Chapter 235: Killing Formation

After Masamoto Matsumoto said that all the salvaged sunken ships or captured ships belonged to them, all the Japanese guild presidents jumped up with excitement.

Since Matsumoto Masaga led these Japanese guilds to "expel" the Chinese guilds headed by our Frost Rose Alliance from Japan, the one thing these Japanese guild presidents want to do most is to restore the original grand fleet. . Japan is an island country with no inland and no land. The most important thing is that its natural resources are highly biased. Some things are produced in large quantities, but many things are completely unavailable. This geographical environment determines Japan's great dependence on shipping. Without maritime transportation, Japan will always be a third-rate small country. Of course, Japanese players are not willing to be a third-rate small country. Therefore, they need shipping support, and smooth shipping is required. The large fleet is here to maintain it.

However, the first thing our Frost Rose Alliance did before we invaded Japan with a large group of Chinese guilds was to completely destroy Japan's maritime power. Later, the super spy plan was launched, and Masamoto Matsumoto, the Japanese player leader, was instigated to become a member of our Frost Rose Alliance, and under our operation, the security of the Japanese territory under our control was transferred to Masamoto Matsumoto's hands. In this way, Japan The player created a great national hero. However, even though Masamoto Matsumoto led these Japanese players to restore Japan's territory, Japan's maritime power has been struggling. The construction of warships is not just about money. It also involves technical strength, production capacity, basic resources, etc. aspect. Don't think that when our Frost Rose Alliance fights with other guilds, it's like using extremely advanced combat ships to fight modern naval battles there. I just thought that the naval battles in the game were all modern naval battles. In fact, the reason why everyone feels this way is entirely because the guild that dares to go against our Frost Rose Alliance must be a very powerful guild. So it's not surprising that people have ironclads. However, the fact is that most guilds still use wooden sail warships as the main fleet group, and these guilds also outsource some ironclad ships as the backbone of the guild fleet. This is the actual situation of naval warfare among various guilds at present. There are not many guilds that can afford such a thing as an ironclad ship. Even fewer can build themselves. And there are only a few guilds that can build large iron ships. Because Japan is close to the sea, it invests heavily in ship manufacturing. Before it was occupied by us, there were about a dozen guilds in Japan that could build ironclad battleships. Three of them could build battleships and large battleships. The number of slipways in my country is only one less than that in our country. It can be said that the production capacity is quite considerable.

However, after being occupied by us once, after Matsumoto Masahi and the others took over and regained control of these places, the actual number of slipways dropped to less than one-tenth of the original number, and most of the remaining slipways were small, capable of building battleships. There is only one slipway left, and large battleships cannot be built yet, only pocket battleships can be built.

Although there are players in Japan who have recharged funds from outside to meet their money needs, there are not enough resources. It is impossible to find tens of thousands of resources. Even if you scrape together some, it will be enough to save one or two ships. This kind of combat power There is actually not much difference between having it and not having it. As mentioned before in terms of construction capacity, there are only a few slipways left, so even if there are sufficient resources, don't expect large-scale production. Finally, technical strength may be the only part of Japan that has some confidence. Because technical resources mainly consist of technical data and technical personnel, and these things can be taken away, although most of the country was occupied at the beginning, Japan's losses in this part were not too great, so it was basically satisfied. need. However, not to mention that there are only two problems solved now, even if three problems are solved, it is impossible to build a battleship with only one missing. Therefore, now that they suddenly heard that they could obtain captured or sunk warships, those Japanese guild presidents were so excited.

