Zhang Lin led the fleet to slowly sail to the quicksand port, because his fleet a cruiser was damaged, the damage could not be repaired, the power output declined, and it was impossible to move forward at full speed, which slowed down the fleet's marching speed, fortunately it was not during the war, otherwise it would definitely drag down the fleet and lose the opportunity to fight!

"Report to the chief, receive the latest notice from the Supreme Governor's Department!" The telegraph operator of the Edward took a telegram he had just received and preached to Zhang Lin

"Read it out!"

"Yes!" After the telegraph operator saluted Zhang Lin, he took the telegram and read it aloud: "Colonel Zhang Lin, you have worked hard, and the commanders who received your telegram are very pleased, and they are worthy of being the youngest senior warship commander in the empire!" Then the telegrapher's voice changed: "According to the information on the border, the Aslan Empire has gathered heavy troops to attack our border, the two countries have always had grievances, the war has not stopped, and now the war will start, order Edward to go to the Louis military port in the north of the empire, assemble with the Galaxy aircraft carrier, and escort the Galaxy!" It is hereby ordered, the Supreme Minister's Department! ”

After reading the order, the telegraph operator looked at Zhang Lin, the young commander, calm and calm, the great victory he led his fleet was still in front of him, and if he followed him, his merits would continue to rise! Zhang Lin pondered for a while and took the lead in breaking the silence, "According to the order, we will go to escort the aircraft carrier Yinhe, the war between the empire and Yaslan is inevitable, and the most important thing now is that the Edward needs maintenance, go to the quicksand port first for post-war maintenance!" Then Zhang Lin said to the telegrapher: "Send a report to the commander's department, the Edward has received an order, and now go to the quicksand port for maintenance, and after the maintenance is completed, it will go to the Louis Military Port to meet the galaxy!" ”

The lights of the quicksand harbor in the night were bright, and the huge lighthouse guided the ships that came and went, and then a fleet appeared on the sea, and the signal light of the port was played in the direction of the lighthouse, and the lighthouse of the quicksand harbor then responded to the signal, and the fleet sailed into the quicksand harbor instead, and then the logistics troops of the quicksand harbor began the busiest work, and the battleship was maintained after the war, especially the Edward, because she was going to the north of the empire to participate in the war, her main gun barrel and livery needed to be replaced with new ones, and the secondary guns were also exceptional, which was an urgent order from the Supreme Commander's Department, It is impossible to complete the post-war maintenance of the Edward within a week, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law!

The sailors of the Edward finally enjoyed a rare long vacation, but Zhang Lin watched the Edward slowly change from a short distance away, and the adjutant was by Zhang Lin's side, also looking at the maintenance of the Edward and asked, "Sir, what do you think of this mission?" ”

Zhang Lin looked at the Edward with a deep gaze, "I don't know why, if according to the current situation, the battleships should be eliminated, but they are still active in the forefront of the war, do you know why?" ”

"I don't know why the commander said that the battleships should be eliminated, they have the most powerful naval guns, the best armor protection, and are indestructible fortresses on the sea, such a powerful war machine maintenance will be launched into the arena of naval warfare, and please make it clear to the commander?" The adjutant looked at Zhang Lin puzzled and asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"When you see the aircraft carrier, you will understand that the supremacy of the battleship has been replaced by the aircraft carrier, and the battleship has a huge advantage over other warships for various reasons, but compared to the aircraft carrier's ultra-long-distance reconnaissance, attack, and the continuity of firepower, it cannot be reached, and the aircraft carrier will be the darling of future wars!" Zhang Lin has studied the history of World War II and is not optimistic about the future of battleships, because on earth, the ending of battleships has clearly shown that aircraft carriers are the hegemons of future naval warfare!

The maintenance of the Edward passed in the blink of an eye, and the logistics troops of the quicksand port were busy day and night, and it took only five days to complete the post-war maintenance of the Edward, and refill the fuel to the Edward, with the blessing of everyone in the port, the Edward slowly sailed out of the military port to see the escort mission of the Milky Way!

The ocean is deep, her charming blue, and her broad heart have attracted countless generations of people to explore her, but there are still many unknowns that haunt this people, and above this endless blue, a huge warship is riding the wind and waves, leaving a long afterword on the sea like a blue jewel.

"Combat readiness of the first level"

"Spot the local cruiser!"

The surveillance radar on the Edward emitted a screeching siren, and then a red dot appeared in the radar on the Edward, and the high-powered observation glasses on the battleship looked into the radar, and a heavy cruiser appeared in the observation glass, which was the flag of the pirate, and the cruiser was heading towards the Edward at full speed.

