The enemy fleet includes 6 large warships, plus 5 small and medium-sized ships! "The radio officer of the West Frankish army reported to the fleet commander in the armored command room on the basis of what was reflected on the radar screen. As far as radar detection technology is concerned, the two major European powers, like the Tang Empire, are at the forefront of the whole world, and they are almost the same in terms of performance.

"The enemy ship is 23,000 yards away, and the azimuth is 233!" The firing commander of the "Dunkirk" again loudly reported this set of data to the command.

"Fire! Each ship concentrates its fire on the lead ship of the enemy fleet! "The Dunkirk" is equipped with a 15-inch gun with a maximum effective range of 32,000 meters, or 37,000 yards, with a normal charge, and can even send shells to a distance of 40 kilometers in the case of a strong charge.

As the world's first battleship to use a full heavy oil fuel boiler, the five "Dunkirk" class battleships of the Royal Navy are indeed the pinnacle of the dreadnought battleship era, reaching an almost perfect level in terms of firepower, protection and speed. What is strange is that the West Frankish Navy has since begun to go downhill, and the "Brittany" class built later and the two "cardinal" class "diving heavy gunboats" built after the war are inferior to the "Dunkirk" class ships in their comprehensive combat performance.

This is why, twenty-five years after its completion and service, this battleship has re-become the flagship of the Royal Navy's home fleet, which is also a true portrayal of the decline of the West Frankish Navy.

Compared with the new battleships of the Imperial Navy, although the "Dunkirk" is a little old and can no longer keep up with the speed of the new fleet aircraft carriers, its comprehensive strength should not be underestimated in a close artillery battle.

The two armies faced each other, met on narrow roads, and a fierce naval battle inevitably began.

After the second salvo of the main guns, good news came from the radar room of the "Qilianshan": the target they attacked first was leaving the battle column, and if nothing else, it had already been damaged in these two rounds of shelling. Since the warship was out of array, Chen Shiying ordered the fleet to turn its main firepower to the large warships that the other side was currently in the first place, and use secondary guns to deal with the small warships that rushed over.

There was nothing to celebrate in the destruction of a West Francian battleship, and although the warship was temporarily out of the battlefield, it was entirely possible that the ship's repair crew would be able to regain its operational capability after a short period of time.

Now the sea is still dark, and there are vast snowflakes falling in the sky, and you can't see the opponent's situation at all. But under the guidance of the fire control radar, the accuracy of the fire on both sides was quite high. The battleship "Kunlunshan", which sailed at the head of the Imperial fleet, was hit by a large-caliber cannonball in the second round of return fire from the West Franks, and a large fire ignited on the rear bridge near the chimney, which looked a little scary.

Chen Shiying inquired about the damage to the "Kunlun Mountain," and the captain of the ship, Colonel Li Ziqiang, replied that the damage was not serious, and it seemed that this super battleship with a standard displacement of 45,000 tons had quite a strong ability to resist strikes.

The secondary guns of battleships of all levels of the German Empire were replaced with the same leSK38H 55 times caliber 150 mm twin-mounted high-level dual-purpose turret specially developed for the Navy by Quang Nam Ordnance Company. Due to the use of semi-automatic reloading, its rate of fire was as high as 12 rounds per minute, far exceeding the rate of fire of the secondary guns of battleships of various countries in this era, and its density of fire was quite amazing.

The Qilianshan-class battleships were armed with 10 150-twin turrets, while the "Green Ridge" class was equipped with eight. Under such dense firepower, the two West Francian destroyers that were rushing towards the Imperial fleet quickly stalled sharply on the radar screen, and through the telescope, they could see two flames gradually rising on the sea in the distance.

The West Frankish fleet finally turned all over Cape Kodre, making small tactical maneuvers over the sea. After adjusting the queue, the gunners of the West Frankish fleet also hit more and more accurately: 5 shells fell within 50 meters of the nearly missed, and the "Kunlun Mountain", which was sailing in front of the "Qilian Mountain", was surrounded by several columns of water that rose into the sky, and a 15-inch shell directly hit its bow!

A large fireball rose up from the bow of the "Kunlun Mountain" and exploded in the night sky, and it seemed that the starboard anchor was also blown away. A prematurely exploded shell is not terrible - the fuse of the West Francian armor-piercing shell is too sensitive, and the problem of premature detonation has been going on for a long time, and it has not been effectively solved from the last time in the world to the present. However, the large amount of debris from the explosion would still cause terrible damage to some of the personnel on the ship's exposed gun positions, and it would also cause some problems for the well-trained damage management personnel on the Imperial ships. A fire broke out in the bow of the "Kunlun Mountain," and the firefighters on board were braving the fire and dragging a long rubber hose there.

"Concentrate your firepower and bombard the first battleship of the opponent's array with all your might!" Chen Shiying set his eyes in the direction of the West Francian fleet in the dark distance, and his current target was still the most comprehensive new battleship in the West Francian fleet, the "Genbar", a powerful battleship with ten 14-inch main guns.

Rear Admiral Lin Taiquan stood on the right side of the bridge of the "Songshan" and watched with some concern the main guns of his ship, and he was a little worried about the condition of his flagship. In such a hard-fought battleship naval artillery battle, the defense situation of this old ship, which is more than 25 years old, is worrying.

Behind the cannonballs there was a trail of red tracer light that flew into the dark night sky, the snow had already fallen a little, and a few flares fired by the West Franks overhead, emitting a green and white phosphorescence, were slowly falling. An array of Imperial warships appeared on the sea, and on the smoke of gunpowder, the "Songshan" was splashed with columns of water around it under the crossfire of West Francian artillery fire.

"Torpedo found! Starboard 17 degrees! …… Captain, found a torpedo on the starboard side, into the corner 17! The watch posts on the warship, the officers and sailors on the bridge all shouted together.

Although the earplug-wearing Lin Taiquan could barely hear any sound in his ears amid the constant roar of the main guns, and his eyes were blurred by the dazzling fire light from the muzzle of the guns, he still noticed the shouts of these people and saw the wake of the approaching West Francian torpedoes on the sea.

Lin Taiquan immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Right full rudder!" ”

"Right rudder, sir!" The helmsman replied in a loud voice, "Full helm right!" ”

The decisive charge of the destroyers of West Francia still played a role, and the formation of the Imperial fleet seemed a little chaotic, almost directly in front of the warship, two shiny, metallic torpedoes, piercing through the dark and calm water, in front of the bow, speeding at a slight angle.

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