Chapter 672: Main Action
The sound of machine guns has been ringing non-stop, in this sea area, death continues, almost in just 5 minutes, raging in a range of less than 2 kilometers, left, right, right, inside and out, plowed, let the pirates directly turn over on their backs, directly sinking ships, more than 300 ships, the remaining 400 ships, all have been injured large and small, the heavy ones are almost immobile, light and unscathed, and do not dare to venture, some cowardly, even directly retreated, exiting the 2-kilometer line of death.
"Good!" Andrei couldn't help but praise on the watchtower, this battle, these civilian ships in the northwest, with the help of machine guns, fiercely yin the pirates, artillery only plays a role in harassment, the real final word, or machine guns, more than 800, or even more machine guns, so that these pirates, almost nowhere to hide, 2 kilometers range, almost become a forbidden area, no ship can cross.
Andrei's expression was calm, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after waiting for a while, Andrei ordered loudly: "All of them, drive at medium speed!" ”
The German destroyers quietly began to move, not at maximum speed, but at a medium speed of about 18 knots, and they were in the flank and rear of the group, less than 5 nautical miles away from the position of the pirate raid, and at this speed, at most 20 minutes, could reach the war zone.
Andre was happy on his side, and on the other side, on the British side, on a destroyer, a British officer with a telescope almost threw the telescope to the ground. He was the one who sent messages to the pirates before, and at the time of this battle. Charlie, who revealed the identity of the intelligence officer.
Seeing that the pirates were about to succeed, he dealt a heavy blow to the northwest, which was very close to Germany, and even seemed to have a secret agreement with Germany, but it was messed up by these pirates, how not to make him angry, and the national scolding almost poured out.
In the case of pirates, it was a different story. The Shura field of death shocked everyone. Most of the pirates didn't even falter, knowing full well that there was a cannon unless they ran out of ammunition. Otherwise, the area of 2 kilometers ahead is definitely a hell of death, looking at the tragic situation of hundreds of ships being beaten, who dares to bet that the ammunition of those machine guns will be exhausted, just as no one expected before, such a battleship, actually equipped with so many machine guns, no one dares to know, there will not be enough ammunition on the cargo ship. This is a 1.2 million ton cargo ship, and unlike a warship, it is mainly cargo-bearing.
In the middle of the night. The two sides of the battle fell into a dead silence, and the only ones who were moving were probably the ships that were struggling to save themselves, they were staying there, and the pirates who had sunk into the water. Unlike artillery, ships hit by machine guns. Even if you break a big hole and fall into the water, it will fall slowly, unlike an ordinary one that is hit by the main gun, sinking directly, and all the soldiers on the ship will sink together, most of the pirates are quite good in water, and before sinking slowly, they have the opportunity to jump into the water to escape.
The gunners, they didn't have the heart to care about the half-crippled, and they didn't slaughter the pirates who fell into the water, and those basically couldn't pose a threat to the ship's regiment, although they prepared dozens of base shells, and they could save a little bit of it, and God knows how long it would take for this station.
The main force of the pirates, such a situation was beyond the expectations of the four pirates, they thought that the first batch would be lost, but they did not expect to lose like this, they only considered 5 destroyers before, with the firepower of the British * ship, it may be up to 80 ships, when the time comes, the destroyers that consume a lot of energy and part of the shells will become the target of their attacks, but no one expected that it looks like a delicious Chinese meal, but when they are about to enjoy it, they show a hideous face, Instead of forcing out the German destroyers, they inflicted heavy losses on themselves.
What to do, in this case, no one dares to enter the 2-kilometer area, unless it is confirmed that the other side has no shells, but the pirates are just a rabble, it is okay to fight a tailwind war, a strong attack and a hard battle, you are too high on the strength of the pirates.
The tranquility of the battlefield did not wait long, and soon, the order was issued, and the four pirates, including the strongest pirates, still had a deterrent effect on most of the pirates, and they did not order the pirates to rush hard, but let the pirates divide into different parts and carry out tentative attacks respectively, trying to find the weak points of the ship group, or consume the ammunition of the ship group.
In the command room, Yang Yuanzhao stood there with his shoulders crossed, and sneered slightly, sure enough, the other party really adopted such a method according to what the staff officer thought, they didn't know that the periphery of the entire ship regiment was very evenly arranged, basically there was no weakness in the firepower, in fact, it was okay to consume it with them, but in this dangerous sea area, it was not suitable to stay for too long, in case those British people had bad intentions, it would be bad, he never pinned his hopes on others to make mistakes, but took the initiative to attack.
