Although the combined fleet of the two states does not know what the real goal of the Daheng Unification Army Navy is, it is obvious that they cannot watch the enemy fleet kill the coastal waters of the naval base, not to mention that at this time, only the mobile fleet led by Huang Xinggang himself appeared, and there were only seven warships in it, which was not something that could not be defeated.

The combat readiness fleet of the combined fleet of the two states, a total of five warships, has already bravely rushed out, arrayed and prepared to meet them, not only to block them, but also to buy time for the departure of the main fleet in the rear!

For the enemy ships rushing out to meet the battle, Huang Xinggang directly ordered: "The Pingbo will take the lead, and the rest of the ships will follow closely with their own ships and maintain the formation!" ”

The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening, and soon the warships led by each side were only about three thousand meters away from each other.

At this time, the two 200-millimeter naval guns in the bow of the Pingbo were already the first to fire!

Although firing at this distance has a very low hit rate, what if you can get a shot?

However, not long after the Pinnau opened fire, a battleship of at least five thousand tons at the head of the enemy fleet also opened fire!

This situation made Huang Xinggang frown slightly: The other party is also equipped with rear-loading naval guns!

But what reassured him was that listening to the sound of the cannon, the caliber of the rear-loading naval guns installed by the other party was not large, and it was estimated that it was only about one hundred and fifty millimeters!

When the flagships of both sides opened fire first, the other warships in the fleets of both sides also opened fire one after another, and interestingly, the main fleets of both sides were dominated by 150 mm guns.

In the mobile fleet of the United Fleet, only the cruisers Pingbo and Luohai were equipped with 200 mm naval guns, and the total number was only five.

The other five fast battleships all used 150-mm naval guns as their main guns.

There were still a few armored ships in the slow fleet in the rear that were armed with 200 mm guns, but they were still a little far away and could not catch up.

Judging from the movements of their shelling, coupled with the visual observation of the telescopes, it can also be judged that the artillery fire of the other side at this time is mainly 150 mm caliber naval guns, and there are also 120 mm and 100 mm caliber naval guns.

And soon Huang Xinggang noticed the special feature of the opposing fleet, that is, although the other side had already fired back with its ships, the shelling of each ship was sporadic.

What does this mean?

It shows that although the opposing ships have been equipped with rear-loading naval guns, the number is very small!

Huang Xinggang is very familiar with this situation, because last year's Daheng unified army fleet was similar, and it seemed that many warships were equipped with rear-loading naval guns, but due to the limited production capacity of rear-loading naval guns, the navy did not have many rear-loading naval guns as a whole, and only a few capital ships could be given priority, and the other ships were symbolically equipped with a few ships.

The production capacity is limited, and there is no way to do it.

Later, with the passage of time, the production capacity of naval guns slowly increased, and more importantly, the accumulation of time, which allowed the Navy to reequip the current 20 or so ocean-going warships.

However, even now, many old warships in the Second and Third Fleets are still equipped with smoothbore guns or front-loading rifled guns.

Breech-loading rifled naval guns are scarce advanced weapons for the Daheng Unification Army, and the same is true for the navies of the two states.

Huang Xinggang believes that no matter how powerful the production capacity of the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau is, it will not be possible to produce enough artillery in just a few months.

Not to mention, most of the artillery production capacity was stolen by the army.

This is the case within the Daheng United Army, the scale of military production is getting larger and larger, there are more and more machinery and equipment, and there are more and more workers, but in fact, most of the equipment and workers are used to expand the production of army weapons and equipment, and the priority order of the navy's weapons and equipment is relatively low.

It wasn't until this year that the situation was slightly better, but it was still greatly suppressed by the army.

Obviously, the navies of the two states on the opposite side are also so unlucky!

They are already the same as the Daheng Unification Army, with more advanced breech-loading rifled naval guns, but it is difficult to equip them on a large scale.

This is a good thing, a great thing, and it means that your side will have an absolute advantage in firepower!

"They don't have enough rear-loading guns, keep a certain distance and don't give their smoothbore guns a chance to fire!"

Huang Xinggang continued to adjust the operations of the fast fleet, and passed it on to other ships through the flag.

The seven battleships of the fast fleet have changed from a column to a formation that pours into the northwest direction at this time, and this change of formation seems to be just to exert sideside firepower.

But in fact, it has a lot of meaning!

Because the northwest direction is the mouth of the Jing River!

Huang Xinggang adjusted the course, in addition to wanting to exert more sideboard firepower, but also to block the mouth of the Jinghe River in advance, so that the two-state fleet would not give up resistance on the surface of the sea and run back to the Jinghe River directly.

Huang Xinggang didn't want to see them run back to Jinghe and cause more trouble.

Obviously, the other party had not yet detected the real target of Huang Xinggang's fast fleet for the time being, and they did not change course, but continued to accelerate forward, trying to cling to a range of hundreds of meters, and then allowing a large number of their smoothbore guns to fire.

For a time, the warships of the two sides were still exchanging fire fiercely, and the battle distance between the warships had already narrowed from 3,000 meters to more than 1,000 meters, and it was still getting closer.

At this time, the 75-mm naval guns and 30-mm small-caliber guns of the fast fleet had even joined the operation.

As the distance closes, the hit rate of the naval guns on both sides has changed from infinitely close to zero to occasional hits.

I have to say that in these years, limited by technology, the hit rate of naval guns is really too scummy.

The 200-millimeter naval guns on the Pingbo and Luo Hai have hit from more than 3,000 meters to 1,500 meters, and even now, they have not been able to get a hit!

The 150-millimeter naval guns, which are more numerous, also had a very scummy hit rate, and they failed to get a single hit in the early shelling of more than 2,000 meters.

After all, during the exercise, although the shooting was also a mobile target, it was a target ship with a fixed course and speed, and it was just a drill, and the soldiers had a good mentality, so this data could be brought into play.

In actual combat, the speed and course of the enemy ship are changing, which makes it more difficult to calculate and accurately design the shooting elements, and in actual combat, the officers and soldiers will be more nervous, and it is difficult to maintain their composure thoroughly, resulting in a lower hit rate.