The Lord of the Worlds of Civilization

In order to build a fleet capable of launching a Jedi counterattack in a short period of time, Charlie Klumber spent all his money!At the same time, the mobilization of a large amount of funds has brought the development of his empire to a complete standstill.

It is no exaggeration to say that if this wave fails, he will not be far from a complete collapse.

It is enough to see that Charlie Klumber has put all his hopes on it!

"Report to Lieutenant Colonel, in the southeast direction, on the sea area about [-] miles away, we found traces of an unfamiliar fleet!"

Tong Lei was slightly taken aback by the report from the Elven Druid.

After Yuan Xi led half of the combat force to support Manning City, the command task on this side fell to Tong Lei, who was an adjutant.

It must be false to say that Tong Lei has no pressure at all.

But fortunately, things have been going smoothly in the past few months, and now this sudden accident made his nerves suddenly tense.

"What is the configuration of that strange fleet?"

"Reporting Lieutenant Colonel, it has been confirmed that the total number of warships is 42, of which 28 are confirmed as converted civilian ships, nine are confirmed as destroyers, one is confirmed as a battleship, and the remaining four ships are larger than destroyers. At the same time It is also equipped with heavy naval guns, but it has not reached the scale of a battleship..."

At the end of the report, the elf druid frowned unconsciously, probably because he didn't know how to describe the four warships.

However, that's not the point.

Unlike in the past when a few civilian refitted ships were randomly found to attack them, this wave on the opposite side is a big battle, isn't it? !

Tong Lei was able to become Yuan Xi's adjutant and was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, so it was naturally impossible for him to be mediocre.

So he quickly realized that the other party should have known that they had sent half of their warships to support the Manning City battlefield, so he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of their scattered combat power to launch a counterattack at sea!

Now the Yangtze River Fleet has only four battleships and twenty destroyers. In terms of the number of combat units alone, the opposite side surpasses them, but the overall quality is not high.

Those civilian warships that have been temporarily modified are basically equivalent to miscellaneous soldiers at sea. At the same time, there is only one battleship as a large-scale war unit at sea.

As for the four unclear battleships, according to Tong Lei's personal guess, I am afraid that the other party has no time and spare energy to manufacture more battleships, so in order to speed up the manufacturing efficiency and at the same time preserve firepower, they made a compromise product... …

Chapter 1354 , The Counterattack of the Imperial Fleet

I have to say that Tong Lei really guessed right on this point.

The manufacturing cycle of battleships is too long, and at the same time, the consumption is too high. After completing the manufacture of one battleship, Charlie Klumber, who was worried that the war would start before the second battleship was completed, ordered people to start manufacturing instead. heavy cruiser.

In a way, this is indeed a clear compromise.

After all, according to the situation of the empire at the time, it would be very unwise to continue to bury the battleship.

Now let’s get back to the topic, there is only one battleship on the opposite side. According to the investigation results of the Elf Druid, the remaining four battleships, which are not small in tonnage, seem to have good firepower, but it is obviously impossible to compare with the battleship...

At this moment, Tong Lei also showed the decisiveness that a fleet commander should have.

"Proceed with the order to maintain a speed of [-] knots. The entire fleet enters a first-level readiness state. To the southeast, all battleships are ready for bombardment!"

Following this order, the heavy main guns of the four battleships started to turn slowly.

By the time the Imperial Fleet discovered the existence of the Yangtze River Fleet, it was already too late.

The moment the opponent entered the attack range, the battleship's main gun, which had been locked in a large direction, was adjusted relatively efficiently, and a round of salvo immediately swept past!

The powerful shelling directly caused the entire sea area to shake violently, and the imperial fleet, which was caught off guard, had already lost its opportunity as soon as the game started.

Two of the civilian warships sank on the spot after being hit by the main guns of the battleship, failing to create half a point of value in this battle.

There was no time to think about it. As a naval commander who was driven off the shelves when the country was in crisis, Polkluf could only bite the bullet and issue a counterattack order at this moment.

In this, by the way, it is worth mentioning that the name of the battleship he was riding on at this time was "Counterattack". One can imagine the meaning of this.

The situation was urgent, and the triple-mounted main guns located on the bow of the Repulse opened fire first, but failed to hit any enemy ships.

Although from the very beginning, he didn't expect it to hit with one blow, and he was mentally prepared, but now facing this result, Polkluf still gritted his teeth.

