One battleship and four heavy cruisers quickly formed formation and delivered successive naval artillery strikes.

Round after round of shelling swept in, so that the four battleships of the Xia Hai fleet had to be distracted to dodge.

The battleship Justice was damaged by the previous attack of the suicide ship, and the performance of the battleship was affected, and in this round of enemy naval gun attacks, it was unfortunately hit by three shells of the enemy ship, and its condition has become worse.

On the side of the Xia Hai Fleet, a round of artillery bombardment of four battleships failed to sink the two enemy destroyers.

At this time, the two enemy destroyers had extremely clear targets, and the quadruple torpedo launchers turned and fired torpedoes directly at the battleship Justice.

According to the speed of the battleship and the huge size, it was impossible to avoid the wave of close-facing torpedoes when the enemy destroyer was in close proximity.

Amid the roar of violent explosions, the torpedoes hit one after another, and the battleship Justice, which had been attacked by the enemy one after another, directly rose into thick smoke.

"Report Major! Boiler fire!! ”

"Major, the gap in the cabin has widened, and it can't be blocked!!"

"Major ......"

This report was full of anxiety, the damage management team of the battleship Justice was really unbearable, as the captain's support, he knew in his heart that the silence of the battleship had become a foregone conclusion.

No matter how unwilling Bao Han was, he could only give the order to abandon this battleship of Justice.

"Put down the lifeboat and get out of the room!"

The sinking of the battleship Justice was a huge loss for the Xia Hai fleet, and it was a heavy blow.

However, the two enemy destroyers, who were the main culprits, did not slow down for a moment, and after firing a round of torpedoes, they directly chose to withdraw.

But how could Tang Han let them go.

"Cannon !!"

With his order, the entire ship's guns opened fire again, and one of the enemy destroyers was sunk on the spot, and the other, although not directly sunk, was already on fire in several places.

A destroyer of the Xia Hai Fleet, which was speeding from the side, took over the pursuit and sank it completely after two rounds of firefighting.

Tang Han took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then quickly gave an order, signaling his three battleships to counterattack.

The muzzles of the massive ship's guns turned to the battleships and four heavy cruisers in the rear of the Imperial Navy.

At this moment, this naval battle has entered a white-hot stage.

"Fire !!"

The guns roared, the sea was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, and the sea was full of wreckage of warships.

The continuous shelling had already turned the armor plates of the two heavy cruisers in the Imperial fleet beyond recognition, and the damage control team was already busy in the dark.

The continuous damage to the hull forced the captains of the two heavy cruisers to order a temporary retreat of some distance, intending to wait for the damage control team to stabilize the situation before returning to the fight.

But I can only say that these guys think it's beautiful.

The heavy cruiser had only moved a distance of less than a few nautical miles, and with several explosions, one of the heavy cruisers was sunk on the spot!

"Fack! It's a mine!! ”

Looking at the friendly battleship that was slowly sinking into the sea in front of him, the captain of another heavy cruiser exclaimed on the spot.

"Stop! Don't rush up!! ”

However, in order to get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, their speed at this time has been increased to the limit, and coupled with the inertia of the heavy cruiser itself, it is not so easy to stop.

No matter how much the captain roared, he could not change the cruel reality that the heavy cruiser he was in had crashed headlong into a minefield.

In the process, the bow of the heavy cruiser unexpectedly hit a mine placed under the surface of the sea.

With a violent explosion, the hull of the ship shook violently, and at the same time, the situation of his entire battleship became precarious.

In order to prevent the heavy cruiser from sinking, the damage management team, which was already busy because of this, is going even more crazy at this moment.

During this period, the main guns of the three battleships of the Xia Hai Fleet slowly rotated, and after aiming at the heavy cruiser whose speed was plummeting, the muzzles of the ship's guns suddenly spewed fire.

With just one round of shelling, the shells that came out of their guns directly crushed the last straw in their hands, and completely sank the heavy cruiser.

In a short period of time, the situation on the battlefield changed one after another, and Spruance's face was constantly changing.

It can be explained that around these warships, mines have been laid by the underwater combat units of the Xia Hai Fleet.

The most interesting thing is that these mines were supplied by the naval fleet of Kiel Fito.

That's right, the same group that the salamanders dismantled from the fleet led by Don Juan.

However, the power of these gunpowders was still a little inferior to the gunpowder produced by the dwarven gunpowder workshops in Great Xia.

Now, the encirclement network from under the water has been formed, and the three battleships that have confirmed the suppression range are firing frequently, and the battleships of the Imperial fleet and the remaining two heavy cruisers cannot fight them with hard firepower.

And under this premise, the surrounding seas, the mines that threaten them all the time, are even worse for them.

Tang Han is indeed not good at dealing with those strange tricks, and at the same time he has paid a corresponding price for them.

But now, the suicide ship on the opposite side has almost blown up, and the rhythm of the battle has returned to the normal state of naval warfare.

And this is exactly what Tang Han, who has a straightforward personality, is best at, and soon, he grabbed the rhythm of the battle back into his hands.

The situation was reversed, and the Imperial army was in a difficult situation, which was already extremely bad at this time.

Spruance, as a naval commander who was driven to the shelves, was in a mess at this point.

It can only be said that Kir Fito's tactical plan is indeed useful, and in the case of his own naval fleet being unilaterally tortured by the other side, it has indeed achieved results.

However, the enemy's fleet was much stronger than its own fleet, so it was defeated in the end.

The current situation is that in the state of the total destruction of the suicide ships of the Imperial Fleet, Tang Han, who has stabilized his position and regained the rhythm of the battle, has once again changed his tactical play.

I saw that he directly summoned the scattered destroyers back and formed a tight formation, but according to the thickness of the battleship's armor, the destroyer's artillery power could hardly pose much of a threat.

