460 grappling cruiser fleet
Lin Fei's brows tightened, if the British and French fleets could not be completely annihilated in this battle, then the British and French fleets might be aware of the existence of submarines, if the British and French fleets hid in Jakarta and Pontianak and could not hold out, not only would it be difficult for the submarines to annihilate the British and French warships, but they would also not want to recover these places.
No, we must not watch the British and French fleets dispatch only three warships, we must find a way to get them to dispatch all the warships!
But what can be done to get them to dispatch all their warships? If Antonio felt that three battleships were not enough to defeat him, then he would definitely send all the battleships, that is, if he could defeat these two Sovereign-class battleships and one Majestic-class battleship, then all the battleships would naturally be dispatched.
As soon as this idea came out, Lin Fei himself laughed, the Sovereign-class battleships and the Majesty-class battleships are among the strongest ships in the world, and his own Emperor-class cruiser and two Dragon-class cruisers are not enough to stuff people's teeth.
Seeing that the three battleships were gradually approaching, Shangguan Yunlong, the deputy captain of the Song Zu ship beside Lin Fei, spoke, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?" ”
Shangguan Yunlong was originally the captain of the Tenglong ship, although Lin Fei personally served as the captain of the Song Zu ship, but he was also the commander of the fleet, and he also had to command the demon beast-class submarine formation, so he couldn't help but find a captain who was responsible for the command of the battleship, so he transferred Shangguan Yunlong over.
Lin Fei didn't know what to do for a while, he subconsciously asked, "Is there any way to attract all the British and French warships?" ”
Shangguan Yunlong was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is impossible, with the strength of the enemy's fleet, it is more than enough for three battleships to defeat us, there is no need for them to send all the battleships out!" ”
Lin Fei's face showed unprecedented solemnity, he pondered for a long time, and secretly thought, only with this trick, if it can work, it will be enough, if it doesn't work, then you can only give up the idea of annihilating the British and French fleets!
Lin Fei picked up the microphone of the Jade Bird machine while thinking about it, and said loudly: "Captain Minion, I didn't expect you to be such a coward, only sending three battleships to fight against me, haha......"
Antonio heard Lin Fei call himself a "slave captain", and instantly remembered that time he was kidnapped by Lin Fei, and under Lin Fei's coercion, he had to grovel and obey Lin Fei's dispatch, and suddenly became angry, and roared: "Lin Fei, raised by a bitch, my three battleships are enough to make you crushed!" ”
Lin Fei laughed, "Very good, slave captain, I didn't expect that your cowardly nature has not changed at all, and you only sent three battleships to fight me, okay, I won't say anything more, let's fight a decisive battle!" ”
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he put down the microphone, and Shangguan Yunlong said suspiciously: "Can this trick work?" ”
Lin Fei frowned, "I don't know if it will work, let's try it first." ”
Five minutes passed, and the battleships that were speeding up were still the original three, and the other battleships were still following slowly and leisurely, Shangguan Yunlong exclaimed: "Your method doesn't work, what can I do?" ”
Is it really necessary to change the plan to annihilate the British and French fleets? Lin Fei was in a hurry, stretched out his hand to the microphone of the blue bird machine, and said as he picked it up: "If this trick doesn't work anymore, then I won't have a choice!" ”
Lin Fei put the microphone to his mouth and said with a smile: "General Antonio, there are seventeen captains in your fleet, how is your relationship with them?" ”
Antonio was shocked and angry, "Lin Fei, I can only destroy your fleet, I don't want to talk nonsense with you." ”
"Captain Antonio, I'm helping you, what a great credit it is to destroy the Flying Emperor fleet and sink the Flying Emperor Throne, you only let those three captains monopolize it, what will the other captains think?"
Lin Fei's words instantly shocked Antonio into a cold sweat, many of these captains are indeed not on good terms with themselves, especially the captains of the eight French battleships, they have always complained about themselves as fleet commanders, if those three battleships monopolize the credit, others will definitely not be able to explain it, and if they anger the French captain, it may also affect the overall situation of the Anglo-French alliance.
Lin Fei heard Antonio's hesitation and knew that this trick had worked, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Oh, I understand, the captains of the three battleships you sent are all your henchmen, and the credit for sinking the Flying Emperor Ship is only for your own henchmen, and you are reluctant to share it with others." ”
It really happened that the captains of the three battleships sent out did have the best personal relationship with Antonio, and Antonio immediately gave an order to the whole fleet: "All of them are dispatched to attack the Huaxia fleet!" ”
The British and French battleships were immediately dispatched in full, the battleships were lined up in columns, the cruisers were lined up in columns, and the cruisers followed to the left of the battleships, sailing side by side with the battleships.
When Lin Fei saw the British and French fleets attacking, he did not immediately give the order to turn around, because he was worried that if he turned too early, Antonio would think that he was deliberately luring the enemy and give up the pursuit.
Lin Fei then ordered to approach a position three thousand meters away from the enemy fleet, launch a cloudburst bomb, and then retreat to the 0056 sea area.
