About an hour later, the Second Fleet caught up from behind the First Fleet, because the First Fleet had yawed, which was a rather awkward situation, but yaw was extremely normal for ships at sea, especially in such bad weather conditions, which were more prone to yaw. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the sextant or octave equipped on the warship could not be used at all, and could only judge its position by the compass, the pre-set route, the speed, and some other auxiliary equipment, but the only fortunate thing was that after half an hour, the First Fleet did not see the Second Fleet, so it immediately used radio to communicate, and told the Second Fleet the current position of the fleet, so the Second Fleet immediately corrected the course and urgently chased after it from the flanks and rear.

In this era of no GPS positioning and navigation, it is not easy for the two fleets to meet accurately on the sea, and in the early years, many ships could only sail along the coast, so that although they would make some long detours, they could ensure that they would not starve to death and die of thirst because of yaw and inability to find land on the sea.

However, with the advancement of science and technology in recent years, a variety of instruments have been used in navigation, which has also made navigation less terrifying.

In this kind of yaw situation, as long as you are sure that you are yaw, then you can quickly calculate your current position, put it in the past, or other warships, then the only way is to adjust the direction, and then rush to the predetermined position.

However, the Chinese Empire had radio technology, which greatly facilitated the dispatch and arrangement of troops, and the First Fleet directly informed the Second Fleet of the yaw, and then told them the new coordinates, so the two fleets could correct the new meeting point in time, greatly reducing the sailing time.

Soon after the two fleets turned, the sky gradually brightened, and the distant horizon gradually turned white, and the fiery red sun rose from the sea level, reflecting a trace of golden light, this scene was so beautiful that people could not bear to spoil this beautiful scene.

Immediately afterwards, the command of the two fleets was transferred to the General Headquarters, that is, to Sa Zhenbing, and so far, the two fleets formed the Combined Naval Fleet of the Chinese Empire on the sea. However, I didn't want to use this kind of fleet name with obvious Japanese characteristics, so the name of the fleet became the First and Second Fleets of the Imperial Navy.

The convergence of the fleets meant that the first stage of the mission was officially completed, and immediately after, the five corvettes broke away from the fleet and headed forward at maximum speed, their task was to go to the predetermined ambush site, and then find the Japanese fleet, call the fleet to attack by radio, and follow the Japanese fleet to ensure that they would not escape.

Of course, at this time, it was impossible for the Japanese fleet to escape, because they had nowhere to escape, although the speed of the warships could allow them to leave the battlefield before the battle began, but the speed of those transporting infantry was not fast, and most of them were civilian cargo ships, and the speed was only about ten knots, at this speed, unless the Japanese Navy abandoned the land of three divisions, it was absolutely impossible to escape.

The five frigates sent out to track and find, the firepower and armor are very average, but they have an extremely terrifying speed, after sacrificing firepower and armor, this level of frigate has increased its speed to a terrifying thirty-two knots, that is, it can run to a distance of about sixty kilometers per hour, this speed can compete with an empty truck even on the ground, and on the sea, it is the absolute speed king, and no one can keep up with it.

Of course, the total tonnage of this kind of corvette that seems to be useless is only less than 2,000 tons, but its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a destroyer of the same tonnage, and even inferior to the Zhiyuan ship more than ten years ago.

But helplessly, despite the constant doubts, a lot of this kind of small warship has been produced, and even it is only equipped with two two-mounted 105 mm 45 times caliber naval guns, one in the front and one in the front, equipped with the latest armor-piercing shells. However, its power system uses the power system of a 4,000-ton destroyer, which also greatly compresses the internal space of the frigate, but because it does not have too much firepower, it does not need too many crews, and it is enough to use it comprehensively.

In addition to the 105-mm naval guns, which are one in the front and one in the front, the frigates of this class have only three other weapons, eight 88-mm ship-based anti-aircraft guns, 16 twin-mounted 37-mm 60-caliber shipborne anti-aircraft guns, and six 533-mm torpedo launchers arranged on the sides and in the front and rear according to 2211.

To put it simply, this frigate is more like an air defense torpedo ship than a frigate, but its terrifying speed is still very impressive, and in this situation, it is undoubtedly the best choice to use this kind of warship to track the enemy and reconnoiter the enemy.

Especially after the appearance of the Air Force was known to everyone, it was realized that the role of this frigate was, to put it bluntly, he was to provide anti-aircraft fire for the fleet to prevent enemy aircraft from attacking the fleet, although this design was a little advanced, but it didn't matter, anyway, which design of the Chinese Empire was not advanced?

