"Let the destroyers and cruisers outflank them! Attack the enemy's flanks first! Use the speed advantage! The battleships will attack head-on! Keep firing!" Putting down the telescope in his hand again, Genesis changed the formation of his fleet.
The long snake formation lined up was immediately divided into three squadrons. The battleships and some cruisers with larger artillery calibers remained on the front, while some light cruisers began to accelerate forward.
These cruisers used new technologies to varying degrees when they were built. The previous coal-burning boilers were eliminated and replaced with oil-burning power systems. Because of this, the speed of these cruisers is much faster than the speed of old cruisers.
Quite a few.
The single-ship speed of many cruisers can even reach an astonishing speed of more than 50 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than the dreadnought.
It's just that when they were in formation with the dreadnoughts, their speed was restricted.
Now, they were ordered to act alone, which was equivalent to lifting the seal. Therefore, these warships with small-caliber guns quickly accelerated away from the slower main fleet.
At the rear of the entire fleet, the destroyer fleet following in the distance also received the order at this time and began to turn its bow and choose a more radical route.
"I don't have so many textbook tactics! I only know one! Beat the master to death with random punches!" Lawns grinned and said to the adjutant standing next to him with a smile: "When the bayonet is put together, I will
Look at what the devil’s fleet is capable of!”
He is almost in a confident state now, with the Osa military port as his back. As long as he buys enough time, the devil's fleet will become increasingly disadvantageous.
Soon, Eiland Hill's new destroyers will be put into service. Those destroyers equipped with missiles have greater combat capabilities than the warships he has now.
By that time, Elanthir's navy will no longer be a defensive navy. He will command his fleet to go out to the endless sea and actively seek a decisive battle with the demon navy fleet.
Therefore, Genesis doesn't care about losses now. He just needs to try his best to fight the battle in front of him.
"Keep firing! Let those demons focus on the front! It's important to give them some bait and let them bite the hook!" Lawns dispersed his squadron and came up with a crescent formation.
They stood still in the middle, assuming a posture of attacking the demon fleet from three sides.
In the floating castle, seeing the fleet of Eiland Hill begin to divide into three groups, the demon general snorted coldly and raised the corner of his mouth: "You want to eat my fleet? You have a big appetite! I want to see it.
, which is faster, your two wings to outflank, or my center breakthrough!"
In fact, this is a conflict in tactical arrangements. Sometimes it is not just someone who is stupid or an idiot, but they don't know that the enemy is outflanking them from both sides, and they are in danger.
Sometimes, the party that divides its forces is actually the party that takes the risk, and concentrating its forces to defeat them individually is a more reasonable tactical arrangement.
Seeing that the demon fleet did not divide its forces, but instead gathered together and rushed directly into the encirclement of the Airan Hill Navy, Lawns knew that the enemy was going to fight him.
After all, the demons know that they cannot afford to delay it. The nuclear weapons that will fly at any time and at any time are the real Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.
It is absolutely reasonable for the Demon Fleet, which is pursuing a quick victory, to adopt this central breakthrough tactic.
Moreover, looking at it from another perspective, the strategic intention of the Demon Fleet heading north is to land on Osa to destroy Osa, or to control Piripi Island.
If the naval battle lasts for a long time, the pre-war preparations for Eilan Hill will become more and more complete, and the suddenness of the attack on these two places will be gone.
Therefore, no matter which direction you look at it, a quick battle to destroy the human naval fleet in front of you as soon as possible is a strategic task that the demon fleet has to complete.
"Boom!" Eiland Hill's navy started firing its third salvo, the same 24 shells, which also landed within the demon navy fleet.
This time, the hit accuracy was higher. Three shells directly hit the Demon Warship, sinking three huge black warships in an instant.
The Demon Battleship is not a battleship in the true sense. This kind of strange battleship looks majestic in appearance and is covered with barbs. Although its defensive capabilities are much improved than that of a sailboat, it is actually not as strong as it looks.
Its defense improvement is mainly reflected in the two innovations of the steel shell and the magic defense barrier. Unfortunately, the magic defense barrier is barely able to deal with small-caliber artillery, but it seems to be unable to deal with large-caliber artillery.