Obviously, at the moment when the gun was fired, he still hoped that a miracle would happen, for example, directly sinking the enemy's battleship or something. At that time, not only would the enemy's fleet's naval combat power be weakened, but his own morale would also be improved. Substantial improvement.

Of course, the reality can now be clearly recognized, and orders were issued quickly. As the only battleship in the imperial fleet, the Retaliation slowly turned sideways, adjusting its shelling angle.

At the same time, the four heavy cruisers are also biting the bullet, rushing forward, while joining the battle of this competition of firepower.

The situation at sea is undergoing subtle changes.

In this regard, the Yangtze River Fleet, which temporarily has the advantage in range and firepower, will naturally not be relentless. The four battleships fired frequently and launched a merciless naval artillery attack.

A naval battle in the South China Sea of ​​the Empire officially kicked off at this moment!

At the same time, Yuan Xi, who didn't know that the empire's sea fleet had been dispatched for the time being, was rushing back to the South China Sea at the fastest speed along the Grand Canal that ran through most of the northern border with half of the strength of the Yangtze River Fleet.

Compared with the earlier time of going around the outer sea area, this canal channel inside the empire is obviously much faster, which can save them a lot of time.

But even so, after setting sail from Manning City, it may take two to three months to rush back to the South China Sea.

In order to get information about the South China Sea as soon as possible, he had already sent the Druid, an elf accompanying the army, to fly back to confirm.

But after that, Yuan Xi was still unavoidable for a while.

"Colonel, with Lieutenant Colonel Tong Lei here, nothing should happen, right?"

The one who spoke at this time was Yuan Xi's other adjutant, Wang Sheng.

At only 26 years old, he is already a captain of the navy. In their Yangtze River Fleet, he can be regarded as young and promising, and he is also one of the young talents that their navy is currently focusing on training.

His qualifications are much lower than Tong Lei's, and he still has a lot to learn, so for now, he is temporarily following him as his deputy.

Hearing Wang Sheng's words at this time, Yuan Xi, who was frowning slightly at that time, shook his head immediately.

"Lieutenant Colonel Tong Lei's ability is naturally no problem, and his years of military experience are also extremely rich, but..."

Having said this, Yuan Xi's voice paused slightly, as if he remembered something, he couldn't help but sigh.

But he didn't continue talking, or he didn't know what to say.

Because Tong Lei has a shortcoming, that is, he is too rigid in doing things and lacks flexibility.

To put it simply, if he and Tong Lei conduct a battle deduction.

Then, before the start, Yuan Xi could accurately report all Tong Lei's operations from the first step to the tenth step, which were absolutely normal to the extreme textbook operations, without any surprises.

And it was precisely because of this that Yuan Xi was worried.

Judging from the entire naval battle situation, their Myriad Worlds civilization has an absolute advantage.

The naval combat power of the enemy empire was completely suppressed by them.

But now that the fleet led by him showed up at the Manning City battlefield, the fact that their Yangtze River Fleet's forces had been dispersed was naturally exposed.

If the opponent wants to make a comeback, when their Yangtze River Fleet's combat power is scattered, it is an excellent opportunity.

In other words, even if one's own warships are outnumbered, the opponent will start the war with a "fight" mentality.

Under this premise, if the opponent wants to win, they will inevitably use some special tactics.

And it is this special tactical method that happens to be what Tong Lei is least good at dealing with...

There is no doubt that Charlie Klumber as a player is also aware of this.

As the commander of the fleet, Polkloof is a good general-level talent. Charlie Klumber doesn't expect him to save the world, he only needs him to execute the plan, which is very reliable.

I saw that while the heavy-fire warships of the two sides were fighting each other, the enemy's civilian warships and destroyers, which were small warships, quickly evacuated away, and then, in an outflanking formation, rushed towards the Yangtze River Fleet in a large area. come over.

In this regard, Tong Lei, who confirmed the situation at the first time, was quite calm, and directly signaled the destroyers under his command to come forward to meet him.

At this moment, above this piece of sea area, the battle of the second stage has already begun!

Chapter 1355, Terrorist

Under this scattered formation, the quantitative advantage of the small warships of the imperial fleet is quite obvious.

If one-on-one interception is carried out, it is really impossible for the Yangtze River Fleet, which is not dominant in numbers, to stop them all.

For the Yangtze River Fleet, reducing the number of warships on the opposite side suddenly became a top priority.

The priority attack targets of the destroyers quickly locked on the enemy's civilian warships.

It cannot be denied that even these civilian warships will pose a threat to them if they are left alone.

