On the bridge of the Kunming ship, there is another new member, Huang Zhe, a military enthusiast who joined the navy as a special talent not long ago. At this time, he was wearing a military uniform and sitting in a corner of the bridge, comparing the pictures sent by the drone to confirm the models of each German ship.

Although Huang Zhe was only arranged to sit in a corner, he was extremely excited. Being able to board the most advanced warship in China in the old time and space, and even being able to participate in a war in person is definitely the dream of every senior military enthusiast. In the old time and space, this was almost impossible. At most, it was just to experience it in games or homemade three-dimensional animations. But in this time and space, it was really realized. It seems that time traveling is indeed a good thing.

Although the German fleet has approached, Huang Zhe was not nervous at all, because this is the Chinese Aegis. In the old time and space, it is also among the advanced levels of the world. In this time and space, it is not an exaggeration to become a star destroyer. This Kunming ship can be used to destroy all the warships of the German fleet, and it will be crushed with an overwhelming advantage, not to mention that there are four other warships that can also be called modernized. Therefore, this victory must be won. The question is just how to win the lowest cost ratio.

After Huang Zhe's defense, it was confirmed that the German fleet's flagship Earl Bismarck, three Brandenburg-class battleships, four Saxon-class ironclad ships, as well as the protective cruiser Queen Victoria Louise, as well as the same type of ships, the Feria and Queen Augusta, were only two other warships very unfamiliar. Huang Zhe's database did not have information about these two warships. However, from the appearance, these two warships are protective cruisers, and are more important than Queen Victoria Louise and Queen Augusta, and should be medium-sized protective cruisers. Therefore, the two additional warships have not changed the overall situation.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to twenty kilometers. The five warships passing through the fleet lined up in a row, with the Kunming ship in the middle, the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship on both sides; outside were the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship, with each ship being about 500 meters apart. The horizontal expansion was about 1,500 meters.

The lookout on the flagship Earl Bismarck, the first to discover the whereabouts of the fleet, immediately sounded the battle alarm.

The German commander Wadesi, who was in charge of the ship command, and the captain of the Earl of Bismarck, Colonel Heinrich, also discovered the enemy ship through a monocular telescope. Colonel Heinrich immediately issued orders to prepare for battle. The soldiers on the ship were also busy, removing their cannon suits, adjusting their angles, filling and loading bullets, etc.

Although Wadesi was the commander of the German army, he was from the army and did not understand the naval tactics. Therefore, Heinrich was responsible for commanding the naval operations. Wadesi did not interfere with it, but was very satisfied. Because according to the tactics he formulated, it was the first to fight the opponent's fleet. Now that the opponent takes the initiative to come to the door, it is naturally the best. Wadesi's most concerned is that the opponent's fleet hides in the port and fights the German army with the shore artillery. In this way, even if the German fleet can win, it will inevitably suffer a great loss.

However, all the Germans ignored such a detail, which was how the other side's fleet could appear in front of them accurately and extremely.

Soon the distance between the two sides was closer so that the whole picture of the other side's warships could be seen clearly. Wadesi clearly saw that there were five warships on the other side, spreading in a row, all of which were painted in silver. Although Wadesi was not very proficient in naval battles, he could also calculate that he had thirteen warships on his side and only five of the other side. The huge gap between the two sides could be seen from the numbers alone.

Moreover, each of the opponent's warships only had one artillery installed on the bow of the ship. Only the two warships on the left and right outermost are double-connected. The three in the middle are all single artillery, and the caliber is not large, and it is estimated that they will not exceed 150 mm. If it were not for the opponent's shipment, Wadesish would have doubted whether the armed merchant ships were coming from the opposite side.

At this time, the deputy commander Falhekens said, "Marty, it seems that God is on our side today, and we will definitely win this naval battle."

Wadesi frowned and said, "Major General, your method is too arrogant. Our German team does need to have the confidence to win, but it is definitely not blind arrogance."

Falhekens said: "Marson, I am not arrogant. First of all, there is no gap in firepower between the warships on both sides. Just by looking at the horizontal arrays of the other party, you can see that the opponent's naval combat level is still twenty years ago."

Wadesi said: "What's this?"

Falhekens said: "Five years ago, the Dadonggou naval battle between Japan and the Qing Kingdom has proved that the horizontal array is not suitable for modern naval battles, and the linear column formation is more effective than the horizontal array. Therefore, the opponent is not as good as ours in terms of warships and firepower. In addition, the tactics are backward, so I am confident that I can win this battle."

