Chapter 780: I'm going to fight back

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"Inform the captains that the shelling will begin in ten minutes, and after five minutes, the ships will begin to retreat according to the predetermined route, starting with a concentrated retreat and then dispersing. In addition, don't forget to keep firing when you retreat, and don't let the devil warship lose it. Xie Hui, who was temporarily appointed as the commander-in-chief by Chen Jiliang, looked at the pocket watch in his hand and ordered very decisively.

Soon, the roar of cannon was heard on the decks of several Wehrmacht warships, followed by the screeching of shells streaking across the sky over the battlefield.

Although the Wehrmacht warship could not be seen at the Devil's Lookout Post, as soon as the ship's guns fired, the orange-red flames erupting from the muzzles exposed the fleet's figures.

Coupled with the dull sound of cannons and the screeching of cannonballs across the sky, the Devil Lookout immediately realized that they were under attack.

So, when the screeching of shells reached their ears, the piercing alarm bells rang on the nine warships.

The sleeping devil quickly rushed out of the cabin and rushed to his combat position.

The devil on duty began to manipulate the ship's guns, adjusting the firing angle of the guns according to the position where the muzzle flame was exposed.

However, no matter how fast they reacted, they could not fly faster than the shells, and soon, violent explosions rang out around them.

More than 100 shells, some of which smashed on the deck of the warship and exploded, and the fireballs that rose into the air continued to take the lives of devils one by one. Some smashed into the sea around the warship and exploded, blasting out columns of water up to 20 meters high.

Even if Major General Masano was prepared and arranged for a large number of soldiers to be on guard at night, the devils who reacted first still waited until the second round of Wehrmacht shells came before counterattacking one after another.

Although the muzzle flames exposed the position of the navy, because the distance was too far, the devils counterattacked too hastily, and the first round of shells actually hit all the front of the fleet, and none of them hit the target.

Wait for the devil to finally adjust the muzzle of the cannon and start counterattacking again. The seven capital ships under Xie Hui's command had fired four rounds of more than 400 shells. Although none of the Devil warships were sunk or incapacitated, each warship was hit by a few shells to a greater or lesser extent.

Because naval artillery is different from ordinary artillery, it takes nearly a minute to prepare for firing a shell, and after four rounds of shelling, nearly three minutes have passed.

In addition, as soon as the ship fires its guns, it means that it has been exposed, and there is no point in continuing to hide. In addition, he was about to retreat in two minutes, Xie Hui decisively ordered his subordinates to activate the warship and prepare for the next retreat.

As soon as the dull roar of the warship sounded, the surrounding ships followed suit and started the warship. Of course, the artillery on the deck did not sit idle, and continued to fire shells in the direction of the devil warship, striving to fire three more rounds of shells with the remaining two minutes.

As soon as the five-minute shelling was over, the seven warships in Xie Hui's hands began to retreat with billowing smoke, while the naval guns located at the stern of the ships were not idle and continued to fire at the devil's fleet.

At this time, Rear Admiral Masano was now in the command cabin with a fanatical face, holding a telescope and staring at the Wehrmacht fleet.

As soon as the seven warships retreated, Rear Admiral Masano saw it clearly, and then frowned and said, "It's not good, the Wehrmacht is going to escape." If we hit us, we want to run for our lives, how can there be such a good thing. Order the fleet to pursue them immediately, we are all new warships, with maximum horsepower, we can catch up with them in five hours at most, and then annihilate them all. ”

Speaking of this, Major General Masano unexpectedly shot out two very hot gazes in his eyes.

You must know that the fleet that attacked you in front of you is a strong enemy who has completely annihilated a sub-fleet of the Empire, and if you can destroy them, you can be sure that you will definitely become a hero of the Empire, and even His Majesty the Emperor will know about it.

Not only that, with the combat exploits of completely annihilating the enemy, the rank of major general on his shoulders is at least eighty percent sure that he will become a lieutenant general at once.

In this case, Major General Masano, whose eyes were hot, seemed to have seen the rank of lieutenant general beckoning to him.

Just when Major General Masano was dreaming, the chief of staff next to him reminded him very inappropriately: "Please think twice, general, the sea is dark now, and we don't know the situation in the sea area ahead, if we rush to pursue, I am worried about being ambushed by the Wehrmacht!" ”

After glaring at his chief of staff with dissatisfaction, Major General Masano replied with great disdain: "Ambush, are you talking about Wehrmacht torpedo boats?" As long as we were vigilant, even if we were pursuing the Wehrmacht naval fleet, their torpedo boats would not be able to get close to us. ”

"Of course, they can also ambush our fleet four or five nautical miles away and drop torpedoes directly. But in this case, do you think these torpedoes can hit us? ”

"As for the capital ships equipped by the Wehrmacht, I just looked at it, and the seven capital ships are all ahead of us."

"In this case, do you think the Wehrmacht Navy still has the strength to ambush us?"

Although Major General Masano said something that the chief of staff could not refute, the bad premonition that suddenly surged in his heart made him insist: "Please think twice about your humble position." The Wehrmacht Navy assembled the main fleet and suddenly attacked us, but we retreated after less than five minutes, and I always felt that there was a trace of unknown conspiracy in it! ”

Major General Masano shook his head directly and replied: "No, not only did I not see the conspiracy in this, but I saw the cunning of the Wehrmacht. ”

Speaking of this, Rear Admiral Masano actually showed a serious expression on his face, and then continued to analyze: "The short shelling just now, although it did not sink a single warship, not even a single warship was seriously damaged. But don't forget, all nine of our ships were damaged to varying degrees. ”

"There are also casualties, and our detachment lost at least two hundred people in the shelling just now. You must know that our entire detachment is only about 1,000 people, and we lost more than 200 people at once, which is one-fifth of our strength. ”

"If the other side makes a few more sneak attacks like this, even if none of our nine ships are sunk, our soldiers will definitely be bombed and suffer heavy losses."

"With warships alone, without admirals, our ships will lose their ability to fight back and become live targets for the Wehrmacht Navy. I don't know if you've thought about this question. ”

"In addition, I would like to remind that the shelling just now, because the duration was too short. Even though we reacted quickly, we fired a lot of shells. But I am sure that the shells that were fired out were so long that they did not hit one percent of the time, which means that the seven ships that the Wehrmacht attacked us were almost never hit by the shells, and there were no losses. ”

At this time, the worry on the chief of staff's face had been replaced by solemnity.

After taking a deep breath, he said in a heavy tone: "General, you are right, I will immediately go and give the order to pursue the Wehrmacht fleet." ”

On the warship where Xie Hui was, from the beginning of the fleet's retreat, Xie Hui cried and stared at the devil fleet with a telescope.

At the beginning, the devil fleet did not show any signs of pursuit, Xie Hui's brows subconsciously wrinkled, worried that the devil would not be fooled, and the bureau that the commander and commander laid out for the devil in the back was in vain.

Fortunately for Xie Hui, after he withdrew for almost a kilometer, the devil fleet finally moved.

Nine warships marched in unison, spitting black smoke and chasing in their direction. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.