Don't think that sinking a ship is useless. Even if the ship sinks, everything will still be there. Some ships need a little repair to patch up the holes before they can be used directly. Even if they are completely blown up, they can still be dismantled and recycled. Don't forget that what Japan is most lacking right now is resources, and these sunken ships are equal to the proportion of resources allocated. Just take them back and replenish the resources with greater losses, and you can directly build another ship. This is a good thing that they would never think of normally.

besides. Not to mention the captured ships, a large part of those sunk ships can be used as long as they are repaired. Ship repairing is different from shipbuilding. As long as there is a dry dock, it can be repaired. There is no need to occupy production. slipway. There is actually a certain difference between the two. The production slipway is more like an automated robot production line for car production. Although shipbuilding in the game is assisted by NPCs and some large machinery, to players it is basically automated. The shipyard is actually just a simple factory building, which is equivalent to a maintenance workshop at best. The technical content of the two is very different, so the Japanese shipyards were repaired very quickly after the war. Until now, there are only one working slipway and three more under construction.

Just because Japan now urgently needs to develop its navy, and they happen to lack the relevant resources, the remaining prisoners of the US-Russian combined fleet and the sunken ship in this battle are absolutely amazing to them. Of course, if it weren't for Masa Matsumoto being one of ours, I would never have given the Japanese such an opportunity. Because this will expand their war potential. Not a good thing for us. However, because Masamoto Matsumoto is one of ours, the strength of Japanese players is now approximately equal to our strength. This is the fundamental reason why this plan can be implemented.

After a period of excitement. Some of the Japanese guild presidents who were dazzled by the good news finally regained their ability to think. Then one of the guys who responded quickly asked first. "But Matsumoto-kun. Once these ships are in our hands, they will definitely greatly enhance our strength, and our relationship with the Frost Rose Alliance... you also know. We have never been very harmonious, and the Frost Rose Alliance has always been impeccable in doing things. , they shouldn’t agree to this behavior that will obviously strengthen us, right? Quite a few words”…

Masamoto Matsumoto looked at the guy with a smile. Instead of saying anything to him, he praised him: "I thought you would have to go back to think of it. It seems that everyone's IQ is much higher than I expected. Yes, these benefits It’s not in vain. After fighting with the Frost Rose Alliance for so long, you should all know their virtues. If you want to get benefits from the Frost Rose Alliance without paying the price, you are just looking for death. In fact, these ships this time It’s just part of the deal.”

"Then what do we need to pay for these ships?" The Japanese guild president who spoke before wanted to ask seriously: "The Frost Rose Alliance will not do loss-making business, so what they ask for should not be ordinary. Something, right? A lot of words.”

"Yes, it's not an ordinary thing, but it's not important to us."

"Is it something we can't use?" a Japanese guild president asked quickly.

"It's not useless." Masamoto Matsumoto continued: "The transaction targets that Ziri and I discussed are three kinds of ores and more than thirty kinds of special biological materials. The list is here. I printed more than a dozen copies. You can pass it on yourself. Let's take a look. Just as you know that the Frost Rose Alliance will not easily provide conditions for us to grow, we certainly don't want them to grow, so Ziri plans to use these dilapidated warships left after the war and other conditions as an opening transaction We use the bargaining chips to start trade with us. We sell those things on the list, and the Frost Rose Alliance provides us with various materials needed to build warships, and the two parties trade with each other at international standard transaction prices."

"That sounds good." A Japanese guild president asked, "But you just said there are other projects?"

"Yes. The battleship wreckage and the captured battleships are only part of it. Ziri has promised me that they will also send an engineering team to build ten large slipways for us. Of course, we need to be responsible for the wages and building materials of these people, but You all know that the construction team of the Frost Rose Alliance is famous for its fast speed and good quality. Therefore, as long as the agreement is reached and our own slipway is completed in a week, we will have thirteen large slipways and an unlimited supply of We have all kinds of resources. By then we can start mass-producing large battleships. As long as we allocate them properly, it will not be a problem to launch two battleships per slipway per week. In this way, we can have twenty-six battleships a week, without going out. In two months we can return to 80% of the pre-war level. At least that's true for the capital ships."

Listening to Masamoto Matsumoto's statement, the presidents of the Japanese guilds were all excited by the wonderful prospect. Now no one raised any objections. Everyone was looking forward to what Masamoto Matsumoto said. Those things can quickly become a reality.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Masamoto Matsumoto spoke again: "Okay, everyone knows the situation now, let's start taking action. The benefits of the Frost Rose Alliance are not so easy to get. If you don't pay, there will be no reward. You guys Don’t want to leave empty-handed, right? A lot of words.”

