The end of the military era

At a distance of 14 meters, the two sides only have 360mm naval guns and 356mm naval guns, which can pose a greater threat to each other.

However, as the distance between the battleship formations of the two sides got closer, other battleships and battlecruisers in the two fleets also joined the confrontation.

为了迎战金狮帝国的远征舰队，西南海防舰队可以说精锐尽出，九大主力编队总计聚集了92艘全主炮战列舰、37艘战列巡洋舰、14艘全钢制战列舰、49艘大型装甲巡洋舰、72艘轻巡洋舰、100艘驱逐舰以及4艘潜艇。

And the expedition fleet of the Golden Lion Empire was attacked by two giant dragons of the God's Domain level.

还能参加这场海上决战的军舰，总计有89艘全主炮战列舰、3艘战列巡洋舰、68艘全钢制战列舰、80艘大型装甲巡洋舰、160艘轻巡洋舰、191艘驱逐舰，其中有24艘军舰还是带伤上阵的。

The two sides in this naval battle, one is to defend the country, and the other is to revenge. It can be said that the battle has entered a fever from the very beginning.

Inside the Ghost No. 58 submarine, Zhang Donghua, commander of the [-]th Squadron of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, was very nervous, even to the point of dry mouth, but on the surface, Zhang Donghua appeared very calm.

He knew that at this time, as the commander of the four "Ghost" class submarines and the captain of the Ghost No. 4 submarine, he must not show a timid look.

Today is the first time that the Ghost 3 submarine and the other three "Ghost" class submarines participated in actual combat, and they encountered such a big scene.

Due to the fact that there were too many warships on both sides, the shells continued to fall into the sea and explode like raindrops. This posed a great threat to the four "ghost" class submarines sneaking under the sea.

The Ghost No. [-] submarine has now lost contact, and it was probably destroyed by shells that fell into the sea.

"Have you got in touch with Ghost No. [-]?" Zhang Donghua asked the first mate Sun Bo in a deep voice.

Chief Officer Sun Bo said sadly: "Captain, Ghost Three still hasn't responded, I'm afraid it's more ominous than good."

Zhang Donghua was silent for a moment, "There is no need to contact Ghost No. [-] anymore.

Rise to 5 meters from the sea surface, and then raise the periscope, let me see where we are. "

When the Ghost No. 30 submarine rose from more than 5 meters below the sea surface to a place about [-] meters away from the sea surface, the periscope of the Ghost No. [-] submarine rose immediately.

The periscope of the "Ghost" class submarine is only more than 5 meters, so this position is basically the limit of using the periscope.

After the periscope was raised, Zhang Donghua looked through the periscope, his face became excited, "We ran into the queue of the opposing battleship!

Quick, fill the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes with water!Turn the bow 10 degrees to port! "

Following Zhang Donghua's order, the officers and soldiers in the Ghost No. [-] submarine immediately became busy.

"Captain, the bow of the ship has turned 10 degrees to the left!

No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes have also been filled with water! "First officer Sun Bo reported to Zhang Donghuahui with sweat all over his face.

Zhang Donghua felt that his excited hands were trembling a little. He clenched his fist and swung it fiercely, "No. 1 and No. 2 torpedoes launched!"

"tom tom"

Two 2mm torpedoes, after being fired from the torpedo tubes, quickly drilled to the surface of the sea, and rushed towards a brave-class full-main gun battleship of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

The torpedo used by the "Ghost" class submarine is a steam gas torpedo. During operation, the tail of the torpedo will emit gas, forming a white wave on the sea surface.

This brave-class battleship with full main guns of the Golden Lion Empire Navy, named Renxin, is located on the second battle line of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet. In front of the Renxin, there are dozens of battleships. first line of battle.

Since the two sides had been bombarded for nearly two hours at this time, the smoke released by the chimneys and naval guns made the sight of the entire battlefield not very good.

The officers and soldiers on the all-main artillery battleship Renxin did not find the two torpedoes until the Renxin was hit by two 2mm torpedoes.

Seeing that the two torpedoes hit the battleship about 2 meters away, Zhang Donghua couldn't help shouting excitedly: "It's hit! It's all hit!"

Hearing this, Chief Officer Sun Bo hurriedly asked, "Captain, do you need to make up the knife?"

Through the periscope, Zhang Donghua looked at the two large holes at the waterline of the battleship, shook his head and said, "It's fine if you can be seriously injured.

As long as it is seriously injured, the speed will definitely be greatly affected, let our battleships make up for it!

The 450mm torpedo equipped with the Ghost class is still not powerful enough. Even if the remaining 6 torpedoes are hit on the battleship, it may not be able to sink it.

Put away the periscope, let's hit another target! "

On the bridge of the Brave, the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Renich, the interim commander of the expeditionary fleet, asked in disbelief: "Has the Renxin suffered a torpedo attack?

What a joke, how could the Renxin be attacked by torpedoes!

None of the opponent's warships approached our battle line at all, let alone the Renxin was still on the second battle line. "

Naniko, the commander of the Second Fleet, said with a wry smile: "Lieutenant General Renich, I also hope that this matter is not true.

However, the Renxin was indeed attacked by a torpedo, and two large holes were blasted in the waterline armor, and the Renxin was doing its best to save itself. "

"Then where did the torpedo come from? Did it come from under the sea?"

The interim commander of the expedition fleet, Renich, suddenly changed his expression, "I heard that the Silver Wolf Empire seems to have developed a warship that can sail underwater, called a submarine.

Will the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire also have submarines, and they are submarines that can launch torpedoes. "

Naniko, the commander of the Second Fleet, also became serious, "If the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire is equipped with submarines that can launch torpedoes, our expeditionary fleet will be in serious trouble."

"No! There are torpedoes!" Inside the bridge of the Brave, an officer suddenly yelled in horror.

However, before Renich and Naniko reacted, the port side of the Brave was hit by two torpedoes.

What was even more unexpected was that a moment later, two more torpedoes hit the port side of the Brave.

It turns out that the Ghost No. [-] submarine and the Ghost No. [-] submarine that sneaked between the two battle lines of the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet chose the first attack target to be the battleship Brave with all main guns without knowing each other. .

And at this time, the distance between the Ghost No. 100 submarine and the Ghost No. [-] submarine is less than [-] meters.

The two 2mm torpedoes of the Ghost II submarine first hit the battleship Brave with all main guns, and the two 450mm torpedoes of the Ghost IV submarine formed a supplementary attack after ten seconds.

Miraculously, a 1mm torpedo launched by the Phantom IV submarine drilled directly through a gap that was blown open, detonating an ammunition compartment of the battleship Brave with all main guns.

"Boom"

In a burst of continuous violent explosions, the full-load battleship Brave with a displacement of 30600 tons was blown into two pieces and quickly sank to the sea.

In the end, only 1100 of the nearly 15 Lion Clan officers and soldiers on the all-main gun battleship Brave were rescued.

However, the interim commander of the expeditionary fleet, Renich, and the commander of the Second Fleet, Naniko, were not among the rescued list of 15 people.

Chapter 171 Brilliant Achievements

The sinking of the battleship Brave with all main guns did not cause too many problems in the command system of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet.

The commander of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Modes, learned that the battleship Brave with all main guns was sunk, and that the life and death of the temporary commander of the expedition fleet, Renich, was unknown. He immediately took over the command of the entire expedition fleet and continued to Lead the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire and the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet to start a confrontation between battleships.

However, just two hours after the battle started, the command ship of one's own side was sunk, which severely damaged the morale of the Golden Lion Empire's expedition fleet.

What frightened many officers and soldiers of the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet was the strange torpedoes that came out of nowhere.