The battle line of the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the battle line of the second joint expeditionary fleet in order to grab the T-shape, in the shape of "eight" in the direction of each other, the battleships in front of the "eight" shape of the two fleets were closer to 3000000 meters, the 9 super dreadnought battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet first fired at the battle line of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire opposite, this time was 1:20 pm on March 4, 1909, the battleships of the two fleets bombarded, It began under the constant bombardment of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

Immediately, the 7 provincial dreadnought battleships and 8 general-class super dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which were not accustomed to the enemy, also launched the first salvo of the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet, and the dreadnought battleships of the two fleets and the all-steel battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet, because of the range problem, could only continue to follow their super dreadnought battleships close to the opponent's battle line, and could not fire at this distance.

Before the battleships of the two fleets launched a confrontation, the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire dealt another very big blow to the second joint expeditionary fleet, and the blow continued, and even the formation of the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet was a little twisted, completely to avoid the Chinese imperial fighters raging in the sky.

In addition, in order to provide the battleships with sufficient anti-aircraft firepower, many ironclad battleships, large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were gathered around the battleships. However, the Chinese Imperial fighters in the sky who were constantly diving and bombing had made the commanders of the navies of the United States, Germany, and France of the United Expeditionary Fleet have no other choice. Otherwise, there would be no need to carry out a counter-bombardment, and the entire battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet would have been blown up by the fighters of the Chinese Empire.

Only when the fleets of both sides met. In the period before the battleship bombardment, the British Navy already had 1 Neptune-class dreadnought battleship, 1 Majesty-class all-steel battleship and 1 Edward VII-class all-steel battleship, a total of 3 capital battleships were sunk, and 1 ironclad battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser and 2 destroyers of the British Navy were also sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire before the two battleships bombarded each other.

Bridget, the commander of the British Navy and the commander of the entire second Allied Expeditionary Fleet, saw that the British Navy had lost 3 more capital battleships, and his expression was already a little numb, and with these 3 capital battleships, the British Navy had already sunk 11 capital battleships. Including 1 super dreadnought, 4 dreadnought battleships and 6 all-steel battleships, and the main guns of the British Navy's 5 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships have just launched the first round of salvo fire on the battleline of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and Bridget can see from the telescope that the first salvo of the 5 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships of the British Navy and the 3 New York-class super dreadnought battleships of the US Navy did not bring the slightest damage to any battleship in the battleline of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the opposite side.

The U.S. Navy has 1 Delaware-class dreadnought, 1 Florida-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 1 Ginia-class all-steel battleship, 1 Connecticut-class all-steel battleship, a total of 5 battleships have sunk into the sea before the battleships of the two fleets collide, and there are also 1 ironclad battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 2 destroyers and 1 torpedo boat. Also the same fate as the sunken 5 battleships.

Such a large loss made the commander of the Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy, Sampson, heartbroken, and in a short period of time, the powerful Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy. Even before the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy officially fought, it was blown up and sunk by those Chinese Imperial fighters in the sky, 1 super dreadnought battleship, 6 dreadnought battleships and 9 all-steel battleships. This is not only the Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy that cannot afford it, but also the United States as a whole cannot afford such losses. But now that the battleships of the two fleets have started to bombard, Sampson can only bite the bullet. Leading the remaining warships of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet to continue to hold on.

Sampson kept drawing a cross in his heart, hoping that God would bless the United Expeditionary Fleet to win this naval battle, that God would bless the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S. Navy with fewer losses, and that he would be safe and sound in this naval battle.

Before the battleships of the two fleets of the German Navy were bombarded, there were also 1 Caesar-class dreadnought battleship, 1 Brunswick-class all-steel battleship, 1 ironclad battleship, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 1 fast protection cruiser, 3 destroyers, and 2 torpedo boats, which were sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Chinese Navy.

The face of the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, was very ugly, not only because the German Navy sank 2 more capital battleships, but also because the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet had launched the first salvo of the main guns on the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, but the battleships of the German Navy were not among them, and they could only stand up to the bombardment of the Chinese Imperial fighters raging in the sky, the German Navy did not have super dreadnought battleships, and at this distance, the main guns of the German Navy dreadnought battleships were not within the effective firing range.

The French Navy also had 1 Provence-class dreadnought-class battleship, 1 Liberty-class all-steel battleship, 1 Danton-class all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 1 destroyer, and 1 torpedo boat sunk before the battleships of the two fleets were bombed.

In this way, the French Navy has already had 3 dreadnought battleships and 4 all-steel battleships sunk, you must know that the French Navy has not many main battleships to join the second joint expeditionary fleet, and these are almost all the family of the French Navy, this has not yet started a head-to-head showdown with the Chinese Imperial Navy, the entire French Navy is already half-disabled, and it is no wonder that the commander of the French Navy Fleet François has a cold face, as if someone else owes him millions of pounds.

