Chapter 1512: Responses from Both Sides
Facing this situation, Bai Tu’s response is relatively limited.
Ordering the pterosaur riders to launch further bombardment on the Patton clippers and sinking them directly would completely eliminate this threat.
But this is not a good idea, and they can't do it at this stage.
To put it bluntly, the support fleet led by Bo Levin only consists of four speedboats.
Even if they freed up as much space as possible on the ship to carry more barrels of explosives before setting off, the number of barrels was still limited, and the clipper could not be used as a transport ship after all.
According to Bai Tu's latest calculation, the number of explosive barrels that Bolevin and his team brought this time was eight groups.
Including the four groups in Bai Tu's hands, if all of them are deployed on the battlefield, the twelve opposing speedboats can lose their normal attack capabilities.
Their aerial bombing force had now effectively destroyed nine of the Patton clippers' normal attack capabilities.
There are only three groups of explosive barrels left. This is because after the high-intensity bombing, the pterosaurs’ physical strength could not keep up in a short period of time, causing the overall efficiency to begin to decline, and they need to slow down appropriately.
Even if Bai Tu wanted to use these three sets of explosive barrels to "finish off the attack", he could only sink one ship in the end.
Judging from the overall situation, nothing can be changed. It is better to continue bombing the remaining Patton clippers according to the original plan.
With this as a premise, facing the nine Patton clippers that were already rushing towards them, that would be a huge battle. It would be unrealistic to avoid them completely, and a head-on collision with them would be even more impossible.
According to the size and tonnage of the speedboat, coupled with the ram, any collision would cause large holes in the ship.
This is a risk that Bai Tu must avoid.
Taking this into consideration, he could only adopt a strategy of maneuvering, and then look for opportunities to sink those clippers one by one in the process.
To achieve this is not difficult for the Great Zhou Fleet at this stage.
After all, the opponent has lost his normal attack ability, and the only move left is a self-sacrificing charge.
As long as they are given enough time, Bai Tu is even confident that he can kite and kill the opponents one by one.
But in this way, the efficiency of their operations would be greatly slowed down, giving the rest of the Patton fleet the opportunity to encircle and suppress their Great Zhou support fleet.
"Set up attack formation!"
However, Bai Tu had no choice. With a command, his fleet quickly deployed to attack before the Patton Clippers could rush to them. They had to strike first! "Adopt the tactic of splitting and focusing fire. Divide into teams according to the order of ship numbers. Three clippers form a team. Attack a Patton Clipper at the same time. Don't wait for my order. Open fire immediately as soon as the enemy ship enters the attack range!"
On this side, Bai Tu's order was quickly issued. According to the current distribution of ships on both sides, it was unrealistic for their thirteen speedboats of the Great Zhou fleet to concentrate their firepower on a Patton speedboat at the same time.
Surrounding a Patton Clipper, there were not many output positions for them, so they could only choose to disperse their firepower appropriately, so as to maximize the firepower output of their Great Zhou Fleet.
"attack!!!"
The Da Zhou clippers, timing and distance being precise, opened fire one after another. The giant crossbow arrows shot out from the three-bow crossbows continuously pierced through the hull of the Patton clippers on the opposite side.
With the highest efficiency, sink Patton's clippers one after another!
During this period, the pterosaur riders also successfully completed their final bombing in this wave of operations.
As all the explosive barrels on the ship were used up, the pterosaurs were foaming at the mouth with exhaustion, but they could finally rest.
Before the battle officially started, the total strength of Patton's fleet at this stage was four large warships plus twenty speedboats.
How long has the war been going on? The Great Zhou side has bombed twelve speedboats in a row, which is a huge blow to the Patton fleet.
The Governor of the North Sea and the two fleet captains, who had confirmed the news, now looked so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out of them.
But they had obviously prepared themselves mentally and did not dwell on the loss before them. Instead, they resolutely charged towards the four enemy speedboats that blocked their retreat.
Even after suffering losses, according to their current military strength, it should be easy to defeat the four opposing speedboats.
Under this premise, as long as the fast ships with the ramming mission can retain the opponent's large fleet, or even successfully sink a few ships, then they will have the confidence to turn back and fight again! Don't forget, they still have four large warships on their side! Although large warships have slow speeds, they also have the advantages of strong firepower and sufficient manpower.
Once a chaotic battle breaks out, it is not a problem for a large warship to attack two or three opposing speedboats at the same time.
From this point of view, in terms of military strength, they are actually not afraid of the opponent at all.
The key point here is that the fast ships sent to launch the suicide attack must, at all costs, make the enemy fleet lose speed and unable to escape! Of course, if the plan fails and fails to delay the enemy, the Governor of the North Sea already has a plan in mind.
At that time, they would just gather around the four large warships and be done with it.
If the opposing fleet wanted to attack them, it would inevitably be within the firing range of their four large warships.
Firepower competition? Who is afraid of who? The only thing that he is still a little unsure about is the aerial attack.
[Now it seems that the enemy had not launched such an air attack before because the weapons had been basically used up, or there were not many left. The support fleet that appeared now brought them new weapons and supplies, so they launched it again. ]
Invisibly, this wave of support operations also allowed the Governor of the North Sea to capture more intelligence.
[The question now is whether the other side still has this weapon. ]
[If so, it would be troublesome. ]
Thinking of this, the Governor of Beihai also felt a headache.
[Don't worry about this, let's deal with the four enemy speedboats in front of us first. ]
And just at this moment, the adjutant's voice rang out.
"Governor, the four speedboats on the other side don't seem to have any intention of running away. Is there a trick here?"
In the adjutant's opinion, this matter was somewhat outrageous.
Four speedboats? How could the other side have the confidence to intercept the large fleet of the Patton Empire? "Should we send an assault ship over to test it?"
Faced with this proposal, the Governor of Beihai shook his head after a slight hesitation.
"Go straight ahead. We have four large warships. We have the advantage in firepower. I don't believe that four fast ships can do anything in my hands!"
The order was given and Patton's fleet advanced at full speed.
During this period, the support fleet led by Bo Levin had already turned their ships to the side, ready to vent their firepower.
Just wait for each other to enter each other's attack range, and the next second, full firepower will be opened!
(End of this chapter)
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