Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 424: The Battle Between the Empire and the Will Army

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!In the naval battle at this time in the last time and space, the fleets lined up in parallel columns to advance in actual combat, and the fleet often lined up to meet the enemy ships before the exchange of fire.This requires that the lead ships of each column lead the ships it leads to turn left or right to form a suitable formation.

Because the fleets of both sides are moving at high speed.

Therefore, fleet commanders need to send a reconnaissance fleet (usually composed of battlecruisers and cruisers) to report the enemy's position, speed, heading and other information.

This allows the fleet to line up as early as possible in the most advantageous formation to meet the enemy ships.The reconnaissance fleet should also try to prevent the opponent's reconnaissance fleet from obtaining similar information.

The most ideal is to make one's own queue just across the two ends of the local battleship, in order to achieve the best firepower pouring and the smallest attack angle.

However, due to the advanced turret concept and design of the Qing Dynasty, countries rushed to imitate and develop.

Going to grab a horizontal line in the T is useful.

However, in a complex naval battle environment, one should adjust a formation too deliberately and lose more opportunities or cause more severe losses, but it becomes more than the gain.

Therefore, the current naval battles are generally on the spot command, in the form of multi-squadrons. The quality of the navy of John Nation and the navies of other first-rate countries are no longer so obvious.

Of course, there is still a big gap between the first-class navy and the second- and third-rate. Except for some detailed wealth that requires time and experience in naval battles, the accuracy of shelling is a hurdle. It is impossible to reach such a level without sufficient practice.

Moreover, the detection of enemy conditions and the control of information have become more important.

Both fleets are moving fast in the North Sea.

05:00

The commander of the Navy of John State, Jerich, ordered the battleship's team to turn 50 degrees east south to meet Betty at a speed of 16 knots.

05:30

Scheer, commander of the Will Army Navy, received a report from the U23 submarine. The report stated that two battleships, two cruisers and several destroyers were found traveling southeast.

Inside the commander tower of the battleship Frederick the Great

"Report to the commander! A call from the U66 submarine, they found that eight battleships of the John Navy were moving northeastward under the escort of several cruisers and destroyers."

Just as Scheer was wondering about the movements of the John's Navy, another staff officer ran in and said.

"Keeping the same course, the main fleet speeded up to 18 knots and caught up with the battlecruiser squadron of General Hipper, maintaining a distance of thirty nautical miles."

Scheer instinctively smelled the taste of conspiracy, but he was a little unwilling to give up this plan. If it weren't for the Royal Navy, this time the Warring States would be even greater.

At this time, Jericho and Betty of the John National Navy received a notice from the Admiralty.

The announcement stated that the main force of the Scheer fleet had not left the port, but the previously intercepted telegram pointed out that the Scheer fleet had already set off, which made the Geely Army's judgment on the battlefield situation chaotic.97 Chinese www.97wz.net

Therefore, after Betty's vanguard discovered the vanguard fleet of the Will Army, they launched a fierce pursuit of it, which eventually led to disaster.

14:00 pm

The Betty Fleet, the vanguard of the Johns Navy, and the Hipper fleet, the vanguard of the Will Army, are 50 nautical miles apart. The two fleets are in a parallel situation, but due to errors in the calculations of the predetermined positions on both sides, the other side was not found.

A big battle is about to be missed.Suddenly a thick black smoke rose in the middle of the two fleets.

This is a Danish steamship "Strait" passing through the waters between the forwards of the two fleets, and the ship emits unusually large amounts of steam and black smoke.

"The report commander found an abnormality. There was black smoke 20 nautical miles in the sea on the left, and no specific ship could be observed temporarily."

The lookout immediately reported this information to Scheer.

"Order the light cruiser "Elpin" to carry out reconnaissance in this direction! The other ships remain unchanged."

After Hipper simply issued an order, he continued to think about how he would confront the enemy. There would be more ships along the way. There is no need to make a fuss, just do a careful investigation.

The same Betty also sent the light cruiser "Galatia" to check.

The inevitable two cruisers discovered each other and reported to their respective commanders.

"boom!"

The enemy was extremely jealous when they saw each other. The 150 main guns on the Qing cruiser Galatia first began to roar, and the Elpin responded without showing weakness.

So far the world’s largest modernized naval battle began. The first battle between the two sides was a reconnaissance light cruiser...

"Order the fleet to speed up to 20 knots! Move closer to the "Elpin","

After receiving the telegram, Hipper immediately ordered the fleet to turn around. At this time, he was a little excited. It seemed that the destiny of the army and the navy of the Absolute Will is about to come...

On the other side, Betty ordered all battlecruisers to speed up to 24 knots.And sent more cruisers to conduct reconnaissance.

The fateful moment was fixed at 15:32, and the two battle cruisers found each other at the same time. This battle was inevitable.

Betty’s battlecruiser was led by the Lion, followed by the Royal Princess, Queen Mary, Tiger, and New Zealand Tireless.

The Hipper fleet was led by the battlecruiser "Luzov", followed by the battlecruisers "De Flinger", "Sedritz", "Match" and "Von de Tann" in turn. In.

At a distance of 8,500 meters, the two sides launched test firings unanimously, all showing

The sea duel between Betty and Hipper's fleet begins.The initial battlefield situation was very favorable to Hipper, his fleet was not only facing the sun but also shrouded in mist.

The mixture of soot and muzzle smoke blowing in the wind further reduced John’s visibility.The Johns Navy also made mistakes in firepower distribution. They ignored the powerful new search-new battle patrol. They did not carry out fire suppression at all. Instead, the target was fixed on other battleships, making the 50 times caliber 305 artillery of the Will Army battle patrol capable of Unbridled launch...