"What the hell am I wrong?" Makanov constantly recalls everything that has happened up to this point. In fact, as early as after the battle between the Essen fleet and the Cheng Biguang fleet began, Makanov had already obtained some information, that is, the Ninghai did not suffer a fatal blow. And there is one more capital ship of this kind. This already made Makanov feel a little inappropriate, and even had the intention of withdrawing the fleet, but then, after Essen sent back that the situation was developing in a controllable direction, and there was no information that the main fleet of Huaxia had not been encountered, Makanov decided to let Essen continue to fight, and the auxiliary ships of the fleet began to spread an arc cordon on the front of the fleet, looking for possible enemy fleets nearby.

As the cordon unfolded, what Makanov feared did not happen, and the Essen fleet gradually took the initiative. In this case, Makanov began to relax until behind him, when he suddenly noticed a fleet of plumes of monochrome smoke approaching him! I have to say that the actual and entry point chosen by the other side is very good, they have their backs to the sun, and the smoke sent out from the chimney is very light, plus the smoke emitted by the Russian fleet is drifting backwards seriously interfering with the observation of the rear, of course, the more important thing is that in general, no one places a cordon in the rear of their main fleet, especially when they think they have the advantage!

And it is precisely for these reasons that when this fleet that came out of the rear completely appeared on the sea level, the Russian Navy discovered this predator hiding in the shadows! At this time, the distance between the two sides is only about 16KM! That is, even at this distance, the Russian fleet withdrew in full force. Then in two hours at most, I am afraid that the entire Russian fleet has already been included in the range of the opponent's firepower, and because the opponent is in the rear of his own fleet. The road to retreat was completely blocked, and the farther away he was from the port of Batavia, and at this time, there was no place to accommodate his huge fleet except the port of Batavia.

In other words, as long as the other side guards the gate of the port of Batavia and lays a large number of mines, then sooner or later his fleet will have to fight the opponent! And everything that happened before now seems to be finally explainable. It is certain that the Ninghai was not hit hard, and even the other party deliberately acted in a scene, and then deceived the entire Russian-Dutch fleet. Use a former dreadnought fleet to contain Essen, and then the main fleet slowly circles behind itself and blocks its own retreat, so that the Huaxia Navy can get a coveted decisive battle opportunity!

"Déjà vu calculations." Makanov shook his head helplessly. How do you think that this time you have a plan that is very similar to the last naval battle off the coast of Mutsu. But it's a pity that I still fell for it this time. But mere complaining is no longer useful. The key is how to solve this problem. So Makanov began to calculate how much capital the two sides had in their hands and whether he could turn it over!

When it came to an unavoidable battle, Makanov's first thought was how to defeat his opponent. In his own hands there are 8 capital ships, 6 dreadnoughts and 2 quasi-dreadnoughts. On the Huaxia Navy's side, there are 9 capital ships, but there are two Longxu-class battlecruisers that are not suitable for engagement on the battle line. This has been proven in the last naval battle, what if you pin down your opponent and wait for Essen to destroy the luring fleet in Huaxia, and then turn around and join forces? At that time, he will have 12 capital ships and several cruisers, and his opponent will still only have 9 Dreadnoughts! No matter how you look at it, how do you feel that your odds are big! 9 to 12. Anyone who knows how to count knows this result, and he still has a little brother who can fight on his side - an armored cruiser. Although it will suffer a little bit at first. But if it can be exchanged for Essen's annihilation of Huaxia's former dreadnought fleet at the cost of times, it will also be worth it! Makanov kept thinking in his heart.

So at the first moment after encountering the Huaxia fleet, Makanov chose not to run away immediately, but to prepare for battle! In order to ensure that Essen could annihilate the decoy fleet of the Huaxia Navy with peace of mind, Makanov did not immediately tell Essen the actual situation, but asked Essen to end the battle as soon as possible. After sending the telegram, Makanov was confident enough to prepare to meet the main fleet of the Huaxia Navy! The world's largest dreadnought collision is about to begin!

"Aren't they crazy?" Looking at the main Russian fleet that turned its bow and was ready to fight, from Yang Yonglin to ordinary soldiers, they almost all wondered if their eyes were delusional! In their opinion, it is the best choice to turn around and retreat if they can't beat it, if it is Yang Yonglin, as long as they wait until the Essen fleet is in place and their own people are all in place, they will have a decisive battle. The battle between Essen and Cheng Biguang Yang Yonglin knew that it was completely okay for the Essen fleet to take the initiative to evacuate at this time, and Cheng Biguang would definitely not be able to stop it, if this was the case, Yang Yonglin was really a bit tricky, but now the problem that made Yang Yonglin feel quite tricky no longer existed!

