Just when the battleships were stuck together and the melee was at a fever pitch, the cruisers of the Entente countries suddenly changed their tactics under the leadership of General Betty, and they seized the opportunity to melee with the cruisers of the two countries in Yaman and Boston, and Betty's fleet suddenly accelerated and soon formed a battle line.

Led by General Betty's flagship, the Allied cruisers that formed the battle line made a turn, relying on a larger number of warships, encircling the cruisers and destroyers of both Yaman and Boston, and they temporarily blocked half of the battlefield with heavy artillery fire. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Allied destroyer fleet suddenly turned around and drove at full speed towards the area where the battlefleet was fighting.

What the Entente navy wanted was to lure out the opponent's small warships, and then use their own destroyers to carry out a surprise attack, Marshal Jericho used his perfected destroyer melee tactics, at this time, a large number of destroyers approached the opponent's battleship formation from the flanks, frantically firing torpedoes, and without the constraints of the opposing destroyer's fleet, the attack efficiency of the Saar destroyers was very high.

Although the sudden attack was a bit hasty, the Yamaman fleet had already learned the lessons of several naval battles and was prepared for Jericho's tactics. The battleships of the Yaman Empire were equipped with a large number of small-caliber rapid-fire guns on both sides, and in the face of the speeding destroyer, these high-level rapid-fire guns immediately began to fire.

The rapid-fire guns of the battleships of the Yaman fired desperately, and the dense small-caliber shells were intertwined into a net of fire, which inflicted heavy casualties on the destroyer fleet of the Allied navy, but the destroyer fleet of the Allied countries still braved the dense fire of the other side and approached the opposing fleet to carry out a torpedo attack. Under the attack of the Allied destroyer fleet, the Allied battleships exploded and caught fire, and they soon began to sink slowly along with the larger number of Allied destroyers.

The refit of the battleships of the Yamaman Empire still played a very big role, so in this destroyer combat operation, the results of the Allied navy were not ideal, not only a large number of their own destroyers were sunk, but also the destroyers were sunk by torpedoes, and most of the battleships of the Boston Empire had no experience in this field and the number of small-caliber rapid-fire guns was insufficient.

Nevertheless, the Entente's destroyer assault tactics yielded good results, and the Allied Northern Fleet, which was already numerically inferior, was in an even more difficult situation. Seeing that the other side was gradually gaining the upper hand, Marshal Schell ordered the fleet to fight and retreat, delay as much time as possible, and wait for reinforcements from the Southern Fleet and the Chinese Fleet. Marshal Scheer was not without his killer weapon, and just when Marshal Jericho was somewhat carried away and ordered the fleet to pursue at full speed, the killer weapon on the part of the Central Powers was dispatched.

If someone carefully observes the nearby sea surface and has good eyesight, they will find that there are some inconspicuous little things on the rough and smoke-filled sea, which are the periscope of the submarine force of the Yaman Empire.

Field Marshal Schell was well aware of his weakness, and in order to compensate for this shortcoming, he secretly brought with him a large number of submarine troops, which were placed in submarine carriers and transported in the supply fleet. When they spotted the opposing reconnaissance plane, Marshal Scheer, in addition to ordering the supply ships to break away from the formation and pursue the battle fleet, another secret order was to let the submarines hide in place and prepare to ambush the Allied fleet.

The submarines had been waiting for their time about five metres below the surface of the sea while they had been ventilated by snorkels, and they had been lurking underwater for nearly five hours. Marshal Scheer, who lured the Entente fleet to the vicinity, saw that the time had come, and he immediately informed the submarine forces by radio in code, knowing that the underwater killer, who had been silent for a long time, raised the periscope.

The soldiers of the Entente fleet pursued the Allied fleet all the way, not realizing that they were already in danger. Due to the full speed of the attack, the distance between the ships of the Entente began to show some disconnect, the fastest destroyers ran in front, followed by the cruiser fleet, and the battleships were left five nautical miles away due to their slowest speed.

Marshal Jericho looked at the retreating Allied fleet in the distance with his glasses, and the more he looked at it, the more strange it became: in the Allied fleet, the cruisers that were supposed to be running very fast were left behind, and they slowed down the movement of the Allied destroyers with their guns, as if to amuse the pursuit of their own destroyers.

The uneasiness in his heart made the cautious Marshal Jericho hesitate a little, if he continued the pursuit, he might severely damage the opponent's main fleet, and if he chose to stop the whole team, he might let go of this great opportunity, although the idea of severely damaging the opponent's main fleet was tempting, the cautious Marshal Jericho still felt that it was safe.

Just when he wanted to give the order to stop the pursuit and regroup, the Allied fleet suddenly turned en masse and launched a fierce attack on the destroyers and cruisers that the Entente side was chasing in front, and seeing the actions of the Allied fleet, Marshal Jericho found that this was a good opportunity to completely annihilate the other side, and he no longer thought about regrouping, but directly ordered the destroyers and cruisers to drag each other and create opportunities for the battle fleet, at this time he had forgotten the suspicion just now.

