The heat of war first broke out in the coastal waters of the Congo-Africa Sea

The Gangfei Sea in December is the coldest time of the year, the rough sea is scattered with large pieces of ice floe, in the moving ship group Fujian, like the water inlaid on the sea surface of the diamonds, it looks like an indescribable cruel beauty,

The Chekov detachment marched in the direction of Gangfei Kyoto according to the plan, the sea surface in winter was a white wave rolling, the water splashed floating, the closer to the sea area of Gangfei Kyoto, the ocean current was hit back by the land plate, the choppy Cheng Dù also began to become higher, on the surging sea, you can see from time to time rolling waves more than ten meters high, and the white ice floe rolls up and down with the seawater, shining colorful light in the reflection of the sun. The ice floes were originally pure white, but due to the refraction of sunlight, they looked like a patch of color from a distance

The dragon's tooth battleships, which were advancing in unison, came out of the waves like dolphins

The bulging sail made a "snap" sound, and the tight sail cable was also squeaked, and the dragon's tooth battleship advancing under this full wind body could reach a speed of thirty knots, and the huge sea surface was broken by the battleship, as fast as an iron plough breaking the sea surface.

The blue falcon flag of the Falcon Imperial Navy crackled in the wind blowing fiercely

"Report to the Commander, we have entered the area marked on the map that may belong to the non-naval patrol!" "The first mate of the flagship, Etek, pushed open the door to the conference room, and the blue uniform was already soaked by the rushing seawater, revealing his strong bronze physique, "Is there any discovery? or news from other fleets!"

Chekov withdrew his gaze from the chart, raised his head and asked, although there are improvised patchwork charts, but the Gangfei Sea is still a very unfamiliar sea area for the Falcon Navy that has not yet set foot in it, and many island areas have not been marked on the chart, and this is also the reason why the Imperial Navy is fully encircled.

"As an imperial soldier who takes the waters of other countries as the combat goal, he must have the ability to fight in unfamiliar sea areas, since there is no exact and specific marking, then while fighting, make a new map of the sea area" The order issued by the Admiralty is written,

There was no time to delay in the exploration of the sea area, in order to deal a heavy blow to the Gangfei Kyoto before the return of the main force of the Gangfei Navy, the Imperial Navy Minister Dustrenkai issued a special order for the discovery of the unfamiliar sea area operation.

In this order, all detachments on duty were required to transmit every day the situation of the sea discovered in the sea areas through which the fleet had passed back to Dustrenkay in a timely manner by carrier pigeons

There, thirty Imperial Admiralty staff officers from the Naval Academy, who specialize in charting, will consolidate the contents transmitted back by the various fleets, and finally, the Admiralty will receive a real map of the sea that is far more detailed than it is now, according to which the Admiralty Lord Dustrunkay will follow. Adjustments to the entire battle plan were carried out

And the southwestern direction in which the Chekov fleet is located, is the edge of the entire strategic encirclement, that is, if the Gangnon navy strikes from the flanks. The first to encounter was Chekov's detachment

Because of this, in addition to the one Dragon-class flagship that the Chekov detachment already had, two more Dragon-class flagships were specially deployed, which far surpassed other detachments in terms of combat power. The commander in charge. is also a pirate-born Chekov, who is arrogant and arrogant, the Imperial Navy who became a monk halfway. With very rich experience in dealing with sudden encounters at sea,

The reconnaissance ships of the two fleets were placed by him on the flanks of about a thousand meters outside the fleet, and the lookout posts at the top of the flagpole above kept an eye on the situation that might come from the side, so that even if they encountered suddenly, the enemy would be discovered ten miles away, and they could leave time to change the formation.

With the three Dragon-class main warships as the center, there are seven second-generation Dragon's Tooth battleships with excellent maneuverability and firepower in front and rear, these second-generation Dragon's Tooth battleships are one-third larger than the first-generation Dragon's Tooth ships, and the difference between them and the first-generation Dragon's Tooth ships lies in the difference in load capacity and protective power.

