Destroying the British fast warships, just taking advantage of the trend.

In this area, there are reconnaissance boats of the Red Guard Corps, and these reconnaissance boats are very ordinary fishing boats, but the fishing boats are equipped with radio stations.

In this era when radio stations could only communicate a few hundred meters, the British simply did not realize that they were completely exposed.

Even the intelligence of the destruction of the fast warships that came out of the way, the British Far East Fleet did not know yet.

This is not because the British Far East Fleet is careless, but the Far East Fleet knows that even if the fast battleships in front encounter the enemy, they will be able to return in time to transmit accurate information.

This is also the role of fast warships, the navy of this period, warships that can catch up with British fast warships, and can destroy fast warships, have not yet appeared.

The British knew that even if a fast battleship encountered the enemy, it would be able to easily turn back and report the enemy to the main force of the fleet.

Unfortunately, the British had no idea what level of enemy they were encountering this time.

On the flagship of the Red Alert First Fleet, the position of the British fleet was further refreshed, and by nearly eleven o'clock in the evening, the main force of the British fleet had approached a distance of less than twenty nautical miles from the northern coastline of Belitung Island.

"The first attack formation, set off on the left flank, the second attack formation, set off on the right flank, report the position at any time, and wait for the order to attack."

Luo Haiping, who had been waiting for a long time, gave the order to set off.

The two attack formations formed by the First Fleet set off one after another.

The first attack formation, consisting mainly of 101 dreadnought 1st class battleships, four cruisers 201, 203, 205, 207 and six destroyers 401, 403, 405, 407, 409, 411, bypassed the left side of Belitung Island.

The second attack formation, consisting mainly of 102 dreadnought 1st class battleships, supplemented by four other cruisers 202, 204, 206, 208 and six destroyers 400, 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412, set off from the right side of Belitung Island.

Among the two attack formations, there were also more than a dozen torpedo boats each, and these torpedo boats were all high-speed torpedo boats, giving full play to the hit-and-run tactics.

The two attack formations, bypassing the island, formed a long V-shaped formation on the left and right, with a large number of torpedo boats cruising around them, ready to attack at any time.

The main forces of the First Fleet were exhausted, and the British Far East Fleet, on the other hand, had more warships than the First Fleet.

The six Old Man-Star battleships, plus the others, formed a huge ∨ formation, approaching Belitung Island.

The British Navy also had some intelligence that Belitung Island was the island with the least garrison of Fan Yize, and there were no decent military facilities on it.

It is also the gate of the South China Sea into the Java Sea, and the Red Guard Corps uses the islands to hide themselves, and the British are not the same.

At this point, the two sides thought of going together, but the British, who knew nothing, could not have imagined at all that from the very beginning they fell into the urn.

At 11:40 a.m., the two attack formations of the Red Guard Regiment had already bypassed Belitung Island, and the British fleet was less than 8,000 meters away from the northern coastline of Belitung Island.

The formation of the British has not changed, and they are still advancing in ∨a zigzag formation, and the two wings of the British fleet in the dark, and the Red Guard Navy in two attack formations are quietly approaching the British warships.

Absolute light control makes the warship like a ghost in the dark night.

There were no high pillars of smoke, and in the dark night, the soldiers on the British warships did not notice at all the two fleets that were approaching on either side of the front.

After all, the distance between the two sides is tens of thousands of meters, and the moonlight is almost invisible on the sea today, and even the British sailors, who are still very careful, can hardly find the extremely small silhouette of the warship in the distance.

At this moment, on the radar of the battleships of the Red Guard Corps, there were already British warships entering the scanning area.

However, the two attack formations were still very quiet, and continued to approach the British fleet, waiting for the British ∨ to enter the V, which was the moment of attack.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, the atmosphere of imminent battle permeated every warship of the Red Alert Navy, and the Red Guard sailors, who had all entered the combat position, instinctively became excited.

Approaching the attack, the first order reached all the warships: "The fleet is moving at full speed." ”

As soon as all the captains received the order, the horsepower of the warships was all pushed to the peak, the output power of the gas turbines was surging instantly, the screw propulsion devices rotated rapidly, and the speed of all the warships was quickly increased to twenty-four knots.

The two attack formations, which avoided the firepower of the battleships of the British fleet from the left and right, and with the advantage of speed, surrounded the British Far East Fleet on the flanks, allowing themselves to ensure the full output of firepower.

Luo Haiping's tactics were very simple and practical, trying to give full play to the firepower advantage of his own fleet to attack the weak points of the British fleet formation.

One of the characteristics of the former dreadnought battleship was that it could not pour fire in one direction at the same time, especially in the bow position, and the British battleship also had only one twin 305 mm main gun.

And the Red Alert warships, which can use the formation to give full play to their firepower superiority, can give full play to all the main gun advantages on the warships at the same time, especially the four turrets and eight main guns on the two battleships.

At this moment, the three battleships of the British Far East Fleet, the battleship Glory, the battleship Grudge, and the Albioon were in the forefront, and the three battleships of the Old Man Star, the Gobia, and the Ocean were in the second and third echelons.

On the battleship Old Man, Philmantle was facing Rear Admiral Joe Barn, the captain of the battleship Old Man, and said, "I have a hunch that we will soon meet the fleet under Fan Yize. ”

"Then they will soon be crushed under the powerful naval guns of the British Empire." Joe Barn said confidently.

"I hope so, this time the opponent is too mysterious and the biggest uncertainty, to be honest, I don't want to come, but the Far Eastern Fleet is my second home, and I don't feel at ease." Filimantle was not blindly optimistic and confident.

In his opinion, the British fleet was invincible, and no one could defeat it.

But the British fleet is not a god after all, it will be wounded and bleed, and he only hopes now that there will not be too many losses, otherwise the British strategic balance in the Far East will face a major crisis.

The ambitious Americans, the ambitious Japanese, and the Russia, which is eyeing the tiger, are enough to threaten British interests in the Far East, and if it were not for the fact that the British Far East Fleet has updated a large number of advanced warships over the years, the current situation in the Far East would not be easy to say.

"The British Navy will win......" Joe Barn had not finished speaking.

"Spot enemy ships."

The British sailors on the mast suddenly roared, breaking the calm of the British fleet, and the battle came suddenly.