Chapter 115 A Tough Battle

"President, they are coming." The captain of the Poseidon turned around and asked me what to do.

"Order the fleet to deploy its array and attack the Japanese fleet like this."

"Then what are we doing?" Qiangwei asked on the communication machine.

"The Great White Shark is on standby. Don't let the Japanese discover you for the time being."

"Understood, the Jaws is on standby."

I activated Star Eyes and looked at the situation on the sea surface. "Pay attention to focusing your firepower on attacking the larger ship in the Japanese fleet first."

"Which one is bigger?" The captain's question made me stunned.

"That's the one following the Hinomaru. It's obviously several times larger than the surrounding battleships. I suspect it may be a Japanese aircraft carrier. I'll sink it before the Japanese flying dragons get up."

The captain rubbed his eyes and picked up the telescope and looked at it for a long time. "President, are you sure that ship is following the Hinomaru?"

"Of course. Do you think I don't know Hinomaru? That damn battleship is one of the more famous battleships in Japan. How could I not recognize it?"

"But the problem is that there is no battleship behind Hinomaru!" The captain looked at the sea with a telescope. "Behind Hinomaru is a sea. It is at the very back."

"No, Hinomaru is followed by a very large ship. It is not the last one. The ship behind it is the last ship."

"But there's nothing behind it!" The captain put down the telescope and looked back at me.

Ye Zhizi also picked up the telescope and looked at the sea: "Which ship is the Hinomaru?"

The captain pointed to the sea: "That ship is marked 079 in front of the tower. Its bow turret is shaped like an observatory. It should be easy to recognize."

Ye Zhizi looked at it and turned back to me and asked: "Ziri, are you sure that there is an aircraft carrier behind that ship? I only saw sea water, and there was nothing behind it."

I raised my head and shouted to the person in the observation cabin above: "Use the main observation scope to carefully look behind the Hinomaru."

The lookout in the observation cabin suddenly stuck his head down from the hatch above: "The president is right. Captain, please pay attention to the waves behind Hinomaru."

The captain picked up the telescope and looked at it again. "Damn, the little Japanese battleship has a camouflage system."

"Ah?" The Son of the Night also picked up the telescope and looked at the sea: "How do you know there is a camouflage system?"

The captain pointed at the Hinomaru: "It is impossible for that battleship to form such a large wake at its current speed. That large white spray is not its wake but the wake left by the invisible battleship. Spoilers.”

I immediately gave the order to the first mate: "Order the long-range sniper cannon to use paint bombs to attack the sea ten meters behind Hinomaru."

"yes."

A shell flew out from the top of the Eternal. The shell flew directly behind Hinomaru and exploded in the air. A large red mist quickly dispersed. A red warship immediately came out of the red mist. Sure enough, there was a stealth ship in Japan's fleet.

For the sake of safety, I ordered paint bombs to be fired at all the openings around the Japanese fleet. Not to mention, several ships were actually stuck. A total of seven battleships in the Japanese fleet are invisible, and except for one aircraft carrier, they are all battleships. The Japanese know how to plan such a fleet so that as long as they don't fire, they won't be able to detect them at all.

The distance between the two sides gradually approached the effective shooting range. Our warships started shelling first, and after two rounds of shelling, the Japanese also started shelling. The Japanese fleet's first salvo almost missed, and a large column of water rose around our warship.

"Order the fleet to accelerate and attack at full speed."

"Full speed fleet," the first mate repeated my order.

The entire fleet suddenly began to accelerate, and the second round of Japanese shelling had just begun. Because we suddenly accelerated, the advance was inaccurate, and all the shells fell into the sea behind us.

"The main guns of the front-line battleships are loaded with smoke and incendiary bombs. The central fire control room assigns targets."

"The forward main gun is loaded with incendiary bombs, and fire distribution is transferred to the fire control room."

The front battleships in our fleet fired artillery fire at the same time, and a swarm of shells fell on the Japanese battleships. Smoke and incendiary bombs do not explode after hitting the bomb, they detonate at a certain time. Incendiary bombs exploded over the fleet, pouring a large amount of incendiary agent into the battleship group. A burst of yellow smoke spread instantly and blocked the sight of the Japanese fleet.

"The entire fleet is in emergency reverse."

My orders are very accurate. After the smoke obscured the sight of the Japanese fleet, we quickly reversed and slowed down. As a result, the Japanese relied on the last visual data to conduct artillery bombardment. However, we suddenly slowed down and the artillery shells were advanced. All the shells fell on the sea in front of us without any accident.

As soon as I dodged a round of shelling, I immediately ordered another fast attack and asked all the battleships' main guns to be loaded with high-explosive submunitions. When the Japanese fleet rushed out of the smoke, they found that we were already in front of them.

"Fire!" the captain shouted without my order.

