The end of the military era

Chapter 1 begins

Li Shengjun, head of the 20rd Infantry Regiment of No.1 Second Independent Brigade, learned that the 2rd Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy had begun to retreat, so he discussed with the deputy head of the regiment, Wen Ximing: "Brother Ximing, we still have the 8st Marine Division in our hands." The Infantry Battalion, 18nd Infantry Battalion, [-]th Infantry Battalion and [-]th Supplementary Battalion were useless.

You said, are we taking advantage of the retreat of the Third Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Empire to hit them? "

So far, Li Shengjun has formed a total of 30 supplementary battalions using the young and strong men recruited from the civilians of Xiangshi Island, of which 12 supplementary battalions have been assigned to the frontline positions.

Wen Ximing thought for a while and said: "If only a small number of troops are sent for a harassing pursuit, I have no problem.

But I am not in favor of launching a large-scale pursuit. Don't forget that there are more than a dozen enemy warships near the beach to the west.

When the Third Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Empire retreats, it can be covered by the firepower of these dozen warships at any time. "

Li Shengjun nodded, "I'm not going to launch a large-scale pursuit either.

I plan to give way to the 2nd Infantry Battalion and 8th Infantry Battalion near the forward position, and use the company platoon as a unit to conduct a limited pursuit of the [-]rd Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Anyway, they can't be allowed to come and leave whenever they want. "

Then Li Shengjun hesitated, "Brother Ximing, do you think the coastal defense fleet can win?"

Wen Ximing's face suddenly showed excitement, "The major general said in the telegram that the coastal defense fleet has gathered 14 all-main gun battleships, 9 all-steel battleships, 10 large armored cruisers and 2 destroyer.

With such a powerful strength, victory will surely belong to our Zhou family's coastal defense fleet! "

Li Shengjun scratched his head, "But when did the coastal defense fleet have so many battleships with full main guns and large armored cruisers?"

"It should have been brought by the major general!

Thinking about our Ganyang Zhou family owning 14 battleships with full main guns, I want to switch careers and become a navy. "

"Just think about it, I won't let you go.

Now that you're gone, tell me where to find such a compatible partner. "

"Oh, of course I won't go.

This time our regiment has made such great achievements, I think our regiment should soon be expanded into a brigade-level force. "

Equivalent to Li Shengjun and Wen Ximing's chatting and laughing, Longela, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Seeing Gore, the deputy commander of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, approaching with a telegram, he hurriedly greeted him, "What does the Admiralty mean?"

Gore said with a wry smile: "The Admiralty asked us to check the situation again. Those people in the Admiralty still don't believe that a small family in the Han and Tang Empires would have 14 battleships with all main guns."

Long Ge stretched his hand to snatch the telegram from Gore's hand, read it quickly, and then tore it up angrily, "There will be a fight at Xiangshi Island soon, let us check what's going on!"

Gore sighed and said, "Commander, there should be no time to stop this naval battle. I can only hope that Commodore Yerk will perform a miracle."

Longella gritted his teeth and said, "That guy Yerk is a lunatic!

The opponent has 14 all-main-gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships, but he only has 4 all-main-gun battleships and 6 all-steel battleships.

If I had known earlier, I should have given that lunatic an order to retreat! "

Although Longela let Yerk decide whether to fight or retreat, Longela believed that Yerk would definitely choose to retreat temporarily.

After all, 14 battleships with full main guns suddenly appeared on the other side, and their strength has far exceeded the squadron led by Yerk.

In this way, even the Admiralty and the Governor's Office will be held accountable for retreating without a fight in the future, and Yerk will be responsible.

But Longella never expected that Yerk would choose to take the initiative to fight.

You must know that facing the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet with 14 all-main-gun battleships, even if all the capital ships of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, 7 all-main-gun battleships and 12 all-steel battleships are gathered, Long Guerra is not sure of victory.

Now if the squadron led by Yerk suffers too much loss, even if he, the commander, does not directly issue an order to start the war, he will be responsible for the investigation by the Admiralty and the Governor's Office.

Longella then said angrily: "Keep in touch with the Red Horn Eagle, I want to know the situation on the battlefield at any time!"

As the fleets of both sides continue to draw closer, both fleets hope to seize the "t" prefix, so that all their main guns can be aimed at each other, while the other side only has the battleship at the front of the column, which can use the main guns on the front side of the hull to attack. fight back.

But if you want to grab the "t" prefix, a large part depends on luck.

Since the warships on both sides are advancing at high speed, it is very likely that due to the timing not being well grasped, they changed from a horizontal line at the beginning of the "t" to a vertical line, thus being passively beaten.

天元1537年1月28日的上午9点16分，当银狼帝国皇家海军第三舰队的4艘全主炮战列舰和6艘全钢制战列舰，首先开炮的时候。

The battle lines of the fleets of the two sides formed a "eight" shape facing each other, with a distance of about 11 meters. No one will suffer, and no one will take advantage.

If the battle lines of the two sides continue to advance according to this "eight" shape, the distance between the battle lines of the two sides will continue to shorten.

Immediately, on the side of the coastal defense fleet, 6 all-main-gun battleships, 8 battlecruisers, and 4 all-steel battleships, which had become a long snake formation, also launched a counterattack with their main guns.

However, the first round of main gun firing by both sides failed to achieve any results.

In addition, the five all-steel battleships of the third formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet, Weibing, Weiding, Weiwu, Weiji and Weigeng, are equipped with 5 times the caliber of 35mm main guns, and the effective range cannot reach To 280 meters, so it can only temporarily act as a cheering group.

The second round of the main artillery fire of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire still failed to hit any targets.

As for the second round of main artillery firing by the Coastal Defense Fleet, I don't know if it was because Zhou Rui was on board the Zhenhai, and his 50% luck played a role.

In the second salvo of the main guns, a 300mm artillery shell fired by the Zhenhai hit the full main gun battleship Purple Thunderbird of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Although it did not cause any serious damage to the Purple Thunderbird, and only destroyed 1 secondary gun and 2 anti-aircraft guns, being able to hit the enemy warship first also made the officers and soldiers of the coastal defense fleet very excited.

Both the Purple Thunderbird and the Red Horned Eagle, where the temporary commander Yerk is located, belong to the Fire Pigeon-class battleship of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, with a full load displacement of 27500 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

装备了5座双联装45倍口径340毫米主炮，16门45倍口径150毫米副炮，16门30毫米高射炮，30挺13毫米高射机枪，4具550毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 150 mm to 250 mm, the main deck armor is 60 mm, the main turret armor is 280 mm, and the crew is full of 1060 people.

The Fire Pigeon class is the third full main gun battleship of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, and it is also the latest full main gun battleship in active service.

The Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy is currently only equipped with these two Fire Pigeon-class battleships with full main guns.

However, the officers and soldiers of the coastal defense fleet have not been happy for long.

Immediately afterwards, the all-main gun battleship Purple Thunderbird of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy used a 340mm main gun shell to severely damage the all-steel battleship Wei Geng of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

Chapter 1 Bayonet Fighting at Sea

This 340mm shell penetrated the side armor of the all-steel battleship Wei Geng, not only causing a fire inside the Wei Geng, but also damaging many pressure pipes.

Wei Geng is one of the five starry sky-class all-steel battleships that Zhou Rui purchased from the Red Tiger Empire Navy.

Because it is a second-hand warship, although the Wei Geng has been well maintained, in fact, it can only drive to a little over 15 knots at the fastest.

After a large number of pressure pipes were damaged, the speed of the Wei Geng suddenly dropped to less than 7 knots.