On October 12, 95 B, the first half of the last large-scale naval battle of the B century broke out off Cape Roquedel, a key maritime navigation point. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

All the ships of the Tasman Empire's Cape Roquedale were dispatched. The fleet had: 2 Great Khan-class battleships (flagship Steppe, Steed), 6 Redbeard-class King class battleships, 6 Borg-class light cruisers, 8 Bruno-class protective cruisers (originally 10, 2 sunk).

The White Ocean Democratic Federation Expeditionary Fleet has 2 Federation-class heavy cruisers, 6 Caiyun-class large cruisers, and 17 medium-sized ocean-going cruisers of various types (equipped with 610 mm long-range torpedoes).

Comparison of the strength of the two sides:

The number of large battleships over 20,000 tons: 2 Imperial Army, 0 Federal Army

The number of capital ships in the early 10,000s or close to 10,000 tons: 6 Imperial Army and 8 Federal Army

Number of medium auxiliary ships: 14 Imperial Army, 17 Federal Army (escort supply fleet, only 13 ships actually participated in the battle)

Number and type of guns above 200 mm:

The Imperial Army 260mm counts 24 seats and 48 tubes, and 280mm counts 10 seats and 20 tubes. (Redbeard King main gun: 4 seats 2 units 260mm; Great Khan main gun 5 seats 2 pack 280mm/L50)

Federal Army 203 mm 4× duplex / 53 times caliber, 8 seats 16 tubes. (Federal-class heavy cruisers "Federation", "Honor")

The number and type of guns around 150:

96 guns of this type plus 64 guns 120 (power is close to 140)

(12 single-barreled 150mm/L45 guns on the Great Khan-class battleships, 8 single-barreled 150mm/L45 guns on the Borg-class light cruisers, 2 152mm guns on the Bruno-class protective cruisers; 8 120mm guns)

Federal Army: 36 155mm guns, 91 140mm guns (Caiyun-class large cruisers 15.5cm60 times diameter main guns with three batteries and two bases, 7 140mm single-mounted guns on medium ocean-going cruisers)

Speed: 20 knots on average for the capital ships of the Imperial Army, 16 knots for the King of the Redbeard class battleships, and 25.5 knots for the Great Khan-class battleships. Auxiliary cruiser 27 knots. All are the highest speed. The Federation Army can reach this speed at a minimum of 30 knots.

From the perspective of traditional naval combat power, compared with the Tasman Imperial Army, the only advantage of the Federal Army is speed. Just looking at the firepower of the Tasman Empire, it is overwhelming. But this is not the case, the 4 2-pack 260mm main guns of the Redbeard King have a range of less than 10 kilometers (the maximum range is 7000m). The great Khan-class battleship 280 main guns had a maximum range of 17400 meters. The 203mm naval guns of the Federal Army have a range of 26,000 meters, and the Federal Army also has two secret weapons, aircraft and torpedoes.

The planes allowed the Federation to discover the Imperial fleet first, and also allowed the Federation to always take the initiative. Torpedoes, tonnage TNT content, or other more powerful content is enough to turn any battleship into a submarine in a matter of minutes, provided it hits and explodes. A torpedo boat of more than 100 tons can launch torpedoes and sink a battleship of tens of thousands of tons, which is called the cost performance of weapons......

At 12 noon, the Imperial fleet was spotted by a federal reconnaissance plane, and an engagement was expected between the two sides at 13:30 p.m......

The Federation had plenty of time to adjust their formation and put themselves in the most advantageous position......

At 13:40, the two sides began to fight, and the two fleets were 15 nautical miles apart, and at this time it could only be unilateral artillery bombardment by the Union Army. At 14 o'clock, the two sides began to approach in a parallel movement of the fleet, but the federal forces always maintained a suitable distance, constantly bombarding each other with 203mm long-range artillery, and the two great Khan-class battleships were the best targets and were constantly hit. He has been beaten but can't beat others, and the commander of the Tasman Imperial Navy fleet is annoyed.

