"Reported, the People's Army fleet turned 90 degrees eastward."

"I've seen it." Martinez put down his telescope, held the railing of the bridge in his hand, and said with satisfaction: "They have been hooked. Although the stupid yellow monkey can design excellent warships, is it still far from the British Empire to fight a naval war?"

The adjutant immediately agreed and said, "That's of course. Naval battles are not about winning if the warships are excellent. The key is tactics. The British Empire won the Battle of Gravolinne and Trafalgar naval battles, and they all won by tactics rather than relying on the excellent performance of warships."

The Battle of Gravolinne was the battle of the British Navy to defeat the Spanish Invincible Fleet in 1588. After this battle, it symbolized the official rise of the British Navy and the end of Spanish hegemony; while the Battle of Trafalgar was the battle of the British Navy to defeat the Faspise Allied Fleet in 1805. It was one of the most important victories in the history of the British Navy. After this battle, Napoleon forced Napoleon to give up his plan to attack the British mainland, laying the groundwork for his failure nine years later, and consolidating the status of British maritime overlord.

The two naval battles have a common feature, that is, the British Navy defeated opponents who were stronger than themselves with weaker forces. The adjutant took these two naval battles as an example, because the combat effectiveness shown by the People's Army Navy did exceed the British Navy's expectations.

Martinez said: "Order the destroyer to go forward and to the left of the fleet."

Although the combat effectiveness of destroyers is not strong, they are an important auxiliary force of the fleet. Therefore, they generally do not participate in battle lines. When warships between the two sides fight, they will hide on the inside of their own battle lines and will attack when necessary. Now Martinez wants to speed up the fleet's steering speed, so he ordered the destroyers to move forward and run to the left side of the fleet.

Since the speed of the destroyer was faster than that of the battleship, after Martinez gave the order, the destroyer also accelerated rapidly, moving from the rear of the fleet to the left side of the fleet, and turning.

After the destroyer stepped forward, the British fleet quickly completed the steering, which took about 20 minutes in total. Martinez ordered the fleet to slow down, and then observed the movements of the People's Army fleet with all his attention.

Since the People's Army Fleet turned late and the steering angle was larger than the British fleet, although the accompanying destroyer team was allowed to advance to the left of the fleet, it was still about 10 minutes later than the British fleet before completing the steering. In order to intercept the British fleet, Chen Xiaojiang ordered the fleet to accelerate to 18 knots again. After calculations by the Kunming ship, the People's Army Fleet could intercept the British fleet when the longitudinal straight line distance between both sides was about 10,000 meters. At this time, because the People's Army Fleet was in a straight line and the British fleet was in a diagonal line.

However, due to the slowdown of the British fleet, the time for the People's Army Fleet to intercept the British fleet was greatly advanced. In just 15 minutes, it intercepted the British fleet, which even exceeded the positions of three warships. At this time, the straight-line distance between the two sides was about 10,400 meters. Although the People's Army Fleet had the Kunming ship provided shooting parameters, the shooting accuracy would be greatly reduced at this distance. The most ideal shooting distance for the People's Army is within 9,000-9,500 meters. Therefore, Chen Xiaojiang also ordered the fleet to slow down and only wait for the British fleet to enter within 9,500 meters before launching a strike against the British fleet. Of course, the purpose of the People's Warship was not to annihilate the British fleet, but to wait for the main force of the Expeditionary Fleet to arrive and introduce them all into the Taiwan Strait. Because at this time, the main force of the Expeditionary Fleet was less than 20 kilometers away from the battlefield, and it only took about 40 minutes to arrive.

Martinez was observing the movements of the People's Army fleet on the bridge. Seeing that the People's Army fleet had stopped him at a vertical distance, he knew that the time had come, and immediately ordered the fleet to accelerate again and turn left to 90 degrees.

The British fleet suddenly turned again, which caught Chen Xiaojiang off guard because after turning, the British fleet would be heading northwest, while the People's Army fleet would travel eastward. The directions of the two sides were sailing roughly opposite, which meant that the British fleet would be able to run to the tail of the People's Army fleet and directly break through to the rear of the People's Army fleet. At this time, the main force of the Expeditionary Fleet had approached the battlefield, so the People's Army fleet would be trapped in the pincer attack of the British fleet and the main force of the Expeditionary Fleet.

At this time, Chen Xiaojiang was also a little impressed by the commander of the British fleet. Unexpectedly, he used several changes to mobilize the People's Army fleet, and could almost successfully break through to the rear of the People's Army fleet. He even had his own navigation instructions. He was indeed the king who dominated the ocean for more than 200 years. However, it was because of his own navigation instructions that he could discover the intention of the British fleet at all, so he could also react as soon as possible. After all, there is still enough time and space for the People's Army fleet to move around. If you just observe with your naked eyes, the reaction speed would be much slower. After you understand, it would be too late.

