All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

Knowing Ye Bai's bottom line, Langsdorff knew how to conduct the negotiations. Anyway, Langsdorff was surrounded by professional negotiators and businessmen, and he was very familiar with doing business.

The negotiations between the two parties lasted for most of the day again, and in the afternoon they finally reached an agreement. After all, it was a seller's market. Although Ye Bai's conditions were a bit harsh, in order to buy a new warship, the 308 Chamber of Commerce finally agreed to Ye Bai's conditions..

Using the complete set of basic technologies they had in hand, they purchased 4 Linxian-class light cruisers and 2 New Orleans-class heavy cruisers from Ye Bai.

As soon as the deal was concluded, Ye Bai immediately set off with the main fleet after receiving Langsdorff's telegram. The situation in the surrounding sea areas was not very stable. Ye Bai could not let two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers set off alone. It's so reassuring, not to mention that the four Linxian-class light cruisers are still lying on the slipway of the shipyard.

The reason why Ye Bai agreed to sell two heavy cruisers to Island No. 308 this time was because he wanted to eliminate the two New Orleans-class heavy cruisers in the Chinese fleet and replace them with Baltimore-class heavy cruisers.

In this way, in addition to the main battleships, all other light and heavy cruisers and"250" destroyers will be replaced with battleships with stronger performance, and the basic old battleships will be completely eliminated.

All the conditions have been negotiated, and the transaction went very smoothly this time. Six warships were directly driven into the military port of Island No. 308, and a box of various scientific and technological manuals and technical materials were exchanged. After the scientists' review, After checking and checking to confirm that there were no problems or defects, they were immediately sent to the small space.

These paper materials will be transformed into real technologies through the scientific research center, improving the entire industrial system, and serving as the scientific and technological reserve of the scientific research center.

The mission was completed. The first squadron led by Langsdorff and the main fleet led by Ye Bai left together. After wandering in this sea area for such a long time, it was time to move. They came all the way here, but Not here to play.

However, before starting the action, Ye Bai still needs to wait for the two Baltimore-class heavy cruisers from the shipyard to be completed and commissioned. By the way, he is also waiting for the latest intelligence from the intelligence agents sent to Island 308 and Yuntong Island.

With professional intelligence agents and sufficient financial support, the efficiency of the two newly established intelligence stations is quite good. Although some secret information cannot be collected yet due to time constraints, some general information is still not available. questionable.

Even the movements of the main fleets on the two small islands can be known. After all, this kind of thing is too simple. There is a lot of movement of the fleet leaving directly from the military port. It is impossible to hide it from someone who is interested.

No, not long after the two newly built Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were put into service, filling the vacancy of the two New Orleans-class heavy cruisers in the main fleet, Ye Bai received a message from the Yuntong Island Intelligence Station. telegraph.

It was mentioned in the telegram that early this morning, a large fleet was dispatched from Yuntong Island, with unknown purpose and mission.

This information made Ye Bai, Lütjens and others immediately alert. The intelligence personnel at the intelligence station did not know the purpose of this fleet, but they had some guesses.

Based on the intelligence collected through two intelligence stations before, coupled with the reconnaissance of the entire sea area during this period, Ye Bai and others have a relatively good understanding of the current situation.

According to their previous analysis, Island No. 308 and Yuntong Island joined forces tacitly to form an alliance and jointly suppressed the pirate forces. However, the real situation is not like this, or it is not entirely like this.

The aboriginal forces on the two islands have indeed formed a tacit understanding to jointly suppress the pirate forces. However, the two sides have not reached a so-called alliance and are even hostile to each other. The fleets of both sides will clash in the sea from time to time.

But because there were pirates, a powerful force, watching eagerly from the side, the fleets of both sides were relatively restrained during the conflict. They did not fight to the death, but fought for a while, and then withdrew from the battle after some losses occurred.

This situation instantly reminded Ye Bai of the Three Kingdoms period in Earth's history, with the three pillars standing against each other. However, these pirates were far inferior to Boss Cao. Maybe they had similar interests and hobbies, but their strength was incomparable.

When dealing with 308 Island or Yuntong Island alone, the pirate forces are somewhat confident and can even have a slight upper hand. However, facing two aboriginal forces, they are somewhat powerless.

However, these pirates are not easy to mess with. They can't beat them head-on, but they even play dirty tricks.

They no longer conduct indiscriminate attacks on the resource points occupied by the two islands, but focus on one force to take advantage of.

They did not launch attacks on resource points, but instead continued their old business as pirates, taking advantage of the number of warships to continuously plunder the transport fleets that carried mined raw materials from resource points back to the islands.