At 14:05, the broadside armor of the flagship of the Tasman Imperial Navy fleet was hit, and the deck could be covered with 50mm teak, which was a high-explosive bomb, and the teak belt caught fire. The Federation has been bombarding each other with high-explosive shells, after another great Khan-class battleship caught fire. The commander of the Imperial Navy fleet could no longer bear it anymore, abandoned the original combat plan of the whole fleet to engage the enemy and give full play to the superiority of heavy artillery firepower, and ordered high-speed cruisers and battleships to charge the enemy. At 14:10, the federal fleet found that the fish had been hooked, and the fleet was divided into two parts, two capital ships led one fleet to maintain a reasonable distance from the enemy at a suitable speed to attract the enemy, and the other detachment composed of eight fastest medium ocean-going cruisers threw off the enemy and prepared to go around to sneak attack the pursuing enemy.

At 15:10, the commander of the Imperial Navy fleet realized that he seemed to be stepping into a trap carefully laid by the other side, and he was right, but it was too late. The 610mm long-range torpedoes, launched by medium ocean-going cruisers perpendicular to the direction of the pursuing fleet, have already begun to hit these warships......

Seeing that many enemy ships were hit by torpedoes, the enemy fleet slowed down to rescue friendly forces, and the White Ocean Federation fleet moved away at high speed and then began to approach again around a corner, and at 15:30 it went around to the direction of the 45° fleet angle and approached to 8 nautical miles, and again fired torpedoes at the Imperial Navy fleet that was crowded together to rescue friendly ships......

The first result was achieved by the Cape Roquedel garrison fleet, when a medium ocean-going cruiser of the White Ocean Federation Navy was sunk by the main gun fire of the great Khan-class battleship.

At 15:50, the Cape Roquedel garrison fleet, which was pursuing the White Ocean Federation Navy, was already in a miserable situation......

The first round of torpedo attacks on the steppe, the flagship of the great Khan-class battleship fleet, was hit...... In this attack, the Steppe was hit again, this time the position of the hit bomb could not be balanced by water, the flagship of the fleet was slowly sinking, and everyone in the fleet tried to save the ship, but to no avail.

At 16 o'clock, six Redbeard Kings rushed over to assist in the rescue of friendly troops. At this time, the navy of the White Ocean Federation did not go far, and they were preparing for the next round of attacks. The supply ships arrived to complete the torpedo replenishment before dusk, and another round of torpedo attacks......

At 18:30, on the way back to the base of the Cape Rockdel garrison flotilla, which had suffered heavy losses, another round of torpedo attacks began, and the Federation-class heavy cruisers and Caiyun-class large cruisers volleyed in front with artillery fire, and the garrison fleet was forced to engage. By covering the night, all the ocean-going medium cruisers of the Federation Army approached the garrison as close as possible and fired torpedoes......

According to the prisoners after the war, the great Khan-class battleship Horse, the fleet's acting flagship, was hit by a torpedo attack in that torpedo attack, and two torpedoes on one side of the hull and two 610-mm torpedoes were a terrible thing for any warship.

The losses of the Federation fleet were also heavy. Seven medium cruisers were hit, four cruisers that had torpedoed were hit and caught fire, becoming targets and sunk, two of which exploded on the spot...... The 610 torpedo is also an extremely dangerous weapon for its users

On the 12th, five medium cruisers of the Federal Fleet were sunk, one large cruiser of the Caiyun class was damaged, and three medium cruisers were severely damaged, and these ships withdrew from future combat operations, and the number of ships in the fleet was reduced by a quarter, which can be described as heavy losses, but these losses were insignificant compared to the losses of almost all the sunk of the Rockdel Point garrison fleet.

The ships of the Cape Rockdel garrison fleet that attacked: 2 Great Khan-class battleships, 6 King Redbeard-class battleships, 6 Borg-class light cruisers, 8 Bruno-class protective cruisers, only one Borg-class light cruiser and one Bruno-class protective cruiser, fled back to the port.

