At 12 o'clock at noon on April 15, 3011 in the Tang calendar, the first and second teams of the independent fleet of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire, four large armored cruisers, four light cruisers, ten destroyers, and seven transport ships came to the sea area northeast of Kangshan Port, about 35 nautical miles away.

The seven transports were not loaded with many supplies, but carried four infantry wings of the Newport garrison.

One of these seven transport ships was left behind when the Second Infantry Brigade of Fushan County left, and the other six were requested by Su Yi from the Admiralty of the Liuyun Empire to temporarily serve as supply ships for the independent fleet.

The six transport ships given by the Admiralty are all medium-sized cargo ships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.

Because Su Yi had the idea of taking Kangshan Port as his own, he asked the four infantry wings of the Xingang garrison to come to Kangshan Port with the independent fleet on seven transport ships.

In the bridge of the Bavaria-class battleship Yongxiang of the First Combat Team, Wang Chengliang, the commander of the Independent Fleet, reported to Su Yi: "Marshal, in the direction of fifteen degrees south-west, the naval fleet of the Gisk Empire has been discovered, and it is now about sixteen nautical miles away from our Independent Fleet, but the battleships of the Gisk Empire outside the port of Kangshan seem to be a little more than the six dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships and ten ironclad battleships on the Admiralty intelligence, and I have already ordered two destroyers to protect seven troop carriers, Broke away from the main fleet. ”

Su Yi took a deep breath and relieved his slightly nervous mood, "Since we have arrived outside Kangshan Port, it is equivalent to having to send an arrow on the bow, even if all the battleships of the Jisk Empire are gathered here, is our independent fleet afraid?" ”

Wang Chengliang immediately said loudly: "Marshal, even if all the battleships of the Jisk Empire are outside Kangshan Port at this time, with the first and second teams of our independent fleet, I am confident that I will win the battle!" ”

Su Yi smiled and said, "Then it's up to you to command, by the way, what does the Celestial Star Empire fleet in Kangshan Harbor say?" ”

"The first fleet and the second fleet of the Celestial Star Empire in Kangshan Harbor are ready to start breaking through after learning the news of the arrival of our independent fleet, and these two fleets of the Celestial Star Empire can also help us contain some of the forces of the Jisk Empire's fleet."

"Tell these two fleets of the Celestial Star Empire to let them break through and leave as soon as possible while our independent fleet is entangled with the Jisk Imperial naval fleet, the independent fleet can't buy them much time."

"Don't worry, I understand what you mean."

Just as the independent fleet discovered the naval fleet of the Jisk Empire, the fleet of the Jisk Empire outside the port of Kangshan also discovered the independent fleet of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire from afar.

At this time, four dreadnought battleships, four former dreadnought battleships, four ironclad battleships, four armored cruisers and six light cruisers of the Second Fleet of the Gisk Imperial Navy had already converged with the First Fleet of the Gisk Imperial Navy.

As a result, the Imperial Navy of Gisk is currently outside the port of Kangshan, with ten dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnoughts, fourteen ironclad battleships, eighteen armored cruisers, twenty-two light cruisers, thirty destroyers, and forty-six torpedo boats.

Inside the bridge of the Holy Sword, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Gisk Empire, Commander Nikono's face was very ugly, "Those pieces of waste in the intelligence department should really be shot!" The Navy of the Liuyun Empire actually had ten dreadnought battleships, and at least two of them were super dreadnought battleships, or even more! ”

Pimushka, the captain of the Holy Sword, did not have a relaxed look on his face at this time, "Count Nikono, what should we do next?" ”

"What else can I do! Let's fight! ”

The First and Second Fleets of the Gisk Imperial Navy immediately divided into ten dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships, six ironclad battleships, eight armored cruisers, ten light cruisers, ten destroyers, and sixteen torpedo boats, and met the independent fleet of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire.

The twenty-two battleships of the Imperial Navy of Gisk soon formed a long battle line, and the six super dreadnought battleships and four dreadnought battleships of the independent fleet also formed a battle line, and the battleship formations on both sides were then trying to seize the T-head and occupy advantageous firing positions.

And just as the fleets of the two sides were getting closer, the two fleets of the Celestial Star Empire in Kangshan Harbor also poured out of the nest and began a breakthrough operation.

However, it was the navy of the Gisk Empire and the independent fleet that exchanged fire first, or the six super dreadnought battleships of the independent fleet, first began to pour shells into the battleship formation of the Gisk Empire, and the distance between the battle lines formed by the battleships of the two sides was about 20,000 meters.

You must know that the ten most powerful dreadnought battleships of the Jisk Imperial Navy outside Kangshan Port are all equipped with 45 times the caliber of 305 mm main guns, and their reasonable firing range is about 8,000 meters, that is to say, the ten dreadnought battleships of the Gisk Empire fire their guns within 8,000 meters away from the enemy ship, so they have a certain threat, and they basically don't need to consider the problem of hit rate at a distance of 8,000 meters from the enemy ship, they can only rely on luck.

Even the ten dreadnought battleships of the Gisk Empire could not reach a maximum range of 20,000 meters because they were limited by the firing elevation angle of the main guns.

The first salvo of the main guns of the six super dreadnoughts of the independent fleet did not hit any of the battleships of the Gisk Empire, but it cast a shadow on the hearts of the officers and men of the Gisk Empire.

The six super-dreadnought battleships of the Independence Fleet did not leave a shadow on the officers and men of the Imperial Navy of Gisk for too long, but transformed this shadow into a kind of fear.

In the second round of main gun salvo of the six super dreadnought battleships, a 380 mm armor-piercing shell fired by the Bavarian-class battleship Yongxiang hit the Dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Tomahawk in Gisk, causing a devastating explosion in the rear turret ammunition depot of the Tomahawk, the rear turret was blown up and lifted into the air, and the Tomahawk broke into two at the explosion and quickly sank to the sea.

The Tomahawk belongs to the Jisk Empire's Holy Sword class dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 21,300 tons, a full load displacement of 22,350 tons, and six twin 45 times the caliber of 305 mm main guns.

The Tomahawk was not the only Gisk Imperial battleship to be hit in the second salvo of the main guns of the six super dreadnoughts of the Independence fleet.

The Jisk Imperial Holy Sword-class dreadnought battleship Scimitar was hit by a 356-mm shell from the Ise-class battleship Tongan of the Independent Fleet and fell into the sea a few meters away from its hull, forming a near-miss, and immediately tore a large hole in the side armor of the Scimitar by more than ten meters.

The turbulent sea water instantly poured into the hull of the Scimitar, which not only caused the Scimitar to quickly tilt to the left, but also caused the Scimitar to immediately drop its speed to less than 13 knots.