"Of course." The surrounding Japanese guild presidents were completely excited at this time. If they were just forced by the situation to cooperate with us to deal with the US-Russian combined fleet, now they really hope The U.S.-Russian combined fleet has been completely destroyed, because as long as the U.S.-Russian combined fleet sinks, they will have the materials to build new ships.

After the Japanese guild presidents returned to their own fleets, they spread what Matsumoto Masako said, and then the Japanese players below also started to get excited. Our guild used this time to complete the final Supplies, estimating the time, the Japanese guild president should have completed the task communication, and we began to formally issue departure instructions.

"Attention all ships of the combined fleet, I am the God of War and am now taking over the command of the fleet. All warships please execute all tactical instructions accurately to ensure victory in the battle. Then. Now I order the entire ship to start, turn to azimuth angle 78, and maintain Speed ​​three.”

Following the command of the God of War. The entire fleet began to leave the port one after another. Then it slowly accelerated to a speed of three knots. When everyone's speed reached three knots, the God of War once again asked each ship to accelerate to ten knots. When everyone's speed increased, the fleet began to accelerate collectively to fifteen knots, twenty knots, and finally stabilized at twenty-two knots. The reason why it is not driven to full speed is because some of the Japanese warships in the fleet have poor performance and have a maximum speed of only 28 knots, while 28 knots is the limit speed. If they maintain that speed, these ships may have burned out their propellers before the US-Russian combined fleet appears. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, we finally chose the safe cruising speed of the slowest warships, which is twenty-two knots. At this speed, all warships can maintain a stable speed.

After our main fleet left the port, the fog fleet was dragged by our warships. These ghost ships can only increase their speed when they find the enemy. In this current sailing state, their speed cannot keep up with us at all. The fleet had no choice but to be towed forward by our warships. Fortunately, the displacement of the ghost ship was zero, and towing was just a meaning. Even if a small sampan was used to drag the entire mist fleet, it would not increase any resistance. Of course, the premise is that the Mist Fleet must cooperate with your navigation. If they pull in the opposite direction with you, it will create considerable resistance.

After all the warships on our side left the port and reached a suitable speed, the air warships that had been in the center of the fleet began to pressurize the solar furnace. As the solar furnace gradually started up, the players on the surrounding Japanese warships brought With some envy and some jealousy, they watched the draft of the battleships in front of them gradually decrease. Finally, even the bottom of the battleships rose from the water, and slowly lifted out of the water and into the air with the falling sea water.

Several Japanese battleships happened to be just in front of the Frost Rose. The Japanese players on the ship almost witnessed the entire process of the Frost Rose leaving the water. Finally, they looked up and watched the huge flying battleship gradually move away from them. Flying over his head and being covered by the huge black shadow, one of the Japanese players couldn't help but said with envy: "When will we have such a spaceship?"

"There will be, as long as we don't go the wrong way again." The guild president next to the player patted him on the shoulder and said, "Didn't I tell you? Matsumoto Masaru has already talked with that guy Ziri. Okay, as long as we are willing to open trade, the Frost Rose Alliance will help us build ten large slipways. Soon we will have our own battleships. And with so much technology brought back from the Russians, now the guild The technicians inside are still sorting. When all the sorting is completed, they may be able to find some technologies that can build flying battleships. By then..."

"Let's wait until then! Now we can only build the surface ships first and then talk about it." A pretty beauty next to the president said. This woman is the president of another Japanese guild, but her guild is quite special and does not have its own battleship, so she took a free ship. However, although she does not have her own battleship, when it comes to sea battles, her guild is definitely one of the best. Even if Matsumoto Masaga's power is against this woman's guild, she may not be able to win surely, because This woman's guild has the largest collection of sea beasts in Japan. All the players in her guild are good at driving sea monsters to fight, so every time their guild goes out to fight, a large group of sea monsters will be dispatched, without even a boat.

