Chapter 257: Confrontation between Coastal Defense Artillery and Warships
A long armored train stopped at the railway station in Huifeng City, Su Yi, dressed in military uniform, walked down from the carriage of the armored train under the protection of the royal guards, and Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, with Yuan Fan, commander of the First Fleet, Xu Liang, commander of the Second Fleet, and Li Xiaogang, commander of the Seventh Fleet, have been waiting on the platform for a long time, and the time is now the evening of September 8, 3016 in the Tang calendar.
"Your Majesty, it's been hard all the way, the minister asked people to prepare a dinner party in Huifeng City, do you want to go to Huifeng Port after dinner?" Zhang Qihui asked Su Yi respectfully.
Su Yi waved his hand, "The combined fleet composed of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi is coming towards the sea area of our Tang Empire, time is pressing, let's go to Huifeng Port first, I have already dealt with it on the train just now." ”
Zhang Qihui nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Huifeng Port has been completely blocked, we can go over at any time, and the car is ready, just park outside the station." ”
After Su Yi took the car to the blockaded Huifeng Port, he immediately put the ten super dreadnought battleships, twenty-four battle cruisers and one hundred and forty-four destroyers that had been purchased in the system item warehouse into reality, and Su Yi also bought all the 80,000 navy-type junior combat biochemical people that he had accumulated in the system mall for two months and did not buy them, and used them to serve as officers and soldiers of these new warships.
The ten super dreadnought battleships include four George V-class, four Richelieu-class, one Japanese Nagato-class and one Bavaria-class, the first eight are the two extra super dreadnought battleships in the system mall after Su Yi's system rank was promoted to colonel, and the last two are the system rewards to Su Yi after the first team of the Third Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy captured the enemy's two super dreadnought battleships.
The twenty-four battle cruisers include four Moltke-class, four Lion-class, four Tiger-class, four Kong-class, four Prestige-class, and four Hood-class, and the one hundred and forty-four destroyers include seventy-two M-class destroyers and seventy-two Vickers-class destroyers.
According to the opinion of Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, the newly added 10 super dreadnought battleships, 24 battle cruisers, and 144 destroyers were not dispersed into the main fleets, but temporarily used these warships to form a provisional fleet.
This temporary fleet was immediately sent out by Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief, and did not stay in Huifeng Port, and Zhang Qihui was ready to let this temporary fleet carry out an important mission.
Su Yi then took out the 600 Junkers-88 dive bombers and 1,200 Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters that had increased the number of restricted purchases this year from the system goods warehouse and put them in several military airports around Huifeng Port.
Originally, the Datang Royal Air Force had deployed 300 Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and 400 Junkers-88 dive bombers at these military airports around Huifeng Port, plus these fighters that Su Yi had just taken out, the Datang Royal Air Force had gathered 1,500 fighters and 1,000 bombers around Huifeng Port.
It is precisely because the Datang Royal Air Force has gathered so many fighters around Huifeng Port, especially the Junkers-88 dive bombers that have 1,000 Junkers-88 dive bombers that can carry out aerial bombardment of enemy warships, so the Datang Royal Navy, which gathered in Huifeng Port, did not rush to meet the combined fleet of the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies, but continued to stay in Huifeng Port, preparing to wait for the combined fleets of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi to fall into the net.
On the morning of September 10, 3016 in the Tang calendar, a fleet of extremely large scale, almost as far as the eye can see, was sailing on the blue sea, and this huge fleet was the combined fleet composed of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad and Noomi.
In addition to 279 super dreadnought battleships, 268 battle cruisers, and 33 dreadnought battleships, this joint fleet of the three navies also has 180 large armored cruisers, 228 small and medium-sized armored cruisers, 716 light cruisers, 980 destroyers, 322 submarines, more than 100 minesweepers, more than 1,000 torpedo boats, and more than 700 supply ships. The combined fleet of the navies of Monia and Rierland.
In the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, the commander of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, Petru, said in a deep voice to the commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Denis, and the commander of the Royal Navy of Noomi Porfi: "Now the combined fleet of the navies of our three countries has entered the waters of the Tang Empire, but according to the news that has been transmitted, the three main fleets of the Datang Navy are still staying in Huifeng Port and have not moved. ”
After a pause, Petru continued: "In addition, a large part of the warships of the Fourth Main Fleet and the Sixth Main Fleet of the Datang Navy are rushing to Huifeng Port, and the capital ships in this part of the warships include forty super dreadnought battleships, sixty-four battle cruisers, and forty-six dreadnought battleships. ”
The commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Denis, sneered and said: "It seems that the Datang Navy wants to start a decisive battle with the combined fleet of our three navies in Huifeng Port, as far as I know, the Datang Air Force is in Huifeng Port, but there are many fighters, including a considerable number of bombers." ”
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Polfi frowned and said: "The performance of those fighters of the Datang Air Force can be said to be the best in the world, if the Datang Air Force dispatches bombers to attack the combined fleet of our three navies when the naval battle breaks out, it will definitely cause great trouble to the combined fleet of our three navies, and it is best to put the battlefield of the decisive battle between the two sides at sea in the sea area far away from Huifeng Port." ”
At present, the Royal Air Force of Datang has not announced the performance of the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter and the Junker-88 dive bomber, so the world does not know how powerful these two cross-era fighters are.