The warships of both sides slowly approached, and when there were still 4,000 meters left, the British and French battleships opened fire first, and at this time, the guns were fired, one was for test firing, and the other was for deterrence.
The cannonball didn't hit Lin Fei's fleet, and the cannonball landed far away from the battleship, Lin Fei didn't dare to slack off, and ordered: "The whole fleet, the ship's guns are ready!" Get ready for a cloud burst! ”
The two sides soon entered a distance of three thousand meters, and Lin Fei ordered in a loud voice: "Open the cannon!" "The three battleships fired cloudburst shells together, exploding in balls of fireball on the sea, but no British and French battleships were hit.
At this time, the secondary guns on the British and French battleships were ready to fire, and these guns were rapid-fire guns with a caliber of more than 150 mm, which could be called the most terrifying killers on this battlefield!
Lin Fei saw that the time was almost up, and immediately ordered: "Turn around and retreat to the five or six sea areas of Dongdong!" ”
The three battleships quickly turned around and fled to the 0056 sea area, Antonio saw Lin Fei leading the battleship to escape, and laughed, "Lin Fei also said that I was cowardly, and I ran faster than anyone else!" ”
If the commander of the Huaxia fleet was not Lin Fei this time, Antonio would not have ordered the pursuit, but the temptation to sink the Flying Emperor ship was too great, so Antonio ordered: "Full speed pursuit!" ”
Lin Fei's battleships were faster than the British battleships, so the British battleships could not catch up with Lin Fei, so the British and French battleships would be smoothly led by Lin Fei into the ambush circle of the submarine.
Lin Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and with great difficulty, he finally led the British and French battleships to the submarine.
At this moment, Shangguan Yunlong suddenly came to Lin Fei's approach and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's not good!" ”
Lin Fei's heart trembled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Shangguan Yunlong said softly: "At our current speed, if the British cruiser fleet attacks alone, we will be caught up and have to fight with it!" ”
The combat effectiveness of the British and French cruisers was slightly stronger than that of the Dragon-class cruisers, and it was inferior to the Emperor-class cruisers, but they had eight, and Lin Fei only had three, so if they fought, Lin Fei would not be an opponent anyway.
Lin Fei's heart that had just been put down hung again, "If we speed up, can we get rid of the British and French cruisers?" ”
"It's okay to get rid of it, but once we get rid of the cruiser, the battleship will feel that the pursuit is hopeless, and then give up the pursuit, and we will not be able to achieve the goal of destroying the battleship all."
"This ......" Lin Fei's face became solemn again, he thought for a moment, there was no solution, so he had to take a chance and said: "I hope Britain and France don't think of this strategy." ”
Shangguan Yunlong nodded helplessly and prayed silently, this was their only way.
But at this moment, the chief of communication suddenly sent a report: "Your Majesty, the British and French cruiser fleets have sailed out of the battleship fleet and are outflanking our fleet at high speed!" ”
I'm really afraid of whatever I want, the Anglo-French cruiser fleet, it's really coming!
Lin Fei took a deep breath and said to Shangguan Yunlong: "You calculate, at the current speed, how long will we engage the cruiser fleet before introducing the British and French battleships into the ambush circle?" ”
Shangguan Yunlong picked up a pencil, calculated on the chart, and quickly replied, "There will be about twenty to thirty minutes of fighting." ”
"Okay." Lin Fei said calmly, "Then we will fight with the cruiser fleet for twenty to thirty minutes!" ”
Shangguan Yunlong frowned, "But Your Majesty, then we will have to fight with eight enemy ships at the same time, each enemy ship can concentrate five rapid-fire guns on the side side, we will face forty rapid-fire guns, and we can only concentrate eighteen rapid-fire guns!" ”
"I know all of this!" Lin Fei resolutely said, "But we don't have a better choice now, for the sake of China's national fortunes, we have to gamble!" Order the dragon ship and the submarine dragon ship to prepare for a decisive battle, and when engaged, high-explosive shells, armor-piercing shells and cloudburst shells are fought alternately, first use high-explosive shells and armor-piercing shells to break the defense equipment of cloudburst shells, and then use cloudburst shells to kill and injure enemy ships! ”
"Yes, understood!" Shangguan Yunlong solemnly saluted, it seems that this salute is the last salute in this life!
The three battleships were quickly ready for battle, and all the sailors knew the dilemma they were facing, three ships against eight ships, eighteen rapid-fire guns against forty rapid-fire guns!
For Lin Fei's fleet, the even more terrifying thing is that once a battleship slows down because of a bullet, it will fall into the encirclement of the nine battleships behind, whether it is the Great Emperor class or the Dragon class, once it falls into the encirclement of British and French battleships, it will be like a sheep falling into a group of crocodiles!
Lin Fei felt an unprecedented crisis, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Shangguan Yunlong, I will leave it to you to command here!" ”
Shangguan Yunlong was taken aback and asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?" ”
Lin Fei smiled indifferently: "At the last moment, I want to take action myself!" ”