Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 42 The Expeditionary Fleet with Heavy Losses

"Boom—boom—" After a violent explosion, the former dreadnought battleship Honesty of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet was almost blown into two pieces, and then quickly sank to the sea surface. This was already after the battleships on both sides opened fire. , the seventh battleship of the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire was sunk, and at this time, only 10 minutes had passed since the first salvo of the main guns of the six super dreadnought battleships of the Independent Fleet.

"Commander, the Sincerity is also dead. Now we have sunk two dreadnought battleships, two former dreadnought battleships and three ironclad battleships. The hit rate of the main guns of the enemy battleships is really shocking!" War God Captain Luo Feiye said to Commander Genis with a bitter face.

Commander Genis's face was very ugly. In order to get closer to the battleships of the Liuyun Empire Baron's Fleet, the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet not only paid the price of sinking seven battleships, but also suffered serious injuries to many battleships, including one Ares-class super dreadnought battleship Luna.

The Luna Goddess was hit by two 380mm shells and one 356mm shell in succession. Although it did not sink, more than 8 tons of seawater had poured into the hull of the Luna Goddess, and its speed was less than [-] knots. Commander Johnny had no choice but to let the super dreadnought battleship Luna temporarily withdraw from the first battle line, so that the number of super dreadnought battleships on both sides became six to three.

"How far is it from the enemy's battle line now?" Commander Janis asked in a deep voice.

"Commander, the distance between the battle lines of the two sides has been shortened to about 1000 meters." Captain Luo Feiye of the Ares replied.

Commander Genis hesitated for a moment and said: "Let all the battleships that maintain their combat power immediately change the direction of their bows, restore the state of flanking the enemy, and order the first battle line and the second battle line to seize the left and right sides respectively. T-head, attacking the enemy's battle line from two directions!"

Originally, Commander Genis was going to narrow the distance between the battle lines of the two sides to less than 10 meters, and then seize the T prefix again, but seven battleships sank, and many battleships were seriously injured, which has already made Commander Genis a little unbearable. Stop, after all, only the broadside firepower of the battleship can exert the firepower of all the main guns. In the previous [-] minutes, the dozens of battleships in the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire did not give the [-] battleships of the independent fleet. How much damage comes.

Then Commander Genis said: "Let all the torpedo boats and destroyers also launch a charge, try to get close to the enemy's battle line, and launch torpedoes at the enemy's battleship."

Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, saw the remaining battleships of the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire trying to seize the T prefix from the left and right directions. The battle line of the formation was used to intercept the remaining iron-clad battleships of the opponent, while the battleships of the first and second battle teams remained in formation and continued to engage in bombardment with another battle line of the Sharad Empire's expeditionary fleet.

On the sea where the guns were rumbling, there were violent explosions from time to time. As time passed, the battle between the two fleets became more and more intense.

And Su Yi, who is far away in Kangshan City, does not need the independent fleet commander Wang Chengliang to send back a telegram. He knows that the independent fleet under his command and the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire are in fierce battle. Because of the experience of the system, almost every moment are growing.

Before defeating the two divisions of the Jisk Empire, Su Yi's experience became 53228/100000. Three hours after the two fleets fought, Su Yi's experience increased by more than 2 points.

At 3011:28 noon on May 42, 380 in the Tang Dynasty, the super dreadnought battleship Ocean Goddess of the Sharad Empire Expeditionary Fleet had a large tilt due to serious water leakage, and finally rolled over on the sea surface and sank slowly. Into the sea, before the super dreadnought battleship Sea Goddess rolled over, three 343mm shells, two 305mm shells and five [-]mm shells fell on top of it.

On the bridge of the flagship Ares, the captain of the Ares, Rofeye, said bitterly to the commander Genis: "One of the twin main guns of the Ares is no longer usable, and the Ares can only use four main guns to fight against the enemy." Enemy."

Commander Janis looked at the sinking super dreadnought battleship Ocean Goddess in the distance, and said with a lonely face: "We have lost, our expeditionary fleet is no longer able to win this naval battle, the four super dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Navy, The Goddess of the Sea is about to sink, the Goddess of the Moon and the Goddess of the Sun have lost their combat effectiveness, but the enemy's six super dreadnought battleships are almost unscathed, and there is only one Ares left, and nothing can be changed at all."

Luo Feiye, the captain of the God of War, sighed sadly, not only was he defeated, it was a disastrous defeat.

The naval battle lasted only two hours. The first guerrilla team was wiped out, and all eight large armored cruisers were sunk. The second guerrilla team also suffered heavy losses. Thirteen medium-sized armored cruisers were sunk, and only three were seriously injured. The light medium-sized armored cruiser has already fled the battlefield, but these three medium-sized armored cruisers did not escape privately, but Commander Genis issued an order to allow the three medium-sized armored cruisers to retreat.

The four super dreadnought battleships of the expeditionary fleet are now sunk once and seriously injured, eight dreadnought battleships are sunk twice and seriously injured, eight former dreadnought battleships are sank three times and seriously injured, and nine of the sixteen ironclad battleships have sunk. The seven ships of the ship were also injured.

The 36 destroyers and [-] torpedo boats of the expeditionary fleet were almost completely lost because they launched similar suicide attacks on enemy battleships. Currently, only four destroyers and two torpedo boats are left.

In the entire expedition fleet, only the 24 light cruisers protected near the battleship suffered the least loss. Two light cruisers sank, both of which were sunk by stray large-caliber shells.

What is a little frustrating is that the expeditionary fleet suffered such a large loss in this naval battle, but their opponents were only sunk with a dreadnought battleship, a former dreadnought battleship, a large armored cruiser, and two light battleships. cruiser and three destroyers.

"It's meaningless to give my retreat order to all the captains." Commander Janis said in a calm voice.

Captain Luo Feiye of the God of War asked hesitantly: "Commander, many battleships are seriously injured. If the enemy pursues them, it is impossible for these seriously injured warships to escape."

"Allowing a seriously injured warship to surrender to the baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire, and to surrender to a strong man, will not dishonor the honor of our Sharad Empire Navy."

(End of this chapter)