Super battleship that fought alone

chapter 2: capture or sink

CZN arrived near the mission area undetected by enemy radar which was good for them because soon they detected enemy cruiser and two frigates.

On the bridge info was being passed around as the guns were turning to aim at the three vessels deciding whether or not to sink them.

Admiral soon gave the word to let them pass and once they do to continue towards the target. As soon as they passed the ship started moving towards its target which was at drydock.

On the drydock work was continuing as the ship was finishing being fitted making it almost battle ready. Crew was already boarding on the ship ready to join the war.

Though they had no idea what was comming due to patrol fleet not detecting 320 metrers long behemoth of ship that was sailing to either capture it or sink it deep below the ocean before it could join the war.

On CZN Karel IV the admiral was already strategizing possible ways to go about the mission at hand weighting the negatives and positives of each scenario.

On one hand they could capture the ship and boost their naval power though Russians would likely sink it due to knowing its weaknesses.

On the other hand if they sink it Russians will be denied strong warship they could use to hurt many innocent people which admiral didn't like.

And so admiral made up his mind and had drone sent to scout the drydock and its defences while the ship was turning so all four turrets can fire at target.

Soon the drone was above the drydocks streaming what its camera sees right to the crew. The crew on the other hand were working with the data counting all the artillery and docked ships. So far they counted 10 ships and 20 artilleries.

With all the info the only question remained either capture or sink.

Admiral soon spoke "Prepare to fire we will sink this ship." to which Daniel responded "Are you sure sir? Surely we can capture the enemy ship." admiral simply shook his head and spoke once again replying to his captains question "Even if we captrue the enemy vessel once those artilleries and other ships catch wind of this they will sink it." to which Daniel said "Why don't we destroy the artilleries and other ships first then?" which admiral admitted was good question and said "Before we could destroy them all, the battleship would get wind of this and open fire back at us and we don't know the range of its main guns." Daniel simply nodded and told the crew to open fire at the target.

At the drydocks the ship was being launched when multitude of anti-ground missiles and railgun rounds hit numerous target destroying 6 artilleries and half of its facilities.

Panic began as the workers started to evacuate and the military personnel was running to their stations.

After agonizing 20 seconds second salvo came destroying 13 artilleries leaving only 1 remaining.

The other vessels started to move but suddenly 3 were hit by torpedoes and started to slowly fill with water delaying the ships who now had to be careful as to not catch any torpedoes.

Which was unnecessary as soon 4 ships were split in half and 3 were torn to pieces by numerous anti-ship missiles leaving only the 3 ships which wete the ones hit by torpedoes.

But there would be no mercy as soon they to were destroyed along with the last artillery leaving only the battleship that was moving towards the CZN hoping to sink it.

Soon th ships were only 30 kilometers away from each other and the Russians began firing though they either missed or bounced from the armor of the ship.

CZN Karel IV did not like that at all and soon sent salvo of their own though to surprise of the crew the ship did not split in half that did not mean it wasn't going down though as large holes were seen in the enemy ship nearly splitting it in half.

As the Russian started filling with water the CZN had to retreat before more enemy vessels show up and attack luck was not on their side though as soon the encountered fleet of 5 cruisers and 25 frigates.

But they did not care as they moved forward firing their main and secondary guns at the enemy taking out numerous enemies with the fire.

The Russians made one mistake thinking they could get the CZN with torpedoes and missiles. Unfortunately for them they were in 5 kilometers radius and once they launched their payloads the energy wave from CZNs EMP disabled all the missiles and torpedoes and even their ships.

Admiral ordered to leave no ship floating and so all guns began firing at every enemy sinking the enemy fleet.

After that they left to return back to their base to rearm themselves and wait for new mission.