Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 259 Retreat
On the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship HMS Princess Alice, the flagship of the British Royal Navy, Porfi, the commander of the Royal Navy of Noomi, said to the commanders of the other two countries with a gloomy face: "We can't continue to fight like this, The forts in Weishan Port are very solidly built and have many large-caliber coastal defense guns. Unless the infantry is mobilized to land and seize these forts in Weishan Port, it is difficult to completely destroy these forts only by the bombardment of naval guns. "

Now the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Noomi Navy have bombarded Weishan Port for more than an hour, only sinking a few warships of the Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty cruising near the port of Weishan Port. However, no decent results were achieved against the twenty forts in Weishan Port.

The Noomi Navy itself has already had two battlecruisers sunk, several capital ships injured, and even a Misty-class super dreadnought battleship with a full load displacement of 40300 tons, which was seriously injured and almost lost. ability to continue fighting.

The Royal Navy Commander Petru nodded solemnly, "A small port of Weishan is indeed not worth the high price that our combined fleet of the three navies has to pay. I propose to stop the attack on Weishan port. Anyway, between Weishan Port and Huifeng Port, we still have several options.”

Commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Johnny said with a sigh: "The mission of the joint fleet of our three navies is to defeat the main force of the Datang Navy in the north, and give the Monia Navy, Rielland Navy, Hessel Navy, Thunder The Vili Navy has enough confidence to allow the navies of these four countries to break the siege of Groning Port and relieve the pressure on the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire. There is no need to consume too much power for an insignificant civilian port. I We also agree to stop further attacks on Weishan Port."

Before the sky darkened, the Noomi Navy dispatched super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers to attack Weishan Port, and they withdrew to the distance one after another. Immediately, the huge joint fleet of the three navies turned away from Weishan Port and continued to Sailing east.

Sun Yatao, the commander of the Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers participating in the battle of the combined fleet of the three navies all turned around and left, and the entire combined fleet also withdrew. In this battle of more than an hour, the Ninth Garrison Fleet had an Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship, an ironclad battleship, a medium armored cruiser, two light cruisers, a destroyer and an offshore gunboat. .

If the opponent continues to fight, maybe the twenty forts of Weishan Port can still stand still, but there may be nothing left of his Ninth Defense Fleet.

Sun Yatao turned his head and said to the adjutant beside him: "Immediately send a telegram to Huifeng Port and report to the deputy commander in chief that the joint fleet composed of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi has given up its attack on Weishan Port. Our Ninth Defense Fleet cooperated with the 10 turrets in Weishan Port, and fought fiercely for an hour and [-] minutes, sinking two battlecruisers of the Noomi Navy, and also damaged many super dreadnought battleships and multiple battleships of the Noomi Navy. battlecruiser."

The adjutant immediately asked: "Commander, do you report the loss of our Ninth Defense Fleet?"

Sun Yatao nodded and said: "Let's also report. Although our Ninth Defense Fleet suffered a lot of losses, it is also a big victory to sink two battlecruisers!"

When Su Yi received the telegram from Weishan Port, Su Yi did not leave Huifeng Port. The upcoming decisive battle at sea between the Royal Navy of Datang and the joint fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi may even be possible. Determines the direction of the entire war, so Su Yi attaches great importance to this upcoming naval battle, and he decides to stay in Huifeng Port, waiting for the final outcome of this naval battle.

In addition, the Datang Royal Air Force will also participate in the battle this time, and cooperate with the Datang Royal Navy to deal with the joint fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi. Su Yi also wants to stay in Huifeng Port and take a look at the Datang Royal Air Force Performance.

Su Yi took the telegram sent by Sun Yatao, the commander of the Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Royal Navy, and said to Zhang Qihui, the deputy commander of the Royal Navy with a smile: "I invested a huge amount of money to build the forts in various ports, but it was not wasted. This time The turret at Weishan Port sank two battlecruisers of the Noomi Navy, and also damaged several super dreadnought battleships and several battlecruisers. This record is quite brilliant."

