After more than an hour of struggle, I turned and shifted many times during this period, and ran more than 20 kilometers south. Not to mention the other Newland battleships, even the four ships I had encountered did not come up and always wandered twenty kilometers eastwards, without any intention of coming up to fight.

What are these Newlanders thinking?

As the sky is about to brighten, can it be possible to wait until dawn to watch the air force performance?

The Newland Fleet may not be able to gain a advantage by handing over the battle that determines the outcome to the aircraft carrier.

Last night, almost ten hours ago, the 21st Special Mixed Fleet entered the radio control state and did not send any further signals.

In theory, the 21st Special Mix Fleet was able to sail hundreds of kilometers in one night.

The key is that the only one who has exposed his whereabouts is now exposed.

Because there has been no news about other special-mix fleets, there is reason to believe that the other three special-mix fleets are in a hidden state.

After dawn, the only one that the Newland Fleet was able to attack was still the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet.

What's the point of killing the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet?

After the four battleships of the Newland Navy were raiding the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet, could the four battleships run away?

To fight this kind of head exchange battle requires such repeated tossing?

Zhang Guozhu was very confused, or he could not understand it at all.

Not far from the north, two other groups of warships on both sides were "working" in full swing.

Four destroyers of the 42.5th team were chasing a cargo ship suspected to be an armed merchant ship. About ten minutes ago, after seeking Zhang Guozhu's permission, the leader's "Carp" began to fire at the freighter that was still escaping at high speed, just warning shots.

I just doubted that there was no way to prove that it was an armed cargo ship.

Perhaps, that's just a fast cargo ship.

According to the report sent by the 42.5th Team flagship, the "Carp", it was only observed that there were objects similar to artillery on the freighter, hiding under the canvas. As the two destroyers approached, the crew had already lifted the canvas, looking like they were preparing for a fight.

After being warned to fire, the freighter did not fire and fight back.

Although it is more than 20 kilometers away, you can still see the light that appears from time to time, illuminating the night sky.

It was a flare hit by the destroyer to the top of the freighter so that the lookout could see the freighter.

The Navy Command has long issued an order that unless it is directly attacked by the Newland warship, it is not allowed to fire on the Newland ships until the order is received.

Simply put, it is just not to shoot the first shot.

As for anything else, it's easy to say.

To be honest, that cargo ship is also very tenacious.

After being caught up by the destroyer, not only did they not slow down, but instead rushed forward with their huge tonnage, or because the Imperial Navy did not dare to fire the first shot, they kept running wildly.

This is clearly a bully of the destroyer.

Although even fast freighters are not much faster than destroyers, the tonnage of freighters is far greater than that of destroyers. Almost all fast freighters have a load capacity of more than 10,000 tons, and their displacement is almost ten times that of destroyers. They can easily hit and sink destroyers.

Next to the freighter, the destroyer is just a small matter.

In this way, except for directly firing at the freighter, the destroyer can only follow behind.

Rush to the front to block?

That's asking for death!

It’s not that you can’t beat the freighter, but that there are legal issues.

Although the Liangxia Empire had already placed the northwest and east-west western part into the war zone, prohibiting third-party ships from entering, and was in line with international law, the Newland Federation did not recognize the war zone designated by the Imperial Navy and claimed that it had the right to sail freely, which was also in line with international law.

In this way, if the ships of both sides collide in international waters, they must be handled in accordance with international conventions.

In international maritime conventions, similar situations are clearly fixed. First, warships have priority right of passage, and second, they must not maliciously block other ships from sailing freely.

The problem is here.

Who can guarantee that the freighter is not an armed merchant ship?

If it is a freighter, you should avoid the Imperial Navy's destroyer. If it is an armed merchant ship, you don't need to avoid it. After hitting it, the Imperial Navy will bear all the responsibility.

In accordance with relevant international conventions, the imperial authorities may hand over the commander who issued the order.

Although it is unnecessary to reason during wartime, as long as the Newland Federation has not participated in the war, it must abide by international conventions.

The Liangxia Empire blatantly violated international conventions and would inevitably be used by Lofos.

That's why the chasing destroyers never went to the front to intercept them.

In fact, there is no need to intercept it and drive it away.

The key is that before driving the Newland ship, the 42.5th Team discovered the fleet coming from the east, to be precise, one of them.

More than 40 ocean-going cargo ships have sailing speeds of about ten knots.

Unless sailing at full load, the speed of these cargo ships is significantly lower than the usual fourteen knots.

That is, the Newland fleet did slow down.

In addition, basically three to five cargo ships form a column.

In the column, the distance between the freighters is about 500 meters, and the distance between the two adjacent columns is between 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters.

The first ship of the leader was all bulk cargo ships, and a lot of cargo covered with canvas were piled on the deck.

However, the one hidden under the canvas may be an anti-aircraft gun, a deep-range launcher, or a large-caliber naval gun installed separately.

There are several fast cargo ships sailing alone, perhaps armed merchant ships.

As for the crew, I'm afraid they are all Newland Navy officers and soldiers.

The situation is already obvious.

The Newland fleet is ready to forcibly break through.

But there is nothing to be afraid of, the Imperial Navy is also on guard.

More than a dozen cruisers were ready, each with more than 200 Marines on it, and they were all ready for combat.

The key is that the tonnage of the Cruiser Cruiser is large enough.

According to the arrangement, these cruisers will rush up after dawn and force the Newland freighter to stop sailing, then send the Marines to the freighter, and the Marines will control the freighter, and then let the freighter go to Liuhuangdao or Naqiu Port.

According to international law, the Liangxia Empire has the right to seize third-party ships in the warring waters without loss of crew members and other property.

The key is that third-party civil ships must cooperate unconditionally and must not resist by force.

In other words, if you resist, it is not an unarmed civilian ship, but an armed ship of non-warship nature.

Usually, "armed ships of non-warship nature" are pirate ships. International conventions do not protect pirate ships, let alone claiming the rights and interests of pirates.

The Royal Bran Navy has been using international conventions against pirates to deal with the broken cruisers of the Triman Empire.

In short, there are many things that can be done in one day.

For those ocean-going freighters with very slow speeds, it will take at least two days to reach Saiyi Port, and one day is far from enough.

But it will definitely not be so smooth.

"Commander!"

When the nautical staff loudly reminded him, Zhang Guozhu had already picked up the telescope and walked towards the cabin door next to him, because he could see more clearly in the open-air corridor outside.

To the north, the dazzling light suddenly appeared almost illuminated the entire night sky.

It was orange-yellow light, and the flares were red.

It is definitely not a flare. No flare is that bright, it is the firelight generated by the explosion!
Chapter completed!