263: Chapter 263 Getting Better and Better...

"Li Ming seems to have changed his combat style; he seems to have modified his exploration mode," Pamir continued to stare at the screen.

Peter didn't speak, just continued watching the actions on the battlefield.

The defensive system of the defender's fleet, which Kuznetsov had deployed in a scattered manner, had already been activated. Relying on a few contacts, she seemed to have determined the approximate location of Li Ming's fleet.

The opponents Li Ming's fleet faced in the next round of encounters were almost all equipped with cruiser Ship Girls, which caused the pressure on the Le Fantasque-class to rise sharply.

After barely withstanding the pressure through airstrikes, Li Ming seemed to have changed his battlefield strategy.

The aircraft carriers were no longer continuing south, but instead...

Landing on a nearby island?

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"Th-th-this... is this really feasible?" Pamir was dumbfounded.

"Theoretically, it is indeed feasible..." Peter was silent for a long time before saying, "Amphibious operations are indeed one of the battlefield requirements for Ship Girls."

Immediately after, the Intrepid/Triomphant formation and the Indomitable/Vicious formation broke contact and quickly rendezvoused with Terrible under the cover of the air force.

Kuznetsov felt his movements and slowed down her advance, choosing instead to wait for the main cruiser force to get into position. The battleships also began to move in the general direction of Li Ming, looking like they were preparing for a strangulation maneuver.

But Li Ming did not choose to sit and wait for death; instead...

He had all the Le Fantasque-class ships advance south at maximum speed and disperse.

Subsequently, the Laffey detachment and the battlecruiser detachment synchronized and moved south at a slightly slower speed.

The three aircraft carriers hidden on the island sent all their planes into the sky, beginning to fight for regional air superiority.

After a while, Peter finally got the hang of Li Ming's operations.

The Le Fantasque-class had absolutely no intention of entangling with surface enemies. They would only drag it out for a while to conduct anti-submarine warfare when they encountered submarines; if they encountered enemies, they would retreat, and then the air force would strike.

After a brief period of chaos, Kuznetsov quickly adjusted the battlefield mode. The cruiser formation immediately moved out, attempting to intercept and strangle the infiltration of the Le Fantasque-class.

However, the Le Fantasque-class was simply too fast. Although the Red Navy fleet, born from the Sardinian Empire, was already quite excellent in terms of movement speed, it was still not enough when facing a super speed monster like the Le Fantasque-class.

Even if Kuznetsov dispatched aviation units to attempt to forcibly break through the anti-aircraft network to strike the Le Fantasque-class, Li Ming was quite clever.

He laid smoke.

Although it could not completely interfere, relying on their extreme speed, the Le Fantasque-class Ship Girls could completely avoid both naval and air firepower strikes at a very low cost and retreat calmly.

But even so, it was enough for Kuznetsov to calmly set up a cruiser interception net.

After setting up the interception net to the south, Kuznetsov had the interception line advance northward, and scouting formations from other directions also began to surround them.

"Wow, it looks like a dead end..."

"No, not yet..." Peter narrowed his eyes, watching Li Ming's dispatching, "This kid is preparing to counterattack."

Who is the killer of cruisers?

battlecruisers.

The Dunkerque-class is one of the best among them.

Right under Kuznetsov's nose, the Le Fantasque-class decisively gave up on retreating directly and instead began to spread smoke on a large scale using smoke generators. Although Kuznetsov, out of caution, immediately ordered the southern line units to stop the pursuit, when the smoke cleared, The Big Three and the two battlecruisers had already advanced to the front of the interception line.

The Le Fantasque-class gave up concealment and began to actively advance into non-safe ranges, launching torpedoes in batches to interfere with the path of the cruiser interception fleet.

This plan was successful, providing an opportunity for Dunkerque and Strasbourg to press forward to an extremely close range.

Admittedly, the risk was high, but the Iris Orthodoxy simply had an innate advantage in bayonet fighting.

——— After all, in modern naval warfare, very few Ship Girls use cold weapons to hack people.

Although the Chapayev-class can swing its anchor as a large pendulum at close range, it still seems a bit too humorous to compete with a battlecruiser in terms of strength, and there is no need to mention the explosive power of Ship Girls at close range.

This time it was Kuznetsov's turn to lay smoke and retreat; she couldn't get any advantage in a close-range fight.

Subsequently, Strasbourg turned with Z23 and Ayanami, charging towards the scouting fleet on the west side, while Intrepid and Vicious repeated their old trick to carry out aggressive reconnaissance.

And Dunkerque led the other Destroyers to continue moving south.

At this time, Kuznetsov's main fleet: Gangut, Sevastopol, and Poltava were still struggling to maneuver.

"Wow..." Pamir opened her mouth wide, "Peter, is Li Ming really that amazing?"

"At least he dares to take risks, rather than truly lacking the guts," Peter replied, "But the test has only just begun."

The Red Navy had no direct capital ship support, but Kuznetsov still had cards in her hand.

Tallinn.

When she realized the situation was wrong, Kuznetsov gave up on the idea of letting Tallinn follow the main fleet and led a formation composed of Destroyers to move towards the southern line to delay Li Ming's advance.

At this time, Strasbourg and Dunkerque were temporarily separated, and Dunkerque was the only capital ship.

At this time, the three aircraft carriers on Li Ming's side also left the island and moved towards Dunkerque at maximum speed.

I don't know what he was thinking, but Li Ming moved Enterprise to the front line.

Then, next to Vicious, she took a round of surprise shells and then retreated in a panic.

Peter's mouth twitched, "What is he..."

"Doing..." Pamir scratched her head.

Forget it, Peter shook his head; heaven knows what kind of things this young man has in his head.

Next, the battlefield returned to a brief silence.

Tallinn was already in position, maneuvering against Dunkerque at a distance of about ten nautical miles, and the accompanying Destroyers and light cruisers had also spread out their encirclement formation.

In order to suppress Li Ming, Kuznetsov mobilized all the surrounding air forces, seized local air superiority in this area, and then launched a siege.

"Li Ming is in danger here..." Pamir muttered.

"Not yet." Peter, who had been observing the overall situation, shook his head instead, "This little fox cub is more insidious than you imagine."

The Laffey detachment had only existed as support in the previous battle, which naturally was not a problem in conventional naval warfare.

However, as Ship Girls, Peter confirmed from the data retrieved from the central server that Laffey, Z23, Javelin, and Ayanami were by no means mediocre.

As Javelin flipped a Destroyer Ship Girl at close range with her spear, the strangulation originally scheduled by Kuznetsov was completely delayed.

The torpedoes thrown by the Red Navy's Destroyer formation were easily... jumped over, and then Li Ming quickly issued an order for torpedo group volley fire.

Leaving an eerie vacuum zone in the middle of the battlefield, left for Tallinn and Dunkerque, who was approaching her at high speed while toughing out Tallinn's firepower.

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