The end of the military era

The American Cleveland-class light cruiser was named by Zhou Rui as the "Yunzhou"-class light cruiser, and the number behind the word "Yunzhou" is numbered.

The Yunzhou-class light cruiser is currently the most powerful light cruiser in all aspects of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

We must know that among the navies of the six orc nations, the light cruiser with the largest displacement at full load may not exceed 5000 tons, and the tonnage of the Yunzhou-class light cruiser even exceeds that of most large armored cruisers.

Yunzhou No. [-] belongs to the Eighth Fleet. At this time, Yunzhou No. [-] is on the left side of the Iowa-class full main gun battleship Huarun, only a few hundred meters away from Huarun.

When the joint fleet of the nine navies used light cruisers, destroyers and submarines to launch a night raid, the Yunzhou No. [-] was on the left side of the Huarun, forming a tight blockade.

After the sinking of the flagship of the Eighth Fleet, the Huarong, the commander of the Eighth Fleet, Liu Ergou, was transferred to the China Resources, making the China Resources the new flagship of the Eighth Fleet.

In addition to Yunzhou Nine, there is also an American Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and two American Fletcher-class destroyers surrounding the China Resources, which are also performing the same mission.

Just as Han San breathed a sigh of relief, the first officer of Yunzhou No. 2 shouted: "Captain, the sonar shows that there are two enemy submarines approaching our side."

When Han San heard this, he immediately ordered: "Go up, use depth charges to kill them, and never allow the enemy's submarines to approach the China Resources. Commander Liu is on top of the China Resources!"

In fact, the US Cleveland-class light cruisers are equipped with 4 seaplanes. If an enemy submarine is discovered during the day, the 4 seaplanes can carry depth charges and sink the enemy submarine.

It's a pity that at present, including the Han and Tang Empires, there is no aircraft capable of night combat, so Yunzhou Nine has to go into battle in person.

Relying on the advanced sonar device on Yunzhou-[-], Yunzhou-[-] soon came to the top of an enemy submarine, and then dozens of depth charges were thrown into the seawater.

A submarine of the Golden Lion Empire was blown up and sunk below the surface of the sea.

Immediately afterwards, Yunzhou No. [-] followed the same pattern and sank another submarine of the Golden Lion Empire.

Today, the six orc nations and the three elf nations are able to manufacture their own submarines, and they have also developed sonar, a powerful weapon against them.

Inside a "Ghost 4" class submarine, Zhang Donghua, the commander of the submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, stood in front of the periscope, observing the battle in the distance.

The "Ghost 4" class submarine is the latest submarine of the Han and Tang Dynasties, with a full-load displacement of 1320 tons on the water and a full-load displacement of 1680 tons underwater. It is equipped with 10 diesel engines. The maximum speed on the water is 16 knots, and the maximum underwater speed is 175 knots. , the maximum diving depth is 200 meters.

Equipped with five 5mm torpedo tubes, it can carry 550 torpedoes and has a crew of 18.

Although he received an order to cooperate with the 12 main fleets to fight at night, Zhang Donghua did not let his more than 400 ghost class 3 submarines and ghost class 4 submarines blindly attack the joint fleet of nine navies.

After all, many warships in the joint fleet of nine countries' navies were equipped with sonar and depth charges, and more than 400 submarines rushed past brightly, no different from death.

So Zhang Donghua asked more than 400 submarines under his command to choose a favorable position to squat in the pit, waiting for an opportunity to carry out torpedo attacks on passing enemy warships.

Chapter 273 Death in Battle

在编号为106的幽灵4级潜艇内，一直用潜望镜观察着水面情况的张东华，突然扭头喊道：“1号、2号、3号鱼雷发射管注水！”

The No. 3 Ghost 106 submarine, which has been squatting in the pit for almost 4 hours, finally got to the object.

The four battleships of the Black Bear Empire with full main guns fired at the battleships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires in the distance, and approached the No. 4 Ghost 106 submarine.

In addition, around the 4 full main gun battleships, there are also 3 large armored cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 4 destroyers of the Black Bear Empire Navy.

Zhang Donghua did not start the submarine to find the best launch angle, because in that case, the opponent's sonar would probably capture the position of his own submarine.

After the three 106mm torpedo tubes at the front of the No. 4 Ghost 3-level submarine were filled with water, there were only some heavy breathing sounds left inside the submarine.

The submarine officers and soldiers all focused their attention on Zhang Donghua, waiting for Zhang Donghua's next order.

Zhang Donghua stared at the periscope, muttering in his heart: closer, closer.

