Chapter 398: The Time of the Beginning of the War

How could the Samir family not know that the enemy in front of them was suddenly much less, and it only existed to hinder itself, and the news that the main fleet had turned in other directions? And on the sea, although the fleet directly under the Samir family and Ye Tao's fleet are separated by the fleet of the coalition forces, the flying eagle and the bald eagle, which is better used on the sea, are the best messengers. When the news reached Ye Tao's fleet, it was learned that they would most likely encounter the enemy's main fleet, but whether it was Ye Tao, Qi Zhentao, or Min Yue, all that was surging in their hearts was excitement and expectation. In fact, Ye Tao was worried for a moment, after all, Tan Weixin was also on the ship, and in the sea battle that was hard to say, no one dared to guarantee anyone's safety. However, looking at Tan Weixin's expectant face, Ye Tao was immediately relieved. This is the purpose of their coming here, such a big scene, it must be that once in this life.

But since they knew that the enemy's target was now themselves, although they were looking forward to a big battle, Ye Tao and the others were not people who would wait for things to happen. They knew that this time they might not encounter Qi Zhentao's previous situation of using up all weapons and ammunition, after all, what the other party wanted to fight for was explosive power, and once the battle with their side dragged on, the direct fleet and servant fleet of the Samir family would appear from another direction at any time. However, thinking of the fanatical combat methods in the Middle East, and the tactics of the other side that are very likely to splice together the side at any cost to drag down the excellent mobility of the Huya ships, the Cangshui ships, and the Lanshui ships, they still need to carefully prepare some plans and methods.

As soon as the fleet grows, it can no longer be commanded in the same way as before. After a simple reorganization at sea, Ye Tao was elected by everyone to become the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and the fleet was organized into five sub-fleets, which were composed of Xia Jiangping, the deputy of Qi Zhu and Min Yue, Rao Zidan, the chief instructor of the fleet of the Seven Seas Trading Company, Zhuang Mingying, the commander of the escort fleet, and Katarina, the female captain who was born in a pirate family and may be unique in the world, served as the commanders of the five sub-fleets.

Min Yue and Qi Zhentao assisted Ye Tao in controlling the entire fleet. Ning Xuan, together with four other Huya ships and two Lanshui ships, formed a first-class command and observation detachment, and at the same time, the airship team was also all loaded in this command and observation detachment for attack and relay communications.

Everyone knows that according to the style of Qi Zhentao and Min Yue, although they are in the command position, they will still not hesitate to take the command detachment to assault as long as they need to, and Ye Tao will inevitably approve this kind of adventure. Probably in order to cope with this situation, the ships assigned to the command detachment were all the best captains, and the posts of sailors who were originally vacant in the war wounded were also replaced by competent personnel. Those strong and sturdy personnel who would be equipped with a small number on each ship and played a big role in the broadside battle were not concentrated, but instead a part of the Ning Xuan was transferred from Ye Tao's guard team and assigned to each ship, ensuring that the command detachment had at least one sharpshooter and four quasi-first-class masters on each ship. As for the Ning Xuan, it has twice as many observers and signalmen as usual.

Looking at the dense rear bridge, Ye Tao's head was big, and he secretly regretted why he didn't start working on electricity earlier, and made the radio out earlier. Although it is barely able to meet the needs of fleet command, once a fight breaks out, when both the issuing and receiving orders are moving at high speed, and it is impossible to verify and carry out many orders again and again, God can only rely on God's blessing to avoid chaos.

But the current situation is the only way to make do with it. Fortunately, the commanders of the various detachments are all experienced and good at each other's characteristics, and they are not afraid of any big baskets.

Qi Cha's tactics have always been above board, even if the overall combat strength is at a disadvantage, he always concentrates his combat strength in a local point to form a local absolute superiority, and this tactic is more regular than the regular army in Dongping.

Although Xia Jiangping is a veteran general of the naval division, his command style is sharp and weird, and all the basic skills and tactics of the fleet he commands are extremely exquisite, but he likes to take risks, and always likes to highlight surprise soldiers.

Rao Zidan's grandfather is a pirate, his father was the most experienced and most comprehensive old sailor in the fleet when Qi Zhentao was still a pirate, and Rao Zidan has a family history on the one hand, on the other hand, he has the conditions to read and write, and he has been stuffed into Min Yue's hands by the old man for several years, whether it is the pirate's tactics or the regular tactics of the sailor are very familiar, these years of naval warfare technology changes, every time there is a new weapon is loaded on the warship, the Seven Seas Trading Company and the Dongping Water Division are often synchronized equipment, The training norms are all made by both sides, and Rao Zidan's interpretation of the conventional and unconventional use of weapons is often refreshing. This time, the battle depends to a large extent on Rao Zidan's performance.