At 9 a.m. local time on October 13, 95 BC, the White Ocean Democratic Federation Expeditionary Fleet began shelling the batteries and the command structure of the defenders at Cape Roquedel. The 203 mm 4× twin/53 caliber guns of the Commonwealth-class heavy cruisers and the 15.5 cm 60 times diameter main guns of the Caiyun-class large cruisers were fully firepowered. Under the calibration of the reconnaissance aircraft, the shelling was carried out very efficiently. In the first round of shelling, the command structure and barracks of the defenders were completely destroyed. The next targets were the various shore artillery batteries. It has always been an open port, and all the battery locations are in broad daylight. There were 15 shore batteries in the port, equipped with 12 250mm guns and 3 170mm guns, and like the fleet's guns, these shore batteries had a very limited range and could hardly damage the attacking army. Soon, aircraft reconnaissance reported that the batteries were all destroyed. When the fleet shells stationary targets. The remaining Borg-class light cruisers, the Bruno-class protective cruisers, wanted to escape, and the reconnaissance aircraft informed the fleet of the movement of enemy ships in time, and the two ships were intercepted. Faced with the mighty Federation fleet, the two warships of the formerly powerful fleet chose to surrender. In this way, a powerful fleet was completely wiped out by a small and powerful fleet that was weak on the surface but relied on the level of science and technology to increase its huge combat effectiveness.

At 11 a.m., the defenders of the harbor raised the white flag from the commanding heights...... The battle is over.

The defenders and the remaining personnel of the garrison fleet base surrendered to the Federation Expeditionary Fleet.

At 15 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the Marines of the Federal Army landed and completed the handover with the surrendered defenders. To the surprise of the federal army, there were as many as 7,000 surrendered defenders in the port of Cape Roquedel, all of whom were Luo people from the Loni region of the Tasman Empire, who had a tragic history, having had their own national independent state, and had been conquered by the Tasman Empire established by the Turks for more than three centuries, and had been exploited and enslaved by the empire. These people were forced to leave their homes to serve in this faraway place, and it can be said that they were liberated by the heavy shelling of the federal army, and the Tasman Empire's native Turkish commander and the Turkish troops guarding the fort were blown to ashes, and they did not want to die for the empire that enslaved them, so they killed the Turk officers who supervised the war and raised the white flag.

As a mobile garrison, these Luo people are equipped with 18 100-mm cannons, 54 80-mm howitzers, a large number of machine guns, and are well supplied with ammunition. The battle plan was formulated according to the situation that there were only 1,200 defenders in the port, and the defenders of the fort were indeed the same number, but I didn't expect that there was still a mobile garrison here. The additional 7,000 garrisons are a divisional formation designed specifically to target the overland threat at Cape Roquedel. The fleet was sunk, the port garrison was insufficient, and they were requisitioned into the port area overnight to organize defensive operations. If these defenders choose to continue to resist, the battle will only begin here. The Federals were lucky, the defenders chose to surrender, and the war should be over.

The Union Army treated these people who brought them such good fortune with courtesy, did not restrict their freedom, but only confiscated their artillery. The next day, the Federation sent them a large number of supplies, which were much better than those provided by the Empire. The defenders of the surrender surrendered to the defenders, and they took the initiative to undertake the garrison around the port, and also helped the White Ocean Federation Army to restore the normal operation of the port.

On October 14, the White Ocean Federation Army telegraphed to the Tasman Empire in accordance with international practice: First, Cape Roquedel has been captured by the Federal Army, and the offshore fleet stationed here has been completely annihilated, and the Federal Army will treat the captured personnel kindly; 2. If your country recognizes the port of Cape Roquedel and the area adjacent to it as a territory of the White Ocean Democratic Federation, the war will end and peace will be restored between the two countries; Third, if your country agrees to the second condition, the Federation will release the prisoners of war and return the captured ships. At the same time, the White Ocean Democratic Federation advertised this armistice condition in the world's major newspapers, with a brief history of the fighting between the two sides. This armistice proposal advertisement made the countries of the world feel good about the White Ocean Democratic Federation. This splendid quick decisive battle also made the military circles of all countries in the world applaud. The military victory also led to a rapid increase in the international political status of the White Ocean Democratic Federation. The status of the Tasman Empire declined rapidly.

At that time, an international relations scientist said: "The Tasman Empire does not deserve to stay in the IPC10 (International Ten Powers) club." It's a miracle that the former superpower, which boasted to be the world's sixth-largest power, was easily defeated by an emerging mid-business power. If this former superpower, which has always used military threats as its most important diplomatic means, issues the threat of force and an ultimatum again, I don't believe it anyway. ”

It can be said that the Battle of Cape Roquedel was a turning point in the slow decline of the Tasman Empire, an aging empire, from a slow decline to a rapid decline.