I am afraid that the only effective means of striking is a torpedo that is close to the face.

Come to think of it, the Imperial fleet on the opposite side was equally aware of this, so their destroyers had been completely stared at to death.

At the same time, the three battleships of the Xia Hai Fleet also specially transferred a part of the secondary guns to attack.

At this moment, as the maritime hegemon of this era, the strong strength of the battleship was fully demonstrated.

At this time, Spruance had a strong retreat in his heart.

Now he doesn't see the slightest chance of winning, and maybe if he continues to fight, his fleet will be completely destroyed.

I don't have time to think about it, but in today's situation, we have to make a trade-off.

He immediately sent a signal to summon back the destroyers that could hardly pose a threat to the enemy fleet.

It was clear that Spruance was intent on letting the destroyers help them get their way out.

He thought to himself that although he had not won this battle, he had managed to sink one of the enemy's battleships and a large number of destroyers.

Even if there is no merit, after going back, it should not be punished.

With this in mind, Spruance retreated even more.

And Tang Han in the distance also guessed his thoughts.

Immediately, he ordered the guns of his three battleships to launch a bombardment in an attempt to sink them.

In the midst of the continuous shelling, another heavy cruiser of the Imperial fleet was sunk.

At the same time, a group of destroyers took the opportunity to step forward and attacked.

However, it is a pity that the torpedoes on the destroyers have basically been used in the previous battles to stop the suicide ships, and the destroyers without torpedoes can be said to have greatly reduced their firepower, and it is difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the enemy ships.

At the expense of destroyers, the only battleship of the Imperial fleet and the remaining heavy cruiser quickly escaped the minefield.

The Xia Hai fleet had already gained the upper hand at this time, and Tang Han naturally did not intend to let them go, and directly issued an order to pursue.

A moment later, a message came from a destroyer chasing ahead.

"Report to the colonel, the enemy's broken destroyer has dropped a large number of mines in the sea ahead!"

Hearing this, Tang Han frowned, and then gave the order to retreat unwillingly.

"Stop the pursuit, confirm the damage to each ship, and prepare to join the rear supply ships."

It's not that he doesn't want to chase anymore, but there are a large number of mines ahead, and it will definitely not work to rush straight through, and if he chooses to bypass, the time consumed will be enough for the enemy fleet to flee away.

Temporarily returning to their temporary stronghold, sitting in the captain's room, looking at Tang Han who was reporting the battle damage in front of him, his mood was extremely heavy.

Four battleships, the battleship Justice sank, one was moderately damaged, and the remaining two were slightly damaged.

Of the twenty destroyers, nine sank, one was severely damaged, four were moderately damaged, and the remaining six were all lightly damaged.

For the Xia Hai Fleet, which had always had the absolute upper hand before, this time it was really a heavy loss.

After merging with the supply ships in the rear, the lightly damaged and moderately damaged battleships can still be repaired, but the seriously damaged destroyer is almost burned out of its engines, and it is basically close to being scrapped.

Now on this side of the southeast sea of the empire, the remaining combat strength of the Xia Hai Fleet is only three battleships and ten destroyers.

On the other side, the fleeing Imperial fleet quickly left the sea and sailed into a tributary connecting the interior, and quickly docked at the nearest port.

After this battle, the Xia Hai fleet suffered heavy losses, and the losses of the imperial fleet were even greater.

The suicide ships were completely destroyed, only two destroyers remained, one of which was close to half-destruction, four heavy cruisers, three sunk, and one seriously damaged.

The only battleship was also blown out of one of the main ship's guns, and the damage to the hull was not light.

And under this premise, 80 percent of the results in this battle can be said to have been crashed with suicide ships.

In this way, in order to ensure his own safety, Spruance naturally had to put more effort into writing the report.

In the end, an exaggerated report was sent to the Imperial City.

After reading the report, Kiel Fito breathed a long sigh of relief.

Look, the way the suicide ship plays is useful.

Although, his original expectation was to take advantage of the dispersion of the opponent's combat power to kill at least two battleships on the opposite side.

Although this expectation was not completed, the record was still very good.

Putting the report aside, Kiel Fito gathered his thoughts for a moment, and then asked one of the guard officers, "How is the renovation of the second batch of suicide ships and the training of the crew?" ”

"Returning to the Emperor, it is going very well, and we should be able to complete a batch next month."

Kiel Fito, who got this answer, couldn't help frowning, he was a little dissatisfied with this efficiency.

But there is no way, the suicide ship does not mean that you can use it by just looking for a ship, and some necessary transformation work is definitely unavoidable.

And the crew is even more troublesome.

People who don't want to die for money, after all, are only a minority.

And among these few people, there are even fewer who happen to be able to sail a boat.

In this way, the necessary training cannot be omitted at all.

Otherwise, if you don't want to die, you won't be able to sail the boat, and you will be blind.

"What is the situation on the northern border, is there a battle report coming?"

"Returning to the Emperor, the batch of reserve troops that were recruited before have all been mobilized, and the current battle situation is quite stable, but the behemoth-level units mentioned in the previous battle report have not appeared in the subsequent battles."

"What?!"

When Kiel Fito heard this, he was stunned.

Earlier, he sent a message saying that Roland City had fallen, and he was so scared that he thought he was about to be finished.

But now, having fallen almost half of his territory to the north, the enemy army has now been stopped outside a mountain fortress.

Really, when he heard the news, Kir Fito was so excited that he almost had a banquet to celebrate on the spot.

Now, in combination with this information, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

Could it be that something is wrong with the enemy Behemoth unit?

Either way, it's a good thing for him.

sighed a little helplessly, in the current situation, he is in a hurry now.

At this time, he only hoped that he could stabilize the situation before the rest of the alliance could help.

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