Fifteen Sovereign-class battleships from Taiwan formed a formation, and then slaughtered Japanese and American cruisers and destroyer detachments. Originally, this time the Japanese and American destroyers and cruisers could run away, but they were ordered by Ito to come and delay the battleships in Taiwan. Because if they don't delay Taiwan's battleships, then Taiwan's battleships will inevitably turn around and beat up those battleships that are entangled in Taiwan. Taiwan's plan has been successful, and he has succeeded in transferring the battleships of the combined fleets of Japan and the United States from other types of warships, and once they are unable to cooperate to become a force, their strength will also be greatly reduced, and such a separate warship operation will certainly be more beneficial to Taiwan.

However, now Taiwanese cruisers and destroyers have begun to block the Japanese battleships. As for Taiwan's cruisers and destroyers, they began to block them, and in this process, they naturally used the means of raiding and harassing, and then blocked the enemy by means of non-constant raids.

"Xiao Sa, this time I command the cruiser, you two command the destroyer, and we will besiege them together. Our cruisers are responsible for holding back the enemy's artillery fire from a distance, so if you go to the battleships and swim around them, and then wait for an opportunity to fire torpedoes at them, and then maybe you can sneak up on one or two enemy battleships, then we will be meritorious. Li He said.

"Okay, I'll rush up with the destroyer right away!" Sa Zhenbing said.

Sa Zhenbing was in charge of commanding the fleet on one of the destroyers, and then rushed towards the Japanese battleship. According to the plan, the cruisers were responsible for attracting the fire of the Japanese battleships on the periphery, which could effectively help the destroyers inside to avoid being hit by enemy fire.

"Cruiser, charge me, shoot me!" Li He said.

The cruisers began to approach the Japanese battleships, but since their cruisers were able to fire at Japanese and American battleships, it meant that both Japanese and American battleships could fire at them. The range of the guns of the battleships in this era was far greater than that of the cruisers. And more powerful.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

More than thirty cruisers began to fire at those Japanese battleships, but the hit rate of these cruisers was not high, which is why the fire hit rate of this era was extremely poor. More than 60 shells were fired, but not a single one could be hit.

However, Ito Yuheng, who was on top of the Japanese flagship, immediately ordered: "Rush me and rush out as soon as possible." We don't have time to dwell on these guys. These unruly cruisers also want to stop us? Their shells tickle us pretty much the same! ”

"Your Excellency Commander, it's not good, a group of destroyers of the Shina people are approaching us, and there are more than seventy of them!" A Japanese observer said.

"Made, this kind of unpopular thing dares to come to trouble our destroyer, it's really a bear's heart and a leopard's guts!" Ito said angrily.

"Your Excellency, will our naval guns hit the enemy's cruisers, or the enemy's destroyers? There are so many enemy warships that we are at a loss! Who the hell are we fighting? ”

Ito finally realized what it was like to be able to bite an elephant even if there were many ants. Now these enemy destroyers and cruisers are actually besieging them here, apparently trying to stop them. Then they really don't have any good way to break through, because these cruisers and destroyers are not people who can't fight back, they all have their own weapons. The guns of the cruisers are to tickle them, and it will be difficult to penetrate their armor if nothing else. But those destroyers are not simple, and those destroyers also have torpedoes. Torpedoes are often more terrifying than naval guns, and the charge of naval guns is small, and even if they penetrate their armor, they may not be able to bring absolute fatal injuries to a warship. Naval artillery unless it is able to hit several vital points. For example, the bridge in charge of command, or the ammunition compartment. Engine room and other vital points, otherwise it is difficult to directly produce a fatal injury, often a lot of rounds.

But torpedoes are different, one torpedo can kill the old nose, a torpedo can charge hundreds of kilograms at every turn, and only one shot can blow a hole in the bottom of the ship. And these openings poured into the sea in large quantities. If you are a little careless or the damage management personnel are not strong, it will be sunk directly! So torpedoes are more terrifying.

However, although the torpedo is powerful, the biggest disadvantage is that it has a short range and a poor hit rate. It's even worse than naval artillery. And the enemy warships can dodge, unlike the naval guns that simply did not have time to dodge. Generally, this kind of destroyer, which is equipped with torpedoes, is used to adopt the tactics of small and large against battleships. Besiege these battleships with a large number of destroyers, and then maybe get the results with a small one.

