"Chika, Yui, Kanako, Kiyona, please entrust you with this investigation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Betty's style of play is reckless, but that doesn't mean she doesn't pay attention to details.

It is still necessary to do reconnaissance or something, although it will disperse some combat forces, but at this time it is obvious that intelligence is more important.

The fleet below is still moving fast, and at this speed, it will soon enter the complex archipelago area.

"This is Chennai, I found the enemy's fleet in the I8 area, a total of fifteen targets...... Well, it seems that there are seven landing craft, six destroyers, and ...... Two light cruisers?"

"Huh, are you sure it's a light cruiser?" said Betty, somewhat surprised.

"I'm sure! Judging by the turret arrangement, it should be the Deduo-class light cruiser of Jasmine Women's College. ”

After the initial surprise, Betty soon became ecstatic.

I didn't expect Jasmine, a school with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to think the same as Oarai, that is, to pull the cruiser that seemed to be used for air defense over for an artillery battle.

If Oarai had been a little more upright and had only sent four Yanyang-class destroyers over, it would probably not have been recognized by the mother who was going to be beaten.

Although the 110mm rapid-fire gun can't hit the heavy cruise, it is still no problem to drive the destroyer, and the 110mm barrage is enough to turn the destroyer into a hornet's nest.

But now that both sides are dogs, and Oarai has also sent a Baltimore, the situation is different in an instant.

Now Baltimore is Dad, and no ship from Jasmine College can move it, but Baltimore can easily send Jasmine College ships to the bottom of the sea.

At the same time, Betty also felt a little sorry.

The fact that the two Dedo-class ships came to the archipelago also meant that the aircraft carrier on the opposite side was also defenseless. If the battle plan hadn't changed, Betty would have been 100% sure that she would have been able to send it to the bottom of the sea.

It can only be said that there are gains and losses, but fortunately, the current situation is also a great advantage.

"We've been spotted, and enemy fighters are coming. ”

"Chennai, retreat for the time being, but remember not to run in the direction of our fleet!"

"I still have this bit of common sense!"

After solving the problem on the side of the reconnaissance aircraft, it was time to give orders to the main forces.

"Since there are two Dedot-class anti-aircraft light cruisers on the other side, it is not easy for us to run and bomb them. ”

It's not a question of whether it can be blown up or not, but whether it's worth it, and attacking six destroyers with two Daido-class cruisers on top of it is obviously not a good deal.

"Obviously, we don't need to be involved in the naval battle, we just hide in the air defense circle of the Baltimore, and protect Baltimore and the landing craft. ”

The anti-aircraft firepower of the Baltimore is quite strong, and as long as the opposing fighters enter the Baltimore air defense circle, there is a high probability of loss.

Although it is also possible that the fighters of the Oarai Aviation Department may be accidentally injured by friendly fire, the accidental damage is certainly not comparable to the losses suffered by the opposite side, so it is also a good choice to stay in the air defense circle and take advantage.

"At nine o'clock, enemy fighters appeared. ”

Otowa's perception is very strong, and a fighter plane on the opposite side has just emerged from the clouds and is spotted by her.

It was a Spitfire FMK.24 fighter, apparently a plane sent by Jasmine Women's College for reconnaissance.

"Well done, Otowwa, I'll go back and give you a medal. Betty paused, then continued: "Youxiang, Shijiang, you go get rid of it!"

"It's starting to evade, and it seems to have noticed us. ”

Under the powerful insight of Otowa, every movement of the enemy plane could not escape her eyes.

"It's useless to find out. Betty snorted. "Can the other side cancel the landing now?"

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"Discovered Oarai's fleet, wait, that's the Baltimore? Oarai actually brought this thing to the archipelago?"

"Yes, everything is going according to plan. ”

Unlike the panic of the pilot of the reconnaissance plane, the captain of the Ark Royal, that is, the head of Jasmine's navigation department, Shizuku Hirai, had a calm face.

This is a girl with short black hair and a red ribbon tied to the left side of her head. It's not very tall, but the color of his eyes is a little interesting, and it's a rare purple.

"Minister, what should we do now, the Dedo-class cruisers can't beat Baltimore. ”

Even after hearing the shouts of the members, Shizuku Hirai's expression remained unchanged.

"Calm down...... maneuver around it through the terrain and find an opportunity to take it out with a torpedo......"

Shizuku Hirai raised his head and looked in the direction where the archipelago was.

"Baltimore...... Very long, in the archipelago...... It is not very convenient to move and is easy to run aground. ”

"Oh, it's a minister, so quickly I saw the weakness of Dairai. ”

Shizuku Hirai didn't say anything more, but just looked into the distance, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

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The first to enter the archipelago were naturally the destroyers of both sides.

Oarai is competing with four Yanyang-class destroyers, while Jasmine is competing with six O-class destroyers.

The Yanyang-class destroyer is 118 meters long, has a full load displacement of 2,490 tons, and is equipped with three 127mm/50 C-type twin turrets, two Type 92 4-company 610mm heavy torpedo tubes, equipped with Type 93 oxygen torpedoes, and a total of about 28 25mm cannons, as well as four 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

The O-class destroyer is 105 meters long and has a full load displacement of 2270 tons. It has four 120mm single-gun turrets, a 102mm/45 single-gun gun in the center of the hull, and a four-pack 533mm torpedo launcher for torpedoes. Anti-aircraft fire was 4 20mm Erlikong and 1 40mm/39x caliber 2-pounder gun.

The Yanyang-class has an advantage in both artillery and torpedoes, but there are only four, and they have to face six O-class destroyers, and the victory or defeat of the battle is still quite a lot.

The terrain in the archipelago is complex, but the destinations of both sides are the same, so they quickly intertwine.

At the same time, the aviation forces of both sides are still waiting and seeing, because both sides are afraid of the air defense forces on the opposite side and do not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, the battle in the center of the arena is a duel of 10 destroyers.

The distance between the two sides was not too far, about three or four thousand meters, and the two sides started the hottest exchange of fire as soon as they met.