Although Zhuang Mingying and Caterina are both pirates, their styles are quite different. Zhuang Mingying's ability to command the pirate fleet to hunt was a must, and after joining the Seven Seas Trading Company, he became the number one escort hand, from the beginning of his command of the small fleet to do short-distance and less important escorts to the present he has been the best choice for the Seven Seas Trading Company to escort the most important people and things, and when carrying out this kind of escort mission, he has the power to organize the fleet from the entire Seven Seas Trading Company's system, and is a commander who combines fast, ruthless, and steady quite perfectly. And Katarina, the command style is very feminine, she usually doesn't bother to deal with any battles, she usually lazily gives a few words of command, and hands it over to the deputy to command, but if there is something on the battlefield that can make her excited, the power she bursts out in an instant can be jaw-dropping, her tactics are fanatical and intense, especially she is now the most frequent hand-to-hand combat in the entire Nanami Trading Company,

The reorganized fleet unhurriedly adjusted its course, intensified its air and ground searches, and attacked the incoming coalition fleet head-on. Although they were not afraid of the enemy, they had no intention of storming the center of the enemy's huge fleet. That's not courage, it's stupidity. And the current Ye Tao mixed fleet is to be able to exert its full strength, not only does it have to use every minute before the war on his side to run in with each other, but he also needs God's help. If the weather isn't ideal, and if the airship team can't function, they're going to have a bit of a headache. Fortunately, such a situation did not arise. When one evening, the vanguard of the coalition fleet appeared on the surface of the sea, and the clouds, the sun, and the moon were all annotated, and the next day was a good day for battle. A slight fly in the ointment was that a tentative night raid by the two detachments of Qi and Caterina that night yielded little success, sinking only one of the enemy's fast ships.

"Ye Jingluo, please give the order to attack!" In the early morning of the next day, both sides organized the fleet in an extremely tacit manner. The fleet on Ye Tao's side formed a loose circle, placing the command detachment in the center. The coalition fleet is the vanguard fleet, followed by a fleet of similar size, and then several large fleets follow in unison, and the entire fleet forms a huge T-shaped formation. The main force of the coalition fleet is now far away from Ye Tao's fleet, and since the dawn has just dawned, the thin fog on the sea has not yet dissipated, and there is no specific number of how many ships the enemy has. But everyone in Ye Tao's fleet knew that the total number of ships on the other side was at least forty percent more than that on his side, and the total number of crew members on the other side was more than twice as many as on his side. It's just that they are used to fighting with fewer enemies, and everyone is not too sensitive to the disadvantage of this ratio.

When two huge fleets collided together, the scene was no longer simply grandiose and grandiose.

Tan Weixin was watching the battle at this time. The command of the fleet was now carried out on the open platform at the top of the bridge, where the huge iron-clad table in the chart room and the small ship-like chess pieces with magnets had been moved. And the chart room was empty. Tan Weixin asked Sisi to put a small table in the chart room, with fruits, snacks and tea, and Tan Weixin held a highest-grade telescope that had not yet been put into production and had only successfully trial-produced three sets of variable magnification built-in level and micro-lithography device, and looked leisurely around the portholes on all sides. This kind of scene will probably never be repeated again, at least in the last few decades and hundreds of years. Ye Tao's fleet relied on its excellent mobility, and actually gradually turned the circular formation into a spindle-shaped formation, directly interspersed with it from the middle and left of the opponent's front. The two groups of vanguard fleets that rushed in front did not dare to stop them, and carried out somewhat weak artillery bombardment while slowly retreating towards the main formation. On the Coalition side, there are no warships specifically designed for long-range combat, but at least catapults and ballistas are installed on each ship. It's just that the shape is quite different.

The catapults on the allied warships ranged from six pounds to six hundred pounds in terms of the number of projectiles fired, and the structures were all manpower-pulled, heavy-hammer, and lever-type. Ballistas, on the other hand, were only equipped on a few capital ships. The coalition forces were able to make ballistae because they had captured the ballistae of the Samir family on the ground battlefield, and then they figured out the general principle and began to imitate them in large quantities. However, the coalition forces did not have the experience and technical system of Ye's workshop in the manufacture technology of ballistas, and there was too much difference in the level of torsion springs, force measurement and machining accuracy, although the range of ballistas could also meet the basic requirements, but the shooting accuracy was really not complimentary. The more fatal problem is that although the coalition fleet has long begun to popularize long-range projectiles such as fire oil bombs and Mars bombs, after all, the coalition forces are united by many countries and families, and they are also afraid of each other in cooperation. Most of the things that resemble fire oil bombs have been designed with the principle of fire protection in mind, and the ships of Nanami Trading Company and Tohei Suishi have a way to deal with these substandard products, which are sprayed with fireproof and flame-retardant paint.

After the first round of contact, after the long-planned mutual shelling, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Alexander, put down the telescope in his hand in frustration...... Even this binoculars were captured. Although the statistics of the results will have to wait for a while, from the current situation, due to the accuracy of the ordnance and the power of the projectiles, the results of this first round of mutual fire are really frustrating. Seeing that under the concentrated artillery bombardment of the opponent, there are already six battleships that do not even need to be rescued, almost waiting to be charred on the sea, and a considerable number of battleships were damaged in the first round, whether it is in terms of combat power losses or morale, the coalition forces have dropped a lot.

"Whatever the cost, let Karles and Zajiaming rush for me, and if we don't shorten the distance between the two sides, we all have to die here." Alexander commanded through gritted teeth.