Chapter 352: The Impending Battle at Sea

With the clones and cyborgs under Su Yi's command entering the world of the Great Qin Kingdom through the Star Gate, more weapons, equipment and other materials were transported from the world of the Tang Empire and the Great Han Kingdom, making the combat effectiveness of the Yueyang Front Army unprecedentedly strong.

On the battlefield in the territory of the Ice Lion Country, by the beginning of November in the year 2539 of the Divine Calendar, the Yueyang Front Army had completely occupied the eight states of the Ice Lion Country, and was still attacking the other five states.

On the battlefield in the southwest region of the Great Qin Kingdom, the Yueyang Front Army has completely recovered Lizhou Province, and is currently fighting with the Blood Wolf Country Army and the Ice Lion Country Army for Moyang Province and Ganchang Province.

However, as the Ice Lion Country, the Red Tiger Country, the Eastern Bear Country, and the Blood Wolf Country put more troops into the battlefield, whether it was the battlefield in the Ice Lion Country or the battlefield in the southwest region of the Great Qin State, the armies of both sides showed a stalemate.

On the night of November 2, 2539, in the headquarters of the coalition forces in the territory of the Ice Lion Country's Minkmore State, the faces of the Ice Lion Country Field Marshal Kajano, the East Bear Country Field Marshal Mochka, and the Red Tiger Country Field Marshal Alm were all a little solemn.

Originally, the headquarters of the coalition army was located in the territory of the Ice Lion State Traurak State, but under the onslaught of the Great Qin Yueyang Front, the Traurak State had completely fallen, and the armies of the Ice Lion, Dongxiong, and Red Tiger had to transfer the headquarters of the coalition army to the territory of Minkmore State.

Ice Lion Country Field Marshal Callano said in a deep voice: "Although at present, our coalition forces have temporarily suppressed the advance of the Great Qin Yueyang Front, but in all defensive lines, the losses of our coalition forces are very large, especially the army units of our Ice Lion Country, on November 1st alone, the casualties of our Ice Lion Country Army exceeded 250,000, according to such casualty figures, even if the size of our Ice Lion Country Army remains at about 15 million, two months later, We, the Ice Lion Country, will also be reduced to the point where there are no soldiers available. ”

The Eastern Bear Army Marshal Mochka sighed and said: "Since the Great Qin Air Force has gained air supremacy, the days of our coalition army have become more and more difficult, even if our three countries have sent a large number of troops, it has not changed this situation, and at present, we can form a stalemate with the Yueyang Front Army on all fronts, which is completely dependent on the lives of our three army forces." ”

The Marshal of the Red Tiger Country, Alm, continued: "It is said that it is a stalemate, the others are just that the armies of our three countries can barely resist the attack of the Great Qin Yueyang Front, as long as we can't regain air supremacy, the armies of our three countries will not be able to launch a counterattack, and even with the casualties of the front-line troops gradually increasing, the current defense line of our three armies in the five states will become precarious." ”

The field marshal of the Eastern Bear Country, Mochka, immediately smiled bitterly and said: "How difficult it is to regain air supremacy!" The more than 800 fighters and more than 300 bombers that our Dongxiong Air Force sent to the front line not long ago were almost completely lost in less than two days, and the combat effectiveness of the Daqin Air Force has undergone earth-shaking changes in a short period of time, and I don't know where the Daqin Air Force has found so many ace pilots! ”

Field Marshal of the Red Tiger Country Arm shook his head and said: "The more than 2,000 fighters of our Red Tiger Air Force are still in transit, but according to the strong strength displayed by the Great Qin Air Force, even if the more than 2,000 fighters of our Red Tiger Air Force join the battlefield, it will be difficult for our Three Kingdoms Alliance to regain air supremacy." ”

The Field Marshal of the Ice Lion Country, Kayano, said with a bitter face: "Our Ice Lion Air Force has suffered too much loss before, and several large aircraft factories have been seriously damaged by the bombing of the Daqin Air Force. ”

After Kayano's words, there was a brief silence in the headquarters, because they could not regain air supremacy on the front line, the armies of the three countries had no other way but to rely on human lives to block the attack of the Great Qin Yueyang Front.

Although the three marshals also knew that this was not the way to go, they could not change the current situation.

