Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 49 Fleet exercise

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Yang Songlai came to the naval port, and new battleships and new artillery were placed in front of him. Why didn’t Yang Song go back and experience it for himself?

“Li Bao, let the people in the military port go away.” Yang Song looked at the people who were still waiting in the military port, and after giving Li Bao an order, he continued: “Let this battleship set sail. Xia Haijun’s sea weapon.”

“The minister abides by the decree!” In fact, without Yang Song’s instructions, Li Bao had a demonstration of Yang Song’s itinerary for inspection here, but Yang Song first proposed it at this moment.

After finishing what Yang Song ordered, Li Bao came to the battleship’s bridge to personally command. In front of Yang Song who was sitting on the bridge captain, he gave a loud order: “Your Majesty has an order, set sail!”

Following Li Bao’s order, the three new-style warships left the naval port with the help of port tugboats and arrived at the sea area outside the naval port.

“Boiler ignition.” Standing next to Li Bao was Zhao Tao, the commander of the First Fleet, but now as the captain of the temporary battleship, he gave specific command to the battleship carrying Yang Song.

Not long after, thick black smoke rose from the towering chimneys of the three new warships. After the steam pressure of the steam engines in the engine room was sufficient, the bridge officer reported: “Report, the pressure is enough.”

The bridge has a number of officers in charge of specific matters. These officers perform their duties and are responsible for transmitting various information inside and outside the battleship to the captain. Of course, they are also responsible for giving the captain’s orders to specific positions.

The volume of the new battleship is so large and the interior is also very complicated, and the previous oral commands are somewhat inaccurate.

Therefore, in the interior of the new warship, the designers designed a complex and effective communication system for the warship-a timely sound transmission network connected by various pipes.

When the officer reported to Zhao Tao before, he heard the report from the engine room through the communication port of the bridge, and then a set of concise and clear instructions were used to transmit various information.

After Zhao Tao received the report from the engine room, he immediately ordered: “Raise the main sail, head east, and cruise forward.”

Zhao Tao then turned to Li Bao, who was the commander of the fleet, to report: “This ship has finished sailing, please give instructions to the army.”

The generals like Zhao Tao and Li Bao are of course familiar with the various commands of the fleet and battleships, so this set of operations gives people a brief and professional feel.

Li Bao returned a salute to Zhao Tao and ordered: “Continue cruising.”

“Yes.” After Zhao Tao got the order, he continued to return to his post for specific command of the warship.

As the commander, Li Bao is not only commanding this battleship, but also commanding the rest of the battleships, so he ordered the fleet: “Order, the fleet is in the **** formation centered on this ship.”

After a while, Li Bao learned that the remaining two new-style warships and the other sailing warships that were escorted had been formed in accordance with his orders, and then ordered: “Order, the entire fleet is directed towards’***,*** ‘Cruising in the sea.’

Following Li Bao’s order, the fleet immediately adjusted its sailing direction.

After Li Bao completed his command, he reported to Yang Song who was sitting next to him watching the whole journey: “Your Majesty, this fleet has already set sail.”

It is unknown that Yang Song was affected by the tense and capable atmosphere in Cambridge. After receiving Li Bao’s report, he subconsciously replied: “Very well, order the fleet to start the exercise.”

“Yes.” After Li Bao clasped his fists and took the order, he reflexively ordered: “Your Majesty has an order, the exercise begins!”

The orders of Yang Song and Li Bao came at once, represented by three new-style warships sounding their horns at the same time, and the first exercise after the new-style warship was put into service began.

Moreover, this exercise has Yang Song’s testimony and participation, and it has another profound meaning that is extremely different-the passing of an era, the coming of an era!

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When Li Bao issued various orders to the fleet, Yang Song stood up and looked at the scenery outside the bridge. Apart from the various sailing warships that sailed in an orderly manner, the most eye-catching was of course the other two new warships.

Yang Song’s battleship is in the middle of the fleet, the new destroyer is on the front left side of the battleship, the cruiser is on the back right, and a little further away there is a large group of old sailing warships escorting outside.

Regarding this, Yang Song, who rarely felt the style of the navy fleet personally, felt his pride again after experiencing it again-this is his fleet! This is the invincible sea power in this world! This is Daxia’s fleet!

A few hours later, after the fleet arrived in the exercise area, Li Baodexi ordered: “Release the target ship, and at the same time send a signal for the fleet to encounter the enemy.”

Li Bao has now become a “director” of the exercise from the fleet commander at the beginning. He is no longer in charge of the direct command of the fleet, but is responsible for the specific matters of the exercise.

And Zhao Tao, as the commander of the first fleet, served as the fleet commander of this exercise-obviously this time three new warships were incorporated into the first fleet-this exercise is also based on the first fleet. Goal.

After all, this exercise is based on three new-style warships as the “protagonist”, and the warship as a surface combat platform, of course, is more embodied by encounters at sea.

With the release of the signal that the fleet encounters the enemy, the first fleet immediately took action, and as the commander of the first fleet, Zhao Tao was the first to respond.