More importantly, in order to increase the ability of the Dragon's Tooth battleship to resist wind and waves, the side of the battleship was each added with a thick wooden baffle of thirty centimeters thick, although part of the engine power was sacrificed, but the hull of the battleship was more stable in the bumpy waves, and the defense was not small, no longer as crispy as a generation of dragon's tooth battleship, but enough to resist general catapult attacks.

"The sentry ship on the flank, nothing else has been discovered yet!" replied First Officer Etek

"Has the Evaka been contacted?" Chekov asked, frowning a little anxiously.

"No, we haven't received any reply yet" First mate Etek shrugged his shoulders and replied regretfully, "Judging from the chart, our position has entered the waters of Gangfei Kyoto, but at present, neither the forward ship nor the flank sentry ship has sent any news back!

"Off course? What are you kidding! A veteran like us wouldn't make such a low-level mistake," said the flanker officer, Oldmanf

"Yes, how is this possible, we are not those rookies who have never been to sea!" Zalandin, the lieutenant of the detachment, said excitedly, "I have been on the ship since I was thirteen years old, and I have been on the sea for twenty years, can I still make such mistakes?"

On the contrary, the forward captain Anko Carmen hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, and stopped talking

Chekov gave him a rare look and asked, "Anko Carmen, what do you think?" Among those of us, the only person who really came from the orthodox navy is you, the Dylans Navy, these guys, just rely on personal experience, and it is okay to sail in familiar waters, but sailing in unfamiliar seas, just relying on previous experience, it is easy to have problems, so I want to hear your advice!"

"I don't know. I just think that the ice floe here is too reflective!" Anko Khamen's eyebrows frowned slightly, "What do you mean by the ice floe?" Chekov was stunned for a moment

Anco Carmen said slowly with a reminiscent look in his eyes, "When I was a cadet in the Dylan Navy before, I once heard some experienced old sailors say that the skewed sunlight can lead people astray, because in most cases, the fleet determines its course according to the direction of the sun, but if the water vapor on the surface of the sea is too large, and there is a lot of ice floes, the whole sea surface is like a smooth mirror at low temperatures. Under such conditions, it is likely that the sunlight will be slightly distorted in our eyes, and in the absence of a specific sea marker, it is not impossible to say that we have inadvertently deviated from the course!

Anco Carmen's voice stopped, and he stretched out his finger to draw a straight horizontal line to the east on the chart on the table, and said, "Since our goal is Gangfei to the east, why don't we go straight to the east and find the edge of the land first." Then, on this basis, we will move closer to the predetermined north, so that we will definitely be able to find our combat target!"

Chekov touched his stubble-covered chin with his hand and looked at the others

"That's a good idea! albeit a little slower. But at least you can make sure that nothing goes wrong!" Captain Bix, the captain of the Seawolf, another dragon-class battleship, agreed, and no one else objected, "Well, just follow your wishes, and order the fleet to turn from southeast to east." Get as fast as you can to get close to the coast of Gangfei and then look for a target from the north along the coastline" Chekov nodded to the first mate, and pressed his fingers heavily on the coastline marked with the word Gangfei on the table, though he didn't know what to expect. But that's all there is to it for now. "Your Excellency Minister!" Leko, the Admiral of the Navy, cautiously pushed open the door in front of him, and saw the gray-haired old man who was holding his hands behind his back and looking up at the huge land on the wall, and his old and firm gaze made Leko feel a little stunned when he walked in, "How are the preparations for the counterattack of the navy?" Rubinsack, the Minister of Military Affairs of Gangfei, turned around from the front, "I have ordered the main force of the navy to rush back from the south to the north, and gather the local fleets along the way, I believe that it should have passed the lookout rock wall" Leko said quickly with a solemn expression

"Are you sure, this time is extraordinary for you and for the Empire!" Rubin Sark walked to his desk, picked up a copy of the text, and handed it to Leko who looked confused, "The war is imminent, I have already suggested to the Emperor that the Imperial Navy is the time to use troops, and it is not appropriate to change the Admiral at this time, the Emperor Majesty thought again and again before agreeing, and said that if this battle can be won, the previous Qiē will not be to blame!"