"Give me the main guns to shoot at their cruisers, and then ignore them for now. If those cruisers get close to us, then we will also strike at them with secondary guns. However, if they fire torpedoes, then we will immediately strike them with machine guns and knock out those torpedoes. Yuhiro Ito said.

Ito then looked at the Taiwanese navy in the distance, and then sneered, apparently he didn't think that these Taiwanese navy would be able to stop him. In fact, most of these Taiwanese navies are novices, and it is very difficult for them to be able to fire accurately. Especially when launching torpedoes, the hit rate of torpedoes in this era is called a pit daddy, as long as you don't let those guys get close. When the time comes, you can have secondary guns and machine guns to fight those torpedoes, and the probability of hitting the torpedoes is very low. It may be possible for a wave to deflect the torpedo at any time, so the torpedo is not scary. This torpedo is not terrible, only the kind of wire-guided torpedo of later generations is terrible. And there is also a kind of cavitating torpedo in later generations, which is the real most terrifying. The speed of the cavitating torpedo is enough to reach hundreds of knots, which is not much slower than a shell, and that is the torpedo that cannot be dodged.

However, due to scientific and technological reasons, the current torpedoes are still very backward and primitive, and they cannot make these Japanese battleships feel too afraid. Although the threat was there, it did not reach the level of real fear that made them feel.

"Destroyer, rush me!" Sa Zhenbing commanded the destroyers to start charging inside, and then they took the destroyers into detachments, and then began to fight the battleships separately.

There were more than seventy of these destroyers, and they said that about ten of them were a detachment, and then they now began to rush the enemy battleships. And these are actually the tactics commonly used by the army, by sticking to the enemy can make his mother unable to get rid of it, sticking to them like a piece of kraft candy, so that they can't get rid of it even if they want to, but they have to let him harass you here. Probably a detachment went to entangle an enemy battleship, and then so that within a kilometer of their battleship there were Taiwanese destroyers, and their maximum tonnage was only 1,200 tons, compared to that battleship, which was less than a tenth of the size. But like ants, they are harassing here and there.

"Your Excellency Commander, these Taiwanese destroyers have come within the range of our secondary guns, are we firing?" Japan's staff officer in charge of fire control asked.

"Hit!" Yuhiro Ito replied.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The secondary guns of the Japanese battleships began to fire, but they did not hit the destroyers. Because these destroyers were not only small in tonnage and not easy to aim, but they were also very fast, much faster than battleships. Such a battleship attacked with artillery, which was completely for the use of anti-aircraft guns to shoot mosquitoes, and basically there was not much chance of hitting.

However, as a destroyer, you have to be careful, because the caliber of the secondary guns of these battleships is also more than 200 mm, and your own destroyers will be crippled if they don't die after one shot, so you have to be very careful about this.

"Individual destroyer detachments, look for opportunities on their own, launch torpedoes!" Sa Zhenbing said.

Those destroyers began to prepare to fire torpedoes at the Japanese battleships, because they mainly relied on torpedoes to fight, and their 75-millimeter guns were nothing to scratch the battleships, at most mosquito bites, harmless. Therefore, they could only fight with torpedoes, and only through torpedoes could they effectively threaten the enemy's battleships.

"The torpedo chamber is filled with water!"

"Launch!"

"Poof!"

One of the destroyers was the first to fire a torpedo, and then their torpedoes began to rush towards the battleship at the head of the Japanese platoon. The other destroyers also fired torpedoes one after another, each with their own goals, hoping to hit the enemy as soon as possible.

"Order the machine guns, prepare to strike at the torpedoes, and reduce the speed of the ship, implement the 'Z' shape, and try to avoid the attack of the torpedoes! If the destroyers of the Shina people dare to approach us, then they will also be beaten hard, and you are welcome. Yuhiro Ito said.

"Damn, no!" Sa Zhenbing said regretfully.

More than a hundred torpedoes also failed to hit the enemy's battleship, but this was also expected by Sa Zhenbing. The hit rate of torpedoes is worse than that of naval guns, and it is easy to dodge, so it is not surprising that more than a hundred torpedoes have not hit once. However, these more than 100 torpedoes successfully made the Japanese battleship forced to slow down and did not dare to accelerate excessively. Once the acceleration is excessive, it will not be flexible enough for the battleship, and if it is not flexible enough, it will be easily hit by torpedoes. (To be continued.) )