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Late at night on October 14, B95, in Lotta, the capital of the Tasman Empire, Emperor Alf Ali and numerous ministers stayed up all night. The aging Tasman Empire, after all, is a big empire, a big country, once extremely powerful, and it is not weak today, but it was actually overturned by the emerging medium-sized country of the Baiyang Democratic Federation. We're not big green fruits. We have a strong pretending force, and it has always been the imperial army that has abused other families, and now the imperial army has been brutalized. It's so bloody!

The battle is lost, what should I do? What should I do if such a big purse as Cape Roquedel, a shipping destination, is lost, and the Empire's financial revenue from overseas colonies is suddenly reduced by half? If a big country is slapped in the face in public by a small country, and the slapping sound, the status of this big country will be lost immediately, what should I do?

The result of the meeting was that, for the sake of its international standing and financial purse, the Empire must continue the war and immediately mobilize all the large ships of the country to retake Cape Roquedel under the leadership of the most powerful naval commander.

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The Meisu-class battleships, a total of 7 ships, all in service, all dispatched. Die-class battleships, a total of 7 ships, all in service, all dispatched. The great Khan-class battleships, four, all in service, and two in existence, all sorted. Borg-class light cruisers, 12 ships, all in service, 6 in existence, all sorted. Bruno-class protective cruisers: purchased from abroad, there were 20 of them at that time, all of them were in service, and 10 are extant. All sorted. Eight troop carriers, loaded with 10,000 infantry, were dispatched.

It was definitely a big gamble. 16 battleships and 16 cruisers rushed towards the fleet of the White Ocean Federation Expeditionary Force. All the large ships of the Federal Navy have also already been dispatched, heading for the war zone at top speed. The battle of national fortunes should be so.

The Federation has also resorted to another super killer weapon - diplomacy. At this moment, the Federation clearly realized that Cape Roquedel was a hot potato, and it had to be sold, and it had to be sold for a good price. The top leaders of the Baiyang Democratic Federation are all big businessmen, and they know how to exchange victory for benefits and use interests to achieve victory.

The White Ocean Democratic Federation contacted the Tasman Empire's sworn enemy, Pollya, which had been plundered by nearly half of the territory, Borlia promised to help the White Ocean Federation, and sent large new warships to participate in the war, on October 20, the Polnia fleet set sail, and six new high-speed cruisers actually arrived at Cape Roquedel 10 days ahead of the Tasman Empire fleet. The reinforcement ships are Tejas class fast ultralight cruisers (similar to the "Fletcher" class) with full load displacement: 2700 tons; Main scale: total length 114.76 meters, total width 12.04 meters, draft 4.1 meters, speed: 35 knots, crew: 340 people, main guns: 3 twin 127 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, two in the front and one in the rear, torpedoes: 2 five-link 533-inch torpedo tubes, auxiliary weapons: 3 twin 40 mm Bofors high-level dual-purpose machine guns, 7 single-barreled 20 mm Erlikon high-level dual-purpose machine guns.

The White Ocean Democratic Federation contacted the historical enemy of the Tasman Empire, which was the fourth largest maritime power in the world at that time, and also the second superpower in the world. Our country borders this house, there have been many wars in history, and our country said that we could repair this barbarian turkey at the right time and place and liberate the enslaved people, but now I am busy with the army changing clothes, and after changing the equipment, I will pack up the turkeys and experiment with the performance of the new equipment. This friend will work later, but can't help now. (That's the story of another work)

The White Ocean Democratic Federation contacted the Tasman Empire's heavyweight potential enemy, the Saxony-Windsor Empire. The Saxony-Windsor Empire had long been at odds with the Tasman Empire over the ownership of canals within the Tasman Empire, and the country had long coveted Cape Roquedel. The country is also the world's number one maritime power and superpower. The Saxony-Windsor Empire really wanted this commodity, the country had been in an economic crisis for many years, and it had never been able to extricate itself, and it was impossible to pay for the goods, barter, labor exports, and asset exchanges, all of which were excellent. The top leaders of both countries were businessmen and knew how to be flexible, and it took only three days for the Saxony-Windsor Empire to make a deal with the Confederation from the beginning of contact.

