"The advantage of the Fish-People on the sea is indeed too great."

Xia Qi, who occupied a high-altitude field of vision, was located in the pod of the Monarch, and carefully watched the battle situation on the sea below through the telescope in his hand, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Previously, on the border of the East China Sea, the swordfish man who attacked his East China Sea cruiser fleet was shocking enough to cause astonishing damage to the battleship, and now, judging from this battle, the power of the shark man should not be underestimated.

The barrel of the main gun of a battleship is not something that can be broken by bending, and if it were not for the strength to a certain extent, it would be impossible to do such a thing.

At the same time, although the Fish-Man Clan's way of fighting directly on the enemy's warship is now basically invisible in the naval war of human civilization, it cannot be denied that this style of play is effective, especially for the Fish-Man Clan!

Almost every unit of the Fish-Man clan has a physical fitness that is far stronger than that of ordinary human soldiers.

That is to say, once they rush onto the battleship and engage in close combat in the limited space of the battleship, they can instantly establish a huge advantage with their excellent physique and size.

Let's just say that now, the battleship that was attacked by the shark people, in the face of the invasion of a large number of fish people, basically lost the power to resist in a short period of time.

"Jin Ming, you said that when the time comes, if we face such an attack, how should we deal with it?"

Faced with this problem, Jin Ming couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

Great Xia's sea radar could not detect the units of the Fish-Man Clan, and after the other party dived into the sea, it was almost easy for the other party to approach them, and the sudden attack from under the surface of the sea was even more unguardable.

If it was easy to think of a way to take precautions, the sea fleet of the foreign alliance would not have been beaten so badly.

In Jin Ming's opinion, the best way is to simply stay on the mainland and not go out, and fundamentally eliminate the problem, anyway, the fish people can't come up.

However, looking at the big picture, this is undoubtedly a bad idea.

Because doing so is equivalent to completely giving up their control over the sea, and when the time comes, the Europa Alliance will be able to control the sea unscrupulously, build supply lines on the sea, and then break the foreign players and Chinese players scattered on various continents one by one.

In the context of this era, the situation on this battlefield today can be summed up in one sentence: whoever controls the ocean can control the world!

In this way, in the case of eliminating this bad idea, there is only one way that Jin Ming can think of.

"How about having the Lizardmen form an underwater defense line to warn the approach of the Fish-People troops, and at the same time have an orc force on board?"

Great Xia's sea fleet, except for the relatively special lizardmen underwater combat unit, and some goblin engineers in the damage control team, the personnel composition of the entire sea fleet is basically human.

The reason is also very simple, naval soldiers need to have a considerable degree of professional knowledge and technology, leaving aside a few exceptions, but this can basically eliminate orc soldiers.

At the same time, the living environment at sea is relatively harsh and difficult, and there are also high requirements for physical fitness, while the physical fitness of the goblins is generally weak, and few can afford it.

In this way, the human forces are the best candidates to form a navy.

Now Jin Ming's proposal is still somewhat reliable, even if it is Xia Qi, the idea that can be thought of in a short period of time is not far from it.

Worried about the Fish-People rushing to the battleship and protruding in the face, the easiest way is to arrange a force on the battleship that can fight hard with the Fish-People.

Fearing that the Fish-People would attack from below the surface of the sea, the only way to do this is to keep the Lizardmen underwater combat force on guard under the surface.

Honestly, it's a stupid idea.

But what is helpless is that in the sea, the main battlefield belonging to the Fish-Man Clan, they really can't think of any better way.

And just when Xia Qi and Jin Ming were pondering this problem, the battle situation below had a new change.

As mentioned earlier, the Sakura fleet chose the tactic of breaking up into pieces, scattering into multiple small fleets, and dropping smoke bombs all over the entire sea area.

And now, presumably after receiving a distress signal, one of Sakura's small fleets sneakily emerged from the outer battlefield. During this period, the expeditionary fleet's maritime radar, after a few laps of scanning, instantly locked on the existence of this small fleet.