Field Marshal of the Red Tiger Country, Arm, sighed and broke the silence in the command, "The combined fleet of the navies of our four countries is about to launch an attack on the coast of the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, if we can open up another battlefield in the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, it should be able to relieve a lot of pressure on our side." ”

At about nine o'clock in the morning of November 3, 2539, on the sea more than 300 kilometers east of the port of Minggang of the Great Qin Kingdom, an unusually large fleet was heading in the direction of the port of Minggang.

Minggang is the largest port in the northeast of the Great Qin Kingdom, and at present, the main force of the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army is gathered in the port of Minggang, and this huge fleet that is advancing towards Minggang is the combined fleet of the four navies composed of the Red Tiger Navy, the Blood Wolf Navy, the East Bear Navy, and the Ice Lion Navy.

In order to form this combined fleet of the four navies, help the land forces of the four countries alliance, and open up another battlefield in the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, the Red Tiger Country, the Blood Wolf Country, the East Bear Country and the Ice Lion Kingdom all sent a considerable number of warships to join this joint fleet of the four countries' navies.

As the world's largest navy, the Red Tiger Navy sent a total of six large aircraft carriers, four medium aircraft carriers, six small aircraft carriers, 20 escort aircraft carriers, 12 super dreadnought battleships, 10 battle cruisers, 12 dreadnought battleships, 20 heavy cruisers, 50 light cruisers, 72 destroyers, and 20 submarines to join the combined fleet of the four navies.

As the world's second navy, the Blood Wolf Nation Navy sent four large aircraft carriers, one medium aircraft carrier, two small aircraft carriers, eight super dreadnought battleships, fourteen escort carriers, eight battle cruisers, eight dreadnought battleships, twelve heavy cruisers, twenty-four light cruisers, forty-six destroyers, and ten submarines to join the combined fleet of the four countries' navies.

Due to the heavy losses suffered by the Ice Lion Navy, this time only one large aircraft carrier, two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers, two dreadnought battleships, two heavy cruisers, six light cruisers and eight destroyers were sent to the combined fleet of the four navies, of which the large aircraft carrier was also donated to the Ice Lion Navy by the Red Tiger Navy.

Due to its own strength, the East Bear Navy's own strength is not very strong, and the warships that joined the combined fleet of the four navies this time have only one medium aircraft carrier, one small aircraft carrier, two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers, four dreadnought battleships, four heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and ten destroyers.

Although the Ice Lion Country and the Eastern Bear Kingdom did not send many warships, the two countries together sent thousands of transport ships carrying about one million army troops, preparing to open up another battlefield in the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, of which the Ice Lion Country Army was about 650,000 and the East Bear Country Army was about 350,000.

The Red Tiger Kingdom also sent 200,000 land forces this time, and followed the combined fleet of the four navies to the coast of the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom, only the Blood Wolf Country only sent its navy to join the combined fleet of the four navies due to the huge pressure of the southwest battlefield of the Great Qin Kingdom, and did not send army troops to participate.

In the bridge of the Red Tiger Navy's Sturdy aircraft carrier, Red Tiger Nation Navy Marshal Long Cott Lang said to the Blood Wolf Country Navy Marshal Fairford, Ice Lion Country Admiral Drabe and East Bear Country Admiral Withertham: "Now our four-nation naval combined fleet is only about three hundred and forty kilometers away from the Ming Port of the Great Qin State, and the reconnaissance aircraft has already discovered a large number of simple aircraft carriers of the Great Qin State in the waters outside the Ming Port of the Great Qin State, and this naval battle that can determine the direction of the entire war is coming soon!" ”

The above four people are the fleet commanders of the Red Tiger Navy, the Blood Wolf Navy, the East Bear Navy, and the Ice Lion Navy, while the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the four navies is served by Marshal Long Kete of the Red Tiger Nation.

Marshal Fairford of the Blood Wolf Country said in a deep voice: "Although the twenty or so modified escort aircraft carriers of the Great Qin Navy are not worth mentioning, but the combat effectiveness of several carrier-based aircraft on these twenty or so escort aircraft carriers is very strong, which Admiral Delava should deeply understand, although our four-nation naval combined fleet has eleven large aircraft carriers, six medium aircraft carriers, nine small aircraft carriers and thirty-four escort aircraft carriers, but we can't be careless, don't forget that the Great Qin Air Force is near the port of Minggang, A lot of fighters have also been arranged, and these fighters of the Great Qin Air Force will definitely join the decisive battle at sea. ”

After the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's was heavily damaged, although Drava, as the commander, was punished by the Ice Lion Navy, the position of commander still fell to Drava's head when the Ice Lion Navy's first aircraft carrier formation was rebuilt.

