novelhk Chapter 247: Decisive Battle at Sea (Part )
Chapter 247: Decisive Battle at Sea (Part )
At this time, on the territory of Goryeo, Yan State's first-generation Sky Ballistic Missiles were being deployed intensively.
These missiles will become powerful weapons for attacking Dongyang State.
The target of the first round of strikes is the capital of Dongyang State, and hundreds of Sky missiles are expected to be involved.
Due to the limited accuracy of this missile, the launch coordinate interval between each missile is set to 100 meters to ensure that the largest possible range is covered.
"All units, please be prepared." A tense command came from the command center.
"Everything is ready, please give instructions." Staff at various positions answered in unison.
"Fire!" the commander gave the final order.
As the countdown ended, hundreds of Sky Missiles took off at the same time, flying towards the capital of Dongyang State with blazing flames and roars.
The residents of Dongyang State were completely unprepared for such a sudden attack, and many of them had no time to escape and were killed on the spot.
Even the Emperor of Dongyang had to hurriedly hide in the air-raid shelter when he saw unknown weapons attacking.
Although this attack did not destroy too many important targets, it brought a huge psychological shock to Dongyang State, making them deeply feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of war.
The second round of attacks is being prepared in full swing. Yan State is determined to continue to exert pressure on Dongyang State in order to achieve its strategic goals.
Emperor Ito Eiji stared with wide eyes at the huge flames and thick smoke in the distance, and an indescribable fear surged in his heart.
He muttered to himself: "What kind of weapon is this? Is it a rocket?"
"But does the rocket have such a long range?"
"Looking at the direction the attack is coming from, it should be on the territory of Goryeo."
Army Minister Kiyotaka Watanabe replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, according to intelligence analysis, this is most likely a new type of weapon developed by Yan Country."
"A similar situation occurred near Okinawa last time."
Emperor Ito Eiji frowned and asked sternly: "Do we have any way to intercept this weapon?"
Army Minister Watanabe Kiyotaka shook his head helplessly: "Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor, at present, it seems that we have almost no possibility of interception."
"This weapon is extremely fast and powerful, and our existing air defense system cannot effectively deal with it."
Emperor Ito Eiji slammed the table in anger and shouted, "Damn you, you rubbish of the empire!"
Army Minister Kiyotaka Watanabe lowered his head and remained silent, his heart filled with self-blame and guilt.
Faced with such a situation, he felt helpless.
At the same time, when Prussia saw Yan's ballistic missiles, their leaders couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect Yan to be ahead of us in missile technology!"
He was fully aware of the importance of this technology to the country's military strength, so he immediately ordered the country's scientific research departments to make every effort to study it and master this advanced technology as soon as possible.
Not only that, Prussia also witnessed the great role played by Yan's jet aircraft on the battlefield.
They realized that if their army could be equipped with such weapons, its combat effectiveness would be greatly enhanced.
Therefore, the leader of Prussia issued another order, requiring the country to speed up the development of jet aircraft and put them into the war as soon as possible.
However, at this moment, the United States, far across the ocean, began a secret operation.
They collected intelligence about Yan Country everywhere, trying to obtain Yan Country's missile and jet technology.
The top leaders of the United States are well aware that once they possess these advanced technologies, it will have a significant impact on their global strategy.
To this end, they spared no effort and even tried to bribe relevant personnel in Yan State, but ultimately achieved no substantial results.
But to everyone's surprise, the United States successfully obtained some missile and jet aircraft technology from Prussia through some unknown means.
Although these technologies are not complete versions, scientists in the United States are still excited.
They immediately launched in-depth research, trying to break through the technical bottleneck and allow these weapons to appear in the United States’ army as soon as possible.
As the naval battle between Dongyang and Yan became more and more intense, Navy Minister Yoshiyuki Yamamoto watched anxiously as several of his own warships were destroyed every day.
His heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. Every battleship sunk was a loss of wealth and power for their country.
To make matters worse, Yan Country's submarines appeared from time to time and launched harassing attacks.
Dongyang's anti-submarine technology is relatively backward, and it is difficult to detect these submarines.
It can only be detected when the submarine actively surfaces.
This is undoubtedly a huge threat to Dongyang State.
What made them even more headache was that these submarines were able to launch torpedoes underwater, causing great trouble to Dongyang’s fleet.
Whenever they saw torpedoes coming from a certain direction underwater, the Dongyang fleet could only roughly determine their location and send destroyers to the area to drop a large number of depth charges.
However, this approach is often just a gamble and it is difficult to actually hit the target.
"Damn it! Several more torpedoes are coming towards us, about two kilometers away." An officer shouted anxiously.
"Find it immediately and blow it up!" Yamamoto Takayuki ordered anxiously.
At this moment, several destroyers quickly sailed towards the area and began to frantically drop a large number of depth charges.
The explosion resounded across the sea, creating a huge splash, but it was still unknown whether it could successfully destroy the incoming torpedo.