The training of the Edward has lasted for a month, the sailors on the battleship have mastered the operation of various equipment, and Zhang Lin's excellent command and composure have also won the respect of the sailors, and the Edward is looking forward to its first real war!

"Sir, today is the routine maintenance of the Edward, but I found that the logistics department has filled the Edward with fuel, and each main turret ammunition depot is also full of ammunition, and the reconnaissance aircraft of the Edward has also been reloaded, which should be a real combat mission. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info" Delin looked at the logistics personnel who were busy in the harbor and said to Zhang Lin, "The main guns of the Edward have been used sixty-three times during the training period, and their service life is three hundred shots, and our battleship is now in the best condition!" ”

Zhang Lin looked at the adjutant, "I just received an order from the Commander's Department today, let us and the heavy cruiser Morgan, the battlecruiser Reagan, the light cruiser Shancheng, as well as the destroyers Dawn and Glory to exterminate the pirates, according to reliable intelligence, now the Black Wind pirate gang has just purchased a new battleship, they have four warships, including two light cruisers and one destroyer, the commander's department believes that they have threatened the maritime interests of the empire and must be eliminated!" Zhang Lin looked at the Edward with deep eyes, "We are now appointed as the flagship of this extermination of the pirate fleet, and at six o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, we will set sail on time to exterminate this group of pirates, and the order is to destroy all the enemy forces!" ”

At three o'clock in the morning on the third day, the sailors of the Edward were assembled, and Zhang Lin lectured in front of the queue, "Warriors of the Empire, now we have received an order from our superiors to form a fleet to exterminate the pirate Black Wind and establish meritorious service. Board the ship. ”

As the intense preparation time approached six o'clock in the morning, the other five warships signaled to the Edward lighthouse to be ready, Zhang Lin looked at his watch, when the hands went to six o'clock, the Edward's lighthouse flashed three times, and the fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor, two destroyers were in the forefront, the Morgan Mountain City followed, and the Reagan and Edward were at the end.

The entire fleet sailed to the Tianfeng Sea at a speed of sixteen knots, which was the key sea communication line of the empire, and also the base camp of the activities of the Black Wind pirate gang, as the fleet arrived at the Tianfeng Sea area, Zhang Lin ordered the fleet to turn on the detection radar, and ordered the Dawn and the Glory to start searching the surrounding waters, and all entered the first level of combat readiness!

"The Glorious reports the flagship! The Glory reports the flagship! ”

"Please speak when the flagship receives it, please speak when the flagship receives it!"

"The Glory has been patrolling for three hundred nautical miles on the east side of the Tianfeng Sea and has found no abnormalities, over!"

"Flagship received!"

Then the Dawn also reported that no enemy troops were found, and it had been six days since it came to the Tianfeng Sea, and the key communication lines in the Tianfeng Sea were almost searched, and still no valuable information was found, on the seventh day, the telegraph of the Edward received a set of distress signals, and the Empire's merchant ships were robbed by pirates in the northern part of the Tianfeng Sea, and four enemy warships were found, coordinates 46, 97, requesting support!

"Order the fleet to assemble at the coordinates of the next order, and use the Edward as a unit to support the country's merchant ships at full speed!" Zhang Lin looked at the distress telegram, "Send a telegram to the merchant ship, the imperial navy has received the distress signal, and the fleet still has an hour and a half to reach the designated coordinates, please try your best to break through the merchant ship!" ”

With the four warships led by Zhang Lin to the northern region of the Tianfeng Sea, the Glory and the Dawn also rushed to support from other enemies at full speed, and when the Edward sailed at full speed to the designated target area, the robbed merchant ship was in danger of being sunk, and the pirates behind kept sending telegrams like merchant ships to tell "Please stop the ship!" Otherwise, they will open fire and sink you! The sailors on the merchant ship have panicked, but fortunately the captain calmed down, "We can't stop the ship, otherwise not only will the cargo be robbed, but even our lives will be lost, now we need to flee at full speed, it will take forty minutes for the pirates to catch up with us, they will not sink us for money, we must be calm!" ”

The pirate saw that the merchant ship was still moving at full speed, and the bearded man on the battleship lost patience and said to his men, "Aim the secondary cannon at the merchant ship in front of you, fire at me, and we will beat his ship to pieces!" With the sound of the turret turning, four of the single-mounted secondary guns were aimed at the merchant ship, and with the bearded man's order, "Bang!" "Four 120-millimeter high-explosive shells were fired at the merchant ship, but none of them hit, and six seconds later there was a salvo, and the sailors on the merchant ship saw the shells splashing next to their ships, and their legs and stomachs weakened in fright, perhaps because of the luck of the merchant ship, after nearly ten minutes, none of the pirate's shells hit!

