Chapter 446: Master Moves!

A series of changes in the formation of the Imperial Army made many people unable to understand, but Wilton did.

Obviously, the commander of the Imperial Army not only guessed Wilton's intentions, but also planned to carry out a counter-encirclement by taking advantage of the situation.

After Wilton's series of orders were issued just now, the second phalanx of the Alliance Army, composed of speedy cruisers, approached the Imperial Army from the flank at high speed, and formed an encirclement with the battleship force led by Wilton.

In order to deal with this encirclement, the Imperial Army did two things, the first was to let a phalanx behind the heavy armor ship force leave, so that this force immediately turned the bow of the ship and flew in the other direction, as if it was in a hurry to leave the battlefield to avoid losses.

The second thing is to let the last phalanx attack.

It's no wonder that many people can't understand what the Imperial Army is going to do, because the two things they are doing at this time, let alone relieving the siege for themselves, have nothing to do with the battlefield at all.

But if anyone really thinks so, it is a big mistake, because the genius of the commander of the Imperial Army lies here, and the other party's two consecutive movements seem to have nothing to do with the encirclement of the Alliance Army, but in fact, they are all secretly murderous!

The first phalanx that was transferred was certainly not meant to escape from the battlefield, and if you look closely at the direction in which this unit was disengaged, you will see that the troops were marching towards the flank of the battleship commanded by Wilton, what does this mean?

It means that once the Allied forces have completed the encirclement, when the battleship force and the heavy armoured force led by Wilton have exchanged fire head-on, if this 'escaped' force makes a U-turn, it can appear directly behind the battleship force, so that this force and the heavy armoured force will instead surround Wilton.

Similarly, the fourth force sent by the Imperial Army was very fast because it was all destroyers, and immediately after it started, it was approaching the battlefield, and its goal was very clear, obviously going to the Union Army's extremely fast patrol ship force.

At first glance, this kind of move seems to be hitting a stone with an egg, no matter from which point of attack and defense the destroyer looks at it, there is no way to fight against the anti-cruiser, but don't forget, there are not only two forces on the battlefield now, and according to the speed of the speed cruiser, if this force wants to complete Wilton's tactical intention and form an encirclement of the Imperial Army, then it will definitely exchange fire with the fleet on the flank of the Imperial Army before the destroyer, so that when the destroyer force joins the battlefield, it will form a front and rear encirclement with the troops on the flank, and the speed cruiser force will be surrounded in it。

With such an explanation, everyone must have understood what the commander of the Imperial Army was intending to be, and the other party not only understood Wilton's thoughts, but also quickly changed the formation under the plan, and then formed a counter-encirclement!

And once this counter-encirclement can be successful, then the situation on the battlefield will be different, when the two phalanxes of the Imperial Army led by the heavy armored ship force will be surrounded by the battleship force and the cruiser force led by Wilton, and they will be dumplings in one fell swoop; but in the same way, while Wilton has completed the encirclement, the Imperial Army will also form a formation of internal and external encirclement, and the two fleets of the Alliance Army will be counter-encircled in it!

I have to say that the two commanders of this big battle really taught everyone a lesson, the two have been fighting openly and secretly since the beginning of the battle, first the assault of the heavy armor ship force, and then the blocking of the air demon force, but in fact, these two moves are false moves, and the encirclement and counter-encirclement behind it are real, and the two of them continue to make moves and constantly change their moves in this contest, which is simply amazing.

But now it's not a show, it's a war now, and this battle can be said to be the most important battle since the establishment of the entire Tulip theater, and neither of the commanders on either side has the heart to enjoy this performance.

Fortunately, when the Imperial Army changed formation, Wilton reacted immediately, and immediately gave the order.

With his order, the last phalanx of the Union Army was also dispatched!

In order to break the encirclement of Wilton, the Imperial Army has put all the forces of the four phalanxes into the battlefield, and in order to break the opponent's counter-encirclement, Wilton can no longer leave any leeway, and the last unit of the Alliance Army is also put into the battlefield!

The last phalanx of the Alliance Army has the largest number of troops, and the number of warships has reached more than 1,200, but the quality of this fleet cannot be compared with the first two troops, and the two troops that entered the battlefield before, the battleship force led by Wilton himself, needless to say, this force is composed of 700 search battleships and 300 destroyers, which is the most powerful force in the entire Alliance Army and even the entire battlefield.

As for the second force of the Alliance Army, it is not bad, and the 800 speed cruisers are also not to be underestimated, but although the number of this last force sent now has reached 1,200, it is basically composed of frigates, and is only equipped with a small number of destroyers.

You must know that although the frigate is also a large warship, it is the smallest of all large warships, and compared with other classes of warships, the difference between firepower and defense of frigates is relatively large, and the only advantage is probably only the number.

This is why Wilton did not dispatch this force easily, because this force composed of frigates is not capable of carrying out tasks alone on the battlefield, and can only be used to cooperate as it is now.

So on his orders, the frigate units quickly flew in the direction of the speedy cruisers.

Wilton's intention is also obvious, that is, he intends to use this last force in his hands to support the speed cruiser force.

At this time when the battle was going on, both sides had already made their own moves, and basically used up all the tricks that could be used, and it was obviously impossible to take back all the previous tricks at this time, so even if Wilton knew that the other party wanted to counterattack him, it was impossible for him to urgently transfer back the troops he had sent, otherwise this battle would inevitably end in a rout.

The only thing he can do now is to let the last of the Alliance forces join the battle, and once the frigate force and the speed cruiser force converge, then the strength of the two armies will reach 2,000 ships, so that even if the Imperial Army completes the encirclement, with the double advantage of quantity and quality, the Alliance Army will be enough to win.

But in the same way, his behavior is tantamount to giving up on himself!

Once the two forces of frigates and cruisers converge, Wilton's own battleship force will not be able to increase in strength, and he will be absolutely inferior in the face of the encirclement of the Imperial army!