Having received definite information, Marshal Jericho ordered the fleet to sail to the open sea, where the shallow water depth and complex submarine terrain in the near sea area were not suitable for the maneuvering of large warships, so he was to meet the combined fleet on the far sea. The warships on both sides were powered by steam turbines from coal-fired boilers, and the smoke in the chimneys was black and thick when they were activated, and they could be spotted from a long distance.

The lookouts of both sides spotted each other almost at the same time, and both large fleets spread out their formations at the fastest speed, and then began to move in the opposite direction, the combined fleet was close to the coastline, where the terrain was complicated, and the turning of the warships was somewhat restricted, and the speed of the formation was naturally not as fast as the other side.

Marshal Scheer's fleet combined battle formation, and Jericho's fleet was already rushing at full speed. The disharmony between the navies of the two countries made the commander's dispatch slow, and the formation had not yet fully unfolded, and the Sahr shells had already hit.

Marshal Scheer only thought about the problem of air defense, but ignored the basic rules of naval warfare, and when he realized this problem, he immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and rush to the native fleet of Saar. Marshal Scheer knew very well that large ships in the near sea could not maneuver, and if long-range artillery battles were conducted, the combined fleet would suffer a great loss, and only by rushing to the front and relying on the number of its own warships to fight close combat could it truly give full play to its numerical superiority.

Seeing the other side approaching, Jericho knew that he could not let the other side approach, his own side had better quality, and only long-range combat could give full play to the advantage of accurate shooting, so he immediately ordered the fleet to turn and meet the incoming combined fleet with broadside fire.

The Sal navy's shells landed accurately in the Combined Fleet, which quickly sank several cruisers, while the Combined Fleet could only return fire with its front main guns, and the density of fire was greatly reduced.

"The destroyer rushed up and fired the torpedo." Field Marshal Scheer knew that his side was at a disadvantage and had to move back to the situation, so he immediately sent the fastest destroyer fleet.

The flagship of Lieutenant Commander Braunau, commander of the Yaman destroyer fleet, took the lead, and his destroyers drove at a rapid speed, the first to rush towards the Sahr, and dozens of destroyers followed closely behind him, one after another like arrows from the string, rushing towards the Saar Empire.

The captains of each destroyer are well aware that their advantage lies in speed, and only by getting close to the opponent as quickly as possible can they avoid the bombardment of the opponent's main guns.

Seeing the opposing destroyers desperately rushing towards him, Marshal Jericho ordered his own destroyers to come forward to stop them, and at the same time had the guns of the main fleet also aim at these destroyers. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marshal Scheer immediately ordered the fleets of the two countries to form separate groups and attack the Sahr fleet from two directions.

Field Marshal Schell found that it was very inconvenient for the two warships to be mixed together, so it was better to go their own way and let Admiral Godard take command of the Boston fleet, and the cooperation between the two sides would have a good effect.

The destroyers of the Combined Fleet rushed towards the Thar fleet without hesitation, and because of the use of steam turbines, the speed of these destroyers exceeded thirty knots, and the Sahr naval gunners, who had never hit such a high-speed target, seemed to be a little scrambling.

At this time, the destroyers of the Saar fleet bravely rushed forward, and under the command of the commander, Colonel Luke, they quickly fired torpedoes, disrupting the navigation of the other side.

Braunau knew that this was a critical moment, and that if he slowed down, he would not only lose his efforts, but also put himself in a very dangerous situation, so he issued a flag and demanded that all ships must follow the flagship and move forward at top speed.

Lieutenant Commander Braunau believed that it was up to them to get the main fleet out of its current inferiority, so they had to find a way to fire torpedoes at the main fleet close to the Thar navy to interfere with their artillery bombardment and create an opportunity for their own side. Therefore, these Yaman destroyers did not shy away, bombarding the torpedo track on the surface with the ship's guns, and accelerating the charge.

The Bostonians, who lacked experience in naval warfare, showed their shortcomings at this time, seeing the torpedo tracks abound, the commander of the Boston destroyer, Lieutenant Colonel McGinn, was frightened, he began to reduce his speed first, and at the same time ordered his flagship to carefully dodge the incoming torpedoes, seeing that the flagship slowed down, the other Boston destroyers followed suit, but this just made them die faster. Although they avoided a large number of torpedoes, they reduced their speed and exposed themselves to the main guns of the battleship Saar.

Seeing that the Bostonian destroyers were slowing down, Jericho immediately ordered the main guns to turn and attack them specifically. Although the number of battleships of the Saar Empire was smaller, the quality was better than that of the fleets of the two countries, and the caliber of the main guns was generally more than 330 mm, so that such a powerful shell did not need to directly hit the destroyer at all, but only needed to explode within ten meters, and those destroyers with a displacement of less than 2,000 tons were only sunk.

Under the intensive artillery fire of the Thar navy, the Boston destroyers capsized one after another, and lost a third of them in just a few minutes.

The sacrifice of the Bostonians was not useless, taking advantage of the fact that the Sahr people focused their attention on the Boston destroyers, the Yaman destroyer approached the Sahr fleet, and in a sharp turn, all the destroyers fired a round of torpedoes.

One by one, the torpedoes were drawn out of the waterline in a fan-lined line, and they shot straight at the Sahr fleet, and they didn't need to aim at all, because there were too many warships in the Saar fleet, and even a blind shot from the general direction could find the target.

Seeing that the other side had fired a torpedo, the Sahr cruiser, which had been not far away, immediately rushed over to intercept it, and the small-caliber rapid-fire guns on each warship bombarded the water surface violently, causing the sea water to churn like boiling water in a boiling pot.

The torpedoes were exploded one by one by shells, but no matter how dense the artillery fire was, they could not block the attack route of each torpedo, and finally a torpedo that slipped through the net collided with the warship, and violent explosions sounded one after another, and several cruisers that were hit quickly began to sink.

The Thar fleet continued to retreat, while the fleet continued to deflect course, seizing the T-head position of the Yaman fleet, and aiming its guns at the Yaman destroyer fleet, which was turning and attacking again.

Heavy artillery fire rang out again, bombarding the desperately charging destroyer of Yaman, Braunau did not retreat in the face of the attack of the battleship of Thal, and bravely rushed towards the other side.

Seeing this situation, compared to the bravery of the Yaman fleet, McGinn, who had just avoided the catastrophe, was completely frightened. At this critical juncture, McGinn's flagship actually took the lead in fleeing, and under his leadership, the Boston Destroyer Fleet lost all morale and fled with McGinn.

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