The end of the military era

And the three battleship teams of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy have also formed a long battle line.

At this time, the battle lines of the two sides were about 1 meters apart. This time, the 18 battleships with all main guns in the coastal defense fleet first launched a salvo of main guns at the opponent's battleship.

The 18 full main gun battleships of the Coastal Defense Fleet have a total of 192 305mm main guns.

However, due to the personal reasons of the officers and soldiers of the coastal defense fleet, 10 305mm main guns failed to fire shells normally during the first main gun salvo.

However, the 182 rounds of 305mm shells landed successively on the area where the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is located, which is also quite spectacular, but it is a pity that the first salvo of the main guns of the 18 all-main-gun battleships of the Coastal Defense Fleet did not hit any targets. .

Immediately, the 6 all-main-gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy also launched a counterattack with their main guns.

On the bridge of the battlecruiser Wusheng of the Coastal Defense Fleet, Chief Officer Xu Haibin asked Wang Hongchun, "Captain, the battleships of the two sides have already exchanged fire. When will our fifth formation go up?"

"We cut across from the flank, but we have to keep a certain distance from the battleships of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy.

If it is against the bomb, the battlecruiser is too disadvantaged, and the mission of our fifth formation is still mainly harassment. "

Under the harassment of the 7 battlecruisers of the Coastal Defense Fleet, Yerk had to send 10 large armored cruisers from the 7th and [-]th Squadrons to stop the [-] battlecruisers.

Battlecruisers are somewhat at a disadvantage against rough-skinned and thick-skinned battleships, but they are in a crushing posture against large armored cruisers.

As a result, the first warship sunk in the Shark Island naval battle was a large armored cruiser of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

As time passed, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky had completely darkened, but neither the Coastal Defense Fleet nor the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy had any intention of stopping.

On the bridge of the battleship Red Horn Eagle with all main guns, Chief Officer Oss reported to Yerkhui in a deep voice: "General, the battleship Jufeng has sunk. So far, we have sunk a total of 1 all-steel ship." Battleships, 3 large armored cruisers, 2 light cruisers and 2 destroyers.

In addition, there are 1 all-steel battleship, 1 large armored cruiser, and 1 light cruiser. Because of their serious injuries, they temporarily withdrew from the battle. "

Yerk nodded slightly, "In a naval battle of this scale, losses are inevitable, and the opponent's losses are much greater than ours."

"General, the chance of night battles is too great, can you consider withdrawing from the battlefield first?"

"Although we haven't experienced real night battles, the officers and soldiers of our Third Fleet have been trained in night battles. Perhaps in night battles, our advantage will be greater!

Now we have only sunk the opponent's 2 battleships with full main guns, which is far from enough for our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire! "

On the bridge of the flagship Zhenhai of the Coastal Defense Fleet, Captain Chen Yongliang asked Song Limin hesitantly: "Song Zhi, it's already dark, and our Coastal Defense Fleet has never trained for night battles after receiving these all-main-gun battleships.

Perhaps even the most basic battle line cannot be maintained at night. "

Song Limin said decisively: "I'm just looking forward to the dark!

It doesn't matter if you don't train overnight, as long as you dare to work hard, we have a chance!

Order the first formation, third formation, eighth formation, and ninth formation to fight on their own, and shoot as close to the opponent's battleship as possible!

remember!Let each battleship strictly control the lights, and then each of our battleships must regard itself as an assassin in the dark! "

"Song Zhi, in this case, our formation will be messed up."

"If you mess up, use a messy style of play.

As you have seen before, our coastal defense fleet and the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire are facing each other.

Although our coastal defense fleet has an advantage in the quality of warships, our officers and soldiers have no way to show this advantage.

Perhaps under the chaotic war, some miracle will happen. "

In naval battles at night, the warships on both sides could only turn on their searchlights or launch flares to illuminate the target and continue shooting.

In addition, when shooting, you can also observe the muzzle flame of the opponent's warship to determine the position of the opponent's warship.

However, these methods have greatly reduced the hit rate of both sides, especially after the coastal defense fleet deliberately controlled the lights, and even some warships of the coastal defense fleet deliberately "disappeared".

On the bridge of the battlecruiser Yongsui, the first mate Jiang Hui said to Liu Ergou with some fear: "Captain, we can't go any further, otherwise we will have to run if we fire the guns and get exposed." Disaster."

Liu Ergou said eagerly: "How can you make great achievements without taking risks!

How far are we from that battleship now? "

"Probably only about 3500 meters or so remain."

"Okay! Just do it here!"

Following a salvo of eight main guns of the battlecruiser Yongsui, two 8mm shells hit the Silver Wolf Empire battleship that was attacked by the battlecruiser Yongsui.

To Liu Ergou's surprise, the battleship of the Silver Wolf Empire immediately exploded continuously, and it seemed that the ammunition compartment of the battleship was probably detonated.

However, after the battlecruiser Yongsui fired, it also exposed its position, and then it ushered in the baptism of intensive shells.

There were even a number of light cruisers and destroyers from the Silver Wolf Empire rushing towards the battlecruiser Yongsui aggressively, ready to launch a torpedo attack.

"Quick retreat! Quick retreat!

Why do we seem to have poked an ant's nest! "

Chapter 123 Won

What Liu Ergou didn't know was that the battleship of the Silver Wolf Empire that the battlecruiser Yongsui ventured to attack was the battleship of the Red Horn Eagle, where Yerk was located, and the battleship of the Imperial Navy of the Silver Wolf in this naval battle. flagship.

Even more fortunately, the battlecruiser Yongsui hit two 2mm artillery shells of the battleship Red Horned Eagle, and one of them detonated an ammunition storehouse of the battleship Red Horned Eagle, which eventually caused the Red Horned Eagle to attack. The horned Eagle battleship with all main guns sank to the bottom of the sea in the martyrdom of hundreds of tons of shells.

Another 305mm shell hit near the bridge of the Red Horned Eagle battleship with all main guns, causing Yerk to be seriously injured by the shock.

Although with the efforts of first mate Oss and others, Yerk was transferred to the lifeboat before the Red Horn Eagle's full main gun battleship sank.

Immediately, Yerk was transferred to a large armored cruiser, but Yerk was unconscious because of a head injury.

The sinking of the battleship Red Horn Eagle with all main guns, and Yelke's coma again, caused the remaining warships of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy to be in chaos in command.

When Osip, the captain of the all-main-gun battleship Purple Thunderbird of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, took over the command, almost an hour and a half had passed since Yerk was seriously injured.

During this hour and a half, the coastal defense fleet seized the opportunity of the chaos in the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, sank and damaged many warships of the Silver Wolf Empire, including a knife-class warship of the Silver Wolf Empire. Full main gun battleship.

Considering that after the start of the night battle, one's own side suffered heavy losses continuously, Osip, who took over the command, immediately issued an order to retreat.

This kind of opportunity to beat the dog in the water did not even require Song Limin to give the order to pursue, and the red-eyed officers and soldiers of the Coastal Defense Fleet began to chase after him in a swarm.

However, the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire deserves to be called the elite.

Although it was a retreat, the surviving warships of the Silver Wolf Empire, under the command of Osip, can still maintain a relatively strict formation.

Song Limin saw that there was no chance to take advantage, so he gave the order to stop the pursuit, and finally let dozens of surviving warships of the Silver Wolf Empire leave the battlefield.

In the early morning of March 3, the all-steel battleship Lefeng and the large armored cruiser Liberty of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy had been surrounded by warships of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

The two warships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy were already heavily scarred at this time. The all-steel battleship Lefeng even lost power, and the hull of the large armored cruiser Qingjie also tilted severely.