It made the aboriginal forces extremely annoyed, and the most annoying one was Yuntong Island. Although the pirates did not spare the two aboriginal forces when they robbed the transport ship, they released most of the warships. On the Yuntong Island side.

As for the number of pirate warships sent to plunder the transport fleet of 308 Island, it is more of harassment than robbery. In short, it is not comfortable to spend time on 308 Island, which makes 308 Island quite depressed.

If Island No. 308 is just depressed, and the damage caused by the harassment to the transport fleet is not big, and they can barely accept it, the Yuntong Island side can't help but curse, these pirates have some tricks on their minds, right? , there are obviously two forces here, why do you want to focus on them alone?

In just half a month, all the transport fleets returning from several resource points were attacked. The escort warships were all wiped out. The transport ships were either sunk or captured by the pirates, and all the raw materials were plundered..

Naturally, Yuntong Island couldn't bear this kind of robbery, and wanted to give the pirates a hard blow to make them completely honest. However, such a thing cannot be accomplished by relying on the power of the Yuntong Island family.

Although they can mobilize many players to serve as cannon fodder by issuing missions, the pirates can also recruit pirate warships refreshed by the system. In terms of fleet size and strength, they are even stronger than Yuntong Island.

Although Yuntong Island is confident of defeating the pirate fleet in the duel with the main fleet, they cannot do so. The reason is very simple. In this sea area, Yuntong Island's enemy is not just a pirate force. , Island No. 308 is actually their enemy....(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Yuntong Island fought to the death with the pirate forces and suffered heavy losses. Why not let Island No. 308 take advantage in vain? You can't do such stupid things.

Therefore, in addition to further strengthening the escort force of the transport fleet, Yuntong Island had to send the main fleet to respond and bring the transport fleet safely back to the island. It would be better if part of the pirate fleet could be eliminated.

"Commander, we just detected a transport fleet passing by yesterday. Judging from the heading, it should be returning to Yuntong Island. However, a large-scale pirate fleet was also found nearby. Yuntong Island sent a main fleet to sea at this time. It must be for transportation. The fleet is coming."

Lütjens was still the first to speak, and expressed his judgment based on the situation detected in the past few days.

Ye Bai frowned. Although the situation was clear, it didn't seem to have much significance. Isn't it just a battle between Yuntong Island and the pirate forces? No matter who loses or wins, it doesn't seem to be of much benefit to the Chinese fleet.

Lütjens glanced at the expression on Ye Bai's face, He said with a smile:"Commander, actually we can get involved. Anyway, for us, these two parties are our enemies. Since we met at sea, it would be unreasonable not to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of both parties."

Lütjens did not clarify his words directly, but said his suggestion in a joking tone.

It was this sentence that opened Ye Bai's mind. Indeed, with the help of the Chinese fleet now With such strength, it is simply impossible to take down an aboriginal force of the size of Yuntong Island in one go. We can only think about it in the long term.

And now Lütjens has undoubtedly proposed another plan, which is to boil the frog in warm water. , weakening the strength of these aboriginal people bit by bit. After a battle, as long as a few battleships can be sunk, it will be a real pain for these small forces that do not have the ability to build large and medium-sized battleships.

Once the main battleship is lost , , it is impossible to replenish them in a short period of time. By then, these forces will become weaker and weaker, and they will not even be able to dispatch the main fleet to fight at sea in 5.3. They can only be trapped on the island. By that time, the Chinese fleet will have no chance. It's here.

His brows relaxed, and the expression on Ye Bai's face became much better. He was too impatient before, always thinking about becoming a big fat man in one bite, and cruising in this sea area for so long was just a waste of time. , a lot of time was wasted in vain, and nothing has been accomplished.

However, as the saying goes,"it is not too late to fix the problem," it is not too late to readjust the strategy now, and a main fleet of Yuntong Island is about to appear in front of him. , don’t miss this opportunity

"What do you think of the victory or defeat between Yuntong Island and the pirate fleet this time?"

Lütjens shrugged his shoulders and said:"Commander, there are many pirate warships in this area, but they are scattered very scattered. If they attack the transport fleet, they will definitely be caught by the main fleet of Yuntong Island. It's all right, let alone plundering the transport ship, it would be good if you can escape with your life."

"However, Yuntong Island does not sit back and relax. The transport ships are too slow. Due to their drag, they cannot return to Yuntong Island so quickly. When the time comes, the surrounding pirate warships who get the news will swarm in like locusts. The fleet on Yuntong Island We're going to be in big trouble"