The Dadonggou naval battle was the first battle between steam iron armored ships in history. It was a major review of the navy's technology and war wood after the navy developed from sail warships to steam iron armored ships. It occupies a very important position in the history of the navy's development. Although the Dadonggou naval battle has been over five years, naval generals and military academies of various countries are still studying this naval battle at an altitude, in order to analyze the naval equipment development direction and the research on naval warfare theory from every detail of the naval warfare.

Excluding other reasons such as systems, nations, and countries, from a purely technical perspective, the Dadonggou naval battle can at least summarize several main experiences: from a tactical perspective, the linear column formation is more effective than the horizontal array, and the angular tactics are completely outdated. Large warships must be covered by medium-sized warships. The Beiyang Navy did not do well in these areas, so he lost this battle and was sunk five ships by the Japanese Combined Fleet, but failed to sink one of the other ships.

From the perspective of ship design, technology, and performance, the speed and firepower delivery per unit time are crucial in naval battles. High speed and rapid-fire cannons have become essential for all ships after the war. Warships without armor protection have extremely poor survivability in naval battles and are not suitable for the main force of maritime combat. Judging from the warship technology of the Qing and Japanese sides participating in the war, the Beiyang Navy's firepower in speed and unit time is not as good as the Japanese Joint Fleet, but the armor is stronger than the opponent's armour. Therefore, although they lost this battle, they were not completely defeated. Although they did not sink an opponent's ship, they also severely damaged four opponent's ships. The two main ships of the Beiyang Navy, Dingyuan, were still there after the war, and they still had the power to fight. In the end, the Japanese Joint Fleet retreated from the battlefield first. As for the annihilation of the Beiyang Navy, it was caused by a series of tactical decision-making mistakes, but it had nothing to do with the battle in Dadonggou.

Although Farheckens was an army general, he was still young, and Germany has been vigorously developing his navy in recent years. Therefore, Farheckens also had some understanding of the navy. The Dadonggou naval battle was a battle that was enough to affect the development of the navy in this era. Moreover, the main warship of the Beiyang Navy was also built by Germany. Farheckens also made some serious research on this battle.

Judging from the experience summarizing the Dadonggou naval battle, the other party almost made all the tactical mistakes made by the Beiyang Navy, but they didn't know how the other party's warships performed. Therefore, it was not a mistake to win the battle in this battle.

While Vadsi and Falhekens were discussing, Heichrich had already made adjustments to the German fleet. The flagship Earl Bismarck led the five protective cruisers of Victoria Louise, Feria, Augusta, Goddess of Peace, and Princess William, which were guerrilla fleets. The speed of these six warships was fast, reaching 19 knots, but the armor and firepower were not strong; the main fleet was formed by four ironclad ships, Saxony, Byrne, Fertenburg and Baden. The seven warships were just the opposite, with thick armor and strong firepower, but slow speed, with only 14 knots.

This arrangement also drew on the experience of the Dadonggou naval battle. At that time, the Beiyang Navy launched a single-character formation, while the Japanese Combined Fleet fought in a column, with the six ships of Matsushima, Itsushima, Hashita, Chiyoda, Hiei and Fuso as the team, while Yoshino, Takachiho, Akizusa and Langsu were the first guerrillas. In actual combat, the first guerrillas roamed back and forth on the battlefield with high speed, divided and surrounded the Beiyang Navy, becoming Guan Jian, the Japanese Combined Fleet's victory in the Dadonggou naval battle. Therefore, the German fleet naturally adopted the successful experience of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Just as the German fleet had just completed the formation, someone suddenly shouted in the command room of the Earl Bismarck, "The enemy ship has fired."

Wadesi, Falhekens, Heinrich and others also hurriedly raised their telescopes and looked at the opposite side. They saw a large amount of smoke coming out of the muzzle from the largest warship in the middle of the opponent's array. Heinrich frowned and said, "What is the distance between us and the enemy?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "boom" sound, and a water column of more than ten meters high rose about fifty meters ahead of the left side of the Earl Bismarck. The soldiers on the watchtower reported that the distance between the two sides was 10.8 kilometers.

Heinrich was shocked when he heard this, because in this era, the navy's combat distance was generally within five or six thousand meters, and the battleship with the largest caliber artillery had no more than 7 kilometers of artillery. If the artillery distance exceeds 10 kilometers, there is basically no accurate head. Whether it can hit the target can only compete for character. The opponent's gun fell to a place that was only more than 50 meters away from the ship, which was already quite high.
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