To the east of the Shuangche Strait, the heavy cruiser "Wuzhou".

"Captain has arrived!"

When the staff officer shouted loudly, a colonel officer strode into the bridge, and he was the captain of the "Wuzhou".

Now, it's almost two o'clock in the morning on the 27th.

Ten minutes ago, the communications staff officer on duty called to wake him up from his dream, saying that he had received a telegram from the Ashishima base and told him to go to the bridge immediately.

Being forced to leave the bed made the guards want to curse, but they still held back.

Yesterday evening, after breaking away from the Third Air Task Force, the cruiser formation led by the "Wuzhou" ran wildly for seven hours at a speed of 35 knots, and arrived at the west entrance of the Shuangche Strait at just after 1 a.m. During the voyage, the four light cruisers also sent two seaplanes each to monitor the strait. In fact, it was to search the waters near the strait, and each seaplane carried hundreds of flares.

Because the boilers and steam turbines were overloaded, the fleet slowed down as soon as it arrived.

No captain, including the Guards, wanted to be paralyzed on the surface of the sea due to an explosion of a boiler or a malfunction of a steam turbine during a battle, becoming a target for enemy ships.

After that, they stayed up for another half an hour, and after the eight seaplanes had returned safely, the guards returned to the captain's cabin.

It was too late, and the seaplanes did not detect enemy ships in the waters east of the strait.

Because they were on a surveillance mission to ensure that enemy ships were reported as soon as they were discovered, the Guards did not think about engaging enemy ships.

Well, you have to keep it hidden.

For this reason, the Guards had long since arranged for eight cruisers to disperse, all of which were silent by radio, and could only send an announcement after the enemy ship was discovered.

In his opinion, even if he can't sleep until dawn, he can lie down and rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, before he fell asleep, the communications staff officer called.

"I just received a telegram from the commander and forwarded it from the Ashishima base."

"Commander?"

The communications staff officer didn't say much and gave the message to the guards.

There was a payment on the message, and there was no need for further explanation.

That's right, it was indeed a telegram from Bai Zhizhan. The cruiser formation led by the "Wuzhou" used radar to search and monitor the Shuangche Strait, launched an attack immediately after discovering the enemy ship, and maintained a combat distance, and was not allowed to fight to the death with the enemy ship, and reported to the flagship in a timely manner after receiving the enemy.

What is this for!?

The point is, this command is inconsistent!

"Report!"

The telecommunications officer suddenly shouted, startling the guards.

Another telegram from the heavy cruiser "Changju".

The "Wuzhou" and "Changzhou" were responsible for covering the "Imperial Capital" and "Accompanying Beijing" respectively, and it was precisely because of this that both ships were equipped with radars.

Although radar is mainly used for air defense and is used to search for enemy aircraft in the air, it also has a certain ability to search for the sea, but it is not so prominent. The detection distance of less than 20 kilometers is not as far as that of a lookout, and it is not used at all during the day. But at night, it's different.

The "Changzhou" also received an order and was speeding up to catch up.

Four heavy cruisers with a total of thirty-six main guns.

There are a lot of them, but they are all burning sticks.

In front of the battleships of the Sagai Navy, the 200-mm naval guns of the heavy cruisers, aren't they just burning sticks?

If you really fight, even if you fire the muzzle of the gun against the belly of the battleship, you will not be able to penetrate the thick armor, at most it will only scratch the battleship.

To talk about the threat, it is not as good as a heavy torpedo.

Unfortunately, the "Wushu" class was the last treaty-type heavy cruiser of the Imperial Navy, and the torpedo launchers, which were not used in normal times, were eliminated when designed.

It's just that the order is clear.

"Captain?"

"The commander has given the order, carry it out."

After the order was given by the guards, the communications staff officer did not ask much and immediately went into action.

Subsequently, a combat alarm sounded.

At this time, in the two-car strait, the flagship of the permanent fleet "Damin".

Just after the early hours of the morning, Takano returned to the Commander's Bridge.

In the afternoon, in fact, in the evening, after receiving the battle report of the Fifth Air Force, Takano fainted on the spot and almost did not survive.

In more than ten minutes, the Fifth Air Force suffered a catastrophe, and the two aircraft carriers carrying hope were gone!

Even if Takano didn't have a heart attack, he would have had a heart attack.

In fact, Gao Ye was angry and angry, and he was in a hurry.

What can be said?

Lan Yun and Ze San were both commanders he chose, and they were both known for their stability, no one could have imagined that these two would capsize in the gutter before this.

What went wrong?

Takano tried his best, but he couldn't figure it out.

If the destruction of the mobile fleet was calculated, the Liang Xia Navy had already made preparations, and the four aircraft carriers did not return to Chengjiang Port, but were ambushed in the south of the foot island, which caught the mobile fleet off guard. The question is, how could the 3rd Air Task Force under the command of a Nisezu annihilate the 5th Air Force?

If a gentleman is so powerful, who else can defeat the Liang Xia Navy?

Besides, Zesan didn't make any mistakes.

Although he couldn't figure it out, Takano had to admit that the Sakuyi Navy had lost the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, and it could be said that the general trend had gone.

The next thing to do is no longer to win, but to be undefeated!

So, how can you be undefeated?

In the hours he spent lying down and resting, Takano had been thinking about it.

Of course, the time of despair has not yet come, and the hope is still very great, and the future is bright.

If you want to talk about the way, in fact, it is in front of you.

If you can take this opportunity to give the Nuland Federation and the Kingdom of Bran a reason to enter the war, then no matter how big the loss is, it will be worth a thousand dollars.

It was precisely because of this that Takano did not give orders to the four fast battleships going south.

If four "Golden Steel" entered the territorial waters of Nanzhu Kingdom and were attacked by the Liang Xia fleet, wouldn't it be equivalent to sending the reason for participating in the war to the Nuland Federation?

Even if you miss this opportunity, that's okay.

After gaining the initiative, the Liang Xia navy will definitely seize the Sadou Islands and the Watchman Strait, and then have to face the choice between going south or east.

At that time, the Liangxia Empire would naturally send the reason for war to the Nuland Federation.

After the last war, the current Liangxia Empire is no longer the original Liangxia Empire. After rushing out of the Xuhai Sea and the Yanhai Sea, no matter which direction it headed, the Liangxia Navy had to face two obstacles. For the Liang Xia Navy, all that can be chosen is who to fight first.

At present, it seems that Liang Xia's navy focuses on the Guia Ocean, which is equivalent to choosing to compete with the Nuland Federation first.

Even if he was deceiving himself, Takano was at least able to give himself a few hours of rest.

Actually, it's only for a few hours.

Tian Minori remembered Takano's instructions and called him half an hour before the main team left the Shuangcha Strait and entered the Guia Ocean, so as to decide what to do next.

Three options.

Go north to join up with the 2nd Main Force and the 3rd Air Force, and then go to the Watcher Strait to block the home fleet, or retreat to the Sagai mainland.

Avoid it to the east, go to Liuhuang Island, which is located at the southern end of the volcanic archipelago, next to the North Malaysia Islands, and hold the hub of the west-east sea.

Head south to the Tuke Fortress, rely on this naval base that has been painstakingly operated for more than ten years, hold the strategic passage to the south, and fight the Liang Xia Navy in the southwestern and eastern seas far from the mainland.

Takano didn't make a decision yesterday, just wanted to get some more information.