Chapter 373 Chapter 373 Being caught up? Look at my Zhuge Liuye tactics! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Early morning of November 27, North Atlantic Ocean.

The second detachment of Texas Sea Self-Destroyers, flagship, armored destroyer Maya.

It's a nice day in the North Atlantic tonight. The moon is dark, the wind is high, and the waves are rolling. The hull of the 3,000-ton armored cruiser is rising and falling, but not a single light shines through.

In the bridge, Nobuto Seiichiro Tanani, the destroyer of Texas Sea, stood with his arms folded and his beloved sword in one hand. Seeing several of his disciples pointing at the chart and discussing calculations, his eyebrows became more and more wrinkled.

The tighter.

As his name suggests, the male Seiichiro Nobumomo Tanani is a man who can do anything very well. As a swordsman of the Tokugawa shogunate, he is proficient in the spearmanship of the Hohoin school, the archery of the Yoshida style, and the Shinshin Kage style.

His swordsmanship is known as the "Three Skills of Spear, Bow and Sword". During his tenure in Edo, he competed with swordsmen from all over Japan many times and never lost. He is truly the best in Japan in martial arts.

Because of his strong martial arts skills, he also won the opportunity to study at the Japanese Navy Training Institute, and graduated from the Naval Training Institute with the highest score in the training and the first place in the graduation exam. After graduation, he was sent by the shogunate to study in the Ming Dynasty and became a disciple of the Japanese Navy.

He became a disciple of Zhuge Weiyi, the then dean of the Ming Dynasty Naval Staff College, and learned "Zhuge Liuhai Tactics". He also received Zhuge Weiyi's "true inheritance" and learned the only "night fighting secret technique".

After completing his studies and returning to Japan, Nobutyou Otani Seiichiro joined the Shogunate Navy. Moreover, because he was the "descendant of Zhuge" and the most skilled martial artist in Japan, he had a prosperous career in the Shogunate Navy and quickly became the deputy of the Naval Training Center.

He also received 1,000 Shijialu and became the high-level flag bearer of the shogunate. He was about to reach the peak of his life. No one expected that the Japanese navy would disappear inexplicably.

It was not that he was wiped out, but that under the pressure of the absolute superiority of the Ming Navy, he was gone. It was really frustrating. Perhaps it was because the disintegration of the shogunate navy was too frustrating, so Otani Seiichiro Nobuhiro did not enter the newly established shogunate.

Instead, he opened a dojo and taught him the three skills of "spear, bow, and sword" until his friend Enomoto Buki not long ago asked him to come out and join the Texas Marine Corps.

Originally, Enomoto Takenoki wanted his friend to command the frigate squadron, but Otani Nobuyoshi couldn't fly a plane, and he didn't believe that a small wooden biplane could sink a large battleship, so he joined the destroyer squadron.

Made a commitment.

As a result, after the Battle of Norfolk Harbor and the New York Air Raid, Otani Nobutomo regretted that he, a "Seichiro" who had been a master for more than thirty years, ended up being confused in his profession (Navy) and became a laggard.

The battleships were sent.

However, he has no time to think about quickly "jumping back" to the aviation side, because Saigo Takamori gave him an extremely difficult task when evacuating the New York coast - to cut off the rear and prepare for a night battle with the enemy!

It is not easy to complete this task, because the PLAAF's position when withdrawing from the New York coast is not good - there is no sea to the north and west of the New York coast. That is the American continent. Of course, the PLA Navy fleet cannot go there.

Run in those two directions. The U.S. armored cruiser force chasing the Haizi Air Force has occupied the southeastern position of New York in advance. No matter whether the Haizi Air Force goes south, east, or southeast, it is easily intercepted.

Therefore, Saigo Takamori can only lead the fleet to run southwest, that is, run along the east coast of the United States. Of course, such a running method is not very ideal, and it will easily be blocked by the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet running out from the Gulf of Mexico.

Secondly, it is too easy to be exposed - you have to be exposed at dawn! Even if it is not bright, you have to carefully turn off the lights and sail at night, for fear of being discovered by the shore or passing American ships.

But this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that the armored destroyer under Otani is too slow!

