As time passed, the two sides continued to fire missiles, and the distance became closer, and finally the two sides entered the range of artillery fire. Due to the upgrade of the fire control system and the firing range of the naval guns, the two sides began to fire artillery fires outside the visual range, and the results of mutual damage were not obvious.

Adrian was in charge of the specific command of the naval battle, and Nightsong kept contacting Noyi, asking the Southeast Alliance fleet to speed up. After several hours of long-range shelling, the Coppertooth City Fleet and the Council Fleet finally entered the bloodiest phase of close-quarters naval combat.

The Coppertooth fleet is lined up in a line with five coppertooth-class destroyers, ready to make a T-cross cut to the parliamentary fleet, and all this is back to the age of the oldest battleships, and the old tactics may return in the process of weapon evolution. Adrian was also an experienced veteran, and he understood the other party's intentions at a glance, and immediately ordered the parliamentary fleet to speed up the change of direction. In the end, the cross-cutting of Coppertooth City was not successful, resulting in the first round of naval artillery fire on a side-by-side route.

The artillery was terrible in terms of hit rate and destructiveness under close fire. Both sides were led by the strongest destroyers, and the large-caliber guns easily penetrated the armor of the battleship, and the close defense system was very limited in the effectiveness of intercepting a salvo of naval guns.

The leading Coppertooth-class destroyer was crippled in the first round of artillery fire, its speed dropped by more than half, and its close-in weapons and secondary guns were all destroyed. At the same time, the parliamentary fleet was not comfortable either, the leading destroyer was sunk, if it weren't for the artillery suppression of the main destroyer of the empire in the third place, I am afraid that the second destroyer would also be sunk. The main force of Coppertooth City is still slightly stronger.

Yujing whispered to Ye Ge: "Your Highness, if this continues, I am afraid that victory will be a disastrous victory, and we are only afraid that we will not have more strength to launch a landing operation." Night Song said, "The Southeast Alliance will come." Yujing said: "If, if they deliberately drag it and don't come, what about it, those ships of the Southeast Alliance, do you think they are useful" Ye Ge frowned and said: "Nuo Yi is not a reckless person, and the Southeast Alliance and Bronze Tooth City have a deep blood feud with each other, could it be that they think that they can take revenge by killing the council" Yujing nodded and said: "Well, that's the truth, but we also have to be careful." Ye Ge said, "Don't worry, I know the severity. ”

The second round of shelling began again, and both sides adjusted their formations again, but still no one took advantage. The shells are still frantically harvesting life on the two battle lines, and the battleships of Coppertooth City still have an advantage in the rate of fire of artillery and fire control equipment, after all, the overlord for many years is not in vain.

Countless shells and white smoke filled the space between the two fleets, and Yege's flagship was naturally one of the key objects to take care of, in the process of the second round of shelling, the entire bridge was half collapsed, but fortunately, Yege and the others were wearing battle armor and sitting in the command center with the thickest armor, and there was no danger to their lives for the time being.

Night Song said: "General Adrian, how is the situation now" Adrian turned back and said: "Deputy Speaker, now both sides have suffered heavy battle losses, two rounds of artillery shelling down, the ship is dead, the ship is wounded, at least half of our ship has experienced a drop in speed, and the casualties of the crew are more than a quarter. The situation is very serious. Night Song said: "What about Coppertooth City" Adrian said: "They are not having a good time, but, because the warships of Coppertooth City are better than ours, in general, they have to suffer much lighter battle losses than us, Deputy Speaker, my suggestion is that if the Southeast Alliance really does not come, we must retreat." Otherwise, the most optimistic outcome for Coppertooth City and us is to lose both. ”

Night Song nodded and sent another message of inquiry to Noichi. Noyi's reply was simple: "Hold on a little longer, you are there, I will definitely come, believe me." ”

Ye Ge glanced at the information, muttered, and then said: "Prepare for the third round of shelling, after the third round of shelling, if the Southeast Alliance has not entered the battlefield, we will make a decision." Adrian looked at the track map on the big screen and said: "Vice Speaker, you see, although the ship of the Southeast Alliance is slow, if it keeps sailing at full speed, it should have reached the edge of the battlefield 2 hours ago, and the real-time video of the battlefield, they can see it, but obviously they have slowed down, so I have to think about it." ”

Ye Ge clenched her fists, she didn't question Nuoyi, but she was also a commander, the highest person in charge and decision-maker of the empire in the Thousand Islands, and she was still a soldier, she couldn't be emotional, and the pressure on Ye Ge was extremely huge for a while.

On the other side, in the command center of the Bronze Tooth City fleet, the new security officer and staff officer were also studying the track map, and one of the staff officers said: "Your Excellency Security Officer, I think it is possible for the Southeast Alliance to sit back and watch the tiger fight and finally clean up the mess." The other side obviously should have entered the battlefield 2 hours ago, and now the radar signal shows that they have been following and watching outside the battlefield for 2 hours. ”

The security officer nodded expressionlessly and said: "No matter what plan they have, we have solved it together, originally this operation was intended to fight against the two fleets, and now they divide their forces, and we will eat them one by one." Even if the fleet is disabled, as long as the fleet of the Council and the Southeast Alliance is abolished, it will be a victory, their economy and shipbuilding capacity are much inferior to Tongzhi City, and they can't keep up with us, you need to pay close attention to whether there are any other troops entering the battlefield, in addition, let the planes that can take off from the Tongzhi City Airport go up to monitor the sea around the battlefield. ”

The third round of shelling began, and the battle had been fought from day to night, but with the progress of the fire control system and naval guns, the impact of the weather on the artillery battle was minimal. The artillery battle at night looked more gorgeous, the firelight erupted in rows, the night covered up the blood and death, as if it did not look as cruel as the day, in fact, the lives and blood lost were no less than in the daytime, and the morale and energy of both sides were reduced to a very low level.

The command center of Nightsong's flagship was hit by a single shell, and several casualties were inflicted. All the ships were covered with many wailing wounded, and the bodies were simply buried at sea in the interval between the shelling.

Night Song asked: "General Adrian, how is the battle damage?" Adrian said: "Our battleships have sunk one-third, one-third of them have been heavily damaged, and one-third of their combat strength is relatively intact, but the battleships are all seriously damaged, and the speed gun positions are obviously damaged. The casualties were similar. Coppertooth City is better than us, but not much better. Deputy Speaker, this day is about to dawn, the naval battle has been going on for a day and a night, if the Southeast Alliance has not yet entered the battlefield, should we consider retreating Now the withdrawal of the parliament in the archipelago still has the power to protect itself, if the fleet is exhausted, I am afraid that Chiya City is also very dangerous. ”

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