Eventually, the Dutch and the British came to an agreement and decided to make a detour to intercept the Confederate fleet on the orders of the silent Jack instead of directly joining up with the main fleet. As for why Majifen was not consulted? The answer was to ask for instructions, but for some technical reasons, Majifen did not receive it. In all fairness, the tactics of the silent Jack were correct, because the main fleets of both sides were engaged in an artillery battle, the speed would not be fast, and the fast fleet had an advantage of at least 6 knots. Considering the air raids of the other side, if the other side launches a large-scale air attack on the Allied fleet, although the effect may not be very good, it can at least disrupt the formation of the Entente and provide an opportunity for Tycho to evacuate. The fast fleet that joins from the back of the team will also not be able to take advantage of its speed due to the location, so it is better to choose to intercept it directly.

After getting rid of the first air raids, the three fast battleships moved quickly under the command of the silent Jack, and just as Majifen complained about where his avant-garde fleet was hitting, a fleet cut diagonally from the side to the head of the Confederate fleet! "Well done!" When it was clear that these three capital ships were fast fleets that had disappeared for a long time...... Majifen also had to admit that the commander's handling was very appropriate, and at this step, he directly pushed Tycho into a desperate situation! …。

If they continued to shoot parallel to the main fleet of the Allies, then the three fast battleships could forcibly occupy the T-shaped crosshair, and then Tycho's flagship would be beaten by the three fast battleships. And if it is turned, then it will give the Majifen fleet an advantage. After weighing it up repeatedly, Tycho chose to turn around, distance himself from the powerful Majifen fleet, and try to repel the opponent's fast fleet first and then flee.

"The Italians wanted to run, but they forgot that we had an absolute advantage!" When the Italian fleet again began to release a smoke screen. Magiffen already had insight into Tycho's options. By this time, however, a large number of light cruisers and destroyers had followed. Magifin has enough cannon fodder to hold off his opponent! Before the Italians could begin to unleash lightning strikes to hinder their opponents, the American cruisers and destroyers followed! The two sides braved the rain of bullets fired by each other to hedge against each other on the sea, and one torpedo was fired into the sea, dragging a white trail towards the enemy ship not far away.

An Austrian light cruiser had just sunk a destroyer with its guns, and then three American destroyers rushed out from the side and fired eight torpedoes at it. When it dodged left and right to avoid the fan-fired torpedo, but by mistake rushed to a place less than 5km away from an American armored cruiser, and the American cruiser naturally did not give up its prey, a 10-inch shell and 6-inch shells quickly covered the battleship, and the 10-inch shells easily shredded the light cruiser's less than 80mm side chord armor. And successfully destroyed the entire boiler room, and the white mist formed by the condensation of high-temperature and high-pressure steam quickly covered the entire battleship. The flames and high temperatures of the steam dashed the Austrians' salvage plans, and a large hole in the amidships caused the ship to quickly tilt and sink ..........

The officers and men of the American patrol excitedly celebrated their victory, and in their opinion, they were the kings of the place without the participation of the capital ships, and the hunters would not give up the attack because the prey was dying. Shells continued to fall on the poor light cruiser, and even machine guns were used to sweep away the Austrians who had fallen overboard, and the battle had been going on for almost 4 years, and the front-line soldiers who participated in the battle had taken pity out of their own dictionaries, and they did not give up any opportunity to kill. The rain of dark red bullets fired from machine guns of various calibers completely covered the target area, and neither floating nor sinking into the sea was spared. Fresh lives quickly turned into clumps of minced flesh and blood. Patches of red appeared on the surface of the sea. Countless lives have been put on the altar of the god of war! …。

The retreat of the Allied fleet did not go well, and the diversion attack did not achieve much effect, but wasted a lot of auxiliary warships. And Magifin's main fleet, with the cooperation of auxiliary warships, once again firmly bit the opponent. And just when everything seemed to be decided, and the two fleets of the Entente could firmly clamp the opponent like pincers, and then send the opponent's capital ships to the bottom of the sea one by one, the buzz from the sky changed the situation! …。

As many as 60 attack waves of various aircraft made Magifin not fail to pay attention. After all, these buzzing guys once destroyed a King-class battleship! In terms of air defense strength, Magifin was far from being able to compare with the high seas fleet at that time. Not only did they have several times the number of warships than Majifen, but they also had seaplane carriers. Air support can be provided, and Majifen has nothing! Looking at the Allied fleet that had fled again, and the Allied air force that was about to attack, Majifen could only choose to respond to the air attack first and then pursue it.

