Like the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire, Gordey, Leonid, who commanded the main force of the entire Royal Navy of Orenza, also had some hesitation about the operation of encircling and annihilating a detachment of the Tang Navy.

Leonid was the current Minister of the Navy of the Orenza Empire, and he had also participated in fierce battles with Su Yi's naval fleet, which was still known as the Independent Fleet at that time.

Later, after Mihailo, the former naval minister of the Orenza Empire, surrendered to the naval fleet under Su Yi, Leonid, who was originally only the captain of a dreadnought battleship, was exceptionally promoted to the new admiral of the Orenza Empire, and the title was promoted to marquis, and the dreadnought battleship where Leonid was located had sunk in the Battle of Ambo Harbor at this time.

To be honest, for the Tang Navy, Leonid, the Minister of the Imperial Navy of Orenza, has a great psychological shadow, if Leonid can choose, he is never willing to face the Tang Navy again on the battlefield, but unfortunately the Royal Navy of Orenza has a reason to fight.

In the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship, the flagship of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire, Leonid said in a deep voice to Makaruk, the captain of the Valiant: "Gordey of the Gisk Navy sent a telegram that the detachment of the Third Fleet of the Datang Navy has been discovered ahead, and according to the battle plan formulated before, order the thirty-two super dreadnought battleships and thirty-two battle cruisers of our Orenza Royal Navy to immediately line up in battle lines and prepare to meet the Datang Navy!" ”

The Valiant is the lead ship of the Valian-class super dreadnought battleships built by the Orenza Empire, the Valian-class super dreadnought battleships have five twin 356mm main guns, and the Orenza Empire has built sixteen Valiant class ships at the same time, and these sixteen Valiant classes are currently in the main fleet of the Royal Navy of Orenza.

In addition to these sixteen Valiant classes, the Royal Navy's main fleet of Orenza also has sixteen Valian-class super dreadnought battleships, which are armed with five twin 343mm guns.

The captain of the Valiant Makaruk asked with a little hesitation, "Commander, can we win this time?" ”

Makaruk also participated in the battle against the independent fleet under Su Yi, and he also felt a little afraid of the current Tang Navy.

Leonid sighed and said: "Although the Tang Navy on the other side is only a detachment, it has thirty-six super dreadnought battleships equipped with 406 mm guns and thirty-six battle cruisers equipped with 406 mm guns, but our Royal Navy of Orenza plus the Gisk Navy and the Herssel Navy will have a great advantage in the number of capital ships, and I hope that the next naval battle will make our Royal Navy of Orenza a shame." ”

After a pause, Leonid continued: "This is just a sub-fleet of the third main fleet of the Tang Navy, if the navies of our three countries together dare not fight, then how can this war against the Tang Empire continue!" What's more, if this detachment of the Tang Navy is not defeated, there is no way for the three million Hessel Army to safely cross the Wessel Strait! ”

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of August 4, 3016, when the first squadron of the Third Fleet of the Datang Royal Navy and the naval fleets of the three kingdoms of Gisk, Orenza and Hessel were about 30,000 meters apart, the 36 Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships on the side of the Datang Royal Navy first launched a salvo of their main guns at each other.

Three hundred and sixty rounds of 406 mm shells fell in front of the naval fleets of Gisk, Orenza, and Hessel, and the first salvo of the main guns of the 36 Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships did not hit the opponent's battleship, but some of the shells fell only about two or three hundred meters away from the opponent's battleship.

Seeing that the super dreadnought battleships of the Datang Navy fired, the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the Jisk, Orenza, and Hessel navies also immediately launched a counterattack, and launched the first salvo of the thirty-six Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships of the Datang Navy with their main guns, but unfortunately none of them hit, and the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the Jisk, Orenza, and Hessel navies of the three countries, where the shells fired, fell, The nearest Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship was at least two thousand meters away.

The Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers, compared with the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Kisk, Orenza, and Hessel navies, not only have an advantage in the caliber and range of the main guns, but also have an advantage in the caliber and range of the main guns, because the Jingyuan-class and Zhiyuan-class are equipped with advanced artillery targeting systems, so in terms of the hit rate of the artillery, the Jingyuan-class and the Zhiyuan-class occupy an absolute upper hand.

A 406-mm armor-piercing shell hit the turret of a twin 343 mm main gun of the Valian-class super dreadnought battleship Celeo of the Royal Navy, and the 305 mm armor of the Celeo's main gun turret did not withstand the 406 mm armor-piercing shell, and after a violent explosion, the main gun turret of the Celeo was completely destroyed. The bones of dozens of officers and men of the Royal Navy of Orenza in the turret were gone, and only a blur of flesh and blood remained on the ruins of the turret.

In addition to the Seleo, there was also a battlecruiser of the Orenza Navy, two super dreadnought battleships of the Gisk Royal, a dreadnought battleship of the Herssel Navy, and also tasted 406 mm armor-piercing shells in the second round of main gun salvos of thirty-six Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships.

And the most bitter feeling of this taste is the Dreadnought battleship of the Hessel Navy, which was directly hit by a 406 mm armor-piercing shell through the 280 mm waterline armor, detonating an ammunition bin, with the detonation of a large number of 305 mm shells in the ammunition bin, this dreadnought battleship with a full load displacement of 21,000 tons, was blown into two at once, quickly sank to the sea, and completely disappeared into the sea in less than ten minutes.

When the distance between the two fleets was about 23,000 meters, because the battle lines of both sides were grabbing the T-shape, the battle lines of the two fleets became a "figure eight".

