Chapter 211: East Asia Storm 7
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After the news passed through the strait, it became more and more distorted, and the imperial court soldiers had increased to one million, and it would definitely wash the port of Longgang in blood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Under the rumors, everyone on the island was in danger, and they were all terrified, for fear of being killed by the Qing army.
"My dear, the fleet is ready for battle and ready to go out of port at any time to meet it!" Nina, who was in charge of the battle patrol formation, was very pleased with the five newly added ships
The Moltke-class battle cruiser "Goeben" had a full load displacement of 25,400 tons, five twin 280-mm guns, and a maximum speed of 25.5 knots.
Its modified version of the "Seydlitz", with a full load displacement of 28,550 tons, was equipped with the same firepower, but at a speed of a higher speed.
By the time it came to the "De Verblinger" class, the "Hindenburg" was already a 31,500-ton giant ship, equipped with eight 12-inch 305 mm guns, four twin turret main guns, and a cruising range of 6,200 nautical miles.
The Mackensen-class Prince Frederick has a full load displacement of up to 35,300 tons, eight 350 mm guns, and a range of up to 8,000 nautical miles / 14 knots.
The displacement of 38,300 tons of the "York" class "York" is infinitely close to the World War II version of the German Navy, equipped with eight 380 mm 15-inch guns, which is even more inferior in firepower.
The maximum speed of the five ships is more than 25 knots, and they can be grouped separately in wartime, as a mobile fleet, flexibly attacking, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate their enemy counterparts.
"The real enemy of the navy is not the Qing Beiyang Naval Division, and it will take less than half an hour to annihilate them. What really needs to be vigilant is the Japanese and Russian Navy, and even the Anglo-French Far East Fleet! "The chicken won't take the braid sailor in his eyes
Even if the Beiyang Naval Division, whose combat effectiveness has been strengthened after the purchase of ships with new guns, is just a plate of pig ears in front of the cruiser formation of the navy of the clan country, which can be chewed and "rattle"!
I wonder if the Qing Dynasty will be angry with Japan's XO and partner up to fight Lao Tzu, this is really a creation and making people~!
As the commander-in-chief of the navy, Helen showed a pleased smile and praised it appropriately: "My dear, I'm glad you didn't underestimate the enemy!" ”
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief always keeps a clear head, which is important for all officers and soldiers, at least not to be sent to death easily.
Second-hand young people are also facing a thorny problem, and they have encountered a bottleneck that cannot be overcome for the time being.
After upgrading the "York" class battlecruisers, according to the system, the next step will be the epoch-making "German" class armored ships (pocket battleships).
It was followed by the famous "Admiral Hipper"-class heavy cruisers and "Scharnhorst"-class battle cruisers.
And on the battleship menu, the "Bavaria" class (Byrne) was followed by the "Bismarck" class battleships with a global reputation.
But...... It costs more points to light up these two menus, and it takes as many as 200 points to activate each item!
If the Bismarck-class had not been built, the H-class battleships H39 and H41 would not have been available ahead of schedule.
What's more, the icon of the "Zeppelin" class aircraft carrier will only light up after both of these items are activated!
As for where the 400 points come from......
For the chicken, it is still an extremely head-scratching problem, and at the moment it can only be used with a pile of rags from the First World War.
The "York" class still needs 33 tons of gold, and the "Scharnhorst" class is only 31 tons, which is really unreasonable!
If it can be upgraded to the "German" class armored ships, the lethality of the pocket battleships with a displacement of only more than 10,000 tons against enemy ships is equivalent to the "York" class battlecruisers.
The naval operations conference quickly finalized the implementation plan, and the entire fleet was to be divided into four.
In addition to the six battle cruisers, the A fleet is equipped with two patrol ships, the "Scharnhorst" and the "Blucher," which can be formed into two combat formations in wartime and can carry out flanking tactics against the enemy fleet.
Its role was to reconnoitre, delay, and destroy possible Japanese and Russian fleets, as well as the navies of other powers, and to prevent third parties from intervening in the Battle of the Straits.
Fleet B is a battleship formation with six relatively fast battleships with a maximum speed of more than 18 knots.
They will serve as the main combat force, participate in a possible strategic decisive battle, and if not, then go to fight the transport ships of the Qing army.
Fleet C has four armored cruisers dedicated to searching for the Great Shimizu Division and convoy in the Straits.
If you can beat it, you will fight, and if you can't beat it, you will monitor it from a distance, and notify Fleet B to come to harvest the crops, and they will cooperate on the side.
The D Fleet consisted of the "Bismarck" turtle speed armored cruiser and three turtle speed battleships, which were kept in the harbor to watch their homes and prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the port of Gulong after the main battle fleet set sail.