However, the other party did not seem to have any intention of continuing to hide, and while quickly cutting into the battlefield, two battleships and six heavy cruisers quickly launched an artillery formation, directly maintaining the range and distance, and started an artillery battle with them.

The target of this small Sakura fleet was undoubtedly Tang Han's expeditionary fleet.

The firepower of two battleships and six heavy cruisers certainly could not be ignored.

Tang Han decisively ordered, turned his head and dealt with the cherry blossom fleet that cut in from the periphery, and let the fish people continue to toss on the enemy's main fleet.

"The second fleet, the third fleet, outflanking left and right, the first fleet deploys an artillery strike formation, all frigates, guard the surroundings!"

Along with the order, the expeditionary fleet operations unfolded rapidly.

On the battleship, the heavy main ship guns once again let out an earth-shattering roar after locking on to the enemy.

Dense roaring artillery rang out across the sea, and specially made armor-piercing shells shot at the battleships and heavy cruisers on the Sakura side with terrifying screams.

The standard configuration of the main guns of the battleship of Great Xia is three triple main ship guns of 381mm caliber!

When used with armor-piercing shells, a single hit can inflict effective damage on enemy battleships and heavy cruisers.

Maintaining the speed of the voyage, the fleets of the two sides directly launched a fierce exchange of fire on this sea area.

During this period, the commander of the Sakura fleet also saw two small fleets separated from the expeditionary fleet.

Those two small fleets were obviously here to outflank and intercept them, and even the mere close approach could cause them great trouble.

In order to avoid that troublesome situation, the commander of the Sakura fleet hurriedly mobilized the combat ships in his fleet to intercept the two small fleets that had outflanked them.

With the emergence of variables, it is clear that there is a new twist in this battle.

On the sea, fierce battles were fought between the fleets of both sides.

In the midst of the intertwined naval artillery firepower, the combat ships of the two sides responsible for intercepting and outflanking also launched the first round of confrontation on the side sea battlefield.

Between attack and defense, the intentions of the small fleets sent by both sides are not unclear.

The two small fleets sent by Tang Han were bent on breaking through the interception of enemy combat ships and rushing into the main battlefield, posing a threat to the battleships and heavy cruisers on the Sakura side.

In this regard, the battle ships on the Sakura side are naturally strictly guarded all the way.

However, the destroyers on the Sakura side are particularly difficult.

In a short period of time, it was extremely difficult for the two small fleets sent by Tang Han to break through the defense line on the Sakura side.

The flank battlefield has been unable to achieve results for a long time, and Tang Han, who is located in the main flagship, is still calm in this situation.

After participating in many battles, among the admirals of Great Xia, Tang Han's experience is definitely rich, and he has even vaguely become the second-in-command of the Great Xia Navy, second only to Lu Meng.

This time, Xia Qi appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet, which is enough to show the importance and trust he attaches to him.

There is no need to rush, in the face of the scattered Sakura fleet, the firepower of the expeditionary fleet is superior, and it is completely possible to slowly accumulate the odds of victory step by step.

Another round of shelling, accompanied by a loud roar, a heavy cruiser of the Sakura fleet opposite directly began to catch fire and smoke.

Looking at the situation, that armor-piercing shell should have hit the battleship engine directly.

The engine is the heart of a battleship, and this shot was a fatal attack, and after the damage management team failed to rescue him, the Sakura heavy cruiser, which had a badly damaged engine, began to gradually lose its ability to move.

Such a good opportunity, the expeditionary fleet will not let go, and there is no need for Tang Handuo to say, the heavy battleship main guns have already turned towards the heavy cruiser of Sakura.

At this moment, the captain of the heavy cruiser knew better than anyone what he was in at the moment.

After the engine was blown out, the heavy cruiser, which had lost the ability to move, fired the last full-ship gun fire at the expeditionary fleet in the distance.

