The battle between the Second Squadron under the jurisdiction of Tang Town and the Royal Navy's Lord Dieters Fast Fleet, coupled with the fact that both sides had reservations, quickly evolved into a chase battle from the beginning......

The three battleships of the Second Fleet all have a speed of 23-24 knots, which is almost overwhelming compared to the overall speed of several dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy, after all, even after the modification of the dreadnought, the speed is generally about 19 knots, and the new talents of the Royal Navy represented by the George V and the Monarch dreadnoughts are all about 21 knots. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the problem is that in the British fleet, there are still two invincible-class ships with a speed of 26 knots, and it is almost impossible for the Guangzhou to seize the advantageous terrain in front of the invincible-class battle cruiser, which means that as long as the Royal Navy advances step by step, Tang Zhen will not be able to use the speed to seize the advantageous position of the T-shaped top, because, when they seize the advantageous shooting position, the two invincible-class battle cruisers will undoubtedly seize the T-shaped top of the Chinese fleet first.

Lord Dieters made full use of the advantage of the invincible battle patrol speed and formed a three-sided suppression tactic against the second squadron!

Tang Zhen naturally understood the British plan at a glance, but the problem was that even if he had great confidence in his gunnery, it was impossible for him to let the fleet engage the enemy in the case of being robbed of the T-shaped top, and he could only exert the power of the two front main guns, and it was almost impossible to hit the firepower coverage at a regular engagement distance of 15,000 meters.

It can't be covered by firepower, but it has to be shrouded in the firing range of 16 main guns of 2 battle cruisers...... This kind of uncertain deal, Tang Zhen obviously can't do it, he immediately focused the counterattack target on the 4 dreadnoughts led by the Left Wing Sovereign, relatively speaking, the combination of Guangzhou, Shanxi and Sky Wolf battle cruisers, for a Royal Navy dreadnought still has a speed advantage of more than 2 knots, as long as you seize the opportunity, this is enough to create a short time window for firing!

The two sides each had their own wishful thinking, began to entangle with each other, first to the south, and then to the southeast direction of continuous maneuvering, and at 6:38 in the morning, the Guangzhou took the lead in firing the first school projectile to the battleship Sovereign, at this time the distance between the two sides was nearly 17,000 meters, and the two battle cruisers of the Invincible and the Strong had been outflanked from the right flank to the rear of the Shanxi battleship, and the distance was almost 17,000 meters.

At this moment, the position of the Chinese battleship formation is in front of the right of the Royal Navy's 4 dreadnought formations, but because there is no absolute advantage in speed, Tang Zhen chose to seize the opportunity and set fire to the British battleship in the first position, rather than the standard tactics of 1vs1, the number of opponent's battleships is 3 times that of himself, and the standard tactics are dreaming.

There is no doubt that the battleship Shanxi at the end of the fleet at this moment has become the first target of the two British battle cruisers that have rushed to the horse, and the difference between the two sides in the first round of mutual fire is only less than 30 seconds, because both sides are carrying out almost irregularities in each other's clamping positions, so the effect of this calibration is also quite outrageous, and the error is more than 1,000 meters away.

Without waiting for the British to continue to react, immediately after, the Shanxi battleship directly fired a round and a half salvos, and the whistling shells flew in the air for nearly 20 seconds, so fierce that they smashed a good landing point in front of the course of the battleship Sovereign, less than 700 meters away from the bow of the Sovereign, although the other 4 shells fell a little large, but this was definitely enough to surprise the British.

Lord Philip, the captain of the Sovereign, immediately ordered to turn to a 30-degree maneuver to avoid rushing into the encirclement of the Chinese salvo at the next moment, but in fact, the battleship Guangzhou and the Sky Wolf battlecruiser fired a continuous single shot, but it was still not a small deviation...... As for the six British battleships and battle cruisers that participated in the attack, the indiscriminate firing of ping-pong could not be effectively adjusted for deviation at all.

Both sides almost pulled the speed of the battleship to the extreme at this moment, the front and rear pitch and left and right roll of the battleship are very large, which is almost the biggest reason for affecting the accuracy of shooting, the commanders on both sides naturally understand the relationship, but they have no intention of making any adjustments, Tang Zhen hopes to obtain the fighter with speed, Lord Dieters also sees that the speed of his dreadnought is not enough to intercept the opponent, so he also hopes to use the psychology of the Chinese to seek war, drag the other party into the cluster battle, after all, there are 4 dreadnoughts on their side The speed is even more unbearable, You can't get closer!

