Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 79 Lucky Torpedo Boat
After the battle line of the joint fleet of the three navies and the battle line of the independent fleet drew closer to 3 meters, the most tragic battleship duel in this naval battle began. Almost every two or three minutes, a battleship would be sunk .

When the battleships of the two sides faced off, other types of warships from both sides also joined the battle one after another.

"Boom—" A torpedo boat of the independent fleet was directly hit by a shell with a caliber of at least 150 mm as it approached the battle line of the Gisk Navy, and was immediately blown to pieces.

Xu Zhenjie, who was on the cockpit of torpedo boat No. 18, saw that torpedo boat No. 13, the flagship of the second torpedo boat formation, had been directly blown up by a large-caliber shell, and he couldn't help feeling a chill from the bottom of his heart.

In order to interfere with the battleships of the independent fleet, many small and medium-sized warships of the three navies once again launched a charge on the battle line of the independent fleet, and after trying to get close, launched a torpedo attack on the battleships of the independent fleet.

It is not rude to come and go. The commander of the Independent Fleet, Wang Chengliang, dispatched many armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers to protect his own battle line. An attack was launched on the battle lines of the Sharad Navy.

Originally, Wang Chengliang was not prepared to let [-] torpedo boats launch an active attack in such a fierce confrontation, but when Wang Chengliang observed, in order to interfere with the battleships of the independent fleet, the Sharad Navy sent almost all small and medium-sized warships to The battle line of the independent fleet launched a charge, leaving only a few large armored cruisers and a few medium armored cruisers near the many battleships of the Sharad Navy.

So Wang Chengliang made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the five torpedo boat formations of the independent fleet to approach the battle line of the Sharad Navy at all costs and launch torpedo attacks on the battleships of the Sharad Navy.

Johnny, the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, is not unaware that leaving only eight large armored cruisers and four medium armored cruisers beside many battleships may leave a huge hidden danger, but at this time, Johnny I can't care less.

Starting at [-]:[-] noon, just half an hour later, the Sharad Navy had another super dreadnought battleship, two dreadnought battleships, a former dreadnought battleship, and four ironclad battleships. Many battleships were seriously injured, and as the distance between the battle lines of the two sides further narrowed, the losses of the Sharad Navy increased.

The Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy suffered huge losses during this half hour. Many battleships were sunk and damaged. In contrast, the Baron Fleet under Su Yi only had one battlecruiser, one The Dreadnought and a former Dreadnought were sunk within half an hour.

Johnny had to admit that the baron fleet under Su Yi's command was also far ahead of the Sharad Navy, which is known as the second in the world, in terms of naval gun shooting technology.

If you don't think of some way and continue to fight like this, the combined fleet of the three navies must be defeated.

Gennis, who couldn't think of a good solution, had to let the small and medium-sized warships of the three navies launch a death charge again, trying to sink some battleships of the independent fleet as much as possible.

The sortie of sixty torpedo boats from the Independent Fleet was quickly discovered by the Sharad Navy, and then eight large armored cruisers and four medium-sized armored cruisers of the Sharad Navy circled to the front of the Sharad Navy's battle line, ready to attack The numerous torpedo boats of the independent fleet intercepted,

However, some battleships of the Independent Fleet suddenly concentrated their firepower on the eight large armored cruisers and four medium armored cruisers of the Sharad Navy, and one medium armored cruiser was sunk in an instant.

18号鱼雷艇的舰长徐振杰，本来选择了沙拉德海军一艘大型装甲巡洋舰作为18号鱼雷艇的攻击目标，然而等18号鱼雷艇好不容易冲到了距离这艘大型装甲巡洋舰大约1000两百米左右，达到了18号鱼雷艇所配备的533毫米蒸汽瓦斯鱼雷的有效射程。

Just when Xu Zhenjie was about to order the launch of torpedoes, a series of explosions suddenly occurred on the large armored cruiser of the Sharad Navy. Soon this large armored cruiser with a displacement of at least tens of thousands of tons was blown into at least three pieces, and quickly moved to The sea sinks.

Chief Officer Chen Zeng hurriedly asked: "Captain, the target we want to attack has been sunk, which enemy ship should we choose as the target?"

At this time, Xu Zhenjie's eyes suddenly lit up. After the large armored cruiser of the Sharad Navy sank, a larger warship of the Sharad Navy was revealed behind.

"Go ahead! Let's hit that big guy!" Xu Zhenjie pointed to the front and shouted firmly, but Xu Zhenjie's hands trembled a little.

After all, this was the first time Xu Zhenjie participated in actual combat, and the torpedo boat he was in was in a very dangerous situation, and the ship might be destroyed at any time. It would be a lie to say that Xu Zhenjie was not afraid of that.

The No. 18 torpedo boat then took a "Z"-shaped route and rushed forward quickly. Fortunately, although many shells fell around the No. 18 torpedo boat, none of the shells hit the No. 18 torpedo boat.

When the No. 18 torpedo boat approached the target about 1000 meters away, Xu Zhenjie, who was already sweating profusely, shouted loudly: "No. [-] and No. [-] torpedoes are launched!"

"Tom - tom -" Two 533 mm steam gas torpedoes were launched from the launch tube, and then rushed towards the target at a high speed of 50 knots. The gas discharged from the tail of the steam gas torpedo formed two white waves on the sea surface.

Xu Zhenjie then shouted: "Hurry up! Turn around! The No. [-] and No. [-] torpedo tubes also quickly load torpedoes!"

The No. 18 torpedo boat has a total of three torpedo tubes, two at the front and one at the back. Xu Zhenjie is going to turn the torpedo boat around and use the torpedo tube at the back to launch another torpedo at the target.

The target chosen by the torpedo boat No. 18 was the Conflict, a dreadnought battleship of the Sharad Navy. Although the Conflict found two torpedoes launched by the No. 18 torpedo boat and evaded them, the two 533mm torpedoes still all hit. On the Conflict, two large holes were blown on the side of the Conflict.

Soon the third 18mm torpedo of the No. 533 torpedo boat also hit the Conflict, and this torpedo went directly through a large opening that had been blasted before, detonating several boilers of the Conflict, almost killing the Conflict. The bottom of the hull was blown apart.

Just when the two torpedo tubes in front of the No. 18 torpedo boat were loaded with new torpedoes, the Conflict, with a full load displacement of 22500 tons, rolled over and hit the sea surface, and quickly sank.

"My God! We killed a battleship!" Xu Zhenjie danced with excitement.

"Captain, we still have three torpedoes, should we find another target?" First officer Chen Zeng's face was also full of excitement.

The high-spirited Xu Zhenjie pointed with his finger: "Go to that big guy, and the remaining three torpedoes will be given to him!"

After the No. 18 torpedo boat launched three torpedoes on the dreadnought battleship Conflict, it had already retreated about 2000 meters. Following Xu Zhenjie's order, No. 18 torpedo boat began to take a "Z"-shaped route, heading towards a ship that was even bigger than the Conflict. The huge Sharad naval warship rushed over.

Under the cover of thick smoke on the battlefield, torpedo boat No. 18 was lucky enough to get close to the Sharad naval battleship at a distance of about 1000 to 18 meters, and then torpedo boat No. [-] fired three torpedoes in a short period of time. .

Of the two 533mm torpedoes launched by the two torpedo tubes at the front, one hit the target, and then the third 533mm torpedo also hit the target, and the battleship that was seriously injured by the two torpedoes was Sarah The flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the German Navy - the super dreadnought battleship Ares.

(End of this chapter)