"Your Excellency, is this true?" Commander Gang Fei picked up the text with an excited expression, read it with joyful eyes, took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely not disappoint His Majesty the Emperor's expectations!" "The same opponent, what new methods do you have?" Rubin Sack waved his hand at him with a stern expression, "If you are still defeated like before, I believe it will not be as simple as just leaving the job!" "Your Excellency the Minister can rest assured!" "Leco said confidently" This time the battle is different from the past, from the strategic arrangement, we have the initiative, familiar with the terrain and sea area, not to mention, and although the Falcon Navy is strong, but it is too big, even to take the method of scattered blockade, and this time, the main force of our imperial navy plus the local fleet, the total number can reach 250 warships, in order to avoid early exposure, I strictly ordered the navy to close to the coastline to the north, now is the season of the sea of fog in winter, the fog locks the sea, and the sea surface is densely covered with ice floes, I believe that even if the Falcon Navy is bold, it does not dare to get too close to the coastline, as long as the time to attack is obtained, the main force of our navy can rely on the numerical superiority, the Falcon Navy will be eaten one by one"Since that's the case, I'm relieved!" Rubin Sark nodded reassuringly, the Northern Falcon Empire announced its alliance with the Putao, a big war has reached a state of urgency, with the return of the main force of the empire, because the navy is not effective, and the emperor who had to give up the results of the southern war, immediately hit the idea of the Northern Falcon Empire,

He rejected the armistice agreement signed between the Empire and the Falcon Empire, and immediately decided to devote 30,000 fresh troops to the battlefield of Putao, which was in a scorching state, and this time, he had to swallow Putao completely, and ordered the three intact main battle corps to go south with him, a total of 210,000 infantry and mixed troops. Follow the line north to force the border of the Falcon Empire

The Falcon Empire's response was also very fast, as the negotiator Governor Salon left in a fit of anger, the war began to become a rush, and the hundreds of thousands of Falcon troops that were originally entrenched in the direction of the northern border began to gather, and built a strong defensive line, and the navy, the Falcon Empire Navy, which has always been strong, went south with murderous spirit from the southwest sea, and put on a posture of comprehensively strangling the Gangfei Sea, and the arrogance was extremely arrogant and directly killed in the direction of Gangfei Kyoto. Kyoto side shakes,

In this case, Emperor Gangfei, who had the intention of replacing the admiral of the navy, had to endure this thought for the time being, although Leko was useless, but after all, he was the admiral who had commanded the overall situation, and he knew the strength of the navy in Gangfei, and the war was imminent, and he could not find a more suitable candidate to take over this position

Rubin Sark deliberately said that he was suggesting it. It is also hoped that this will arouse the devastating fighting spirit of Zhang, the admiral of the navy, who has been hit hard by his bad luck, and that the so-called war cannot be fought without a fight! This war broke out with the general set as the fuse. It is a competition of interests between the two empires, and it will determine the strategic focus of the two empires in the next 50 years, whether the Falcon Empire will go north, or Gangfei will go south! The fat man needs this war to completely cut off the coveting of the southwest region by Central Europe and Baro, and Gangfei needs this war to maintain the dignity of his Central European Barrow hegemon. It's just that this old marshal didn't know that a falcon navy that had deviated from the course was heading towards the intersection of the two fleets. The chips of fate were skewed from the start.

