In the early morning of June 1, 1539, a large fleet could be seen slowly sailing westward on the foggy sea.

And this huge fleet is the main force of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

In the bridge of the Mogui battleship, Liu Ergou yawned, and then asked Liang Baozhong, the first officer, "Haven't you found the shadow of the combined fleet of the three beast countries yet?" ”

The first mate Liang Baozhong, who had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, nodded, "I haven't found it yet."

However, based on the time and distance, we may be able to meet it today. ”

Liu Ergou saw the dark circles under the eyes of the first mate Liang Baozhong, and yawned again, "Liang Zi, don't tell me, you haven't slept all night?" ”

The first mate Liang Baozhong said with a wry smile: "I am not as big as your heart, I can fall asleep on the bed, and the sound of snoring can be heard through the hatch."

I was lying in bed yesterday, turning over and over, and I didn't fall asleep all night. ”

Liu Ergou couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Liangzi, you are also an old fritter who has gone through the Battle of Xiangshi Island, the Battle of Shark Island and the Battle of Gaoluo Island, why are you still so nervous?"

I don't know, I thought you were a new recruit who was going to the battlefield for the first time! ”

"Ergou, the enemy our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is facing too strong this time.

According to the information obtained, the Golden Lion Imperial Navy sent 80 battleships with full main guns, 4 battle cruisers, 80 all-steel battleships, 80 large armored cruisers, 160 light cruisers and 160 destroyers.

The navy of the Red Tiger Empire sent 40 battleships with full main guns, 40 all-steel battleships, 40 large armored cruisers, 70 light cruisers, and 70 destroyers.

The navy of the Silver Wolf Empire sent 24 battleships with full main guns, 26 all-steel battleships, 20 large armored cruisers, 30 light cruisers, and 30 destroyers.

The combined number of capital ships of the navies of these three countries is close to 300, and the nine main formations of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have only gathered 120 battleships with full main guns, 36 battlecruisers, and 20 all-steel battleships this time.

In terms of the number of capital ships, it is more than 100 less than the combined fleet of the three beast countries.

With such a big gap, I really have no bottom in my heart! ”

Liu Ergou still looked unconcerned, "Liang Zi, don't think about it so much, this time our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is fighting against the water, and there is no other way than to risk your life to fight hard."

Anyway, Lao Tzu's suicide note has already been written, I can't control anything else, the 6 'Mo' class all-main gun battleships of our 15th Sentai must fight to the end with the combined fleet of the three beast countries!

Whoever dares to be a deserter, then don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and being ruthless, military law is engaged! ”

The first mate Liang Baozhong immediately said: "Ergou, don't worry, I am also ready to sacrifice, I will live and die with our Mo Gui, and I will never be a deserter." ”

"You said that since you are not even afraid of death, what are you worried about, when you meet the combined fleet of the three beast countries, it will be over!"

As soon as Liu Ergou's words fell, a major officer hurriedly walked over, "Captain, first mate, Xue Zhi called, the enemy reconnaissance ship was found in front, and the teams of the fifth formation were ordered to immediately enter combat readiness." ”

Xue Zhi is Xue Tai, the commander of the fifth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

At present, the fifth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has a total of four battleship squadrons, and the first three squadrons are composed of six "Mo" class all-main gun battleships, and the "Mo" class is the United States New Mexico-class all-main gun battleships.

Among them, there are 8 US New Mexico-class battleships with full main guns, which Zhou Rui just extracted from the lottery system not long ago.

The last team consisted of 8 "Tian"-class battleships with full main guns, and the "Tian" class was the American Tennessee-class battleships.

These 8 Tennessee-class battleships with full main guns were also extracted by Zhou Ruigang from the lottery system.

Thanks to the large number of reservists trained by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, these warships extracted by Zhou Ruixin are all equipped with officers and soldiers.

When Liu Ergou heard this, his spirit couldn't help but perk, "It's finally here, and I will immediately send a telegram to the other 5 'Mo' class all-main gun battleships of our 15th Squadron to convey Xue Zhi's order." ”

After a pause, Liu Ergou patted the shoulder of the first mate, Liang Baozhong, "Liang Zi, I have a hunch that this time our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet will be another big victory."

