In the heart of the US commander Mayo, no matter how against the sky, the Chinese cannot get the fleet in, 4 battleships, is already the limit, this is still before the United States was unprepared, sent over, now, the United States and Britain are on guard, and even near South Africa, sending a fleet to cruise, basically cutting off the possibility of China sending a fleet over, he faces at most a few submarines and 4 battleships, division of forces is the best way he can think of.

Although the two reconnaissance fleets are a little less powerful, they are not completely passively beaten, they are all warships with torpedo firing capabilities, no matter how powerful the Emperor class is, there are only 4 of them, even if it is dozens of warships of the US army, lined up, let them fight, it will take a long time to be able to sink, if a large-scale evasion is carried out, this time will be long. The other party waited for work, sneak attack in an unknown place, occupied an absolute advantage, they could not counterattack, find them out, or even influence him, entangle him, is the best way to fight, he firmly believes that this will be able to achieve victory.

Of course, Mayo's heart also contains other ideas, among all the warships, the capital ship is the most expensive and the most combat-effective, if you can attract the main force of the opponent's artillery fire to the small ships, even if the small ships lose some, as long as they can keep the capital ships, it is acceptable, 2 capital ships, sinking so quickly, can not continue.

The movements of the U.S. fleet, the submarines that observed the movements of the U.S. ships in the distance were found on the spot, and the movements of the U.S. troops were almost all under the monitoring of the submarines, they immediately contacted the main fleet, the U.S. troops were divided, and the vast majority of the fast fleets were divided, and the direction of the other party's main fleet, there were only 18 destroyers, which made the submarines see the opportunity, if they took risks, attacked them, and killed these destroyers, the submarines could attack those capital ships unscrupulously, and the submarine commander asked Cheng Biguang, The submarine force entered a state of attack and attacked the phalanx of the capital ships of the US army.

This request was rejected by Cheng Biguang, in his opinion, the sneak attack has already had an effect, the other party has already divided the troops, for China's war concept, holding and dividing troops are two different methods, in terms of overall strength, the strength of the 4 fantasy ships is under the opponent, sneak attacks and artillery bombardment, can only hurt the fur, may be the opponent's battleships one by one to the fixed point to remove, such efficiency is very low, once the other party bypasses the island and comes to them, they can only escape, The results achieved are the results of the previous battles.

Since he is blocking here, Cheng Biguang doesn't want to escape, now the opportunity has finally come, the other party has divided his troops, and the division of troops represents this opportunity, once these fast warships are cleared, it is a matter of time before the opponent is left to annihilate the opponent, there is no need for the submarine to come forward to attack, in case the other party runs away, no matter how strong they are, there are only 4 fleets, it is simply unrealistic to pursue, and take advantage of the fact that the other party has not sent it to the door, continue to take advantage, in the middle, the reconnaissance of the submarine is very important.

China does not have the customs of later generations of Japan, even for the commander of the submarine, if the submarine strikes, there will be gains, for the submarine force that has achieved great results, there is no greater merit than sinking a capital ship, but in the face of such a temptation, in the face of the order, they still carried it out, scattered around, monitoring every move of the main fleet, and sent the azimuth target to the main fleet. It is this kind of perseverance and persistence that gives the main fleet precise guidance, so that the main fleet can accurately hit the opponent's ships even if it is separated by an island.

The U.S. warships ran up, except for a few ships that had been damaged, and they were successively named by the fantasy class, because the submarine did not report the exact location, after all, from the bottom of the water and behind the island, the angle is different, according to accurate data, maybe it will be a millimeter off, a thousand miles wrong, so from the very beginning, Cheng Biguang used the area to determine, and used the probability to fight against the opponent's maneuver, which may produce a better effect. In fact, it is even more so, up to 10 minutes, 20 rounds of shelling, the final hit rate is as high as 9.5%, which is much higher than the expected hit rate of about 5%, which is extremely high for high-speed warships, such a hit rate is extremely high, the average battleship, in the case of a duel on the battle line, the hit rate of more than 2% is already good, close to 10% of the hit rate, which is more than 5 times the usual results, such a hit rate is extremely amazing, and it also makes the US military suffer heavy losses.

A round of 48 shells, 20 rounds, close to 1000 shells, about 10%, is almost a hundred shells hit, this is not a simple small-caliber artillery, 15 inches, a warhead is close to 1 ton, armor-piercing shells are heavier than ordinary shells, such 100 shells hit, the power is quite amazing, and finally the heavy damage of 4 battleships gave up, this has to add the two sunk before, which is equivalent to saying that the Mayo Department finally lost 4 battleships.