Of course. This kind of power is okay against ordinary fleets, but it will be useless against our Frost Rose Alliance fleet. After all, our Frost Rose Alliance has a lot of sea beasts. Besides, we also have divine creatures that move in the water. Those of theirs Compared with those mythical existences, sea beasts are obviously not good enough. But at least her status in Japan is still very good, because after the destruction of the Japanese fleet, they were the only ones who could continuously get the resources they needed from overseas. This is also the reason why this guild has developed well. After all, the external transportation in Japan is almost completely cut off, but they can transport things in. This exclusive business is naturally very profitable.

In the eyes of Japanese players with envy and hatred, our flying warships took off one after another and increased their altitude. Then suddenly an aircraft with dazzling white light shot out from one of the flying battleships. After this thing was launched, it immediately began to accelerate and fly forward. Almost in the blink of an eye, the thing disappeared.

In fact, what just flew out was a dedicated reconnaissance aircraft. The principle was the same as the attack aircraft used before. However, unlike the attack aircraft, this aircraft is used for reconnaissance, so its structure is more extreme. Not only is this thing unarmored, it also has no weapons. In addition to the power system and a simple shell, all that is left is a reconnaissance pod slightly larger than a basketball. It's because I haven't installed anything I can't do without. So this thing weighs just over a hundred kilograms in total. The ultimate flight speed can reach almost eighteen times the speed of sound. If necessary, you can even use the built-in magic device to make short-distance jumps. The speed is absolutely unparalleled. certainly. Investigation ability is this guy's strength. Because the flying speed is super fast, this guy hardly has to worry about being intercepted. Even if it is a beam weapon, you still need to aim to hit it. The speed of this thing determines that no one can target it in motion, so this guy can get close to the enemy for reconnaissance, and can transmit the reconnaissance information back in real time.

The US-Russian combined fleet soon discovered the appearance of this thing, and the players in our guild riding spears in the sky turned around and left after seeing the appearance of this thing. The appearance of this kind of aircraft means that our large forces have arrived, so there is no need for them to continue to follow us.

After the aircraft arrived over the US-Russia Combined Fleet, it immediately underwent a slight deformation. The front end of the aircraft, which originally looked a bit like an egg from below, suddenly spread out to both sides to form a shape similar to the word "mountain". The aerodynamic shape of this forward-swept wing aircraft far exceeds any aircraft used by our guild before. Because this guy has no combat needs, it can unscrupulously enhance its aerodynamic shape, which naturally produces the best aerodynamic shape in our guild. aircraft.

After the transformation was completed, the speed of this thing immediately dropped, from the original eighteen times the speed of sound to eight times the speed of sound. Of course, this speed is still terrifyingly fast, and this thing not only maintains an astonishing high speed of eight times the speed of sound, but also flies back and forth over the opponent's fleet. The beam weapons from the Holy Lancers and the Russian anti-aircraft guns opened fire to intercept, but this thing almost ignored all attacks and flew around the fleet at a terrifying speed, sometimes even just a few meters away from the sea. The distance passed through the gap between the two battleships, and this behavior was just like a provocation. The Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

"Attention all units, what you are seeing now is the real-time image captured by our reconnaissance device." The voice of the God of War came from the communicator. The three-dimensional images projected on the portable communicators obtained by the warships of the Japanese fleet made those Japanese players were amazed. This terrifying detection method made them understand why they suffered losses every time in previous naval battles.

Of course, the God of War did not care what they thought, but continued: "Now pay attention to these battleships that the scouts are surrounding. Please try to observe their weapon systems so that you can have a general understanding of the subsequent battle. In addition, please pay attention The formation of the opponent's fleet will not dare to change the formation randomly after entering the trance. Therefore, we can calculate the distance between the opponent's warships based on the current fleet information. If I cannot provide you with precise guidance information or due to some accidents As a result, you are unable to accept my command. Please conduct extended bombardment according to the current enemy fleet formation, which should have the greatest tactical effect."