“Order, the first fleet enters the naval battle program.” Zhao Tao ordered: “Order all the sailing warships to go forward and form a battle line formation to fight.”

Following Zhao Tao’s order, Yang Song saw that the sailing warships that were still escorting around were full of sails. After speeding up and quickly forming several battle lines, they were several hundred meters away from the target ship. The distance is a burst of shelling.

The sound of artillery was rumbling from afar, and Yang Song was also full of enthusiasm, wishing to personally operate an artillery to vent his anger against the enemy.

However, Li Bao and Zhao Tao did not have the same mood as Yang Song. Once they entered the combat state, they were completely as if they had changed. They were serious and focused.

As the “director”, Li Bao made a judgment after seeing that all the target ships were wiped out: “The enemy fleet has been annihilated, and the first fleet is undamaged.”

After getting the information that the enemy was eliminated, Zhao Tao ordered: “Order the ships to go back and strengthen the alert.”

At this moment, Li Bao suddenly spread a message: “The enemy’s main fleet appeared, with hundreds of numbers.”

“Order the sailing warships to go forward and resume the battle. There are many enemy ships to ensure the safety of our fleet’s **** targets.” Zhao Tao received this information without any panic, and immediately made a correct judgment.

Although the content of Zhao Tao’s order this time was somewhat convoluted, the warships of the fleet responded accurately in time and once again formed two battle lines to fight the enemy.

One of the two battle lines of the sailing battleship is the main force composed of various battleships, and the other battle line is the auxiliary and **** force composed of small and medium-sized battleships.

Seeing this, Li Bao judged: “The forward battleship successfully blocked the enemy’s advance. Although many enemy ships were sunk and the enemy ships were sunk continuously, due to the large number of enemy ships, the forward battleship was in a bitter battle.”

Yang Song looked at the two battle lines in the distance that were constantly changing the direction of navigation, and listened to the uninterrupted sound of guns coming from the distance, as if there were really countless enemy ships falling into a bitter battle.

He looked at Li Bao, who hadn’t shown a slight expression, and Yang Song couldn’t guess what medicine Li Bao was selling in his gourd.

After a while, Li Bao suddenly sent a message again: “The enemy, while most of the main force of the First Fleet is in a bitter battle, sent a fleet to bypass the rear and attack its **** target.”

While conveying the message, Li Bao also asked the Second Fleet, which was an “assistant” to the exercise, to release a batch of target ships from the side and rear of the First Fleet.

When Yang Song heard this instruction from Li Bao, he knew what the opponent was thinking. It seemed that Li Bao didn’t want the First Fleet to get better.

The “enemy” took advantage of the small number of warships in the First Fleet, and the main force was still in a bitter battle, so it launched an attack on the side and rear wing and directly attacked the **** target of the First Fleet. It wanted to go straight to Huanglong.

Zhao Tao obviously anticipated this situation, and saw that he was not in a hurry. After learning the details of the enemy troops who had come to attack, he ordered: “Order, the flagship unit to meet the attacking enemy.”

The “flagship unit” in Zhao Tao’s order refers to the fleet composed of the three new-style warships in which Yang Song is located. This order represents that the first “battle” since the emergence of the new-style warship is about to begin.

Following Zhao Tao’s order, the three new warships quickly completed a U-turn, arrayed with excellent maneuverability, and aimed their guns on the incoming “enemy fleet”. “.

Yang Song is also full of expectations for the battle of these three new warships. He wants to see how effective these new warships are.

The three battleships listed a simple battle line, with the destroyer in the front, the battleship in the middle, and the cruiser in the back.

When the squadron sailed to the target ship more than 4,000 meters away, Yang Song, who was located in the bridge of the battleship, heard the command from the captain to “fire the main gun.”

The main guns of the new battleship refer to the eighteen breech guns on the lower deck with an effective range of 5,000 meters and a calibre of 180 mm. It is just that one shot at the enemy can only be done with nine main guns on one side. gun.

It’s just that after one round of shelling, none of the target ships were hit, and it was even possible to see from the telescope that the splashing water column from the point where the shells fell was a long way from the nearest target ship.

For this result, Zhao Tao and other officers also expected it. At such a long distance, it is impossible to hit the target with the first shot, or it would be an accidental event that was so lucky.

The battleship that completed a round of test firing did not hurriedly and the other two battleships continue to move closer to the “enemy fleet” at the battle speed, while stepping up the loading of shells, correcting the firing angle, and preparing for the next firing.

Three minutes later, the soldier reported that the main gun was ready, and the captain unceremoniously ordered the main gun to fire again. In this round of shooting, it is obvious that the impact point is closer to the target ship.

In this way, after another round of shooting, the squadron was closer to the target ship. This round of shooting completed the first round of straddle shooting at a distance of more than 3,000 meters from the target ship.

Once the straddle shot is completed, it will be a matter of time before the subsequent shelling hits the “enemy fleet”.