Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 76 Kite Flying Tactics
The combined fleet of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza, on the way to Anbo Port, the commanders of the three navies reached an agreement, and the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, Genis, will be the commander of the entire combined fleet. Commander in charge of coordinating the operations of the navies of the three countries.

However, the commander of Genis is more in name only. The commander of the Jisk Navy Fleet, Gorjay, and the commander of the Orensa Navy Fleet, Mihailo, cannot truly entrust the life and death of their own fleet to others. The people of the country should control it. With Johnny's reputation in the world, it is very likely that the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy will be used as cannon fodder.

So when the joint fleet of the three navies found the independent fleet outside Anbo Port, Johnny immediately ordered that the three navies be divided into three groups, the left, the middle, and the right, and the warships of the three navies were not mixed.

The warships of the Sharad Navy are in the center, and the warships of the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy are separated. According to the combat plan drawn up by the three commanders, the fleets of the three navies will surround the independent fleet in the middle in a semi-encircled formation. Annihilate it.

Before the battle, the commander of the independent fleet, Wang Chengliang, formulated his own unique tactics, which was to use the range of the main guns of the twelve super dreadnought battleships, eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships, and twelve battlecruisers to try to match Sharad as much as possible. The joint fleet of the three navies of China, Jisk, and Orenza is maintained at a distance of 5000 meters to 8000 meters.

Within this distance, the numerous dreadnought battleships, pre-dreadnought battleships, and ironclad battleships of the joint fleet of the three navies hardly pose much threat to the warships of the independent fleet, while the super dreadnought battleships, quasi-super dreadnought battleships and battleships of the independent fleet Although it is a cruiser, it has a certain hit rate.

Wang Chengliang called this tactic kite-flying, and no matter what tactics the combined fleet of the three navies adopts, Wang Chengliang is prepared to respond to all changes with the same.

When it was discovered that the combined fleet of the three navies was divided into three groups, and came aggressively, the independent fleet did not choose to divide its forces, but still followed the previously drawn formation to meet them.

At 3011:55 a.m. on December 3000, [-] in the Tang calendar, two Bavarian-class battleships and four Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the first battleship formation of the Independent Fleet were at the front of the nine super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy. At about [-] meters, the first round of main gun salvo was launched.

Although none of the shells hit the super dreadnought battleship of the Sharad Navy, Commander Genis's face became very gloomy inside the bridge of the flagship of the Sharad Navy's Second Expeditionary Fleet, Ares.

The ultra-long-range salvo of the main guns of the super dreadnought battleships of the independent fleet reminded Genis of the fiasco in the Yanmen Strait.

"How far are the six super dreadnought battleships fired by the opponent from our five Ares-class ships and four Knight-class ships?" Genis asked in a deep voice to Captain Luo Feiye of the Ares.

Luo Feiye immediately said: "Commander, it is about 3000 meters away, but at such a long distance, the super dreadnought battleship of the Baron fleet should only shoot blindly. It is basically impossible to hit our warship. Last time In the naval battle in the Yanmen Strait, the opponent's super dreadnought battleship also pulled within 8000 meters before hitting our battleship for the first time."

However, it is very embarrassing that not long after the captain of the God of War, Rofeye, finished the above words, the second round of salvos of the main guns of the two Bavarian-class battleships and four Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the Independent Fleet achieved results. .

A 381mm armor-piercing projectile hit the Sharad Navy Ares-class super dreadnought battleship Victory, and directly destroyed a twin 343mm main gun on the Victory.

Luo Feiye was stunned and exclaimed: "How is this possible! Now the distance between the two sides is 3000 meters!"

There was also a look of shock in Johnny's eyes. He could still hit the target at such a long distance, which even caused a trace of fear in his heart. However, thinking of the size of the combined fleet of the three navies, Johnny felt a little more at ease, " Immediately order the battle lines of our Sharad Navy to get closer to the opponent's battle lines, and let the fleets of the Jisk Navy and Orenza Navy complete the outflanking of this baron fleet as soon as possible."

Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, was also very surprised that he could hit a super dreadnought battleship of the opponent at a distance of about 3000 meters.

The reason why at such a long distance, the six super dreadnought battleships of the first battleship formation of the Independent Fleet launched a salvo of main guns, it is more to boost the morale of their own officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers can adapt to the atmosphere of the war as soon as possible.

"Quickly confirm, which warship hit this shell?" Wang Chengliang turned his head and said to Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang.

Soon Yuan Fan reported to Wang Chenglianghui: "Commander, it was a 381mm armor-piercing projectile fired by the Kingdom, which hit a super dreadnought battleship of the Sharad Navy."

Wang Chengliang smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the Kingdom has given our entire independent fleet a good start, allowing the first battleship formation to continue to maintain the salvo of main guns. Our independent fleet should be lucky today."

When the distance between the Independent Fleet and the Sharad Navy was shortened to [-] meters, the two Ise-class battleships, two Iron Duke-class battleships of the Second Battleship Formation of the Independent Fleet, and the two battleships captured by the Sharad Navy The Snow also fired a salvo at the nine super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy.

Immediately afterwards, the nine super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy also began to fire at the independent fleet at a distance of 500 meters, and launched the first round of salvo of main guns. Unfortunately, none of the shells hit, and even all the shells missed by [-] meters. [-] meters away.

And when the distance between the Independent Fleet and the Sharad Navy was shortened to 8000 meters, the twelve battlecruisers of the Sixth Battleship Formation and the No.11 Battleship Formation of the Independent Fleet, and the four Colossus-class dreadnought battleships of the Third Battleship Formation And four King-class dreadnought battleships also joined the bombardment.

Johnny, the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, soon discovered that after the independent fleet had narrowed the distance to 8000 meters, it began to keep a distance from its own super dreadnought battleship formation on purpose. Knowing the intention of the independent fleet, "We must get closer to the opponent's battle line to about [-] meters as soon as possible, otherwise our eight super dreadnought battleships can only be passively beaten all the time!"

At this time, one of the God of War-class super dreadnought battleships in the Sharad Navy had been seriously injured, and had to temporarily withdraw from the super dreadnought battleship formation of the Sharad Navy.

After the naval battle in the Yanmen Strait, Johnny had to admit that the Sharad Navy was far inferior to the baron fleet under Su Yi's command in terms of the technology of large-caliber naval guns.

The 45-caliber 343mm main gun of the super dreadnought battleship of the Sharad Navy has a relatively high hit rate only at a distance of less than [-] meters.

(End of this chapter)