The Eternity's huge turret turned a little to the right, and with a huge roar the battleship shook. The deck of the Japanese battleship opposite suddenly bulged and then deflated, and then the battleship began to tilt. Several warships on our side also started bombarding. The armor of the Japanese warships could not withstand the bombardment at such a close range. All the shells successfully entered the target hull and blasted huge holes.

After this round of bombardment, I began to order a free attack, and the fleets of both sides had already crossed each other. Almost all battleships were surrounded by enemies, and the bombardment became messy and fast. Poseidon is relatively large, and the Japanese fleet can easily judge that it is the flagship. Four battleships, Kikumaru, Kashima, Akirayama and Hisuriku, surrounded us.

The battleship Hisiuri fired first. With a bang, the Poseidon shook violently, and a fireball rose up from the armor of the No. 2 turret.

"Main turret No. 2 reported damage." The first officer waited for a while but received no response. "Main Battery No. 2? Reply."

"This is the No. 2 turret. The side pressure door is severely damaged and the fifth gun barrel is damaged. It is unclear whether it can continue to be used. The other four guns can still fire. One of the operators was slightly injured."

I took the communication crystal and said, "Don't use the No. 5 gun barrel yet. Concentrate your firepower on the Hisoku."

"clear."

The No. 2 turret quickly turned to the right and aimed at the nearby Hisiuri. There was a loud noise, and a huge muzzle flame erupted from the mouth of the gun barrel. All four shells hit the target. The entire No. 1 turret of Ryokuro was blown away, while a huge hole appeared on the No. 2 turret, and its original shape could no longer be seen.

Our No. 1 battery turned to the right at the same time and fired five heavy shells at Hisuriku. The battleship immediately had five large holes in its side string. The battleship began to tilt instantly, and our secondary guns did not miss any opportunity to give the nearly finished battleship another baptism of fire.

We were rejoicing when suddenly there was a loud noise, followed by an explosion. The whole battleship shook, I was thrown off my seat, and the Children of the Night also fell to the ground. "What happened?"

The Son of the Night got up from the ground and pointed to the wall on the left. He saw a huge protrusion on the steel door on the left. It must have been shot from outside. The shell completely deformed the wall. But it failed to penetrate the steel plate. The glass of the bridge has been completely shattered, a large amount of sea breeze poured into the bridge, and the explosions outside became more violent.

I raised my head and shouted to the top: "Activate the magic light cannon."

The hemispherical device on the top of Poseidon suddenly rotated, and then stopped suddenly after rotating forty-five degrees. With a click, the two steel hemispheres began to separate to both sides, and a magic light cannon made of a large number of crystals stretched out. The barrel was already shining brightly when the steel shield was opened. As soon as the hemispheres on both sides were fully deployed, the muzzles immediately fired out a white beam of light.

There was a big hole in the battleship Kikumaru on our left in an instant, but the light beam did not stop. It moved a little to the side to create a larger incision and then suddenly went out. The two hemispheres quickly closed the cannon the moment the gunfire went out. . The Japanese reacted quickly and started to fight back. But the shells all hit the shield and failed to damage the magic light cannon inside.

"Left full rudder, impacting the Kikumaru. Notify the ship's personnel to resist the impact."

Although the magic light cannon's cooling time is too long, there is no doubt about its power. A deep fracture was opened on the Kikumaru by that brief attack. Seawater was quickly pouring into the warship from the hole. However, the Japanese damage control team members were quickly starting to block the hole. At this speed, they should be able to save it. Battleship. But just as they were about to finish, our battleship collided head-on. The Kikumaru maneuvered to avoid us. But our speed was faster and our steering was more flexible than theirs, so we ended up crashing into them hard.

The Kikumaru immediately broke from the incision. The fracture, which was only one foot wide, suddenly turned into a large fault more than a mile wide. Seawater poured into the battleship, and even the Japanese waterproof door did not have time to close it. The cabin had completely tilted due to water intrusion.

When the ship made a large turn to the left and came back, both the Kikumaru and Hisuriku had only a short section left exposed on the sea, and the water was full of Japanese players and NPC sailors.

The remaining two Japanese battleships, Kashima and Akiyama, fired at the ship at the same time. The Poseidon shook violently, and then it was obvious that the battleship began to tilt to one side. The captain picked up the communication machine and anxiously asked the damage control personnel: "Report the damage."

"The engine room was hit by a bullet. There is slight water seepage. The left string rest area was hit by a bullet and there was a relatively large gap. We have sealed this area to prevent seawater from infiltrating, but the hull may be tilted a little. The superstructure is basically undamaged."

I gave the order to the first mate: "Keep course. Full speed ahead."

"Heading maintained, thrusters at full speed."

In front of us was the Mingshan which had just attacked the Mingshan before we had time to turn around. We were very close at this time. After just firing a round of shelling, the Mingshan needed time to reload. I only dared to do this because I knew he had to reload. Rushed from the side. Generally speaking, it is unwise to point the bow of a ship towards someone's side, but now that the other party cannot fire, they just take advantage of this opportunity to rush forward.