It's the highest thing, even if there is something, these four battleships can stand up for a while, even if they sit and sink in a shallow talk, support until the fleet returns to defense, even if it is a great achievement.
Nina commands Fleet A, and the other three are under Helen's command.
Although five armored cruisers were rowed away, after getting the new battle cruisers, Nina had no objection to this.
The young man of the second cargo also wanted to add a few more big ships to the two ships, but after thinking about it again, now that the scale of the navy of the clan country, there is no problem in cleaning up the Qing Dynasty.
It's better to keep this gold, wait until the WWII module is activated, and add some money, and you can directly replenish the "Bismarck"-class battleships.
Even if there is no harvest in the last days, he can wait for a year and get 400 points from the big pineapple, and he can kill all sides here.
"Husband, why don't you send troops to occupy the rest of the treasure island?" Promise is quite puzzled by this
The 100,000 heavily armed Jin Hans is invincible in this small land, and the pigtail armies everywhere are no match for him at all.
Mi Ji naturally had a prudent consideration: "Now that I occupy it, I still have to send someone to send them supplies, and the ammunition consumption will be very large." Instead of that, it's better to huddle in Xuanlong, and the supply distance is only ten kilometers at most, how convenient!
Even if the truck breaks down, I can walk over and throw it at them! Besides, at this time, there are no nuclear weapons in the world, so we don't have to be afraid of being wrapped up when we get together! ”
Xu Promise listened to it and tasted it slowly, what this guy said still made some sense, and suddenly thought of a question: "We have so many warships, and you still want the enemy to go ashore?" ”
"Of course, although we have many main combat ships, we lack transport ships. Soon someone will take the initiative to send us a batch, and they don't need money, what a pity to sink it? In the future, these boats will still be needed! ”
He had purchased twenty transport ships from Britain and Germany, but the more this stuff, the better, and no one would think that he had more transport ships at any given time.
Taking into account wartime factors, it is fortunate that more than 70 percent of those who can sail normally after removing breakdowns, running aground, running aground, plus repairs and being sunk.
If twenty transport ships can be captured from the opposite side, then the transportation capacity of the clan army will be greatly enhanced, and a good foundation will be laid for cross-sea operations.
This stubble was put aside for a moment, and the promise said another thing: "The police officers have arrested a lot of spies, including those from Hunan Province, Liangguang Province, the Imperial Court, Japan, and even the Great Powers!" ”
As the empress, Xu promised to give full play to the expertise of the police flower in his previous life, and quickly set up a security force, the garrison, to assist Jin Hans in maintaining local order.
This is an eagle dog force that promises to be commanded by himself, the middle and senior officers are Kim Hans, and the subordinates are composed of Kim Hans and local sulfur gangsters, and the informants are naturally a group of idle guys.
However, as long as she is willing to spend money, the queen will always get valuable information, and the doglegs sent out can also be stolen on the spot.
When the chicken heard this, he snorted: "All locked up, so that they can wait, and when there is a war, they will reimburse their masters for the food expenses together!" ”
This kind of offending thing, the deity is disdainful to do, and it is thankless, obviously not as good as tying up tickets for silver.
"Food" ...... Hehe, that's a lot of money, no doubt!
"Qi Yu Niangniang, the meals are ready!" A maid about twenty years old stood in the courtyard with low eyebrows and a soft voice.
Got the treatment of the stars holding the moon, was served by a group of girls, and Xu Promise also learned to be commanding, and lazily answered outside.
He rolled his eyes again and whispered to the chicken: "This is the cousin of Duan Che, who has studied for a year, knows some words, and has a smart brain, and has not yet been allowed to give it to others." I saw it by chance and stayed with me. Although the hemisphere is not big, it is only a B-cup, and you can rub it yourself to make it bigger! ”
The young man of the second goods said righteously: "What are you kidding? The deity is an upright man! C-cup or below, don't touch it! Is she still finished? ”
"It's a nice night tonight!" The proud Tsuboi Kozo had just been promoted from commander of the First Guerrilla Force to commander of the task force, and he was in a very good mood, and he was very happy to see everything.
Although the fleet under his command was still four cruisers, it was no longer what it used to be.
The original four ships were "Yoshino", "Akitsuzu", "Takachitose" and "Naniwa", and the largest tonnage "Yoshino" was just over 4,000 tons.
Now, the protective cruiser has become a small point in the task force, and the other three ships in the same company are all behemoths.
The protective cruiser "Olympia", which was purchased from the United States, has been renamed "Nisshin" and has a full load displacement of 6694 tons.
