In the north of the fleet, the blurred shadows slowly became clear as the distance between them shortened, and relying on the water element world, Li Lan could only be considered to be able to see the composition of this "friendly army" of warships within 20,000m at a distance.

Unlike the ominous black-purple armor of the deep-sea dwelling ships, the battleship formation of this wheeled array was generally dressed in normal iron-gray color, and the only outward difference was the aircraft carrier in the middle, which was nearly 300 meters long—the armor near the bottom of the waterline was a conspicuous red.

Ning Hai excitedly pointed to the flag raised in the wind on the flagship of the Northern Fleet: "Lord Admiral, that's a sign of friendly forces"

Revoke the order, and the stirring light can make Lilan's chest feel a strange feeling of boredom: "...... I saw it" took a breath, and Li Lan directly ordered: "Let Z16 and Hibiki turn around immediately"

"Yes!"

secretly shouted luck in his heart, if Ning Hai's reminder was in the evening for a second, I am afraid that Li Lan's body would be almost burned by now......

Turn your gaze to the rear-

Since it is reinforcements from the north, then it can only be enemy troops from the south, and it is impossible to say that three warship formations were sent to search in the same area at one time.

Although it is a little immoral, but in this situation of "making dumplings", Li Lan has no intention of letting Ning Hai and Z16 act as the first attack sequence, with the armor thickness of light cruisers and destroyers that is better than nothing, and there is no need for heavy ships such as battleships, and a light cruiser within 10,000m of a distance alone is enough to completely sink them.

This is no longer a battlefield in which the strength of the warships that Lilan currently has can intervene, but a group operation with the "fleet" as the basic unit and a clear division of labor between various types of ships.

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, and Lilan gave the order without hurrying: "Don't make any attacks, take protecting your own safety as the highest priority, maintain vigilance and evacuate to the north"

"Yes"

Due south, a total of 12 deep-sea habitat ships are lined up in the same horizontal array as Lilan, but the latter is "half a horizontal array", while the former is a full two complete fleet formations.

"Four light cruisers, 6 heavy cruisers, and two ......"

"Lord Admiral, it should be a battle cruiser" After conveying Li Lan's instructions to Xiang and Z16, knowing that Li Lan was ignorant of these "basic common sense", Ning Hai directly popularized Li Lan's science.

"The battle cruiser has an attack capability comparable to that of a battleship, and a high speed close to that of a cruiser, and on the other hand, at the cost of high speed, the armor thickness of a battle cruiser is only the level of a cruiser."

"Even if it's just this level, it's amazing" Li Lan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Moreover, you also said that there is one thing missing"

Ning Hai looked at Li Lan suspiciously: "Huh? Lord Admiral, referring to ......"

"Attack Range"

The distance, about 44000m, will only be longer, not shorter!

In the water elemental horizon, in the center of the two horizontal arrays of the deep-sea habitat ship, crimson flames erupted.

"Activate all the weapons that can be used, don't care about ammunition consumption, and intercept this wave of shelling" in a tone: "Let the sound not be turned on if it is absolutely necessary"

"Yes!"

Compared with the two battleship formations of the deep-sea habitat ships, with a total of twelve battleships, at a distance of 47,000m, the attack of the two battlecruisers that reached the attack range alone was a little weak, but what surprised Li Lan was that the super artillery bombardment that appeared in this round was not the two rounds he expected, but four rounds.

A battle cruiser has two naval guns in one direction, and the two directions add up to four, and it is not known if it is her main gun......

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

and the power of this horrible attack......

Looking at the huge flames that burst on the surface of the sea, the power of this kind of artillery bombardment was almost more than twice that of a heavy cruiser, and Lilan's heart sank.

Speed, attack, defense, no matter which aspect these battle cruisers from the deep-sea habitat ship formation can create a crushing advantage over destroyers and light cruisers, if Leylan still maintains the current formation, how to deal with this kind of opponent in the future?

"Lord Admiral, Z16-chan has received a message from the Northern Fleet"

"What did they say?"

"It seems to be...... Let's be silent? ”

Li Lan was stunned, whether it was a friendly attitude to let him take Ning Hai and the others to withdraw from the battlefield, or a bad one to directly use it as a "meat shield" to resist the attack of the deep-sea habitat ship, Li Lan had something to expect, but he just kept silent?

"Let's do nothing?"

"Well, the news from where the Z16 sauce came from is indeed what it means......" Speaking of the back, Ning Hai was also a little unsure.

With his brows furrowed, looking at the deep-sea perched ship formation that was approaching in the south, Li Lan gritted his teeth and was about to give an order.

"Buzz――――――――

Suddenly he turned around, and in his pale blue pupils, the blue sky was reflected, and the dense weapons of war that spread all over the sky.

"That's ...... Carrier-based aircraft ?! ”

Just one aircraft carrier, can have so many carrier-based aircraft?!

Once again, Lelan felt his worldview take a hit.

Even if it is only a miniature "carrier-based aircraft", but this number is inevitably too abnormal, roughly estimated, Lilan came up with an incredible figure: more than 300, the number of these carrier-based aircraft.

More than 300 carrier-based aircraft, with a deafening humming sound, roared through the sky above the blue sky, and swooped towards the deep-sea habitat ship formation in the south.

Almost at the same time as Lilan looked at the side of the deep-sea habitat ship, the air defense guns of all the deep-sea habitat ships spewed out long tongues of fire, and one after another "fireworks" bloomed in the air, falling into the ocean with inertia into fragments, but more carrier-based aircraft relied on the terrifying number to force through the air defense interception.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

Splashes, flames, and skyrocketing black smoke.

In less than five minutes, the formation of two deep-sea habitat ships was forcibly scattered in front of Li Lan's eyes, and in the water element horizon, four light cruisers with relatively weak armor had been completely sunk into the ocean by the bombardment of carrier-based aircraft, and the three heavy cruisers were on the verge of sinking because the power system was broken, and the only three remaining heavy cruisers and battle cruisers directly turned their bows and retreated.

Looking at the burning battlefield in a daze, a thought could not be suppressed in Lilan's heart.

Battleship formations - and purely aircraft carrier formations!