Chapter 1507 Unexpected Reinforcements
Occupying a high-altitude vision, the pterosaur riders' vigilance range is relatively far.
After all, they have to ensure that after discovering the enemy's traces and reporting back, their own fleet has enough time to respond.
At this point in time, even the North Sea Fleet probably didn't know that their reinforcements were about to arrive in the outer waters, but Bai Tu confirmed this information before them.
After Patton's Second Fleet in the North Sea completely lost the ability to stop them, the Great Zhou Fleet rode the wind and waves and rushed out of the waters of the Patton Empire at the fastest speed.
However, the North Sea Fleet behind obviously has not given up.
Although the two large warships had been left behind by them, the remaining two speedboats were still far behind them.
Bai Tu frowned after confirming this, and then gave the order...
"First sail towards the island, then slowly deviate from the route and change to another direction."
Although the Patton Empire's fleet has appeared twice on the outskirts of the tropical island, according to the interrogation results, they did not actually know the specific location of the island. They just searched in the direction where the missing fleet left.
Under this premise, it would be great if Bai Tu could mislead the other side and lead them to other directions while not wanting to expose the specific location of the island.
As for the two speedboats that had been chasing after them...
Bai Tu didn't dare to bet that the supplies on their ship were limited and they couldn't sail far, but it didn't matter.
It is not impossible to wait for the pterosaur riders on their ship to rest for a day or so and recover some strength before forcing their way out and blowing up the two speedboats.
Now that he had made up his mind, Bai Tu felt calmer.
During this process, the sentry on the lookout tower reported to Bai Tu that the enemy's support fleet was discovered at the end of the field of vision.
Bai Tu, who confirmed the news, was very calm. This was normal.
The reinforcements from the East China Sea Fleet and the West China Sea Fleet came from two different directions, forming an angle from the big map.
It was really unrealistic for him to completely hide in the blind spot of the two fleets and escape from this sea area.
"Colonel, the fleet has changed its course and is heading towards us!"
Hearing this, Bai Tu's brows, which had just relaxed, suddenly twisted into a knot.
[Did the other party discover our presence and come to check on us, or did they already know our identities and chase us directly? ]
Regardless, it's a hassle.
If there are only two Clippers chasing after them, they can find an opportunity to deal with them if they slow down a bit.
But if they were chasing a fleet and they couldn't get rid of it or deal with it in a short period of time, then things would become tricky.
Because the existence of this fleet will act like a locator, allowing the Patton Empire to lock their position at any time.
"Go and confirm the number of explosive barrels on each ship."
"yes!"
At Bai Tu's command, all the ships received the order and hurriedly began to count the number of explosive barrels, and they completed the count quickly.
"Report to the Colonel, there are ten groups left!"
As of now, there is basically no possibility of the powder barrel being emptied. For the convenience of statistics, they directly calculate it by groups.
A group of explosive barrels can make a speedboat lose its attack capability.
In order to avoid being a burden on this expedition, they did not bring any special ships to transport supplies.
Since every clipper had to carry enough supplies, they naturally had to make trade-offs in other areas.
Normally, ten sets of explosive barrels are more than enough to deal with the remaining forces of the North Sea Fleet, but once reinforcements are added, it will be a disaster.
Not to mention the reinforcements from the opposite side this time. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but the two support fleets arrived almost at the same time.
The total strength of these two support fleets alone includes two large warships and twenty speedboats.
Together with the two existing large warships and two speedboats of the North Sea Fleet, the total enemy force in this sea area has reached an astonishing four large warships and twenty-two speedboats.
Thinking more carefully, there were five clipper ships on the opposite side that had been bombed and had lost their ability to attack, but had not yet been sunk.
Once repaired and put into combat, the number of clipper ships alone on the North Sea side of the Patton Empire will reach twenty-seven.
Thinking of this, it was no longer wise for them to continue pressing here.
[No matter what the situation is, retreat first! ]
We can't stay in the North Sea of the Patton Empire anymore. There is really no sense of security here now.
The only thing to be thankful for at this moment is that they are still maintaining a safe distance.
Before setting off, Bai Tu wisely made an all-speedboat configuration. Otherwise, if a large warship slowed down the sailing speed and the opponent sent out speedboats to chase, it would be a tragedy.
At this moment, the support fleet that entered their field of vision adjusted its course and was approaching them almost diagonally.
It was obvious that they were trying to stop them.
"Colonel, should we adjust our course now?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, there will be another support fleet waiting for us on the other side."
Almost at the same time Bai Tu said this, a pterosaur rider who was responsible for investigating the situation flew back and verified Bai Tu's guess.
This result made Bai Tu's expression instantly more solemn.
"No need to adjust, maintain the fastest speed and continue sailing in this direction!"
After issuing this order, Bai Tu quickly considered the situation at hand.
[The opposing fleet is obviously cooperating. Although ten sets of explosive barrels can bombard the ten opposing speedboats, even if the upper facilities are destroyed, the speedboats themselves still have the ability to ram. In addition, the opposing fleet still has twelve intact speedboats, plus four large warships...]
Bai Tu's face turned dark.
[What the hell, they were so far away from each other and faced an emergency. How did they confirm the situation and coordinate with each other? ]
With this question in mind that could not be answered in a short time, Bai Tu now had no other choice but to continue to escape.
[I just hope that the supplies on the other ship are running low, so we can't chase them for too long. ]
However, no matter how much he thought about this kind of thing, Bai Tu, as the fleet commander, could not rely entirely on it. He still had to prepare for the worst.
He had thought before that if the tropical islands were attacked by a large-scale Patton fleet, they would abandon the battlefield at sea, hide in the center of the island, and move the battlefield to land.
However, this plan is based on the premise that they fight a defensive battle.
Their current situation is that they took the initiative to attack, and after hitting the opponent, they were unable to withstand the opponent's counterattack!
In this situation, would they just flee back to the tropical island and continue with their previous tactical arrangements, or simply adjust their tactics? After a brief thought, Bai Tu made up his mind...
"Pass on my order, adjust the route, and evacuate in the direction of our Da Zhou Volcano Island!"
(End of this chapter)
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