Chapter 626 The plan was successful
On this side, Lu Meng made it clear that he would follow the other side.
On the other hand, after receiving the news from the outer patrol fleet, the Europa supply fleet that had an enemy fleet appeared in the nearby seas can be said to be extremely cautious and directly changed the communication route.
However, they didn't know that this move of their own was completely useless in front of Great Xia's aerial vision.
From beginning to end, every move of this Europa supply fleet was clearly seen by the No. 4 reconnaissance airship flying in the sky!
Subsequently, after receiving the news that the East China Sea Fleet had left this area with the surrounding Europa fleet, the messenger of the No. 4 reconnaissance airship directly conveyed Lümon's order.
The assault fleet, which had been dormant in the outer seas for a long time, officially launched its operation at this moment.
The speed of the voyage increased rapidly, the battleship parted the waves, and according to the route given by the reconnaissance airship, rushed directly to the necessary path of the supply fleet.
"A strange fleet has been found in the outer waters!"
The supply fleet, which had just changed its original sailing route because of the discovery of the Huaxia fleet a moment ago, was a time of nervousness, and now the appearance of the strange fleet suddenly made them even more nervous.
The attacking fleet that appeared later, the fluttering military flag allowed the officers of the supply fleet to confirm the identity of the other party at the first time.
"What's going on, didn't it mean that Huaxia's fleet just accidentally broke into this sea area? And according to the last message from the outer patrol fleet, they should have led that fleet away! ”
Looking at the Huaxia Fleet, which was gradually revealing its scale, the face of the captain of the Europa Navy was difficult to see for a while.
Although Lü Meng only drew about a quarter of the warship strength from his East China Sea Fleet in this operation, as the largest main fleet in Great Xia, even if it was only a quarter of the force, its scale should not be underestimated.
The feeling of oppression almost came to his face, and before the war began, the captain of the Europa Navy had already foreseen his defeat.
"Quick! Contact the surrounding fleets and get them to come and support! ”
The signal soldier in the command room of the main flagship who received the order quickly operated the radio communication equipment in front of him, however, the result made the signal soldier's face change drastically.
"No, the patrol fleet around us is no longer within our communication range!"
Hearing this, the captain of the navy, who was in charge of carrying out the transportation mission, only felt that it was dark in front of him.
He's already reacted, they've been tricked!
The Huaxia fleet on the periphery was not an accidental intrusion at all, the other party deliberately lured away their periphery fleet.
"Shet!!"
The captain of the Europa Navy roared, and then slammed it on the desk in front of him, and the solemn atmosphere directly overwhelmed everyone in the entire fleet command room.
But, is he just so obediently admitted?
No way!
During this period, the surprise fleet had already approached, and at the same time quickly launched a formation.
Equipped with a fleet of battleships, two heavy cruisers, and a series of small and medium-sized warships, it entered the highest combat state.
However, those two heavy cruisers were not enough to see from the side of the East China Sea Fleet.
The attacking fleet, which continued to press, opened fire strongly, and the ultra-long-range main ship guns struck directly towards the convoy.
In the face of this obviously overwhelming their firepower and tough play, the Europa side must be unable to bear it, so it can only take evasive measures.
It has to be said that the reduction in tonnage made the heavy cruisers a lot more flexible than the battleships, and in the case of dispersing the formation and starting a guerrilla war, this frigate fleet was really a bit annoying.
Faced with this situation, Captain Chu Hao, who was in charge of commanding this attack fleet to carry out this mission, was very decisive, and directly signaled the battleships under his command to turn fire to the enemy's supply ships and sink them!
The purpose of their operation this time is to cut off the supply of the Europa fleet!
It's one way to rob all the supplies, but it's also one way to sink the supply ships and destroy them!
If it were to be replaced by the exotic fleet of the Quartet, it might be rare, but Great Xia is not short of these materials, and if it sinks, it will sink.
This is an offensive without any mud and water, and the captain of the Europa Navy who watched it wanted to scold his mother!