The Russian Navy was not spared before the battleships of both sides were bombarded. Although the battleships of the Russian Navy have left the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, with the navies of other 3 countries. An assault fleet was formed, ready to bypass the battle lines of the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The aircraft carriers of the Royal Chinese Navy were attacked, but the battleships of the Russian Navy broke away from the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, but they did not break away from the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Chinese Navy, and 1 Borodino-class all-steel battleship, 2 fast protection cruisers, 1 destroyer, and 2 torpedo boats were sunk.

The continuous losses of the Russian Navy made the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladilenovich, very helpless, and now he has no way back, the losses of the Russian Navy are getting bigger and bigger, and if the entire combined expeditionary fleet cannot achieve the final victory in the naval battle, he will not be able to explain to Tsar Nicholas II. If the entire joint expeditionary fleet is defeated again, Vladishenovich will be lucky to return to Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II will definitely not spare his life this time, Vladishlenovich can only stubbornly take the assault fleet composed of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, and bypass the rear of the battle line of the three fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

The Italian Navy is also the same as Russia, that is, the entire Italian naval fleet left the joint expeditionary fleet battle line, and was still bombed by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, before the battleships of the two fleets bombarded, 1 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers, and 2 torpedo boats were sunk.

Italian Navy so far. None of the three most powerful dreadnought battleships had been sunk, but the expression on the face of Erebet, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, was solemn, and he could already see through the telescope the fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy opposite. A large part of the warships had already been separated and headed directly to the south, with an obvious purpose. It was to prevent the assault fleet sent by the Combined Expeditionary Fleet from attacking those warships that could carry fighters behind the battle line of the Chinese Empire.

From the telescope. Erebet saw that the navy of the Chinese Empire on the other side seemed to have sent nearly 20 all-steel battleships to the south. Their assault fleet, which is composed of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, wants to complete the task, it is really extremely difficult, and the navies of the four countries have to fold in, after all, don't look at their assault fleet occupies half of the navies of the entire joint expeditionary fleet, but the strength of the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey is really much worse than that of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, especially the navy of Austria-Hungary and the navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the strength is even weaker.

Before the battleships of the two fleets bombarded, the Austro-Hungarian navy sank another large fast armored cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 torpedo boat, and the navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire also lost 1 torpedo boat.

The 15 super dreadnought battleships of the 3 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, after the main guns of the 9 super dreadnought battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet opened fire, also unceremoniously launched a counterattack and carried out the first round of salvo of main guns, but the 63 rounds of 406 mm main gun shells fired by the salvo of 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships and the 80 rounds of 343 mm main gun shells fired by the salvo of 8 famous general-class super dreadnought battleships did not hit any battleship of the joint expeditionary fleet, after all, at a distance of 30,000 meters, If you want to hit an enemy warship, luck plays a big role.

However, the salvo of the super dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire this time was not without any results, and the warships of the four countries of the United Expeditionary Fleet, Britain, the United States, Germany and France, in addition to the main battleships, had to surround their own main battleships in order to help the main battleships resist the Chinese Imperial fighters raging in the sky, so it was very likely to be accidentally injured by the main guns of the battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and the reality was true.

A large fast armored cruiser of the British Navy with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons was hit by a crooked 406 mm armor-piercing shell, and the violent explosion suddenly blew off this large fast armored cruiser from the middle position and quickly sank to the sea.

In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought Battleship, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, after seeing the first salvo of his 15 super dreadnought battleships from the telescope, put down the binoculars, smiled and said to Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian beside him: "Luck is not bad, although I didn't hit any of the enemy's battleships, but I didn't waste so many large-caliber armor-piercing shells in vain, and I still sank several warships of other types of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. I saw that 1 large fast armored cruiser was directly bombed in two, and ordered the main guns of our 15 super dreadnought battleships not to stop, continue to bombard like this, and ordered our battle line to continue to approach the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet! ”

After a pause, Sun Xitao continued: "According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, there are many submarines in this joint expeditionary fleet, and now those submarines of the joint expeditionary fleet have not yet appeared, we need to take precautions, don't let the submarines of the joint expeditionary fleet sneak attack us." ”

Yin Jian nodded and said: "According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, this time the British Navy has 18 submarines, the U.S. Navy has 22 submarines, the German Navy has 30 submarines, and the French Navy also has 12 submarines, adding up to 82 submarines, which is indeed a big threat." ”

Sun Xitao said: "Order all our warships, turn on the sonar system, pay attention to the situation under the sea surface at any time, and let the submarines of our three fleets prepare to dispatch to deal with the enemy submarines close to our battle line under the sea surface." ”

Yin Jian said: "This time our Royal Navy's independent submarine force did not follow, our three main fleets only have 18 Q-class submarines and 6 S-class submarines, which are much less than the submarines of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. ”

Sun Xitao waved his hand and said, "No, quantity is not a problem!" Beneath the surface of the sea, the submarines of our Imperial Chinese Navy are still invincible! (To be continued.) )

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