The Royal Navy Commander of Yingluoba, Petru, immediately said: "I also think that it is best to lure out the main force of the Datang Navy in Huifeng Port, so that the place of the decisive battle at sea is far away from the coastline of the Datang Empire, and prevent the bombers of the Datang Air Force from making trouble." ”
The Royal Navy Commander of Sharad, Denis, opened his mouth and asked, "General Petru, what do you think?" ”
Petru said loudly: "I feel that the combined fleet of our three navies can attack other ports along the coast of the Tang Empire first, such as Weishan Port. ”
Weishan Port is an important civilian port in the north of the Tang Empire, and it is also the port closest to the Salad Empire in the Tang Empire, which is about 800 kilometers away from Huifeng Port, and if you take the sea route, you need to walk nearly 900 kilometers from Weishan Port to Huifeng Port.
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi nodded and said: "Weishan Port is just a civilian port, the Datang Navy doesn't even have many warships stationed in Weishan Port, if the combined fleet of our three navies can raze Weishan Port to the ground, then it can be regarded as a lesson to the Tang Empire, and from Weishan Port to Huifeng Port, there are still several ports, if the main fleet of the Datang Navy in Huifeng Port doesn't care about what the combined fleet of our three navies do, Then we will destroy the ports between Weishan Port and Huifeng Port! ”
The commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Denis, rubbed his hands and said: "It's time to teach the Tang Empire a lesson, I've been waiting for this day for too long, and I'm in favor of launching an attack on Weishan Port." ”
After the commanders of the three navies reached an agreement, the large combined fleet of the three navies immediately approached the port of Weishan.
In addition to the seven main fleets, the Tang Royal Navy also has twenty-four garrison fleets, and at this time, the ninth garrison fleet of the Tang Royal Navy was stationed in the port of Weishan Port.
The Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy had three Edwardian VII-class dreadnought battleships, three ironclad battleships, two medium armored cruisers, six light cruisers, six destroyers, eight offshore gunboats, sixteen torpedo boats, and six minesweepers.
When he learned that the combined fleet composed of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi had gone straight to Weishan Port, Sun Yatao, the commander of the Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy, immediately ordered all the warships of the Ninth Garrison Fleet to enter a combat state, but did not allow any warships to stay away from the port.
For the joint fleet of the navies of Yingluopa, Shalad, and Noomi may attack Weishan Port, Sun Yatao, commander of the Ninth Garrison Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy, had already predicted, of course, with the strength of the Ninth Garrison Fleet, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so Sun Yatao is not ready to let the warships under his command meet him to die, but is ready to rely on the batteries in Weishan Port to resist the combined fleet of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi.
Since the end of the last war between the Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance, Su Yi knew that peace had not really come, so for the ports along the coast of the Tang Empire that were vulnerable to attack, a large number of new and rebuilt batteries were built, and a large number of large-caliber coastal defense guns were added.
Although Weishan Port is only a civilian port, due to its proximity to the Sharad Empire, the Tang Empire has established a complete coastal defense system in Weishan Port, with 20 forts built alone, with more than 170 large-caliber coastal defense guns of more than 200 mm, including eight 406 mm and 12 381 mm giant shore defense guns.
The batteries where these giant shore defense guns are located are all made of reinforced concrete, and the thickness of the reinforced concrete on the front and top even reaches two meters, even if it is hit by a 406-mm armor-piercing projectile, it is impossible to penetrate such a thick battery.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon of September 10, 3016 in the Tang calendar, the combined fleets of the navies of Yingluopa, Shalad and Noomi came to Weishan Port.
For a small Weishan Port, the commanders of the three navies did not care too much, and then the Noomi Navy sent six Mist-class super dreadnought battleships and six Kuaima-class battlecruisers to slowly approach the port of Weishan Port, the Mist-class and Kuaima-class both have 381 mm main guns, and Polfi, the commander of the Noomi Royal Navy, is ready to use the 381 mm main guns of these twelve giant ships to bomb Weishan Port into ruins.
However, to the surprise of Porfi and the commanders of the other two countries, the 381 mm main guns of the six Mist-class super dreadnought battleships and the six Kuaima-class battlecruisers had not yet been fired, and the large-caliber coastal defense guns of the Weishan Port battery were the first to fire, and the batteries of Weishan Port were actually equipped with many large-caliber coastal defense guns, and even had a caliber of more than 400 mm coastal defense guns.
In the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, the commander of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, Petru, frowned and said: "I didn't expect that the Tang Empire had also deployed more than four hundred mm of shore defense guns in Weishan Port, it seems that it may not be so easy to raze Weishan Port to the ground." ”
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi pursed his lips and said, "I don't believe that a small port of Weishan can block the attack of the combined fleet of our three navies, and I will order six super dreadnought battleships to join the attack sequence." ”
Most of the losses suffered from the confrontation between the coastal defense artillery and the warships, and the twelve super dreadnought battleships and six battle cruisers of the Noomi Navy soon suffered a big loss after they launched a confrontation with the batteries in Weishan Port.
A Kuaima-class battlecruiser with a full load displacement of up to 41,100 tons was hit by one 406-mm armor-piercing shell and one 381-mm armor-piercing shell.
The 381 mm armor-piercing shell pierced the main armor of the Kuaima-class battlecruiser, detonated several boilers, and instantly ignited a fire, emitting smoke hundreds of meters high, and the 406-mm armor-piercing projectile destroyed a main gun turret of the Kuaima-class battlecruiser at the same time, it also caused a fire.
The fire at these two ignition points was so large that although the damage control personnel tried to extinguish the fire, they could not stop the fire from spreading, and soon the fire reached one of the ammunition compartments of the Kuama-class battlecruiser, and detonated the shells in the ammunition compartment.
This Kuama-class battlecruiser with a full load displacement of up to 41,100 tons was blown in two in a fierce explosion and quickly sank to the sea.
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Polfi saw the sunken Kuaima-class battlecruiser through the telescope, and his face suddenly turned very ugly.