Chapter 1746: Fourteen. Amliza (15)

A strange atmosphere lay between the two opposing fleets.
From the high-ranking officers to the bottom soldiers, both sides were attentive and attentive... big eyes squinted.
The voyage logbook of the battleship "Let Vizan", the flagship of the Principality Army's Yarriza resident fleet, has a very precise and interesting description of what happened at the beginning of the battle. From that short text, people can roughly understand what happened whats the matter.
At 8:21, the enemy light cruiser "Elbin" approached the periphery of the fleet;
At 8:29, the enemy light cruiser "Elbin" broke away from the periphery of the fleet;
At 8:33, the enemy light cruiser "Vina Moynen" approached the periphery of the fleet;
At 8:36, the enemy light cruiser "Vina Moinen" turned away;
At 8:37, the enemy...
In the initial stage of the battle, the Parsifal Fleet had been dispatching fast cruisers to take turns to implement the "single ship onlookers, rapid separation" tactics. Send a light cruiser or destroyer every few minutes to continue the Z-shaped route along the guard circle, repeatedly cutting in and out, if the Principality fleet takes off, it will immediately accelerate disengagement, but does not return to the team, but instead A large circle, confirm that the Principality fleet returned to the fortress and then returned to the team. Then replaced another ship and stepped forward to repeat the same trick...
This extremely strange trick lasted for more than an hour, and middle and low-level officers and soldiers generally developed irritability, but the senior commanders of both sides understood that unless the two fleet commanders confirmed a certain time and decided to take risks, otherwise The stalemate will continue.
In the final analysis, this dilemma is the product of the combination of the defects and advantages of both parties.
The fleet of the Principality was taken away by cruisers and destroyers capable of rapid maneuvering, and the rest were heavy iron tortoise battleships. There is no problem in killing the Parsifal fleet by virtue of the artillery caliber, but only if Parsifal will stay in place and shoot against the Principality fleet. Otherwise, Parsifal will take advantage of its speed and climb performance to seize the opportunity to divide the fleet of the Principality's fleet, or to go around and carry out long-range artillery bombardment of the Yamliza stronghold. Conversely, if Parsifal hastily cut into the fire coverage of the fleet and the fortress, the Principality can spare no effort to devastate or destroy it. For the above reasons, Kolchak's strategy of sticking to the airspace above the stronghold is naturally understandable.
In order to take advantage of its mobility, the Parsifal fleet deliberately dispatched a single ship to perform the "side-sweeping" tactics, using continuous harassment and provocation to "fish" the Principality fleet from the fortress, and then whether to split the enemy fleet or directly into the fortress. , Its tactical choices will be much larger than now.
Both of these tactics require the other party to run out of patience in order to have an effect, and the commanders of both the enemy and the enemy are very calm people. The impasse in front of them is impossible to break for a while.
But it's a big mistake to think that today will be consumed all day.
Both parties can no longer afford it.
Needless to say on the material level, the soldiers of the two countries from the high level to the base of the fleet have arrived at whether they are alive or dead, hoping to have a final psychological state.
Either you will win the victory with all your ambitions, or you will hold your flag high and fight in the end-it will be the same for both parties.
After spending more than an hour, Kolchak took the lead.
Said "moving", in fact, the fleet did not leave the fortress, but regrouped above the fortress.
Despite the enormous pressure, Kolchak, who has never been confused, did not intend to change his tactics, that is, to take advantage of the number of his own battleships and large-caliber naval guns, and divide the entire fleet into three battleship detachments. In order to rely on and maintain this situation, once the Parsifal fleet approached, the first and second teams of the right-wing battleship immediately turned left to the front of the third team to form a single column. The only two old cruisers and five destroyers were formed. Mobile forces. The battleship squadron relies on the stronghold to maintain the battle line against the enemy fleet, to ensure that it can form a T-headed position against the enemy fleet in any state. The mobile unit is waiting for the opportunity to decide whether to stabb in the back or roam to control.
At this moment, it is by completing this maneuver to execute his tactics, and at the same time through the queue adjustment to create a few flaws to lure Parsifal to hook.
Just after 9 a.m., the Parsifal Fleet found that the Principality Fleet began to adjust the queue. With a single order, the entire fleet began to climb and entered the Principality Army Security Circle. The slender and elegant large cruiser "Von de Tann" took the lead, and the entire fleet was arranged in a single column to draw a perfect arc in the sky, and gradually climbed into the sky.
Although the battleship was filled with the tension that was peculiar before the battle, the officers and soldiers of the Principality who witnessed the movement of the Parsifal fleet offered praise. Only Major General Kolchak frowned slightly.