The suicide note written by our brother will not be used. ”

"Hehe, I'm with you, the first lucky general of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, but I'm not worried about losing my life.

I don't admire you in other aspects, in terms of luck, Ergou, you are definitely an existence against the sky! ”

At about nine o'clock in the morning of June 1, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the joint expeditionary force of the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire met in the western waters of an island and reef.

Because the name of this reef is Black Coral Island, the countries later called this naval battle the Battle of Black Coral Island.

At this time, the naval warships of the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire were divided into three columns, and from three directions, they pressed towards the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

In the bridge of the Ruixue all-main gun battleship, the flagship of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Song Limin saw the naval warships of the three beast countries, divided into three columns, and immediately said to the captain Chen Yongliang: "Order the first formation, the second formation, and the sixth formation to form the first column to meet the navy of the Golden Lion Empire."

Order the third, eighth, and ninth formations to form a second column to meet the navy of the Red Tiger Empire.

The fourth, fifth, and seventh formations were ordered to form a third column to face the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the two submarines were also assigned to the third column.

This battle is related to the life and death of our southwest coastal defense fleet, order all warships, hang the blood skull flag! ”

The Blood Skull Flag is a kind of flag used by the navy of the Han and Tang Empires in ancient times, representing that there is no advance or retreat, and that there is no victory against the enemy.

Of the three columns assigned by Song Limin, the strength of the third column was stronger.

Among them, the four battleship squadrons under the jurisdiction of the fourth formation have a total of 26 American Nevada-class battleships with full main guns.

The four battleship fleets of the fifth formation totaled 18 American New Mexico-class battleships with full main guns and 8 American Tennessee-class battleships.

The four battle cruiser fleets of the seventh formation, the battle cruisers that could fight at this time, including 9 Kongo-class battlecruisers and 15 British Lion-class battlecruisers.

On the opposite side, the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Fleet had only 24 all-main gun battleships and 26 all-steel battleships.

The tactic of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is obvious, which is to concentrate on defeating the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Fleet, the weakest in the navies of the three countries.

The commander of the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary fleet, Gelia, found that the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet had put the main force on his side, and immediately sent a telegram to Kuzir, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, and Jestu, the commander-in-chief of the Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary fleet.

Ask the Golden Lion Empire Navy and the Red Tiger Empire Navy to send a part of the warships to support their own direction.

However, Gloya's telegram was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the two sides fought for more than three hours, and the Golden Lion Empire Navy and the Red Tiger Empire Navy did not send warships to support the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary fleet.

"Boom-boom-" In a series of explosions, another Fire Pigeon-class all-main gun battleship of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy was blown in two and quickly sank to the sea.

This is already the fourth all-main gun battleship sunk by the Silver Wolf Empire Navy after the start of the war.

The Fire Pigeon class is the latest full-gun battleship in the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, with a full load displacement of 27,500 tons, a maximum speed of 20 knots, and five twin 45 times caliber 340 mm guns.

The Painted Condor, the flagship of Glia, is also one of the Firepigeon-class battleships with full main guns.

In the bridge of the Painted Eagle, seeing that another battleship with all main guns had been sunk, Gloria's face was very ugly.

If we only look at the combat quality of the officers and men, the officers and men of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy will definitely surpass the officers and men of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, which can be seen from the hit rates of both sides.

However, the problem is that the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet's Nevada-class all-main-gun battleships, the U.S. New Mexico-class all-main-gun battleships, and the U.S. Tennessee-class all-main-gun battleships are all very resistant to beating.

Nine Kongo-class battlecruisers and 15 British Lion-class battlecruisers hid behind the three full-main gun battleships, and so far, the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy had not sunk any of the capital ships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

"Commander, Kuzir of the Golden Lion Empire's Navy has sent another telegram, asking our Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Fleet to entangle this main force of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet at all costs.

So that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire and the navy of the Red Tiger Empire could take the opportunity to annihilate the other two detachments of the enemy. Dayavi, the captain of the Condor, said in a deep voice.