As a result, the two sides chased each other for nearly 1 hour, only to calibrate each other with dozens of shells, of which each had 1 close miss, but there was no substantial damage, Tang Zhen was naturally dissatisfied with this stalemate, but the advantage that the British had could not be easily resolved, and if they were not careful, they might really find an opportunity for the British war patrol who was shooting cold guns on one side.

The problem was that against the two faster battle cruisers, the British did not give them a chance to close the distance at all, and they always followed behind the side of the Shanxi, and did not give their side a chance to gather fire at all...... This battle has reached this level, which makes Tang Zhen also start to frown!

"Continue to press the British battleship formation on the right flank, send a telegram to Lao He of Shanxi, let him find an opportunity, is it possible to turn back and give a cold shot to the British battle patrol!" Tang Zhen stared at the chart, this kind of disadvantageous situation was definitely full of challenges to achieve a good result, which made him full of energy......

At this moment, the officer in the telegraph room ran out and reported loudly, "General, there is a call from the Guam base to report that the Guam Army Air Force and the base fleet have damaged several American battleships, and it is predicted that the US Grand Fleet may be evacuated, and at the same time inquire about the battle situation of our fleet!" ”

This news made Tang Zhen also stunned, he fought fiercely for more than an hour, almost all of them were playing soy sauce, but he didn't expect that the Guam base, which originally seemed to be the most difficult, had already opened up the situation...... Almost at the same time, he realized the key to a normal campaign!

Almost at the same time, in the sea area northeast of Guam, 800 kilometers away, the battleship Guangdong, the flagship of the Grand Fleet, also received an urgent telegram from the Guam Naval Base.

After seeing the telegram, Chi Zhaoying, chief of staff of the Grand Fleet, also marked the course of the US Grand Fleet on the chart for the first time......

"The Americans withdrew in a south-westerly direction...... There is a possibility of continuing the voyage south and then meeting the British to the east! Although according to intelligence, the Americans were heavily damaged, but as senior admirals, they all understood that damaging the enemy ship was only a tactical victory, and only by destroying the enemy army could a strategic advantage be established!

Liu Hetu stared at the sea chart, and naturally understood Chi Zhaoyao's worries, the battle of the Guam base was absolutely at a high level, but he also knew very well the strength of the Guam base army aviation, there were two flight regiments in total, if the planes could be doubled, the result of this battle was estimated to be really against the sky, but judging from the current battle report, the two rounds of attacks have been damaged and 6 planes have been shot down......

Although the results of the battle are brilliant, but to really destroy a battleship, it is absolutely necessary to pay more costs, especially the US troops who are trapped in the beast fight, and the army fighters carrying torpedoes and aerial bombs have a limited radius of activity, plus they need to conduct a sea search, and they can routinely attack targets within a range of 120-150 kilometers around the Guam airport, and if they are far away, they will have to try their luck, and if they don't do well, they will crash!

He immediately straightened out his thoughts, the situation can be described as very good, and he has no reason not to make this battle more beautiful, "Send an urgent telegram to Lin Yongsheng, immediately send all reconnaissance planes to investigate, and be sure to find out the course of the Americans...... Send a message to Tang Town, and ask him to attract the British to the east of Guam as much as possible, and wait for us to join the battlefield! ”

At the same time, he also took a pencil and a triangular ruler, and drew a few more strokes on the chart...... "I feel that this is the purpose of the Americans!" Abel is a chicken thief, and I think there is a high probability that he will take a more remote route and seek a quick and safe evacuation! Keeping in touch with Don Town, I want to know what the British are doing! ”

As a result, in the next hour of contact telegrams with the Second Squadron, Tang Zhen kept confirming that the British were trying to eat the actions of the Second Squadron, which surprised Liu Hetu as well, but this was obviously good news, the British were still dragged on the new battlefield, and the Grand Fleet could only arrive on the battlefield after nightfall, in that case, the possibility of a surprise attack could be fully considered! (To be continued.) )