflank the opponent from the left wing. Let's start to act now!"

This naval battle, which can be called the largest in the world, was officially launched at 3014:22 pm on January 55, [-] in the Tang Dynasty. The first battleship formation of the first fleet composed of super dreadnought battleships.

The eight Nelson-class super dreadnought battleships all have three triple-mounted main guns with 45 times the caliber and 406 mm. The target of their first salvo of main guns is the several ships of the British Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet directly opposite. Class super dreadnought battleship, but unfortunately none of the 72 rounds of 406mm shells hit the target.

Immediately, twelve General Gehrman-class super dreadnought battleships fired back with 356mm main guns, but none of the shells hit.

On the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the British Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, Commander Petru put down his binoculars with a solemn face, turned his head and said to Captain Alice Vyachek in a deep voice : "Immediately send a message to the country that the decisive battle between the combined fleet of the five navies and the Navy of the Datang Empire and the Navy of the Ziyue Empire has begun. In addition, tell the country that the Navy of the Datang Empire also has a super fearless main gun with a caliber exceeding [-] mm. Battleship."

The captain of the Princess Alice, Vyachek, frowned and said: "The combined strength of the Navy of the Great Tang Empire and the Navy of the Ziyue Empire seems to be much stronger than we expected before. It seems that this will be a very difficult battle." bitter struggle."

Commander Petru said firmly: "This naval battle is related to the direction of the entire war. No matter how difficult the process is, our joint fleet of five navies must insist on winning the final victory!"

The scale of the two sides is so large that after the battle, for a long time after the battle, only a few super dreadnought battleships launched a confrontation of main guns, and most of the warships could only watch the battle from behind.

Amidst the rumbling guns, the time soon reached 406:[-] in the afternoon. At this time, another violent explosion sounded. The millimeter shell hit and detonated an ammunition warehouse, and then the Antelope was almost blown into two pieces, and quickly sank to the sea.

Seeing the tragedy of the Antelope, Petrou, the commander of the Royal Inlobal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, couldn't help but sighed and said: "It's already the fourth ship. In less than three hours, our Royal Navy in Inlobal sank. Four super dreadnought battleships, and many super dreadnought battleships were injured, what is the situation of the navies of the other four countries?"

The captain of the Princess Alice, Viachek, said: "The Monia Navy was sunk with two super dreadnought battleships. Did not participate in the battle, so far no losses, the Sharad Navy in charge of the left flank sank a super dreadnought battleship, and the Noomi navy in charge of the right flank flank also lost a super dreadnought battleship.”

Commander Petru pondered for a while and said, "I can't continue to fight against the Navy of the Tang Empire and the Navy of the Ziyue Empire. After fighting for such a long time, I really wish I didn't see a super dreadnought battleship of the other side being sunk."

(End of this chapter)