"Bang-" Golia slammed her fist on the table in front of her, "they're killing people with a knife!"

When they wiped out the two detachments of the other side, we were almost eaten by the main force of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet! ”

"Commander, what shall we do now?"

Glia gritted her teeth and said, "We are followed by 5 armies and 10 independent divisions of the Royal Army.

If our navy is destroyed, the 5 armies and 10 independent divisions of the Royal Army will also have to become cannon fodder.

Anyway, order all the battleships to turn around, we won't fight! ”

"Huh? Commander, are we really going to withdraw? ”

"If you don't withdraw, will you wait for death? Immediately carry out the order to convey me, and I will be responsible for all the consequences! ”

Kuzir, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, and Jestu, the commander-in-chief of the Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary fleet, were angry enough to learn that the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary fleet had escaped.

They sent several harshly worded telegrams to the commander of the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Fleet, Glia, demanding that the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Fleet must return to the battlefield.

However, Gloya ignored the requests of the commanders of the expeditionary fleets of the other two countries, and directly withdrew from the battlefield with the remaining warships of the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary fleet.

The fourth, fifth, and seventh formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, seeing that the battleships of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy had run away, did not pursue them, but directly turned around and began to work together with the third, eighth, and ninth formations to deal with the Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary fleet.

The expeditionary fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy consisted of 80 capital ships, including 40 battleships with full main guns and 40 battleships made of all-steel.

The capital ships of the third formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet participated in the battle, including 10 German King-class all-main gun capital ships, 7 Dongying-Kuni-class Fuso-class all-main gun capital ships, and 4 Dongyingkuni-Ise-class full-main gun battleships.

The capital ships of the eighth formation participating in the battle included 5 Brave class full main gun battleships, 9 Black Prince-class full main gun battleships and 7 Six-Headed Snake class full main gun battleships captured by the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

The capital ships of the ninth formation participated in the battle, with a total of 20 all-steel battleships.

In this way, the second column of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has 44 all-main gun battleships and 20 all-steel battleships.

Although it suffered a slight loss in the number of capital ships, it fought well with the Red Tiger Empire Expeditionary Fleet on the scene and did not show any disadvantages.

Moreover, after more than three hours of bombardment of the capital ships, the capital ships of the Red Tiger Empire Expeditionary Fleet were sunk several more than the second column of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, and 4 battleships with full main guns and 7 all-steel battleships were already sunk in the engagement.

When the three formations of the third column of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet came over, the Red Tiger Empire Expeditionary Fleet immediately became a little unable to hold on.

In the bridge of the Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary fleet's flagship provocateur, the commander of the Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy's Second Fleet, Jestu, angrily shouted to the captain Blaitze: "Send a telegram to the lion people immediately, if they don't send warships to support, our Red Tiger Empire's navy will not fight!" ”

The Provocateur is also the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, and belongs to one of the Red Tiger Empire's Robust-class all-main gun battleships, with a full load displacement of 29,000 tons, a maximum speed of 20 knots, and five twin 45 times caliber 350 mm main guns.

Captain Blaise hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, the lion people should have the same mind as us, and I'm afraid they won't come to support us." ”

"Then let's learn from the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, and leave the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires to the navy of the Golden Lion Empire to deal with it alone!"

After receiving the telegram from Jestu, Kuzil, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, not only did not send supporting warships, but ordered to open a certain distance from the battle line of the first column of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

If the Red Tiger Empire's navy also ran away, there would be no need for the Golden Lion Empire's navy to continue fighting.

Kuzir always remembered the explanation of the governor Kosno, and the elimination of the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires was only secondary, and the most important thing was to reduce the losses of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, so that the naval losses of the Red Tiger Empire would be greater.

Because the expeditionary fleets of the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire each had their own ghosts, this naval battle of Black Coral Island turned out to be a bit dramatic.

The combined fleet of the three navies, which was much more powerful, collapsed after a few hours of fighting, and the expeditionary fleets of the three navies withdrew from the battlefield.

Since the navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the navy of the Golden Lion Empire began to retreat almost at the same time, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet then launched a pursuit battle that made people laugh and cry.