"Chief of Staff, the battleship detachments of the combined Japanese and American fleets have come over, and they are returning to the reinforcements of these cruisers and destroyers."

Qiu Baoren immediately gave an order to the flag soldiers, saying: "Order Li He to lead the task force to block the Japanese and American battleship fleets!" Let them do everything in their power to delay the return of Japanese and American battleships, and give us more time to destroy the Japanese cruisers and destroyers. ”

"Yes!" 、

"Task force, follow me and intercept the battleships of the Wokos!" Li He said.

Li He began to rush to the battleships of the Japanese reinforcements with a task force of cruisers and destroyers, they were obviously preparing to meet the Japanese battleships that came back, to provide time for the Sovereign-class battleships to destroy those Japanese cruisers, and then to maximize the annihilation of more Japanese navies. However, such a price must not be small. However, as long as the plan can be realized, then all the Japanese navy can be annihilated here, then I am afraid that Japan will become a country with a sea and no defense, so that it can be slaughtered by Taiwan's navy at any time.

More than two dozen cruisers of the task force, as well as dozens of destroyers, began to rush towards the six Japanese and American battleships, and then they began to prepare to intercept the combined Japanese and American fleets that had returned to their aid.

"Your Excellency, there is a group of cruisers and destroyers in front, and they have no less than seventy or eighty warships, what should we do?" The observer for Japan asked.

Ito then thought for a moment and asked, "What do they want to do?" ”

"Report, Vice Admiral Miller of the United States sent a telegram saying that the Chinese battleships were rushing towards their cruisers and destroyers, preparing for combat against their cruisers and destroyers, and they asked how long it would take us to come to support? Are they going to take a break for now? ”

Ito saw these two news, and then immediately knew what the Taiwanese Navy thought.

"Hmph. They're betting on us! They wanted to send their cruisers and destroyers to intercept our battleships, and then their battleships to attack our cruisers and destroyers, so that the competition was to see who could destroy the opposing destroyers and cruisers faster. They're making a bet with us, and it's a bet to see who can be more ruthless, to see who can be more powerful. Yuhiro Ito said.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Vice Admiral Miller of the US Navy asked us. Whether it is agreed that they will lead the cruisers and destroyers to take shelter from the front. Anyway, with the speed of cruisers and destroyers, it was completely possible to run faster than the enemy's battleships, so that the battleships of the people of China would not be able to catch up with them at all. If their cruisers and destroyers run away, then our battleships can be very effective in annihilating the enemy's destroyers and cruisers, and finally achieve great results. The Japanese telegraph soldier asked.

"No, there's a problem! Bring the sand table! Ito said suddenly.

Ito then watched the staff officer lay out the situation on the sand table at sea, and then immediately said angrily: "Damn, the people of China are actually calculating us? It turns out that one of us is all in the conspiracy of the Chinese people. ”

"Your Excellency, what the hell is going on here?" said the Japanese staff officer.

Ito immediately pointed to the layout on the sand table. Then he said: "If nothing else, the people of China should have three sets of plans." And the first method, that is, to use the sneak attack of submarines to destroy one of our battleships, so as to successfully weaken our strength, this is the most basic plan of the Chinese people. They succeeded in knocking out one of our battleships with a submarine and successfully weakened our combat effectiveness. They then sent those five advanced battleships, and then deliberately put the six of our battleships on the right foot. They should be one of the plans. Their original Sovereign-class battleships did not move, but stood by in place. So when we fight with the five new battleships of the Chinese people. And that's where their first plan came. ”

"Their first plan was to seize the 'T' prefix, and they wanted to use the speed of this new battleship to grab the 'T' prefix, and this was their first plan, which was the simplest plan. If they can snatch the 'T' prefix and succeed, then they will also lay the foundation for victory in this naval battle, because with their superior firepower, they can completely destroy our battleships. But they were all prepared later. Knowing that they might not be able to succeed in snatching the 'T' prefix, their second plan began to appear at this time. ”