Cheng Biguang's focus is on battleships, although other mounted patrols and heavy cruisers were shot, but they were not intensive hits, and the losses were relatively small, but other small ships, 3 light cruisers, and 4 destroyers were sunk, these are all unwarranted disasters, when the area is attacked, they are accidentally hit, but light cruisers and destroyers, unlike heavy patrols and heavy patrols, only a small part of them have armor on them, even if there is armor, the total weight of less than 5000 tons of battleships, how many, sometimes hit the vital point, one shot down, It's enough to solve the problem.

From the beginning of the war to the present, less than 12 minutes, not even the face of the opponent's battleship, but the loss is already extremely huge, if you say from the tonnage, 4 battleships, 3 light cruisers, 4 destroyers, even if you add the previous losses, the total tonnage of the entire fleet is not very large, but 12 battleships are the same as other heavy cruisers and mounted cruisers, in the big fleet duel, other battleships, more to see the excitement, only battleships can really go on the battle line, 12 minutes accounted for 25% of the loss of the capital ship of the battleship, the opponent only has 4 battleships, even if it is proud like Mayo, it has to face the opponent, this is a rare opponent, if you are not careful, you really have to stay here, suffer a big loss. The fact that the Fantasy class is ironclad proves that it is still the most powerful battleship in the world, and its strength is far above that of the American battleships.

Mayo doesn't have any good way, the only good news for him is that the two reconnaissance fleets have been divided into two directions, bypassing that island, this hateful island, if it weren't for this island, he wouldn't have lost so badly, he was completely defenseless and was attacked by the other side, so the losses were heavy, maybe after bypassing this island, the situation on the battlefield would change.

At this time, the two search fleets, like two wings flying together, outflanked the rear of the island, in the radar, the other party's situation showed quite obvious, Cheng Biguang smiled coldly, the other party thought it was a smart approach, in fact, at the beginning, it was in the middle of the middle, in the radar and submarine reconnaissance, it has been found that in 10 minutes, the US army, which is divided into three parts, has a distance of more than 4 nautical miles on one side, because of the capital ship fleet, they need to evade, it is impossible to move forward at the fastest speed, On the contrary, they can travel at a speed of 32 knots, which is a considerable distance, and as for the other one, the distance is even greater, because the capital ship is following a fleet around, and from this side, it is exactly two opposite directions, in this case, the gap is even greater, more than 10 nautical miles.

The distance is just right, just to start the next part of the task, with Cheng Biguang's order, the battleships turned together, heading to the west, there is one of the two search fleets, and it is also the closest fleet to the main fleet of the United States, more than 15 kilometers apart, for Cheng Biguang, the other party's division of troops, is his best opportunity, this search fleet has a total of 32 ships, including 12 light cruisers and 20 destroyers, although it is a little troublesome to attack them, but as long as they seize the opportunity, it is still possible to kill.

On the side of the capital ship, the artillery fire began to weaken, Mayo breathed a sigh of relief, he naturally thought that it was his division strategy that won the victory, and the other party had no effort to pay attention to this side, they had to deal with the problem of the two-wing fleet, maybe it was just one, after one fleet stumbled him, the other fleet could cut off their back road, for Mayo, at this moment, it was necessary to speed up, reduce some evasion, abandon the damaged ships, and rush to the side of the fleet at the maximum speed.

After all, it is a fleet composed of two light warships that go to intercept, such a fleet can only play the role of blocking at most, attacking with torpedoes, if it is shelled by the other side, the loss is certain, if the main fleet can not keep up, the consequences will be very large, and the immediate loss will definitely be more suffered, in order to avoid these two fleets being too damaged, they must keep up.

When the cannonade had just stopped, Mayo might not have dared to make this decision, but when the other party's cannonade had stopped for more than an hour, he had no problem doing it at all.

But are things really the way Mayo expected? But on the other side, the cannon rumbled, and the distance of 15 kilometers was exactly where the Fantasy-class naval guns were best played, and the reconnaissance fleet formation had already bypassed the island, at least, from the side, there was no island separation between the two sides, and there was no obstruction on the optical top. Without the need for the submarine to send back data, relying directly on optical equipment, the Fantasy class can clearly see the position of the opponent, in this case, it is more convenient.

All the lookouts looked at the American battleship rushing at high speed with some excitement, the cannon turned slightly, the battleship was also in the best condition, after less than 1 minute of adjustment, the artillery began to turn, from the main fleet, fell on the body of this reconnaissance fleet, and death fell again. (To be continued.) )