The other side.

Lu Meng, who did not know that the Empire's naval fleet had been dispatched for the time being, was rushing back to the southeast sea as fast as possible along the artificial river that ran through most of the northern border with half of the combat strength of the Xia Hai fleet.

But even though it was going down the river and knowing the route, it would take at least two months to get back to the South China Sea after setting sail from Roland City.

During this period, in order to obtain information about the southeast sea as soon as possible, Lu Meng had already sent elven druids accompanying the army in advance.

In order to get the information about the South China Sea as soon as possible, he had already sent the elf druid who accompanied the army to fly back to confirm.

But after that, Lu Meng was still inevitably worried.

"Colonel, with Lieutenant Colonel Tang Han here, nothing should happen, right?"

At this time, it was Lu Meng's other adjutant, Wang Jin, who spoke.

Now that he is less than 30 years old, he is already a captain of the Navy, and he can be regarded as a young and promising talent, and he is also one of the young talents that the Navy is currently focusing on cultivating.

However, his qualifications are much shallower than Tang Han's, and there are still many things to learn, so he is currently following him as a deputy for the time being.

After hearing Wang Jin's words, Lu Meng immediately shook his head.

"Lieutenant Colonel Tang Han's ability is naturally no problem, and he also has a lot of experience, but he has a shortcoming, that is, he is too rigid in doing things and lacks a kind of spirituality."

For example, if he and Tang Han conducted a battle deduction, after seeing the opponent's first step, Lu Meng would be able to accurately guess the next ten steps.

It's definitely a textbook operation that's been standardized to the extreme, and there are no surprises.

But it is precisely because of this that Lu Meng is worried.

Now, judging from the entire naval battle situation, Great Xia has an absolute advantage, and the enemy's naval combat power has been completely suppressed by them.

But now that the fleet led by him has appeared on the battlefield in Roland City, the fact that the strength of their Xia Hai fleet has been dispersed has naturally been exposed.

If the other party wants to turn the tables, then it is an excellent time when the combat power of the Xia Hai fleet is scattered.

That is to say, even if the number of your own warships is invincible, the opponent will choose to fight.

And this kind of special tactical means happens to be what Tang Han is not good at dealing with.

And this time, Kiel Fito just happened to be crooked.

As the commander of the fleet, Spruance is a good general, and Kir Fito doesn't expect him to save the world, he just needs him to carry out his plan.

I saw that at the same time as the heavy firepower warships on both sides exchanged fire with each other, the enemy's civilian warships and destroyers, which were small warships, quickly evacuated, and then rushed towards the Xia Hai Fleet on a large scale in a flanking posture.

In this regard, Tang Han, who confirmed the situation at the first time, was quite calm, and directly signaled the destroyers under his command to come forward to meet the attack.

At this moment, above this sea area, the second phase of the battle has begun!

Under this scattered formation, the numerical superiority of the small warships of the Imperial fleet was quite obvious.

If it is intercepted one-on-one, it is really impossible for the Xia Hai Fleet, which does not have an advantage in numbers, to stop them all.

For the current Xia Hai Fleet, reducing the number of opposing warships has become a top priority.

The destroyers' priority targets quickly locked on to the enemy's civilian warships.

One thing is undeniable, even these civilian warships, if left unchecked, will pose a threat to them.

At the same time, there is also a major reason that civilian warships are easier to sink.

As long as they hurry up and sink some of the enemy's civilian warships, they will soon be able to control the number of warships in the Imperial fleet.

At that time, the imperial fleet, which was deprived of even its numerical superiority, could only obediently die.

The guns mounted on the destroyer opened fire quickly, and as the distance between the two sides continued to close, the shells fired accurately and smashed the deck of the bow of a civilian warship.

However, it is not known what the circumstances were, but the civilian warship that was shelled by the destroyer did not evade it, nor did it turn to the hull of the ship to counterattack with naval guns.

Instead, without hesitation, he rushed straight towards them.

This situation directly caught a destroyer that was preparing to pursue it by surprise.

I vaguely knew what the other party was going to do, and the captain hurriedly ordered to open the distance, but at this time, the destroyer that was on the side of the ship, how could the other party rush straight all the way.

The speed of the destroyer had just been raised, and before it could run far, the civilian warship that was rushing straight towards it had already slammed headlong into the destroyer's hull.

The powerful impact caused the entire destroyer to shake violently, and the interior was even more chaotic.

However, warships are warships after all, and even destroyers with the thinnest armor plates have significantly stronger defensive capabilities than civilian warships that have been temporarily modified.

In this impact, the civilian warship smashed its entire bow to pieces, but the damage to the destroyer was relatively limited.