Bo Zhongzhi is the captain of the frigate No. 527, because of the warship's own problems, he belongs to all the combat warships in service in the navy, the smallest tonnage, the weakest firepower, and the least staffed warship, so this directly leads to Bo Zhongzhi, who is also the captain, in many cases, his voice is far lower than that of other warships.

And Bo Zhongzhi is now just a major captain, the captain of a destroyer is generally a lieutenant colonel, the cruiser is a lieutenant or colonel, and the battleship is generally a colonel or commodore, but most of the time it will be the latter, unless the qualifications are not enough, so that they will wait for a while before being promoted.

Although his status in the fleet is the lowest, Bo Zhongzhi was not discouraged, but thought that his frigates were indispensable for the entire fleet, and the firepower was weak, is this absolute? After learning about the performance of the frigate, Bo Zhongzhi even proposed to use the high-speed maneuvering ability to quickly intersperse, get close to the enemy's large ships, and then drop torpedoes to attack the opponent, and then quickly evacuate.

With the speed of the frigate, as long as the luck is not too bad, don't let the enemy catch your channel, basically there will be no problems, a big ship has the benefits of a large ship, and a small ship also has the benefits of a small ship, there is no doubt about it, besides, what happened to the anti-aircraft guns? If the anti-aircraft gun is used well, it can still finish the enemy.

That's right, before understanding the aircraft, Bo Zhongzhi's definition of anti-aircraft guns on warships was to attack enemy soldiers, so as to lose control of some unprotected combat positions and weaken the opponent's firepower.

This point is also formulated by summing up the characteristics of anti-aircraft guns, although the caliber is small, but it has the characteristics of large multiples, long firing range, and fast rate of fire, and it is very suitable for hitting people.

After dawn, Bo Zhongzhi left the command cabin and stood on the bridge, the telescope in his hand kept probing around. The night before had been a nightmare for his frigate, and there had even been a feeling that it was going to sink several times, but fortunately there was no such tragedy in the end, but it was unlikely that the warship would be overturned by the waves, after all, they had not had any problems before.

As the sun rises, the smoke on the sea surface gradually fades, and the sea breeze is no longer as frenzied as last night.

"Captain, we've arrived at the intended area." The chief navigator came out of the warship and reported to Bo Zhongzhi.

In fact, when the fleet converged, it was not far from the predetermined area, and at the speed of the frigates, if it was advancing at full speed, it would only take two hours at most to reach the predetermined position, and the speed of the large force would be reduced in the middle, and if the large force still did not receive the message after an hour, it would stop in place and wait for the signal.

And once these reconnaissance units of them discovered the Japanese Navy, then a large force would enter the battlefield within an hour. Of course, this is only a theoretical time, and it is set in the case of the Japanese Navy not moving, and in a normal battle, it will basically take about three hours from the discovery of enemy forces to the start of the battle. If the Japanese Navy also wanted to fight a decisive battle, then this time could be shortened by less than an hour.

Bo Zhongzhi nodded, then whistled, and looked up at the lookout on the mast, that position was the best position for the whole ship, if he didn't even find the enemy there, then it was even more impossible for him to find it here.

Soon, the lookout signaled that nothing had been found.

In this era, the discovery of the enemy needs to rely on the eyes, and it has a lot to do with the line of sight, there is no radar detection technology of later generations, so all the naval fleets can only rely on lookouts to observe, and the target of observation is the black smoke coming out of the chimney of the warship, which is the fastest speed, under normal circumstances, from seeing the chimney to seeing the enemy warship, it takes about half an hour to sail in the middle.

If it's a large fleet, then it will take much longer to see the black smoke.

There was no enemy fleet, and Bo Zhongzhi did not have the slightest sense of urgency, but asked people to contact the fleet and report the situation here, and then the fleet replied, and the other four frigates did not find the enemy situation, so they continued to reconnoitre.

The 527 ship was slowly swaying at cruising speed on the sea, and even almost ran to the Ryukyus at one point, if it weren't for the fear of bumping into the fishermen there and exposing the whereabouts of the fleet, Bo Zhongzhi really wanted to go directly to the Ryukyus.

At 11:20 a.m., the lookout of the 527 ship finally saw a trace of abnormality, and then, the 527 ship quickly rushed in the direction of the anomaly, and at 11:40 a.m., the 527 ship confirmed the location of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Then he ran far ahead.

Because of the small size of the ships, coupled with the small number of ships and the long distance, the Japanese Combined Fleet could not see the 527 ships at all. (To be continued.) )