The supply ship, which has an impressive speed, has become a live target when it is locked by the enemy battleship, and if they want to dodge, the supply ship will have to be beaten obediently, but if they want to be a supply ship, they will have to go up and be beaten themselves. Against this attack fleet, which is not rare at all, this Europa Navy captain is also very helpless.
This battle could no longer be fought, and in this situation, after taking a deep breath, he took measures to protect his fleet under pressure and chose to retreat on his own initiative.
Since the supply ship can no longer be saved, then at least let him keep the battleship.
If both sides are not saved, then he can basically kill himself by drinking bullets, and wait for His Majesty to shoot him personally.
Looking at the escort fleet that turned around and fled, Chu Hao's mind flashed a thought of pursuit.
However, he soon remembered Lu Meng's advice again, telling him not to fall in love with the war, and if he chose to sink the supply ship, then retreat immediately after sinking.
After all, although his side is comfortable, the East China Sea Main Fleet, which helped attract a large number of Europa Sea Fleets, has a very difficult time.
Unlike the assault fleet, which easily completed its mission, the situation on the side of the main fleet of the East China Sea Fleet was not good.
The number of small Europa fleets that have now gathered to besiege them has reached four.
Although the size of each fleet is not large, it is annoying that they each occupy a position and fire on all sides, which is very disturbing.
Not to mention, there is also a Sailfishman team under the surface of the sea, which is teaming up with other fish-man troops to fight their lizardmen underwater combat unit.
If we continue to fight on this trend, I feel that the battle losses of the East China Sea Fleet may become higher.
Just when Lu Meng was pondering whether to pick someone out, beat him up, and then break through the encirclement formation on the opposite side to change the situation.
The communication information from the air was quickly transmitted.
"This is reconnaissance airship No. 1, and according to the latest information, the task of cutting off Europa's supplies has been completed!"
Hearing this, Lu Meng perked up, and then quickly spoke: "Let Captain Chu Hao lead the fleet and support along this coordinate line." ”
While speaking, Lu Meng quickly reported several coordinate locations.
With the help of the channel of the first reconnaissance team in the air, Lu Meng's order can be said to have reached Chu Hao's ears at the fastest speed, Chu Hao, who had just defeated the Europa fleet and sunk the opponent's supply ship, was busy dropping depth charges below.
On the one hand, it was natural to scare the fishmen who were hiding under the surface of the sea, and on the other hand, it was to further destroy the supplies.
After all the aftermath work was properly done, Chu Hao commanded the fleet to support the coordinate line that Lu Meng said.
During this period, on the battlefield in the sea next door, the four small Europa fleets were still entangled with Lü Meng's East China Sea Fleet.
However, at this time, Lu already had a plan in mind, while dispersing the combat ships to entangle the three small Europa fleets, the main naval artillery fire of the East China Sea Fleet was concentrating on attacking the Europa fleet that was the first to engage them.
The previous round of shelling should have directly hit the engine room of the opposite battleship, and now the entire battleship has begun to emit black smoke.
Looking at this battle, at most two rounds of artillery bombardment, the battleship will have to hit "GG".
Looking at the huge main ship guns in the distance that adjusted the angle of attack, the captain of the small Europa fleet was simply miserable.
Now the inside of the engine room of their battleship is already in chaos, and the members of the ship's damage management team are about to go crazy, this battleship can still move, God willing!
And just as the Europa Navy captain was thinking this, accompanied by the violent shaking of the battleship's hull, it also made him realize that his battleship had been shot again.
The continuous naval artillery strikes made the situation of their fleet worse all of a sudden.
Faced with such a situation, while signaling his fleet to counterattack with naval artillery fire as much as possible, the Europa naval captain also had to make his crew ready to abandon ship and flee at any time.
Obviously, in the case of being hit one after another by the triple main guns of the opposing battleship, the sinking of the battleship has become a matter of time sooner or later.
The damaged engine is already reaching its limit, and it won't surprise anyone that it feels like it will blow up in the next second. The cabin below had been flooded by the sea, and at this moment, he could even say that the battleship had begun to sink.
The naval artillery attack, as if in a dying struggle, could not pose a threat to Lü Meng's East China Sea Fleet at all.