Zhang Qihui immediately said: "Your Majesty, although two battlecruisers of the Noomi Navy were sunk this time, the Ninth Defense Fleet also suffered a lot of losses. There are still four civilian ports between Weishan Port and Huifeng Port." And the two military ports, I suggest that all the warships stationed in these six ports be evacuated from the ports to reduce losses."

Su Yi nodded and said: "Facing the joint fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, even the 24 garrison fleets of our Royal Navy are not enough. The warships of those garrison fleets should stay in those six ports. It can only add some unnecessary losses, and to guard these ports, we have to rely on forts with large-caliber coastal defense guns."

After a pause, Su Yi asked Zhang Qihui: "How about the coastal defense system of the six ports between Weishan Port and Huifeng Port?"

Zhang Qihui said loudly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Royal Navy has anticipated this situation a long time ago. Many forts have been built in those six ports, and a large number of large-caliber coastal defense guns have been deployed, many of which are 381 mm and 406 mm. The combined fleet of the three navies can't take advantage of the six ports."

A gleam flashed in Su Yi's eyes, "Then let's make good preparations here in Huifeng Port, and strive to hold a grand welcome ceremony for the joint fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi!"

Then Zhang Qihui hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, with the support of the Royal Air Force, we are sure of winning this decisive battle at sea. How about your Majesty go back to Chang'an City and wait for the news of our Royal Navy and Royal Air Force's victory!"

Su Yi smiled slightly, "Since I have the certainty of victory, there will be no danger for me to stay in Huifeng Port. I want to hear the news of victory as soon as possible!"

In the middle of the night on September [-]th, the combined naval fleet of the three countries Inrobah, Sharad, and Noomi arrived at another civilian port on the northern coast of the Tang Empire.

This civilian port, which is about 130 kilometers away from Weishan Port, is called Yuedao Port. The area and number of berths of Yuedao Port are much worse than those of Weishan Port.

The Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty built 250 forts in Yuedao Port, with a total of more than 100 coastal defense guns. There are more than 406 coastal defense guns with a caliber of more than 381 mm, including six [-] mm and eight [-] mm giant coastal defense guns.

Originally there were more than [-] warships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty stationed in Yuedao Port, but before the arrival of the joint fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, the more than [-] ships stationed in Yuedao Port The warship has voluntarily withdrawn.

After the combined fleet of the three navies arrived in the waters near Yueshima Port, the Sharad Navy dispatched ten super dreadnought battleships and eight battlecruisers, and slowly approached Yueshima Port.

Like Weishan Port, the six 406mm coastal defense guns and eight 381mm coastal defense guns on the Yuedao Port side of the fort were the first to approach The Shararad battleship launched a bombardment.

Seeing the fort at Yuedao Port open fire first, Commander Genis of the Sharad Royal Navy immediately frowned, "I didn't expect the Tang Empire to equip such a small port as Yuedao Port with a coaster with a caliber of more than [-]mm." Anti-gun, it seems that it is not an easy task to destroy Yuedao Port."

Petrou, commander of the Royal Navy of Inlobal, hesitated for a moment and said: "I think it's better to give up. The forts of the Tang Empire are all reinforced concrete structures, and the thickness seems to be amazing. In Weishan Port, even 381 mm The armor-piercing projectiles hit directly, but none of the forts were completely destroyed, and the forts at Yuedao Port must not be easily destroyed."

Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi said calmly: "I have no objection to stopping the attack on Yuedao Port. It seems that the Tang Empire has made very sufficient preparations for this war. In several ports between Fenggang, the Datang Empire should have built a large number of forts and deployed a considerable number of large-caliber coastal defense guns. It should not be easy to draw the main force of the Datang Navy from Huifeng Port .”

Although the Noomi Navy suffered a lot of losses in the attack on Weishan Port, Porfi did not intend to make a difficult brother, and he still very rationally suggested that the Sharad Navy give up the attack on Yuedao Port.

The commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Johnny, would not want his super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers to engage in bombardment with turrets with super-large caliber coastal defense guns, even super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 406mm main guns, In the confrontation with such a fort, it is still the battleship that suffers.

After hearing the words of the commanders of the other two countries, Johnny said downhill: "The strength of the joint fleet of our three navies cannot be wasted on these small ports. I suggest abandoning the previous plan and the joint fleet of our three navies will go directly to the port." Huifeng Port is engaged in a decisive battle with the main force of the Datang Navy, as for the issue of the Datang Air Force, we can only rely on the air defense weapons of our warships."

The three commanders who led the joint fleet of the three navies did not realize what kind of threat the Royal Air Force of the Tang Dynasty would pose to the fleets of the three countries. Therefore, although the threat of the Royal Air Force of the Datang was considered, the three felt that it was just a small Trouble, after the ten super dreadnought battleships and eight battlecruisers sent by the Sharad Navy withdrew, the combined fleet of the three navies continued to set off and rushed to the direction of Huifeng Port.

The joint fleet of the three navies retreated, and then did not attempt to attack the civilian ports or military ports along the way, and went straight to Huifeng Port where several main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty gathered.

In the royal palace of Meseca, the capital of the British Empire, Emperor Penello asked Prime Minister Augustus solemnly: "Where is the joint fleet of the three navies now?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, the combined fleet of the three navies has entered the northern waters of the Tang Empire, but..."

"But what?"

"Your Majesty, originally General Petrou and the commanders of the navies of the other two countries hoped to use the method of attacking other ports of the Datang Empire to draw out the main force of the Datang Navy in Huifeng Port, but they did not expect that the Datang Empire was approaching. The various ports of the Sharad Empire have built extremely strong forts, and deployed a large number of large-caliber coastal defense guns, some of which even have a caliber of more than [-]mm. During the operation, two battlecruisers in the Noomi Navy were sunk by coastal defense guns."

Emperor Penello frowned, "With the strength of the combined fleet of the three navies, can't they still defeat the Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Port? The Datang Navy has a considerable part of its strength. The navies of Sa and other countries have been restrained."

Prime Minister August explained: "Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by our Inlobal intelligence department, the Datang Air Force has deployed a large number of fighter planes around Huifeng Port, including many bombers. If the navies of our three countries jointly The fleet has placed the battlefield of the decisive battle with the Datang Navy in the waters near Huifeng Port, and it is very likely that they will be attacked by many bombers from the Datang Air Force."

Emperor Penello frowned even tighter, "Aren't the warships of our Royal Inaba Navy, as well as the warships of the Sharad Navy and Noomi Navy already equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons? Can't these anti-aircraft weapons Can we defend against those bombers from the Tang Empire?"

Prime Minister August hesitated for a while and said: "With the large number of anti-aircraft weapons on the warship, the bombers of the Datang Empire should not cause too much trouble to our combined fleet of the three navies, so now General Petrou and the other two navies Commander, after discussion, has given up the attack on other ports of the Datang Empire, and based on the time, the combined fleet of the three navies should soon arrive in the waters near Huifeng Port."

The expression on Emperor Penello's face became more solemn, "Prime Minister, can the joint fleet of the three navies win the naval battle this time? If this naval battle is defeated, it will definitely affect the trend of the entire war. Our nine-nation military alliance Immediately, we will be in a very disadvantaged position, and the Royal Navy, which our British Empire spent a huge amount of money to rebuild, will also suffer extremely heavy losses."

Prime Minister August said a little unconfidently: "Your Majesty, this time we have exhausted the main forces of the three navies of Inaba, Sharad, and Noomi. Only the capital ships have gathered 270 nine super dreadnought battleships and 260 eight ships. The number of battlecruisers and 33 dreadnought battleships far exceeds the number of capital ships gathered by the Datang Navy in Huifeng Port. I feel that the combined fleet of the three navies should be able to win the final victory, and at worst it will only hurt both sides."

(End of this chapter)