Under this dispersed formation, the numerical advantage of the small battleships of the Imperial Fleet is quite obvious.

If intercepted one on one, it is really impossible for the Yangtze River Fleet, which does not have the advantage in numbers, to stop them all.

Reducing the number of warships on the opposite side suddenly became a top priority for the Yangtze River Fleet.

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

It is undeniable that even these civilian warships will pose a threat to them if left alone.

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

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

When the time comes, the Imperial fleet, which has even been deprived of its numerical advantage, will naturally have no choice but to suffer death.

The naval gun mounted on the destroyer opened fire rapidly. As the distance between the two sides continued to shrink, the flying shells could be said to have quite accurately destroyed the bow deck of a civilian warship.

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

The civilian warship that was bombarded by the destroyer neither started to evade nor turned sideways to prepare for a counterattack with naval guns. Instead, it rushed towards them in a straight line without stopping.

This situation can be said to have caught the destroyer that was preparing to launch the pursuit by surprise.

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

However, the destroyer that was turning sideways and launching a bombardment at that time could not be as fast as the opponent that was charging straight at it?

The destroyer had just picked up speed, and before it could run very far, there was a loud noise of heavy objects colliding, and the civilian warship that was rushing straight towards it had already slammed into the destroyer's hull.

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The powerful impact caused the entire destroyer to shake violently, and the interior was in chaos.

However, warships are warships after all. 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 to the destroyer was relatively limited.

However, just when everyone thought that the imperial fleet's approach was completely useless, they only heard a "boom", a deafening violent explosion, and while setting off large waves, the flames of the explosion spread rapidly, and everyone was on the spot.

Blow up the destroyer and sink it.

Then, before Tong Lei could regain his senses, a series of explosions were heard on the battlefield above the sea.

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

In the temporary flagship of the Yangtze River Fleet, Tong Lei's voice quickly roared. At this time, he could be said to be almost going crazy.

The imperial fleet actually launched the most frenzied suicide strategy. Those civilian warships were all suicide ships filled with high explosives!

That’s right, this is the ‘surprise’ prepared by Charlie Crombell for the Yangtze River Fleet!

In comparison, the battleship Repulse and the four heavy cruisers at the rear have become bait for implementing tactics.

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

If you could take a closer look, you would find that the naval guns on those civilian warships are just empty shells, and they are also made of wood, just to deceive others...

As the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the violent, and the violent is afraid of life!

Now that they have a large group of life-threatening 'terrorists' in front of them, how can they fight?

In order to make a comeback this time, Charlie Crombell really spent a lot of money.

These 'terrorists' are not born without fear of death, they are created by him with money.

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

Now to get back to the topic, this offensive of the imperial suicide ships not only sank several destroyers of the Yangtze River Fleet in one go, but also brought huge psychological pressure to the navy soldiers.

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

The situation of the Yangtze River Fleet has obviously become somewhat passive. There is nothing that can be done about it. Who can face such a group of desperadoes without being affected at all?

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

Destroyers followed those suicide ships one after another, constantly chasing them, continuous bombardment, 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 have no worries about accidentally injuring their own people.

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

That price of life has 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 was completely beyond Tong Lei's control.

Those very light suicide ships are extremely fast and cannot escape.

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

That is to sink the suicide ship before it hits them!

The naval guns fired in unison, and torpedoes were fired rapidly from the torpedo launcher.

After three of the destroyers converged, they directly used torpedoes to block the sea route and launched a range attack.

Civilian warships that can only charge mindlessly are obviously unable to deal with such an attack.

Two of the suicide ships were hit by torpedoes on the spot, and then detonated the high explosives they carried. The horrific explosion directly blew the two civilian warships into pieces.

Even an enemy destroyer that was following behind was affected.

Although it is very expensive, it is undoubtedly a feasible method.

At this moment, this naval battle can be said to be getting more and more brutal.

The suicidal style of play quickly reduced the number of suicide ships in the imperial fleet.

But in contrast, the Yangtze River Fleet also paid a heavy price.

The deafening roar of the explosion continued to impact Tong Lei's eardrums. However, he had no time to care about it at this time.

It was the No. 006 battleship closest to him! That battleship was hit by an enemy suicide ship!

"Quickly, confirm the situation quickly!"

"Report to Lieutenant Colonel, confirmation is in progress."

"Lieutenant Colonel! An enemy destroyer was spotted approaching from the left rear!"

There was chaos on the sea. In order to prevent the suicide ship on the opposite side from approaching, Tong Lei had already dispatched all the surrounding frigates.

Now there is no doubt that the two enemy destroyers have taken advantage of the loophole!

"Sink them!!"
Chapter completed!