However, just when everyone thought that this approach of the Imperial fleet was completely useless, only an explosion was heard, accompanied by a deafening violent explosion, which set off a large wave and sank the destroyer on the spot.

Then, before Tang Han could come back to his senses, on the battlefield on the sea, a series of explosions had already sounded one after another.

"Inform the whole fleet to avoid enemy civilian warships and don't let them come close!!"

Inside the temporary flagship of the Xia Hai fleet, Tang Han's voice roared quickly, and he was almost mad at this time.

The Imperial fleet actually launched the most frenzied self-killing tactics, and those civilian warships were all self-killing ships filled with high explosives!

That's right, this is the "surprise" that Kir Fito has prepared for the Natsumi fleet!

In comparison, the battleship and the four heavy cruisers in the rear turned out to be a decoy for the implementation of tactics.

Under this premise, in order to ensure the speed of these suicide ships, he also tried all kinds of ways to reduce the weight of civilian warships.

Take the naval guns on those civilian warships, they are completely empty shells, and they are made of wood, just to hide people's eyes.

In the face of such a guy who doesn't want his life, how to fight?

It can be said that for this turnaround, Kiel Fito has really made a bloody investment.

It's not that these guys are really not afraid of death, but he smashed it with money.

Compared with this amount of money, it was the high explosives installed on civilian warships, which did not cost him much money, because it was all his previous inventory.

Straight to the point.

This attack by the Imperial Suicide Ship not only sank several destroyers of the Xia Hai Fleet in one go, but also brought huge psychological pressure to the naval soldiers.

From this moment on, the tide of battle on the sea changed drastically.

The situation of Xia Hai's fleet began to become passive, but this was also a helpless thing, who could face such a group of outlaws without being affected at all?

During this period, the Imperial fleet, which finally seized the opportunity, naturally would not be polite to these invaders.

Destroyers followed behind those suicide ships, chasing them down, and the continuous shelling and occasional torpedoes made the situation of the Xia Hai fleet continue to worsen.

The most troublesome thing is that they don't worry about accidentally hurting their own people at all.

After all, the crew of these suicide ships had already sold their lives to Kiel Fito.

The money for their lives had already been paid, and it became their obligation to die in this battle.

It can be said that the current chaotic battle situation is completely beyond Tang Han's control.

Those self-killing ships with very light tonnage were extremely fast, and even the fastest destroyers on the Xia Hai Fleet couldn't get rid of them at all.

Moreover, the most important task of the destroyer itself was to serve as a frigate for battleships.

As soon as they run, don't they expose the battleship?

I believe that the enemy's naval commanders will not miss this opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

Therefore, Tang Han once again gave the order to sink those suicide ships before they collided with their battleships!

Following Tang Han's order, the warships and guns of the Xia Hai Fleet fired in unison, and one torpedo after another was fired out of the torpedo launcher.

Three of these destroyers joined forces and directly blocked the sea route with torpedoes and launched a wide range of strikes.

In the face of this kind of attack, civilian warships that will only rush without brains will be directly blinded.

Two of the suicide ships were hit by torpedoes on the spot, and along with the explosion of the torpedoes, the high explosives they carried also exploded.

The terrifying explosion directly blew the two civilian warships to pieces, and even an enemy destroyer that followed behind was affected.

Although it is very costly, it is also an effective method.

This naval battle can be said to be more and more tragic, and the suicidal style of fighting has caused the number of suicide ships in the imperial fleet to decrease rapidly.

But on the other hand, the Xia Hai Fleet also paid a heavy price.

Rumble!!!

The deafening explosion continued to impact Tang Han's eardrums, but now, he had no time to care about this.

Just now, the battleship Justice, which was closest to him, was hit by an enemy suicide ship!

"Let's go check the situation!"

"Confirmed."

"Lieutenant Colonel! The enemy destroyer was spotted approaching in the right rear! ”

There was chaos on the sea, and in order to prevent the self-killing ships on the opposite side from approaching, Tang Han had already sent out all the frigates around him.

Now, it is undoubtedly exploited by the two destroyers of the enemy.

"Sink them!!"

Under the emergency treatment of the damage management team, the battleship Justice was still in combat power.

The guns of the four battleships of the Xia Hai Fleet began to turn slowly, trying to aim at the two enemy destroyers that were attacking behind them.

However, as the commander in chief of the Imperial fleet, Spruance will not sit and watch the show.

In the previous rounds of exchanges between the heavy firepower warships of the two sides, the Xia Hai fleet failed to deal a fatal blow to them.

Except for one heavy cruiser, whose main gun was blown out, the damage to the other three heavy cruisers and the battleship Counterattack was relatively limited, and the combat effectiveness was preserved to the greatest extent.

Now, for Spruance, it's time to fight back.

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