Ling Wencha knew that it would be very troublesome to get rid of it after being targeted by the West Francian Navy, although he could use the night to carry out some deception, but the reconnaissance range of seaplanes exceeded 200 nautical miles, and his fleet could not run 200 nautical miles in any case, and now the equatorial area of the South Atlantic Ocean is the longest season of daylight, and the time of darkness every night is only more than six hours. Although he was not sure of the identity of the other party, there were only two options in front of Ling Wencha: to use the night to get rid of the opponent's tracking, and the second was to use the advantage of the fleet's armament and radar to make a trap to kill the opponent.

Although somewhat reluctant, Ling Wencha decided to adopt evasive tactics after consulting with Chief of Staff Ou Chen and Captain Zeng Chusheng, whose experience in torpedo boats and submarines during the last world war made him a little too timid in making decisions.

In submarine forces, sometimes it is more important to protect yourself than to destroy the enemy.

After some discussion, Ling Wencha still decided to send the reconnaissance plane on the ship to verify the exact position of the other side, and in order to avoid the other side discovering the new position of this fleet, he also specially ordered the pilot to fly in the direction of the African coast for a while after leaving the ship and then return, and the same was true when returning home.

But it was basically a useless effort for him to do so, and only half an hour later, a "sea monster" appeared on the side of the fleet again, and the distance between the two fleets was not too far, and although Ling Wencha had ordered a change of course, the West Franks soon came to the door again.

The two West Francian heavy cruisers were each equipped with two seaplanes, and only one was lost, which was far from depriving the other side of its aerial reconnaissance capability. And this time the West Frankish pilots learned to be obedient, and after discovering the Tang fleet, they immediately turned around and ran, no longer wandering around the fleet, so that the Tang people had no choice.

It takes five or six minutes for the catapult on the warship to be ready, and by the time the plane is ejected, the enemy has already run away. Therefore, Ling Wencha simply did not give the order to take off his reconnaissance plane again.

Ling Wencha didn't have any good options now, so he simply sat down at the chart table with Ou Chen and Zeng Chusheng to discuss how to fight the ambush: he had two battleships in his hands, and he had an absolute advantage over his opponent in terms of firepower, and the strength of the two "Zhoucheng" class light cruisers was not weak, and in terms of displacement, this class of warships was basically the same as the treaty-class heavy cruisers of various countries. The Type 03 DSKL55 type ship specially developed by Jiangxia Ordnance Company has a length of more than 7 meters and a maximum range of 27 kilometers when firing at a 40-degree elevation angle, and the firing range is not weaker than that of a 155 mm naval gun. Although the Jiangxia Weapon Type 03 DSKL55 naval gun uses a high-speed light projectile with a projectile weight of only 32 kg, and the armor-piercing ability is insufficient, because it uses an army-type artillery shell with a warhead and a semi-automatic loading method, it has an ultra-high rate of fire of 23 rounds per minute, which is almost twice as high as all naval 130 mm naval guns of the same caliber ammunition in this era.

With the armor-piercing ability of this naval gun, it is not easy to sink a heavy cruiser, but a naval gun with such an extremely high rate of fire to "sweep the deck" is very likely to make the opponent quickly incapacitated.

After drawing up a detailed plan, Chief of Staff Ou Chen, as one of the planners and executors of this plan, took this battle plan and went to the "Sayanling" in a small boat to personally sit in coordination and command. In order to save time, he took a small lifeboat, and was directly hoisted to the deck of the "Sayanling" on the sea.

The cruisers "Xing'anling" and "Jiangzhou", which were moving in front, began to turn around under the leadership of Rear Admiral Ling Wencha, while the supply ships "Sanggan River" now walked at the front of the queue and became guide ships. The whole fleet adjusted the queue again, and the cruiser "Anzhou" ran to the front of the "Sayanling", and the old battleship was now at the rear of the entire fleet.

In the rear of the flank, two Egret reconnaissance planes were kept circling in the air to dislodge West Francian planes that attempted to approach the reconnaissance.

"Report, 2 large surface ships were found in the northern seas, Colonel!"

At 15:30 p.m., the radar room first reported the sighting of enemy ships in the rear of the flanks, which was expected. In fact, the weather is good now, and with such a good line of sight, the lookout on the warship can see at a distance about 20 nautical miles from the radar. But in reality, the accuracy and reliability of electronic detection equipment have been questioned, and only naval officers with practical combat experience like Ouchen can truly appreciate its important role.

After about three minutes, the lookout reported a column of smoke rising from the West Francian ship in the rear.

These three minutes were enough for the 330-mm guns equipped on the "Sayan Ridge" to fire five salvos.

At this time, the battle alarm on the battleship had sounded, and the crew quickly ran to their combat positions. The battle flag and the command flag of Ou Chen were raised on the signal mast of the "Sayan Ridge", and he was now the supreme commander of this fleet.

Ou Chen walked over to the large chart, where the red symbol representing the position of the Lingwencha fleet was almost parallel to that of the West Franks, and in about an hour and a half, they would be able to circle behind the enemy. The result of their discussion at that time was to prepare to encircle and annihilate this "tail" that was staring at them.

On the deck of the warship, the huge turret was slowly moving, the muzzles of the guns were raised high, and they all pointed to the direction of the ship, these preparations before the battle Ou Chen had seen it hundreds of times, but each time he still felt a little blood boiling. This impulse to engage in hand-to-hand combat is completely unfelt on an aircraft carrier.

"Go ahead, speed 18." Ou Chen said that he had now reduced the speed of the fleet by 2 knots. The two supply ships were advancing in formation about three nautical miles ahead of them, and they were to quickly disengage from the battlefield once the battle began. If there is a real fight, Ou Chen will not be able to guarantee their safety.

The two West Francian warships continued to approach at high speed, constantly emitting radio signals. This was the huge gap between the British and German navies, they could use wireless telegraphy to communicate all over the world without any qualms, and they would soon be able to get reinforcements, but the Lingwencha fleet, although it seemed to be quite good, had to keep it silent for most of the time, lest the enemy discover where they were.