Seeing us rushing up quickly, the Mingshan turned its rudder desperately to avoid us, but the Poseidon was too fast. No matter how it turned, we always faced it and rushed towards it. A good habit of this guild is that all battleships from Essinger have rammers. Now is the time for this primitive weapon to show its power. The power of the impactor actually depends entirely on the user's speed and weight. Poseidon's speed is superb, its displacement is unparalleled, and its impact can be imagined. With a loud bang, the warship finally successfully hit the Mingshan. The powerful impact caused the Mingshan to suddenly move laterally. At the same time, the front and rear of the battleship began to bend in the direction of the ship, and the middle section of the ship was completely dented.

"Start the cutting machine." The captain quickly ordered after seeing the impact complete.

The Poseidon's impactor suddenly separated a short distance from the middle to both sides, and a disc with a dazzling light stretched out. This disk cut vertically along the Mingshan's hull from bottom to top, and the Mingshan began to be cut bit by bit as sparks flew everywhere. The ship did not stop moving forward after the impact, and we still turned on the maximum power. The cutting machine cuts all the way, and the hull keeps pushing forward, pushing the cut metal to both sides. There was a sudden loud bang, followed by a surge of water, and the Mingshan broke into two pieces and began to sink. The ship's speed suddenly increased and passed through the middle of the Mingshan.

Not far after we rushed over, the observer immediately shouted: "Torpedoes were found in the rear, number two, facing our ship, distance 800. Speed ​​79."

"Right full rudder. The rear grenadier fires shock bombs."

The so-called grenade is actually a small catapult. No matter what you put on it, it can throw it a short distance. This thing was originally used on destroyers to throw depth charges. Later, during the battle, some members discovered that using this thing to throw shock bombs into the sea could detonate torpedoes, so all warships were equipped with a lot of this equipment.

The grenadier behind the Poseidon made a bang, and a big iron ball flew into the sea. There was a muffled bang followed by three water columns flying up. This trick works pretty well. Killed all the torpedoes in one go.

When the Kashima saw that the torpedo missed, the bow of the ship that had turned around turned back again. It was obvious that they planned to make a follow-up shot. I won't let them fire again. Two bubbles rose up in the sea water at the front of the Poseidon. Two white tracks quickly rushed towards the Kashima.

The Kashima made an emergency left turn in panic. Although one of the missiles missed, the other one still hit. A fireball rose, and almost half of the Kashima's bow was blown away. We learned this trick from the Japanese themselves. When the Japanese torpedo ships first appeared off the coast of Japan, we deeply experienced the power of overloaded torpedoes. We watched the warship roll over after it was clearly hit by only one torpedo. After sinking into the sea, we learned a truth: torpedoes are only valuable when the amount of medicine they contain is large enough.

There was a big hole in the bow of the Kashima, and half of the deck was missing. The boat's speed immediately slowed down. And because of the metal, the bow of the ship is obviously lower, and the trend is getting worse. Suddenly, the dying Kashima fired at us again. These guys were really tenacious.

"Fight back." The captain gave the order and all gun positions immediately started to fight back. The Kashima, which had already been seriously flooded, completely lost its combat effectiveness. The hull tilted more and more, and finally turned over and fell into the sea.

All four battleships were dealt with, but our battleship shook violently again. Because the glass on our bridge was shattered. The sound of the explosion became very clear.

"What happened?" The first mate took the initiative to ask about the situation below.

The voice of the damage control captain came from the communication machine: "It seems that something was sucked into the water inlet and stuck the propeller. Our main shaft is broken."

The captain immediately said: "Send a steel claw down to check the situation."

The steel claws sent out quickly returned, and the matter was very simple. Our battleships suck in seawater from the front, pressurize it with a built-in turbine, and then eject it from the rear nozzle to obtain propulsion. Just now, fragments of the Japanese battleship's wreckage were sucked into the battleship's propeller, and a thick metal bar was twisted into the large turbine, causing serious damage to the turbine. What's worse is that the turbine suddenly stopped, and the huge inertia twisted the drive shaft. Of course I can't have a spare for the priceless drive shaft. Damage to the drive shaft on a battleship is equivalent to losing all power. Our Poseidon was forced to use emergency thrusters to move forward, and the speed was obviously not as fast as it was in normal conditions.

"The Japanese ship Fangdao was spotted on the right side and was approaching our ship at high speed."

"Fire sideways, stop it and don't let it get closer." Our battleship is already like this, how can we let the Japanese battleship get closer?

I watched the main battery in front of me turn halfway and suddenly stop. "What happened? Why did it stop?"

"Report, the steering machines of No. 2 and No. 3 turrets were burned out."

"Use the crank!"