Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 74 The Huge Three-National Combined Fleet

After Su Yi received the telegram from Liu Yongcheng, Minister of the Navy of the Ziyue Empire, he immediately asked all the warships of the independent fleet, including the warships under maintenance in the shipyard, to leave the port of Anbo Port as soon as possible and gather in the waters outside Anbo Port. Prepare to face the combined fleet of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza.

Originally, according to Su Yi's idea, he planned to wait for the new year before the Independent Fleet and the combined fleet of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza will have a decisive battle at sea. In that case, the Independent Fleet can have hundreds more A warship, but now that people are calling, the independent fleet has to fight.

Although Anbo Port is the largest naval port of the Ziyue Empire, after annexing the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire, Anbo Port can no longer accommodate independent fleets, so the entire Anbo Port is very crowded.

Once the combined fleet of the navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza arrives outside Anbo Port and bombards the port, the independent fleet will suffer heavy losses.

Following Su Yi's order, the entire port of Anbo Port suddenly became lively.

"Hurry up! Check our six torpedoes and two torpedo tubes again. Make sure everything is safe. This is not a drill. We are about to join forces with the navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza. The fleet has launched a decisive battle!" Xu Zhenjie, the captain of the No. 18 torpedo boat of the second torpedo boat formation of the Independent Fleet, shouted to the crew.

Xu Zhenjie was originally a trainee officer in the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire. He is only 21 years old this year, the same age as Su Yi. He was doing a traineeship on a torpedo boat with a displacement of only 380 tons.

When the three major fleets of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire left Huifeng Port, several officers of the torpedo boat did not leave with the fleet, but stayed in Huifeng Port. Of course, the Royal Navy of Cangyu Empire who stayed in Huifeng Port The naval officers and soldiers were eventually executed by Johnnys of the Sharad Empire.

Subsequently, Xu Zhenjie was temporarily appointed as the captain of this torpedo boat, and accompanied the fleet all the way to the Anbo Port of the Ziyue Empire, and joined Su Yi's independent fleet. The torpedo boat that Xu Zhenjie was in was incorporated into the second The torpedo boat formation was renamed No. 18 torpedo boat. After Xu Zhenjie passed the written examination and interview, he was finally appointed as the captain of No. 18 torpedo boat.

At this time, Chen Zeng, the first officer of the No. 18 torpedo boat, paid a military salute to Xu Zhenjie and said: "Reporting to the captain, I have already tested six torpedoes, three torpedo tubes, two 37mm rapid-fire guns, and four hundred rounds of 37mm shells. , checked three times, there is absolutely no problem with these weapons and ammunition."

Chen Zeng is a navy-type junior combat cyborg. There are 18 crew members on the No. 28 torpedo boat, including [-] cyborgs.

Xu Zhenjie nodded to his chief mate. Although the newly transferred chief mate was a little dull, he was a competent first mate. "Have you finished replenishing the coal and food?"

"Report to the captain, the coal and food have been replenished to the maximum!"

"Then send a signal to the flagship torpedo boat No. 13 of the second torpedo boat formation. Our torpedo boat No. 18 has completed pre-war preparations and can leave the port at any time!"

On the afternoon of December 3011, 41 in the Tang calendar, twelve super dreadnought battleships, twelve battlecruisers, seventeen dreadnought battleships, fifteen former dreadnought battleships, eight ironclad battleships, eleven A large armored cruiser, six medium-sized armored cruisers, [-] light cruisers, [-] destroyers, and [-] torpedo boats gathered in the waters outside Anbo Port, waiting for Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza The arrival of the joint fleet of the three navies.

The entire independent fleet only had a large armored cruiser and a light cruiser of the former Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire. Because they hit a rock on the way to the Purple Moon Empire, although they did not sink, they were dragged to Anbo Port by other warships all the way. It is temporarily impossible for the warship to participate in the battle, and can only continue to be repaired in the shipyard in Anbo Port.

The joint fleet of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza arrived very quickly. In the early morning of December [-]th, this unusually large joint fleet of the three navies arrived at a sea area about [-] nautical miles west of Anbo Port. , and was immediately discovered by the destroyer of the independent fleet responsible for maritime reconnaissance.

At [-]:[-] am on December [-]th, the officers and soldiers of the two fleets could already see each other's huge fleet with their eyes.

On the No. 18 torpedo boat, Xu Zhenjie put down the binoculars in his hand, and said to the chief mate Chen Zeng with a pale face: "The combined warships of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza seem to be more than our independent fleet. Can we win?"

Chief Officer Chen Zeng said expressionlessly: "Captain, don't worry, our independent fleet only has twelve super dreadnought battleships, and there are also eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships and twelve new battlecruisers. There will be no failures." reason!"

Xu Zhenjie swallowed nervously and said, "The chief mate is right, our independent fleet has so many powerful battleships, even if the enemy has more warships, the final victory must belong to our independent fleet!"

On the bridge of the Bavarian-class super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the Independent Fleet, after Wang Chengliang, the commander of the Independent Fleet, put down the binoculars in his hand, Shen Sheng said to Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang beside him: "I didn't expect Sharad The navy of the empire actually came with nine super dreadnought battleships at once, it seems that we were confused by the Sharad Empire before."

Su Yi originally wanted to participate in this naval battle, but was strongly opposed by the independent fleet leader Wang Chengliang, so Su Yi could only wait for news at Anbo Port, and did not appear on the bridge of the Yongxiang.

Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang, frowned and said: "Commander, it seems that this naval battle is not easy to fight. The combined navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza are much larger than our independent fleet."

来到安波港外的沙拉德、吉斯克、奥伦萨三国海军联合舰队，一共有九艘超级无畏战列舰、四十艘无畏战列舰、34艘前无畏战列舰、58艘铁甲战列舰、26艘大型装甲巡洋舰、44艘中小型装甲巡洋舰、98艘轻巡洋舰、110六艘驱逐舰和190艘鱼雷艇，以及超过两百艘的补给运输船。

In addition to having an advantage in super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, the independent fleet is at a disadvantage compared to other types of warships.

Wang Chengliang took a deep breath and said: "The number is not the only factor that determines the outcome. If counted by the number, our independent fleet almost always wins with the weak. I believe this time will be no exception. Order each formation, Fight according to the tactics formulated before!"

(End of this chapter)