"The second plan, if it is not as I expected, is that they will use those new battleships to transfer us away, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack and attack our destroyers and cruisers. Then we will definitely come back. And they sent their destroyers and cruisers to intercept us, delay our return to support, and then give their battleships time to annihilate our destroyers and cruisers. However, such a price, that is, the price paid by their destroyers and cruisers, is definitely not small. ”

The Japanese staff officer immediately asked: "Isn't that a bet with us?" They destroyed our destroyers and cruisers, and we both destroyed their destroyers and cruisers, and in the end it was a battleship duel. And we could well order our destroyers and cruisers to retreat, and then temporarily avoid the edge, so that their plans would not have failed? With the speed of cruisers and destroyers, they should be much faster than battleships, and at that time they would not be able to destroy our cruisers and destroyers! ”

Ito replied: "It's not that simple, it looks like we can keep the destroyers and cruisers out of the way for a while, but if our destroyers and cruisers run away, who do you think their Sovereign-class battleships will target?" ”

Ito pointed to the sand table, and then said: "If our cruisers and destroyers run away, then their more than ten Sovereign-class battleships will inevitably turn back to support their destroyers and cruisers, and at that time, their more than ten Sovereign-class battleships can take the opportunity to turn around and attack us directly." At that time, we will inevitably face the siege of more than a dozen Sovereign-class battleships, and then the five new battleships of the Shina people who are chasing after our ass will also follow and join the battlefield together. At that time, our battleships will inevitably be beaten to death. ”

"Doesn't that seem like the Navy's operational thinking?" A Japanese staff officer said suspiciously.

Ito scolded: "They are fighting naval warfare with the thinking of the army, what a fucking bastard, they actually fell for the conspiracy of this group of maritime 'army'." This is an out-and-out 'encirclement and reinforcement' tactic, which is completely the operational thinking of the army, and they have actually used it in the navy. ”

Ito Yuheng made a hard gesture on the sand table at sea, and the personnel of the British Navy Observation Group next to him couldn't help frowning, what kind of play is this? This is completely the operational thinking of the army, but it is actually used in naval warfare.

"The Chinese took advantage of the army's usual idea of encirclement and reinforcement, and they used the new battleships to transfer our battleships, and then they took the opportunity to attack our destroyers and cruisers. If our battleships come back at this time, then we will also become relative reinforcements. ”

"At this time, the people of China sent cruisers and destroyers to stop us, then we must have two choices. According to the routine of encirclement and reinforcement, most of the time it is real and false, either the siege is real, or their purpose is purely to send reinforcements. However, the relationship between the two can change at any time depending on the situation. At present, their battleships are attacking cruisers and destroyers, and their actual purpose is to annihilate our destroyers and cruisers, so that our destroyers and cruisers are the so-called 'points', and our battleships are also relatively 'aid'. But this is not a constant layer, once our destroyers and battleships escape, and at that time their Sovereign-class battleships have no target, they will turn around and fight these battleships of ours. At that time, there were more than a dozen Sovereign-class battleships, and there were five new battleships chasing after us behind our butts, and they could have beaten us to death. ”

"The tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements are very flexible, even more flexible than the army. The army also has to think about the terrain, but they don't have to think about the terrain at sea. They could well choose to eat our battleships or our cruisers and destroyers, in short, they would inevitably eat one side. If we let the destroyers and cruisers escape, then our battleships will be in danger. At that time, their twenty battleships besieged six of our battleships, and at that time, even if the quality of the opponent's navy was relatively low, it would inevitably beat us to death. ”

But why didn't they just start with it? Why didn't they just send all the warships out from the start, and then use the advantage of the warships to besiege you? Why should they be so complicated to calculate you in this way? This kind of operational thinking of the army is actually applied to the navy, which is simply more complicated than direct combat. This method is too complicated, in fact, isn't this a matter of seeking the near and far? Why did their staff officers, who drew up battle plans, choose such complex battle plans? In this way, they have completely lost the advantage of multiple ship types in coordinated operations. In doing so, they are completely abandoning the idea that one plus one is greater than two achieved by multi-ship cooperation. Their operation of such a single type of ship will inevitably weaken their superiority for no reason. Said the officer of the British Observer Mission. (To be continued.) )