Chapter Ninety-Two: The Independent Fleet Came Out Halfway
The four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire were all stationed in Starfish Harbor at this time, and one of the destroyers in charge of patrolling the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire discovered the huge fleet of the Orensa Navy about thirty nautical miles away from Starfish Harbor, and then many Purple Moon Empire warships in the harbor began to pressurize the boilers.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and most of the warships of the four fleets of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire were activated and faced the Orenza naval fleet that was quickly approaching Starfish Harbor.
At 5:20 p.m. on March 3, 3012, on the sea about eight nautical miles away from Haixing Harbor, the four dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire first launched the first round of main gun salvo at the battleships of the Orenza Navy, and the battle lines of the two fleets were about 10,000 meters apart.
The eight dreadnought battleships of the Orenza Navy immediately returned the color, and also launched the first round of main gun salvos against the battle line composed of four dreadnought battleships, seven former dreadnought battleships and eleven ironclad battleships of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, but the eight dreadnought battleships of the Orenza Navy were the same as the four dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and none of the main gun salvos in the first round hit.
As the distance between the battle lines of the two sides narrowed, battleships began to be hit by shells, and when the distance between the battle lines of the two sides was shortened to 5,000 meters, the naval battle suddenly became tragic.
Although the Orenza Navy can be brutalized by the Independent Fleet, the strength of the Orenza Navy in all aspects is above the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, making the losses of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire in naval battles much greater than that of the Orenza Navy.
The naval battle did not last long, and at about half past seven in the evening of the same day, the Orenza navy began to retreat on its own initiative.
The reason why the Orenza Navy withdrew so quickly was because many battleships of the Orenza Navy broke through the interception of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, braved the shells of many shore defense guns, and bombarded Starfish Harbor, and finally blew up the mountains of weapons and ammunition piled up at the docks of Starfish Harbor.
The purpose of the Orenza Navy's visit to Starfish Harbor this time was to destroy the batch of weapons and ammunition sold by the Yingluoba Empire to the Purple Moon Empire, and seeing that the purpose had been achieved, Mihailo, the Admiral of the Orensa Empire, who commanded the entire Orenza Naval Fleet, immediately issued an order to retreat.
When Liu Yongcheng, the Minister of the Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, boarded the dock of Starfish Harbor from a dreadnought battleship, the fire on the dock was still not extinguished, and then Yuan Lin, the Minister of War with a gloomy face, came over, "We only rushed out a small number of weapons and ammunition, most of them were blown up, and in order to rush the weapons and ammunition, thousands of people were lost on the dock." ”
Navy Minister Liu Yongcheng smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Yuan, I'm really sorry, our navy has tried its best to intercept it, but ...... All I can say is sorry. ”
War Minister Yuan Lin nodded slightly, "I know that the navy has done its best, how much did the navy lose in this naval battle?" ”
Admiral Minister Liu Yongcheng sighed, "There is one dreadnought battleship, two former dreadnought battleships, four ironclad battleships, two armored cruisers, three light cruisers, six destroyers and seventeen torpedo boats sunk, and many warships were seriously damaged, but the losses of the Orenza Navy are far less than ours. ”
Minister of War Yuan Lin immediately said bitterly: "Hurry up and report to Her Majesty the Empress, it seems that there is no way for the War Department to form a new one million troops in Suisheng City." ”
After the Orenza Navy was far away from Starfish Harbor, in the bridge of the Crown Fearless Battleship, the flagship of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire, the captain of the Crown, Grusha, held a telegram and excitedly said to the Admiral Minister Mihailo: "Marquis Mihailo, His Majesty the Emperor has sent us a congratulatory telegram to congratulate our Royal Navy of Orenza on the victory of Starfish Harbor!" ”
Grusha did not expect that this mission would be completed so easily, and the losses of the Orenza Navy were almost negligible compared to the results of the battle.
Mihailo said with a smile: "We fought well today, we sank at least one dreadnought battleship, two former dreadnought battleships and four ironclad battleships of the Purple Moon Empire, while our Royal Navy of Orenza itself, only two ironclad battleships and one medium armored cruiser, two light cruisers, two destroyers and seven torpedo boats were sunk, which is indeed a great victory, and we also successfully destroyed the batch of weapons and ammunition sold by the Yingroba Empire to the Purple Moon Empire." ”
The captain of the Crown, Grusha, then asked: "Marquis Mihailo, do we need to go around such a big circle when we sail back?" ”
Mihailo immediately said categorically: "That's necessary, we must stay away from Ambo Harbor, although our Royal Naval Force of Orenza can easily defeat the four main fleets of the Purple Moon Empire, but once we encounter the independent fleet under Su Yi's command, then we don't need to go back to Leon Harbor." ”
In the early morning of March 3, Mihailo was still in his resting room and did not get up, when he was awakened by a knock on the door, "Marquis Mihailo, open the door!" The big thing is not good, a huge fleet was found in front, and it was the double-headed eagle flag of the independent fleet under Su Yi! ”
After Mikhailo hurriedly put on his clothes, he came to the bridge of the dreadnought battleship Crown, and the captain of the Crown, Grusha, hurriedly greeted him, "Marquis Mihailo, the four destroyers in charge of exploring the path in front sent a telegram back, and on the sea about thirty nautical miles away from our main fleet, they found an independent fleet under Su Yi, including many super dreadnought battleships. ”
Mihailo said in a deep voice: "Immediately turn to the west, we must not let the independent fleet capture the main force of our Royal Navy in Orenza, how can the independent fleet appear here!" ”
However, what made Mihailo collapse was that the main force of the Orenza navy had gone less than ten nautical miles to the west before it found a large number of plumes of smoke in front of it, and soon a large fleet appeared in front of the Orenza navy.
In the bridge of the Bavaria-class super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the Independent Fleet, Wang Chengliang, the commander of the Independent Fleet, took a telegram and said with a smile to Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang: "The third squadron with an armored cruiser formation, a light cruiser formation and two destroyer formations has stopped the Orensa Navy, and this time the Orenza Navy will not be able to escape!" ”
Yuan Fan, the captain of the Yongxiang, said with a smile: "Actually, the Orenza Navy can be regarded as a great favor for our Su family's army, if the Purple Moon Empire really uses the Yingluoba Empire's weapons and ammunition to arm millions of land forces, maybe the Purple Moon Empire should make some kind of moths." ”
The corners of Wang Chengliang's mouth curled slightly, "If it weren't for the Orenza Navy to do our Su family army a favor, how could the Orenza Navy evade the interception of our independent fleet and go north safely, but the main force of this Orenza Navy is not to think about returning to Port Leon!" ”