Chapter 617: Combative Commanders
The decisive battle fleet organized by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire also has a lot of other types of warships, and a total of 24 Taishan-class large fast armored cruisers and 22 Trotsky-class large fast armored cruisers have joined the 6 main fleets.
One of the Sixth Fleet's Trottle-class large fast armored cruisers was sunk in the Battle of Chittagong, and one of the Fifth Fleet's Trotto-class large fast armored cruisers was a little seriously injured, and one of the twin 40-caliber 210 mm main guns was destroyed, and the armor under the water was also punched out of a large hole, and was left at the shipyard in the port of Malacca for repairs.
12 large fast armored cruisers were also removed from more than a dozen garrison fleets and joined this decisive battle fleet, bringing the number of large fast armored cruisers to 58.
The 96 anti-modification fast protection cruisers and 91 anti-several fast protection cruisers of the six main fleets also joined the decisive battle fleet, and the fifth and sixth fleets had 2 anti-several fast protection cruisers sunk in the Battle of Chittagong, and 3 anti-several fast protection cruisers were seriously injured and remained in the port of Malacca.
In addition, 50 anti-aircraft fast-protection cruisers were also withdrawn from the garrison fleet, bringing the number of fast-protection cruisers participating in the decisive battle to 237.
The 96 destroyers and 92 destroyers of the 6 main fleets also joined the decisive fleet, and the 2 destroyers of the 5th and 6th fleets were also sunk in the Battle of Chittagong, and 2 seriously wounded were left in the port of Malacca.
Together with the 20 destroyers and 40 destroyers of the Destroyer class removed from the garrison fleet, the number of destroyers that could participate in the decisive battle reached 248.
140 MineB-class torpedo boats and 204 MineA-class torpedo boats will also join the decisive battle at sea.
2 Sikeblade and Bayonet submarines from the future space-time, as well as 66 Q-class submarines and 32 S-class submarines. A total of 100 submarines will form an underwater hunting fleet.
SubmarinesIn addition to the 36 Q-class submarines and 12 S-class submarines of the 6 main fleets, the Royal Navy of the Imperial Republic of China is equipped with the Sharp Knife and Bayonet, 30 Q-class submarines and 20 S-class submarines. A pure submarine fleet was also formed, and Zhang Bin, the captain of the Sharp Knife, was the commander of the submarine fleet. This time, the submarines of the six main fleets will also be temporarily returned to the submarine fleet.
In addition to these warships, which numbered 1,072 units, there were 4 mythical aircraft carriers on the side of the fleet that was ready to participate in the decisive battle, sailing north with this huge fleet.
In terms of the number of warships, the number of warships assembled by the Chinese Empire is even more than 30 warships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, but the number of battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet far exceeds the assembled fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.
Along with the thousands of warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, there are more than 200 transport ships with a displacement of at least 3,000 tons, loaded with various supplies and war materials, and they come here with the fleet.
On the bridge of the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Fengtian Super Dreadnought Battleship, the commanders of the six main fleets, as well as the commander of the submarine fleet Zhang Bin and the commander of the four mythical aircraft carriers, Zhen Li, gathered together. Discuss the sea battle that will break out in the near future, which will amaze the world.
Zhen Li is the first phase of the training team of the Sailor Academy, successively served as the captain of many warships, the commander of many garrison fleets, and the deputy commander of the main fleet.
Because the 4 myth-class aircraft carriers were regarded as killer weapons by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, they have been secretly hidden, and they have not been assigned to the main fleet, but have been formed separately.
The commanders of the six main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy were, Sun Xitao, commander of the First Fleet. Second Fleet Commander Jiang Chen, Third Fleet Commander Ma Yan, Fourth Fleet Commander Chen Ming, Fifth Fleet Commander Wen Yu, and Sixth Fleet Commander Huang Hong.
The commander of the Third Fleet turned out to be Jiang Hui. After Jiang Hui was promoted by Lin Daxin to the deputy minister in charge of the navy of the Ministry of National Defense, the position of commander was taken over by Ma Yan, who was also the first phase of the training team of the Sailor Academy. The resume is similar to Zhen Li, the difference is after serving as the deputy commander of the main fleet for a period of time. Zhen Li was appointed commander of the aircraft carrier formation, while Ma Yan was appointed commander of the Third Fleet.
Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, said to the other seven commanders: "Thank you to the emperor. Let me be the commander-in-chief of this decisive naval battle, and I hope that all my colleagues will work together to win this decisive naval battle for the emperor, for the Chinese Empire, and for the 600 million people of the empire, and to eliminate the danger of the Entente and the Central Powers to the waters of our Chinese Empire! ”
Jiang Chen and the other 7 commanders nodded solemnly, the importance of this naval battle, all the naval officers and soldiers are clear in their hearts, victory is all right, defeat for the Chinese Empire, although it is not an abyss, but it is also equivalent to the Chinese Empire half a life.
