Chapter 184: The Night Battle Was Fierce

After the sky darkened, the battle between the combined fleet of the five navies and the royal navies of Datang and Ziyue did not stop, but became more intense.

Petru, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of the British Coast, saw that after the start of the war, only a few super dreadnought battleships of the combined fleet of the five navies could fight against some super dreadnought battleships of the Datang and Ziyue navies, and the super dreadnought battleships of the Datang and Ziyue navies had a great advantage in the caliber of their main guns and the hit rate.

As a result, the two sides bombarded each other for nearly three hours, and the combined fleet of the five navies had sunk eight super dreadnought battleships, while the navies of Datang and Ziyue had not a single super dreadnought battleship sunk, so Petru decided to let more warships from the combined fleet of the five navies rush up to disrupt the formation of the navies of Datang and Ziyue, and let the numerous warships of the two sides mix together, so as to give full play to the numerical advantage of the combined fleet of the five navies.

When the naval battle went on in the middle of the night of 22 January, the original dense formation of the combined fleet of the five navies and the royal navies of Datang and Ziyue no longer existed, and thousands of warships on both sides were intertwined, and almost every moment there were warships exploding or sinking to the dark seabed, and the explosions and fires almost illuminated this sea area as bright as day.

At this time, not only the battleships of the two sides were bombarding each other, but other types of warships on both sides also joined this tragic battle.

After the D103 Vickers-class destroyer, which was responsible for protecting the revenge-class super dreadnought battleship Fujing, used four 100-mm naval guns and a 76-mm rapid-fire gun to destroy two Noomi Navy torpedo boats that tried to get close to the Fujing, the captain Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers on the bridge: "Everyone keep their eyes open, we must not let the enemy's destroyers and torpedo boats get close to the battleship Fujing and fire torpedoes on our side!" ”

At present, all the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will be named by Su Yi himself, while other types of warships are named according to the number of numbers.

In the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, the capital letter M represents the destroyer, whether it is the M-class destroyer of the system, or the Vickers-class destroyer of the system, and even the various types of destroyers captured, all of which start with the capital letter M, followed by a number.

The large armored cruisers of the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire start with a capital letter C, the light cruisers start with Q, the large armored cruisers of the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire start with a capital letter G, the light cruisers start with O, the destroyers start with N, and the submarines of the Royal Navy of both countries start with a capital letter U.

Feng Xiaogang, the captain of the D103 destroyer, is only 20 years old this year, and he is the son of Feng Lin, the former commander of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire.

After Feng Lin led the three major fleets of the Royal Navy of the former Cangyu Empire to take refuge in Su Yi, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and has been highly regarded by Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and has now become the captain of the Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleship Binrong, but the Binrong belongs to the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and the Third Fleet is stationed on the east coast of the Tang Empire at this time, and has not joined the largest naval battle in history.

Feng Xiaogang was able to become the captain of a destroyer at such a young age, without relying on his father Feng Lin's relationship at all, but because his father Feng Lin thought that Feng Xiaogang was still young and needed to hone more, otherwise Feng Xiaogang would have been promoted to the captain of a light cruiser.

"Captain, the sonar detector has spotted a submarine approaching the battleship Fujing!" Inside the bridge of the destroyer D103, a soldier in charge of sonar shouted to Feng Xiaogang.

Su Yi used the sonar detector he purchased from the system mall to equip almost every warship of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire with this kind of weapon to deal with submarines.

As soon as Feng Xiaogang heard this, he ran to the screen of the sonar detector in a few steps, took a closer look, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Turn left fifteen degrees and move forward quickly!" Get ready to drop depth charges! ”

The submarine forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire were all on the east coast of the Tang Empire at this time, so Feng Xiaogang immediately judged that this was an enemy submarine.

Soon the D103 destroyer arrived at the location where the submarine was discovered, and then Feng Xiaogang gave an order, and the officers and men of the D103 destroyer began to drop 150 kg depth charges into the sea one after another.

It didn't take long for the bright spots on the sonar detector screen to disappear, and Feng Xiaogang's face couldn't help but show a smile, and then Feng Xiaogang's smile immediately froze, and the Fujing Super Dreadnought Battleship, which was protected by the D103 destroyer, suddenly exploded violently.

It turned out that a 356-mm shell fired by the Noomi Navy's ocean-class super dreadnought battleship Saima pierced the deck armor of the Super Dreadnought Battleship and detonated one of the auxiliary gun ammunition compartments of the Fujing.

More than 20 minutes later, the Fujing Super Dreadnought Battleship, with a full load displacement of 31,500 tons, completely disappeared from the sea.

