Chapter 264: 264 formation is in chaos
Chapter 264 264 The formation is in chaos
The new gun breech was opened, and the Datang Group naval soldier loader in the turret calmly pushed a shell into the gun bore, and then pushed the propellant in as well.
After closing the breech, he raised his arm. A few seconds later, the cannon suddenly sat back. After retreating a distance of more than two feet, it quickly returned to its original position.
The not too thick armored steel plate of the turret blocked the noise of artillery firing. The soldiers in the turret only heard a muffled sound, and then continued to load.
They couldn't see the results of their battle anyway, they could just hear the noncommissioned officer responsible for aiming beside them loudly reporting the results of the shelling.
For these sailors, naval battles are basically no more than playing games. They only need to repeat their work, and victory will come soon.
They could still feel the tension of the battlefield to some extent anyway. The coal-burning workers on duty in the hull, as well as soldiers such as chartmen and cooks, did not even feel that the battle had broken out.
“Boom!” The front main gun of the Bunas-class battleship immediately behind the Wolf 1 battleship sprayed out two **** of flame.
The two shells hit the target almost at the same time. The sailboat that was hit broke apart directly. The front half was still being pulled forward by the sail, while the rear half had overturned and flooded.
The Tarun Kingdom's squadron, which was originally preparing to outflank the Tang fleet, finally understood the gap between the two warships, and several warships began to turn around in panic.
As a result, before they could turn around, they were hit by incoming cannonballs and soon returned to the embrace of the God of the Sea.
The remaining warships tried to intimidate Datang's warships by firing cannons, but soon they were waiting for the second round of attacks from Wolf-class warships.
Dense cannonballs flew directly into the array of the Talon Kingdom fleet, and then there was a real flurry of activity.
It was indeed a moment of turmoil—the mast of a warship in Talon's fleet fell down in the explosion, and the huge mast crashed directly into the sea water. The helm king's flag floated on the sea, looking so embarrassed.
The Talon battleships, which were originally lined up in a row, ready to show off their densely packed cannons to their opponents, finally realized how childish and ridiculous they were.
Before they had time to fire a cannon, they were hit by the shells and turned into burning and exploding wretches.
With the sound of cannons one after another, General Talon, who was in charge of commanding the squadron, suddenly realized a serious problem.
Hand in the middle, or rather the battleship he is on...seems to be getting closer and closer to the enemy's battleship.
Almost all of the warships sailing in front of him had been destroyed or completely sunk in front of him.
Now, it’s finally his turn.
He wanted to turn around and run away, but before he could move, he suddenly remembered that he was at sea now, and he must not be able to escape the enemy's artillery fire.
In fact, it was not much different from what he guessed - just when he was hesitating whether to jump into the sea and escape, a cannonball hit, completely destroying his idea of escape. Because he is already dead...
The Tang Group's naval fleet, equipped with barrel-retracting cannons and explosive shells, was simply carrying out an uninteresting dimensionality reduction attack when facing the Talon Kingdom's sailing ships and muzzle-loading cannons.
"What is that! What is that?" On the other side of the battlefield, General Wallen, who was listening to the roar of cannons and watching the explosions and flames, pulled the adjutant's collar and asked loudly.
He hasn't figured out what happened yet. After all, he can't see the battlefield on the other side clearly, so he can only guess based on thin air.
Even if he made a bold guess, he couldn't guess that more than half of the 21 warships he had sent out were already gone at this moment.
“Push over! Press over! Share the pressure on the fleet on the other side! Don’t let them escape!” Valen shouted through gritted teeth, fearing that his squadron would suffer losses.
In his opinion, the other party must be trying to make a desperate move and is preparing to abandon the port and break out and escape. Therefore, he made the decision to press forward across the board, hoping to annihilate the opponent's fleet before the opponent could break through.
“Press up! Get rid of all the enemy ships on the starboard side! Then speed up! Prepare to attack the enemy warships on the other side!” Bernard, who did not relax at all, also issued a new order at this moment.
Seeing that the enemy fleet on his flank was unable to fight anymore and had almost withdrawn from the battle, he decided to pursue the victory and eat this squadron first.
In any case, Datang Group's warships have a speed advantage. Using this advantage, he can do whatever he wants. He can do whatever he wants.
Having advanced weapons, it is natural to easily crush the opponent. As the distance continues to get closer, the 75mm caliber side cannon from the Datang Group joins the battle.
These artillery pieces made up for the gap in the number of artillery pieces on the Datang Group's warships. As soon as they joined the battle, they completely stunned the sailors of the Talon Kingdom on the opposite side.
