The battle alarm was instantly sounded on the Vladimi.
Their observers immediately discovered the small warships of the Daqian Empire.
However, many people on the ship did not panic. In their opinion, the warships of the Daqian Empire were too small. It is estimated that the caliber of the artillery was only more than 100 millimeters, which could not cause much damage to their ironclad ships. As long as they were not allowed to All these warships need to do is enter torpedo range.
"Send a flare."
Lieutenant Colonel Lanit, the captain of the Vladimir, issued the order.
Because the warship is too backward, there is no communication equipment on board. This is too backward compared with the warship of the Daqian Empire.
Gao Shaoyi has already put telegraph machines on warships. Communication at sea is extremely important. In this era, we rely on semaphores and lights? You must know that every warship is emitting thick black smoke, coupled with the smoke fired by artillery, there is no way Communicate effectively.
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Lannett could only rely on signal flares to notify the warships in the port to come out to assist in the battle.
Destroyers No. 101 and No. 102, after seeing that their mission was completed, immediately moved away from the periphery and chose the best attack location.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Lannett's opinion, if the opponent does not move forward quickly, the torpedoes will not be able to reach us, so we are still at a safe distance.
In fact, he has two pieces of news that are out of date here.
One piece of news is that we don’t know the true speed of these two destroyers. If they really reach thirty-six knots, it would only take a very short time to reach the position where they can launch torpedoes.
The other one is the maximum combat range of the torpedo.
What Gao Shaoyi exchanged for was a destroyer from the First World War. The combat range of torpedoes had already been more than doubled. These two fatal data were enough to send the Vladimir to the bottom of the sea.
Ding Qun asked other warships to prepare for battle, and at this time they were waiting for the warships in the port to come out.
Looking from Ding Qun's position, there was also a burst of black smoke rising from the port. This should be the other two warships of the Rakshasa Kingdom igniting fire.
Ding Qun looked at his watch. He probably wouldn't be able to get it out in four or five hours. Who told them to still burn coal now? Our warships already burn heavy oil. Although it takes a certain amount of time to preheat the boiler, It's really short compared to them.
In addition to the Vladimir, there are two other ironclad ships in the entire fleet that can go to sea to fight, namely the 3,500-ton Archduke Trion and the 3,000-ton Shabarov.
Seven hours later, the sky was slowly getting dark, and the two warships slowly drove out of the port like the old man.
Lieutenant Colonel Lannett also discovered something was wrong at this time. During these seven hours, he always wanted to get closer and use the main gun to teach these destroyers a lesson, but unfortunately every time he made a move, all these destroyers They all retreated quickly, without any chance of engaging him in close combat.
But when Lieutenant Commander Lannett wanted to approach the port and join his warships, these destroyers would approach from other places.
He finally saw what was going on.
The Daqian Empire's warships must be brewing some conspiracy, but I just can't guess it.
But no matter what the conspiracy is, although the Daqian Empire has a relatively large number of warships, as long as three warships can join together, their 100-mm artillery can't do anything to them.
"Accelerate with all your strength and rush over to me. We must rendezvous with our warships. When the time comes, we will form a triangle formation to cover each other. I don't believe these big warships can do anything good."
Lieutenant Colonel Lannett sneered and said, in the face of absolute strength, you warships have no chance to play tricks.
And as long as our main gun fires, your warship will be hit into the sea with one shell.
"Nos. 101102 and 103 formed the first attack team, rushing in from three directions and launching torpedoes at the farthest distance. Nos. 104 to 110 rushed to their respective operations as quickly as possible. Position, prepare to flank the other two warships."
Now that the other two warships have come out, Ye Qun has issued an order to attack. After the Vladimir is sunk, the remaining destroyers should also arrive.
Originally, a dozen destroyers were wandering aimlessly on the sea, but now they immediately accelerated their speed. Lieutenant Commander Lannett couldn't believe his eyes. Is this the speed of these destroyers?
He is also a veteran in the navy, so he naturally knows that the smaller the warship, the faster it is, but he did not expect that the speed of these warships has reached twenty-six knots.
You must know that the boiler of his warship is aging and it can only maintain a speed of twelve knots. Compared with others, it is in the sky and on the ground.
No, the speed has reached twenty-eight knots and is still rising rapidly.
Lieutenant Colonel Lannett finally felt nervous. Just now, he was thinking of rendezvous with his two warships, but now it seemed that there was absolutely no chance of rendezvous. He had completely wasted these few hours.
"Load the shells."
Lieutenant Colonel Lannett issued the order, and the sailors on the ship also felt a hint of danger, but their main guns could only fire in one direction, and now three warships surrounded them from three directions.
No matter which direction we run, there is no way to escape from this encirclement.
The most terrible thing is that the speed of the enemy's warships is still increasing. If we concentrate all the main guns in one direction, we may sink the enemy's warships. If we disperse them, the probability of hitting them is very high at their speed. It's too small.
"The two main guns fired alternately."
Lieutenant Colonel Lannett is not a fool. He naturally knows that the firepower of the main gun cannot be dispersed at this time. If the firepower of the main gun is dispersed, the hit rate will be even lower. It is shaking everywhere on the sea, and the hit rate of the artillery will not be It's very high, and dispersing is simply courting death.
So this guy immediately ordered the main gun to fire, and the target was No. 103 directly ahead.
Four 210mm artillery shells were fired one after another.
The aim was inaccurate, and the nearest shell was thirty meters away.
The farthest shell was nearly two hundred meters away.
Wu Bo, the captain of destroyer No. 103, sneered, with your accuracy rate like this, you still want to hit me?
You can hit once every three minutes.
"Full speed ahead."
Wu Bo calculated the time. I will be able to reach the maximum combat distance of the torpedo before you fire the shells next time.
Maybe my torpedo can't sink you, but after the torpedo passes, you have to avoid it. If you move around casually, the other two warships will kill you... This chapter has been completed!