Submarine No. 156 quickly relayed the news via telegraph that it had discovered the main force of the enemy's navy leaving the port in the dark, then floated down and continued to observe using its periscope.
That night, the nearby Fourth Mobile Fleet received news that the main force of the Krul Kingdom's navy had set out to sea, and immediately set off.
At the same time, several nearby cruise fleets were ordered to speed up to investigate the situation.
The next morning, a seaplane of the Daheng Empire Navy finally discovered traces of the Krul Kingdom Navy.
What is surprising is that in addition to traditional warships, this fleet also has an aircraft carrier accompanying it. And what makes Daheng people very concerned is that there is also a big one in this fleet, with a displacement of at least more than 40,000 tons.
Super battleship!
Because of the presence of the opponent's aircraft carrier, it didn't take long for the Daheng Empire Navy's reconnaissance seaplane to be discovered and shot down by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft!
However, the information was still successfully sent back.
Based on the information sent back by the seaplane, the senior generals of the Fourth Mobile Fleet quickly concluded that this fleet wanted to sail north and go to the port of Barry in the northeast of Kingdom Island.
Port of Barry is the most important naval base of the Kingdom of Krull Navy in the eastern region of Kingdom Island. There are many main warships of the Kingdom of Krull Navy parked there.
These warships departing from Budr Port obviously want to go north to Bari Port and join their main fleet.
In response to this situation, the Fourth Mobile Fleet acted quickly, and a large number of capital ships began to gather towards the predetermined sea area.
In the afternoon of that day, the submarine force lurking in the Port of Bari reported that the enemy's main fleet in the Port of Bari also made changes. A large number of destroyers and other auxiliary ships went to sea, searched the waters near the port, and dropped depth bombs from time to time.
The Kruls are going to do something big!
Combining various aspects of intelligence, the Daheng Empire Navy's top brass immediately concluded that the Krul Navy was going to make big moves.
Immediately, not only the Fourth Mobile Fleet, but also the Sixth Mobile Fleet in the distance rushed to the predetermined sea area.
On the third day, the seaplanes of the Daheng Empire Navy once again found the enemy fleet.
However, in the evening of the same day, a cruiser fleet of the Krul Kingdom Navy discovered the Daheng Empire Navy's reconnaissance fleet, and the two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire in the night.
During the exchange of fire, the Daheng Empire Navy was sunk by a small cruiser and two destroyers.
The Krull Kingdom Navy also lost two cruisers.
At about four o'clock in Lingcheng the next day, the battle between the two sides escalated again. The leading force of the Fourth Mobile Fleet, a high-speed vanguard fleet composed of four battlecruisers and four heavy cruisers, suddenly engaged the enemy's main formation.
Because it was night, both sides failed to detect each other in advance, so the fighting distance was very close. The two sides only found each other at a distance of about 10,000 meters, and a fierce exchange of fire broke out immediately.
In this battle, the vanguard formation of the Fourth Mobile Fleet did not feel comfortable. One battlecruiser was sunk on the spot, and two other cruisers were severely damaged.
On the opposite side, the navy of the Kingdom of Krul also suffered heavy damage to many warships, but none of them sank.
The reason for the disparity in the outcome of the battle was officially the 40,000-ton super battleship in the opponent's fleet.
Soon, the general information of the ship was reported!
It has a full load displacement of at least 40,000 tons, is equipped with four twin 380mm main guns, and has thick armor.
The speed is very fast, at least twenty-six knots.
The Krull super battleship has officially entered service!
This is not good news for the Daheng Empire Navy!
b Stop him and cannot let him go to Barry Port, nor can this super battleship return to Budr Port!
Now that it has ventured out, sink it directly!
This quickly became the consensus of the senior naval generals on the front line. The Fourth Mobile Fleet continued to deploy troops. Although the high-speed avant-garde formation was damaged, it still firmly bit the opponent's tail. The main battleship formation of the nearby Fourth Mobile Fleet
, the four battleships of the Eighth Battleship Division also quickly moved forward.
That morning, a fierce battle broke out again between the fleets of both sides!
But this time, the Krul Kingdom Navy was not so lucky!
In this battle, the Fourth Mobile Fleet deployed four battleships, two battlecruisers, three heavy cruisers, and two aircraft carriers.
There are also two Daheng-class battleships among them!
The powerful combat effectiveness of the two Daheng-class battleships is enough to compete with or even defeat a mere super battleship of the other side.
During the fierce battle, the Daheng Empire Navy once again sank a battleship.
But the super battleship of the Krul Kingdom Navy was also severely damaged!
It was hit by a 400mm shell from the fifth Daheng-class battleship Bei'an. The shell penetrated directly through its main armor belt, penetrated into the engine room and exploded, causing the ship's speed to drop to less than ten
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With its speed greatly reduced, it was almost impossible for the Krull super battleship to break through the encirclement of the Fourth Mobile Fleet of the Daheng Empire Navy and break through to the Port of Barry.
Although the main fleet of the Kruls at the Port of Barry wanted to come out to respond, it was stopped by the Daheng Empire's Sixth Mobile Fleet. Now the two sides are also fighting in the northeastern waters of Kingdom Island.
b In the evening, the main fleets of both sides once again approached and exchanged fire!
At this time, the Fourth Mobile Fleet was stronger because another battleship squadron had caught up.
At this time, an absolute numerical advantage has been formed.
Although the other party wanted to turn away and escape back to Budr Port, the Daheng Empire Navy's Fourth Mobile Fleet could not let them do so.
This battle lasted until midnight.
The super battleship of the Kruls was constantly hit!
Three of its four main turrets were knocked out, leaving only one main turret still barely firing.
The bridge was almost smashed to pieces, and the ship was also hit and torn open by multiple cannonballs.
In the past ten hours or so, the Daheng Empire Navy has hit the ship with five 400mm naval gun shells and more than ten 350mm and 300mm naval gun shells.
As for the 200mm, 150mm, and 120mm medium-caliber artillery shells, there are even more.
The enemy's entire battleship was almost in tatters, and its speed was reduced to only about seven or eight knots.
The current super battleship can be said to be floating on the sea like a dead fish.
However, it still did not sink!
This shows the powerful vitality of the super battleship