Anne knew that Da Liang had an understanding of naval warfare, and for the Imperial Navy, anyone who knew about naval warfare was a master. Therefore, when Da Liang asked about the situation at sea, Anne drank all the red wine in the glass in one sip, and then used wine glasses and pastries to put the position of the combined fleet of the Eastern countries on the table.

"The Naval Intelligence Network has just been formed, and a lot of the information is shared by the Imperial Garrison General Directorate. We don't have any power in the oceans, so I can only make some references and guesses based on messy intelligence.

The main ship group of the combined fleet of the Eastern Powers is still being formed, and they will assemble in the United States of Fairwood north of Marcellus, but some destroyer formations have begun to frequently penetrate the territorial waters of the empire to carry out harassing interceptions on some ships passing and falling to Marcellus.

I know of three armored battleships, five battlecruisers, and eleven fast cruisers in this combined fleet. But this is not the final number, and the appearance of today's turtle-class multifunctional combat platform may allow the eastern countries to increase the number of joint fleets...... Use a dense network of heavy artillery fire to limit the speed of the turtle class.

There are also airships and silver wings...... Both of them can pose a threat to the turtle class. ”

No matter how fast the hovercraft runs, it can't outrun the shells, and in the face of saturation attacks, the Turtle class may not be able to effectively penetrate the combined fleet. And in the absence of large battleships and heavy artillery in the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Navy, the Turtle-class penetrated defense and released torpedoes at close range to threaten the Combined Fleet.

Therefore, the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform only gives the Imperial Navy the means to attack the Combined Fleet, but it is still unknown whether it will work.

For Da Liang, the existence of the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Navy is in his own interests. If the Imperial Navy is completely wiped out by the combined fleet of the Eastern Powers, then who will sell his future ships to, and who will be able to test the new warships of the Black Fire Company.

Da Liang listened to Anne's description, and then looked at the map of the sea situation on the table, thinking about how to help the Imperial Navy.

"Remember when I said that you can go in the direction of naval combat commanders?" Da Liang reminded him of the old story: "In fact, most of the naval battles are intelligence encounters, followed by the performance of the ships, who finds the other side first...... Whoever wins half of the first half wins.

If the Imperial Navy is too conservative with the Combined Fleet, you have no chance of winning this naval battle. Marshal Hopkin's idea of integrating the warships purchased this time into the coastal defense fleet is very dangerous. With only the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform, it cannot prevent battleships and cruisers from propulsion. ”

After Anne was transferred to the Navy, she was also actively supplementing her knowledge of naval warfare. She knew that the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform could only make a daring charge and rush within the effective range of the torpedo when directly facing the heavy warships of the Combined Fleet.

The Imperial Navy's formation of the coastal defense fleet was also carried out with this idea.

Hearing that Da Liang seemed to have his own opinions, Annie immediately asked, "Young Master Liang, what do you think...... With the current military strength of the Imperial Navy, how should this naval battle be fought? ”

Da Liang said: "The offshore defense fleet should be changed to an offshore attack fleet. ”

"Offshore attack? Are you going to let us take the initiative to meet the combined fleet? ”

"Of course not." Da Liang realized that the Imperial Navy really didn't do anything about how to fight naval warfare, and could only hope that they could quickly learn how to fight in war. Da Liang said: "In a naval battle, no main fleet will rush out. The consumption of heavy warships at one time to sea is very, very large, and they will not waste every opportunity to take the initiative.

If all the warships of the Imperial Navy were to stop in the area of the military port, the Combined Fleet would definitely rush over directly and use airships and Silver Wings to confine the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform to a narrow area along the coast, forcing the Imperial Navy to engage in a decisive battle.

But if most of the Imperial Navy warships are not within the range of the military port, the Combined Fleet, which does not know the location of the main force of the Imperial Navy, will not attack easily. ”

Anne asked: "What if the combined fleet directly shells the military port without the protection of the battleship?" ”

"There are shore defense guns, silver wings, and airships in the military port. It is unknown whether the Combined Fleet will be able to destroy the military port, but it will certainly pay a very, very heavy price, and then it will have to face an ambush by the main fleet of the Imperial Navy. A normal navy, before it has completely gained sea supremacy, will not easily attack a land-based fortification that is well prepared.

Because under an attack that does not presuppose occupation, land-based fortifications are very cheap to build and can be restored in a few days after they are destroyed. But when a battleship is sunk, it's really gone.

The eastern states were to watch the civil war of Marcellus, and would not prematurely send their armies to occupy cities and fight hand-to-hand with the Empire. Therefore, the purpose of the Combined Fleet was to be a warship of the Imperial Navy, not a heavily guarded port. Their strategic goal was to defeat the Empire's resolve to go into the seas, not to engage in artillery battles for the destruction of ports, adventures and land-based heavy artillery. ”

Anne was impressed by Da Liang's analysis.

In order to protect the ports along the coast of Marcellus, the empire specially transferred a lot of heavy artillery from the empire itself, including a number of train guns with a longer range and more powerful than naval guns. These weapons were all designed to protect the newly formed Imperial Navy, allowing the offshore defense fleet to fight against the combined fleet under the protection of land-based fortifications.

If the Imperial Navy's main fleet is offshore near the port, the Combined Fleet may be able to withstand the attack of land-based fortifications and eat the Imperial Navy's warships. And if they can't find the main fleet of the Imperial Navy, they won't fight to the ground with heavy artillery.

Anne asked, "The main force of the navy is not in the military port, I can understand." But Master Liang, what do you mean by 'attack'? ”

Da Liang replied: "When the main fleet of the Imperial Navy leaves the port, it is a very regular naval battle. No matter what situation you encounter in the future, you must remember one thing: at the strategic level, the navy will always be an offensive army. In the case of still fighting, only by actively finding and destroying enemy warships can you save yourself.

What are the advantages of the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform?

It's fast and you can log in.

All beaches along the entire coast of Marcellus can become supply points for turtle-class multi-purpose combat platforms; It doesn't need to store much pure water, and the airship can resupply the Turtle class at sea.

With silver wings and hundreds of turtle-class ships sprinkled across the ocean, the Imperial Navy has a surveillance network that is larger than that of the Combined Fleet.

Have you ever seen how wolves hunt?

A Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform discovers a Combined Fleet warship and can immediately call in surrounding friendly forces to besiege the enemy ship, in which case the enemy ship cannot escape.

And when a Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform is discovered, it has a good chance of escaping from the pursuit of enemy ships. Even if you can't escape, you will lose a turtle-class.

However, the Imperial Navy's surveillance network is more effective than that of the Combined Fleet, and even if it is a 1:1 exchange ratio, the cost of the turtle level is still earned by the Empire. ”

Anne said, "1:2 is also earned. ”