424 The Battle of the Sea II, the Empire is waiting
If the Russian fleet has speed, then Roger Stewins's hand is a good way to take advantage of the sudden turn to force the opponent to follow the maneuver, turn left again and take a big word, and seize the T-position with the advantage of speed and the time difference between the first rudder. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)
Inside the bridge, Roger Stewinster's eyes widened, he didn't understand, the Ochakov clearly reported that the eight capital ships of the Chinese Navy were still on Natuna Island, why did it appear here overnight, you must know that the two places are more than 400 nautical miles apart, even if it is 20 knots, it will take a day and a night to arrive!
As long as you can look at it twice!
Plane!
In the No. 1 turret of the Guangxi, the old gunner pointed to a 305 mm hooded armor-piercing bullet that had just been raised, and scolded, because he found that it was stained with an oil stain the size of a fingernail.
For a fanatical BB party member who crossed over, it was simply a sin to miss such a sea battle, and Emperor Li of Jutland thought that he was hopeless, but his fleet should always be seen to fight with others, so he arranged for dozens of war correspondents to go with the ship with cameras to record this important moment, and at the same time stubbornly asked Chen Ping to let him go to the "royal expedition".
Long Guozhang on the opposite side also made adjustments, ordered to turn the rudder five degrees, and while continuing to close the distance, he ordered the first battleship and the third heavy patrol detachment to speed up to the second battleship detachment and make every effort to seize the T-shaped position.
Fisher subconsciously waved his hand in front of the camera, but suddenly found that the six nasty "flies" not only did not drive away, but dilated sharply in the pupils.
Although Fisher did not climb to the mast and the observation post to grab the turf for the sake of grace, he still climbed the high flybridge, which seemed to be not enjoyable, and then he had a ladder brought to erect it.
Is that?
Partner?
The reason why Chen Ping dared to agree later, in addition to Emperor Li's promise, because the Honolulu happened to be testing the steam turbine and boiler, which has a superhuman speed of up to 34 knots, and once a problem occurs, it can pat its ass and run away.
In fact, Hippert did not guess wrong, the cruiser was the Honolulu test ship, and Li Mo and Chen Ping were also on it. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)
"The Russians are coming!"
Fisher and everyone who saw this scene remembered the plane and the silent movie scene that China suddenly announced a year ago, although some similar planes have sprung up in various countries since then, and some have made great progress, but they have not yet been fully put into practical use, but what do you see now? Everyone is equipped with a fleet!
The observer quickly turned his head, pointed the telescope in the direction of Hipper's finger and carefully observed it for a while, then suddenly smiled and waved his hand, probably for fear that the other party would not understand, and said a word in broken English: "partner"
Although from the appearance, the main guns of the four Jilin-class seem to be no different from the imitation Italian main guns used by the previous capital ships, but they are a generation of naval guns developed especially for armor-piercing shells after obtaining German artillery steel technology.
From the appearance of the "dark clouds" in the sky, he realized that no matter what Roger Ste Winster wanted to do, the war would break out in a very short time, so he focused all his attention on the direction in which the Chinese fleet was about to appear, but he didn't expect to see the "warship" he guessed, and six black dots suddenly slid through the lens.
The voice suddenly made Roger Stewinster wake up, Colonie was right, although Hua had eight capital ships, four dukes and eight Jinghai-class, but he had eighteen battleships and eighteen first-class cruisers, which was almost a one-to-two advantage, so he abandoned his previous thoughts and quickly gave the order to prepare for engagement, and at the same time ordered the mainmast to be raised and the Andre flag to be raised.
Just when Fisher was dizzy, the deck of the Russian fleet was already in chaos, shouting and whistling one after another, and the soldiers rushed to the battle position, turned the turret, and aimed at the direction in which the Chinese Imperial Navy appeared.
Hipper nodded to show that he understood, but for some reason a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart, although the fleet that was not in the sequence was composed of a light cruiser of more than 4,000 tons and two destroyers, it always gave him a strange feeling, as if there was something very important on it.
The rapid sound of the whistle and the sound of the siren sounded, and the sailors who watched the eagle leave ran to the battle position at a speed, the huge turret began to rotate, and the muzzle of the gun began to rise rapidly, although he could not see the situation in the turret, but Hipper's mind still involuntarily appeared in the scene of huge cannonballs being stuffed into the barrel.
Europe is clearly lagging behind again!