Instead of being tasked with rescuing the surviving crew of the Fujing, the destroyer D103 was ordered to launch a torpedo attack on the enemy battleship.

The small and medium-sized warships of the combined fleets of the five navies took advantage of the cover of night to launch torpedo attacks on the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, bringing considerable losses to the Royal Navies of the Tang Dynasty and the Purple Moon Empire.

Seeing this situation, Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, immediately decided to draw out a group of light cruisers and destroyers and adopt the same attack method, adding some trouble to the capital ships of the combined fleets of the five navies.

After Feng Xiaogang received this order, his originally bitter face suddenly showed an excited look, "Full speed, we will avenge the brothers of the Fujing!" ”

Among the shells falling like a thunderstorm, the D103 destroyer was lucky enough to get close to the Noomi Navy's ocean-class super dreadnought battleship with a warning signal of less than 1,500 meters, and the D103 destroyer was still unharmed, at this time, what was there to hesitate, Feng Xiaogang directly ordered to use the two quadruple 533mm torpedo tubes in the bow of the ship to fire eight torpedoes at the super dreadnought battleship in one breath, and then Feng Xiaogang didn't care about checking the results, and commanded the D103 destroyer to start escaping.

The port rudder of the Super Dreadnought Battleship was just blown up by a shell and had lost control, although the officers and men of the Noomi Navy on the Alert found the torpedo that was approaching rapidly, but due to the failure of the steering gear, it could only be intercepted with rapid-fire guns, and finally the eight 533mm torpedoes fired by the destroyer D103, four of which hit the Super Dreadnought battleship, and one of the 533mm torpedoes penetrated the armor on the front side of the Alert, detonating the torpedo compartment of the Alert.

"Haha, we've taken out a super dreadnought! Brothers, we took out one of the super dreadnought battleships of the Noomi Navy! Feng Xiaogang saw that the bow of the Alert was almost blown up, and he knew that the Alert was going to sink, and the whole person jumped up excitedly.

"Captain, what can't we do next?" First mate Lu Honggang asked Feng Xiaogang excitedly.

"Of course I did! How can a super dreadnought battleship avenge the Fujing! ”

Today, the D103 destroyer was indeed very lucky, Feng Xiaogang commanded the D103 destroyer, and then relied on the speed of up to 35 knots, and successfully approached within two kilometers of the Noomi Navy Saima Super Dreadnought battleship, and the D103 destroyer was still unscathed.

Destroyer D103 fired eight 533mm torpedoes at the Super Dreadnought battleship Saima, and immediately took a zigzag course to dodge shells fired at Destroyer D103.

Feng Xiaogang didn't know that the super dreadnought battleship Saima was the culprit who sank the Fujing, and finally the eight 533mm torpedoes fired by the destroyer D103, two of which hit the super dreadnought battleship Saima, which immediately caused the Saima to suffer heavy damage, and the sea water continued to pour into the Saima, making the Saima's speed slower and slower, and soon after, more than a dozen large-caliber shells hit the Saima, sending the Saima completely to the bottom of the sea, and the D103 destroyer was also regarded as avenging the Fujing.

The performance of the destroyer D103 was not over, and under the command of Feng Xiaogang, the destroyer D103 sank a former dreadnought battleship and an ironclad battleship, and also damaged a battlecruiser.

If it weren't for the fact that all the torpedoes on the D103 destroyer had run out, Feng Xiaogang felt that he would be able to sink a few more enemy battleships today.

The destroyer D103, which had exhausted its torpedoes, received a new order and came to the vicinity of the Colorado-class super dreadnought battleship Corey to fill the lack of protection around the Corey.

Originally, the warships that were following the Corey Super Dreadnought Battleship and helping the Cory defend against torpedo attacks were a large armored cruiser and two destroyers, but by the time the D103 destroyer arrived near the Corey, only a heavily damaged large armored cruiser was still protecting the Corey, and the other two destroyers had already been sunk.

Seeing this situation, Feng Xiaogang quickly approached the vicinity of the super dreadnought battleship Corey, and then destroyed an Angloba Navy torpedo boat that was trying to get close to the Corey.

The naval battle lasted until dawn, and the super dreadnought battleship Corey protected by the D103 destroyer has not suffered any heavy damage, but the shells and depth charges on the D103 destroyer have almost been exhausted, which makes Feng Xiaogang's face can't help but show an anxious look.

Destroyer D103 had to replenish its ammunition, but the Corey Super Dreadnought was the only destroyer left by its side, and the large armored cruiser was so wounded that it left the battlefield at around 3 a.m.