And in the bridge of the Kunming ship, there is also a new member, that is, Huang Zhe, a military enthusiast who joined the navy as a special talent not long ago. At this time, he was wearing a military uniform, sitting in a corner of the bridge, comparing the pictures sent back by the drone to confirm the model of each German ship.

Although Huang Zhe was only arranged to sit in a corner, his heart was very excited, to be able to board China's most advanced warship in the old time and space, and even participate in a war in person, this is definitely the dream of every veteran military enthusiast, in the old time and space, this is almost impossible, at most just experience it in a game or self-made three-dimensional animation. But in this time and space, it has really come true. It seems that the crossing is indeed a good thing.

Although the German fleet had approached, Huang Zhe was not nervous at all, because this was a Chinese Aegis ship, and in the old time and space, it was also among the world's advanced levels, and in this time and space, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a star destroyer. It can be said that with this Kunming ship alone, all the warships of the German fleet can be wiped out, and it is still overwhelmingly overwhelming, not to mention that there are four other warships that can also be called modern. So this victory is definitely won, the question is just how to win the least cost-effective ratio.

After Huang Zhe's identification, it was confirmed that the flagship of the German fleet, the Count Bismarck, three Brandenburg-class battleships, four Saxony-class ironclads, as well as the protective cruiser Queen Victoria Louise, and the same ships Faira and Queen Augusta, only the other two warships were very unfamiliar, and Huang Zhe's database did not contain information about these two warships. However, in terms of appearance, these two warships belong to the protective cruisers, and they are smaller than the Queen Victoria Louise and the Queen Augusta, so they should belong to the medium-sized protective cruisers. Therefore, the two extra warships did not change the overall situation.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to 20 kilometers, and the five warships passing through the fleet were lined up in one direction, with the Kunming in the middle, the Yueyang and Sanya on the left and right, and the Xiangyang and Huaihua on the outside, each with a distance of about 500 meters between them. It spreads out horizontally for about 1,500 meters.

The lookout on the previous flagship, the Count Bismarck, was the first to spot the whereabouts of the crossing fleet and immediately sounded the battle alarm.

The German commander Wadsey, members of the general staff, and Colonel Heinrich, the captain of the Count Bismarck, also spotted the enemy ship through a telescope, and Colonel Heinrich immediately issued an order to prepare for battle on the ship and other ships, and the soldiers on the ship were also busy, removing their gun suits, adjusting the angle, and loading and charging.

Although Vadsch was the commander of the German army, he was born in the army and did not understand the tactics of the navy, so he commanded the naval battle, and Heinrich was responsible. Because according to the tactics he formulated, it was to first conduct a decisive battle with the opponent's fleet, and now the other party took the initiative to come to the door, naturally it could not be better, and the most worrying thing for Waldesy was that the opponent's fleet was hiding in the harbor and relying on shore artillery to fight a decisive battle with the Germans, so that even if the German fleet could win, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

However, all the Germans ignored the detail of how the opposing fleet could appear in front of them accurately and at the right time.

Soon the distance between the two sides was shortened to the point where they could see the whole picture of the opposing warships, and Waldsea could see very clearly that the opposing side had a total of five warships, all of which were spread out in a horizontal row, all of which were painted in silver-white colors, although Wadsey was not very proficient in naval warfare, but it could be calculated that he had thirteen warships on his side, and the other side only had five, and the huge gap between the two sides could be seen from the numbers alone.

Moreover, each warship of the opposing side only has one gun installed on the bow, only the outermost warships on the left and right are twink, and the middle three are all single guns, and the caliber is not large, it is estimated that it will not exceed 150 mm. If it weren't for the fact that the other side had discharged a battle lineup, Wadsey would have even wondered if the enemy was coming from the other side if it was an armed merchant ship.

At this time, the deputy commander Falhekens said: "Your Excellency, it seems that God is on our side today, and we have won this naval battle. ”

Vardsey frowned and said, "Major General, your statement is too arrogant, our German army really needs to have the confidence to win, but it is by no means blind arrogance. ”

Falheikens said: "Marshal, I am not arrogant, let's not mention the number of warships on both sides and the difference in firepower, just look at the horizontal formation of the other side, it can be seen that the opponent's naval battle level is still stuck in 20 years ago. ”

Waldsey said, "What do you say?"

