Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 251 The Disappointed Emperor

Commander Davydok, who commanded the Hethel Navy Fleet, had an extremely ugly face when he received a telegram from the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gorjay.

The captain of the Hethel Navy super dreadnought battleship that was just sunk is Davydok's younger brother. According to the speed at which the super dreadnought battleship sank, almost all the officers and soldiers on the battleship could no longer survive. possible.

Grishenka, the captain of the Mercy of the Hesel Navy, held a telegram in his hand, and asked Commander Davydok cautiously: "How do we reply to the commander of the Gisk Navy?"

According to the pre-war agreement of the three navies of Gisk, Orensa, and Hessel, Gorjay, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, will serve as the temporary commander-in-chief of the joint fleet of the three navies.

Davydok gritted his teeth and said, "Don't reply to the telegram first, and talk about it after you have distanced yourself from the battle line of the Datang Navy. I will bear all the consequences!"

Although the battle line composed of the remaining five super dreadnought battleships, five battlecruisers and four dreadnought battleships of the Hessel Navy fled to the west sea, the super dreadnoughts of the navies of Jisk and Orenza The battleships and battlecruisers are still carrying the 406mm artillery shells of the Jingyuan class and Zhiyuan class of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, and they are constantly closing the distance between each other.

Because the distance between the battle lines of the two sides has been shortened, the hit rate of the two sides has increased a lot, and this naval battle has become more tragic.

With a sound of "Boom--", another 381mm armor-piercing shell hit a Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser. Hit, and after this 381mm armor-piercing shell penetrated the waterline armor of this Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser, the dozens of kilograms of high explosives in the armor-piercing shell smashed the keel of this Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser. They were all blown apart, and after an ear-piercing crunching sound, the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser broke into two pieces and began to sink rapidly toward the sea.

In the bridge of the Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship Jingyuan, the captain of the Jingyuan Chu Rongke put down the telescope in his hand, and bitterly said to Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the third fleet: "The Zhihui is over!"

The Zhihui is the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser that is about to sink. At this time, the naval battle has been going on for more than three hours. Even the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty has a Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship and four Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers. The four cruisers of the Zhiyuan class were sunk, including the Zhihui.

Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the Third Fleet, said with a solemn face: "The defense of the Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers is relatively weak. Including the Zhihui, we have already had four Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers sunk. , and several Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers had to temporarily withdraw from the battle line because of their serious injuries."

Chu Rongke, the captain of the Jingyuan, said immediately: "However, the price paid by our entire First Squadron is still worthwhile. The loss of the opponent's capital ship is at least five or six times that of ours. There should be no difference in the outcome of this naval battle." What suspense."

Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the Third Fleet, pondered for a while and said: "Let the remaining Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers in our battle line be withdrawn to the back for the time being. Since there is no suspense about victory, then in the next battle, we should try our best." Reduce the losses of the entire first team."

Chu Rongke, the captain of the Jingyuan, then asked again: "Commander, do you still need the fourth team to come over to support?"

"What is the current position of the fourth team?"

"The fourth team sent a telegram just now. They have entered the Wessel Strait from the west entrance, and they are about eight or nine hours away from the sea area where the battle will take place."

"Then let the fourth team continue to rush over! We finally met the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy to gather the main forces, and we can't easily let the main naval forces of these two countries go!"

At one o'clock in the afternoon on August [-]th, on the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Relentless, the flagship of the Imperial Navy of the Gisk Empire, Gorjay, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Royal Navy of the Gisk, sadly asked Larion, the captain of the Relentless: "How many capital ships have we sunk?"

Captain Larion of the Ruthless said with a sigh: "Commander, six super dreadnought battleships and nine battlecruisers of our Jisk Royal Navy have been sunk, and most of the remaining super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers have also been injured. Even the Relentless had a twin 381mm main gun that could not continue to fire. The Orenza Navy also had five super dreadnought battleships and eight battlecruisers sunk. If you count the losses of the Hesel Navy, our three countries The navy has already lost twelve super dreadnought battleships, eighteen battlecruisers and two dreadnought battleships."

Gorjay, Commander-in-Chief of the Gisk Royal Navy, snorted coldly, "Don't mention the Hessel Navy to me. After this naval battle is over, our Gisk Empire must seek an explanation from the Kingdom of Hessel. The Renza Empire should have the same idea as us."

At this time, on the battlefield, Hessel's navy could no longer be seen. Hessel's navy had withdrawn dozens of nautical miles away, not even a single torpedo boat remained.

Captain Larion of the Ruthless hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, although our Gisk Royal Navy and Orenza Navy combined still have a numerical advantage in terms of capital ships, if we continue to fight like this, we will The Royal Navy that the Sk Empire spent huge sums of money to build is likely to be crippled, and it may not be able to win the final victory."

Commander-in-Chief Gorjay understood the meaning of Larion's words, but he didn't want to give the order to retreat. "Did the submarine force send any telegrams? Why are there no results?"

This time, in order to encircle and annihilate the squadron of the Third Fleet of the Datang Navy, the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy also gathered a lot of submarines. The submarine force of the Sa Navy has taken the opportunity to launch an attack on the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Datang Navy under the sea.

Larion, the captain of the Ruthless, smiled wryly, "Commander, the submarine force of our Gisk Royal Navy has sent a telegram. The light cruisers and destroyers of the Datang Navy should be equipped with very advanced sonar. Our submarines even The torpedoes had no chance to launch, and were sunk by the depth charges dropped by the light cruisers and destroyers of the Datang Navy. So far, the submarine force has lost [-] submarines, and the remaining [-] submarines gave up their attack. "

Sonar is one of the sharp weapons against submarines. After the sonar equipped by the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, sonars of other naval powers have also been successfully developed. The sonar equipped is much worse.

