The end of the military era

After Song Limin received the report of the Wei Geng's injury, he immediately ordered the Wei Geng to temporarily withdraw from the battle line, and asked the damage control personnel to put out the fire as soon as possible and repair the damaged pressure pipeline.

However, the Wei Geng, whose speed was decreasing, had not had time to retreat, and then three more large-caliber shells hit the Wei Geng.

One of the 320mm artillery shells penetrated the 50mm main deck armor of the Wei Geng, and exploded violently inside the Wei Geng's hull, triggering a big explosion in an ammunition warehouse of the Wei Geng.

The martyrdom of many shells instantly blew up the all-steel battleship with a full load and displacement of 11000 tons into two pieces, and quickly sank to the sea.

An all-steel battleship was sunk just after the start of the war, which cast a shadow over the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the coastal defense fleet participating in the battle.

When the fleets of the two sides fought until 28:11 am on the 20th, the battle lines of the two sides had been shortened to about 7000 meters.

At this time, three warships had been sunk by the coastal defense fleet. In addition to the all-steel battleship Wei Geng that was sunk the first time, there were also the all-steel battleship Weiji of the same model and the battlecruiser Yong'an, which were also sunk by the other side. The large-caliber shells were sunk.

In addition, the all-steel battleship Canghai, the all-steel battleship Weiwu, and the battlecruiser Yongxi had to temporarily withdraw from the battle because of serious injuries.

On the side of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, not only did not a single warship sink, there was not even a single seriously injured warship.

The reason why the difference in the battle damage ratio between the two sides is so large is because of the hit rate of the main guns of both sides.

For the Coastal Defense Fleet, due to too many recruits and the short time to receive warships, the hit rate is simply appalling.

Inside the bridge of the all-main-gun battleship Red Horned Eagle of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, Captain Yerk's expression looked very relaxed at this moment.

"This seemingly powerful Ganyang City coastal defense fleet is indeed a paper tiger.

Oss, pass my order, the course of each battleship is 10 degrees north, and then we will keep a distance of 7000 meters from the opponent's battle line. "

First Officer Oss nodded in agreement and said: "The opponent's shooting accuracy is very low, it seems that it should have just received 14 battleships with full main guns.

What a pity that there are so many battleships with full main guns! "

Yerk smiled heartily and said: "I am very satisfied with the current effect, I don't want the opponent to be a well-trained fleet.

In that case, I can only choose to run away.

After all, the opponent's battleship is more than double ours! "

Oss followed with a smile and said, "General, you will create a miracle today!"

"Hehe, we are going to create a miracle!"

On the bridge of Zhenhai, the flagship of the Coastal Defense Fleet, the atmosphere at this time was very depressing.

Especially the sinking of the battlecruiser Yong'an made Zhou Rui and Song Limin's faces covered with frost.

Yong'an is a British Invincible-class battlecruiser that Zhou Rui extracted from the lottery system.

Zhou Rui did not expect that a battlecruiser with a full load displacement of more than [-] tons and a firepower comparable to that of a battleship with full main guns would sink after being hit only twice.

It seems that the relatively thin armor of the British Invincible-class battlecruiser is really not suitable for participating in the battle between battleships.

"Old Song, we can't go on like this, our hit rate is too low, we must change our tactics!" Zhou Rui said in a deep voice.

Song Limin hesitated for a while and said, "Major General, it seems that only by shortening the distance between the battle lines of the two sides and engaging in a sea bayonet fight with the other side can we improve our hit rate.

And if you want to shorten the distance between the battle lines of the two sides, the best way is to let the battleships turn 90 degrees and rush directly.

But in that case, each battleship can only fire with the main guns at the front of the hull before resuming the battle line. "

After a pause, Song Limin continued: "In addition, we still have 6 battlecruisers maintaining their combat effectiveness.

I am going to let 6 battlecruisers leave the team, and rely on their speed to outflank the opponent's battle line from the side, forming a pincer attack.

But at the speed of 6 battlecruisers, only the 2 destroyers Kuaishun and Lishun of the task force can follow the 6 battlecruisers.

In case the opponent sends small and medium-sized warships to intercept, the six battlecruisers are likely to encounter torpedo attacks. "

Zhou Rui said decisively: "Do as you say immediately!

If we don't make changes and continue to fight in accordance with the current model, we will undoubtedly lose. "

The remaining four ships of the Coastal Defense Fleet, 4 Moltke-class battlecruisers and 2 Invincible-class battlecruisers, subsequently withdrew from the coastal defense fleet.

A battle line was re-formed, outflanking the battle line of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy from the side.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Coastal Defense Fleet is somewhat weak, it does not lack courage.

The remaining 6 all-main-gun battleships and 5 all-steel battleships on the long snake formation immediately turned around and rushed straight to the battle line of the third fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy.

Yerk, the interim commander of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, didn't care about the division of the coastal defense fleet. He still commanded 10 battleships under his command. The battleship poured fire.

I hope that while the 11 battleships of the Coastal Defense Fleet cannot exert all the firepower of their main guns, they will continue to expand their achievements.

The battle situation was as Yelke wished, and soon sank the all-steel battleship Weiding of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

It's just that Yelke didn't expect the speed of the six battlecruisers to be so fast, and they went around to the front and almost grabbed the "t" prefix.

Yerk had no choice but to order his line of battle to change course.

And just as the battle line of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy changed direction, a 305mm artillery shell from the all-main gun battleship Dragonscale of the Coastal Defense Fleet pierced through the side of an all-steel battleship of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy. side armor.

Immediately, the all-steel battleship with a full load and displacement of 19500 tons was blown into two pieces in a devastating explosion, and soon disappeared on the sea.

Seeing that a battleship of the opponent had finally been sunk, Zhou Rui couldn't help but raised his arms and shouted: "That's it! Post it, and see the red with their bayonets!"

In the following battle, although the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy relied on its super high hit rate, it still had the advantage.

But in the face of the coastal defense fleet's desperate "sea bayonet" tactics, the losses of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy are gradually increasing.

战至28日下午16点40分，银狼帝国海军第三舰队已经沉没了2艘全钢制战列舰、1艘轻巡洋舰和3艘驱逐舰。

There are also 1 full main gun battleship, 1 all steel battleship and 1 large armored cruiser, which were seriously injured.

As for the coastal defense fleet, as of this time, a total of 3 battlecruisers, 5 all-steel battleships, 2 large armored cruisers and 2 destroyers have been sunk.

And there are 1 full main gun battleship, 2 battlecruisers, 2 all steel battleships and 1 large armored cruiser. Due to serious injuries, they temporarily withdrew from the battle.

Chapter 1 Retreat

Ye Erke, the temporary commander of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, was no longer so relaxed at the moment.

First Officer Oss couldn't help suggesting: "General, we have sunk 8 battleships of the opponent, including 3 battleships with full main guns, and have achieved a brilliant victory.

It's getting dark, can we consider withdrawing from the battlefield? "

Yerk said with some emotion: "The courage of this human fleet is still worthy of praise.

Although we have sunk so many battleships of the opponent, our loss is not small. How is the situation of the Javelin? "