The fundamental reason why the same move will make the two sides of the war have diametrically opposite ideas lies in the assessment of strength, especially the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the four real dreadnoughts of the Huaxia Navy. Yang Yonglin and the others know the fleet under their command very well, especially their own ship, the Longxing. Every time he stood on the bridge of the world's most powerful warship, a sense of pride and mission filled his heart. And the reason for this feeling is the fire test that this giant ship conducted in Germany just after it was commissioned! The combat effectiveness of a battleship on the Longxing is actually stronger than that of 3 German quasi-dreadnoughts, and the latter is a quasi-dreadnought with a total of 18 11-inch main guns!

The same number of main guns are set up in different ways, and the role played is absolutely different. For example, a dreadnought with 8 main guns is definitely more effective than two quasi-dreadnoughts with 4 main guns, and in the case of long-distance engagement, the efficiency of 4 main guns is far from being comparable to that of 8 main guns. Although the 8 main guns also fired half a salvo, the faster rate of fire was incomparable to that of the previous dreadnought. Moreover, it is definitely less efficient for the same number of weapons to be controlled by two groups of personnel than one group of personnel, because after all, it is impossible for these two groups of personnel to cooperate like a group.

In the eyes of the Huaxia Navy, the role of the two quasi-dreadnoughts behind the Russians on the battle line is even inferior to that of the Ninghai-class battleships, the power of the 4 10-inch guns is too small, and the real effect on the capital ship is only the 4 12-inch guns. The Longxing-class battleship said that it would fight two Russian quasi-dreadnoughts with one and that's easy and pleasant! If we consider the perverted protection and fire control of the Longxing-class and the quality of the officers and men, it is not impossible for Yang Yonglin to consider that the Longxing's own 12 main guns are divided into two artillery groups and fight with two Borodino-class dreadnoughts at the same time. Anyway, there are 2 fire control solution rooms on the Longxing!

Looking at the main Russian fleet that was getting closer and closer, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted from the Huaxia fleet like a tide. The excited officers and sailors of the Navy greeted the decisive battle as if they were participating in a grand celebration! They are not afraid of death, they are not afraid of the coming great war. They had been waiting for this day for a long time, years of planning and training for these few hours of fighting! They use their roar and any action that can express their mood at this time to tell their opponents, to tell who is the true master of this ocean in this world!

Although Yang Yonglin saw that he had the advantage, he still made special arrangements in terms of fleet layout. Lin Taizeng's 2 Longteng-class battleships lead the way, and these two cutting-edge battleships with 5 twin-mounted main guns can definitely overwhelm the opposing Borodino-class battleships in the engagement, followed by the Longxing-class battleships, of which the Longxing will be ranked third as the fleet's overall flagship. Behind them was Ye Zusi's fast battleship formation, first three Longtai-class fast battleships, and then two Longxu-class battlecruisers.

Such a plan is well thought out. Although the Longxu-class battle cruisers had strong firepower, the 8-inch main armor belt was still not enough, so the Huaxia Navy put them in the back row and tried to catch the two Russian quasi-dreadnoughts. And when necessary, give full play to the numerical advantage and use two Longxu-class warships against one of the opponent. The reason why the most powerful Longxing-class battleship was placed in the middle was to protect the fleet's flagship as much as possible, and on the other hand, because if the flag was sent, the warships in front and behind could see it, so the transmission speed was relatively fast. At the time of the Battle of Jutland, Jericho's flagship was also in the middle.

Another intention of placing all 5 fast battleships in the back was to break out of formation if necessary and then pursue the retreating Russian ships. In Yang Yonglin's opinion, the Russian fleet will definitely not last long. Once Makanov finds that the situation is not good, he will inevitably choose to retreat, and in this case, the fast battleship needs to just bite and keep depleting the opponent until the opponent gives up the withdrawal or the main fleet of Essen is in place!

At the same time that the Huaxia fleet completed the change of formation, the Russians also completed the change of formation. In order to avoid the most powerful Longxing-class battleships of the Huaxia fleet, Makanov's flagship Borodino did not choose to be in front, but ranked fifth in the battle position, so that the command of the fleet could be taken into account, and at the same time, it could ensure that the flagship would not be targeted by the super killer Longxing at the first time. It's not that Makanov is afraid of death, but that he is responsible as a fleet commander! Makanov had no intention of defeating his opponents, he was thinking of delaying and entanglement until the arrival of the Essen fleet!

The two large fleets began to change formations out of range of each other, with two straight battleships sailing from south to north and gradually closing the distance between them, while light cruisers and mine-strikers lined up on the non-combating flanks, tasked with jamming and mending. Before the battle situation is clear, these battleships will not attack a complete battle line, whether it is the Chinese Navy or the Russian Navy, even a little firepower of these huge battleships is enough to tear apart the light cruisers of the entire squadron! With the pace of time, the big war is about to start!

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