After more than 30 seconds of flight time, www.biquge.info 12 armor-piercing shells of the Liberty came to the top of the heavy cruiser of the White Tiger Fleet as promised, because the firing distance was relatively long, the angle of the shells was very high, and it was impossible to attack the hull from the waterline, and all the shells fell around the heavy cruiser this time, and then the reconnaissance plane reported the landing point of the shells to Zhang Lin!

"Gun ready, fire again!" After Zhang Lin gave the order, according to the data provided by the reconnaissance aircraft, the main gun of the Liberty slightly adjusted the firing angle and fired again, and it was another salvo of the main gun, and this time, the heavy cruiser did not seem to be so lucky, an armor-piercing projectile pierced its hull from above the deck, although after a long flight, the speed of the shell attenuated a lot, but the armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 1,700 kilograms still easily penetrated from its superstructure to his deck armor, And the heavy cruiser's weak deck armor was simply not able to withstand the heavy armor-piercing shells of the Liberty, and above the engine room, the armor-piercing shells exploded, although they did not damage the important core of the battleship, but still caused some damage to the hull, more than seventy sailors died as a result, and more than fifty were injured!

Then the reconnaissance plane reported the coordinates of the heavy cruiser again, at this time it was thirty kilometers away from the Liberty, this time Zhang Lin did not order the main gun to shoot again, because the distance was too far, the main gun of the Liberty needed to be equipped with a powder pack again to reach the range, and the full powder pack fired the shell, which had a great impact on the life of the main gun barrel, and the accuracy was also a problem!

"The reconnaissance aircraft reported to the flagship, found enemy battleships, forty kilometers away from the flagship, found three enemy heavy cruisers and three light cruisers!"

Zhang Lin realized that this time the pirate alliance was determined to get rid of himself, but he couldn't retreat, and retreated to the Storm Strait a little bit, so it was a big problem to think of it, and some of the necessary materials for the Storm Strait were in urgent need, no matter what, the fleet in front of him must be defeated, otherwise the Storm Strait would be over!

"Reconnaissance aircraft, can you observe the enemy's flag?" Zhang Lin asked, after fighting for a long time, he still hadn't figured out whether the enemy was the fleet of the Pirate Alliance, which made Zhang Lin a little speechless!

"Commander, it's the White Tiger Fleet of the Pirate Alliance!" The scout machine reports!

"Pay close attention to local trends and report any situation immediately!" After Zhang Lin finished speaking, he picked up the communicator: "Order the fleet to move forward and advance the distance to about twenty-five kilometers away from the place!" ”

Then the Hope sent a message: "Report to the flagship, thirteen enemy destroyers have been discovered, and they are approaching our fleet at a high speed!" ”

"Destroyers?" Zhang Lin muttered, it seems that he wants to use lightning strike tactics for me: "Order all warships, turn on the hydrolistening radar, destroyer pairs, and fire torpedoes at the enemy's route!" "And the Liberty began to move at great speed, believing that the speed of the Liberty would surprise the enemy!

Both sides deliberately narrowed the distance, the accuracy of the Liberty's main gun fire at long distances was somewhat low, and the White Tiger Fleet wanted to let the Liberty into the range of their main guns as soon as possible, otherwise at a distance of thirty kilometers, it would only let the Liberty's main guns hit hard, and the Supreme Commander of the White Tiger Fleet understood the caliber of the Liberty's main guns, and the serious consequences caused by being hit have already been learned!

In the process of moving forward, the detection radar of the Liberty kept staring at the front of the White Tiger Fleet, the thirteen destroyers, and when they entered 25 kilometers, Zhang Lin ordered the Liberty to deflect the hull to the left 35 degrees, and the two five-mounted 533 mm caliber torpedo launchers installed on the starboard side of the Liberty hull quickly fired ten torpedoes, and then Zhang Lin ordered to deflect 35 degrees to the right, so that the torpedoes on the port side could launch and launch torpedoes, and the twenty torpedoes with a range of 20 kilometers quietly galloped towards the front of the White Tiger Fleet!

And the three destroyers that had been ambushed in advance also fired a large number of torpedoes, just waiting for the enemy to crash upwards! The three light cruisers escorting the Liberty, all with torpedo launchers on them, also fired torpedoes over long distances at the White Tiger fleet, and at one time, nearly a hundred torpedoes headed towards the White Tiger fleet from different angles!

Then the main guns in front of the Liberty began to adjust the firing angle, and the battleships of the White Tiger Fleet, because they were twenty-nine kilometers away from the Liberty, had already carried out the first test firing, and many shells fell into the water around the Liberty, and the observation tower reported to the conning tower according to the waves splashed by the shells falling into the water: "Commander, according to the waves of the enemy battleship's shells falling into the water, it is estimated that the naval guns of the enemy battleship with a caliber of 356 mm cannot penetrate the main armor protection zone of the Liberty at a distance of thirteen kilometers!" ”

After hearing such a report, Zhang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, so that the Liberty would be much safer, and Zhang Lin immediately ordered: "Attention to the sailors of the superstructure, except for the necessary personnel, the rest will be withdrawn to the main armored protection area of the Liberty!" "Zhang Lin did this just to minimize casualties, after all, this time? There is no aircraft carrier involved in the battle, there is no need for the personnel of the anti-aircraft fire to stay on the superstructure, once the superstructure is hit by enemy shells, it will cause great casualties, Zhang Lin is not willing to sacrifice the sailors he has worked so hard to train in vain!

As the fleets of both sides approached each other, both sides fired several tentative shots from their main guns, and although neither side achieved effective hits, the Liberty had a clear advantage in terms of the dispersion of shells and the loading of the main guns!

After the two sides were twenty kilometers apart, Zhang Lin ordered the Liberty to put out a T-head formation, and the twelve main guns were all pointed to the right side of the ship, while the enemy also put out a T-head formation!

Seeing the White Tiger Fleet change formation, Zhang Lin smiled, everyone in the Freedom command tower laughed, and Zhang Lin muttered: "Then taste the Thunder Sea I have carefully prepared for you!" ”

The battleships of the White Tiger Fleet had just set up their formations, and before they had adjusted their main guns, they all began to adjust their bows, and the alarm in the control tower of each battleship was loud: "Torpedo found!" ”

"The torpedo approached the port side!"

Looking at the torpedoes coming from different angles, some battleships even despaired, because it was difficult to avoid so many torpedoes, the first to bear the brunt was the vanguard of the White Tiger fleet, those dozen destroyers, originally their maneuverability was very good, if it was just a torpedo launched by the Liberty, it could be easily avoided, but not only the Liberty, but also the torpedoes launched by the Hope and other warships, just after the war, two destroyers were hit by torpedoes, and Zhang Lin specially asked Smith to ask, equipped with high-powered torpedoes, As long as the destroyer of the White Tiger Fleet is hit once, no matter where it hits, it will be sunk! This is the welcome banquet that Zhang Lin carefully prepared for the White Tiger Fleet, a torpedo feast!