It was pitch black on the sea, and even with a telescope, the visibility was only a few kilometers.

Li Xiao misses something called shipborne radar very much!

It's a pity that it doesn't exist yet in this year and age.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty’s military industry still has a long way to go.

The fleets of both sides were advancing in the dark. Nearly a hundred of the most powerful warships of this era were playing hide-and-seek on the dark Black Sea.

The Israeli navy pursued the destroyer Youzhou, and Netanyahu did not want to sink the destroyer Youzhou.

He determined that the destroyer would definitely flee to his own fleet for protection.

As long as we chase this destroyer, we will definitely find the main force of the Ming fleet.

If it weren't for Netanyahu's order, all ten Youzhous would have been driven to the bottom of the sea.

Li Xiu stood in front of the chart and kept looking at the staff calculating the distance between the two fleets.

Now this is the only advantage, the Israeli fleet is chasing the Youzhou.

Through the Youzhou, the Ming fleet indirectly knew the location of the Israeli fleet.

The Ming fleet completed its formation and formed a straight line, with the bows connected to the sterns.

Li Xiao didn't speak, just watched silently.

This naval battle is really different from the land battle. There is no need to consider the terrain at all.

There are no shoals and reefs in the depths of the sea.

Although Li Xiao doesn't know much about naval tactics, he still knows the tactics Li Xiu is using now.

T-tactics!

The so-called T-tactics refer to the moment of battle.

Line up the fleet in a straight line and use side fire to face the enemy's front.

This tactic can maximize the firepower of the fleet, while the enemy fleet can only use the firepower of the front main gun.

It suffered a big loss in terms of firepower density!

"The distance is still twenty kilometers, and we are about to reach the fighting distance." Chen Laohu raised his head and looked at Li Xiu.

"Be prepared to engage the enemy in battle. The enemy ships are ten kilometers away and the entire fleet will fire a salvo.

Free fire next!

The rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty's navy will depend on this battle, please work hard!"

There was a solemn atmosphere on board the Kunlun Mountain!

Li Xiao didn't speak, just raised the telescope in his hand.

All the guns of the fleet were pointed at the place where the Israeli fleet was about to appear.

Li Xiu didn't speak, and neither did anyone else.

A hazy figure appeared in the telescope, that was the Youzhou.

Along the way, the Youzhou kept reporting its position. This allowed the Ming Dynasty fleet to adjust its formation and speed to face the Israeli fleet in its best condition.

The air in the command module of the Kunlun Mountain was almost frozen, and everyone could clearly hear their own heartbeats.

"Bearing eleven, distance twelve kilometers." Chen Laohu's voice sounded loudly.

"The bearing is eleven and the distance is eleven kilometers."

"Bearing eleven, distance ten kilometers."

Chen Laohu's voice echoed in the command cabin, but Li Xiu didn't make the slightest move.

Holding the telescope in his hand, he looked at the sea quietly.

The silhouette of the Israeli fleet changed from a black dot to a vague ship shape, and then gun muzzles of various calibers sprouted from the ship shape.

"Ten o'clock direction, nine kilometers away!"

"beat!"

Li Xiu's voice sounded like thunder, and just a few seconds later, the sound of cannons rang out on the sea!

In the darkness, orange-red lights flashed from the muzzle.

The hot shells flew out of the gun barrel driven by the gunpowder.

At the same time, the Israeli fleet had just planned to shoot Zhu Yuan.

Before the word "fire" could even come out of Netanyahu's mouth, the Ming army's artillery shells were already pouring down on him.

The Ming army had side fire power, and almost all artillery calibers on the sides of the ships could fire.

Especially battleships, with more than 30 artillery pieces ranging from 120 mm to 480 mm, large and small, firing together.

The huge kinetic energy even caused the sailing battleship to slide dozens of meters sideways.

"Boom!" A 120mm shell hit the turret of the main gun in front of the King David.

A burst of orange flames suddenly exploded, and several pieces of shrapnel flew toward the huge glass of the command module with a whistle.

"Crack!" The shrapnel hit the thick glass. Although it bounced off the thick glass, the thick glass already had huge cracks.

Netanyahu watched in horror as the two cracks spread rapidly, and finally the two cracks closed together.

"Get out of the way!"

But at this time, it was too late to get out of the way. Netanyahu clearly saw that the two staff officers were knocked to the ground by huge glass fragments.

Drops of blood spurted onto Netanyahu's face, hot.

"fire!"

In fact, there was no need for his orders, and the ships had already fired back.

The Ming army used side fire, and all the artillery on one side of the ship could fire.

The Israeli army suffered a huge loss. They were chasing the Youzhou, and the bow of the ship was facing the Ming fleet.

The only ones they can fire are the main guns on the front of the battleship.

This is the wonderful use of T-shaped tactics. The fleet occupying the T-shaped battle can gain a very big advantage.

The Ming army's firepower density was high, so the Israeli fleet naturally suffered many hits.

In just the first salvo, more than 30% of the Israeli navy's warships were hit.

Two of the unlucky destroyers were hit by 380mm shells from Ming army cruisers.

The huge explosion directly shredded the entire bow of the ship, and the 20-ton main gun turret was directly thrown dozens of meters high.

Although the heavily damaged battleship is still floating on the sea, seawater has poured in crazily, and it is only a matter of time before it sinks.

Several battleships on the Ming army's side were also hit by bullets, and even a heavy cruiser was hit by a 210mm shell.

The armor of the heavy cruiser was much thicker than that of the destroyer. Although there was a huge hole in the rear deck and the rear main gun was almost useless, the battleship could still maintain a speed of twenty knots after closing the watertight compartment.

The salvo is followed by free fire!

At this time, the benefits of the 120mm artillery are revealed. The shells are small and the reloading speed is fast.

In particular, the 120mm artillery equipped by the navy is a rapid-fire gun specially assigned to the navy.

The distance of nine kilometers is simply the most suitable attack distance for the 120mm artillery.

The shells came in densely, and more than a dozen warships of the Israeli Navy were hit.

It's a pity that the explosive power of the 120mm artillery is really limited.

Hitting a destroyer can still cause a certain amount of damage, but hitting a cruiser will cause much less damage.

Hitting those rough-skinned and fleshy battleships was just an itch.

A few shells even hit the bow turret, and were directly thrown away by the heavy armor of the bow turret.

However, there are always good and bad things. Although the flying shells did not cause much damage.

The shells that exploded in the air caused considerable damage to the exposed personnel and equipment on the deck.

Several pieces of glass in the combat command cabins on the King David and King Solomon were broken by shrapnel.

The cold sea breeze blew in, making people shiver with cold.

"Left rudder ten!" Li Xiu put down the telescope and gave the order.

There are many subsequent variations of the t-prefix tactic, and Li Xiu chose a more classic style of play.

The long snake formation quickly outflanked the enemy's right wing. In this way, due to formation problems.

The enemy can only fire when facing the outermost battleship of the Ming army. Battleships located far away will not be able to fire due to the obstruction of their own battleships.

If you fire forcefully, it is easy to cause accidental injury.

As for the Ming army, since they were still facing the enemy warships from the side, they could still maximize their firepower.
To be continued...