Chapter nine hundred and twenty sixth war situation imbalance
Just fifteen minutes later, another battleship of the Krull Kingdom Navy followed the Barrow's footsteps. A 400mm main gun shell fired by the Tora battleship penetrated the main armor and penetrated deep into the cabin.
And it tore a huge hole, causing severe water intrusion and having to evacuate the ship.
In addition, many battleships and battlecruisers were severely damaged!
Four Daheng-class battleships and two Royal Princess-class battlecruisers totaled only six super battleships. However, in just half an hour, they sank two Krull Navy battleships. In addition,
At least three ships were severely damaged!
More importantly, since the Third Mobile Fleet joined the war, the balance of power in this naval battle has been lost.
In the morning, the landing fleet of the Daheng Empire Navy mainly stalled for time, waiting for the arrival of the third mobile fleet.
As for the Kingdom of Krul, it relied on more capital ships to suppress the three mobile fleets belonging to the landing fleet of the Daheng Empire Navy, trying to establish a victory before the third mobile fleet arrived.
After several hours of fierce fighting, the losses on both sides were actually about the same.
This is not to say that the battleships and battlecruisers of the three mobile fleets belonging to the landing fleet can be on par with the battleship formation of the Krull Kingdom Navy.
In fact, due to the factor of troop division, the number of capital ships of the landing fleet is not as good as that of the main fleet of the Krul Kingdom Navy opposite.
The main reason why the losses of both sides were similar was that the Daheng Empire Navy relied on carrier-based aircraft to carry out a surprise attack, directly sinking two of the opponent's battleships and severely damaging one. Subsequently, under the cover of its own cruiser formation, it sank
He hit the opponent's battleship, which had been severely damaged and on fire.
Only in this way can the losses of both parties be roughly equal.
However, after the Third Mobile Fleet arrived and entered the battle, especially after the six super battleships showed their strong combat effectiveness, the main fleet of the Krul Kingdom Navy instantly fell into a comprehensive disadvantage.
When the fierce battle reached two o'clock in the afternoon, the navy of the Kingdom of Krul already wanted to gradually withdraw from the battlefield. Their main battleship formation began to turn and break away. Many light warships launched a desperate battle in order to cover the main force formation's turning and breakaway.
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A large number of cruisers and destroyer formations of the Krul Kingdom Navy charged towards the main formation of the Daheng Empire Navy and tried to launch torpedoes.
However, it is not so easy for the main fleet of Krul Kingdom Navy to withdraw from the battlefield!
Because their capital ships are generally not as fast as the Daheng Empire's navy, the Krul Kingdom's navy's steam turbine research and development is much delayed, and their oil-fired boiler research is also much behind that of the Daheng Empire.
In order to ensure firepower and protection, they inevitably have a shortcoming in speed. Their new battleships have a speed of only about 23 knots. Many battleships built in the past few years generally only have a speed of 20 to 21 knots.
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As for the battleships of the Daheng Empire Navy, the Daheng-class battleship has a speed of 26 knots, the Endless Sea-class battleship has a speed of 25 knots, and even the Shayangwan-class battleship and Fang Lingshan-class battleship have a speed of 23 knots.
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Not to mention that there are also a number of damaged warships whose speed has dropped to varying degrees due to damage to their engine rooms or water intrusion.
Even though they have sent a large number of light battleships to cover, they have light formations, and the Daheng Empire Navy also has them, even more and stronger.
For a time, hundreds of cruisers and destroyers from both sides fought repeatedly in this vast sea area.
The fighting between these light formations is actually more brutal, and the casualties are more serious.
Because the protection capabilities of light formations are generally not very good, and the effective ranges of the cannons and torpedoes of the light warships on both sides are relatively short, so their combat distance is also relatively close.
b What is even more noteworthy is that both sides are equipped with a large number of 150mm, 120mm, and 100mm class naval guns. These naval guns are all extremely fast-firing naval guns, firing every minute.
The speed can easily reach more than five rounds, or even seven or eight rounds per minute.
So when the two sides fought, each other's cannonballs fell on the opposite side one after another.
But neither side can actually withstand the other side's rapid-fire artillery firepower!
Even the Daheng Empire's so-called light armored cruiser is impossible to withstand a 150mm naval gun at the current relatively close combat distance.
This also led to a firefight between the light formations of both sides, resulting in very heavy losses for both sides.
However, the Daheng Empire's navy still has the upper hand, because the Daheng Empire is equipped with a number of heavy cruisers and eight thousand-ton light cruisers.
These two types of warships are not light ships in the traditional sense.
The new heavy cruiser has a standard displacement of more than 15,000 tons, is equipped with three 200mm naval guns, and can reach a speed of more than 30 knots.
The new fleet-type light cruiser has a standard displacement of more than 8,000 tons, is equipped with three triple-mounted 150mm naval guns, and can also reach a speed of more than 30 knots.
These two classes of cruisers are also equipped with a unified fire control system. The effective combat range of the new heavy cruiser can reach 20,000 meters, and the effective combat range of the new light cruiser can also reach more than 15,000 meters.
This means that they can launch salvos at enemy light ships from a long distance just like battleships!
b In the face of these new cruiser fleets, the cruiser fleet of the Krul Kingdom Navy was almost unable to resist, especially in terms of firepower, which fell into a comprehensive disadvantage.
This gave the Daheng Empire Navy a huge advantage in the battle of light formations.
However, the battlefield is so huge that there are not many new heavy cruisers and light cruisers in the Daheng Empire Navy, and there are not even as many battleships... Therefore, on the battlefield that these new cruisers cannot take care of, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts from both sides.
The light formations fought at close range and ended up with heavy casualties.
u001b And where are the battleships on both sides?
Under the cover of their respective light formations, they are still engaged in a duel between giant ships and cannons!
Even though one was chasing and the other was escaping, the battleship formations from both sides were still exchanging fire!
The rumble of cannons never stops!
From the afternoon to the evening, the main formation of the Daheng Empire navy stopped pursuing and stopped close contact with the opponent.
This is mainly because night is coming!
Based on the current technical level of sea search, anti-torpedo, and anti-submarine, if you expose yourself to the sight of enemy B at night, it is very easy for the ship to capsize in the ditch.
The main business is for the battleship to evade, cover itself with darkness, and let the light formation follow up to launch a night torpedo attack!