Looking at the smoke-billowing Europa battleships in the distance, Lu Meng directly ordered the armor-piercing shells to be replaced with high-explosive shells.
The external armor of that battleship, after withstanding so many armor-piercing shells, has long become full of holes, and it basically can't build much defense, so at this time, just use high-explosive shells to give them the final blow.
At the sound of an order, the main ship's guns opened fire!
The high-explosive shells that came out of the disembowelment drew a series of trajectoryes, screamed and hit the enemy ship, and exploded one after another, giving the enemy ship the final blow!
In the midst of the successive roars, the violent air wave impact rolled up the surging firelight and spread wildly, like a grand fireworks show.
And in this grand fireworks show, a Europa battleship left the scene in disgrace!
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Europa camp.
Although there are still two or three small and medium-sized warships in the entire small fleet, in this era of naval warfare with large ships and huge guns, a fleet that loses battleships is equivalent to losing the main force output, and the overall combat strength is gone by six or seven percent at once.
This weighed heavily on the officers of the other three small Europa fleets.
"On the other side, this is obviously to evacuate, what should we do, should we pursue?"
Europa officers, who were tasked with commanding three small fleets, were the first to ask the question through radio communication equipment.
However, before they could think about it, the East China Sea Fleet that turned around was a round of naval artillery strikes, which clearly made them realize that they were thinking too much.
Before, I was not afraid to run with one enemy and four enemies, but now there are only three left, and there is no need to run at all.
The East China Sea Fleet, which turned around, had a clear goal and directly selected a target, and the selected target was naturally panicked in his heart, and hurriedly signaled the fleet under his command to take action.
Staying still on the battlefield in this sea area is equivalent to becoming a live target on the opposite side.
As a result, before they could move a few more meters, there was a loud bang, and the violent vibration of the ship's hull after the impact made the Europa officer's face pale and a little overwhelmed.
The East China Sea Fleet in the distance was completely within his field of vision at the moment, and he didn't see the East China Sea Fleet firing just now!
"What's going on?!"
"Report to the captain, it's an enemy ship! Enemy ships were spotted in the rear, and they opened fire on us!! ”
That's right, this is Chu Hao's fleet has arrived!
Through the information provided by the No. 1 Reconnaissance Team in the air, Chu Hao quickly understood the battle situation in this sea area, and then, as another rising star of the Great Xia Navy after Tang Han, he quickly understood what he should do.
didn't completely rigidly follow the coordinate line provided to him by Lu Meng, and after adjusting the route slightly, he easily formed a forward and backward attack.
Realizing his situation, the Europa officers hurriedly asked for help from the other two Europa fleets to try to get assistance, but at this time, the two Europa small fleets had been completely entangled by the combat ships of the East China Sea Fleet, and they couldn't get out in a short time, and they had no spare strength to save others.
It can be said that after the appearance of this fleet led by Chu Hao, there will be no suspense in a battle.
Looking at the Europa fleet that was fired at both ends and bombed indiscriminately, the officers of the other two small fleets gave the order to retreat with a difficult face.
There was no need to fight this time, and while the firepower on the opposite side was still concentrated on that fleet, the two of them had better withdraw quickly.
Otherwise, when the other side turns around, they won't be able to withdraw even if they want to.
At the same time, just in case, the two small Europa fleets also chose to evacuate separately, just to prevent the East China Sea Fleet from pursuing and killing.
In this regard, Lu Meng, who saw all the situations on both sides, didn't care at all.
As long as they get rid of the supply ships on the opposite side, this time, their fundamental purpose has been achieved, and then whether they sink one or two battleships on the opposite side, they will all earn money.
As for the hunt, forget it.
Once a battle evolves into a chase, the time will be further extended and the variables will increase.
After all, they are in Europa's territorial waters now, so it's better to be careful and not to be too wavey.
The two fleets coordinated with each other, and the dense naval artillery fire set off the small Europa fleet like a leaf of mayflies, completely engulfed by too much firepower stronger than them, what a tragic word.
And at this time, the latest information came again from the communication channel established with the aerial reconnaissance airship.