(Chapter to)
Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Admiral Felix asked: "Is that the Iberian fleet? Why are there only a few battleships? Are those two big guys the most powerful 'Bonaparte' class battleships of the opponent?"
"Yes. That is the Iberian battleship. The two larger ones are the 'Bonaparte' class battleships, the most powerful warships in Iberia. It is said that their combat power is much stronger than our first-class battleships. This point has been fully verified in Setubal Bay. In addition, according to intelligence, there are 20 warships in the Iberian fleet, but now there are only 8 ships, and two of them seem to be injured. The other battleships don’t know where they are going.” Nelson replied respectfully. Although everyone is an admiral, Felix has much higher qualifications than him, and the army is a place that values seniority very much, so he respects this old general very much. Originally, he was fighting for the position of fleet commander, but as soon as Felix came out, he was immediately defeated.
"Oh, it looks like we have to leave some warships to guard against the enemy's sneak attack." Felix said.
Nelson nodded. This time the fleet they led was the main battleship of the Straits Fleet, and even the Atlantic Fleet dispatched several warships to support them, including a total of 10 improved 'British' class warships, 4 first-class battleships, and 7 second-class battleships. Class battleships, 13 third-class battleships, 8 gunboats and 4 three-masted clippers.
"Order the two first-class battleships behind, four second-class battleships and six third-class battleships to turn eastward, pay attention to vigilance, and prevent the enemy's surprise attack. The other battleships make a frontal assault." Felix issued a combat order. In several battles with the Iberian Navy, the British Navy has already known the power of the Iberian cannon, knowing that only by making a quick breakthrough and offsetting the opponent's range advantage can it be possible to win the final victory. 10 'British' class warships rushed to the forefront. After improvement, the performance of the 'British' class warships has been greatly improved, except that the firepower of the 'British' class warships is weaker than that of the 'Iberia' class because of the artillery. It is almost the same as the 'Iberia' class. After all, as a powerful maritime country, the UK has strong shipbuilding capabilities and R&D technology. Once these institutions are in full swing, their explosive power is absolutely astonishing.
"Hit the hull horizontally and face the enemy on the starboard side. After the enemy ship enters the range, shoot with full force. The primary target is the 10 steamships at the forefront of the enemy fleet. The airship takes off and prepares to provide bombardment parameters for the battleship." Burt also responded accordingly The deployment of rapid guns occupies the "T" prefix, with powerful side firepower against the enemy, and the British fleet except for the 'British' class warships, most of the artillery of other warships are installed on the side. In this way, the Iberian fleet can be guaranteed to have a short-term advantage in firepower.
Soon, the 10 "British" class warships of the British fleet rushed into the range of the Iberian fleet like brave knights. Under the guidance of the bombardment parameters provided by the airship, the 155mm naval guns on the 'Andresi' and the 'Emperor Napoleon' started shelling first, and 4 rounds of 250 kg huge shells aimed at the constantly approaching 'Britain' The battleship flew away. However, it had no effect other than making a few huge splashes erupt on the sea. The airship quickly sent back the landing point data and modified parameters. Three minutes later, the four 155mm naval guns started firing again. But unfortunately, no results have been achieved, but this time the shells landed closer than last time. After the third bombardment of the 155mm naval gun, the 122mm naval gun was also added to the concentration, and their addition made the hit rate of the shelling much higher. During the fifth salvo, a 'British' class battleship was unfortunately hit by a 155mm artillery shell, and the ammunition depot was re-shot, which caused the shell to explode, and the whole ship was in the sound of the explosion. , turned into a fireball. It shocked the Iberian Navy and deeply shocked the British Navy.
"Is this the power of large-caliber naval guns? It is indeed much more powerful than our naval guns. If our naval guns are also so powerful, then the Royal Navy of the British Empire will be invincible." Admiral Felix said with emotion .
"No, I think it's because it hit the ammunition depot. But the Iberians' large-caliber naval guns are indeed very powerful. I really don't know why this technology is in the hands of the despicable Iberians. "Nelson said a little depressed. Originally, the Royal Navy of the British Empire has always been the overlord of the ocean for hundreds of years, but since the Iberian Navy ceased to exist, the British Navy has repeatedly fallen into their hands, which made Nalxon feel very uncomfortable.