Of course, even if the British fleet really runs to the rear of the People's Army fleet and forms a pincer attack on the People's Army fleet, it will not affect the overall situation, because there are two modern warships, Kunming and Xiangyang ships, behind the People's Army fleet, so it is hard to say who will pincer attack.

However, the British fleet cannot be allowed to implement its tactical plan. After all, it is really hard to get over the face. With navigation instructions, he was even tricked by the British fleet. As a time traveler, he really can't afford to lose this person. Of course, if it's just a loss of face or a trivial matter, Guan Jian will affect the combat plan of the People's Army Navy to wipe out the Expeditionary Fleet in the Taiwan Strait, so he must intercept the British fleet again no matter what.

So Chen Xiaojiang immediately ordered the fleet to make a 180-degree large turn on the spot, preparing to intercept the British fleet again. Because the vertical distance between the two sides was still more than 10,000 meters, and the British fleet was taking a diagonal line, and at least 45-degree turn needed to completely break through to the rear of the People's Army Fleet, at least 20-30 minutes. This period of time is almost enough for the People's Army Fleet to complete this 180-degree large turn and intercept the British fleet again. At the same time, Chen Xiaojiang was still afraid of being unsafe, so he ordered the Jinan, Tianjin, Qingzhou, Yizhou and cruisers who were on standby in the rear to come. If the battleship team was unable to intercept the British fleet in the end, they would be responsible for this important task.

At this time, the British fleet had completed its turn. While trying hard to accelerate, it even used strong pressure ventilation, which increased the speed of the entire team to more than 19 knots. At the same time, it also paid close attention to the movements of the People's Army fleet. Seeing that the People's Army fleet began to turn around in a 180-degree large turn, Martinez was also a little surprised. The reaction speed was too fast. Of course, he didn't know that because the People's Army fleet had navigation instructions, the commander who could only belong to the People's Army fleet had a keen observation ability that was beyond ordinary people.

However, before setting this plan, Martinez also considered that unexpected situations might occur, so he reserved a backup plan, so he immediately ordered 10 destroyers from two destroyer teams to attack the People's Army Fleet. Of course, it was not to attack the People's Army Fleet, but mainly to delay the time of the People's Army Fleet.

The firepower of the destroyer is not strong, but if it can be close to the shooting, it can still pose a great threat to the battleship. Moreover, the destroyer is fast and flexible, and 10 destroyers attack together. It is impossible to defend against the firepower of the battleship. Moreover, the People's Army fleet is turning around, and it is the time when the defensive firepower is weakest. Although there is a destroyer team in the People's Army fleet, the number is only 4, which is the British.

The gap between 10 destroyers is very different, so the British destroyers have a high chance of breakthrough. Even if there are 2 or 3 destroyers that can break through the close range of the battleship and launch **, even if they cannot sink 1 or 2 battleships, it can disrupt the pace of the People's Warship turning around and gain enough time for the Battleship fleet to break through. In addition, this can also restrain the destroyers in the People's Warship and prevent them from interfering with their assaults.

After Martinez's order, the 10 destroyers immediately attacked, first divided into two columns, then quickly spread out on the sea surface into a fan shape, and increased their speed to more than 25 knots in a short time, rushing towards the People's Army fleet that was undergoing a slew-and-twist tide.

At this time, the People's Army Fleet and the British Fleet had already staggered in the lateral distance, so Martinez ordered the fleet to turn 45 degrees to the right, and the fleet sailed north again, and sailed at full speed, striving to break through the intercept line of the People's Army Fleet as soon as possible and run to the rear of the People's Army Fleet, and then the task is done.

As soon as the British destroyer was launched, Chen Xiaojiang was immediately warned. It seemed that the other party's moves were linked one by one. If it weren't for navigation instructions, today's battle would have been defeated.

But the most urgent task now is to block British destroyers. Otherwise, once the destroyer suddenly enters the battleship within 1,000 meters, it will be very dangerous, because the fleet is now turning, not only is it dense in formation, but also limits the mobility of the fleet. Therefore, Chen Xiaojiang hurriedly ordered his destroyer to attack quickly and intercept British destroyers.

The second destroyer squadron followed Chen Xiaojiang to attack. This fleet participated in the Natuna Islands Naval Battle a month ago. It turned out that there were 5 destroyers, but in the Natuna Islands Navigation Battle, one of the Heting was sunk, so there are only these four left, namely the Helong, the Heqing, the Hexi, and the Hehua.

However, Chen Xiaojiang also knew that relying on these four destroyers alone would not intercept the opponent's 10 destroyers, and he also secretly regretted it because there were originally two destroyer teams in the Northern Fleet, with a total of eight destroyers, but this time he attacked just to lure the enemy, so he only brought one destroyer team. He thought that the British fleet would actually do this trick for him. If he brought out the two destroyer teams, he would not be worried now.
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