Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The Hawaiian Islands were originally part of the Kingdom of Hawaii. A kingdom recognized only by a few countries.

But in 1898 it officially became a state of America.

It's only a dozen years from now. But after Hawaii became a territory of the United States, it became the mothership of the United States Pacific Fleet.

Hawaii is more than 3700 kilometers from mainland America. It is the core of the American Pacific Fleet's control of the Eastern Pacific and the first line of defense for the American navy to defend its homeland.

At 1912 o'clock in the night on December 12, 30, in the northwest waters of the Hawaiian Islands, 9 nautical miles away, a large-scale fleet was sailing in this area.

This fleet flew the dragon flag of the Great Xia Empire.

At the center of the entire fleet are ten huge battleships.

The displacement of these battleships exceeds 4 tons. The previous Qin-class and Han-class battleships are like little brothers in front of him.

His number among the Imperial battleships is the Sui-class battleship.

However, even the Sui-class battleship with a full load displacement of more than [-] tons is not the largest in the entire fleet.

If you look down from above, you will find a larger battleship in the middle of the entire fleet.

The No. 7.2 Tang-class battleship with a full load displacement of more than [-] tons, "Taizong".

The Taizong is fully loaded with 7.2 tons, with a total length of 263 meters, a width of 38.9 meters, and a draft of 10.4 meters. It is powered by 12 boilers and 4 steam turbines (reversing horsepower), with a maximum speed of 27 knots.

It is equipped with three triple-mounted 45 times caliber 460 mm naval guns (9 guns in total). It can hit 1460kg artillery shells to a distance of meters.

The secondary battery is equipped with four triple-mounted 60-caliber 155mm naval guns, a total of 12.

Coupled with its average size of over 410 mm and its breastplate made of the latest tungsten-containing high-carbon alloy steel, this battleship has become a veritable unsinkable battleship.

This is the Daxia version of the "Yamato" that the empire took five years to build with the blueprints provided by Lin Yi.

In the command room of the Taizong, Wang Hongchang, Liu Yuxi and a group of combat staff were gathered here.

Wang Hongchang looked at the navigation chart. On his left was Liu Yuxi, and on his right was Lin Yi's favorite Li Chunfeng.

"How long does it take for us to arrive in Hawaii?" Wang Hongchang asked, looking at the navigation chart.

Li Chunfeng glanced at the navigation chart, then looked at his watch and then said: "According to the current fleet speed of 15 knots, we still have 20 hours to reach Hawaii."

Wang Hongchang frowned after hearing Li Chunfeng's words.

"Where are the wolves now?"

"According to the last coordinates sent back, they should have entered the cordon of the Milician Pacific Fleet at this time, and should be only 100 nautical miles away from Oahu."

"100 nautical miles? So, they only have 20 hours to reach Oahu?" Wang Hongchang asked again.

"Yes, sir." Li Chunfeng nodded.

"No, it's too early. According to the plan, the Empire will submit a declaration of war to America at 1 a.m. local time on the 8st in Washington, D.C., America."

"There are still 36 hours before the agreed time. We are ahead of schedule." Wang Hongchang said with a frown.

Everyone felt helpless when they heard Wang Hongchang's words. They had already calculated the distance and speed along the way, but what they didn't expect was that when they passed through the Aleutian Islands, they encountered an ocean current, causing the entire group to The fleet speed increased a lot.

The reason why Wang Hongchang and the others chose to go through the Aleutian Islands was not to cross the Pacific Ocean directly. They mainly wanted to avoid several American naval bases in the Pacific and avoid their sight.

Although the Aleutian Islands also belong to the sphere of influence of Milicia, there are no small islands there except the Aleutian Islands. In addition, the northern hemisphere has entered winter at this time, so it is easier to escape there. Milligan's reconnaissance vision.

There is no way. Under the situation where aircraft are not popularized, the existing reconnaissance methods can only rely on ships to patrol.

It's easy to avoid the opponent's sight.

However, the currents around the Pacific Ocean made the entire fleet speed up a lot, allowing them to arrive early.

"Pass the order, the fleet will continue to slow down and control the time to 1 a.m. on the 2st."

"We must make sure that we start the war after submitting our credentials." Wang Hongchang finally issued the order.

"Yes!" When everyone heard Wang Hongchang's words, they immediately responded.

After everyone saluted, Li Chunfeng said with some worry: "But sir, we have no way to notify the wolves now. According to the previous plan, they will go deep into the military port on Oahu Island."

"I worry…"

"There's nothing to worry about. I believe the wolves will execute the plan according to the plan." Wang Hongchang said decisively.

At this time, 200 nautical miles southeast of Daxia's Yinglong fleet, more than twenty special black ships were sailing close to the sea.

The fishy, ​​salty sea water kept washing against the decks of these special warships.

This is a unique unit of Daxia Yinglong Fleet, a submarine force known as the "Imperial Sea Wolf".

Lin Yi spent a lot of money to build these submarines. After so many years, Daxia only has a total of 24 submarines that can be used for combat.

In order to defeat the American Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop, Wang Hongchang gathered all the submarines and prepared to give the Pacific Fleet a hard blow in the first wave of attacks.

However, although the submarines of this era can be used in actual combat, they also have their own fatal shortcomings.

One is that the speed is too slow, whether on the sea or underwater.

Driving on the sea, the maximum speed can reach 14.2 knots, and only 8.1 knots underwater.

However, under normal circumstances, the submarines of the Daxia Empire only travel at a speed of 9 knots on the water surface.

But whether it is 14.2 nautical miles or 9 nautical miles, under the pursuit of a new anti-submarine at such a speed, it will only result in being sunk.

Therefore, in the plan to attack Oahu, this submarine force is actually quite dangerous.

As long as they are discovered by the American anti-submarine, a disaster awaits them.

At this time, inside the submarine numbered Q-1, the wolf pack commander Qiu Shutong was looking at the navigation chart with the faint light inside the submarine.

Due to the sweltering heat, he only wore a white vest.

But even so, his forehead was still covered with beads of sweat.

Sister Qiu Shutong wiped the sweat off her face, then threw the pencil in her hand on the table.

"What's wrong?" The first mate on the side saw Qiu Shutong's movements and asked.

"The situation is not good, we are ahead of schedule." Qiu Shutong said a little irritably.