But it has to be said that the sudden jump of the fighter planes has brought the morale of the ships to the peak, and when Hipper finally knew what was under the canvas and was dumbfounded, there was already thunder of joy on the deck, and even the Chinese observers around him raised their arms vigorously.
"Commander, they're approaching!" Colony loudly reminded the commander in a daze, as a staff officer, he felt the need to help the commander make a judgment at this time, and shouted: "We should take advantage of the numerical superiority!" ”
Got flies?
Yes, it's an airplane!
Although Fisher and all the national observers were a little sluggish, none of them thought that the planes would change the outcome of the war, at most they could reconnoiter the enemy's position, and even if they did, they could not immediately notify the fleet, which was completely bluffing.
When all three rounds were loaded, the fire controller had obtained the coordinate data from the aircraft from the headset, and according to these data, the gunners began to adjust the angle, and from the outside, it seemed that the three naval guns were constantly rocking up and down.
As the staff officer shouted that the Chinese fleet also began to turn, Li Mo and Chen Ping immediately gave up their research and hurriedly climbed to the high point of the bridge, and when Li Mo took over the telescope, six hummingbirds had already taken off into the air, and flew into the distance after sparing two circles over the fleet in two standard triangular formations.
"The empire is waiting, go to battle!"! ~!
But then he really couldn't get around Li Mo, so he had to arrange for the Honolulu and two destroyers, which were being tested for steam turbines in Guam, to learn the methods of foreign observation ships, and to accompany the capital ships from afar, and also to make three chapters of the law, and to listen to Li Mo after boarding the ship.
In fact, according to Chen Ping's point of view, if Roger and Winster put on the bullish nature of the Russians and rushed forward, it was really impossible to eat more than 60 warships in one go.
So everyone's attention was focused on the direction where the plane appeared, but when the twelve capital ships of the Royal Navy jumped out of the water, the air froze again, and Fisher was weak and almost fell.
On the chart table, there were several models of small wooden ships representing the posture of the two sides, and Chen Ping was also confused when he looked at the Russian expeditionary fleet that suddenly turned right and pointed in the direction of Australia.
Long Guozhang held a cigar in his mouth, looked at the group of planes that circled around his head twice, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching twice, so that the staff officers behind him couldn't help but bite their mouths.
At the same time, the Jilin also raised the famous blood cloud dragon claw battle flag, and the signal soldier played a sentence that was later widely praised by the navies of various countries, comparable to the famous British admiral Nelson, and was hailed as a sign of China's entry into the imperial era.
But before it started, he was dumbfounded, because Roger Stevenster actually ordered a right turn!
But the problem is that at this moment even the Russian sailors themselves know that after nearly six months of immersion in the sea, the speed of the fleet has dropped to an unbearable level, and such a turn will not only not seize the T-position, but will lose precious breakthrough time because the fleet is too large.
424 Naval Battle II, the empire was waiting on the mast, Hipper gently pushed the Chinese observer, who knew neither German nor English, and pointed to a small fleet that suddenly appeared ten nautical miles away in the distance, hoping to remind the partner who was reporting.
"A bunch of lovers!"
As Hipper was about to point his telescope at the hummingbird, the mast under his feet suddenly tilted violently, and when he grasped the handrail, the fleet had already begun to turn sharply, and at the same time, a large amount of smoke rose from the distant horizon.
Seymour, who had been standing next to him, could understand Fisher's feelings very well, as a fighter who vowed to do his best for the Imperial Navy, a current helmsman of the British Imperial Navy, when he saw the world's No. 7 hegemon once again lagging behind, the loss in his heart cannot be described in words.
With this in mind, Emperor Li boarded the Honolulu, which he nicknamed the King of Escape, and finally arrived at the warring sea moments before the start of the battle under the protection of two destroyers.
Although there are still 18,000 kilometers away, and the figures of the eight capital ships that have been included in the list of various countries in the lens are still a little blurred, there is no doubt that they will once again set off a naval frenzy!
But now is different from the past, Hua is still very fragile, although the prestige of Li Mo and the royal family has begun to take root in the hearts of the people in the continuous publicity, but after all, the time is still short, once Li Mo has three long and two short, God knows what will happen, so don't talk about "the royal driving and pro-conquest", even the Jilin did not let Emperor Li climb up.
In addition to solving the need for armor-piercing shells, the speed of naval guns has also increased a lot, and after the use of high-speed electric winches for automatic loading, it has reached two pieces per minute for the first time, which is only slightly weaker than the three 280 mm naval guns per minute just developed by Germany.