"General, general..." After thinking for a long time and forcing his stupid little head to continue working, the adjutant said: "Now, we can only fight to the end, think, find a way, restore... restore the decline. ”
He knew that he would never be able to escape. Before the two sides launched the bombardment, the Tang Army's fleet had demonstrated its astonishing speed.
The Mirage Navy only changed its course, but the warships of the Tang Navy actually made a large circle to keep up with the speed of the Mirage Navy's turn.
In the face of such an absolute speed gap, any attempt to escape would be self-destructive: they could not voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield, otherwise it would only give the other party the opportunity to chase them and constantly eat away at them.
If there were only cruisers and destroyers, they would have a chance to disperse and escape. After all, these small battleships have higher speeds and have a greater chance of escaping.
Unfortunately, the last thing they can't give up is the expensive and valuable battleships, which are the key to determining victory or defeat at sea.
"Our rate of fire is too slow... there is no way..." Mirage Kazuo explained with an ugly expression. He has now lost the courage to fight decisively, and he is beginning to worry about gains and losses.
In fact, the more ferocious and cunning a villain is when they have an advantage, the more timid and cowardly they will be when they encounter a powerful enemy.
Mirage Kazuo is this type of person. He is extremely ruthless when his navy has the upper hand, often plundering or even massacring innocent fishing and merchant ships.
But when facing the Tang Army's main fleet and the powerful real battleships, he didn't even perform as well as his adjutant.
However, at the moment when he desperately admitted that Cyric's tattered battleship was no match for the original ones from the Datang Group, he suddenly figured out something.
Yes, it seems that if you don't struggle now, you will die in the end! If he struggled, there would still be a faint glimmer of hope!
So he suddenly turned around and gave a loud order: "Turn! The bow of the ship is facing the enemy ship! Get close to the enemy's battle line as quickly as possible!"
This was his desperate strategy, because the warships of the Mirage Army were not as fast as the Tang Army's warships, and at the same time, their defense seemed unable to withstand the artillery attacks of the Tang Army's warships.
Under such a general premise, the only thing that can be relied on is the bluffing main gun advantage of the 320 mm caliber.
If it were at a very close distance and taking advantage of the power of the 320mm main gun, he might be able to replace two, or in other words, three enemy battleships.
When the time comes, both sides will suffer losses. Even if he dies here today, he will not become the idiot who lost his master and humiliated the country and was cursed by the whole country.
Thinking of this, he involuntarily clenched his fists: "Even if only the artillery on the bow can attack, we must quickly close the distance!"
The helmsman was stunned for a moment after hearing the order, and then he had no choice but to carry out Mirumi Kazuo's order.
He turned the steering wheel in front of him, and then the two Mirage battleships traveling at high speed began to turn.
A few seconds later, Tang Jun's observation post noticed something strange. He rubbed his eyes, then picked up the telescope again, and then confirmed the fact that the two battleships of the Mirage Navy were turning.
So, he shouted loudly: "The enemy ship is turning! Pay attention! The enemy ship is turning! The enemy ship is turning rapidly!"
Bernard heard the news that the enemy ships were turning, and he picked up his telescope to look at the target in the distance again. He saw two Mirage battleships turning their bows, seemingly not preparing to escape.
"What are they trying to do? They were about to turn away just now, and now they are rushing towards them?" Unable to guess what the enemy ship wanted to do, he frowned and looked at his adjutant.
His adjutant shook his head, not guessing what the enemy commander wanted to do. But soon, a staff officer who thought he was smart gave his opinion: "General, this may be a tactic to lure us."
"They first turned around and pretended to break away to lure us into pursuit. Then they suddenly turned around and rushed towards us to close the distance between the two sides." The staff officer explained.
Bernard nodded and agreed with this analysis, but now that the distance between the two sides had shortened to about 8 kilometers, he could not change the order just because the enemy ship was rushing over.
"If the distance continues to get closer, the probability of them hitting us will increase." The adjutant reminded Bernard.
Bernard was a little hesitant, because the enemy's probability of hitting his warship increased, which also meant that his own probability of hitting the enemy ship also increased.
He is also faced with a choice now: if he orders a distance, then safety will be guaranteed. This way of flying a kite is the safest and ensures that he will win in an injury-free way.
And if he ordered the route to be maintained, it would mean that he was preparing to decide the winner before the enemy ships approached. This is a great test of one's own artillery accuracy, as well as the enemy ship's luck.
At the beginning, Bernard preferred to use the RUN&GUN kiting tactic to safely end the naval battle and annihilate the opponent without any damage.
But soon he realized a serious problem! time!