At the same time, the steel hull, which is not armored in the first place and has a very average thickness, has very limited physical defense performance against large-caliber artillery shells of more than 300 mm. Therefore, it is not surprising that the hull was penetrated all at once.
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As a result, the three demon battleships broke apart and exploded, leaving no chance of holding on. The unlucky demon battleship that had been penetrated earlier had now completely disappeared on the sea.
After all, these battleships are powered by magic. This power system is very unstable. Once it is destroyed, a large-scale explosion will occur. It is similar to the explosion of a tank's gasoline engine.
However, the smallest of these demon warships in front of us is more than 150 meters long. They are really huge. When they explode, they are much more spectacular than tanks.
"Chirp!" On the other side, on the demon battleship that had been passively beaten, the weird magic cannon turret with a huge magic circle engraved with magic inscriptions also sprayed out huge energy.
The demon fleet began to fight back. They ignored the issue of aiming and couldn't bear it any longer. They started a crazy attack on the main fleet of Ailanthir.
The demon fleet, which had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, opened fire with dozens of warships in one breath, and countless magic cannon energy bombs flew towards the target. For a moment, Ailan Hill's fleet was enveloped in a sea of artillery fire.
Some of the blazing energy directly crashed into the sea water next to the Ailan Hill battleship, and also stirred up water columns as high as tens of meters. Some of the energy was very far away, directly crossing the Ailan Hill fleet and flying to
It fell into the sea very far away and exploded.
This round of crazy attacks also did not cause any trouble to Ailanthil's fleet. However, this gorgeous attack also made Lawns, who had never seen this scene, feel the power of the enemy.
It was completely different from the enemies in the past who could not fight back, or whose fights had no effect at all. This time the enemy was not a target, so Lawns instantly felt the pressure on his shoulders.
Regrettably, his tactical arrangements have been implemented, and now he can't change anything. All he can do is wait and wait for a result.
His Majesty the Emperor Chris once said that the navy is a very tragic service because it is the only service that can lose the entire war in one morning...
Before, when Origin's navy was invincible, he had disapproved of this statement, but now, at this moment, he truly agreed with it.
"Hurry up and reload! The distance is good for us!" Lawns urged his men, and the entire bridge was filled with a busy atmosphere.
"Boom!" As the distance between the two sides continued to close, the main gun of the cruiser following behind the battleship began to roar.
These 203 mm caliber main guns joined the roaring ranks. This time, it was not only the 305 mm caliber main guns that fired, so the number of artillery shells flying into the enemy camp suddenly doubled.
Cannonballs that were as dense as a rain of bullets fell, and the huge magic defense barrier formations above the demon fleet were hit by these cannonballs, causing ripples.
The magic resonance shells destroyed these defensive barriers, and then more shells fell and hit the deck of the demon battleship.
The seemingly strong and heavy demon warship was hit by these long-range cannonballs, and soon burst into flames and smoke, turning into steel coffins one by one.
The poor demons on these battleships, before they had time to show off their power and ferocity, along with their battleships, became food for various creatures in the ocean.
Many battleships collided with each other amid burning and explosions. The demon battleships that had gathered together and seemed to have great morale were now in a mess, with even the most basic order disappearing.
The reloading time of the magic cannon is too slow, and the interval between attacks is too long. After the naval battleships of Ailan Hill fired another salvo, these demon battleships that fired in the first round had not had time to fire their second shots.
salvo.
If it weren't for the existence of the floating castle above their heads, this naval battle might have turned into a one-sided massacre.
Seeing that his fleet had lost dozens of warships in one go, the Demon General standing behind the crenels became a little bit out of sorts.
You know, not all of his fleet are naval warships. On these warships, there are also demonic armies for landing!
If he can fight the human navy here, where will he find landing troops to destroy Osa and land on Piripi Island?
He must destroy the human navy in front of him as soon as possible, and then land on the beach to get involved with the enemy before humans drop the atomic bomb. This was his initial plan, and now he still thinks this plan is the most perfect action plan.
"Let the demon dragon troops press forward! Take off the demon fighter jets! Cover the floating castle! Prepare all the magic cannons on the castle! Target the human fleet!" The demon general ordered word by word to the black shadow behind him.