At the same time, on the side of the expeditionary fleet, the triple main ship guns also opened fire.

In this war at sea, a large warship that has lost its ability to move is equivalent to a live target.

The roar of the cannon continued to hit everyone's eardrums, and the armor-piercing shells that flew out from the 381mm caliber triple main ship gun launched a merciless attack.

After a round of all-ship artillery fire, the Sakura heavy cruiser unsurprisingly ushered in the sinking end.

The sinking of the heavy cruiser seemed to have opened an opportunity, and the expeditionary fleet commanded by Tang Han firmly grasped that advantage in its hands, and then directly rolled a snowball.

After a few rounds of firefighting, the commander of the Sakura fleet, who realized that he was at a disadvantage, gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.

The other side.

Another Sakura fleet, which was suffering from continuous attacks by the fish-man troops, also took advantage of the expeditionary fleet's turn of fire to try to get out of this battlefield, but the fish-man troops have not relented.

Looking back to confirm the situation on the side of the fish-man troops, Tang Han frowned, after a period of cooperation, he also had a good idea of the habits of the fish-man troops.

From the perspective of a professional soldier and lieutenant colonel of the Navy, the performance of the Fishman Unit these days is completely insufficient to describe it with the word professional.

Their fights are very unprofessional, simply put, they hit whoever they meet, and they fight very casually.

For now, the Sakura Fleet, which had long been abandoned by them, only needed to send two or three squads of fish-man soldiers to continue the pursuit, and the other fish-men should have come over to support them on the battlefield.

This wave of cooperation doesn't even need much tacit understanding, and they can directly leave all these two cherry blossom fleets in this sea area!

But the result was that the fish-man troops behaved very unprofessionally, and when the Sakura fleet had been destroyed, a large number of fish-man soldiers were still chasing them and fighting.

Tang Han could see at a glance that the fundamental purpose of that style of play was to grab credit.

While those idiots were busy grabbing credit, they completely missed the opportunity to further inflict heavy damage on the Sakura Navy and expand the results of the battle.

But what Tang Han couldn't deny was that above the sea, the fish-man troops did have such qualifications.

In other words, it is precisely because of this huge naval battle advantage and strength that the fish-man troops will fight so casually, and even do whatever they want.

Too lazy to care about those fishmen, Tang Han directly ordered the expeditionary fleet under his command to pursue the Sakura fleet that was evacuating.

A series of actions turned this battle at sea into a pursuit battle in an instant.

As the side being chased, the Sakura fleet, which is familiar with the terrain, has regained some disadvantages to a certain extent, and in the process of chasing and escaping, the artillery fire is even more non-stop.

After another round of artillery fire, the entire fleet rushed directly to the back of a small island, using the barren small island as their cover, and stubbornly avoided the counterattack of the expeditionary fleet.

Although the shipborne radar is still locked on the position of the Sakura fleet, from the direct field of vision, the Sakura fleet has already rushed into their visual blind spot.

That state brought people an inexplicable uneasiness, and in the command room of the main flagship, Tang Han's brows couldn't help frowning together.

Just now, he was fully aware of the Sakura fleet's familiarity with the terrain of this sea area, and after the attack, his confidant used the small islands in the sea area as cover to block the naval artillery strikes of their expeditionary fleet, which was definitely calculated in advance.

And it was precisely after realizing this that Tang Han's heart felt a little uneasy as a guess arose.

At the same time, it was at this time that a command from the air sounded in the radio communication equipment in the command room.

"Lieutenant Colonel, evacuate immediately from the direction of seven o'clock, and if you continue to chase after you, you will be surrounded by Sakura's fleet."

At this time, the voice that sounded from the radio communication equipment was none other than their Imperial Majesty.

Xia Qi's words made Tang Han's uneasiness completely verified at this moment.

Although the shipborne radar has not yet reacted, he naturally does not doubt the orders of his own Emperor Majesty, let alone their Emperor Majesty, who has the most open field of vision on the entire battlefield at this time!