Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 78 The Strictly Worded Telegram

Under the deliberate avoidance of the remaining seven super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy, the battle line formed by the seven super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy soon joined the first battleship formation and the second battleship formation at the forefront of the independent fleet. The formed battle line was stretched to a distance of about 8000 meters.

The distance between the battle lines of the two sides just now has been shortened to less than 7000 meters.

Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, saw the actions of the Sharad Navy, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He immediately turned his head and said to Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang: "Order the three battle lines to approach the Sharad Navy. They want to distance themselves. Ask if we agree or not!"

The three battle lines mentioned by Wang Chengliang refer to the first battle line consisting of twelve super dreadnought battleships, the second battle line consisting of eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships, and the twelve battleships The third battle line composed of cruisers.

In this naval battle, in addition to the above three battle lines, the Independent Fleet also has a fourth battle line consisting of nine Jizi-class dreadnought battleships from the Fifth Battleship Formation, and fifteen Huzi-class battleships from the Ninth Battleship Formation. The fifth battle line composed of pre-class dreadnought battleships, and the sixth battle line formed by the eight ironclad battleships of the No. 12 battleship formation.

When the naval battle broke out, the six battle lines of the Independent Fleet formed a parallel battleship column.

However, at this time, the Sixth Battle Line had broken away from the battleship column of the Independent Fleet, leading hundreds of warships of other types in the Independent Fleet, and the more than 200 small and medium-sized warships of the three navies were inextricably fighting.

"Boom—" Genis, the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, only felt his feet shake, and then his head hit the steel wall next to the observation window of the bridge. Genis knew that this must be the God of War being hit by a large-caliber shell bingo.

"Commander, your forehead is bleeding!" exclaimed Luo Feiye, the captain of the Ares.

"Quick! Count up the losses, my injuries are nothing to worry about! In addition, let the Ares and other Ares and Knights drive in a 'Z' shape as soon as possible!" Johnny shouted urgently.

The loss of the Ares was reported soon. The main part of the Ares was not hit. Although the shell explosion caused a fire and caused more than [-] casualties, the fire has been controlled by the damage control personnel of the Ares. It was under control, which made both Commander Genis and Captain Luo Feiye heave a sigh of relief.

"Commander, the opponent's super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers are now chasing up, keeping our super dreadnought battleship formation at about 8000 meters. We must find a way to change this situation and conduct confrontation at this distance. Boom, the super dreadnought battleship of our Sharad Navy is at a disadvantage." Said the captain of the God of War, Luo Feiye, frowning.

Genis then said in a deep voice: "Immediately send a telegram to Gorjay of the Gisk Navy and Mihailo of the Orenza Navy, and if the battleship formations of their two navies do not encircle the Baron Fleet , then our Sharad Navy will immediately withdraw from this naval battle! The wording of the telegram must be strict!"

In the bridge of the Holy Sword, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Gisk, Gorjay, the Deputy Minister of the Navy of the Gisk Empire, received the harsh telegram from Genis, and smiled wryly at the commander of the First Fleet, Ni Kono said: "It seems that it is impossible not to work hard. If the Sharad Navy really withdraws, then our Jisk Navy and Orenza Navy alone will not be the opponent of this Baron fleet."

Gennis's harshly worded telegram finally took effect. The main forces of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy began to quickly encircle the battleship column of the Independent Fleet from the left and right directions.

In order not to be encircled by the navies of the three countries, the independent fleet immediately changed its direction, shifting the target of the attack to the Jisk Navy, and quickly narrowed the battle line with the Jisk Navy to 8000 From a distance of [-] meters, they bombarded the fourteen dreadnought battleships of the Gisk Navy.

After a while, the Sharad Navy and the Orenza Navy surrounded them again, and the battle lines of the Independent Fleet changed direction again, and began to draw closer to the battle lines of the Orenza Navy, facing Oren The eighteen dreadnought battleships at the forefront of the Sa Navy started shelling.

The battleship column of the independent fleet relied on multiple changes of direction, and for a long time, it only launched a confrontation with the battleship formation of one enemy country, and caused considerable losses to the navies of the three countries.

And because the first battle line, second battle line and third battle line of the Independent Fleet have always kept a sufficient distance from the enemy's battle line, so that twelve of the three battle lines of the Independent Fleet There are four super dreadnought battleships, eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships and twelve battlecruisers, basically without any loss.

In response to this tactic of the independent fleet, all the battleships of the three navies finally faced the battle line of the independent fleet with their bows and launched a charge at the same time.

At [-]:[-] noon, the battle line of the three navies, after paying a painful price, can be regarded as the battle line with the Independent Fleet, which has been shortened to about [-] meters, and the battleship column of the independent fleet has formed Formed a semi-encircled situation.

At this time, the navies of the three countries had sunk eleven battleships in total, and many battleships were seriously injured, so they had to temporarily withdraw from their own battle lines.

In terms of the independent fleet, in order to block the attack of the numerous light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the three navies, the loss was not small. Around that time, two ironclad battleships, one large armored cruiser, two medium armored cruisers, four light cruisers, and seven destroyers in the Independent Fleet were sunk by torpedoes.

Of course, the light cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the three navies suffered even greater losses. Hundreds of them have been sunk in total, and the remaining more than 100 small and medium-sized warships of the three navies have given up fighting against the independent fleet. The offensive retreated behind its own battle line.

Using kite-flying tactics, the independent fleet can be said to have reduced the strength of the combined fleet of the three navies by at least [-]%. There are only five ships left that continue to fight.

After the navies of the three countries paid a huge price, the distance between the battle lines of the two sides was shortened to about [-] meters. It is already difficult for the independent fleet to implement the kite-flying tactic, unless they are willing to suffer passively for a period of time. situation.

However, the number of battleships in the Independent Fleet is not so disadvantaged at this time, and the number of super dreadnought battleships in the Independent Fleet has an absolute advantage. Therefore, the commander of the Independent Fleet, Wang Chengliang, did not choose to continue to increase the distance between each other. He ordered several battle lines of the independent fleet to start a confrontation with multiple battle lines of the three navies.

(End of this chapter)