Falhekens said: "Five years ago, the Battle of Dadonggou between Japan and Chunguo had proved that the horizontal formation was no longer suitable for modern naval warfare, and the linear column formation was more effective than the horizontal formation, so the opponent was inferior to us in terms of the number of warships and firepower, coupled with the backward tactics, so I was completely sure that I could win this battle." ”

The Battle of Dadonggou was the first battle between steam ironclad ships in history, and it was a major review of the navy's technology and war wood after the navy developed from sail warships to steam ironclad ships, and occupied a very important position in the history of the development of the navy. Although five years have passed since the Dadonggou naval battle, the naval generals and military academies of various countries are still studying this naval battle at a cumulative level, in order to analyze the direction of the development of naval equipment and the study of naval warfare theory in the past few decades from every detail of the naval battle.

Excluding other reasons such as system, nation, and state, from a purely technical point of view, the Battle of Dadonggou can at least sum up several main experiences: from a tactical point of view, the linear column formation is more effective than the horizontal formation, and the angle of attack tactics have been completely outdated, large warships must be covered by small and medium-sized warships, and the Beiyang Naval Division did not do a good job in these points, so it lost this battle, and was sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet five ships, but failed to sink one of the opponent's ships.

From the point of view of ship design, technology, and performance, speed and firepower per unit time are very important in naval warfare, and high speed and rapid-fire guns have become a necessity for warships of various countries after the war, while warships without armor protection have extremely poor survivability in naval battles and are not suitable for the main force at sea. Judging from the warship technology of the Qing and Japanese warships, the firepower of the Beiyang Naval Division in speed and unit time was not as good as that of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but the armor was stronger than the opponent, so although it lost the battle, it was not a complete defeat, although it did not sink a ship of the opponent, but it also severely damaged four ships of the opponent, and the two capital ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, were still after the battle, and they still had the strength to fight. And in the end, it was the Japanese Combined Fleet that was the first to retreat from the battlefield. As for the annihilation of the Beiyang Naval Division, it was caused by a series of tactical decision-making mistakes later, but it had little to do with the Battle of Dadonggou.

Although Farheikkens is an army general, he is still young, and secondly, Germany has been vigorously developing its navy in recent years, so Farheikens also has some understanding of the navy, and the Battle of Dadonggou is a battle that can affect the development of the navy in this era, and the main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division are also built by Germany, and Farheikens has also done some serious research on this battle.

Judging from the experience summed up from the Battle of Dadonggou, almost all the tactical mistakes made by the Beiyang Naval Division were made by the other side, but they did not know how well the opponent's warships were performing.

While Wadsey and Farheikens were discussing, Heichrich had already made adjustments to the formation of the German fleet, and the flagship Count Bismarck led the five protective cruisers Victoria Louise and Feuer, Empress Augusta, Goddess of Peace, and Princess Wilhelm as the guerrilla fleet, and the speed of these six warships was relatively fast, reaching 19 knots, but the armor and firepower were not strong; by the three battleships Brandenburg, Wools, and Elector, Saxony, Byrne, Vortenberg, The four ironclads of the Baden formed the main fleet, and the seven warships were the opposite, with thick armor and strong firepower, but the speed was slow, only 14 knots.

At that time, the Beiyang Naval Division was arrayed in a horizontal formation, while the Japanese Combined Fleet met the battle in columns, with six ships of Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate, Chiyoda, Hiei, and Fuso as the main team, and the four ships Yoshino, Takachiho, Akitsuzu, and Naniwa as the first guerrilla force. Therefore, it was only natural for the German fleet to adopt the successful experience of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Just as the German fleet had just finished forming its formation, in the command room of the Count Bismarck, someone suddenly shouted: "The enemy ship has opened fire." ”

Wadsey, Farhekens, Heinrich and others also hurriedly raised their binoculars and looked at the opposite side, only to see that on the largest warship in the middle of the opponent's array, a large amount of smoke had been spewed out from the muzzle, Heinrich frowned, and said, "What is the distance between us and the enemy?"

Before the words fell, only a "boom" was heard, and about 50 meters in front of the left front of the Count Bismarck, a column of water more than ten meters high was raised, and the soldiers on the lookout reported that the distance between the two sides was 10.8 kilometers.

When Heinrich heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, because in this era, the combat distance of the navy was generally within five or six thousand meters, and the artillery distance of the battleship with the largest caliber artillery was not more than 7 kilometers. And the opponent's cannon fell only more than 50 meters away from the ship, which is already quite a high accuracy.

However, Heinrich thought about it, this may also be an accidental phenomenon, after all, even if it is a random fight, it is not impossible to accidentally hit a shell, but the first shot fell only more than 50 meters away from the ship, which is too lucky.

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