Chapter 263: 263 Battle of Rewind Port
Chapter 263 Chapter 263 Battle of Rewind Port
The world's functioning won't change because of the discovery of a cat girl who can fight, at least not while she's still in school.
Just when Leer's military training instructor discovered her amazing talent, the Kingdom of Susas sent Tang Mo a less than optimistic telegram.
The Kingdom of Susas has successfully increased its national power due to tax reform, but also caused dissatisfaction among many people because of tax reform.
Previously, this discord was suppressed because Cyric's consortium did not cause trouble, but now, due to Cyric's instigation and manipulation, the political situation in Susus has become unstable.
The king of Susas and the prime minister are busy dealing with the civil strife, and there are soldiers from neighboring countries pressing down on the border.
In desperation, the Kingdom of Susas had to send a telegram to Tang Mo asking for help, hoping that he could act in advance to avoid being unable to look after each other when a crisis broke out in Susas in the future.
As a result, Tang Mo had to mobilize a batch of supplies and send them to Sussus urgently. However, compared with the intensity of support for Wright, this reinforcement does not appear to be that large-scale.
Since war has not yet broken out in Susas, most of the support transferred to Sussus this time is economic products.
Tang Mo hopes to use the economic benefits brought by these materials to stabilize the internal affairs of Susas and help suppress the hostile elements who stir up trouble at the source.
The good news is that there is a railway between Tangmo and Susas. This railway connects Bunas to Bingjing River. It has been connected for a long time and does not require any further investment.
The magic of railways was revealed at this time. The only two railways in Tang Mo's hands played a strategic role in this way, allowing the materials produced by Bunas and Longdao to reach the locations where they were needed without any delay.
While Tang Mo was dispatching his troops to deal with the pressure from Susas and Wright, the fleet commander Bernard, who was idle in Rewind Port and had nothing to do, stared at the densely packed sails appearing on the sea in shock. I was speechless for a long while.
He really couldn't believe that he was waiting at Rewind Port to return home at any time, and the enemy could come to his door... Could this be the legendary story of people sitting at home and being hit on the head by merit?
What’s even more funny is that after the other party attacked the armed merchant ships in the alert Rewind Port, they waited for more than 2 hours, waiting for Datang Group’s steel fleet boiler to completely heat up, and waiting for Bernard to see their messenger...
“The Kingdom of Talon orders you to surrender!” the messenger said deliberately: “Otherwise, you will be completely wiped out by 100 warships of the Kingdom of Talon!”
“I’m not interested in the jokes you’re telling me at all.” Bernard looked at the courier in brown military uniform and said, “Let your commander wash his neck and wait for death!”
“General Warren will remember what you said today!” The messenger coldly threatened Bernard: “Your fleet will be sunk, and you will die in the cold water!”
Bernard was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the adjutant next to him with disdain: "I remember what I said, and I also remember this general named Wallen, remember what he said!"
“Send him back!” After he finished speaking, he took off the navy uniform jacket hanging on the wall: “My flagship is easy to identify, I hope more of you will come to catch me!”
The Wolf 1 battleship is indeed easy to identify. As the world's first true cruiser, its hull is much longer than the Bunas-class ironclad.
It is very fast and is good at long-distance raids and interception operations. With its powerful firepower and steel hull, its naval combat capabilities also crush all warships of this era.
After all, it was designed to replace the existence of the Bunas-class battleship, so it naturally surpassed its predecessors in terms of firepower and speed.
When black smoke rises from the sea, the roar of machinery is like a war drum, inspiring the courage of the soldiers of Datang Group's maritime security force.
They were waiting for war to break out, or rather they expected war to break out, although their opponents obviously did not know this yet.
“The speed has increased to 20 kilometers! The boiler power is slowly increasing! Although the battleship is not in the best condition, it is ready to fight!” On the bridge of a Bunas-class battleship, the adjutant reported to his captain.
“Has the commander boarded the flagship?” The captain put down his telescope, looked at the adjutant beside him, and confirmed.
“Commander Bernard has boarded the Wolf 1 battleship, and the commander’s flag has been raised on the mast. I saw it with my own eyes. There is no problem.” The adjutant replied immediately.
“Then, stand by and hand over the command to Commander Bernard.” The captain breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the telescope again, and looked at the sea in the distance.
The sailing warship from the Kingdom of Tarun was very close. The opponent seemed to have set up a "figure eight" formation, splitting its forces into two groups, trying to flank the four strange enemy ships that were spitting out black smoke and rushed out of the port.