The two "Edgar"-class first-class protection cruisers, the "Izumo" and the "Iwate", reached 7,700 tons.
The Yoshino was fortunate enough to compete with three heavyweight comrades because of its speed, exceeding 22 knots.
The average speed of these four ships is more than 20 knots, and if they cannot defeat their opponents, they can escape at full speed.
"yes, I hope everything goes well!" Kawahara Yoichi, who was originally going to command the "Yoshino", became the captain of the "Izumo".
For the final payment of 20 million pounds, the attitude of the cabinet is not to take it for nothing, aka: lie down and make money!
If the combat effectiveness of the rebels is really just blown, then why doesn't the navy take advantage of the situation and make another profit?
The meaning of these four fast cruisers sent above is very clear, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will run!
Even if the straits were to be blocked by the rebel fleet according to the worst-case scenario, the task force would still be able to suspend the harbor.
That was the territory of the British, and the rebels should not have the strength and courage to start a war with the British Empire!
Moreover, the top brass of the Japanese Navy also intended to take this opportunity to observe the combat capabilities of the rebels at close range.
It is still unknown what instrument will be used and how it will be measured......
"What a bunch of burdens!" As an alternate staff officer accompanying the ship, Akiyama Shinyuki did not think that this money-making plan was very profitable.
This ambitious guy was only twenty-six years old, and his job was no more than a second lieutenant, and the conversation with his colleagues was overheard by Kozo Tsuboi.
I had a few long and earnest conversations with him, and I felt that this kid was very thoughtful, especially Akiyama Shinyuki thought that the whole United Fleet was a group of laymen!
Even if he can defeat the Qing Kingdom's Beiyang Naval Division in the future, it is not because of how good his own side is, but because the enemy's level is too low!
In the face of a truly formidable opponent, even if the Combined Fleet is equipped with new warships, it will have to suffer a lot......
According to his calculations, the two "Edgar" class ships were worth three million pounds, and the "Olympia" was much cheaper, but it was also worth six hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
The Yoshino has the smallest tonnage and the lowest purchase price, but it is only 300,000 pounds.
The total value of the entire fleet was close to four million pounds, and if something went wrong, it would cost the navy huge losses.
These four ships alone were actually easy to get out, but the Japanese task force was followed by a group of old ships.
The Nanyang Naval Division dispatched this time, and the six main battleships of "Nanchen", "Nanrui", "Kaiji", "Jingqing", "Huantai" and "Baomin" were impressively listed.
Under heavy pressure, Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, also had to send eight torpedo boats, "Lei Gan", "Lei Kun", "Lei Li", "Lei Kan", "Lei Zhen", "Lei Liang", "Lei Xun", and "Lei Dui", to help in the battle.
The Fujian sailors who fought on the ground have never recovered since they were severely damaged by the French.
Only four 1,400-ton wooden-hulled cruisers, "Fubo", "Feiyun", "Haijing", and "Chenhang", were left, and their speed was only ten knots.
Although it has long been outdated, at the moment of the great enemy, counterinsurgency is the priority, and no matter how poor the quality is, it must be taken out completely, whether it is an auxiliary reconnaissance ship.
Together with more than a dozen transport ships, the entire fleet stretches for more than ten kilometers, looking vast and majestic.
However, in the eyes of Admiral Guo Baochang, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy's naval division, how heroic and magnificent the Qing fleet was!
If you add the many big ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, it will definitely make the rebels afraid and dare not face the battle!
The two Yoshino sister ships "Enkarada" of the same class ordered from Britain have not yet been obtained, but with the support of the Japanese fleet, they have already strengthened their wings.
After crossing the strait and sending Lu Yong to the shore, he will inevitably be disgraced and make that Wang Liche pay a heavy price!
"Report, the enemy cruiser has been discovered, located in the northeast, thirteen nautical miles away, at a speed of twenty knots, and still approaching our fleet!"
Tsuboi Kozo immediately became vigilant, immediately walked outside the bow tower, and began to search for the target with a telescope.
After Akiyama Mayuki looked at the map, he drew it with a circle plan, and then he was relieved: "They won't do it yet!" ”
"Why?" Kawahara didn't understand the meaning at all: "Is it because it's just their reconnaissance fleet?" ”
Akiyama Shinyuki analyzed: "We are less than twenty nautical miles away from the target coast, we can start to disperse the landing, and the rebels simply cannot prevent the Qing army from coming ashore. In other words, they did not intend to carry out near-shore interception, but deliberately let the Qing army ashore. The movement of the Qing army when they were embarking on ships in the port of Fujian would be exposed if it was discovered by a spy, and the rebels could always estimate the time of their landing. ”