Chapter 1375 Encirclement and Suppression

"General, the islanders' cruisers and destroyers have turned around, and they are about to launch a lightning strike!" Major General Abraham exclaimed.

"Damn! The islanders voluntarily retreated. It really is a trap. Order the fleet and prepare for lightning strikes!" Lieutenant General Otto Schneewendt ordered. The horror of the 610mm torpedoes of the Japanese navy made Vice Admiral Otto Schneewent's heart ache. Once hit by these terrifying torpedoes, the consequences will be very serious.

The five battlecruisers that were speeding up began to turn. At the same time, the speed is also further improved. And those cruisers and destroyers began to prepare for battle. Both the main gun and the secondary guns began to turn, aiming at the direction in which the light cruisers and destroyers of the island navy were attacking.

Although, it is night now, the line of sight has been greatly affected, and the light cruisers and destroyers cannot be seen at all. However, relying on the guidance of the gun-sighting radar, these light cruisers and destroyers could barely be found. It's just that, because these light cruisers and destroyers of the island fleet are very fast, it is almost impossible to hit the target.

Several battlecruisers did not fire, and a blackout was also carried out. In this case, it is difficult for the light cruisers and destroyers of the island fleet to see these battlecruisers clearly, and cannot accurately release torpedoes. If the torpedoes were released indiscriminately, the threat would naturally be much smaller.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The heavy and light cruisers of the German fleet, as well as the destroyers, began firing. Intensive artillery shells enveloped the lightning strike formation of the island fleet. It's just that almost all of these shells fell into the water and never hit the target at all.

"Order the light cruisers and destroyers, split a part, and attack the islanders' lightning strike formation! If you fire from too far away, it will be difficult to hit the target. Since the islanders want to defeat us with lightning strikes, let's fight bayonets with them! Lieutenant General Otto Schneewent ordered with a serious face.

"Okay, General." Major General Abraham nodded.

Anyway, the size of the cruisers and destroyers of the German fleet is very large, the number of light cruisers is as high as 20, and the number of destroyers is as high as more than 30. This was originally to deal with the lightning strike of the island nation's fleet.

After receiving the order, the 10 light cruisers of the 2nd light cruiser formation and the 10 destroyers of the 3rd destroyer formation immediately rushed to the battlefield. Although the sky is very dark, if the distance is shortened to a few kilometers, the target can still be seen. Moreover, the 150mm main gun of the light cruiser and the 105mm main gun of the destroyer can both give full play to their firepower advantage at a distance of several kilometers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A fierce battle ensued, and the German fleet invested a large number of light cruisers and destroyers to encircle and suppress the lightning strike formation of the island fleet. The light cruisers of the German Navy generally have a large displacement, generally close to tens of thousands of tons, or more than 10,000 tons. The displacement of destroyers is also larger than the 2,000 tons of the island fleet, and they are often more than 3,000 tons. Larger displacement enables warships to be equipped with more weapons. This also makes the air defense combat capabilities of the German Navy's warships very powerful.

The light cruiser's three triple-mounted 150mm main guns, 105mm and 88mm dual-purpose guns were all firing crazily. The two 105mm main guns and 88mm dual-purpose guns on the destroyer are also firing continuously.

For a while, under the encirclement and suppression of the superior force of the German fleet, the lightning strike formation of the island navy was hit continuously, and it suffered great losses.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The destroyer "Chuxue" of the Japanese navy was hit by intensive firepower from two destroyers and a light cruiser of the German fleet. The shells rained down on the destroyer 'Chuxue', making this warship with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons like a small boat in a storm, which might capsize at any time.

"boom!"

A 150mm artillery shell hit the destroyer "Chuxue", and a large hole was blown out of the bow of the ship, which ignited a raging fire.

Although the destroyer "Chuxue" was also fighting back with naval guns, it was defeated by two fists. Under the siege of the warships of the German fleet, the situation of the destroyer "Chuxue" was very difficult.

The light cruiser "Kitakami" and the light cruiser "Oi", as the core of the lightning strike formation of the island fleet, were naturally also targeted by the light cruiser formation and destroyer formation of the German fleet. Although the German side did not know that the two light cruisers had been converted into heavy mine-equipped cruisers, it was always right to sink the enemy's light cruisers with a larger displacement.

Several light cruisers and destroyers of the German fleet even launched a siege to these two heavy mine cruisers.

"Baga! The Germans have too many escort warships. Our lightning strike formation was besieged by them. It is impossible to approach the German battleship formation, let alone launch a lightning strike." Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro was furious.

Originally, he thought that his lightning strike would be successful and achieve great results. But now he suddenly discovered that everything was not as he imagined. The huge escort fleet of the German fleet is providing protection for the capital ship formation from their lightning strikes.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Germans may know the power of our torpedoes. That's why they are equipped with so many escort warships." Rear Admiral Suzuki Yoshio guessed.

"Damn it! If we had known earlier, we should have prepared more lightning strike ships. In that case, it wouldn't be like this now." Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro felt a little regretful.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world.

"General, shall we turn around and attack the Germans?" Major General Suzuki Yoshio asked.

After all, these capital ships, heavy cruisers and light cruisers of the island nation's fleet are also equipped with 610mm heavy torpedoes. They can also participate in lightning strikes.

However, Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro thought about it, but shook his head. He believes that it may be difficult for the lightning strike formation to succeed. Under such circumstances, if the remaining fleet is put into it, once it loses, the consequences will be very serious. It is better to take advantage of this opportunity and retreat.

In order to avoid the lightning strike of the island nation's fleet, the capital ship formation of the German fleet is turning around in an attempt to distance itself. There was no further pursuit of the island fleet. For the main force of the island nation's fleet, this is a good opportunity to evacuate. Otherwise, once the lightning strike formation is wiped out by the German fleet, the German battleship formation will probably catch up with its speed advantage. At that time, it may be difficult for them to escape.