Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The Blood Dragon Flag is the traditional and most important signal flag of the Daxia Navy.

Raising this flag represents the Imperial Navy's determination to fight to the death.

Throughout the entire history of Great Xia, counting this time, the Blood Dragon Flag has only been raised twice.

What's interesting is that the two Blood Dragon Flags targeted the same target.

The first time was the great sea battle between Daxia and the Sakura Empire Navy in the North Sea three years ago.

The result was that Daxia was defeated.

When the Blood Dragon Flag was raised and fluttering in the sea breeze, Wang Hongchang and the others felt an indelible hatred in their hearts.

That was everyone's anger towards the Sakura Navy, and that was the shame that weighed on everyone's hearts.

And now, they finally have a chance for revenge.

"Order all ships to enter combat positions!"

Following Wang Hongchang's order, the eight battleships of the Daxia Empire formed a triangular battle position, using the Hanzu (Nassau-class battleship) as the spearhead to directly attack the Sakura Navy formation.

This time, Daxia and Sakura Empire did not test the enemy and attacked with all their might.

Wang Hongchang and the others know the performance of the Sakura Navy warships very well, and he also has great confidence in the armor of his warships.

What Wang Hongchang wanted was to take advantage of Togo Heihachiro's unfamiliarity with his warships and unclear attributes to catch the opponent off guard and gain an advantage.

The main gun of the Hanzu took the lead in launching an attack on the Yoshizawa, the flagship of the Sakura Empire, from a distance of 7500 meters.

Relying on its excellent fire control and automatic loading system, the Hanzu launched a cross-fire attack on the Yoshino in just two rounds of attacks.

This moment stunned Togo Heihachiro. He did not expect that Daxia's army was so fierce and would hit him with straddle shots in just two rounds.

You know, in naval battles, cross-fire can be approximately equal to a hit.

This means that the Great Xia Navy only hit me in two rounds?

But what surprised him even more was what came next.

After the Hanzu launched a cross-fire attack on the Yoshino, it immediately passed the relevant data to other warships, and then the eight warships on Daxia's side all aimed their main guns at the Yoshino.

"Boom boom boom~"

A series of cannon shots and the smoke from the cannonballs obscured the warships on Daxia's side.

But immediately afterwards, the waters near the Yoshino were covered by the shells fired by Daxia.

The deck of the Yoshino was also hit by three consecutive shells.

One shot hit the front deck of the Yoshino, flipping the main gun on the front deck of the Yoshino into the sea.

One shot hit the Yoshino's port side near the waterline and opened a 10-meter-wide hole in it. A large amount of seawater poured into the Yoshino's interior.

The last shot was more deadly, hitting the Yoshino's chimney directly, causing a large amount of black smoke to emit from the Yoshino's chimney.

"Baga! Why are Daxia's warships so powerful! Can they hit them in three rounds?"

At this time, Togo Heihachirou was a little panicked.

From the moment it discovered it was a Daxia warship and fired the first cannonball to now, the Daxia navy had only fired three rounds in total, which lasted less than four minutes.

But in just these four minutes, the Yoshino was seriously injured! As for Sakura Country, even the reorganization of the team has not been completed yet.

Even if Togo Heihachiro is unwilling, he understands that the current Yoshino has no ability to fight anymore.

Not only did it not have the strength to fight again, it even showed signs of sinking, but Daxia still did not stop shelling the Yoshino.

It seems that they will not give up until the Yoshino is sunk.

Togo Heihachiro did not dare to delay any longer. He ordered the Yashima to raise the command flag, let him take over his command, and at the same time ordered the ship to be abandoned.

Just after the Yashima raised the command flag, Wang Hongchang also ordered to attack the Yashima.

Wang Hongchang's idea is very simple, whoever raises the command flag will be beaten! He wants to keep the Sakura Navy without a command, or with frequent changes of commanders.

Because, whether there is a change of commander or no command, the Sakura Kingdom fleet will fall into chaos.

It is easy to understand that there is no command, that is, there is no unified deployment, allowing the ships of the Sakura Kingdom to fight independently and cannot launch a siege against Daxia.

The same goes for frequent changes of command.

Every fleet commander has a different judgment on the battlefield and different command habits.

Frequent changes of commanders will only plunge the entire fleet into greater chaos.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Wang Hongchang attacked the opponent's flagship because he wanted to put psychological pressure on the Sakura Kingdom and let them understand that whoever dares to fly the command flag will face the wrath of the empire.

However, this style of play is somewhat rogue.

However, Wang Hongchang didn't care at all. What he wanted now was to defeat the Sakura Kingdom fleet. A rogue would be a rogue.

As long as he wins, he will be a great hero! History books are written by the victors!

The Yashima had just hoisted the command flag, and the next moment the artillery shells from Daxia followed closely behind.

Although this salvo did not hit the Yashima, it also caused a near-miss on the Yashima.

This immediately frightened the captain of the Yashima.

He quickly ordered all ships to fight back against the leading Hanzu. At the same time, he also ordered the Qiujinzhou, Sanjing, Fuso, and Qiaodate to approach the Daxia fleet, hoping to use the old method to destroy the Hanzu and other Daxia warships. separated.

Then concentrate their firepower and sink the Hanzu first.

His ideas are rich, but the reality is very skinny.

Qiujinzhou and Sanjing relied on their speed to quickly approach Hanzu, lined up in a row, and swam on the port side of Hanzu.

At Qiujin Island, the Sanjing rotated their turrets to aim at the waterline of the Hanzu, and used their rapid-fire cannons to fire a "dang-dang-dang-dang" salvo at the Hanzu.

After the smoke passed, Qiujinzhou and Sanjing were horrified to find that Hanzu was unscathed.

In fact, it cannot be said that it was unscathed. Han Zu's side armor was still blackened by the round of shelling just now, and there were some shallow dents on the armor.

If Lin Yi were here, he would definitely taunt the Sakura Navy, saying, "Do you want a 152-caliber rapid-fire cannon to penetrate the 240-mm composite armor of the Hanzu?" are you joking?

In fact, in this era, warships from various countries are still trying to figure out whether to use large-caliber cannons with slow firing rates or small-caliber cannons with high firing rates.

These two types of artillery each have their own benefits, so Sakura Country has always been very entangled.

Not only the Sakura Kingdom, but also John and Gaul. You know, these two countries have always represented the highest level of the world's navy.

They haven't decided what kind of cannon to use. How can people from Sakura Country know?

Only Lin Yi knew the direction of warship development. Although the rapid-fire gun has a high rate of fire, it seems to be the optimal solution for naval guns.

However, these people have never thought about what to do if the armor of the enemy ship is so thick that the rapid-fire cannon cannot penetrate it.

Although the armor of mainstream warships is now less than 100 mm, it can even be more accurate. Most warships are between 45 mm and 75 mm.

With such armor thickness, rapid-fire cannons can certainly penetrate it.

But what if the armor is increased to 240 mm, or even more than 300 mm? Can a small-caliber rapid-fire cannon penetrate these armors?

If you can't penetrate armor, no matter how fast your rate of fire is, what's the use?