Finally, after paying for the sinking of two warships, a seriously injured "British" class warship finally rushed to a distance of 4 kilometers from the Iberian battleship. This is the maximum range of their naval guns after improvement. "Fire!" A vice admiral in charge of commanding these 'British' class warships gave the order to fire. The remaining 7 warships used the naval guns on the bow deck to vent their anger on the Iberian fleet. The Iberian fleet was almost hit by surprise, because they didn't know that the range of the improved "British" class warship had been increased to 4 kilometers, and they thought it was the original 3 kilometers. Fortunately, due to the long distance, the accuracy of the British ship was not high, otherwise the Iberian fleet would have suffered a dark loss.
"Coward, coward, despicable and shameless villain!" Felix couldn't help cursing at the sight of the Iberian fleet's shameless tactics. In the era when he roamed across the sea, how could he fight like this. At that time, everyone was shelling at short distances, or directly engaged in boarding battles, and fought entirely by strength.
Seeing the old general's behavior, Nelxun couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. In his opinion, Admiral Felix was out of date, but out of respect he dared not say so. I had to echo on the side: "Yeah, the Iberians have always been so despicable, otherwise how could they defeat our great Royal Navy?"
Admiral Felix agreed. Order the fleet to turn the rudder to the left, shorten the distance between the two sides, and get rid of the current state of being beaten. At the same time, he couldn't control that much anymore, and directly ordered the fleet on standby to sail westward to intercept the Boult fleet.
"General Felix, what should we do if another Iberian fleet comes to sneak attack?" Seeing that Felix actually asked the fleet on standby to join the attack, Nelson said worriedly.
"Don't worry, with the addition of the reserve fleet, we will soon be able to wipe out this despicable fleet, and then we will fully use up another fleet of the enemy." Felix insisted.
Seeing the British fleet that had been on standby at the back joining the battlefield, the corners of Bult's mouth rose slightly: "Are you trying to intercept me with this trick again?" In several naval battles, the British fleet has always used this tactic. "Order the ships to turn right 45 degrees, break away from contact with the enemy, and rush out of the encirclement." Quite a few of the eight Iberian warships began to turn to the northwest. By this time, the battle had been going on for more than an hour. Up to now, none of the warships in the Boult fleet had been lost, but some warships had suffered minor injuries, but none of them affected the battle.
"Damn it!" Felix couldn't help cursing seeing the Boult fleet sailing northwest, intending to break out of the encirclement, and then ordered all the ships to pursue at full speed, but except for the 'British' class that could barely catch up, the other warships They can only watch the Boult fleet get farther and farther away. Now, they have lost 5 'British' class battleships and 1 third class battleship.
"General, General Sucrete is calling. They will arrive at the battlefield in half an hour." The communications officer ordered Boult.
"Let Admiral Sucrete's fleet sail north, then turn west on the north side of Guernsey, and attack the right flank of the British fleet." Boult ordered.
The Sucrete fleet is about to arrive, and Burt's confidence has increased a lot. Being chased by the British fleet all the time made him feel very uncomfortable. After 20 minutes~www.mtlnovel.com~he ordered the fleet to turn around for the last time, instead of fleeing, he took the initiative to approach the British fleet to create conditions for the Sucrete fleet to break in.
As an experienced admiral, Felix immediately noticed the abnormality of Bult's fleet and thought of Bult's intentions. Sure enough, 15 minutes later, he received a report that another Iberian fleet was approaching at full speed from the east. Although the main force of the fleet is still there, Felix realized that if he confronted the Iberian fleet head-on, the British fleet would definitely fail in the end. After fighting for an hour, he decisively ordered the fleet to retreat and withdraw from the battle. In this one-hour battle, although 4 Iberian battleships were sunk, the British fleet paid for 1 first-class battleship, 2 second-class battleships, 4 third-class battleships, two gunboats and two The cost of a 'British' class battleship. And the Iberian fleet did not pursue it. After all, although the British fleet suffered heavy losses, its strength is still there, especially the powerful local fleet of the opponent is still there, and the warships of the Iberian fleet were also severely damaged. In the end, his own casualties must also be very large. In order to avoid this loss, the Iberian fleet had to let the British fleet leave.
On November 7, Burt reported the results of the naval battle to Xiao Jie, and told Xiao Jie that he was leading the fleet to the Gulf of Seine and asked the 3rd Division of the 88th Army to cooperate with the Marine Corps to attack Le Havre. (To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in to .QDAN., more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)