Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 41 The debut of the battlecruiser
In the Yanmen Strait, after the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire and the independent fleet of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire met, the first battle broke out was not the battleships of the two sides, but the cruisers of the two fleets.

The independent fleet consisted of four battlecruisers and six large armored cruisers, and the first guerrilla group composed of eight large armored cruisers of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet, because they all wanted to go around the flank of the opposing fleet, they ended up head-on They met, and the second guerrilla group composed of sixteen medium-sized armored cruisers from the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire followed behind the first guerrilla group.

At 3011:28 a.m. on May 36, 8000 in the Tang Dynasty, the four Lion-class battlecruisers of the Fast Squadron of the Independent Fleet first used 343mm The main gun fired the first salvo, but unfortunately none of the shells hit the target.

At this moment, on the bridge of the Ares, the flagship of the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire, the captain of the Ares, Rofey, said to Commander Genis with a wry smile: "Commander, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that the enemy is still fighting We only have six super dreadnought battleships instead of ten, and the bad news is that the enemy's four giant ships that meet the first and second guerrilla forces should be the battlecruisers that our Sharad Empire Navy is designing!"

Commander Genis said with a gloomy expression: "With a speed of over 25 knots and four main guns with a caliber of at least 305mm in twin mounts, it seems that it should indeed be a battlecruiser still under design by the Admiralty. It is said that the Yingluoba Empire is also designing a battlecruiser, but I never thought that the baron of the Liuyun Empire would be the first to own this combination of battleship and cruiser."

Captain Luo Feiye of the God of War went on to say: "Commander, with the strength of the first guerrilla and the second guerrilla, it is impossible to be the opponent of the enemy's four battlecruisers. Do you want the second battle to line up?" Sixteen ironclad ships to support?"

Commander Genis pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "The speed of the sixteen ironclad ships is too slow, and the range of the main guns is not enough. Letting them deal with the four enemy battlecruisers is like sending them to death! Immediately Send a report to the first guerrilla and the second guerrilla, and ask them to do everything possible to entangle the enemy's squadron, protect the flanks of the formation, and give the battleship formation of the formation to fight for time to defeat the main force!"

Captain Luo Feiye of the God of War hesitated for a moment, "Commander, then the first and second guerrillas are bound to suffer huge losses."

Commander Gennis sighed and said: "The baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire is far beyond our previous understanding. In addition to six super dreadnought battleships and four battlecruisers, the opponent also has eight dreadnoughts. The battleship and the four former dreadnought battleships, our expeditionary fleet, if we want to win the final victory in this naval battle, it seems impossible without paying a price. In order to destroy the opponent's battleship formation, we can only let the first guerrilla and The second guerrilla made some sacrifices."

As soon as Commander Johnny's words fell, the battlecruiser Lion's Roar of the Independent Fleet fired a 343mm armor-piercing shell into the side of a large armored cruiser of the Sharad Empire during the second round of main gun salvo. Side armor.

Only the 140mm side armor, how can it block the 343mm armor-piercing shell, and finally the shell penetrated directly into the hull of this large armored cruiser before it exploded, and also detonated its boiler, making this A large armored cruiser sank slowly towards the sea amidst successive explosions.

Seeing this scene, Commander Genis couldn't help but change his face, but he didn't change his order, "Tell the first and second guerrillas that whether the expedition fleet can win this battle depends on whether they have the determination to sink the boat." !"

Captain Luo Feiye of the God of War nodded sadly, "Yes, Commander, I will send someone to send a telegram to convey your order to the first and second guerrillas."

On the bridge of the independent fleet flagship Yongxiang, Commander Wang Chengliang saw a large enemy armored cruiser hit by the main guns of his own battlecruiser, and it seemed that it was bound to sink, so he couldn't help laughing. Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang beside him, said: "Good sign! The fast team has given our entire independent fleet a good start! Tell Cao Junrong, the captain of the battlecruiser Lion's Roar, that the fast team doesn't need to support the formation for the time being, their priority The task is to destroy the opponent's armored cruiser formation."

The Lion's Roar's captain, Cao Junrong, is also a naval mid-level combat cyborg. Because Wang Chengliang appointed the Lion's Roar as the flagship of the Fast Squadron, Cao Junrong temporarily acted as the commander of the Fast Squadron's four battlecruisers and six large armored cruisers. .

After Cao Junrong received the telegram from the commander Wang Chengliang, he immediately said to an officer beside him: "Immediately order the Feihong, Feiying, Feiting, Feirui, Feihe, and Feichen to circle around the enemy's ships." The right wing of the armored cruiser, together with the four battlecruisers, will attack the opponent, but don't draw the distance too close to prevent the opponent's torpedo attack."

At 1:[-] in the morning, the six super dreadnought battleships of the Independent Fleet launched their first salvo of main guns when they were about [-] meters away from the battle line of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet. One minute later, Sharad The four super dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet also fought back and fired the first round of main gun salvo.

The first round of salvos by the strongest battleships on both sides did not achieve any results. However, the artillery shells dropped by the six super dreadnought battleships of the Independent Fleet were less than 500 meters away from the target, while the four super dreadnoughts of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet The shells dropped by the battleship all missed 2000 meters away.

At this time, the first guerrilla unit and the second guerrilla unit of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet, which had been fighting fiercely for half an hour, had already sunk two large armored cruisers and four medium armored cruisers, and several armored cruisers were seriously injured. .

Only the large armored cruiser Feihe was slightly injured on the side of the independent fleet fast team, and the battlecruiser Shiwei was scratched a little.

"Commander, our first line of battle is now 343 meters away from the opponent. At this distance, it is almost difficult for the four Ares-class [-]mm main guns to hit each other. We must try to get as close as possible to the opponent's line of battle. The distance." Captain Luo Feiye of the God of War said anxiously to Commander Genis.

Commander Janis gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's not compete with the opponent for the T prefix, and order all the battleships to face the enemy's battle line with their bows, and move towards them at full speed."

(End of this chapter)