"Longxing".

Half an hour ago, Gui Boyong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he received the battle report of the light patrol detachment and learned that the battle in the southwest direction had ended and that all four narrow light cruisers had been sunk. After solving the internal emergency, he also went to the restaurant and got himself a cup of coffee.

It's one thing to relax, it's just that until the end of the battle, he still has to stay inside the commander's bridge.

At this time, after two o'clock in the morning, it is most likely to be sleepy.

Drinking a cup of freshly ground coffee, not to mention how comfortable it tastes.

The taste of coffee has always been a place of pride for Gui Boyong, because Bai Zhizhan also developed the habit of drinking coffee after following him.

Where did I think, before the coffee was cold, the bad news came.

Two "Asahihi" class fast battleships were killed, and they also took the initiative to fire at the two "Damen" class.

Did those two bastards get water in their heads!?

While the captain was still reporting the situation, Gui Boyong smashed his fist on the countertop, the coffee cup fell down, and the steaming coffee was scattered on the ground.

Seeing that Gui Boyong suddenly became angry, the captain immediately closed his mouth.

You can't blame Gui Boyong, if you change other commanders with bad tempers, I'm afraid you've already opened your mouth to scold your mother.

After tossing for a few hours, he finally crippled the second main team, dragged the first main team, and played a favorable situation of a big victory. Unexpectedly, Li Jie and Jin Hong, these two sworn friends of Bai Zhizhan, actually became a trip to bite Jin, and came out to make trouble halfway.

Definitely making trouble!

Afraid that the first main team will slip away?

Can you slip away?

The Third Air Task Force under the command of Bai Zhizhan is in the West and East and will have a whole day tomorrow. Even if the 3rd Carrier-based Aviation Wing suffered heavy losses, there would be the 1st Carrier-based Aviation Wing stationed on Ashishima to play as a substitute, not to mention annihilation, at least it would be able to inflict heavy damage on the 1st Main Force.

Besides, what if you escape!?

Lose all the fleet aircraft carriers, and the narrow navy will definitely be defeated. Even if the two "Gate" class ships escaped back to the mainland, they could only sit and wait in the harbor.

When the special group commanded by Liu Xiangzhen arrived, no matter how many battleships there were in the Narrow Navy, they would not be able to turn over the capital.

If the ships that escaped back did not sink themselves, they would also be used as war reparations after the defeat of the Imperial State.

The same goes for the four battleships of the second main force.

It is precisely because of this that there is no exhaustive pursuit.

The art of war is cloudy: the poor don't chase.

Gao Ye is a poor man, and chasing and beating him will only force him to fight hard.

To put it more bluntly, after discovering that he had been defeated, Takano wished that someone would find him to fight so that he could realize his value as a soldier of the Sagami Navy.

To say, Gui Boyong can best understand Gao Ye's current feelings.

Gui Boyong and Gao Ye are people of the same era, and their experiences are very similar, and they are both deeply influenced by tradition.

Relatively speaking, Bai Zhizhan, these generals who are more than ten years younger, don't know Gao Ye so much.

In addition, a decisive battle of a fleet in which naval guns are used to decide the outcome often evolves into a situation in which "1,000 enemies are killed and 800 are self-inflicted," and both sides are defeated. Therefore, after achieving the main goal, the fleet commander will generally make trade-offs in order to preserve strength, and will not blindly fight to the death with the enemy.

In fact, in the era when battleships dominated the oceans, there was no such thing as "total annihilation".

Several decisive battles of the fleet in the last great war ended in the form of both defeats, and the side that had the advantage did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

If I want to say it, it was only after entering the era of aircraft carriers that there were examples of "total annihilation".

The naval battles of the past few days, measured by the destruction of the opponent's main combat forces, have reached the standard of "total annihilation," and the results of the victorious side far exceeded those of the previous decisive battles of the fleet.

Now, Gui Boyong regrets it very much.

At the beginning, it was he who recommended Li Jie and Jin Hong to serve as captains of two fast battleships.

recommended the two of them, mainly to give Bai Zhizhan face, but also for Bai Zhizhan's sake. The two of them are Bai Zhizhan's classmates, and they are close friends. Let them serve as captains, and there is even more reason to persuade the naval command to assign the two fast battleships to the task force where Bai Zhizhan is located.

The two dead friends act as guards with knives, and Bai Zhizhan can also have a lot less worries when charging into battle.

All in all, it's all for their good.

It's good now, the two second-class goods have left the overall situation behind for a little bit of military success!

Gui Boyong has an urge to hit someone, if those two second-class goods are standing in front of him now, they will definitely give each of them a slap!

If you haven't relieved your anger, you can slap one person with your backhand.

While Gui Boyong was thinking about what to do, the captain, Colonel Li Jiaheng, received a call from the first officer.

Because he knew that Gui Boyong would be angry, and the matter was indeed very serious, he specially came to the commander bridge to report the situation to Gui Boyong.

Before coming, he told the first mate to call if there was important news.

"Okay, got it." Putting down the microphone, Li Jiaheng hesitated for a moment before saying to Gui Boyong: "The lookout measured the distance between the two sides, which is about 20 kilometers. ”

Gui Boyong's brow jumped a few times quickly.

"The two Gates are sailing in a southwesterly direction and have begun to return fire with their main guns, although no flashes of explosions have been observed."

"You started saying it's twenty kilometers?"

Li Jiaheng nodded, indicating that Gui Boyong had heard correctly.

"These two bastards are not too stupid."

Hearing Gui Boyong say this, Li Jiaheng couldn't help laughing.

The key is that Gui Boyong's face looks much better.

Why?

That's twenty kilometers of combat distance!

In the acceptance test, the two "Xuhai" class ships demonstrated strong night artillery combat capabilities, proving how great the value of artillery aiming radar is.

Don't forget that the artillery sighting radar is just not very reliable, not bad performance.

In addition, during the acceptance tests, the home fleet summed up several tactics for night combat using gun-sighting radars.

To put it simply, as long as you get the rhythm of fire and make full use of the speed of a fast battleship, you can make it impossible for an enemy ship without a gunsight radar to fight back!

What's the key?

Without artillery sighting radar, it can only be observed when the opponent fires, and then the course and speed of the opponent can be roughly deduced based on the distance and interval between the two adjacent fires, and the trajectory of the opponent can be estimated based on this to set the shelling parameters.

It's very complicated and extremely unreliable.

As long as the opponent changes the speed and course after each fire, the estimated trajectory will be greatly deviated, and it will not meet the fire control standard at all.

In real combat, the magnitude of the deviation is often more than a tenth of the range.

In fact, this is the key to the inefficiency of night artillery warfare.

Before the advent of artillery sighting radar, unless the weather was particularly good, the night sky was cloudless, and a full moon was the best, the distance of night artillery battles rarely exceeded 10 kilometers.

No matter how far it goes, it's basically a waste of shells.

With artillery sighting radar, it's different.

The radar can always "star" at the enemy ship and measure the distance to the enemy ship in real time, so it is not an estimate of the enemy's trajectory, so there is no deviation.

The key is to keep a long enough distance from the enemy ship.

A few months ago, Gui Boyong wrote a report asking the Navy Command to pay more attention to long-range combat and long-range ammunition and increase related investment.

The fact that the two "Xuhai" class ships opened fire 20 kilometers away was tantamount to giving Gui Boyong a reassurance.

It doesn't matter if you waste a little shells, as long as the two fast battleships are safe and sound, it will be enough.