Chapter 449: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings
Japanese players find it a good deal to see that the NPC loses one armed merchant ship, but they can annihilate seven warships. There are three large cruisers among these seven warships, and if they can win this battle, they will be able to close the gap with the Russian player fleet.
Japanese players already know about the Cam Ranh Bay fleet's entry into the war, and they are under a lot of pressure in the face of three new warships. One of the enemy's warships is an Invincible-class battlecruiser, and as long as this warship can be annihilated, it will be a great victory. Due to the speed and firepower of the Invincible-class battle cruisers, Fujiwara Aita arranged four cruisers and six destroyers to ambush in the west in advance, and gave the order to stop the enemy's reconnaissance fleet no matter what.
After the Third Squadron led by Zhao Wenxi sank the Japanese armed merchant ship, it immediately turned around and fled to the southwest, with a large number of enemy warships pursuing behind. After traveling about ten nautical miles, ten warships ambushed by the enemy appeared not far from the invincible-class battlecruiser and fired at the invincible battlecruiser without life.
Zhao Wenxi did not panic at all, and immediately ordered to turn to the east to open the distance, and the British officer on the flagship immediately commanded the opening of fire. The 305-mm triple guns of the battlecruiser Zhao Yun began to let out a roar of rage, aiming at the enemy's four cruisers, and the other two armored cruisers also opened fire at the same time.
The Zhao Yun opened the distance and broke away from the enemy's range, relying on the range advantage of large-caliber guns, and quickly sank one of the enemy's cruisers with the cooperation of two armored cruisers. In the course of the battle, one of the Japanese shells fell on the deck of the cruiser Suntake, who was slightly wounded.
Zhao Wenxi ordered to drive east at full speed to get out of the battle, and the Japanese showed an excited look when they found out that the warships of the Third Sentai were heading east, because the Japanese NPC fleet was just to the east. The third Sentai has no battleships, and the seven warships are close to the Japanese NPC fleet, which is definitely a wolf's mouth.
The Japanese player warships are in hot pursuit behind the Third Sentai team. After about twenty nautical miles, the third team suddenly stopped fleeing. This is not far from the Japanese NPC fleet, and Fujiwara Aida believes that the third Sentai does not dare to continue because they have spotted the Japanese NPC fleet and led the Japanese player fleet to approach at full speed.
The battle cruiser Zhao Yun suddenly turned around and fiercely rushed towards the armored cruiser "Alpha" with Fujiwara Aida as the flagship, with Wu Qi and Sun Wu tightly guarding both sides. Four destroyers for Russian players. At this moment, they also suddenly had the courage to fire torpedoes at the armored cruiser "Alpha".
The Zhao Yun was at a 90-degree angle to the Japanese player cruiser team, abandoning its speed advantage and giving full play to its firepower. Fujiwara Aida commanded all the player cruisers to concentrate their firepower and ordered an all-out attack on the Zhao Yun battle cruiser, and after a while, the Zhao Yun was hit by a bullet on the deck and caught fire.
Fujiwara Aida didn't have time to rejoice, and soon the NPC in charge of the lookout on his warship ran over in a panic and said, "Your Excellency Commander, the enemy's fleet has appeared in the west, and the east is ...... There is also a fleet. ”
Fujiwara Aida was shocked. Immediately ordered to retreat to the north, but the Zhao Yun, which had the advantage of speed and armor, was entangled like crazy, how could the old cruiser of the Japanese player easily get out of the battlefield? After a while, the fleet from the east took the lead in joining the battle, and this was a cruiser formation with the battlecruiser Ma Chao as the flagship, and cooperated with the Zhao Yun to pursue the Japanese player fleet.
The second team drove over from the west, and Liu Mazi stood on the deck of the Qin Shi Huang and crashed into the Japanese player fleet in an oblique stab. The Qin Shi Huang was not as advanced as the dreadnought Emperor Wu of Han, but served as the flagship of the Japanese in history. The combat power far surpasses that of the Japanese player fleet. After the 2nd squadron began its attack from the flanks, the Japanese fleet quickly lost four destroyers. The remaining ships fled north in a hurry.
Japanese players were cunning, and they initially received only thirty-five warships and eight cruisers for the mission. After entering May, some Japanese players paid high prices for warships in service with other countries, and the number of cruisers increased by twenty at once, only two fewer than the Russians. In terms of quality, it is a bit higher than the Russian player fleet.
Fujiwara Aida just wanted to play an ambush for the Russians, using the armed merchant ships sent by the NPCs as bait to destroy the Russians' reconnaissance fleet. It's just that he didn't expect that the enemy would ambush his player fleet in turn, and even more exaggerated was that a team dared to come from the direction where the Japanese NPC was located in the east.
The Japanese player fleet fled all the way north. However, due to the lack of speed advantage, two armored cruisers were soon sunk by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao. Fujiwara Aida can only pin his hopes on the NPC fleet now, and the place where he is surrounded is not far from the NPC fleet, and the NPC fleet should come to support when they hear the sound of cannons.
Fujiwara Aida guessed correctly, the Japanese NPC fleet had already discovered that there was a battle to the east, and earlier than he expected. When Chen Shaokuan sent the fourth team to reinforce the third team from the east, he passed not far from the Japanese NPC fleet, and the Japanese NPC fleet had already discovered it at that time.
Heihachiro Togo sent warships to support, but instead of the main fleet, only the second Sentai led by the Izumo. This is not a matter of command by Heihachiro Togo, and now that the main forces of the two sides have not yet started a decisive battle, what can only appear in the west is a skirmish between the Inhuman clans, and he thinks that sending a second Sentai is enough.
On the side of the player fleet commanded by Chen Shaokuan, after the fourth team supported the third team in pursuit, the first team personally commanded by Chen Shaokuan soon appeared behind the fourth team. However, the first team did not follow the pursuit, but took the Emperor Wu of Han as the flagship and set up a combat posture, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese reinforcement fleet.
Chen Hao also sweated in his heart, if the main fleet of Japanese NPCs drove over, his dreadnoughts would probably be finished. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the flagship of the Japanese was the Izumo, the third battle group of the Japanese in history, the main combat ship was the cruiser, and the Emperor Wu of Han was enough to compete with it with the cooperation of ten Russian cruisers.
If the Japanese NPC fleet continues to increase its troops, Rozdvensky will send warships to reinforce as long as he is not a fool, and this battle will not be a loss. The Japanese player fleet was pursued north by the two, three, and four warbands, and most of them would suffer heavy losses, and without the combined fleet of player fleets Cam Ranh Bay and Russian players, the Russian NPC fleet could be fully supported, and it should be no problem to change the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima.
Arshavin, who was next to Chen Hao, glanced at Chen Shaokuan, who was commanding this battle, with a look of envy on his face, the well-known NPC is Niu Cha! Chen Shaokuan's naval stunt is a serial trap, and after detecting the intelligence, he can set a clever trap to make the enemy suffer heavy losses, and the Japanese player fleet was pitted by this stunt. (To be continued......)