As an admiral with strong business skills and solid technical background, Kolchak is well aware of the technical advantages of the imperial ships, so when estimating the combat effectiveness of the Parsifal fleet, the combat effectiveness of those ships provided by those empires is doubled. . For example, the "Von de Tann" was treated directly as a cruiser with a battleship main gun.
However, judging from the pace of the Parsifal fleet's climb and the coordination of the fleet's operations, both the quality of the personnel and the performance of the ship are significantly better than what was previously estimated.
Converging and admiring, the Rear Admiral gave the second order.
"Order the first and second teams of the mobile battleship to raise the height, and the third team will temporarily maintain the status quo. After the second team pulls the height, it will climb up. The mobile unit and the first team will maintain the same height!"
In the eyes of outsiders, "increase the height in order" is a very strange instruction, can't we increase the height together?
In fact, it is not impossible to order the height to be increased at the same time. Turning and changing the height of all the units together is always the daily training subject of the fleet. What is the level of a fleet, not only depends on the level of artillery, but also the essential observation point of the fleet's coordination ability. As the premier fleet commander of the Principality, Major General Kolchak has never been relaxed in training and shooting warship queues on weekdays. Although it is not as crazy as "Yueyuehuoshuimujinjin", its training intensity is almost the same as that of the powers. Rising in a unified rhythm is even better for its fleet.
But at the moment, Kolchak was unable to demonstrate this extraordinary skill. The reason was not external environmental factors or tactical considerations. It was purely a technical problem of the Principality's floating battleship itself.
Simply put, the steam pressure of the third team has not yet come up, and the power cannot meet the demand. At this time, if the complex maneuver is carried out, the queue of the third team will be messed up.
When thinking of the power system of the Principality's floating battleships, Kolchak is also full of helplessness. As a pioneer who led the development of floating warships, the empire used electric motors as the driving force to drive warships from the beginning. Other countries that are relatively backward are still dominated by steam power.
The two power systems have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of the electric motor are large starting torque, stable power output, low noise, and small space occupation. The disadvantage is that the energy conversion efficiency is low, and the requirements for the transmission and transformation control system are higher than the rated. The output power is easy to catch fire when working. The advantages of steam power are that the technical starting point is lower, the energy conversion efficiency is higher, and it can work under overpressure when necessary, but the steam power system needs time to heat up and increase pressure. Before the rated pressure is reached, the warship cannot move. Another problem is that the high-pressure steam of the steam power system is likely to condense into water in the cold high altitude, and it will further freeze and block the pipeline. At this time, the power is insufficient, and the pipeline cracks or the boiler explodes.
It is not difficult to see from the above comparison that the universality and safety of the electric motor are better, and the advantage in the high-altitude environment is unmatched by the steam engine. After a series of comparisons, all countries outside the empire will develop their own shipboard electric propulsion system as the main research direction in the future, and the Principality is no exception. Only subject to technical level, the Principality has not yet completed the prototype drawings. So whether it is an active battleship ~ EbookFREE.me ~ or a battleship on the drawing board, the Principality still can only use the steam power system.
Go back to Kolchak's order. In order to maneuver, the first and second units of the battleship had already reached the rated pressure in the boiler. Because the third unit is in the standby state, the boiler pressure is maintained in the economic standby state (maintaining the critical pressure for a long time will reduce the service life of the boiler and the pipeline, so the standby state will maintain the state of 70% of the rated pressure). It is no problem to maintain the height increase, but because of insufficient power, even if the formation is not disordered, it will be separated from the other two teams.
Can not give Parsifal any opportunity-this is the core of all Kolchak's tactics. He firmly believed that Parsifal must not be given any chance, even if he could not sink an enemy ship, or even pay his own warships. As long as Yalizha is held and the logistics and transportation center can continue to play its due role, the victory of the Principality cannot be shaken.
So no matter how small the details, Kolchak is not willing to miss it.
"The enemy fleet's goal is to use the height difference to carry out long-range artillery bombardment of the fortress. It is best if it can hit the warehouse blindly and cause an explosion. It does not matter if it misses. As long as it can bring chaos to the fortress, the enemy infiltration force will have the opportunity to enter the fortress. Fortress, let them strengthen their guard!"
The trainee correspondent on the side jotted down the order, recited the words loudly, and ran to the communication room at the back. Just as he exchanged information with the Sergeant Magic Communication Officer, and notified the warning of the fleet commander to the fortress, the enemy fleet in the distance suddenly lifted a white smoke. A few seconds later, a ball of orange-red fire carried a train-like whistle. The sharp sound of the skipped the front of the flagship of the battleship No. 1 team, "Borodino", and a few seconds later the deafening sound of gunfire was heard.
The bombardment of the "Von de Tann" officially opened the prelude to the battle of Yam Liza.