The soldiers of the Talon Kingdom had never seen such ferocious firepower. They didn't even have time to scream before they were stunned by the explosive shells. After they finally figured out the situation, they were surprised to find that they had become drowned people floating on the sea.
The battle is still going on, with four steel battleships lined up in a row, isolating the battlefield and defeating the Talon fleet on the flanks.
Even now, Warren, the general of the Tarun Kingdom, is planning to encircle and annihilate the entire Datang Group fleet.
It's just that the cruelty of this war greatly exceeded his expectations. He didn't even know that at this moment, the fleet on the other side of him, a total of 21 warships, had been sunk or damaged, and almost all of them were wiped out.
The naval battleships of the Datang Group that formed a battle line fully explained what it means to kill people as soon as they pass by. They sank all the enemy ships as they passed by the opposing fleet.
“Turn! Port rudder! Bite the tail of the enemy fleet! Sink them all!” After gaining the advantage, Bernard continued to issue the order.
After the two sides fought for 20 minutes, the Datang Group's fleet turned again. This time, the enemy's figure-of-eight pincer formation had been completely defeated, leaving only the one in the middle.
At this time, due to the previous maneuvers and turns, the fleet of the Talon Kingdom formed a roughly "<" shape.
In order to pursue the faster Datang Group fleet, this shape is now almost sideways, and it has obviously been deformed.
To put it bluntly, because the Tang Group's fleet is faster, the Tarun Kingdom's fleet formation has begun to become chaotic.
General Warren naturally knows that this situation is very unfavorable to him, but he has no good way to change what has happened.
There are a total of 55 warships on his side. Their positions are messy, and the delay in command and dispatch is also very high. It is impossible to use their fingers at all. It takes a lot of time to organize the formation, but he doesn't have much time now.
As time went by, the Tang fleet, which had given up its vision and position, had bitten the tail of the Talon fleet, and the Talon warships in front, including General Wallen's flagship, had already seen the destruction of the Talon Kingdom. of that squadron.
They saw the burning wreckage of the warship, saw only half of the warship still floating on the sea, and saw the broken helm flag...
What he saw in front of him completely confused Wallen. He did not expect that his squadron not only failed to prevent the opponent from penetrating the encirclement, but even himself was completely annihilated...
At this moment, Warren realized that this naval battle had completely gone out of control: all his pre-battle arrangements had failed!
The tactical arrangement of flanking attack drawn up before the war has now completely failed. The 21 warships of the fleet responsible for the flanking attack were severely damaged by the enemy and completely withdrew from the battle.
The main force of the fleet he led was in a messy formation due to the pursuit, and even had its tail bitten by the opponent.
He could only rely on shouting and flags to command the fleet, but he was actually unable to reverse the defeat.
"Sir! The situation is not good!" Looking at the black smoke on the sea that had bitten the tail of his fleet in the distance, the adjutant said to Warren with some fear.
At this time, General Warren also felt that waiting for death might ruin the entire fleet. So he immediately issued an order and shouted to his adjutant: "Turn around immediately! Order all nearby warships to turn around! Go get the tail of our fleet!"
He felt that as long as he turned around and drove away the enemy's fleet, at least half of the warships could be saved.
Once you have stabilized your position, you can then use your advantage of having more warships to maintain a stalemate with the opponent for a period of time. At night, the two sides can distance themselves.
"Turn around! Turn around!" The adjutant immediately went to convey General Wallen's order. With the execution of this order, the main formation of the entire Talen Kingdom's naval fleet became more chaotic.
Putting it on a flat surface, the fleet of the Kingdom of Talon now seems to be in the shape of a vertical hook, and the distance between the warships is uneven, and even the muzzles of each other are blocked, making it basically impossible to fire.
The battlefield was in chaos, with warships turning or evading everywhere. At the outermost edge of the chaos, four Datang Group warships had already set their sights on the target and started a new round of attacks.
With the sound of cannons one after another, the warships of the Talon Kingdom began to explode and sink again. One after another, the battleships were hit, damaged, forced to slow down, and eventually sunk.
There was no time to care about those companions who fell into the water, no time to fire back, these captains and commanders who watched the enemy catch up with them and then opened fire to sink their own Talon Kingdom could only give orders indiscriminately with tears in their eyes.
Some battleships hoisted white flags, and some chose to escape from the fleet, but they soon discovered that none of these choices seemed to change their fate of being sunk...
(End of this chapter)