"The officers and soldiers of the German destroyer team are composed of the most dedicated people in the entire German navy. They are not afraid of death. They can launch a doomed attack for victory and cover the main fleet without hesitation. They are just a group of dead soldiers, fierce and tenacious! If they are allowed to leave, it will make us very uncomfortable." Betty has experienced the difficulty and tenacity of the German destroyer team back then! So, if possible, he must kill the other party to death before he is relieved! You must know that in the Battle of the Straits, the German destroyer team dared to pick British light cruisers!

"Go to the third light cruiser team." Shigetaro Yoshimatsu ordered. "Do you think the German fleet will retreat eastward, so you let the fleet turn right with a prayer point?" Compared with the main battleship, no matter how strong the destroyer is, it is only at the level of a fish. Shigetaro Yoshimatsu is not very concerned about this. He is more concerned about when he can catch the German main fleet!

"Su Xiong will evacuate east because he knew that our target was those transport fleets. His temporary retreat was not to escape. Instead, he wanted to get rid of us and the American fleet left behind in the core area. Knowing this is equivalent to capturing his life. It's that simple." Betty obviously had insight into Su Xiong's idea, but what's more amazing is that Betty also came up with a solution!

"Send another batch of seaplanes to search the German fleet along this line." Betty walked to the chart a few steps and drew a circle on the map with a pencil. In this way, the Japanese main fleet and the newly dispatched reconnaissance aircraft formed a wider reconnaissance front, making it almost impossible for the German fleet to bypass! The Japanese fleet had enough capital and confidence to face the German fleet! But the price was also huge, because after Betty made this decision, he had no reserve team in his hand. The remaining destroyers formed a cordon in front of the main ship, and a part of the light cruiser was drawn away to deal with the German destroyers. Well, that's it!

However, after the Japanese light cruiser team joined the battle, the entire battle was still quite tortuous! On the one hand, it was because the German destroyers were indeed very powerful, and on the other hand, it was because the performance of the light cruiser invested by Japan was also very average.

The first generation light cruiser of the Japanese Navy, the Tianlong, was the first to enter the chaotic battlefield, and the one who met the V101 destroyer from the German Baltic Squadron. The destroyer had just used his maneuver and fire to repel the attacks of two Japanese destroyers. The German destroyer met the Tianlong without hesitation. The two sides launched a fierce attack at a distance of less than 2,000 meters!

"Damn it, I feel like fighting a light cruiser!" Seeing the raindrops on the opposite side landing on the deck, feeling the hull's vibration like sieve in the explosion and flames, the sound of explosions and metal collisions twisted sounds were filled with the sound of explosions. Shortly after the battle began, the Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the Tianlong light cruiser felt tremendous pressure.

The Germans' 150 shells easily penetrated the side-string armor of the Tianlong, which was only 2 inches. In the eyes of the Germans, this level of protection is actually similar to unprotected. Although the German destroyer on the opposite side has been fighting for a long time, even in the dim light, the Japanese could see the dense bullet marks and flames on the German destroyer's body, but the German destroyer still used his mobility and 3 150 cannons and 1 105 cannon to resist tenaciously, and fought with Tianlong for half a pound.

However, with absolute advantage, the Japanese finally gradually grasped the situation. When the other two Japanese destroyers surrounded each other again and fired a series of 120 shells from the other direction, the v101 was suppressed without any suspense, and the dense shells destroyed three chimneys and two rolling black smoke began to spread on the hull. The deck at the tail of the hull was close to the waterline, and the warship was not far from the war sinking!

Suddenly, the destroyer v101 began to quickly turn right and try to escape from the attack range of Tianlong. At the same time, the smoke tank on the destroyer once again sprayed thick black smoke. When it was determined that the opponent was about to evacuate, Tianlong immediately turned and bravely rushed into the smoke screen. However, the destroyer did not dodge. In the smoke, the Germans quickly determined the opponent's direction through the flames on the Tianlong muzzle. Using the last remaining steam in the power system, the destroyer once again reached a speed of 28 knots, and its bow was aimed at the light cruiser that entered rashly.

Boom! Accompanied by the violent impact, the V101 light cruiser left a long hole at the tail of the hull of the Tianlong! In an irreversible situation, the Germans chose the most primitive and bloody way of fighting! The bow of the V101 destroyer cut into the stern of the Tianlong, and the wound continued to expand as the two ships moved. The sound of metal breaking and twisting sounds could almost drive people crazy! But in the ears of the German naval officers and soldiers, this was the most melodious music. With the movement of the bow, a 12-meter-long hole appeared on the side string of the Tianlong hull! At this time, the V101 destroyer was still struggling forward with difficulty, pushing the Tianlong light cruiser diagonally out of a distance!

With the explosion and cracking at the rear of the hull, the turbine on the impact side stopped moving after a tremor and explosion. Flames and steam surged out of the rupture, and hundreds of thousands of tons of sea water poured into it. In less than 2 minutes, the severely damaged Tianlong light cruiser began to sink. Of course, the V101 destroyer, as the impactor, paid the same heavy price. The entire bow had become shattered. With the influx of sea water, the stern raised high, and then sank into the rolling waves like a slanted sword.

"A group of madmen!" After hearing the news of the Tianlong war, Shimamura Suo cursed in a low voice. However, at this moment, he still did not forget to issue an order: "Immediately salvage the German Navy's personnel into the water, and prohibit all abuses and killings! Otherwise, military law will be carried out!" As an old fry who has been in the Japanese Navy since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he knew very well that the German Navy was fighting for blood for blood!

However, the war sinking of the Tianlong was just a small wave for the entire battle situation, and the result of the avant-garde battle could not be changed. With the participation of light cruisers, the Japanese destroyer fleet, which had an absolute advantage in number, finally gradually grasped the situation on the battlefield. In the end, the five German destroyers involved in the interception, except for the V99 destroyer who was more skilled and slipped away with the trend, all the remaining four destroyers were in war sinking. For this reason, the price paid by the Japanese was 1 light cruiser and 7 destroyers!
Chapter completed!