Four points of light appeared on the Edward's high-power radar, and the loudspeaker said, "Enemy battleships found, enemy cruisers found, enemy destroyers found." Zhang Lin looked at the radar and asked, "How long will it take for the enemy to enter our range?" The captain of the "radar report" has entered the firing range of our main guns! ”

"Order all battleships to aim at the enemy ships, fire a salvo in thirty seconds, order the Morgan to cover the right flank, the mountain city to cover the left flank, pull out the smoke generator, cover our ships, and the battlecruiser Reagan shells the enemy battleships with the Edward!" After giving the order, Zhang Lin said to the telegraph operator: "Ask me, how long will it take for the Glory and Dawn to reach the intended target!" ”

With the four battleships T head swing out, the front four 208 mm naval guns of the Morgan heavy cruiser carried out a cross-fire, the other three battleships were not far behind, a huge shelling sound came from the Edward, more than eight tons of armor-piercing shells whizzed away, due to the long distance The purpose of the first shot was to calculate the impact point and provide data support for the subsequent shooting, after nearly eighteen seconds of shell flight time, the skyrocketing water column rushed up around the bearded battleship, at this time the pirate's destroyer was less than eight hundred meters away from the merchant ship, Seeing the appearance of the Imperial Navy, the destroyer suddenly turned around and ran away! The bearded man looked at the four battleships that suddenly appeared, and his face turned pale, "Calculate the enemy's speed?" ”

"Chief, according to radar speed measurements, the enemy's ships are faster than ours, and if we escape, the enemy will catch up with us in three hours."

"His grandmother's! Full speed ahead for me and take out the navy on the other side! "The bearded man who had just bought a battleship had inflated his self-confidence, thinking that the opposite side was just an escort light cruiser, and he could not pose a threat to himself at all, but his own battleship could easily sink the opposite cruiser.

As the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, the bearded man finally saw that the battleship of the enemy navy was not an escort light cruiser at all, but a battleship, a battlecruiser and two cruisers, and at this time the bearded man's intestines were repentant! I knew that I should have given the order to escape, but now I am looking for death when I rush up!

The merchant ship looked at the navy that came to support, the captain breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the ship to be driven into the smoke of the naval ship, although his ship was hit by pirates with three shells, but it was not seriously damaged, the ship's damage has been controlled, and now he can leave this dangerous enemy!

Zhang Lin looked at the pirate ships that were getting closer and closer, and asked, "What is the distance between the two sides now?" ”

"Report sir, the distance between the two sides is now sixteen.7 kilometers!"

"Order all ships to rudder thirty degrees to the left and right to ensure that all the main guns can fire at the same time!"

The twelve 406 mm guns of the battleship Edward were aimed at the bearded flagship, the battleship he spent a lot of money to buy, a battleship equipped with eight 356 mm guns, with the first salvo of the Edward, a 406 caliber shell pierced a big hole in the stern of the bearded ship, although it was over-penetrated, but the bearded battleship still shook for a while, scaring the bearded man into a cold sweat, looking at the surrounding water column, the bearded man exclaimed" This is at least a 380 mm caliber cannon! Give me a return fire, all artillery fire is fired! ”

Shells continued to fall into the water around the Edward, but the sailors on the battleship were extremely calm, and the other three battleships around had begun to fire at full power, the three 80 mm nine main guns of the battlecruiser Reagan fired the second salvo against the pirate cruiser, and two shells hit the engine room in the middle of the engine room, and with the thick black smoke coming out of the chimney of the enemy ship, Zhang Lin ordered the twelve main guns of the Edward to aim at the unlucky cruiser,

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the fourteen-ton projection beast fired twelve armor-piercing shells at the unlucky ghost, six of which pierced through the cruiser's weak waterline armor, and the huge penetrating force sent the shells to the core of the battleship, and the fire of the explosion instantly reflected the red sky, and the keel of the unlucky cruiser was blown off by the Edward, and the entire battleship quickly sank into the sea!

The bearded man saw that one of his cruisers was sunk, and quickly thought of his fate, the twelve huge cannons in front of him were slowly turning to his battleship, and his fate at this time can be imagined! I must think of a way to get out, otherwise I haven't enjoyed the gold coins that have been robbed for more than ten years, so I will be buried in the belly of the fish, and the bearded man ordered to let his destroyer release torpedoes on the enemy's battleship, which is the best way to easily sink the opponent's battleship, and after the captain of the destroyer received the order, the bearded man was letting himself go to death, but he had to go, so he had to start his horsepower and rush to the enemy warship, and now the distance between the two warships is only less than thirteen kilometers, this distance, It is also quite disadvantageous for the nimble and small destroyer, the secondary gun of the huge battleship on the opposite side has not yet fired, God knows how many calibers of the secondary gun it is, but the range of his torpedo is only eight kilometers, and only the torpedo can play a role if it advances at least six kilometers, and under the cover of the bearded firepower, the destroyer takes the Z route and forces towards Zhang Lin's fleet!