Chapter 1902: Battle of the Golden Horn (VIII.)

"General Victoria, you plan to send a shipborne submarine unit to sneak from the bottom of the sea to the underside of the Imperial warship to sabotage?" Fanny only joined the Far East Naval Fleet yesterday and doesn't know much about the "Yamabo Mecha", but also has a strong curiosity about this legendary "Diving Machine Armor".

"General Fanny, you're only half right, in fact our submarine forces don't need to get close to enemy ships and physically destroy their hulls as they used to, and now we have equipped our submarine forces with a new weapon that can inflict more efficient and deadly blows on enemy ships from a greater distance!" Speaking of the new weapons equipped with the Far East submarine unit, Viktoria couldn't help but frown.

Roland knew that the new weapon she was talking about was what had prompted the Far Eastern Fleet to return to its anchorage in the North Gulf two months earlier, and all who had seen it, including himself, had been impressed. As the direct commander of the Far Eastern Submarines and a participant in the entire process of development, testing, installation and commissioning of this new weapon, Viktoria clearly has higher expectations than others.

"Wea, I heard that this new weapon was only put into production not long ago, and only a hundred finished products were produced in total before we went south, which is not enough to equip the submarine force, how much of a threat can these things pose to the Imperial fleet?" Lyubov suspects that her sister has grossly overestimated the lethality of the new weapon.

"In fact, there are so many that it is enough, what we need to do now is to provide a suitable ambush site for the submarine squadron equipped with new weapons, so that we can strike at the enemy ship from the closest possible distance and without interference, as long as the hit rate remains at about 30%, our army will win this battle!"

"I see." Roland's gaze swept over the generals in the war room, "I personally support Weta's plan, what do you think?" ”

"I think it would be better to combine the plans of Mr. Edric and General Victoria, with the naval forces launching a feint attack and making the gesture of dropping bombs to bomb enemy ships, so as to attract the attention of the enemy forces and cover the submarine forces to approach the enemy fleet and launch a truly deadly attack."

Helena's proposal took into account both the naval and submarine forces, which not only eliminated the contradictions between the two sides, but also allowed the air and the sea to cooperate in combat, making Viktoria's proposal more feasible, and immediately won the unanimous approval of the participants.

Roland got up and announced the adjournment of the meeting, and all the generals were busy. The Combined Far East Fleet continued its advance towards the harbor of Parnia, where it was expected to encounter the oncoming Imperial fleet twenty minutes later, while Sir Edric and Victoria were also deployed.

The Far Eastern Naval Navigation Unit, which had just finished a fierce battle, had only rested for a short time before receiving the order to go out again. The 1st to 5th Giant Eagle Wings took off immediately with bombs on their loads, and after completing their assembly in the air, Sir Adric himself led the movement towards the waters where the Imperial fleet was located. Fanny also led the Wyvern Knights in an emergency dispatch to escort Sir Edric's bombardment troops.

On the deck of the "Sea Palace", Viktoria piloted her own silver-white painted "Yangbo Mecha" and was inspecting the "Special Submersible Battalion" of the Far East Navy that was about to go on an expedition. This special force is equipped with two hundred and eight "Yangbo mechas" designed for underwater warfare, and more than 400 pilots are all elites personally selected by Victoria from the sea elves, divided into two submarine squadrons.

Victoria will personally lead the 1st Submariner Squadron in the attack, the squadron's one hundred and four Yangbo mechs are all carrying large and strange cylindrical objects, the smooth metal shell is painted dark blue, it has an excellent camouflage effect in the sea, it is drop-shaped from head to tail, the two ends are pointed and fat in the middle, the head is equipped with a firing pin fuse or a proximity fuse, and there is an experimental version of both fuses, and the lower end is equipped with propeller blades similar to the tail of an aerial bomb, which looks very strange.

The first submersible squadron was the first to go into the water, and due to the heavy load on its back, the speed and agility of the Yangbo mecha were dragged down, and they could barely keep up with the overall sailing speed of the fleet. In order to make the most of this special force, Victoria did not follow the fleet, but led the group to the rear of the predetermined location of the fleet's decisive battle, and when the Imperial fleet entered the engaged sea, the submarine squadron would be in the rear of its unguarded flank.

It is not an easy task to lure the Imperial fleet to a particular sea area, and it is necessary to take huge risks to do so. It was the 2nd Submersible Squadron of the Far East Navy, led by Lieutenant Commander Vasilev, who took on this mission, like a group of killer whales that were chasing through the waves, and quickly dived towards the harbor of Parnia.

At 10 o'clock, the Far Eastern Air Force was the first to reach the skies over the fleet of the Imperial Navy. Edric transformed into a giant eagle and circled in the air, witnessing the orderly and fast-taking vulture cavalry below, as well as the large and small anti-aircraft turrets on all levels of warships, and the barrels pointed at the sky like a dense forest, I had to admit that Victoria was indeed prescient - the Imperial Navy was fully prepared to prevent air raids.

There are two main types of bombing tactics in naval aviation. The first is "dive bombing," in which bombs are dropped only after diving to the lowest point close to the mast of the enemy ship, so that the bomb will land more accurately, and it is more likely to cause great damage to the enemy ship, and the relative risk is also greater, and it is easy to be sniped by the enemy's anti-aircraft guns. The second tactic is "horizontal bombing", in which the flight altitude of the aviation is maintained at the boundary of the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns, dropping bombs directly. This type of bombing is less risky, and there is no need to worry too much about firing from the anti-aircraft turret, but the corresponding bombing efficiency is also very low, and the vast majority of bombs have no chance to touch the enemy ship at all, and they are buried in the sea in vain.

Sir Adric despised the so-called "horizontal bombing" in his heart, and even refused to admit that it was a tactic worthy of serious consideration, believing that the use of such bombing methods in naval warfare was purely a manifestation of the coward's greed for life and fear of death, and its only effect was to waste expensive aerial bombs. Today, this old-fashioned and stubborn old man went against the norm and ordered his Giant Eagle Air Force to abandon the dive and drop bombs at an altitude of 3,000 yards from the enemy fleet.

Sir Adric didn't even bother to glance at the results of the horizontal bombardment, and when all the officers and men under his command had completed the bombing mission, he was not busy retreating, and ordered the unloaded Giant Eagle Aviation to hover over the Imperial fleet and wait, until the Imperial Eagle cavalry chased after him in groups, and then ordered all the troops to retreat in a northeast direction.

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