Frusturating AI Gunners

[Pacificmaelstrom]

I downloaded a battleship and I tried to take it into a enemy task force and engage enemy battleships. As I moved closer to the task force, the battleships in the task force started to engage me, however, my gunners did not engage the battleships and instead engaged one of the small cruisers, even when the cruiser was farther away from me than the battleships.

Is there a way to change the target my gunners are engaging?