On the afternoon of December 3rd,

The eastward Chekov detachment was in a fog, firmly sailing towards the offshore area, the fog in winter was very large, almost even the sun in the sky was covered, only a white afterglow could be seen, according to the change of the waves, Chekov knew that the fleet was very close to the coastline, because the sound of the waves crashing on the side of the battleship was getting louder and louder, "Commander, news has come from the reconnaissance ship, five miles ahead is the coastline of Gangfei! Order the ships to keep their distance and prepare to turn around and head north along the coastline!" Chekov stood on the command platform of the battleship, raised the lookout goggles in his hand, and wanted to see the outline of the continent in the distance, but unfortunately he could only see a white expanse from the lens, he put down the lookout glasses a little unwillingly, and suddenly an urgent whistle came sharply through the fog, which was particularly harsh in the calm space, at first there was a whistle, then two whistles, a whistle...... Finally all the sentinels were connected, and the sharp whistle seemed to pierce everyone's eardrums, "It seems to be a dragon's tooth ship on the flanks!" Chekov's face changed, "and Bicks' Seawolf-class battleship!" The first mate recognized the sound of the alarm, and both of them looked up at the high mast at the same time, and at the very top of the mast there were two lookout posts, one holding a lookout glass to closely observe the area where the alarm was alarmed, while the other was issuing the most urgent battle alarm through guò gestures and whistles. His gesture slashed down with great force, and then across his chest, the Banner Soldier repeated the action over and over again, as if the sight before him was so shocking that only a violent gesture could be expressed. "It's a group of ships, a large group of ships that can't be counted!"

Chekov held his face high, and muttered in disbelief that it felt like he had inadvertently picked up a treasure, but this treasure made him feel a little unblessed, he only had 14 dragon tooth warships and three dragon class, and in such a fog of blurred vision, he had a face-to-face encounter with an enemy who was enough to crush him! It felt like dancing a frightening veneer dance with a dinosaur full of fangs

Reality, so he didn't have extra time to think about it, three minutes later, boom "A whole piece of fire suddenly flashed in the fog on the side, it was the flame of the salvo of the Sea Wolf Dragon-class battleship, it seems that this fog made the encounter unfathomable, and in the wind, there seemed to be blood and debris floating!

"I can't care so much, raise the battle flag!"

Chekov shouted loudly, hesitating at this time, as if the sword was already on the side, and would only be pierced by the opponent head-on, "tell the ships that have discovered the enemy that they can shoot freely, and move closer to the flagship while disrupting the enemy's array, and the other battleships that have not been discovered, open the gun compartments on the spot, and prepare a salvo in a line"

With the raising of the battle flag, the entire Chekov detachment was like a giant on the sea, stretching the originally loose queue, several dragon tooth battleships, with the Chekov flagship as the center, lined up in a line, and the scale-like gun bay decks on the sides were turned over one by one, and the mighty momentum was like angry dragon scales.

In the era of sail warships, it will mean that several or even dozens of Thor of all warships can concentrate on shooting oncoming columns, and can greatly improve the hit rate. Give the other party a strict zhòng killing. However, in this horizontal position, the battleship in the middle will also withstand the concentrated attack of the enemy fleet, and the danger is also doubled, and only the bravest captain can stand still.

On the foggy sea, some of the dragon tooth battleships that received the flag retreated while shooting, the sea surface seemed to be boiling, and the whole row of firelight was like a volcanic eruption, especially the Seawolf that was in the last formation, every time he shot, it was like countless points of light suddenly flickering

More and more enemies appeared in the most unlikely fog, between the sea and the sky, the Gangfei naval flag fluttering high, and then the dense masts, like a sharp sword piercing the fog. In less than ten minutes, a huge fleet appeared on the surface of the sea about a nautical mile in front of Chekov,

Like a huge black monster, it attracted everyone's hearts, and it brought a sense of strong earthquake and awe, even Chekov, who had faced countless naval battles, could feel that the blood in his body seemed to be burning, and his face felt a tense tingling.

"Volley!" Chekov's commanding knife fell sharply, and the sea boiled......!