According to Sun Xitao's qualifications and military exploits, as well as his loyalty to Lin Daxin, he is not inferior to Jiang Hui, the current vice minister of the Ministry of National Defense, Lin Daxin also let Sun Xitao enter the Ministry of National Defense, and also served as the deputy minister, but Sun Xitao himself is very willing to command the fleet to compete with the enemy on the sea, and is unwilling to sit in the office to receive telegrams, hoping to continue to stay in the fleet, so Lin Daxin still let Sun Xitao serve as the commander of the first fleet.
Jiang Chen, commander of the Second Fleet, said at this time: "Commander-in-chief, rest assured, we have the determination to die and will fight to the end with the combined expeditionary fleets of the Entente and the Allied Powers. ”
Chen Ming, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, said beside him: "Commander-in-chief, you can give the order how to fight!" Don't think that the Entente and the Allied countries can defeat our Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire by uniting, it seems that the war a few years ago, they were not impressed enough, this time they must be even more impressed! ”
The corners of Sun Xitao's mouth turned up slightly, and then he said with a smile: "With Zhen Li's aircraft carrier formation, I am full of confidence in the victory of this naval battle." ”
Zhen Li also smiled and said: "This time, the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers is too large, relying only on our 4 aircraft carriers is not enough to defeat them, and our 4 aircraft carriers can only cooperate with each fleet!" ”
Sun Xitao waved his hand and said: "As long as the four aircraft carriers can give full play to half of the strength of the military exercise, the final victory in this naval battle will definitely belong to us!" ”
Zhen Li and the other commanders nodded one after another, they had all personally experienced several secret military exercises of aircraft carriers, and they knew the power of aircraft carriers, as long as those carrier-based aircraft could have fifty percent of the strength of military exercises, it would definitely be a nightmare for the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers.
Sun Xitao continued: "This time we are preparing for a decisive battle with the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers in the waters near the island of Sri Lanka, for which we have gathered more than 1,000 warships here, and even surpass the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in number, but in terms of total displacement it is lower than the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. The total displacement of our fleet assembled here is more than 4 million tons, and according to the intelligence agency, the total displacement of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet is as high as 5.44 million tons, due to the fact that the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet far exceed the battleships that we are preparing to participate in the decisive battle. ”
After a pause, Sun Xitao continued: "But we also have several very obvious advantages, first of all, we choose this sea area as a battlefield, which can be regarded as waiting for work, while the Joint Expeditionary Fleet cannot replenish and rest in the Colombo port on Sri Lanka Island, and secondly, we have 4 mythical aircraft carriers as killer weapons, which can carry out unexpected strikes on the main battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and we also have a submarine fleet of considerable size, which can hunt the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet under the surface of the sea, The last advantage is that we also have 7 unrivaled super dreadnought battleships, which are the most powerful guarantees that we will win this naval battle. ”
Wen Yu, commander of the Fifth Fleet, said with a smile: "In addition, the officers and men of our Imperial Chinese Navy have more combat experience, more tenacity in fighting will, and better combat quality. ”
Sun Xitao nodded and said: "I fully believe that all the officers and men of the Royal Navy, our efforts over the years have not been in vain, and many large-scale naval battles have not been fought in vain. ”
Huang Hong, commander of the Sixth Fleet, asked, "Commander-in-chief, what are the specific tactical arrangements?" ”
Sun Xitao said: "Our main fleets and the warships drawn from the garrison fleet will face the main force of the joint expeditionary fleet head-on and meet the enemy fleet with the reorganized formations, while the aircraft carrier fleet will release carrier-based aircraft in the rear to carry out air strikes on the joint expeditionary fleet, and the submarine fleet will help the main fleet to hunt and kill the warships of the joint expeditionary fleet under the sea surface after destroying the enemy's submarines. ”
In the course of sailing, the Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire had already completed the formation of various formations, and divided the dreadnought battleships, all-steel battleships, large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, and submarines into several formations, so that it would be convenient for command and would not cause unnecessary confusion because of the excessive number of warships.
For example, dreadnought battleships are divided into 6 main fleets, forming 6 dreadnought battleship formations, and the 7 super dreadnought battleships of the first fleet are the first dreadnought battleship formations, and so on for the dreadnought battleship formations of other fleets.
48 all-steel battleships, divided into 8 formations, each with 6 dreadnought battleships.
The 58 large fast armored cruisers were divided into 10 formations, with the first 8 formations having 6 large fast armored cruisers and the last 2 groups having 5 large fast armored cruisers. (To be continued......)
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