The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

After the Royal Navy made a statement, the sun never set on people and this can be regarded as really serious.

Before, only the army participated in the war, and the true strength of the sun never set could not be seen, but after the navy also participated in the war, the pressure on the hairy bear man can be said to have increased in all directions.

On September 3, the Mediterranean Fleet, on which the sun never sets, launched a large-scale offensive in the Black Sea.

They adopted a dragnet method of investigation and dispatched a large number of light cruisers, taking advantage of the cruiser's high speed to spread the search area and find the hairy bear fleet hiding in the Black Sea.

Although the strength of the Mediterranean Fleet is inferior to that of the Royal Navy's home fleet, it can only rank second or third in the navy where the sun never sets.

But compared with the Black Sea Fleet of the woolly bear, the strength of the Mediterranean Fleet is undoubtedly overwhelming.

In addition, the sun never sets on people who have crisscrossed the seas for hundreds of years, and the rich experience they have accumulated is not at all comparable to that of Mao Xiong, a country that has just played with the navy.

On September 4, the British discovered traces of the Black Sea Fleet of Hairy Bears.

So, under the personal leadership of the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet rushed straight to the hairy Black Sea Fleet.

When the Black Sea Fleet discovered that the sun did not set, it had lost the opportunity to retreat and could only be forced to fight.

Three large-scale engagements broke out between the two sides in just one day, and the result of the battle was that the Black Sea Fleet of Mao Xiong lost three battles and three defeats, losing more than 26 half of the combat ships, and the casualties of the sailors exceeded 8,000!

The Hairy Bear Navy, which had suffered huge losses, had to retreat to the ports of the Crimea to rest, trying to protect the safety of their fleet with the help of the coastal defense batteries in the ports.

The Black Sea Fleet is a fleet that the Furry Bears spent decades building at great cost.

This fleet was the most important of their three fleets, the heart and soul of the Tsar!

After learning of the attack on the Black Sea Fleet, the Tsar strictly ordered the Black Sea Fleet to prohibit attacks and stay in the harbor.

On the other hand, the defenders of the fortress of Sevastopol were given strict orders that they must block the British attack and must not let the remaining naval fleet suffer any losses.

It's just that the sun never sets, which has lost face in the land battle, urgently needs a big victory to save face.

The formation of the annihilation of the entire Black Sea Fleet of the woolly bear is the best way!

Therefore, even if you see the defenders in the fortress waiting for you, as if you are facing a great enemy.

The Mediterranean Fleet, on which the sun never sets, had no intention of giving up, and they approached the Hairy Bear's naval base outside the Sevastopol fortress against the threat of shore defense batteries!

On September 5, fierce battles broke out between the two sides around the batteries of the Sevastopol fortress.

This may be the largest battle ever fought between a surface fleet and a battery on land!

In this battle, the number of artillery pieces used by both sides exceeded 1,000!

Of these, the coastal defense forces had 176 guns, and the British fleet had more than 900 guns.

Judging by the number of artillery, the British fleet should have an overwhelming superiority.

But almost all the artillery of the coastal defense forces is large-caliber cannons, the largest caliber reaches 280 mm, and even the smallest caliber reaches 150 mm.

The power of a huge cannon of this caliber is amazing, and if a small warship accidentally takes a shell fired by them, it is afraid that it will be sunk on the spot.

On the other hand, on the British side, in addition to the main guns of more than a dozen battleships, the guns of the remaining battleships generally did not have a large caliber.

Some cruisers and destroyers have guns of up to 150 mm or 120 mm, and more often have secondary guns of less than 100 mm.

Therefore, although they have a numerical advantage, they have little, if not any, superiority in the caliber and power of artillery.

And the naval warships float on the sea, and every time the guns are fired, the battleships will float, which will make it difficult for them to aim and hit the target.

On the other hand, the shore defense artillery on land has no such concerns at all.

In addition, these shore defense guns are built on high ground, and not only will the range be increased if they are condescending, but it will also be more difficult for enemy shells to hit them.

Therefore, even if it is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but on paper, in fact, the Russian army has the upper hand.

The battle was particularly fierce, with the British putting two of the latest Victoria-class ironclads and three Trafalgar-class ships at the forefront of the formation, using their large-caliber main guns to bombard the Russian batteries on the shore.

With a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, the Victoria-class ironclad is equipped with two 413 mm caliber cannons, its armor is up to 480 mm thick, and its skin is thick, and ordinary shells do not pose any threat to it at all, making it a real mobile tower at sea. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

The tonnage of the Trafalgard-class battleships was larger, reaching 12,000 tons, and although the caliber of the main guns was not as good as the Victoria class, it was reduced to 343 mm, but the number was doubled to 4 guns, and its armor thickness was thicker, reaching 510 mm, and the protection was even better than that of the Victorian class!

The sun never sets on these five warships with strong firepower and excellent protection performance at the forefront, which can not only use their firepower to attack the shore defense batteries, but also protect the friendly warships behind the defense that are less powerful, so that they can be in a relatively safe combat environment.

After the battle began, the shells of the two sides came and went, the artillery fire on the battlefield shook the sky, and a loud noise was heard on the sea from time to time, and columns of water soared into the sky.

On the shore defense batteries, the morale of the hairy bears was very high, and they hit the enemy ships one after another at the beginning of the battle, sinking several small and medium-sized warships, and achieved good results.

However, although the five 10,000-ton battleships in the front were hit by many shells, except for the 280-mm cannons, the other shells hit them like tickles, and they were not harmful at all. []

On the other hand, the sun does not set, although they have suffered a lot of losses, they are very calm and calm.

Taking advantage of the shortcomings of the battleship that could be moved, but the position of the gun emplacements on the shore was fixed and could not be moved, after repeated trials, the best distance to engage the woolly bears was found.

Then, under the order of the fleet commander, the fleet on which the sun never sets immediately retreated, retreated to a safe range, and then, with the excellent performance of its own artillery, began to use the advantage of hand length to carry out a roll call attack on the Russian batteries on land.

After these 220 hits, the hairy bear people on the shore were suddenly dumbfounded.

Most of their shore defense guns were large-caliber short-barreled mortars, while most of the naval guns that never set were long-barreled cannons.

Compared to mortars, the cannon has a significantly longer range.

It's not that the hairy bears don't know the benefits of cannons, but their own industrial strength is not strong enough to forge such a long barrel, so they can only use short-barreled cannons.

And the sun does not set sitting on the world's largest industrial strength, although the cannon barrel is difficult to build, and the cost is high.

But for those with deep pockets, none of this is a problem.

The Royal Navy is never short of money, and it never skimps on it!

For equipment that can improve the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy, the sun never sets is very willing to invest.

This kind of investment has brought them rich returns.

It's like now, after retreating to a safe distance that day, the hairy bear people are completely dumbfounded.

They can't reach each other with shells, but they can hit them with shells.

In this way, they are completely at the point of being beaten passively!

If the Black Sea Fleet in the harbor had been able to cooperate with their actions at this time, and suddenly come out of the harbor in the midst of a fierce exchange of fire with the British fleet, perhaps the outcome of the battle would have been reversed.

But it's a pity that because of the Tsar's strict orders, the Russian Black Sea Fleet did not dare to act rashly, so it could only stay in the port honestly, watching the army's batteries being named one by one by the sunset.