Chapter 1501 Fleet Tactics
Even though they are both invincible, the strategic value of using aerial bombing forces in naval battles and land battles is completely different.
As mentioned earlier, the naval battlefield is composed of a number of small battlefields, and the battlefield area and the number of combatants are very limited.
Once the aerial bombing force is dispatched, it can easily destroy a small battlefield, thereby effectively weakening the enemy's strength.
In contrast, in the current land warfare, the battlefield area is too large, and the number of troops deployed by both sides often number in the tens of thousands.
Leaving aside some special cases, the effect of the aerial bombing forces killing hundreds of people is far from comparable to the dominant performance in the field of naval warfare.
Led by Bai Tu, a fleet consisting of thirteen Da Zhou speed ships set out quickly, heading directly for the North Sea of the Patton Empire!
At the same time, in Da Zhou...
By the time Zhou Xu received the third report from Bai Tu, it was already late spring.
In the report, Bai Tu gave a quick explanation of his entire strategic plan. Knowing that the other party was going to annihilate Zhou Xu of the North Sea Fleet, he was not too surprised at this moment.
On the one hand, he trusted Bai Tu's ability to command operations, and on the other hand, he knew better than anyone the dominance that air forces could demonstrate in naval battles.
Although the physical strength of pterosaurs is a big problem at this stage, and the destructive power of their explosive barrels is relatively limited, their bombing targets are not steel battleships.
In this way, considering the strategic value of the aerial bombing force, Zhou Xu could fully understand that Bai Tu took the initiative to attack in order to further expand the results of the battle and establish an advantage after having destroyed most of the North Sea Fleet's forces in two rounds of confrontations.
In fact, compared to this part of the content, Zhou Xu's attention was more focused on Bai Tu's "complaints" about the large warships.
Needless to say, Bai Tu also clearly mentioned in the report that large warships have slow speeds and cannot keep up with the current offensive efficiency of their Great Zhou Navy.
Even after a war was fought, it didn't work.
Zhou Xu had indeed considered this point.
Compared with the clippers, what are the advantages of large warships? To put it bluntly, they are larger in size and can accommodate more three-bow crossbows, making them the main output of the fleet.
You know, according to normal development, the further development of naval warfare will be the era of large ships and huge cannons composed of steel battleships.
But later, with the birth of bombers and aircraft carriers, the era of large ships and large guns was completely ended! Simply put, due to the existence of the special air cavalry unit of the Pterosaur Riders, the tactics used by the Great Zhou Fleet under the command of Bai Tu have directly skipped the era of large ships and large guns and moved closer to the tactics used by aircraft carrier formations.
Following this line of thought, they should start building aircraft carriers around the pterosaur riders!
Zhou Xu did not do this directly, naturally he had his own considerations.
Apart from anything else, it can be seen from Bai Tu’s report on the second battle that pterosaur riders are indeed dominant in the field of naval warfare, but their dominance is not that strong.
When the enemy dispatched fifteen speedboats, the pterosaur riders could only make nine of them lose their attack capability.
Later on, we still have to rely on the three-bow crossbow to sink it.
If one wanted to sink them directly, this number would have to be halved, and it is estimated that only four ships could be sunk.
At the same time, these two naval battles cannot explain all the situations, because they have not experienced large-scale naval battles in the true sense at this stage!
Take the Patton Empire for example. What if the other side sent out a large fleet consisting of three large warships and thirty speedboats?
There is no doubt that from previous intelligence it can be seen that the Patton Empire has this strength.
Even if the North Sea Fleet was destroyed, they still had this strength! They could even send out a larger fleet!
When the two sides engage in battle, the pterosaur riders will make nine of the speedboats lose their supply capabilities, but they can still move. At worst, they will just ram into them. This collision will basically destroy your ship.
Not to mention that during this process, the opponent's remaining twenty or so warships will not be idle.
Or change your thinking and sink four ships first. The remaining size of the opposing fleet will still be terrifying.
Once you encounter a naval battle of this scale, when the pterosaur riders are unable to secure victory and the fleets of both sides begin to maneuver and fight on the sea, you will find that the firepower of the clipper ship is not strong enough and it can no longer defeat the opponent.
You need to equip more three-bow crossbows and larger warships with more powerful firepower as the core output! Therefore, at this stage, the "big ships and big guns" are definitely not going to be eliminated.
Under this premise, Bai Tu directly seized several ready-made warships from the enemy in two battles. Now there are warships, but no one is driving them.
As long as they have enough people, the size of their Great Zhou's pioneering fleet will immediately exceed 20 ships!
This situation was something Zhou Xu really did not expect.
But this matter is easy to handle. We just need to send a few large transport ships and bring their Great Zhou’s naval soldiers to provide reinforcements.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu wrote an order without thinking and asked the messenger to send it out as quickly as possible.
In addition, Bai Tu also mentioned that he lacked a high-end combat force that could play a role at a critical moment.
Either keep Kara under his command, or replace her with other high-end combat force.
"Kara?"
Kara's panel was written in Bai Tu's previous report. After all, she was a five-star character, so Zhou Xu remembered it quite clearly.
In fact, Zhou Xu had thought about the problem of Bai Tu's lack of high-end combat power before, so he immediately dispatched Bolevin and Kester to support the front line.
Now that Bai Tu mentioned Kara again, Zhou Xu didn't care and let Kara continue to stay under Bai Tu's command.
There happened to be a war over there, so it could be considered as a training for Kara.
After organizing his thoughts, Zhou Xu picked up his pen and began to write a reply to Bai Tu, as well as some follow-up arrangements.
At the same time, the Great Zhou fleet led by Bai Tu had already arrived outside the North Sea of the Patton Empire.
In the sky, a pterosaur rider descended quickly and landed steadily on the deck of the Great Zhou ship.
"Report to the colonel. We have spotted the Patton Empire's fleet ahead. They are basically patrolling the outer waters in groups of three speedboats."
Needless to say, with the captain of the First Fleet taking away half of the North Sea Fleet's troops to go out on a mission, the North Sea Fleet on the North Sea side has also entered a state of alert, ready to guard against possible enemies at any time.
But they obviously didn't know that this enemy would come from the sky! (End of this chapter)
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