Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 40 Encountering the Yanmen Strait
On the morning of May 3011, 28 in the Tang calendar, a huge fleet was sailing on the sea, and this fleet was the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire that had been sailing at sea for more than two months.

On the bridge of the flagship Ares, Genis, the deputy minister of the Navy of the Sharad Empire, turned his head and asked the captain of the Ares, Luo Feiye: "Has the fleet entered the waters of the Liuyun Empire?"

Luo Feiye, the captain of the God of War, nodded and said: "Commander, the sea area where our expeditionary fleet is currently located should belong to the Yanmen Strait of the Liuyun Empire. The Yanmen Islands are gone, but if we want to rush to Xingang City in the south of the Liuyun Empire, it will take at least ten days."

Genis rubbed his hands together and said, "This long journey is finally coming to an end. It would be best if a fleet of the Liuyun Empire's navy fleet with no eyes should hit it directly, so that the soldiers can stretch their muscles and bones."

Luo Feiye, the captain of the God of War, hesitated for a while and said: "Commander, according to the telegram sent by the Imperial Navy Department, the hereditary baron of the Liuyun Empire named Su Yi actually led his private fleet and disabled Jisk. The two fleets of the Imperial Navy, the other Su Yi not only has two super dreadnought battleships, but six super dreadnought battleships and four dreadnought battleships, Xingang City is the hereditary fiefdom of that Su Yi."

As the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire, Johnny, the Vice Minister of the Navy, suddenly showed excitement on his face, "I feel that this mission is a bit boring because the enemy is too weak, and now the Liuyun Empire has Only with this powerful baron fleet can we make our mission a bit more challenging!"

"Commander, that Baron's fleet has six super dreadnought battleships!"

"So what, our expeditionary fleet also has four powerful super dreadnought battleships, and they are four super dreadnought battleships that are more powerful than the Princess Alice class of the Inaba Empire, plus eight dreadnought battleships, eight 24 former dreadnought battleships, 36 ironclad battleships, [-] large armored cruisers, [-] medium armored cruisers, [-] light cruisers, [-] destroyers and [-] torpedo boats, our expeditionary fleet will definitely be able to defeat the Liuyun Empire. Baron Fleet."

"I don't have any doubts about the victory of the expeditionary fleet, but the Baron's fleet has six super dreadnought battleships. Once there is a fight, our expeditionary fleet is likely to suffer a lot of losses."

Commander Genis smiled slightly and said: "The Navy of the Gisk Empire suffered a great loss in the hands of the baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire. They are eager to take revenge. After the expedition fleet arrives in the south of the Liuyun Empire, the Jisk Empire The navy will send its main fleet to join our expeditionary fleet, and then form a joint fleet to destroy the baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire."

As soon as Commander Genis finished speaking, an officer of the Sharad Empire Navy ran over, "Commander, Captain, I found many smoke columns due south. There should be a fleet approaching our expeditionary fleet."

When Commander Genis heard this, he couldn't help but froze, and then he frowned and said to himself: "Could it be that the baron of the Liuyun Empire, in order to prevent our expeditionary fleet from converging with the Jisk Empire's navy, he sent a fleet to take the initiative to attack? "

Johnny, the Deputy Minister of the Navy Department of the Sharad Empire, guessed very correctly. The main force of the independent fleet under Su Yi's command was oncoming, including six super dreadnought battleships, four battlecruisers, eight dreadnought battleships, and four former dreadnoughts. Battleships, six large armored cruisers, eight light cruisers, 24 destroyers, and five transport ships with supplies.

In the bridge of the independent fleet flagship Yongxiang, the commander Wang Chengliang learned that the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire was found in the north, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If the fleets pass by, Xingang City will be in danger. After all, Xingang City does not have many coastal defense guns.

In order not to miss the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire, the independent fleet arrived near the Yanmen Islands two days ago. The Yanmen Strait between the Yanmen Islands and the mainland is almost the throat of the northern seas of the Liuyun Empire. Wang Chengliang believes that the Sharad Empire Wang Chengliang's expeditionary fleet had to go through the Yanmen Strait, and in order to avoid hidden reefs, it had to pass through the waters close to the Yanmen Islands. Sure enough, Wang Chengliang made the right bet.

Wang Chengliang immediately ordered Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang: "Let the four battlecruisers of the Third Squadron, the Lion Roar, the Lion Wei, the Lion Yan, and the Lion Man, lead the Feihong, the Feiying, and the Flying Cruisers." The six large armored cruisers Ting, Feirui, Feihe, and Feichen formed a fast team, along the Yanmen Islands, around the left wing of the Sharaad Empire expeditionary fleet, and cooperated with the main team of the Independent Fleet to fight. The team, the second team and the fourth team, according to the previously designed formation, immediately seize the T prefix."

After the four battlecruisers and six large armored cruisers of the independent fleet separated from the main formation of the independent fleet, five transport ships loaded with supplies also turned their bows and left the main formation.

Then the six super dreadnought battleships, eight dreadnought battleships and four pre-dreadnought battleships of the Independent Fleet formed a long battle line and began to rush towards the upper right of the Shararad Empire Expeditionary Fleet, trying to seize the "T" Head, occupy a favorable shooting position.

After the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet confirmed that what appeared ahead was the main force of the Liuyun Empire Baron's Fleet, Commander Genis immediately ordered four super dreadnought battleships, eight dreadnought battleships and eight former dreadnought battleships to form the first battle line, sixteen Two armored battleships formed the second battle line, rushing towards the upper left of the Liuyun Empire Baron's fleet, also trying to seize the favorable position of the T prefix.

In addition, Commander Genis also ordered eight large armored cruisers to form the first guerrilla group, and sixteen medium-sized armored cruisers to form the second guerrilla group, and then let the two guerrilla groups take advantage of their speed to try to get around to Baron Liuyun Empire The right wing or the rear of the fleet is engaged in a diversion battle against the battle line of the Liuyun Empire Baron's fleet.

When dozens of battleships of the Shararad Empire Expeditionary Fleet formed two long battle lines and began to try to seize the T prefix, the two guerrillas of the Shararad Empire Expeditionary Fleet broke away from the main formation, along the Yanmen Islands sailed forward.

At the same time, dozens of transport ships behind the expeditionary fleet of the Shararad Empire turned their heads and sailed to the rear, hoping to stay away from the battlefield. On several large passenger ships among these transport ships, they took the Shararad Empire Twenty-four thousand officers and soldiers of the three wings of the Marine Corps.

(End of this chapter)