When the Battle of Andoria first broke out, the battleship formations of both sides opened fire one after another. However, because the distance was too far, the hit rate was limited, and the speed of the battleships was relatively low, so the distance between the two sides could not be effectively closed in a short period of time.
Therefore, the initial battle force between the battleship formations of both sides seemed lively, but in fact, in the first half hour, only the four leading Endless Sea-class battleships of the Daheng Empire Navy had the opportunity to open fire, while the eight battleships following them
It's because of the distance that we haven't fired yet.
Although the four Endless Sea battleships opened fire, their hit rate was very low. This was mainly because the distance between the two sides was too far.
At the beginning, the leading battleship Endless Sea was still able to take the lead in firing at 18,000 meters. However, instead of getting closer, the fighting distance between the two sides later widened further, and the battle continued for about 20,000 meters.
At this distance, even the latest Endless Sea-class battleship in active service in the Daheng Empire Navy has a very low hit rate.
\b Therefore, after the four Endless Sea-class battleships entered the battle one after another, they only hit four enemy main gun shells within half an hour.
However, these two shells failed to cause any actual casualties to the enemy. One of the shells hit the No. 1 turret of the enemy's leading flagship. Although the huge power of the shells killed and injured the gun crew members in the turret, it still did not cause any damage.
What actual damage did this battleship cause?
Two more shells hit the side armor belt of the enemy ship, but failed to penetrate the enemy's armor.
The last shell hit the bridge of the enemy warship, killing many people.
In turn, the attack effects of the battleships of the Kingdom of Krul were not very effective. They hit the endless sea-class battleships in the battle one after another, but they failed to cause any actual damage.
The reason is that the distance is too far and the hit rate is too low. At the same time, when the distance is too far, the terminal kinetic energy of the shell is insufficient. Even after hitting the enemy ship, the kinetic energy is insufficient to effectively penetrate the enemy's main armor belt.
, the front of the turret and other important areas, causing a fatal blow.
\bEven if it is a main gun with a caliber of 350 mm, the power of armor-piercing projectiles will decrease a lot at such a large distance.
However, the battleship fleet was engaged in a long battle, but because the battle distance was too far, there was no actual difference in the results. The two sides were composed of battlecruisers and large cruisers in a high-speed roundabout formation, but the battle distance was quickly shortened. However...
Then tragedy happened!
The Daheng Empire's high-speed formation consists of four Yuancheng-class battlecruisers and four Donghai-class heavy cruisers. The Yuancheng-class battlecruiser is the latest battlecruiser currently in service in the Daheng Empire.
The full load displacement exceeds 30,000 tons, and it is equipped with four twin-mounted guns with a total of eight 350 mm 45-caliber main guns. The maximum speed reaches 27 knots.
However, compared with the powerful firepower and high speed, the protection is relatively insufficient. It can only defend against 200mm naval guns. Only in a few key areas, it has the ability to defend against 300mm naval guns.
The Yuancheng-class battlecruiser of the Daheng Empire is like this, and the battle cruiser formation of the Krul Kingdom Navy opposite, its protective performance is even worse...
Among their nine battle cruisers or the last generation of high-speed battle cruisers, the two latest Otto-class battle cruisers are only more than 28,000 tons in full platoon. Their overall performance is worse than the Yuancheng-class battle cruisers.
The ship's protective performance is even worse.
Unfortunately, these battle cruisers, armored cruisers, and large cruisers are very fast, and where there is a battle, both sides want to rush forward and kill one or two of the other's ships first to gain a tactical advantage.
As a result, the distance between the two sides quickly shortened from more than 20,000 meters to more than 10,000 meters, and then actually shortened the distance to less than 15,000 meters to fight...
After entering this combat distance, the hit rate of both sides increased significantly, and the shells hit the opponent's warships one after another.
More importantly, neither side's battle patrols can withstand the other side's main guns...
As a result, the battle patrol formations from both sides suffered heavy casualties immediately after the fight.
The battlecruiser Yuancheng of the Daheng Empire Navy was hit by a 350mm shell that penetrated the main armor belt six minutes after entering the battle. It penetrated deep into the interior and exploded. The huge explosion directly damaged it severely.
The ship caused a large amount of flooding.
