Chapter Forty-Eight: The Encounter of the Main Fleet

From the place where the Jimo fleet was rebuilt, its combat effectiveness was looked down upon by all the Han naval fleets, and the Langya fleet was of course one of them. But today, the admiral of the Langya fleet never thought that in the first confrontation with the other party, the Langya fleet would not even notice the opponent's main fleet, and it would be beaten to the ground.

The official regular army could not defeat a rabble of civilian nouveau riche with the same strength!

Feeling the morale of the Langya fleet becoming low, the admiral of the Langya fleet said: "Such an excellent warship, even if it is piloted by a three-year-old child, it can exert great power, but this cannot change the essence of our opponent's low combat level. Our strength lies in the captain's personal qualities and technical combat skills, the more large-scale naval battles, the more the combat effectiveness of the fleet can be exerted, and those mercenaries are the opposite after forming a fleet, and the formation change of more than ten warships can turn them into dizziness. ”

"Hahahaha......"

There was a sound of ridicule in the Langya fleet, and the fear of the enemy caused by the small defeat in the first battle was swept away.

"Good! Although we do not know the specific location of the main force of the Jimo fleet, we can judge the general direction of their position by the position of their battleships. The Jimo fleet has an irreversible advantage in small-scale battles by virtue of the performance of its warships, so we will not fight with them on a large scale, but directly advance the large fleet, forcing ≡ Chang ≡ Feng ≡ to learn from literature and ≡, and force them to engage in a large-scale fleet decisive battle with us. ”

Bringing back the battleships in front, the main force of the Langya fleet began to advance as a whole, this time the admiral of the Langya fleet put all the ten three-masted battleships he owned in the front, and the other battleships lined up in a sagittal formation behind.

Once such a queue encounters the Jimo fleet, the Langya fleet can quickly enter the battle to form fist firepower, and the rear warships will then follow up and wait for the opportunity to intersperse left and right, completely bite the Jimo fleet, and prevent the other party from escaping in the next annihilation battle.

The Langya fleet reclaimed all search ships. Start moving forward as a whole. This information soon reached Gangzi's hands.

"All the Dahan fifth-class battleships return to the Grand Fleet, the battleships that cannot continue to fight will immediately return to Hong Kong for maintenance, and the high-speed dhows will maintain the surveillance of the Langya fleet, and all the search warships they sent out will be sent back."

Gangzi's order was quickly conveyed in the command channel, and the entire Jimo fleet capital ship group began to raise its sails to speed up the battleship, and the sailors began to take position to make final preparations for the upcoming big battle.

The fleets of the two sides are constantly approaching, and the Langya fleet, under the deliberate guidance of the high-speed dhow battleships of the Jimo fleet, is advancing towards the sea area where the main force of the Jimo fleet exists.

Soon an island was in front of the Langya fleet on the sea, and the island, which was twenty miles in radius, was a series of hills and hills, covered with green vegetation.

"Report to the Admiral! Ahead is Zhaogong Island. Enemy warships were spotted in the waters east of Zhaogong Island...... It's a three-masted battleship, oh my! It is the main force of the Jimo fleet, they have nine three-masted battleships and a large number of two-masted hard-sailed battleships, and they are all there! ”

The lookout on the flagship of the Langya fleet discovered the main force of the Jimo fleet and quickly reported it to the admiral of the Langya fleet.

When the Admiral of the Langya Fleet followed the guidance of the mast lookout and saw through the telescope the flagship of the Jimo Fleet "Flying Henan", as well as the eight three-masted battleships and a large number of Dahan fifth-class warships behind it, he happily ordered the fleet: "We have finally found them, and the Langya fleet is ready to fight." All captains enter the bridge and raise the battle flag. The main fleet began to turn to change formations, and this terrain was very favorable to us, as long as we surrounded the Jimo fleet within the range of Liugong Island. And they could not escape. ”

After the discovery of the Jimo fleet, the Langya fleet began to prepare for operations, the flagship took the lead in adjusting the bow to the northeast, and the rear battleships sent out battle lines behind it one after another. As if pulling silk out of a silkworm cocoon, the huge group of large ships was transformed into a single line in an orderly manner, wrapping towards the east side of the Jimo fleet.

The combat intentions of the Langya fleet are very obvious. It is to confine the Jimo fleet to the waters of Liugong Island, and use the islands to compress the space of the Jimo fleet, so that they cannot use the vast space of the sea to escape.

As for defeat? The Langya fleet did not have this idea from top to bottom. In the decisive battle of the Grand Fleet, with the same strength, the Jimo Fleet with mercenary-level combat quality has no possibility of defeating the Langya Fleet.

In fact, just as the Langya fleet expected, the Jimo fleet was indeed inferior in the transformation of the formation.

Due to the intelligence advantage, Gangzi had already ordered the Jimo fleet to start the switch of battle formations. However, this kind of large fleet is indeed not something that players can easily play with, and when the Langya fleet pulled up the long battle line and attacked it, the Jimo fleet and the ten Han fifth-level warships of the Mihao Department did not enter the battle line.