At the same time, another main reason is that civilian warships are easier to sink.

As long as they hurry up and sink some of the enemy's civilian warships, they will soon be able to control the number of warships in the imperial fleet.

At that time, the imperial fleet, which has been deprived of its numerical advantage, will naturally have to suffer obediently.

The naval guns mounted on the destroyer fired rapidly. As the distance between the two sides continued to narrow, the flying shells could be said to have smashed the deck of a civilian warship's bow quite accurately.

However, I don't know if the other party is stupid, or something else.

The civilian warship that was bombarded by the destroyer did not evade, nor did it turn sideways, preparing to counterattack with naval guns, but rushed towards them in a straight line without stopping.

This situation can be said to have caught the destroyer that was preparing to pursue it at that time caught off guard.

He vaguely knew what the other party was going to do. The captain quickly ordered to distance himself.

However, at that time, the destroyer, which was leaning on its side and launching shelling, could not be as fast as the opponent charging all the way?

The speed of the destroyer had just been increased, and before it could run far, accompanied by a loud sound of heavy objects colliding, the civilian warship that was rushing all the way had already slammed into the destroyer's hull. .

The tyrannical impact caused the entire destroyer to shake violently, and the interior was even more chaotic.

However, a warship is a warship after all, and even a destroyer with the thinnest armor plate has significantly stronger defense capabilities than a temporarily modified civilian warship.

In one collision, the civilian warship smashed its entire bow to pieces, but the damage caused to the destroyer was relatively limited.

However, just when everyone thought that the Imperial Fleet's approach was useless, they heard a "boom", a deafening and violent explosion. While setting off large waves, the flames of the explosion spread rapidly. Blow up and sink that destroyer abruptly.

Then, before Tong Lei came back to his senses, explosions followed one after another on the sea battlefield.

"Notify the entire fleet, avoid enemy civilian warships, and don't let them approach!!!"

Inside the temporary flagship of the Yangtze River Fleet, Tong Lei's voice quickly roared. At this moment, he was almost going crazy.

The imperial fleet turned out to be the most frenzied suicide attack. Those civilian warships were all suicide ships filled with high explosives!

That's right, this is the surprise that Charlie Klumber prepared for the Yangtze River Fleet! '

In comparison, the battleship Retaliation and the four heavy cruisers in the rear became bait for tactics.

Under this premise, in order to ensure the speed of these suicide ships, he also tried various methods to reduce the weight of civilian warships.

If you can take a closer look, you will find that the naval guns on those civilian warships are just empty shells, and they are made of wood, completely for the purpose of deceiving people...

As the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal is afraid of death!

Now they have a large group of desperate 'terrorists' in front of them, how can they fight?

In order to make a comeback in this wave, Charlie Klumber really spent all his money.

These 'terrorists' were not born with no fear of death, they were created by him with money.

Compared with this amount of money, the high explosives installed on civilian warships did not cost him much, because they were all his previous inventory.

Now to get back to the topic, this wave of offensive by the Imperial Suicide Ship not only sank several destroyers of the Yangtze River Fleet in one go, but also brought enormous psychological pressure to the naval soldiers.

At this moment, the battle situation on the sea changed drastically.

The situation of the Yangtze River Fleet has obviously become a little passive. This is something that can't be helped. Who can be completely unaffected when facing such a group of desperadoes?

During this period, the imperial fleet, which had seized the opportunity, would not be polite to them.

Destroyers followed behind those suicide ships, constantly chasing them up, continuous shelling, and torpedoes fired from time to time, making the situation of the Yangtze River Fleet continue to get worse.

And the most troublesome thing is that they don't worry about accidentally hurting their own people at all.

Or it doesn't matter if it was accidentally injured. After all, the crew of these suicide ships had already sold their lives to Charlie Klumber.

The price of buying their lives has already been paid, so it has obviously become their obligation to die in this battle.

It is no exaggeration to say that the chaotic battle situation in front of him is completely beyond Tong Lei's control.

Those suicide ships with very light tonnage are extremely fast, and there is no way to escape.

There is only one order that Tong Lei can give now.

That is to sink each other before the suicide ship hits them!

The naval guns fired in unison, and torpedoes were fired quickly one after another from the torpedo launcher.

Three of the destroyers directly blocked the sea route with torpedoes after converging at one place, and launched a range attack.

Civilian warships that can only rush forward without thinking are obviously unable to deal with this kind of attack.