And as the distance between the two fleets continues to closer, the losses of the navies of Gisk, Orenza, and Hessel are also getting bigger and bigger, of course, the Tang Royal Navy is not without losses, but it is much less than the navies of Gisk, Orenza, and Hessel.

In the new round of main gun salvo of the Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship and the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser on the side of the Datang Royal Navy, more than a dozen capital ships of the Gisk, Orenza, and Hessel navies were hit, and even a super dreadnought battleship and a battlecruiser, which were almost certain to sink soon.

In the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship, the flagship of the Jisk Imperial Royal Navy, the commander-in-chief of the Jisk Royal Navy, Gordei, said angrily: "You can't continue to fight like this, the main guns of these super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Datang Navy are too accurate, it has only been less than half an hour since the start of the war, and our Jisk Royal Navy has sunk two super dreadnought battleships and three battlecruisers, as well as many super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers injured, On the other side of the Datang Navy, not even a single capital ship was sunk, only a few were damaged. ”

Larion, the captain of the Cold, immediately said: "Commander, after all, the navies of our three countries still occupy a numerical advantage in terms of capital ships, and as the distance between the battle lines of the two sides closes, the main guns of the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of our three navies will become more and more threatening to the capital ships of the Datang Navy, so we can only grit our teeth and persist at this time." ”

The commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gordey, hesitated for a moment and said: "Let the battle lines of the Orensa Navy and the Hessel Navy follow closely, and don't just let our Royal Navy of Gisk be at the front!" ”

At present, the battle line of the Jisk Navy is composed of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, and the battle line closest to the Datang Navy is composed of Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers, and the Jisk Navy is also the navy of the three countries, and the current loss is the largest.

In the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Orenza, Leonid looked at an Orenza Navy battlecruiser that was about to sink in the distance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, this was already the third capital ship sunk by the Royal Navy of Orenza, and it was less than half an hour before the start of the battle.

Captain Makaruk said bitterly: "I didn't expect that this super dreadnought battleship and this battle cruiser newly built by the Tang Empire have such strong combat effectiveness, and the combined navies of our three countries have seventy-four super dreadnought battleships, seventy battle cruisers and six dreadnought battleships, while the third fleet of the Tang Empire has only thirty-six super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six battle cruisers, but now the navies of our three countries are being pressed and beaten by this detachment of the Tang Navy." ”

Leonid pondered for a moment and said: "It's too late to say anything else, since we are determined to drive this detachment of the Tang Empire out of the Wessel Strait, the navies of our three countries can only fight hard!" ”

In order to open up the sea passage of the Wessel Strait, the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy are willing to work hard, but this time the Hessel Navy, which only came to cooperate in the operation, is unwilling to fight with the Datang Navy now.

In the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Mercy, the flagship of the Hessel Navy, Grishenka, the captain of the Mercy, frowned and said to the Naval Commander Davydok of Hessel: "Your Excellency, as of now, we have one battle cruiser and two dreadnought battleships sunk, and several capital ships have been damaged, and the strength of the Datang Navy is much stronger than our previous estimates. ”

Commander Davidok sighed and said: "The Datang Navy is worthy of being the world's first navy, just a detachment has such a strong strength, it seems that it is almost impossible to win today, now not only our Hersel Navy has lost one battlecruiser and two dreadnought battleships, the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy have also lost several capital ships each, and on the side of the Datang Navy, not a single battleship has been sunk." ”

Captain Grishenka hesitated and asked, "Commander, judging from the telegrams sent by the Gisk Navy and the Orensa Navy, the navies of their two countries want to fight to the death with the detachment of the Datang Navy, what should we do next?" ”

Commander Davydok shook his head and said: "Our Hessel Navy does not have the capital to fight with the Tang Navy, so immediately convey my order, and the battle line will turn to the west and distance itself from the battle line of the Tang Navy." ”

Just as the battle lines of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy were trying to get closer to the battle line of the Datang Navy, they did not expect that the battle line composed of the remaining six super dreadnought battleships, five battle cruisers and four dreadnought battleships of the Hessel Navy turned around and retreated to the west.

This made the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gordei, and the commander of the Royal Navy of Orenza, Leonid, couldn't help but curse, and at this moment, a super dreadnought battleship of the Hessel Navy was suddenly hit by two 406mm shells at the same time, which made the super dreadnought battleship stagger all of a sudden, and there was smoke hundreds of meters high, and there was a very dull explosion sound inside the hull.

Immediately after that, the super dreadnought battleship of the Hessel Navy had a more violent explosion, the explosion occurred in the middle and rear of the super dreadnought battleship, almost instantly, the entire battleship was engulfed in smoke and fire, a main turret was even lifted to a height of tens of meters by a violent explosion, and a large number of hull fragments, including some crew bodies, were thrown into the air and scattered on the deck and in the surrounding seawater.

The super dreadnought battleship of the Hessel Navy then broke into two parts from the rear mainmast, and the rear part was blown into a pile of wreckage, and the front part was separated from the rear and capsized to the left and sank, and the bow was lifted out of the sea within seconds of the explosion, and after falling into the water, a large amount of water entered the rear fracture, and quickly sank, and then the entire front half of the bow went up, and the rear part sank vertically into the sea.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gordey, couldn't help but show a little fear in his eyes when he saw the super dreadnought battleship of the Hessel Navy that was sunk in an instant, but he muttered two words in his mouth: "You deserve it!" ”

Goljey turned to Larion, the captain of the Cold, and said, "Send a telegram to Davydok, who commands the Herssel Navy, and ask what the Herssel Navy wants to do?" If the Hessel Navy dares to escape, our Gisk Empire will definitely not let them go! ”