The commander-in-chief of the Gisk Royal Navy, Gorjay, said in a firm tone: "If we let the armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the Gisk Royal Navy and the Orenza Navy, take this opportunity to attack the Datang Navy. Is it possible to change the outcome of this naval battle by launching a line-up charge?"

Captain Larion of the Ruthless said decisively: "Commander, the Datang naval squadron on the opposite side also has many small and medium warships. Even if the armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of our two navies launch The charge should not be able to achieve very satisfactory results, and it will continue to increase the losses of our two navies. It is not easy for our Jisk Royal Navy to accumulate such wealth!"

Just after Captain Larion of the Relentless finished speaking, a communications soldier on the bridge sent a telegram to Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk Gorjay and Captain Larion of the Relentless.

Larion took it over and took a look, smiled helplessly, and then said to Gorjay: "Commander, the Orenza Navy can't bear such a big loss, Orenza Navy Commander Leo Ned sent a telegram, hoping that the navies of our two countries can withdraw from this battle with no hope of victory."

Through the observation window in the bridge, Gorjay looked at the row of Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships in the distance where the number of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty had hardly decreased. The main force of the Navy and the Orenza Navy are exhausted, but they are unable to defeat a squadron under the control of a main fleet of the Datang Navy."

"Commander, this war has just begun. When the main naval forces of our nine countries unite, we will definitely be able to defeat the Datang Navy!"

"Send a telegram to Commander Leonid of the Orensa Navy, and let the Orensa Navy follow our Jisk Royal Navy to withdraw to Groning Port!"

Groning Port can be regarded as the largest military port of the Gisk Empire, and it has the largest shipyard in the Gisk Empire. The entire Groning Port is heavily guarded, and there are more than [-] coastal defense guns with a caliber of more than [-] mm.

The assembly place of the three navies of Jisk, Orenza, and Hessel was also in Groning Port.

Such a stalemate naval battle battlefield does not mean that you can retreat if you retreat. Seeing that the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy are about to run, Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the Third Fleet, immediately gave the order to pursue, and this chase was directly driven to Gro Near Ninggang.

On the night of August [-]th, the Datang Royal Navy, composed of eighteen Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, eight prestige-class battlecruisers, fourteen large armored cruisers, forty light cruisers and forty destroyers, The Fourth Squadron of the Third Fleet also arrived outside the port of Groning, and merged with the first squadron of the Third Fleet, besieging the main forces of the Gisk Navy and Orenza Navy in the Port of Groning.

And this naval battle that broke out in the Wessel Strait soon spread throughout the world. In the palace of Wendell City, the capital of the Gisk Empire, Emperor Lazarik angrily yelled at Maxim, the Prime Minister of the Gisk Empire. Said: "The Royal Navy lost seven super dreadnought battleships, nine battlecruisers, seventeen submarines, two armored cruisers, five light cruisers, four destroyers and three torpedo boats in World War I alone. The rest of the Royal Navy The main force is still surrounded by the Tang Navy in the port of Groning, is this the Royal Navy that I spent a lot of money to build?"

Some of the warships lost above were caused by the retreat of the Gisk Royal Navy, and there was even a severely injured Ruthless-class super dreadnought battleship, which finally became the spoils of the Datang Royal Navy.

In order to build more super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, the Gisk Empire has issued a large amount of national debt, which is equivalent to putting a very heavy burden on the Gisk Empire. A squadron of the navy lost more than one-fifth of its strength in one battle. This made Emperor Lazaric, who had placed high hopes on the Gisk Royal Navy, extremely disappointed.

Prime Minister Maxim said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I never imagined that only one squadron of the Datang Navy would have such a powerful combat effectiveness. , but I didn’t expect to lose the battle.”

After a pause, Prime Minister Maxim continued: "Of course, the Hesel Navy's desertion was also one of the reasons for the failure of this naval battle. Due to the Hesel Navy's desertion, the morale of our Jisk Royal Navy and Orenza Navy All of a sudden it was gone, and maybe it would have been better without Hessel's navy in the fight."

At the beginning, Prime Minister Maxim strongly agreed with the plan of the three navies of Jisk, Orenza, and Hessel to jointly encircle and suppress the First Squadron of the Third Fleet of the Royal Tang Dynasty. Now that the naval battle has been defeated, Prime Minister Maxim hopes to use Hessel Searle Navy, to share more of Emperor Lazaric's wrath.

Sure enough, when Emperor Lazarik heard about the Hethel Navy, he immediately gritted his teeth, "I will definitely settle this account with the Hethel Empire! What should we do now? Our Gisk Royal Navy and Oren The main force of the Sa Navy has been trapped in the port of Groning by the Datang Navy, and without the command of the sea, the 300 million army promised by the Hethel Kingdom will not be able to land in our Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire!"

Prime Minister Maxim sighed and said: "Your Majesty, according to the telegram sent from the port of Groning, another large squadron of the Datang Navy has arrived outside the port of Groning, facing the two squadrons of the Datang Navy. , it is impossible for the main force of our Jisk Royal Navy and Orenza Navy to break through with our own strength. Now we can only hope that the Monia Navy and Rielland Navy, which belong to the southern theater, can come to solve the problem. The siege of Groning Port, and help us the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire to regain the sea control of the Wessel Strait."

(End of this chapter)