According to the order of the Admiralty of the Russian Empire, after the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy and the Black Sea Fleet converged, this time the command was assumed by the Black Sea Fleet. The Northern Fleet has full authority to cooperate with the Black Sea Fleet in this operation.
Therefore, the battleship Fyodor III, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, became the flagship of the fleet.
The commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Makarov, was fully responsible for directing this operation.
“Your Excellency Commander, we only have eight capital ships, while the Kingdom of Caesar has 18. Although, these battleships of theirs are ex-dreadnoughts. However, in the case of a large number, it can still pose us a big threat! Lieutenant General Enkvist had a serious expression.
“The Caesars Kingdom Navy divided all the battleships into two battle lines and tried to pinch us. They thought it was beautiful. But why should we give them the opportunity to pinch us? Order the battle line to increase the speed to 17.5 knots! In this way, the first battle line of the Caesar Kingdom Navy can keep up with our speed. Their second battle line can’t keep up. Let’s concentrate our firepower first and solve the first battle line of the Caesar Kingdom Navy. Then, go back and deal with 01 on their second battle line! “Admiral Makarov gave the order.
“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Lieutenant General Enkvist ordered.
Although the number of battleships in the Caesar Kingdom Navy is large, the disadvantages are also very obvious. These former dreadnoughts had weaker firepower and less speed.
Of course, the Caesars Kingdom Navy voluntarily abandoned armor in pursuit of the speed of battleships. For example, the maximum speed of the Queen Elena-class battleships was as high as 22 knots, which was comparable to the Mikhail I-class battleships of the Russian Navy. However, their main armor thickness was only 250 mm. Moreover, there were only two 305 mm single-mount guns and six twin 203 mm secondary guns.
The battleship Queen Margaret reached a maximum speed of 20 knots, but the thickness of the main armor belt was only 152 mm, and the armor of the main turret was only 203 mm. Compared to the Izmail-class battle cruisers of the Tsarist Navy.
The King-class battleships of the King Umberto class had a maximum speed of only 18 knots and were armed with two twin 305 mm guns. However, the thickness of the main armor reached 350 mm. However, nickel alloy armor steel was used.
Among the remaining battleships, the Emanuele Fibito-class battleships also had a speed of only 18 knots. And only two twin 40 caliber 240 mm guns were armed. As for the Rugli Erodi Lauria-class battleships, the Caesar-class battleships and the Cayo Duirio-class battleships, the performance was even worse.
Sure enough, after the battleships of the Tsarist Russian Navy accelerated, the battleships of the Caesar Kingdom Navy simply could not keep up.
In particular, the second battle line was gradually left behind.
This allowed the 8 battleships of the Russian Navy to concentrate on dealing with the 9 battleships on the first battle line of the Caesars Kingdom Navy.
8 to 9, the Russian Navy was numerically inferior. However, in terms of performance, it has an overwhelming advantage.
Except for the battleship Fyodor III, which fought against the battleships Queen Elena and Vittorio Emanuele of the Caesar Kingdom Navy at the same time, the rest of the battleships were engaged in one-on-one killing.
As soon as the battle began, these battleships of the Caesar Kingdom Navy were all suppressed.
The Mikhail I-class battleships of the Russian Navy were armed with three triple 50-caliber 305-mm guns. The Izmail-class battle cruisers were equipped with three triple 50-caliber 356-mm guns.
These battleships of the Caesars Kingdom Navy were either equipped with a combination of two 305 mm guns and 12 203 mm secondary guns, or only two twin 305 mm guns.
This made them completely incomparable in terms of firepower with the battleships of the Tsarist Navy.
And in terms of defense, the battleships and battle cruisers of the Tsarist Navy were also stronger. In comparison, the battleships of the Caesar Kingdom Navy, especially the Queen Elena-class battleships and
Queen Margaret-class battleships are completely dumplings with thin skin and filling. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
It can be said that judging by the paper data, these battleships of the Tsarist Navy already have an overwhelming advantage.
In terms of the quality of the navy of the two sides, the Caesar Kingdom Navy is also not comparable to the Russian Navy.
The sailors of the Russian Navy have gone through the baptism of naval battles with the Orientals. Even, in the battle of the South China Sea, he also fought with the Royal Navy of the same day.
And what about the Caesars Kingdom Navy? They have not fought with a decent opponent for a long time, at most bullying the weak Ottoman Empire, as well as the natives of Africa.
Plus the naval soldiers of the Caesar Kingdom are lazy. Such a high-intensity and very dangerous naval battle is obviously very unsuitable for them! So much so that these sailors of the Caesar Kingdom Navy performed very badly on the battlefield.
“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The battleships and battle cruisers of the Russian Navy were firing fiercely, and heavy main gun shells smashed into the battleships of the Caesar Kingdom Navy.
The Caesars Kingdom Navy was also fighting back, with 306875 mm main guns and 203mm secondary main guns firing fiercely.
But unfortunately, under the intentional maintenance of the Russian Navy, the combat distance between the two sides was as high as tens of thousands of meters.
At this distance, the hit rate will naturally not be high.
Especially the Caesar Kingdom Navy, this is far beyond the shooting distance they usually train. So much so that these battleships of the Caesar Kingdom Navy, although they are firing fiercely. However, none of the shells knew where they flew. It’s just miserable.
“Your Excellency Commander, why are the Russians so superb in artillery? Compared to us, it’s not a level at all! Even if the sun does not set, the Royal Navy of the Empire will probably not be much better than the Russians! ”
On the battleship Queen Elena, the flagship of the Caesar Kingdom Navy, Vice Admiral Albert, the chief of staff of the fleet, had a serious expression.
“We grossly underestimate the Russians! Their warships perform much better than ours. We originally wanted to deal with the Russians with numerical superiority. But now, they have easily defused that. Plus the firepower of the Russians, much stronger than our battleships. The quality of their sailors is also far above ours. If we want to defeat the Russians, it is simply impossible! Admiral Antonio looked frustrated.
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