Chapter 1004： Encounter two

Chapter 1004

The earl rubbed his face with his hands to calm himself down. He began to analyze the current situation. According to the information provided by Schultz just now, according to the information provided by the submarine force, the French fleet was still anchored at the original anchorage at least at five o'clock this morning, so it has been at most 3 to 4 hours. The average speed of the French fleet is about 16 knots. If you start from Crete, it can travel about 60 nautical miles. That is, it is less than 120 kilometers, so I can't get here!

So good.... Then the earl's thoughts suddenly came through, yes, the French fleet can't make it through! The time is wrong! If you can't make it, then the earl is still afraid of a hairy! Who are you? It can't be the British fleet anyway! The biggest is the Japanese fleet! I now have 4 fast battleships in his hands, and the Austro-Hungarian fleet also has 2 fast battleships, if I can run into it! I wonder if I can't beat it!

"Holding the grass, I scared myself..." The earl wiped a cold sweat. "If the French are not smart enough to fool us with a fake fleet, then we might have something else to gain this time." The count said with a slight smile. However, this time the earl’s estimate is somewhat optimistic. At this time, they are still more than 100 kilometers away from the signal source. If sailing at the current maximum speed of 21 knots in the fleet, it will take 2 hours to arrive in the best case. ! And fifteen minutes later, the Austro-Hungarian fleet has sent information, and they have already played against the Japanese fleet!

"It's too early!" The count said helplessly. Now I need about two hours, and the Austro-Hungarian fleet is about to face the Japanese fleet. If the leader is Su Xiong, then the count is not worried. After all, Su Xiong has been fighting Thomas for more than 2 hours. Excellent. But if we change to the Austro-Hungarian fleet, this situation is hard to say.

"This position is not so good! The speed of the Austro-Hungarian fleet seems to be a little faster than expected." Kato said with dissatisfaction after putting down the telescope in his hand. At this time, the position of the Japanese fleet entering the battlefield is not very good. The fleet is located almost exactly north of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. Judging from the expected route, the Austro-Hungarian fleet will just pass by itself. A huge T-shaped stick directly to the north...

If you want to break the opponent's plan, it is not difficult, but two Fuso-class battleships need to leave the team to accelerate forward, and then stand in front of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The British fleet at the back looked for a chance to insert into the opponent's formation to fight, how do you say? A bit similar to the retro cut tactics. There are certain risks.

But if you don't do this, the position of the British and Japanese fleets will be very passive. Even if the fleet quickly turns to the northeast, then the two fleets will sail in parallel, and a good interception will reach a pursuit. And if this were the case, the results would not be much better, because dragged down by the fearlessness of the two former British ships, the speed of the British-Japanese fleet seemed to be slower than the other side...

In fact, this is easy to understand. After all, the battleship Edward VII and the USS Nelson came all the way from the Indian Ocean. Fuel can be replenished, but mechanical fatigue cannot be helped. And when they came out of the Adriatic Sea, it was a distance from the British fleet...

At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian fleet also discovered the British and Japanese fleets that were not good. Lieutenant General Negovan took up the telescope in his hand and observed the opponent in the distance. The numbers here are similar. The next two ships should be the fearlessness of the British. And the two in front? It seems that I have never seen it before! And according to approximate calculations, this ship is a bit long!

"We have met an opponent and are ready to implement the No. 3 plan, and at the same time contact Earl Spey, hoping that he can quickly bring the fleet to support!" Lieutenant General Negovan said. Although I didn't plan to fight this time? But if you don't prepare a few plans, it would be too fake! And this time it happened to be used! The so-called No. 3 plan is a plan when the forces of both sides are almost equal.

With the order being issued, the Austro-Hungarian fleet began to change. Under the cover of 6 destroyers, 7 transport ships began to leave the battlefield and speed up to the scheduled meeting point agreed with Count Spey. According to the earl’s call back, this At that time, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet had arrived in the intended sea area. Not surprisingly, the transport fleet leaving alone will join the Spey Fleet in an hour. And the Austro-Hungarian fleet that has abandoned the burden can also fight against its opponents. The opponent is 2 Super Fearless, 2 Pre-Fearless, and on our side are 2 Super Fearless and 3 Pre-Fearless, I feel that I am at least not at a loss here. ! Coupled with the prestigious name created by the Helgeland-class battleships, a BUFF called self-confidence has been added to the Austro-Hungarian fleet!

Under the cover of the Austro-Hungarian combat fleet, the transport fleet began to accelerate to leave, and the Japanese fleet was also ready. The two Fuso-class battleships finally fired their first shots on the European battlefield!

"The fleet is processed at full speed, heading towards 2 o'clock, we will overtake them!" Kato Sadakichi ordered! At this time, the battle was inevitable. The excitement and tension before the battle made the Japanese lieutenant highly concentrated. He now feels like a machine and began to follow the pre-war plan step by step. carried out! Now, the first thing the Japanese fleet has to do is to accelerate and move to the front of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. After turning to the north, cutting across the opponent’s course, forming a T-shaped head. At the same time, its own fleet will lean back against the rise. The sun interferes with the other party's ranging!

All the boilers of Fuso and Hyuga have been operating at full capacity. The stokers sent large chunks of Welsh anthracite to the boiler warehouse. When the temperature and pressure inside the boiler reached a certain level, the fuel injection port at the top of the boiler began to speak black. The brown heavy oil is sprayed into the boiler, and the blower blows the air drawn in from the outside into the boiler, and the fuel and coal inside begin to burn in the presence of oxygen. The constant flow of boiler water is turned into steam here, and then sent to the gas turbine cabin located at the rear of the boiler warehouse through dozens of kilometers of gas pipelines. The four turbines roared with sufficient gas supply!

"The output of the power system goes up straight!" "46,000 horsepower, a speed of 22 knots." "65,000 horsepower, a speed of 23.3 knots." "76,000 horsepower! A speed of 24.8 knots" "83 thousand horsepower! A speed of 25.2 knots!" About 15 minutes later , Fuso and Hyuga almost reached their current top speed!

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