Due to the two sides fighting, many battleships were injured and caught fire, and even an approaching Black Bear Empire battleship with full main guns also caught fire, allowing Zhang Donghua's observation line of sight to be quite clear.

"It's now! Torpedoes No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 are all launched!"

When the Black Bear Empire full main gun battleship that was on fire approached about 106 meters away from No. 4 Ghost 800 submarine, and its side was facing the front of No. 106 Ghost 4 submarine, Zhang Donghua issued the order without hesitation. Attack order.

"Tom Tom Tom"

After the three 3mm torpedoes were fired from the torpedo tubes almost simultaneously, they quickly drilled to the surface of the sea, forming three white waves on the sea surface, and rushed towards the burning Black Bear Empire battleship with all main guns.

Zhang Donghua's calculations were very accurate, and he even considered the amount of advance. In the end, all three 3mm torpedoes hit the target, and the battleship with all main guns of the Black Bear Empire, which was hit soon, tilted, and the amplitude became larger and larger. It is hopeless.

After the main gun battleship of the Black Bear Empire was hit by 3 torpedoes, the nearby Black Bear Empire battleships fired at the surrounding sea one after another, and 3 light cruisers and 4 destroyers even began to drop some depth charges into the sea.

However, after launching three torpedoes, No. 106 Specter 4 submarine remained silent and stopped at a position close to 3 meters below the water surface. The attacks of these battleships from the Black Bear Empire did not affect No. 200 Specter 106 submarine at all. .

"Zhang Zhi, shall we just wait like this?" First Officer Tian Heng asked Zhang Donghua in a low voice.

Zhang Donghua is not only the captain of No. 106 Phantom 4 submarine, but also the commander of the entire submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties. That's why Tian Heng called Zhang Donghua Zhang Zhi.

Zhang Donghua said with a smile: "If we can sink an enemy capital ship, our No. 106 has already overfulfilled its mission.

If we move now, we will be discovered if we don't make it right. It's better to be honest.

The task of our submarine force is only to cooperate with the 12 main fleets to fight. There is no need to try the danger by ourselves in order to expand the results of the battle.

In fact, even without the icing on the cake of our submarine force, 12 main fleets are enough to clean up the current combined fleet of nine navies. "

After Zhang Donghua's more than 400 submarines joined the battlefield, it was only icing on the cake for the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, but it was even worse for the combined fleet of nine navies.

当时间到了天元1550年10月29日的早晨5点多，九国海军联合舰队还能继续作战的全主炮战列舰和战列巡洋舰，加起来只剩下了不足400艘。

You must know that the joint fleet of the nine navies gathered a total of 1486 battleships and battlecruisers with all main guns for this decisive battle with the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

Excluding the battleships and battlecruisers with main guns that were temporarily returned to Zatvina Port due to their serious injuries, the combined battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns that were sunk by the combined fleet of the nine navies have exceeded 800 ships.

Although the death squad composed of light cruisers, destroyers and submarines at night caused certain losses to the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it also caused extremely heavy losses to the three warships of the joint fleet of the nine navies.

On the bridge of the full main gun battleship of the Royal Navy Julion of the Golden Lion Empire, Ralph, the Navy Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, who had not slept all night, asked the captain of the Julion Volod in a hoarse voice: "What is the fighter plane of the Air Force?" Is it time?"

After 5 o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright, and Raff hoped to rely on the fighter planes of the five air forces of the Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Bull to restore the disadvantage of the joint fleet of the nine navies.

The voice of the captain of the Giant Lion, Volod, also became a little hoarse, "General, the air forces of various countries in the field airports around Zatvina Port have already started operations, and fighter planes from our coalition forces will arrive on the battlefield soon.

However, because many fighter planes of the five countries' air forces are still gathering at the field airports around Zatvina Port, we can only get support from more than 700 fighter planes at the beginning, of which there are about 500 fighter planes. "

Regarding what Volod said, Raff actually knows, "As long as we can persist, the Air Force's fighter planes will continue to join the battlefield.

The joint fleet of our nine navies has not yet been defeated. As long as the air force can seize air supremacy, there may be a chance to turn defeat into victory.

It must be able to turn defeat into victory! "

Although Raff said the last sentence to Volod, the captain of the Giant Lion, it was more to cheer him up.

However, what makes Raff a little uncomfortable is that the first thing to appear in the sky today is the thousands of carrier-based aircraft of the Han and Tang Empires.

"How many aircraft carriers did the Han and Tang Empire hide?" Raff said through gritted teeth.

Up to now, Raff still hasn't figured out how many aircraft carriers the Han and Tang Empire had participated in this decisive battle at sea.