As if they were fighting to the death in the face of no escape, the Allied warships desperately attacked the destroyers and cruisers of the Allied countries at the risk of their own safety. Where could these small warships withstand the power of the battleship's huge main guns, and in an instant, a dozen destroyers and two cruisers were sunk.

Marshal Jericho was unmoved, looking at the battlefield getting closer and closer, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as long as he could leave the main fleet of the Central Powers, even if he suffered a great loss, it was worth it. But at this moment, the outermost battleship of the Nantes Empire, the 18,000-ton displacement of the 'Seliliu', suddenly sounded a huge explosion on the side of the outermost battleship, and then the outermost battleships were surrounded by the explosion, and in an instant, eight battleships began to enter the water and tilt.

"What happened?" Marshal Jericho was startled by the sudden explosion and hurriedly asked the officer next to him.

"Marshal, it's a torpedo, we're in an ambush." An officer exclaimed with a telescope.

"Submarines?" Jericho exclaimed, he finally knew why he was upset, the other party actually unexpectedly used the submarine used to break the engagement in the decisive battle of the main fleet.

Jericho immediately ordered: "The battlefleet continues to move forward, let the destroyer fleet withdraw for anti-submarine warfare." ”

Fortunately, Marshal Jericho decisively gave the order, if he had waited a little longer, the destroyer would have been wiped out by the other side. The fast and light destroyers quickly got rid of the pursuit of the other side, withdrew to the vicinity of the battleship, and the depth charge droppers behind each destroyer were fully opened, and within a range of five thousand meters around the battleship, they desperately threw depth charges, and many Yaman Empire submarines who had not had time to evacuate were sunk in the sea.

The battlefleets of the two sides were once again intertwined, and the scene was extremely chaotic, but the Allied fleets, which still had a small advantage, gradually gained the upper hand. At this moment, one of the Entente's observation staff officers exclaimed: "A fleet has been found in the rear, belonging to the Central Powers. ”

Marshal Jericho was startled, he took the telescope and looked closely, the fleet was getting closer and closer, and soon a huge golden double-headed eagle banner jumped into his eyes, it was the flag of the Habfsburg Kingdom. Jericho exclaimed, "It's the Allied reinforcements, it's the flag of the Habfsburg Kingdom." ”

Marshal Jericho's mood instantly fell to the bottom, originally because the fleet of the Boston Empire was ambushed in the landing battle last time, and the warships were lost a lot, so that the combined fleet of the Yaman Empire and the Boston Empire could no longer have an advantage over the Thar Navy in terms of numbers, plus this time there was also the Nantes Navy to assist in the war, Marshal Jericho thought that this time he could rely on flexible tactics to completely annihilate the opponent's combined fleet.

Unexpectedly, the Allied fleet under his command had been entangled with the Allied Northern Fleet for too long, so that the Southern Fleet of the Allied Nation actually rushed here, and the current situation was no longer whether the Allied fleet could encircle and annihilate the Allied Northern Fleet, but that it was possible to be surrounded and annihilated by the other side. The previous plan could no longer be realized, and if the other side was surrounded on both sides, his side was also in danger of being severely damaged, and Marshal Jericho took the opportunity to make a quick decision and ordered the fleet to withdraw from the battle and advance towards the port of the Nantes Empire.

As soon as the order to retreat was given, the cruisers and destroyers of the Allied fleet immediately stepped forward and fired a large number of torpedoes to block the pursuit of the Allied fleet, and then the Allied fleet sailed southeast and retreated at full speed towards the Nantes Empire.

Seeing the other party retreating, Marshal Scheer let out a long breath, the name of the world's first naval power in the Saar Empire for hundreds of years is not in vain, the quality of sailors and command flexibility alone are not comparable to their own side, and now the other party has retreated, and the Allied fleet is powerless to pursue.

In this battle, the Allied Northern Fleet lost 17 Chinese ships, 31 former Chinese ships, 27 cruisers, 84 destroyers, and 29 submarines, which can be described as heavy losses, but Marshal Scheer secretly rejoiced that except for the lost submarines, all of which belonged to the Yaman Empire, the other warship losses mainly belonged to the Boston Empire.

Of course, there are technical problems such as the lack of rapid-fire guns and the loss of the enemy's destroyer assault tactics, but more importantly, the Boston sailors have not been in war for more than ten years and lack of training, so they are no longer suitable for the naval warfare mode that has begun to become different from the New World War.

Never before had a large-scale battleship naval battle of such a modern model, the Boston Imperial Navy was weak to deal with, but for such losses, the wealthy Boston Empire was unmoved, and with their manufacturing capabilities, they could quickly rebuild the losses of these warships.

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