Chapter 816: The Battle of the Azores (4)

On August 20, 1912, the weather was very good, even in the Atlantic Ocean, where the climate is changeable, there were only a few clouds, and it felt a little lonely.

But such weather, which is somewhat not good for the sailors of the ocean-going fleet, because it is in the ship...... Everybody's going to be naked!

No way, it's too hot, sweating too much, it's just a general ocean voyage, you can't wear underwear, and it's so hot at this time, it's really uncomfortable.

But however, this kind of discomfort is nothing at all, after all, everyone is a soldier, and this little pain is nothing, but the torment in the heart is really uncomfortable, because everyone knows in their hearts that a sea battle that is probably unprecedented in human history is about to begin!

The European Combined Navy, led by the British Navy, is pouring out of the nest this time, and in the current battlefield, that is, near the Azores, it is still quite close to Europe, and in terms of the current situation in Europe, it can still support this big war.

The number of warships of the Union Navy is 150!

30 of them are the main giant cruisers, with a displacement of more than 25,000 tons, and this part gathers the capital ships of European countries.

Led by the British, the dreadnought-class battleships are pouring out, and many of them are trolls with 460mm guns!

As for the rest of the sturdy, corvettes, light torpedo ships, supply ships, small destroyers, and submarines.

The number of submarines is more than 40 units...... But there is no way, there are not many new submarines, just 15 of them.

To know. This was the case at this time. The replacement is a work in progress. A lot of new technologies are just emerging, and the war is just beginning...... Of course, just from the perspective of time, you must know that the current world war, which really has the meaning of the world, is only half a year.

It can be said that the European joint navy is incomparably stronger. This is the strongest sea power in human history so far, but they are about to face the Pacific Empire's Atlantic Combined Fleet!

120 warships, of which more than 20 are the main warships, with a displacement tonnage of more than 30,000 tons, and the caliber of the guns is still 380 mm, which has not been further expanded, and it seems that the Pacific Empire is still relatively law-abiding.

But though, in the rate of fire of the artillery. According to intelligence, the Pacific Empire has the upper hand. Even the new type of fast cannon on the warship can fire like a machine gun, which is a new technology......

The two sides met near the waters of the Azores, and the light reconnaissance speedboats in the lead had already discovered each other, and so many warships were stacked together, which was simply ......

The total number is 270 warships, and the entire battleship is lined up, and the combat area is far larger than the entire area of the Azores!

The area of the Azores is almost more than 2,000 square kilometers, and this time, this battlefield is much bigger than this......

That is to say, if you look at it with your eyes, then this naval battle will inevitably be divided into several parts, or no one will be able to see the whole picture of the entire battlefield, even in the sky, the eyes will not be enough, and now ......

No matter! It's useless to care about so much, anyway, let's do it!

"Imperial fortune, fight here!"

Although everyone had a radio at this time, a warship of the Pacific Empire still played such a flag, this battleship is from the 11th District, and the captain is called Takano Fifty-six!

Well, Li Mengyang knows very well that this guy is Yamamoto Fifty-six, but now, he can't do evil in Asia...... Interestingly, though, Takano Fifty-Six is a well-known fanatic in District 11, a fanatical soldier loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

This guy used to be very enthusiastic about participating in this battle, extremely enthusiastic, so, let's do it.

So, how to play now......

"Comrades! Fight for yourself! How you want to fight! Just how you fight! ”

On the radio, the commander of the Atlantic Combined Fleet, Bruno, gave such an order, which was simply ......

It's so irresponsible!

Such an unprecedented sea battle, as a result, the commander-in-chief actually asked everyone to fight casually, this is really impossible to say.

However, this order was really made by Bruno after thinking deeply, and in short, he didn't have any tactical tactics!

That's right, it's those words, unprecedented, there has never been such a naval battle in human history, so, do you think any tactical tactics are useful?

Bruno is also quite interesting, he usually does it as a hanger, but now, in total, he has no tricks anyway, no tactics, so let's just fight as you want.

On the side of the European Combined Navy, that's different......

"Betty! I need you to lead the Prince, the Duke of Yorkshire, the Prince of Scotland, and protect our left flank! ”

"Jericho! You have to hold the right flank, and you must not allow the opponent to attack our Chinese army! ”

"Raeder, the water must be cleaned up!"

"Finally, everyone must remember that the purpose of our operation this time is to retake the Azores!"

"And if it can be taken along with the Atlantic Fleet that destroys the Pacific Empire, it will be even better! Gentlemen! We're going to make history! Make your name in one of the most terrifying naval battles in human history! Gentlemen! Honorable! ”

Fisher, the commander-in-chief, is now constantly giving orders, you know, the big battle at this time is already two weeks after the last Betty escaped, that is to say, Fisher and a group of generals have made a series of battle plans.

That's right, a series of battle plans, these plans seem to be very reliable, of course, they also admit that no one has ever fought such a huge naval battle, no one ......

In other words, whether these plans are useful or not, I don't know!

However, Fisher felt that since we had such a plan, we should do it, and then do it. So, now there is a situation where Fisher actually has two combat objectives, one is to recapture the Azores, and the other is to annihilate the Atlantic Fleet of the Pacific Empire, which seems a bit ...... Too greedy.

However, he really didn't notice it......

Rumble! Rumble!

At this time, the cannon sounded!

Takano Fifty-six, a fanatical emperor worshipper, led his own ship, and the Kagoshima was killed directly from the right flank, that is, the direction he killed was the left flank of the European Combined Navy, and this guy seemed to destroy the entire formation as soon as he came out.

Bang! Bang!

The Combined Fleet reacted immediately, seeing that this opponent seemed to have gone crazy and came with a single ship, so why not beat him?

The distance between the two sides is almost 30 kilometers, but this distance is already within the range of the artillery, so why not fight?

But however, this quasi-head is a bit ordinary, so far away, although there is already a radar, but unfortunately, the radar can't do much work, that is, it can easily find the enemy or something, so this quasi-head is like this.

And this side is hit, and the left wing over there is also attacking!

Bang! Bang!

It was still a cannon test, huge shells were flying in the sky, and the vanguard was Philip Chase's Fifth Squadron of the Atlantic Combined Fleet, which was a torpedo ship, so it was faster, but it was ...... This torpedo ship went to the line, are you sure it is not a head?

I have to say that under the chaotic command of this guy Bruno, this imperial combined fleet seems to be messing up.

But fortunately, after all, the ship is small, and it was not as unlucky as the one that was hit for a while......

And under the sea, it is also extremely dangerous, and the submarine forces of the two sides are already fighting!

Burst! Rumble!

"This ......"

"Report to the General, the sonar reaction of the friendly ship is gone!"

"Sunk so soon?!"

An old European submarine has no signal and is clearly finished. It seems that in terms of submarines, the Pacific Empire is more technologically advanced, at least, there is no problem of mixing old and old.

It should be said that this is one of the few good news that the Pacific Empire has received in the home naval battle, but in terms of the total number, the number of warships in the Pacific Empire is relatively small, which is a problem that cannot be ignored...... (To be continued.) )

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