Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 77

On the bridge of the Ares, the flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, Captain Rofeye hesitated and suggested to Commander Genis: "Commander, why not let the destroyers and torpedo boats charge now, and use the destroyers and torpedo boats The speed of the opponent's super dreadnought battleship and battlecruiser is dragged down, so that our battleship formation can approach the opponent."

Gennis hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then let all the destroyers and torpedo boats of our Second Expeditionary Fleet attack immediately, and at the same time send a message to Gorjay of the Gisk Navy and Mikhailo of the Orenza Navy." If the super dreadnought battleship formation of our Second Expeditionary Fleet collapses, then the outcome of this naval battle will be unpredictable!"

After a pause, Genis continued: "Tell Gorjay and Mikhailo that the attention of this baron fleet is now on our Second Expeditionary Fleet. Stop the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of this baron fleet, and create opportunities for the super dreadnought battleship formation of our Second Expeditionary Fleet!"

As soon as Janis finished speaking, there was a deafening explosion on the sea, and Janis then slammed the sill of the observation window of the bridge in front of him hard.

The Protector, the second ship of the Knight-class super dreadnought battleship of the Sharad Navy, was hit by a 356mm armor-piercing projectile from the Ise-class super dreadnought battleship Tongan of the Independent Fleet. This is the first shot to hit the Protector after the shelling began shells.

However, this shell pierced through the side armor of the Protector, and exploded near an ammunition warehouse of the Protector super dreadnought battleship, instantly detonating three hundred rounds of 343mm shells in the ammunition warehouse. The Protector The super dreadnought battleship was quickly blown into two after a violent explosion, and quickly sank to the sea.

Few of the more than 1000 Salad naval officers and soldiers on the Protector survived. Many of the Salad naval officers and soldiers who jumped into the sea to escape were sucked into the sea by the vortex generated when the Protector super dreadnought battleship sank. among.

The nine most powerful super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy were sunk and seriously injured before firing a single shot. This made Genis feel very aggrieved, "Let the 32 light cruisers of our Second Expeditionary Fleet also follow the destroyers Attacking with torpedo boats, if you can’t interfere with the opponent’s tactics, the super dreadnought battleships of our Second Expeditionary Fleet will all be ground to death by the opponent! In addition, let the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy also send all the light cruisers Send it, so many small and medium-sized warships attack together, maybe we can achieve unexpected results!"

In the bridge of the Holy Sword, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Gisk Royal Navy, Gorjay, the Deputy Minister of the Navy of the Gisk Empire, received the telegram from Genis, and handed the telegram to the commander of the First Fleet of the Gisk Empire. Nicono, "Do you think we should carry out this order from Gennis?"

First Fleet Commander Nicono quickly read the contents of the telegram, and then said in a deep voice: "Commander, although we can send light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats to cooperate with the Sharad Navy to launch an assault on the enemy's battle line , but it is absolutely impossible to send all the light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, otherwise once the enemy sends out small and medium-sized warships to attack the battleship formation of our Gisk Navy, our battleship formation of the Gisk Navy will lack enough Guardian force."

Gorjay nodded and said: "I think so too, then send ten light cruisers, ten destroyers and twenty torpedo boats to cooperate with the Sharad Navy!"

In the end, the Gisk Navy sent only one-third of the light cruisers and torpedo boats, and one-quarter of the destroyers to attack the battleship formation of the independent fleet.

The Minister of the Navy of the Orenza Navy, Mihailo, after receiving the telegram from Genis, also had the same considerations as the Deputy Minister of the Navy of the Gisk Empire, Gorjay, and did not send all the light cruisers of the Orenza Navy, Both destroyers and torpedo boats were sent, but only one-third of the number was sent, including twelve light cruisers, twelve destroyers, and twenty torpedo boats.

In addition, neither Gorjay nor Mikhailo hastily ordered their battleship formations to intercept the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Independent Fleet. The attention of battleships and battlecruisers was drawn.

After Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, discovered that the navies of the three countries had sent a large number of small and medium-sized warships to launch a charge, he immediately ordered the eight ironclad battleships of the No.12 battleship formation to lead eleven large armored cruisers, six medium armored cruisers, 41 light cruisers and Eighty destroyers, reduce speed.

In front of the twelve super dreadnought battleships, eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships, and twelve battlecruisers, a protective circle was formed to intercept small and medium-sized warships of the navies of the three countries.

Soon the sound of explosions on the sea became one after another, and many light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the navies of the three countries were destroyed on the way to charge before they approached the main formation of the independent fleet.

However, the Sharad Navy dispatched all 32 light cruisers, [-] destroyers, and [-] torpedo boats. In addition to the small and medium warships sent by the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy, there are still many navies from the three countries. The light cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats successfully torpedoed the warships of the Independent Fleet.

Among the explosions on the sea, some of them belonged to the warships of the independent fleet. The whole naval battle suddenly became fierce, and warships from both sides disappeared on the sea from time to time.

With a sound of "Boom--", Janis, commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, slammed his fist hard on the window sill of the observation window of the bridge.

"These bastards! I still want to preserve my strength at this time!"

Luo Feiye, the captain of the God of War, said angrily: "Commander, we can't take all the super dreadnought battleships of our Shararad Navy into it. Since neither the Jisk Navy nor the Orenza Navy are willing to dispatch battleship formations to intercept The enemy’s super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, even light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats are not willing to send all of them, so there is no need for our Sharad Navy to always rush to the forefront.”

Luo Feiye's words made Genis silent for a long time, and then nodded slowly, "Send my order, all battleships will reduce their speed to ten knots, and prepare to distance themselves from the enemy's super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers. .”

(End of this chapter)