Compared to specially trained Royal Naval aviation. These attack aircraft formations, consisting mainly of Italians and Germans, performed really poorly. But fortunately, their opponents, the Americans, are even worse...... Before that, they hadn't even done a drill about it! And unlike the British attacking the Germans, the Allied attack this time added bomb attacks, although torpedoes were the most powerful airborne weapon. But at the same time, because of the harsh launch conditions and extremely low altitude, the aircraft is also in a state of vulnerability. In addition, the Allied planes were too few to carry torpedoes. So most of the planes chose bombs, but at that level, even the 200kg level of high-explosive bombs would still have a greater impact on the battleship, although it could not penetrate the horizontal armor of the core cabin, but with the large charge and the high flammability of picric acid explosives, it was enough to set these steel giants on the sea on a fire!. …。

The battleship has good horizontal armor. But it can only protect the place below the middle deck, and the protection of the upper deck is extremely low, after being smashed through by these 200kg bombs, the fire caused by the detonation of 100+ kg of explosives will definitely increase the "smoke exhaust" of these warships! Although the opponent's attack was really weak, more than 60 bombs dropped by various aircraft only hit 3 rounds! One of the capital ships was hit twice, two fires were lit, and another bomb hit an unlucky light cruiser, in the face of the attack of 200kg high-explosive shells, the American light cruiser that had been in service for a long time said that the pressure was very high, the bomb exploded above the horizontal armor, and the shrapnel from the explosion tore through the already very fragile horizontal armor and blew up the entire power compartment.

However, these planes gave Tycho an opportunity to turn around while the U.S. fleet dodged these aerial strikes. Tycho had finally escaped the latter's attack for the time being, and now, with only three fast battleships standing in his way home. And in the face of the Confederate battleship formation rushing over like a mad tiger, the silent Jack was also a little empty. But at this time, it is obviously not that you can't get out of the way, if the other party runs away, it will really be a tiger into the mountains!

"Sink them!" Faced with the three fast battleships rushing to block the road, Tycho gritted his teeth and ordered. At present, the entire fleet still has nearly 40 main guns to use, and under the effect of survival, the officers and men on these Allied battleships are desperately attacking the interception fleet, and the tactics that were originally very good are now falling short because of the participation of the opponent's air force. The fleets of both sides approached rapidly, and although the direction changed greatly, the accuracy of the artillery bombardment on both sides skyrocketed as the distance closed. Soon, the Malaya made the first hit, and a 15-inch cannonball smashed into the stern of the Prinz Eugen, which pierced the stern armor belt of the Prinz Eugen like a heavy gun, and was finally blocked by the dome after easily tearing through the light armor. The vibrations caused by the violent explosion caused one of the drive shafts to break. …………。

Soon, however, the Italians returned the favor, and the combined attacks of the Caraccino and Veneto caused the Malaya to be shot one after another. "In one minute, our battleship hit the opposing side at least 4 times! It was the most accurate and lethal blow I had ever seen, and with less than 14 kilometers of distance, I could clearly see the fireballs and smoke rising from the Malaya. An Italian officer recalled. The Italian artillery finally broke the defense of the Malaya turret from the side, although the angle of incidence was not very good, but the side armor of the turret was too weak compared to the front...... The intersecting routes gave the Italians the opportunity to attack the vulnerable flanks of the turret.

The shell, which hit the side armor of turret No. 2, tore through the armor and swept through the battery with countless fragments and huge kinetic energy, killing the gunners who were busy inside with a flurry of shrapnel and scorching flames before they even knew what was happening. Eventually, the shell hit the tail of one of the guns, and the violent explosion completely destroyed the 100-ton cannon connected to the servo. At the same time, the scorching debris also detonated the propellant in the turret, and a series of explosions rang out one after another. The entire turret turned into a burning tin box ..........

Two other shells also killed the other turret of the Malaya, and as the distance approached, the Malaya became precarious under the close combat of the two super dreadnoughts. The situation of the other two Dutch fast battleships is also very bad, with only 6 14-inch guns, they are weak in the face of regular battleships, even if the quality of the Dutch naval officers and men is relatively high, but because of hardware problems, the performance of these two battleships is not as good as that of the New York!

The Malaya relied on good protection and was able to keep the core module safe for the time being. But the two Dutch fast battleships did not have this ability, the Amsterdam first tasted the bitter fruit, a shell hit the right engine room of the battleship at a distance of 12km, after tearing the inclined armor, it hit the steam turbine with a fast rotation, the violent explosion of the hull destroyed the engine engine on the right side, and even some fragments with large kinetic energy also tore through the bulkhead and flew to the adjacent cabin, and the whole battleship instantly lost half of its power!

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