The warships that the Ice Lion Navy's Navy joined the combined fleet of the four countries' navies this time are all from the rebuilt Ice Lion Navy's First Aircraft Carrier Formation.

The escort aircraft carriers are the Red Tiger Navy and the Blood Wolf Navy, inspired by the independent fleet of the Great Qin Navy, and some large transport ships were urgently transformed into simple aircraft carriers, which were called escort aircraft carriers by the navies of these two countries.

Each escort aircraft carrier of the navies of these two countries can carry more than 30 carrier-based aircraft, and the escort aircraft carrier with the largest full load displacement of the Red Tiger Navy can even carry 36 carrier-based fighters, 16 carrier-based torpedo bombers, 16 carrier-based dive bombers, and two carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft.

Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Country nodded and said: "The carrier-based aircraft of the Great Qin Navy are indeed very powerful, and the carrier-based aircraft of our Ice Lion Navy have an obvious gap in performance in all aspects, not to mention the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force, if it were not for the front line in our Ice Lion Country and the front line in the southwest region of the Great Qin Country, which was seized by the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force, our armies of the four countries would not need to open up another battlefield to relieve the pressure on the other two battlefields." ”

Admiral Withertham of the Eastern Bear Kingdom then said: "Now that the combined fleet of our four navies is ready to be launched, this time our four navies have gathered such a powerful force, if we can no longer seize the sea and air supremacy along the northeast coast of the Great Qin State, then it is debatable whether this war should continue." ”

Marshal of the Red Tiger Country, Long Kete, smiled slightly, "Counting the escort aircraft carriers, our joint fleet of the four navies has sixty aircraft carriers, and the number of carrier-based aircraft exceeds three thousand, and I am full of confidence in the sea and air supremacy along the coast of the northeast region of the Great Qin Kingdom. ”

After a pause, Longcott continued: "When our four-nation naval combined fleet approached the port of Minggang for two hundred kilometers, we will first launch the first round of attacks on the Daqin aircraft carrier fleet outside the port of Minggang, do you have any different suggestions?" ”

The fleet commanders of the other three navies looked at each other and nodded one after another, and soon the entire combined fleet of the four navies began to prepare for the attack.

Outside the port of Minggang, twenty-two airstrips, two super dreadnought battleships, two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and four destroyers of the independent fleet of the Great Qin Navy all gathered here, ready to meet the huge combined fleet of the four navies.

The five warships of the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy, which were captured by the Great Qin Independent Fleet, have all been repaired at the Minggang Shipyard, and the Minggang Shipyard has also renovated eight more simple aircraft carriers for the Independent Fleet, bringing the number of simple aircraft carriers of the Independent Fleet to 22.

In addition, the minimum of the 22 improvised aircraft carriers is more than 10,000 tons, and the full load displacement of four improvised aircraft carriers exceeds 30,000 tons, carrying more than 80 carrier-based aircraft.

In the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen, the flagship of the independent fleet, Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, said to Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, with a solemn face: "The huge fleet composed of the four navies of the Red Tiger, Blood Wolf, Ice Lion, and East Bear is only more than 300 kilometers away from our independent fleet, and this naval battle that is about to break out is likely to determine the direction of the entire war, and our independent fleet can't afford to lose!" However, compared with the combined fleet composed of the navies of the four countries, the difference in strength between our independent fleet is too obvious. ”

Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, pondered for a while and said: "Commander, this time it is not our independent fleet fighting alone, the independent division of the air force has also deployed sixteen air regiments at many airfields and temporary field airfields near Minggang, adding up to more than 1,700 fighters, not to mention that the 22 simple aircraft carriers of our independent fleet also have a total of more than 1,200 carrier-based aircraft, as long as our independent fleet can maintain a combat distance from the combined fleet of the four navies, there are still many chances of victory. After all, the vast majority of the pilots of our independent fleet and independent divisions of the Air Force can be called ace pilots. ”

According to the establishment of independent air force divisions, each air regiment has 72 Xiuniao fighters and 36 goshawk dive bombers.

Ding Haifeng, commander of the independent fleet, sighed and said: "Now we can only pin our hopes on the more than 1,700 fighters of the independent division of the air force and the more than 1,200 carrier-based aircraft of our independent fleet. ”