"Order, the regiment of ships, in accordance with the established method, began to assault to the east!"
The east is the direction of the course, in a sense, it is the place where the pirates have the most forces, but in the current situation, if the pirates can't solve the problem of machine guns, no matter how many they are, they will be sent up for slaughter, and even when the ship group points in that direction, the opponent's first choice is not to attack, but to escape, he has this confidence, he is to force the other party to fight a decisive battle, those ironclad ships and capital ships do not appear, I am afraid that this battle will not end.
More than 500 large ships, at the same time as the radio wave order, began to operate, each part has liaison officers and commands, almost 20 or so ships as the main force, and about 60 or so cooperation, the entire ship group, the ships that can be affected, there are about 400 ships, and the rest, even if they are shaken and afraid, in the face of the current situation, most of them have the same direction, they have no choice.
The speed of the ship group decreased, but the boiler was not turned off, but the order was given, and the periphery changed slightly, and the ships in the east broke through directly and began to move quickly towards the east.
The actions of the ship group not only surprised the pirates, but also the British and Germans, after thinking about it for a while, Andre quickly figured out why Yang Yuanzhao would do this, it was obvious to annihilate the pirates' living force as much as possible, and even force out the opponent's ironclad ship, at this time, he was needed to cooperate.
The icing on the cake, this kind of thing, why not, 3000 tons of ironclad ships, in the eyes of ordinary cargo ships of the ship group, is unmatched, but in front of the real cutting-edge destroyers, it is simply a joke, although the naval guns on his destroyers are only about 180 light guns, but the power is not comparable to the ironclad ships 20 years ago, plus torpedoes, one can deal with two or three, at high speed, the other party can't even stand the hair, let alone fight.
The problems that Andre can think of, the British can also think of, but the navy, especially the captains, think of it, although Charlie is an intelligence officer and a real naval officer, but his rank is too low, just a second officer, and his experience is too shallow, he didn't understand the key to Yang Yuanzhao's movements at all, but he faintly felt that something was wrong, but unfortunately even if he thought of it, he couldn't change anything, in this era, in the era of no radio communication, it was impossible to notify the other party at all.
The pirates were really attracted by the changes in the ship group, at first, these pirate main forces did not realize what was going on, when the whole ship group resolutely to the east, the speed to the highest speed, of course, the speed of the slowest ship, about 11 knots, but it was surrounding, and the battleship rushing towards the ship group, it was simply unable to resist, a full 200 ships were caught off guard, shrouded in range, 500 machine guns in front of them immediately shot, and about 300 ships, were sunk or broken.
has not touched the opponent's hair, but was hit by the opponent, such a situation, so that the pirates across Southeast Asia impatient, especially some of the backbone pirates, they have more or less huge damage, for the assistants have been stationary, suddenly there is a whisper, under their interference, especially now that the group may leave this area, continue to enter the Strait of Malacca under the premise.
Although it is said that the pirates can pursue, the British will not say anything, but at most they can only go to Kuala Lumpur, and the subsequent voyage is too dense, the appearance of pirates, the British will shoot anyway, but the number of full-speed ship regiments that can be chased is not much, many small boats are fast enough, but the supply is not enough, it is impossible to pursue for a long time, under this prerequisite, several people have discussed and made a unified decision, the main fleet finally began to move, led by four ironclad ships, Located at the front to provide sufficient cover, the entry of the remaining ships Yuji, the target is directly at the center of the ship group, he is ready to bloom from the center, through a road, to provide other pirates with a chance to besiege, the protection of the ship group and machine guns, maybe combined, for most of the pirate ships, have huge lethality, but scattered to face 10 times the pirate siege, can play a very little role.
moved and finally moved, Xiao Jianfeng knew Yang Yuanzhao through the radio as soon as he got the news, and asked to take the initiative to attack, but was ordered by Yang Yuanzhao to prepare and wait first, because Yang Yuanzhao They noticed that Andrei's German destroyer fleet was also approaching rapidly, as long as they could catch up and knock out the other party's four ironclad ships, Xiao Jianfeng could not attack so riskily, not only the safety could not be guaranteed, but it would not be easy to make the next move in the future, Yang Yuanzhao's heart was very big, since he had met, Not only do you want to catch all the pirates, but you also want to earn the most benefits. (To be continued)