According to the agreement, the Saxony-Windsor Empire sent a battle cruiser fleet with long-range fire to support the White Ocean Federation Army. After the victory at the Battle of Cape Roquedel, the Saxony-Windsor Empire used the weapons needed by the White Ocean Democratic Federation, war supplies, and two remote island colonies in exchange for Cape Roquedel. The Saxony-Windsor Empire used a large number of inventory of idle war materials, advanced weapons, and two remote places in exchange for a strategic place and a cash wallet, just like someone who sold two sets of houses in a remote small county town in a fifth-tier city for free that year, and the money received was exchanged for a one-bedroom house in Beijing's Third Ring Road, and the market price is like this, this is called a location, and the real estate transaction looks at the location, followed by the area. Cape Roquedel is a shop in a prime location, and you can make money selling everything. This is called investment vision.

The Baiyang Democratic Federation has exchanged this hot potato of the enclave, which has a very high holding cost and will be lost at any time, for things that are actually useful to itself, many of which cannot be bought by low- and medium-tech countries with money. Later, later, the Republic of Jeju, the successor of the White Ocean Federation, discovered oil in the waters around the two islands, and the reserves were extremely rich. This story tells us that real estate, buy it if you can, don't sell it.

There is no doubt that it is a win-win deal. In mid-November, the nearby fleet of the Saxony-Windsor Empire, four Pluto-star pocket battlecruisers and four Galileo-class 305 heavy gun light cruisers, arrived at Rockdel Point. Since then, the White Ocean Democratic Federation has almost won.

In addition to winning this anti-piracy war, the White Ocean Federation also has greater benefits. She will have access to many advanced weapons that she never dreamed of. According to the terms of the trade, Cape Rockdel received the following weapons and supplies in total:

2 Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, which were the next class of fleet artillery heavy cruisers being designed by the Saxony-Windsor Empire at that time. Four ships of this class will be built at the same time, two of which will belong to the White Ocean Federation. Good futures are like good off-plan houses. That's when I have to hehe, you know. (It's the U.S. Baltimore-class, which looks fantastic, and it's a bit of an Iowafan.) ）

There are two NISSHIN-class seaplane carriers with a displacement of 11,000 tons, including 20 carrier-based aircraft. The active equipment of the fleet of the Imperial Navy, in stock, was delivered the following year.

There are 4 improved versions of the Ladero-class multi-purpose destroyers, with a full load displacement of 1,800 tons, two 100 mm rapid-fire naval guns, a speed of 33 knots, and complete anti-submarine air defense equipment. New goods in stock, these are four newly produced surplus destroyers that became stocks, stored at the Far Eastern base anchorage, and were delivered that year.

There were 9 Porter-class destroyers, and a total of 9 were built. Full load displacement: 2130 tons; Speed: 37 knots; Main guns: 3 twin 127 mm high-level dual-purpose guns; Anti-submarine air defense is fully equipped. This is a completely newly designed advanced warship of the Saxony-Windsor Empire. Year built: 90 years B; The purpose of the construction is to solve the problem of feeding the workers of shipyards and steel mills during the economic crisis, maintain the production capacity of the military industry, experiment with shipbuilding technology, and increase the combat readiness inventory of ships that are vulnerable to wear; A total of 9 ships of this class were built, and none of them were officially put into service, and all of them were directly opened to the dry dock warehouse for storage after sea trials, so they were new goods in stock and advanced goods, and all of them were delivered the following year.

Four Pluto-star pocket battlecruisers (which can also be understood as cruisers with superior firepower) All four ships are still under construction and are laying keels. The technical indicators are as follows:

Standard displacement: 9,300 tons Total length: 183 meters width: 20.1 meters Draft: 5.9 meters Capacity: 660 people

Maximum speed: 35 knotsFuel: 2,100 tons of heavy fuel oil Endurance: 10,000 nautical miles / 15 knots

Main guns: 3 twin 38x 305 mm gunsSecondary guns: 8 x 25x 127 mm gunsMachine guns: 12 47 mm machine gunsMachine guns: 18 12.7 mm machine gunsCatapults: 2 water reconnaissance aircraft: 4 broadside armor belts: 50 mm deck: 25 mm Ammunition depot: 80 mm Turret: 20-50 mm Command tower: 50 mm

Of the 12 ships planned to be built in this class, 4 have been built.