These so-called armored destroyers are actually outdated "old ships" (the ships are actually not very old, but their performance is too outdated). Despite their small size of only more than 3,000 tons, their speed is not as fast as those two ships with a speed of more than 20,000 tons.

The frigate carrying tons of aircraft is faster. The difference is not just a little bit, but a full 5 knots! The civilian ship-modified Akagi and Kaga now have a speed of 23 knots, while the "Kokugong" class cruiser (now equipped with a drive) is only

Section 18!

So when he was running away, Saigo felt that the six armored destroyers protecting the aircraft frigate were too cumbersome, so he simply ditched them and left. Otani didn't even know what to say? Since Akagi and Kaga are so capable, why use them?

Protection? Can't they just play with their two ships? There are fights and planes. 80 planes from the two ships fly out. Even if the enemy has a few battleships, they can't withstand such an explosion! They can run away at a high speed.

, 23 knots! The battleships and armored cruisers that can catch up with them now must all belong to the Ming Dynasty. So they ran away as soon as they ran. Even if the enemy sent destroyers to chase them, the two aircraft-carrying frigates still have a lot of 155 mm ships.

Cannon is enough for self-defense.

Therefore, Otani's destroyer squadron is indeed a liability.

But Xixiang regarded him as a burden, and he couldn't give up on himself! He still had to work hard to escape, and he had to prepare for a night battle! Because Otani knew very well that he couldn't escape at a speed of 18 knots!

What is chasing him now is an armored cruiser detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet! Although there are only 6 real armored cruisers in this detachment, there are still many destroyers with speeds exceeding 25 knots following him. And those 6 armored cruisers can outrun the men.

Valley's destroyers should be faster.

So it's only a matter of time before they catch up!

What Otani can do now is to catch up as late as possible. If it can be delayed until dawn, then even if he is caught up, he can ask Saigo to send a plane to help.

"Follow, the radio has detected enemy electronic signals!"

Just when Ogu was thinking about how to delay it until dawn, the voice of the communications officer suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Can you confirm where the radio waves are coming from?" Otani asked quickly.

"The specific location cannot be determined, but it is certain that it was sent from near us, either from a US military radio station on the shore."

Before the communications officer could finish speaking, Nobuto Ogu had already made his immediate judgment: "Baga, we've been caught up!"

However, he quickly regained his composure and looked sharply at the graduates (undergraduates) from the former naval training institute who were serving as staff on the ship. "Lift the radio silence and send power to Aoba, Myoko, Haguro, Mogami, Tone, and Suzuya."

, let each ship adopt Zhuge Liuye tactics and send out elite night vision troops to prepare for battle!"

"Hai!"

The so-called "Zhuge Liuye Tactics" actually uses the night to set up ambushes and lay torpedoes. It seems ordinary, but as long as it is equipped with "night vision soldiers" selected and cultivated using the secret techniques of the Zhuge family, it can be invincible in every battle.

The method of selecting "night vision soldiers" is "audition". As long as the population base is large enough, some "night vision soldiers" can always be selected. After selecting the "night vision soldiers", they have to be fed cod liver and carrots.

, if conditions do not allow, just feed cod liver oil directly, maintain enough sleep during duty, and prohibit excessive use of eyes, etc. It is said that this was the method used by King Zhuge Wuzhong to train elite soldiers for night fighting when he fought against the Manchus.

"Vice Admiral, a call back from Rear Admiral Perry. He has led the battleship squadron through the Florida Strait and is heading north along the Florida Peninsula."

At the same time, in the bridge of the Pennsylvania, David Porter was standing in the bridge with the lights turned off, looking at the darkness outside, frowning. He had been chasing for several hours, but he didn't see the shadow of the enemy.

Are you chasing in the wrong direction? It will be dawn in a while. If you can't catch up again, I'm afraid you will really lose it.

Just as he thought of this, a bright and dazzling fireball suddenly appeared in the southwest sky!

At this moment, David Porter, who had become accustomed to the dark night, could see nothing except the flare that suddenly appeared in the distance. But in his heart, he was like a mirror, this is... catching up!
Chapter completed!