Magic Underachiever

Annie knew that Daliang had some knowledge of naval warfare. To the Imperial Navy, anyone who knew about naval warfare was a master. So when Daliang asked about the situation at sea, Anne drank the red wine in her glass in one gulp, and then used wine glasses and cakes to lay out the positions of the Eastern countries' combined fleet on the table.

"The naval intelligence network has just been established, and a lot of intelligence is shared by the Imperial Garrison General Administration. We have no power on the ocean, so I can only make some references and guesses based on the messy intelligence.

The main fleet of the Eastern Nations Combined Fleet is still being established. They will first assemble in the United States of Felwood, north of Marcellus, but some destroyer formations have begun to frequently penetrate the territorial waters of the Empire and carry out harassing interceptions on some ships traveling to and from Marcellus.

I know that there are three armored battleships, five battlecruisers, and eleven fast cruisers in this combined fleet. But this is not the final number. Today's appearance of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform may allow the Eastern Nations to increase the number of combined fleets... Use dense heavy artillery firepower networks to limit the speed of the Turtle-class.

There are also airships and silver wings... They can all pose a threat to the Turtle-class."

No matter how fast the hovercraft runs, it can't outrun the shells. Facing saturation attacks, the Turtle-class may not be able to effectively penetrate the combined fleet. In the absence of large warships and heavy artillery in the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet, the Turtle-class can threaten the Combined Fleet by launching torpedoes at close range.

Therefore, the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform only gives the Imperial Navy a means to attack the Combined Fleet, but whether it can work is still an unknown.

For Daliang, the existence of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet is in his own interests. If the Imperial Navy is completely wiped out by the Eastern Countries' Combined Fleet, who will he sell his ships to in the future, and who will be able to serve as the experimental subject of the Black Fire Company's new warships.

Daliang listened to Annie's description, looked at the sea situation map on the table, and thought about how to help the Imperial Navy.

"Remember I once said that you can develop in the direction of a naval combat commander?" Da Liang brought up the old story again: "In fact, most naval battles are intelligence battles, followed by ship performance. Whoever finds the other side first... whoever wins half the battle.

If the Imperial Navy is too conservative when facing the Combined Fleet, you will have no chance of winning this naval battle. Marshal Hopkins incorporated the warships purchased this time into the offshore defense fleet. This idea is very dangerous. The Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform alone cannot defend against the advance of battleships and cruisers."

After being transferred to the navy, Anne was also actively supplementing her knowledge about naval warfare. She knew that when the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform directly faced the heavy warships of the Combined Fleet, it could only bite the bullet and make a desperate charge to rush into the effective range of the torpedo.

The Imperial Navy also held this idea when forming the offshore defense fleet.

Hearing that Daliang seemed to have his own opinions, Annie immediately asked: "Master Liang, what do you think... with the current military strength of the Imperial Navy, how should this naval battle be fought?"

Daliang said: "The near-shore defense fleet should be changed to a near-shore attack fleet."

"Near-shore attack? Are you asking us to take the initiative to attack the combined fleet?"

"Of course not." Daliang realized that the Imperial Navy really knew nothing about how to fight a naval battle, and could only hope that they could quickly learn war in the war. Daliang said: "In a naval battle, no main fleet will rush out all at once. The consumption of heavy warships going out to sea at one time is very, very high, and they will not waste every opportunity to take the initiative to attack.

If all the warships of the Imperial Navy are parked in the military port, the joint fleet will definitely rush over directly, using airships and silver wings to restrict the turtle-class multi-functional combat platform to a narrow area along the coast, forcing the Imperial Navy to fight a decisive battle.

But if most of the Imperial Navy warships are not in the military port, the joint fleet will not attack easily without knowing the main position of the Imperial Navy."

Annie asked: "What if the joint fleet directly bombards the military port without the protection of warships?"

"There are coastal defense guns, silver wings, and airships in the military port. Whether the joint fleet can destroy the military port is an unknown, but it will definitely It will definitely pay a very heavy price, and then face the ambush of the main fleet of the Imperial Navy. A normal navy will not easily attack a well-prepared land-based fortification before completely gaining control of the sea.

Because in an attack that is not based on occupation, the cost of land-based fortifications is very cheap, and they can be restored a few days after being destroyed. But a warship is really gone if it is sunk.

The Eastern countries want to see the civil war in Marseilles, and will not send the army to occupy the city and fight the empire too early. Therefore, the goal of the joint fleet is the warships of the Imperial Navy, not the heavily guarded ports. Their strategic goal is to break the empire's determination to enter the ocean, rather than to destroy the ports and risk an artillery battle with land-based heavy artillery. "

Annie agreed with Daliang's analysis.

In order to protect the ports along the coast of Marseilles, the empire specially transferred a lot of heavy artillery from the empire, including many railway guns with a longer range and greater power than naval guns. These weapons were designed to protect the newly formed Imperial Navy, allowing the coastal defense fleet to fight against the Combined Fleet under the protection of land-based fortifications.

If the main fleet of the Imperial Navy is in the coastal waters near the port, the combined fleet may be able to withstand the attack of the land-based defenses and overwhelm the Imperial Navy's warships. And if they cannot find the main fleet of the Imperial Navy, they will not fight with the land-based heavy artillery.

Anne asked: "I can understand that the main force of the navy is not in the military port. But Master Liang, what do you mean by 'attack'?"

Daliang replied: "When the main fleet of the Imperial Navy leaves the port, it will be a very formal naval battle. No matter what situation you encounter in the future, you must remember one thing: the navy will always be an offensive force at the strategic level. . When you can still fight, you can only survive by proactively searching for and destroying enemy warships.

What are the advantages of the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform?

It's fast and you can log in.

All beaches along the entire Marcellus coast can become supply points for the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform; it does not need to store too much pure water, and airships can replenish the Turtle-class at sea.

With the Silver Wings on and hundreds of Turtles scattered across the ocean, the Imperial Navy has a surveillance network larger than the Combined Fleet.

Have you ever seen how wolves hunt?

When a turtle-class multifunctional combat platform discovers a combined fleet warship, it can immediately call on surrounding friendly forces to lay siege to the enemy ship. In this case, the enemy ship cannot escape.

And when a turtle-class multi-functional combat platform is discovered, it has a high chance of escaping from the pursuit of enemy ships. Even if you can't escape, you will lose a turtle class.

However, the surveillance network of the Imperial Navy is more effective than that of the United Fleet. Even if the exchange ratio is 1:1, the Empire will still make a profit based on the cost of the Turtle class. "

Anne said: "1:2 is also a profit."