During this period of time, the God of War continued to introduce various arrangements and ways to deal with special situations. It can be said that everything was done in detail. Anyway, the Japanese fleet personnel were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that our command system was like this, and it was so accurate. It can be said that as long as you are not a fool, you can basically achieve the expected tactical goals by following these operations. .

As time goes by, the distance between the two fleets continues to shrink, and we can finally start taking action.

"Attention all warships, now start to adjust the navigation mode and enter the serpentine maneuver state. Please move according to the guidance information you hear. Do not pay attention to the movement status of the warships around you. Each of your warships is independently commanded. It is normal for all movement states to be different. Don’t think you heard the instructions wrong. Now, please start the maneuver mode.”

By this time, the God of War no longer used general broadcasts, but began to conduct individual precise commands for each ship. This kind of thing is a trivial matter to the God of War. After all, so many people were able to command during the land battle. Although these battleships are large. But a ship is an independent individual, and commanding it is no more complicated than commanding a group of people. The number of ships in the fleet is much smaller than the number of people in land warfare. Therefore, this is actually quite an easy job for the God of War.

The captains of the Japanese fleet suddenly felt confused as they listened to the communicator constantly reminding them how many degrees to turn left and how many degrees to turn right, and telling them whether the battleship was faster or slower. The reason why they are confused is because they are not sure why the God of War pays so much attention to them.

In fact, this situation has happened to players in our guild before. Because the God of War is a computer, he can talk to tens of thousands of people at the same time without interfering with each other. But the problem is that humans can't do this, and the God of War is a player to the outside world, so when many people find that the God of War keeps reminding them what to do throughout the battle, there will be a God of War who has been paying attention alone. As a result of his own wrong judgment, many people were wondering why the God of War left the army without command and always paid special attention to him. It was not until a long time later that the players in our guild confirmed with each other that the God of War was not actually paying attention to himself, but was actually commanding n number of people at the same time. As a result, many players in the guild began to spread the rumor that the God of War was actually not a player, but a special NPC. However, we never explained this, and no one really came to ask me anyway.

Although some Japanese players have already experienced this kind of screening method of the God of War during the previous Russian campaign, most people in the navy are actually not aware of this situation. However, even if they have tried it before It was once, but this time it still made them feel very uncomfortable. However, this feeling as if the coach is running behind you and guiding you on what to do, to be honest, it is really safe. As long as you get used to this mode, you will find that this is the ultimate state of command. Of course, humans will never be able to do this kind of command mode, let alone the brain can't react. Even if you have that kind of thinking speed, how are you going to talk to tens of thousands of people at the same time with just one mouth?

When the fleet entered the serpentine maneuver, the warships of the Mist Fleet suddenly left the formation and were no longer towed by our warships. Instead, they began to move forward independently. Of course, their speed was slower and they had no way to reach us. Went in front. However, under the command of the God of War, our fleet actually split in two in the middle and moved out in the north and south directions. Therefore, the only one currently sailing head-on with the US-Russian combined fleet is the Mist Fleet. That’s it.

According to the plan, the Mist Fleet will approach the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet from the front, and the Mist Fleet itself has been in a state of disorientation. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet to pose any threat to them outside the fog. Even if they fire randomly, the long position will be enough. It's just a few hits, it doesn't have much practical significance.

Our main force will be divided into two parts and move toward the northeast and southeast at an angle of 45 degrees with the fog fleet route. When the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet completes contact with the Mist Fleet, our two fleets will be exactly on the same longitude line as the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet, and will be located 120 kilometers due north and due south of the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet respectively. 120 kilometers away. After that, our two fleets will turn inward and turn around, running side by side in the same direction as the US-Russian combined fleet. And because of the inward turn, after the turn is completed, our two fleets should be exactly 80 kilometers away from each other. After that, our fleet got closer to the US-Russian combined fleet until the distance was shortened to 50 kilometers. At this distance, even the naval guns of the Japanese fleet should be able to catch the warships of the US-Russian combined fleet. At this time, the Mist Fleet, which has been hiding near the US-Russian Combined Fleet, will really start to attack the US-Russian Combined Fleet. Because they have line-of-sight advantage in blight. Therefore, as long as the Mist Fleet does not take the initiative, the US-Russian combined fleet will definitely not be able to discover them in advance. Of course, they should have known what it was the first time they entered the confusion, but if they can't see it, they can't see it. It's useless for them to know. As long as the Mist Fleet doesn't want to fight, they can't take the initiative to fight back.

