Chapter 91: Fleet Duel II

The number of East Indies was very large, with 18 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers, more than 30 destroyers, more than 50 gunboats, and more than 20 torpedo boats with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons. In order to fight against the Chinese navy www.biquge.info the East India fleet was one-third larger than the usual fleet, and it can be said that it was a strong horse.

Due to the backwardness of shipbuilding technology, the Kingdom of the Netherlands could no longer keep up with the old colonial powers such as the British Empire and France in the construction of first-class battleships, but the construction technology of cruisers and destroyers closely followed the two naval powers.

The flagship of the East India Fleet was the St. Lotus, with a displacement of 6486 tons, a speed of 21.8 knots, and the main guns were twin triple 203-mm guns, eight 150-mm rapid-fire guns, and 24 rapid-fire guns of 40 mm caliber ....... Among the cruisers of the same class, the firepower of the Shenghe is also very powerful.

On the bridge, Admiral Odyssco, commander-in-chief of the East India Fleet, held a cigar in his mouth and a telegram in his hand, only to see a sad face looking at the endless sea.

Seeing the general's sad face, Adjutant Mexie said, "Your Excellency, Your Majesty has declared war on the Huaxia Kingdom, and next, it is time for us to achieve victory for the kingdom!" ”

Admiral Odysscoke put down the telegram in his hand, looked at the adjutant beside him and said, "You should know that our Nanyang Fleet has been completely wiped out, right?" The enemy we are facing now not only has a submarine force with very powerful attack power, but also has dozens of warships with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and the caliber of the main guns has been reached, and even the powerful British Empire is not equipped with such a large caliber main gun. ”

"Your Excellency Commander, Huaxia is a country composed of descendants of the Ming people, according to intelligence analysis, their warships are very powerful, but they have not experienced actual combat, and even the training site is a problem, how much combat effectiveness can a fleet trained on the rivers have?"

Adjutant Mexi, a member of the Dutch royal family, knew that the Kingdom of the Netherlands had fallen and knew the weakness of the East India fleet, but even so, he was still full of confidence in the enemy he faced this time stronger. The number of cruisers in the East India Fleet was very large, and if it was to seize the opportunity, the victory would still belong to the East India Fleet.

"It's good to have confidence, but this time the Huaxia Navy is stronger than any naval fleet in the world, and I think we should be cautious!" Admiral Odysscoke said angrily.

Admiral Odysscoe was very angry that the royal family had arranged this adjutant for him, and he didn't know what those royal family members wanted to do? How could such a simple-minded, well-limbed guy with no ability at all be his own adjutant?

The Chinese naval fleet facing this time has dozens of huge battleships, and the East India Fleet's largest main gun caliber is talented, even if the Dutch soldiers are well-trained, even if they keep hitting the opponent's main battleship, how much damage can be caused to them with shells? And the caliber of the opponent's battleship's main gun has been reached, and if it is hit by the opponent's main gun, the consequences will be very serious.

"Is Your Excellency Commander timid? The Huaxia Navy has so many powerful warships, and it looks very powerful on the surface. However, their soldiers are just a group of rookies who have not experienced war. Once faced with a battlefield full of artillery fire, it is a question whether they can give full play to the nature and ability of a battleship. When the time comes, the well-trained warriors of the kingdom's navy will definitely teach them a painful lesson. Even capturing their giant ships is not a problem! Adjutant Mexie looked confident.

For Odyssco's timid behavior, Mexie was very dissatisfied in her heart. The East India Fleet belongs to the Dutch Crown, not the personal property of Odyssco, who is just an obedient slave.

It's just that Odyssko is a talent that Her Majesty values very much, and Mexie can't be too criticized. Coupled with the fact that the war was about to come, and he was needed as a talent slave to command the battle, it was even more impossible to severely criticize him.

The East India Fleet did not have the means of airship reconnaissance, and it did not know that the location of the fleet had long been targeted by the First Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the submarine squadron of the Chinese Navy. Many Dutch soldiers even confidently wanted to beat the Chinese navy to avenge the sinking of the Nanyang Fleet.

In the second fleet of the Huaxia Navy, although these soldiers are all female soldiers, and they are only in the navy for two years of training, they are also full of confidence. The Second Fleet not only far surpassed the opponent in the caliber of its main guns, but also far surpassed the opponent in terms of speed, armor, and artillery range. Moreover, the greater advantage comes from the use of fire control radar and sighting equipment.

The ranging error of the fire control radar is less than 300 meters, and the radar fire control system can be calculated from many factors such as course, speed, wind, wind direction, atmospheric density, air temperature, and gun bore wear, and the obtained shooting elements are converted into electrical signals and transmitted to the main gun servo system to control the rotation and pitch of the main gun for salvo fire.

They also knew that the number of warships of the East India Fleet was not less than that of the Second Fleet, but the opponent's weapons and auxiliary equipment were too far behind.

At one o'clock in the afternoon on June 13, 1909, this moment is destined to be remembered by history. In the waters of Aravo, the third naval battle after the naval warships entered the age of steam is about to break out. Moreover, the scale of naval battles far exceeded the previous Qing Kou Jiawu Yellow Sea Battle and the Luokou Tsushima Naval Battle in previous years.

Sun Hao stood on the Cambridge of Zheng He, staring at a telegram he had just received in his hand, the airship reconnaissance team found two British merchant ships and two American merchant ships, and the strange thing was that these four merchant ships seemed to have been refitted. After reading it, Sun Hao handed the telegram to Shen Jun, the chief of staff.

The Great War is coming, how can the merchant ships of Britain and the United States appear in this sea? Don't they know that danger is coming? Sun Hao was very puzzled.

After reading the telegram, Shen Jun thought for a while and then said: "Commander-in-chief, it is not a coincidence that these British and American merchant ships have come to watch the battle. The telegram said that the merchant ships looked like they were refitted, which proved that the merchant ships of the British and the United States were not ordinary merchant ships, but data collection ships on the battlefield. ”

"Oh!" Sun Hao suddenly realized. The British are really not afraid of death! The three major fleets were sunk by themselves, and they had to send modified merchant ships to collect battlefield data. But this is just right, after his second fleet is powerful, it just happens to deter the British.

The sinking of the three major fleets is enough to deter the world overlord, plus the range and power of the second fleet's main guns, these many elements add up to deter the world hegemon. Damn the rice country also came to join in the fun, but this is not bad, just to deter the rice country.

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