"Mi Hao, take your fleet into the inner side of the Grand Fleet to form a formation, and replenish our damaged ships that cannot continue the battle at any time; The other warships are in good formation, the auxiliary department is assigning targets, and the reference data will also come, remember that all the data from the auxiliary department is a reference, I ask you all to stand on the bridge, see with your eyes, study with your heart, and report to the commander of your detachment if there is a situation. The opponent's combat quality in this battle is indeed higher than ours, but we are also trained for a long time, as long as you can maintain a good formation, this is a war of attrition, fighting for the performance of the battleship, which we have an absolute advantage in. ”

Gangzi cheered his subordinates over and over again on the command channel to offset the pre-war tension.

This was the first tough battle since the establishment of the Jimo Fleet, and the two sides invested as many as 19 three-masted warships and hundreds of warships of various types. In addition, the Jimo fleet represents the strongest strength of the Han players at sea, and it is also the most powerful fleet of the ASEAN, and any player force that regards the ASEAN as an imaginary enemy will not miss watching this naval battle and understanding the enemies they will face at sea in the future.

It is also worth mentioning that the "Qingzhou Five-Class Battleship", a new practical hard-sail battleship, appeared on the battlefield on a large scale, which also attracted the attention of many official navies, and they also sent all kinds of intelligence ships to watch from a distance what the "Qingzhou Five-Class Battleship" would perform well in this high-intensity actual combat.

Even the Jimo Fleet, a fleet composed of players, has been paid attention to for the first time by the major navies that have always despised this fleet.

Both the Jimo fleet and the Langya fleet have completed the battle formation, and neither fleet can afford to lose this naval battle, so you can imagine how fierce this naval battle will be launched by both sides with a desperate mentality.

The two long battle lines approached quickly, and after entering the range of the naval guns, both fleets continued to approach without firing their guns.

"All the battleships are stable, this distance to fire, the penetration of the shells is insufficient, there is no point in hitting by chance, we don't have much ammunition, we can't fire unscrupulously, even a commander who likes to spread shells has to learn three thousand Ben Liuzakura today, you can't waste ammunition casually, be patient, wait for my order to fire again."

Gangzi held down the impulse of his subordinates to fire artillery to put the Langya fleet closer, and the Langya fleet also did not want to engage in long-distance artillery battles, the artillery battle of the battle line was to fight for attrition, and the performance of the battleships of the Langya fleet was not as good as that of the Jimo fleet, and the last thing he wanted to fight was a decent artillery battle. Their tactic was to find loopholes in the connection of the Jimo fleet in close artillery battles, and to divide the Jimo fleet with fleets, and finally form a full-scale melee. In this way, the tactical literacy of the captain of the Langya fleet can be brought into play in the melee, and if it comes to the instant adaptability of naval battles, the player captain is not an opponent of the navy.

The commanders of both sides forbade their warships to open fire, and both fleets silently marched north in the waters off the east coast of Zhaogong Island, closing the distance between them.

After Gangzi saw that the Jimo fleet also did not open fire, he looked at the time and shouted to his subordinates: "Steady!" Steady! No one is to open fire without my orders, and tell your gunners to keep their torches away from the fuse; The ships are spaced apart and the speed is maintained, and the intention of the opposing fleet is very clear, that is, the time has come to prepare to attack our fleet at close range and test our usual training level, and I hope that you can maintain the formation until the final battlefield of the general attack. ”

The training intensity of the Jimo fleet is the strongest among the five major fleets of the Han Dynasty. Since the economy of Jimo Port does not depend on trade with the sea, the Jimo fleet does not need to have escort missions like other fleets, and all their online time is training except for completing some naval missions. In addition, the warships and artillery can be manufactured by themselves, and the relatively low cost is called the intensity and intensity of the Jimo fleet's actual combat exercises, which can be described as luxury.

The other is the existence of the Jimo Naval Battle School.

With the exploration of the ocean entering the boom, the three-masted battleship began to appear in the combat sequence of each legion, and the competition for ocean resources was more inspiring, and the training of excellent warship captains and fleet commanders became the most urgent need of each legion. With the most prestigious naval commanders, a closed military port, the strongest fleet in Asia, and the experience of captain training, the Jimo Naval War School has become the first choice for commanders of all regiments and admirals of all fleets.

Therefore, under the pleas of many parties, the second phase of Jimo naval warfare study was opened. Compared with the 20-person class in the first phase, the second phase was expanded to 100 people, and all 20 captains in the first phase came back to further their studies and serve as team leaders for the new students. The trainees of the second phase are not limited to the captains of the warships of the Han Dynasty, and all the legions of the ASEAN organization with their own fleets have also been given training places to enter the second phase of the Jimo Naval War School.

The captains who can be sent by each legion are all highly skilled and high-level talents, all of whom are admirals, fleet commanders or sub-fleet commanders of each fleet, and the fleet composed of these people can imagine the combat power it possesses, and as an imaginary enemy fleet, the Jimo fleet is their daily training opponent.

As a sparring partner for the elites, the tactical literacy of the captains of the Jimo fleet unconsciously surpassed that of ordinary fleets.

Then Gangzi put his naval captains and Black Sail Pirate captains into the fleet as the backbone and lower command, this Jimo fleet captain team that already has the ability to fight regular battles with the regular navy is the biggest reliance for Gangzi to dare to open the formation and fight a positional battle with the Langya fleet. (To be continued......)

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