After the Mist Fleet and the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet begin fighting, the tracking locators pre-installed on the Mist Fleet ships will come into play. These locators are equivalent to friend-or-foe identification signals, and the military gods can read the location information through our special equipment. . Then I erased the location of the Mist Fleet ships from the angle of bombardment from which I placed the battleships. In this way, unless we miss the target, there will be no accidental damage. At the same time, the batch of positioning artillery shells previously supplied by the Misty Fleet will also start working. This kind of artillery shells only have a small amount of charge. Explosive power is very low. It has a large number of locators pre-installed inside. With the explosion, these locators with magnets will be attached to the enemy's warships, and the Mist Fleet's own ship is a ghost ship. It is still made of wood and will never be sucked by the locator. Therefore, these locators will be scattered and adsorbed on the surface of the enemy ship with the explosion. The signal collection equipment on our side can roughly outline the outline of the enemy ship by reading the position information of these locators. With these virtual outlines, our main force, that is, the two fleets located outside the mist You can directly conduct artillery fire according to the shooting parameters provided by the God of War.

Of course, the US-Russian combined fleet will know that we are nearby after being shelled, but as mentioned before. What use do they know? In the confusion, the shelling came from both sides at the same time. The only judgment they could make was that they knew we were near them, but they could not judge the distance and direction at all. In this case, even if they fire randomly, it is basically impossible to hit us. Even if they get lucky and hit a few shots occasionally, it is not a problem for us at all. Anyway, we can't expect such a large-scale naval battle to be unscathed. Victory, even if some battleships are sunk, it is normal, let alone only a few cannonballs.

Although this tactic has been decided for a long time, the Japanese fleet knows that it must sail according to our requirements and does not know the specific arrangements. Therefore, when our two squadrons are at the same longitude as the US-Russian combined fleet, and When we began to turn inward from both sides to catch up with the US-Russian combined fleet and sail alongside it, those Japanese players finally took a breath of air and began to marvel at how perfect our plan was.

"Oh my God! This was actually planned in advance!" A Japanese guild captain couldn't help but exclaimed after looking at the fleet position information projected above the communicator, sandwiched between two loose green dots. There is a large gray area, which is the foggy area, and now everyone knows that the US-Russian combined fleet has dived into it. As for what will happen next, there is basically no need to guess.

As for why the U.S.-Russian combined fleet is sinking into confusion...this question is actually easy to answer. The U.S.-Russian combined fleet wants to force us into a decisive battle, so they need to sail non-stop to our country's coastal waters. Although there is a problem with the large fog of the Mist Fleet at a glance, the problem is that they cannot afford to wait. If we bypass this fog, the delay will be immeasurable, and this fog is clearly aimed at them. In addition, they also know that our guild has a ghost fleet, so they probably also know that they There is no way around it, so instead of wasting time turning, it is better to rush forward directly. Anyway, the combat effectiveness of the Mist Fleet itself is not too exaggerated. It's a pity that they didn't expect that the Mist Fleet was just the first wave, and our main force was waiting for them outside the Mist.

"We're in position, can we start?". After the squadron turned, King Chuang notified me through the communicator, because I was not on the Frost Rose or the Eternity at this time, but on the ghost ship of the Mist Fleet. My high-end combat power is not suitable for sitting in the rear and commanding. With the God of War here, after the tactics are arranged, there is no need for me to participate in the command. The God of War can take care of the rest, and of course I have to go to the front to enjoy it. to exert my destructive power.

"Copy that, the battle begins."