As the second ship of the Yamato-class battleships, the Musashi had a full load displacement of 72,000 tons, and its main armament was three triple 460-mm guns. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the previous battle, the Musashi cruised at the farthest end of the battlefield, firing passionately at three American battleships led by the USS Washington, and successfully damaging the battleship Indiana.

The battleship Musashi cruised at the farthest end of the battlefield, not using its comrades as meat shields, hiding behind itself and shooting black cannons.

Instead, out of confidence in the performance of the nine main guns, he chose the most secure tactic, opened the distance, and used his powerful main guns to kill the opponent's battleships one by one.

The 460-mm guns on the battleship Musashi could fire armor-piercing shells weighing nearly 1.5 tons and had a maximum range of 42,000 meters.

Combined with its case-hardened armor with a maximum hull thickness of 410 mm, the Musashi at this time could be called the world's first battleship along with its sister ship, the battleship Yamato.

After the battleship Musashi turned its attention to the Washington, disaster struck the Washington.

On the USS Washington, the battlefield pattern in the eyes of Rear Admiral Willis Lee, the Japanese battleships were distributed in a very layered manner, the closest to him was the destroyer fleet, then the light cruisers, and behind the light cruisers were the Kongo-class battleships.

The one behind the King Kong-class battleship is the target he is looking for, the battleship that still hasn't figured out his identity at this time.

Caliber of more than 400 mm, is it one of the Nagato-class battleships?

When Major General Li was pondering the identity of his opponent, another piece of good news came.

"Hit again, it's smoking."

From a distance, another Japanese battleship was hit, and the column of smoke rising from the hull of the ship soared into the sky, connecting with the dense clouds, and at a glance, it looked like a violent sea tornado.

"70 degrees on the starboard side, a torpedo was found, seventy degrees on the starboard side, a torpedo was found."

"Full right rudder, full speed ahead." The captain of the USS Washington shouted.

The Washington made an emergency U-turn, and two torpedoes quickly crossed at a distance of more than sixty meters on the starboard side.

Rear Admiral Li grabbed the railing and stabilized his body, not being thrown out by the inertia brought by the battleship's sharp turn.

As soon as he stood firm, Rear Admiral Li saw at a glance that on the sea ahead, a battleship was riding the wind and waves and rushing head-on to the bow of the Washington.

Rear Admiral Li squinted his eyes for a few seconds, and then snorted coldly: "A destroyer, what does it want to do?" ”

It was the liberator of the two torpedoes that rushed towards the Washington, and the destroyer rushed towards the Washington head-on, with the courage to use itself as a torpedo.

The main guns of the USS Washington were pointed to starboard, unable to bombard the oncoming destroyer.

"Ten on the right side, the secondary gun on the port side is ready, sink it."

The Washington did not think that it would lose in the impact, but did not want to use this primitive tactic, and turned the hull to the right again to provide a firing angle for the secondary guns on the port side.

At the last moment, the destroyer on the opposite side seemed to have abandoned the ramming tactic, and at the critical moment it also provoked the bow to turn to the right.

The two battleships passed by at a distance of less than two hundred meters.

"Knock Knock ······"

A series of muffled sounds came, as if someone was hitting the steel plate of the bridge with a heavy hammer, Major General Li subconsciously shuddered, and then looked at the safe and sound left side of the bridge.

As the two battleships passed by, the Japanese destroyers gathered all the weapons they could use on board and fired wildly at the Washington, the shells of the anti-aircraft gun's guns on the left side of the Washington's superstructure, splashing fire and bullet marks all over the hull.

The Washington's five-seater twin 127-mm high-flat guns on the port side lowered their muzzles and unceremoniously returned fire.

At the wrong time, a dense stream of running bombs fell on the destroyer, the chimney broke, and the left side of the bridge was torn apart by armor-piercing shells.

By the time the two battleships staggered, the destroyer's superstructure was almost swept away, leaving only the flames.

Taking out a destroyer, the USS Washington suffers only a negligible amount of damage.

However, the destroyer's suicide attack forced the Washington to make two consecutive high-speed turns, disrupting the rhythm of the main gun fire.

Rear Admiral Li had just regained his composure from the impact of the destroyer's bombardment of the bridge and was about to re-observe the situation when a loud bang sounded from under his feet.

The floor under his feet shook violently, and Major General Li hurriedly grabbed the railing so that he was not thrown out by the violent bumps.

Jet-black smoke erupted from the hull to the right of the second turret, where it was clear where the shot had been taken.

"Turret two, report the damage immediately."

Soon after, a reply from Cabin 2 came from the intercom tube.

"Four compartments were flooded, the azimuth disc was damaged, and the second turret could not be turned for the time being."

Not a fatal wound, thank God!

Major General Li had just thanked God everywhere, when another violent vibration came from under his feet, and his body was thrown out with a shake.

When he stood up with the help of his adjutant, with his keen sense, he noticed that the speed of the battleship had slowed down.

"It is reported that two shots were hit on the starboard side, the first mechanical room caught fire and is being rescued, the ship stalled, and the maximum speed is expected to drop to 23 knots."

"Report, USS Massachusetts report, battleship shot on bridge, captain killed, battleship lost command."

"Report, lookout post observes, another battleship of the enemy may be a Yamato-class battleship."

"It turned out to be Yamato-class, shit, how did Yamato-class appear here, why didn't anyone notify us in advance?"

Three bad news came in a row, and Major General Li couldn't help but burst out foul.

Major General Li decisively gave the order: "Immediately open the distance and release the smoke." ”

If the battleship Washington had been hit by the Yamato-class guns again, it would probably never have had a chance to fire again.

Although the three battleships were all injured, they were not fatally wounded, and looking at the other side, they had already sunk a Kongo-class battleship, and the battle damage was superior to their own.

Receiving the order of the flagship, the surviving US warships successively released smoke and used the cover of smoke to widen the distance from the enemy.

The retreat went fairly smoothly, with only the Massachusetts receiving two near-misses and minor injuries.

At the end of a fierce battle of nearly half an hour, Major General Li soon received battle statistics that his side had destroyed one of the opponent's King Kong-class battleships, seriously wounded one, and destroyed one of the opponent's light cruisers and three destroyers.

Three battleships were wounded, but none of them were fatal, five destroyers and one light cruiser were lost.

"The enemy did not chase after him, he should have been rescuing the crew who had fallen into the water. What are we going to do next? The captain of the USS Washington asked.

"Let the damage management department repair the ship first, restore its combat effectiveness, and then decide on the next move." Major General Lee said.

"Report, the NB-14 flotilla sent a telegram that they were attacked by Japanese submarines and asked for reinforcements."