NABC Chapter 106 The End of Harden's Fleet
Chapter 106 The End of Harden's Fleet
The ambushed Harden fleet fired its artillery and advanced towards the battlefield. Except for Harden and some commanders, the rest of the officers and soldiers believed that they would win a victory, and it would be best if all the warships of the First Reconnaissance Fleet were sent to the bottom of the sea.
But when Harden saw the four majestic battlecruisers of the First Reconnaissance Fleet, he forgot all his lofty words and national hatreds. In the sea fog, he even mistook the USS Broad armored cruiser for a battlecruiser.
Under the command of Harden, who was in disarray, the flagship ordered an emergency turn, and the entire formation was in chaos.
"Is this the level of the Royal Navy?" Leo sighed and shook his head. He didn't even think about how deadly the four battlecruisers were in Harden's eyes.
The light cruisers of Harden's fleet swayed left and right amid the dense explosions. The flagship of Harden's fleet, the Linxian, which luckily avoided a round of shelling, fled at full speed with Harden.
"Notify Liam that four battlecruisers of the First Reconnaissance Fleet are chasing us. Be ready to respond! Ships in the fleet will break out at random!" After saying that, Harden felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
The light cruiser HMS Linxian, the flagship of the Harden fleet, managed to escape the first round of bombardment, but luck could not always be on the side of the Talens. One disadvantage of an emergency turn of the warship was that it could not fire back while turning.
The Linxian was ultimately unable to escape the second round of bombardment. A 280mm shell from the Moltke directly hit the superstructure of the Linxian light cruiser, directly cutting into pieces two 47mm secondary guns and a chimney. Countless pieces of steel and human remains were blown into the sky by the explosion.
The stern of the USS Collins was hit by a near miss bomb. The shock wave generated by the underwater explosion caused holes in the ship's steel plates in many places. Fortunately, the hole was small and not much water entered.
With a loud bang, the stern of the Southampton was torn open by a 150mm shell fired by the battlecruiser Von der Bella, and it lost power instantly, like a lamb to be slaughtered, waiting for the Drakes to raise their butcher knives.
"Revenge for the Gu Long and all the comrades who died in the battle!" The gunners on the Seydlitz took off their coats one after another, revealing their dark and solid muscles, and shouted angrily while operating the guns.
The flagship of the Harden fleet, the Linxian, suffered heavy damage and had to retreat. The Talen assault fleet, which had lost its command, was in chaos. Some warships wanted to break out of the encirclement head-on, while others wanted to retreat and dive back into the fog. Unfortunately, the fog was not as thick as before. It would take time to run farther away if they wanted to hide in the fog, but the Talen people did not have enough time.
[Report to the commander, the enemy light cruiser Southampton was sunk]
[Report to the commander, the enemy ship Nottingham light cruiser was sunk]
[Report to the commander, the enemy light cruiser Los was sunk]
"System, your voice is more beautiful now." Leo was very happy to hear the good news that kept coming, and he rarely praised the system.
At 8:55, the light cruiser Moore City took over the command and raised the flagship flag on the mast. The remaining Talen ships began to move towards the flagship. The embarrassed Talen people were finally able to organize a large-scale counterattack. The three submarines of the Talen destroyer detachment and the submarine detachment rushed over desperately, releasing smoke and torpedoes in an attempt to cover the main force's retreat.
"In their last struggle, all the warships should be careful not to be bitten by mad dogs!" The Taron people have no tricks left, and now Leo only needs to eat them up bit by bit.
The cruiser squadron of the First Reconnaissance Fleet and the six cruisers of the Third Reconnaissance Fleet had already firmly entangled the Tarun people, sinking the light cruiser HMS Frost and the cruiser HMS Adventure in a short period of time.
The Second Reconnaissance Fleet's six light cruisers and more than a dozen destroyers and torpedo boats began to encircle and annihilate the Talen destroyers. In an instant, they achieved the amazing record of sinking six Talen destroyers, two submarines, and severely damaging three destroyers.
"Too slow, too slow, I said the 280mm guns are not powerful enough! The Linxian hasn't been sunk for such a long time! Not as good as the light cruisers and destroyers!" Leo complained. In order to shorten the maintenance and update time, the three battle cruisers were not equipped with the new generation of 3mm guns. As a new light cruiser, the Linxian has a full load displacement of more than 305 tons, and its armor defense is not weak.
"General, be careful..." Leo, who was watching the battle on the bridge, was knocked down by Dawson and Captain Lawrence. A 100mm shell grazed the bridge of the Moltke, and the harsh sound made his brain hurt.
"General... Commander? Are you okay?"
"Help me up quickly. I was not killed by the Talen people's artillery shells, but in the end I was crushed to death by you two!"
"Commander, you must enter the command tower!" The two men dragged Leo back to the armored command tower.
在不到2公里的交战距离上，3艘战巡的主炮已经停止发射，使用副炮进行攻击已经足够，每艘战巡都有10门150㎜舰炮和12门120㎜速射炮。
At this distance, the hit rate of the secondary guns has reached a very scary data. Armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells fell on the Linxian light cruiser like raindrops. The more than 5000-ton hull was engulfed in flames. The huge hull began to tilt at a large angle, and the towering main mast had been broken.
"Commander, the Linx has lowered the St. George flag and they surrender!" Captain Lawrence still wanted to continue fighting, he was not satisfied yet.
"Give the order, all ships are not allowed to continue attacking! We are not beasts, and the Talen people have captured many of our people!" Leo thought of his captured subordinates. Liam once wrote a letter saying that they were under the care of the Talen Royal Navy and were living well in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Leo couldn't open this loophole. Even though they were already mortal enemies, he still hoped that one day he could exchange prisoners and let his subordinates go home.
Just after the officers and soldiers on the Linxian were transferred, Leo ordered the use of torpedoes to sink the ruins floating on the sea.
Accompanied by brilliant fireworks, the Linxian sank to the bottom of the sea in a burst of ammunition explosion.
[Alert! Alert! Enemy ships are approaching! Commander, please get ready as soon as possible! ]
"Liam, you are late!" Leo, who had known about Liam's arrival, was not surprised at all. Shells continued to fall and explode around the Moltke, and the impact force caused the ship to shake constantly.
The remaining Talen warships began to approach Liam's First Battlecruiser Squadron. The powerful force of the 343mm shells made the Drake light cruisers and destroyers dare not pursue.
"Leo, come on! Let's have a fair fight now!" Liam said seriously on the flagship Lion.
Leo, who was well prepared, led the fleet to attack, otherwise with the power of the 343mm naval gun of the Talen battlecruiser, the Drake light cruisers and destroyers would not be able to withstand a single shot.
"Haha, Liam! I said that the Tarun people would not fight lightly. Fortunately, our battle cruiser maintenance time is short, otherwise Liam would have eaten up the First Reconnaissance Fleet!"
"General, can we keep the Talen people's First Battle Patrol Squadron?" Dawson was a little excited. This time he wanted to avenge both new and old grudges at the same time.
"That depends on whether Liam will run away. Their power system is stronger than ours! In addition, as long as the 1st and 2nd battleship squadrons arrive in time, Liam will definitely be dead! This time I will put him in our prisoner-of-war camp!"