Looking at his watch, Bernard knew that if this naval battle continued like this, the sky would gradually get darker.
If it gets completely dark, no matter how embarrassed the Mirage's navy is, they can successfully escape and escape thousands of miles away.
When the sun rises tomorrow morning, it is impossible for the Tang Army to find any remaining Mirage Navy warships.
Whether to take the risk of letting go of part of the Mirage Navy to ensure their own safety, or to let go and fight for some losses to completely annihilate the Mirage Navy. This is a difficult multiple-choice question.
Bernard thought hard, and the passage of time seemed to force him to make a fateful decision.
"The bow of the enemy ship is facing us!" As if to remind Bernard, the adjutant lowered his telescope and shouted loudly.
In the end, Bernard cautiously chose the kite-flying style of play. He did not feel that the risk was necessary because he had already won the naval battle.
The navy of the Mirage Army will definitely not be able to regain its strength in a short time. The sea control in the northern sea area that he has controlled has cut off the navigation route between the Mirage Kingdom and Beiyuan City. He has completed his strategic goal.
In this case, there is absolutely no need for him to continue taking risks. He can just hold on to the victory he has already obtained and send the good news back to the country.
So, Bernard raised his head and ordered: "Correct the course, left rudder fifteen! Increase the distance from the enemy ship!"
Upon hearing this order, the adjutant knew that Bernard had made up his mind to consolidate the victory, and without saying anything, he immediately repeated Bernard's order loudly.
Then, the Tang Army's warship began to turn, and this time it turned, in the eyes of Mirage Kazuo, he was immediately swallowed up by despair.
His enemy really didn't give him any chance. The enemy commander took advantage of the speed and wisely opened the distance, preparing to take advantage of the long-distance artillery battle.
This kind of play with no chance of survival in an advantageous game is really unappealing, but it is the most reasonable and safest choice.
"They actually avoided the battle! They actually avoided the battle shamelessly!" A man from Mirage stared at the turning Tang Army battleship and roared in anger.
"General, the front main gun has been loaded and is ready to fire." The adjutant reminded Mihai Yinan kindly.
The Mirage man gritted his teeth, waved his arm forward and ordered: "Fire! This is the last chance!"
"Boom!" The front main guns of Mirage's two battleships spurted out dazzling flames. A few seconds later, a spectacular column of water rose up next to the Tang Army's battleship that was turning.
And in this water column, as if God is rewarding crazy people, a ball of flames rises from the tail of the East Bay No. 1 battleship. In this shelling of the Mirage, there is a shell, right at the East Bay No. 1. The battleship's rear main gun turret!
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"In fact, the bigger the caliber of artillery, the better. Modern technology is three-dimensional. If you want to improve the power of weapons, you can't just use simple and crude caliber improvement." In the new naval shipyard, an engineer was explaining naval guns to a group of students he led.
"Comparing battleship artillery with army artillery, especially howitzers, the biggest difference is actually the barrel length and chamber pressure." He was writing and drawing on the blackboard, next to a side-cut model of a naval gun.
"To put it simply, the navy's naval guns belong to the cannon system, while the army's artillery is more like a howitzer." He dropped the chalk, then picked up the pointer and tapped on the blackboard: "Because there are only high-pressure, high-caliber artillery. , can achieve higher muzzle velocity, faster flight speed, flatter trajectory, and longer range."
His students were taking notes, and he gave some time to the students who were taking notes. Behind him is a dense blackboard, and there is a lot to teach in this class.
"With the development of technology, the artillery used by the army will also develop in the direction of cannon howitzers, but now we are not able to let the army's artillery also use expensive naval artillery." After finishing speaking, he dropped The pointer picked up the model in front of him and walked to the aisle between the desks.
"Yes, the navy's artillery has many advantages, but also many problems. The biggest one is weight and price." He continued: "With the same technical parameters, cannons are more expensive and bulkier, so they are not suitable for army equipment. , but the Navy has no concerns in this regard."
"Because artillery is much cheaper than expensive and important warships, it is a matter of course to equip warships with better-performing artillery as much as possible." At this point, he gave a summary.
"So, Cyric's 320 mm caliber heavy artillery may not be more powerful than our 305 mm caliber heavy artillery?" A student raised his hand and asked.
The teacher laughed as if he had heard a funny question. However, after he laughed, he still replied seriously: "Of course, our heavy artillery uses the most advanced metallurgical technology, and the materials are also the best produced by the technical department, and have the best performance parameters. If Cyric If they can surpass it, then how can they still work so hard to recruit so many technical engineers?”
"Believe me, there is no team in the world with more advanced technology than ours." He was full of confidence and there was light in his eyes.