That is to say, I was very lucky, and I was not lucky enough that the ammunition exploded, otherwise it would have been blown into two pieces and sunk on the spot.
However, it was also due to a large amount of water that the ship's speed was greatly reduced to fifteen knots. Because there was too much water, and the speed was so low, there was a high probability that the warship could not be saved. The water was so serious.
, with such a low speed, it is easy to be struck by night lightning strikes from the enemy's light formations later.
The navy of the Kingdom of Krul on the opposite side was also unlucky. Their battlecruiser Fegeria was hit by three 350mm artillery shells in a row. Several large holes were torn in the side armor, resulting in a large number of
The ship took on water and after holding on for less than ten minutes, it began to list seriously. The captain was forced to give the order to abandon the ship.
In this way, not many officers and soldiers were actually able to escape. Most of the officers and soldiers were unable to escape in time and finally sank into the sea together with the battleship.
While the Fegeria battle cruiser was under intensive attack, just a few minutes later, the Kru Kingdom naval battle cruiser formation was hit hard again. The No. 2 turret on the front deck was hit and caused the ammunition to die.
The explosion did not blow the battleship into two pieces, but it also caused an extremely serious fire.
It is worth noting that it was not the 350mm main gun firepower on the battle cruiser that caused heavy damage to the ship, but the 200mm main gun on the Donghai heavy cruiser.
The four Donghai-class heavy cruisers used the high rate of fire of their 200mm naval guns to continuously fire shells at the enemy warships.
Even though the main guns of these heavy cruisers are slightly less powerful, they can still bring enough damage against these thin-skinned battle cruisers.
Of course, the Daheng people's own Donghai-class heavy cruiser was not much better. The third ship of the Donghai-class heavy cruiser, Jingchuan, was soon hit by a 300mm caliber artillery shell from the enemy battle cruiser.
The powerful shells directly caused huge damage to this heavy cruiser with a standard displacement of 12,000 tons and a full load displacement of more than 15,000 tons and caused a fire.
Not long after, the captain was forced to abandon the ship.
When the senior generals on both sides realized that something was wrong, they began to turn and distance themselves, and ordered the light formations to come quickly to support and cover the evacuation of the battle patrol formations.
The battle patrol formations on both sides have already suffered heavy losses!
The high-speed roundabout formations of both sides fought for about thirty minutes from engagement to separation.
In these thirty minutes, the Krul Kingdom Navy was directly sunk by one battlecruiser and severely damaged two battlecruisers. Although these two battlecruisers were still barely floating on the sea, they had actually lost their combat effectiveness.
It's even impossible to return safely.
Almost every one of the other six ships was damaged.
As for the Daheng Empire Navy, the battlecruiser Yuancheng was severely damaged, its speed dropped significantly, and the water was so severe that it was impossible to return safely.
The heavy cruiser Jingchuan was sunk during the battle.
In addition, other ships were also damaged.
In the battle later that day, the Daheng Empire Navy was forced to abandon the Yuancheng, which could not be saved. After abandoning the ship, it sent its own destroyers to launch torpedoes and sank the ship on its own.
The two battle cruisers of the Krul Kingdom Navy were severely damaged. Not long after the battle ended, one of them was unable to be saved and finally abandoned the ship and sank.
The other ship was finally besieged by a light formation of the Daheng Empire Navy after its speed was greatly reduced, and was finally sunk by a torpedo.
On the other side, after several hours of exploratory firefights between the battle formations of both sides, the Daheng Empire Navy took the initiative to rely on a higher formation speed to close the distance, and then a large-scale battle broke out between the two sides in the afternoon.
During the battle, the Daheng Empire Navy sank three battleships of the Krul Kingdom Navy and severely damaged at least five at the cost of two battleships being sunk and three seriously damaged.
The battle between the two sides lasted throughout the day, and when night fell, both sides unanimously chose to avoid the battle and did not give the other side's lightning strike formation a chance.
When the daytime battle came to an end and the two sides took advantage of the night to break away and maneuver, the top leaders of the two countries also received battle reports from the front lines.
However, after receiving the battle report from the frontline fleet, the senior leaders of both sides of the warring countries couldn't help but frown.
The loss is too great!
It doesn't matter if the losses are heavy, but it is still impossible to defeat the opponent.