Chapter 173
"Strategic retreat, we can't beat them!" At this point, Admiral Werneuf more or less understood the current situation, and with the Strait of Gibraltar, they should be able to hold on for a while.
"Strategic retreat? How can it! However, hearing Admiral Verneuve's words, his lieutenant generals were a little out of action, "Behind us is our territory, our people, how can we allow them to trample on it?" In the face of the glory of the country, Admiral Wernerve's lieutenant could not bear to retreat, but Werneuf understood that it was the most rational choice not to fight at this time.
"Rest assured, I believe that the Ocean Alliance should abide by international law and not harm civilians. If we stay here, we will only be wiped out, and we will not be friendly to the rest of us. "However, Verneuve is very experienced, and of course he knows what will happen next, and as the commander of the fleet, since he has spoken, there is nothing anyone else can do. After all, at this time, their battleships will not last long.
However, on the side of the Ocean Alliance, when they saw that Europa's warships were already showing signs of retreat, how could the Ocean Alliance let them go? At this time, on the contrary, it is the time of application of destroyer tactics. I saw that the destroyers of the Ocean Republic took advantage of their super high speed to go directly behind the Europa fleet, and in order to protect the main battleship, the destroyers of Europa did not dare to stay away from the German battleship in the middle. But this also led to the fact that if the main fleet of Europa wanted to return to the Strait of Gibraltar, it could only forcibly open the way.
But if you really want to do this, it will be the Ocean Alliance that will suffer more, after all, the Ocean Alliance's combat power is very strong, but if it is replaced by Europa one-on-one, the alliance will suffer very much. However, how could an alliance that is very good at using destroyers to fight output be negligent in this regard? I saw a wave of torpedo salvos, which was different from the previous Utopian-class destroyer, and the results of this wave of torpedo salvos directly frustrated Europa's retreat plan. Because the torpedoes of the Ocean Alliance are not uniform weight at all, this wave of torpedo salvos, except for the real high-damage torpedoes in the middle, are all torpedoes used against frigates, and the purpose is actually to destroy the frigates outside.
In an instant, the ships inside and outside, whether it was a frigate or a heavy cruiser inside, were damaged to varying degrees, only the aquifer was wounded, and the closest frigates had even lost their power systems. And these frigates, which have lost their power system, become the best obstacle to stop the capital ships of Europa.
"Petain, Rommel, Dönitz, Colora, pour all their firepower; The Apennines and Chris, providing fire support, sailed as far as possible to the closest sea area to Gibraltar, and the remaining frigates were left to protect the Deutschland as much as possible back to the Strait of Gibraltar. Charles de Gaulle, providing air cover for the fleet, the air forces of the Ocean Alliance are no stronger than ours. Admiral Vienna quickly ordered that for him, the ships that had lost their power systems were simply fixed targets in front of the Ocean Alliance, and they did not even want to sink those ships that had been lost, but took these ships with lost power systems as their own trophies with a recycling attitude.
As Europa's navy, facing the powerful United Kingdom fleet next door, they were actually mentally prepared to die in Europa's fleet, and when they lost their power system, those ships had already poured all their firepower, and even planned to sink their ships in the end. Although the Ocean Alliance has the technology to salvage ships sunk in the deep sea, it is possible to salvage Europa's ships in Europa's territorial waters, which is indeed subject to a certain degree of sanctions under international law.
Even so, after the United Kingdom's War of Independence 20 years ago, all sunken Europa ships were tacitly paid to the United Kingdom for war reparations. Not only that, but in addition to the original territorial waters of Europa, the places that were originally used as high seas were also cut off as part of the United Kingdom. Externally, that part is still the high seas, but for Europa, that part becomes the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.
"Humph! Still want to return to territorial waters? Will it give you this chance? However, the Ocean Alliance, which is well versed in international law, understands that if the troops given to Europa return to their own territorial waters, then all the salvage rights of the sunken ships will go to Europa itself. Even in the "Shipwreck Salvage Law", the Ocean Alliance occupies a unique advantage, but in the territorial sea area, the Ocean Alliance still cannot overstep its authority.
And at this time, the bureau laid out in advance by the Ocean Alliance finally had an effect.