"Sir, the a1 patrol team has arrived." A British navy soldier said, pointing to the signal lights that are constantly shining in the distance.

"Very good, let them get closer to us. Today we met a tough character." Captain Cox, commander of the A2 Patrol Team in the UK, nodded and said. The British were not stupid either. After being beaten up, they clearly realized that the other party's identity was not simple. In this case, no one would directly explore the grass with his face. The best choice was to cling together. So the two destroyer teams patrolling the back first joined forces and then went south to patrol. As for whether the delay in doing so would cause the opponent to run away?

What's the question? How to say it? In fact, as the commanders of these patrol fleets, they wished the Germans could escape thousands of miles away after one blow! Because these patrol destroyers are all weak among the weak, and most of the personnel are temporary merchant ship sailors. How high the fighting spirit do you expect them to have is obviously unrealistic.

So a gap appeared between the British patrol destroyer detachment in the north and Major General Harris's fleet in the middle due to time issues. In the distance, the German main fleet commanded by Earl Spee was hidden in the darkness like a patient leopard. Earl Spee was waiting, and he needed the British main fleet to be exposed first! To put it bluntly, the core of the night battle was to place bait, but let the enemy main fleet be exposed first, and finally go up and beat the slap by himself. It was that simple, but it really required experience and talent to use it well!

At this time, the bait exposed by Earl Spee were four large destroyers commanded by Major Franco, who was the fleet defender. These large destroyers with firepower close to light cruisers are not something ordinary destroyers can deal with. They were quietly on the road that the British fleet must pass, waiting for the British to come!

"There seems to be something in the southeast direction!" At this time, the lookout hand on the British destroyer Hunter, who was in charge of the reconnaissance mission, found a slender figure on the sea in the distance. The other party's speed was not high and he was sailing north. So the Hound was preparing to ask.

After a series of light signals were fired, the opponent did not seem to respond. After hesitating for a moment, the Hound decided to get closer. When both sides approached about 1,000 meters and could already use searchlights to sweep towards the opponent, the other party still did not respond. At this time, a bad feeling arose in the hearts of the British sailors of the Hound!

At this moment, behind this suspicious warship, balls of bright yellow fireballs flew towards the Hound with a breath of destruction! Two seconds later, water columns instantly surrounded the British destroyer. The calm on the sea was once again broken, and the second round of the fight between the two sides began!

"Send signal flares immediately! We were attacked!" The captain of the Hound ordered the warship to command the battleship to counterattack, but the opponent's firepower was too strong. At only 1,200 meters, at least 10 artillery fired at the British destroyer with a displacement of only more than 800 tons! At the first moment, the 4-inch cannon at the stern of the Hound was destroyed, resulting in no defensive firepower at the rear half of the ball. In the dense rain of bullets, the poor destroyer was dodging the attack frantically, but did not find that a smaller figure quickly approached himself from the other side, and then fired two torpedoes at a distance of less than 300 meters!

Boom! A huge fire light soared into the sky, like a can of cold water placed in hot oil, the entire battlefield was instantly detonated!

"Order, all destroyers, immediately join us, we caught our opponent!" Major General Harris thought he had caught the British fleet, from the outbreak of war to the destruction of the Hound, but in just 3 minutes, this was definitely done by a large fleet, so they decided to gather the encirclement net and launch the encirclement. Of course, they had to leave a backup plan for everything. He only ordered Brigadier General Sinclair to rush up with a light cruiser team and destroyer, while another light cruiser team and his armored cruisers were still hidden in the night!

At this time, the German K aircraft group in the air also moved quickly towards the battlefield. They first found the British destroyer who was lighting up in front, then stared at each other and used the lifting searchlight on the belly of the aircraft to tightly cover the opponent. At the same time, the German aircraft did not forget to throw a series of flares next to it, exposing the British destroyer who was preparing to shoot black guns.

(As for whether this tactic is feasible, the answer is naturally feasible. During the Battle of Guadalam, there were examples of seaplanes helping to throw flares to light the lights. Destroyers light up, and other warships have tactics. However, it seems that the Japanese have a strange mind. The Japanese are the main ships light up, while other ships are covered in darkness... This mind is difficult to understand. As for whether the aircraft uses searchlights to find the destroyer, it must be reliable. In the Battle of 2, the anti-submarine of the British mosquito aircraft is to determine the approximate position of the German submarine through radar and radio positioning, and then approach, use the searchlight to finally determine the specific position before attacking. The floating submarine is so small that it can be discovered by the searchlight, let alone destroyers that are more than 80 meters to 100 meters.)

"Damn it! Where is our plane? Why not drive away all the annoying big birds like the Germans?!" Looking at a British destroyer hidden in the darkness, a British army cursed loudly. The so-called black guns could not be too far away. When the destroyer fought in the night, he found that the distance and the British gunner team that had been mixed with too many newcomers would be good enough to ensure a certain accuracy within 1,000 meters. Therefore, after the British destroyers gathered, they sailed together. After the series of flares came down, they naturally illuminated the British destroyers next to them.

So, under the bright light, the destroyers sailing at high speed on the sea were as conspicuous as lice on the bald head. The sound of machine guns from time to time made the British sailors on the deck shudder, although they knew that the German machine gun fire was basically inaccurate in this situation.

As for why there are no British aircraft in the air, the reason is very simple. British aviation power has been declining in terms of scale and personnel level. Not many people can fly night flights, and few people can find enemy aircraft in night flights. And finding enemy aircraft and knocking down bombers of the K8 level does not exist... There is no way. In this era, fighters and 4-engine bombers are too difficult to fight alone! In addition, the British did not expect the Germans to do this, so the existence of the K aircraft group gave the German Navy an unequal advantage!
Chapter completed!