On the bridge of the Wolf 1 cruiser, Bernard suddenly became a little nervous. He was afraid that the prey in front of him would run away... ˜ ˜ "Keep the basic speed of 20 kilometers! Follow the tactics! Arrange in order! This ship will take the lead, and the remaining warships will follow the instructions. Plan ahead! Engage the enemy on the starboard side! Defeat the enemy fleet on the right first!" After a few tense seconds, Bernard issued his first order of the day.
Immediately afterwards, he gave the second order: "Left rudder! 15 degrees!"
His purpose in adjusting the course was to find a way to align the starboard side of his fleet with the enemy's left-wing fleet in the distance, which was the one in the figure of eight.
“Order the three sail warships and two armed merchant ships in Rewind Port to detach from the fleet and return to Rewind Port!” Then, he issued the third order.
The speed of his fleet will eventually increase to more than 30 kilometers per hour. At that time, our own sail warships that follow the steel battleships out of Rewind Port will be thrown away, and the fleet will be out of touch.
In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Bernard decided to send the lagging sail warships back in advance. Although this would weaken the number of his fleet, this numerical weakening would not affect his core combat power.
Half an hour ago, General Warren waited for the returned messenger. He admired the courage of the other commander.
He has 70 first-class sailing battleships, but the number of battleships that his opponent just sailed out of Rewind Port was only a pitiful 8!
Among these 8 battleships, there are only two first-class sailing battleships that he is familiar with, and two armed merchant ships that make up the number.
He never expected that his opponent's weak lineup would dare to go out to fight. Then he saw a scene that made him want to laugh - the opponent's only two level 1 sailing battleships actually broke away from the fleet with two armed merchant ships and retreated backwards.
In his opinion, this was simply an internal strife in the enemy's fleet. The main fleet did not obey orders, broke away from the fleet without permission, and fled back to the harbor.
Hence, he was not prepared to attack those cowardly enemy ships at all, and focused his attention on these strange guys with no sails and black smoke in front of them.
“Turn the ship around! Engage the enemy on the broadside! Prepare for a broadside battle!” Warren put down his monocular and ordered proudly.
Following his order, his fleet began to turn and cut into the battle line. As a result, the formation of the Talon Kingdom's fleet began to change, and the entire shape changed from an "eight" to a shape similar to "<丶".
His purpose is very simple. He wants to lead his fleet to surround the enemy from the rear and completely annihilate the small fleet in front of him.
At almost the same moment, Bernard's fleet showed a higher speed. Four warships had already attached themselves to the enemy fleet on the starboard side, narrowing the distance between the two sides to 1,500 meters.
“Buzz!” While approaching the enemy, the single-barreled turret on the Wolf-class battleship began to rotate, pointing at the sail battleship in the distance.
The 150mm cannons with long barrels on these turrets and equipped with a barrel retreat device are the most terrifying weapons of this era - no one!
Its rate of fire is terrifying, faster than the 120mm cannon equipped on the Bunas-class battleships, and its firepower is more ferocious.
"Free fire! Lock the target!" the officer commanding the artillery loudly ordered. When the 150 mm caliber artillery attacks the sailboat target, there is no need to fire a salvo. It would be a waste of ammunition.
It feels really good to be able to easily sink an enemy warship with just one cannonball.
"Fire!" Putting down the telescope, Bernard loudly gave the order to attack. With the gentle trembling of the battleship under his feet, the huge gunfire kicked off the naval battle, and a real massacre at sea began. !
In the stunned astonishment of the sailors of the Kingdom of Tarun, at a combat distance they had never seen before, a 150 mm caliber shell easily hit the target.
The huge explosion suddenly lifted off a piece of the side. The sailboat that was hit swayed, and the tall mast fell rapidly to one side.
Even the artillerymen of the Talon Kingdom, who had not yet reached the fighting distance, were still waiting for the distance between the two sides to close to about 300 meters. As a result, they were sent into the sky by an oncoming cannonball.
A tragic explosion came from another battleship, and the sailors on the Talon Kingdom's sailboat, whose propellant was ignited, had no time to escape and were swallowed up by the flames of the explosion.
The soldiers standing on the deck were lifted into the air together with the wooden deck they were stepping on, and then were torn into pieces by the air current, and fell back into the sea together with the broken wooden boards.
The commander of the Talon Kingdom who was responsible for dispatching this fleet was stunned on the spot. He didn't know what order he should give, or he didn't even know what he was fighting.
Just before his eyes, two battleships were exploding, three other battleships were sinking, and the remaining two were already on fire. Within one minute of the battle breaking out, he lost almost one-third of his battleships!
(End of this chapter)