It's rare that this pirate wants to sink the Edward with a heavy cruiser, if it weren't for the brain problem, there would be no cruiser to challenge the battleship alone, it would be a ridiculous suicide, and it would have been recorded in the textbooks of naval warfare, becoming the most ridiculous naval battle in history, but everything in front of him defied common sense, and now the distance between the two sides was very far away, and it was not at all within the firing range of the main guns of the large two sides, and then the radarman of the Edward reported that "the commander has measured the speed of the enemy ship, thirty-five knots, and it will take about fifteen minutes, It will be possible to reach the firing range of our ship. ”

"Let's calm down first, see what the enemy is doing, order all the main guns to aim at the enemy ship, and immediately fire if the enemy retreats, if the enemy retreats, we don't have to pay attention to it, and rush to Port Louis with all our might!" Zhang Lin probably understood a little bit of all this, this pirate must know that the empire is going to war, the purpose is to interfere with the speed of the supporting ships, if the military aircraft is delayed, that kind of punishment is enough for each ship sailors to drink a pot!

Finally reached the edge of the Edward's range, the cruiser began to run parallel to the Edward, and then opened fire to provoke, the other party must know that his range could not hit the Edward, but it was also able to disgust the Edward's sailors, if the Edward turned around to chase it, then their goal was achieved, but the Edward was very calm, ignoring his provocative behavior, and then the cruiser gradually approached the Edward, constantly sending out provocative lighthouse signals, And every few minutes there is a salvo of the main guns!

"The enemy enters within thirty kilometers of our ship, the main gun locks on to the target, whether to open fire!"

The communicator in the captain's room came out with the sound of the main turret asking for fire, Zhang Lin looked at the cruiser that kept changing the speed of the course, such a distance, the opponent kept changing the course, it was impossible to get an effective hit at all, it was just a waste of ammunition, and then ordered a turret, observed the local action, no fire was allowed without an order, ordered the main engine room, and moved forward at full speed!

Then the Edward increased from the cruising speed of sixteen knots to the full speed of twenty-eight knots, and the cruiser watched the Edward speed up, thinking that the other party was afraid, and gradually got a little carried away, and no longer made the action of avoiding shells, at this time Zhang Lin silently muttered, "What I am waiting for is now!" "Then order all the main guns to fire!

"Bang!"

The Edward's twelve 406-millimeter guns spewed out a huge wave of fire, and twelve armor-piercing shells roared towards the complacent cruiser, and when the cruiser spotted the Edward's huge naval guns firing, Nami Chang anxiously ordered "Slow down and turn the rudder!" Slow down and turn the rudder! However, his order was a bit futile in his order, and when the lazy pirates reacted, they were given less than six seconds to react, and by the time the heavy cruiser began to turn the rudder, the Edward's armor-piercing shells had already flown over their heads, and then three armor-piercing shells made an effective hit, breaking a huge gap in the heavy cruiser's armor, and then the fuse was ignited, and before it could fly out of the hull, the heavy cruiser shook violently with a violent explosion!

"The ammunition depot was broken through, and I flooded it with water, and there were no explosions"

"The aft hangar was hit, two reconnaissance aircraft were destroyed!"

"The oil depot was broken down, and the No. 1 oil depot leaked a lot of fuel!"

"Homecoming! Full speed back! "The pirate fled the battlefield like a panicked rabbit, and the Edward did not pursue, after all, the cruiser was faster than the battleship, and he could not catch up with it anyway, and in the first salvo, he could get three effective hits, which was already a very unnatural hit rate! That's enough for the cruiser to drink a pot!

After this incident, Zhang Lin gradually woke up and ordered the whole ship to enter the second level of combat readiness! Then the same situation occurred, a large number of pirates came to harass the warships rushing to Port Louis, and finally let the pirates sink two light cruisers, which greatly annoyed the Supreme Command, and had to issue a new order to let the warships go to support form a temporary fleet, and the highest-ranking person in the fleet temporarily commanded the fleet. At the same time, an order was issued that the fleets would not be held accountable for delays in arriving at the port due to the pursuit of pirates! The Commander's Department also understands that once the war starts, these pirates will become the biggest obstacle for military supply ships, and if these pirates are not thoroughly understood, they will pose a huge threat to the supply of the Imperial fleet, and even affect the final battle situation!

In the past few days, Zhang Lin was attacked by pirates in several waves, which made Zhang Lin very annoyed, and finally after receiving the order of the commander's department, he formed a temporary fleet with the battle cruiser Möngke encountered on the road to pursue the pirates, and the battle cruiser Möngke had a speed of thirty-seven knots and nine naval guns of three hundred and fifty-six mm! The armor is weak, but it's enough to clean up the pirates! And there was also the Edward, a battleship with 406 mm guns, which sank seven pirate ships in just a few days! Received the commendation of the Commander's Department, and appointed Zhang Lin as the supreme commander of the extermination of pirates, and transferred three heavy cruisers to form a fleet, and began to encircle and suppress the pirates in the imperial waters on a large scale, and Zhang Lin lived up to expectations, leading the fleet to effectively combat the arrogance of the pirates, and for a time there was not a single pirate ship in the imperial waters! The officials of the Supreme Governor's Department were very happy and praised Zhang Lin fiercely!