Another World: Naval Storm

Chapter 112: The Decline of the Black Sea Fleet

"General, this is just the beginning, you shouldn't retreat too early!"

"Major, you don't understand. I can't take risks with the Goel. I must have lost my mind just now, so I went into direct battle with the Rakshasa!" Lieutenant General Aini was extremely annoyed. Why was he like that? It was because he couldn't afford to lose. It was that simple.

"General, you have to believe in the strength of the Drake Battlecruiser. Moreover, Vice Admiral Leo once said a sentence that spread throughout the Imperial Navy: When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave will win! How do you know that we will lose if you don't try?"

"When two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins..." Aini kept mumbling these words, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

"Then let's fight! Anyway, you guys are with me!"

"Of course! General, we will face it with you!" The Goel battlecruiser had 1300 crew members, half of whom were officers and soldiers supported by Drake. Without their training and driving, the Goel would not be able to quickly form combat effectiveness.

The battle began to fall into a tense state. The officers and soldiers of the Goer battlecruiser maximized the firing rate and hit rate of the Krupp naval guns. Major Berg was very satisfied with the students he trained.

The Eta was badly beaten by the Goel and no longer looked as majestic as before. Seeing that the Eta was at a disadvantage, the Ivankas worked hard to attract and share the firepower for the Eta.

Six minutes later, the Popov also joined the battle. The three old battleships, emboldened by 6 12mm naval guns, continued to approach the Goel.

At 5000 meters, the secondary guns on the old Rakshasa battleship also began to spit fire snakes at the Goel, and the density of firepower reached a new level. Several shots hit the thick front armor of the Goel. Although it did not break the defense, it still made Eni tremble with fear.

He quickly ordered the Goel to keep its distance. Kochar wanted to entangle it, but the mobility advantage was not on the Rakshasa side. He could only watch the Goel sailing farther and farther away.

The battle continued. In the next hour, the two sides kept exchanging artillery fire during the chase. The Avislia and Slavster, which had lagged behind the regiment just now, finally caught up.

It was obvious that the two warships that barely caught up were of no help to Vice Admiral Kochar, as their main guns had no accuracy at all at long distances.

As time went by, Goel's good luck came. Three consecutive 3mm heavy artillery shells hit the Russian flagship Eta. The battleship could no longer roam the Black Sea and capsized and sank in less than 305 minutes.

The sinking of the flagship immediately caused panic in the Black Sea Fleet. Fortunately, Vice Admiral Kotsar was fine. He raised the flagship flag on the Ivankas again, but the morale of the Black Sea Fleet could not be restored.

15 minutes after the flagship Eta sank, the Popov, which was only scratched by a shell, was the first to retreat. What was funny was that the flag it sent out was a signal that the battleship had been severely damaged and was unable to fight again.

"I'm going to kill them! Deserters! Cowards!" Kochar was furious, but he had no time or ability to control the Popov's behavior.

The Popov's unauthorized retreat put the Ivankas in trouble. The Avislia and Slavst were unable to provide any fire support to the battleship Ivankas because the range of their main guns was too short. As for why they did not approach, it might be that the captains of the two battleships had some other ideas. In any case, the fact was that Kotsar and his Ivankas were isolated.

Thirty-fifth minutes after the sinking of the Eta, the desperate battleship Ivankas finally couldn't hold on. With the violent explosion of the hull, oil and iron blocks splashed inside the body of this more than 10,000-ton steel beast. The smoke column was like a giant dragon soaring into the sky, hundreds of meters high, and even the Rakshasa Fortress in the distance could see it.

"I did it! I did it!" Vice Admiral Eni took off his hat and cheered, hugging Berg beside him, and the Goel fell into a sea of ​​joy.

"Congratulations, General! From today on, you are a hero of the Ottomans!"

"Thank you for your help, Brother Drake. You are the only ones who truly want to help the Ottoman Empire!"

The exhausted Goel battlecruiser was unable to pursue the Ivankas battleship after it sank, and the naval battle ended. The Goel battlecruiser challenged five old battleships on its own, and ended up sinking two of the most elite battleships of the Russian Empire's Black Sea Fleet. The fleet commander, Vice Admiral Kotsar, also died in the Black Sea.

This naval battle caused the Russian fleet to disappear in the Black Sea for a short time. They did not lose the courage to face the battlecruiser Goel, which made the Ottomans more rampant and launched frequent offensives in the Caucasus region, the heartland of the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman fleet dared to approach the coastline for support.

"Good! Good! The Russian Black Sea Fleet is finished! We have the final say in the Black Sea now!" Leo was so happy that he couldn't sleep and wandered aimlessly around the headquarters.

"The empire's support was not in vain! The Ottomans are worth investing in!" Dawson and Lawrence were also very happy.

"Of course. With a territory of over 200 million square kilometers and a population of 2400 million, the Ottomans have great potential. It's just that they are unable to exert their strength due to the influence of their corrupt political system!"

"It's all thanks to the Taren people!" Lawrence said with a sly smile on his face.

"Yes, they are the ones who pushed the Ottomans towards us!"

The Ottoman Empire joined the Allied Powers as soon as the war began. Originally, the Ottomans wanted to remain neutral in the war.

Unfortunately, the Tarun people were not humane and detained a battleship purchased by the Ottomans. The battleship was originally ordered by the Samba Republic from the Tarun people, but for various reasons, it was eventually sold to the Ottomans. However, the Tarun Kingdom detained the battleship on the eve of the war, which angered the Ottoman Empire. You should know that most of the funds for purchasing the battleship were collected from various sources and bought at a premium.

Seeing the opportunity, the Drakes promptly provided the Ottoman Empire with two elite warships. The Goel in particular rapidly heated up the already warm relationship between the two countries.

Of course, the deeper reasons are more than that. A little face and money would not make the Ottomans fight so hard.

Before the war, the Ottoman Empire had a relatively good relationship with the Drak Empire, but in reality, the financial power was controlled by Tarun and Fran, and they owed too much and it was difficult to repay the debt, especially since the Tarun people had repeatedly hinted that the Ottomans should repay the debt with land. Coupled with the feud between the Ottomans and the Rakshasa Empire, these things made the Ottomans turn to the Allies without much hesitation.

The powerful fighting capacity displayed by the Ottomans made the Drak people increase their strength. Despite facing powerful opponents such as Tarun, Fran, and Rakshasa, the Ottoman army was still able to withstand the pressure and successfully tied down the opponent's army of about 100 million.

The Drakians' expectation of the Ottomans was to defend the Mediterranean, the Red Sea coast and the border between Europe and Asia, but no one expected the Ottomans to be so powerful.