Chapter 182: The Battle of Hawaii I
When everything was ready, Vitesse gave the order to head for Hawaii.
At this time, the Huaxia fleet was already impatiently waiting.
But what makes people even more impatient is that as soon as the Mi army fleet appeared in the waters of Hawaii, it did not rush up to fight violently, but sent a small boat carrying a messenger to put forward an ultimatum to the Huaxia army: 1. The Huaxia army should immediately withdraw from Hawaii; 2. Huaxia Army compensated the United States; 3. The Huaxia Army's surrender of the culprits and all those involved in the Hawaii incident will be tried and adjudicated by the United States court.
"Humph! What if I don't agree to all three? ”
Hu Zhen said a word to the envoy, but did not say it directly in English, and it was translated by the translator to the envoy of the United States.
"If you don't agree, it will mean destruction, and our fleet of the Great Milican Kingdom will destroy everything in Hawaii, and it will also hit your South Sea Islands and destroy everything you have!"
The envoy of the United States left a sentence of ** and turned to leave.
Hu Zhen said a sentence, which was said in English, and the messenger heard it clearly: "Is it?" Then we'll see if you can destroy us? Or have we destroyed you? ”
As soon as the Mi army envoy boarded the boat, all the warships of the Huaxia Army, which had already started the steam engine, immediately left the port and sailed into the open sea.
Vice Admiral Vitesse had long understood in his heart that it was impossible for the two sides to settle the matter in Hawaii through negotiations, and had already ordered the fleet to prepare for battle, and at this time, he saw the signal sent by the messenger on the flagship armored cruiser Chicago, and immediately ordered through the signal flag: "Negotiations are broken, and the whole army is ready for battle!" ”
The Mi fleet had already set up a battle formation, and when the Huaxia army rushed out of the port, it immediately pounced, trying to block the way of the four cruisers and two destroyers of the Huaxia army.
Who knows, the ships of the Huaxia Army had been prepared for this for a long time, and they swept past at a speed of 19 knots at once.
Boom, boom, the Mi battleships saw that they could not intercept the warships of the Huaxia Army passing by, so they opened fire and bombarded fiercely.
It's just that the hurried shelling of the Mi army did not work at all. Not a single shell hit the Huaxia warship.
"Okay, this time it's the Mi Army who fired first! This is where the war begins! ”
Hu Zhen stood on the bridge of the Qilong and looked at everything in front of him, very happy. In the Hawaii incident, he went to great lengths to get the Mi army to fire the first shot at the people of Hawaii. Now it is again to let the Mi army fire the first shot, and the Mi army once again can't hold back the first shot, and in the post-war negotiations, he can take advantage of this and stand on the commanding heights of international law and morality. Let's talk about this fake benevolence and false righteousness.
"These barbarian warships are so fast?" Lieutenant General Vitesse's eyes widened, barely believing it was true.
The Mi army fleet set off in a hurry, and the intelligence of the Huaxia army was almost zero, and when they arrived in Hawaii, they saw that the number of ships of the Huaxia army was very small, and they thought that they could win the battle, but when they found that the enemy's ships were so fast (in fact, it was not the highest speed), many people suddenly became at a loss.
In the panic of the Mi army's sailors, Vitesse saw an opportunity: the four cruisers and three destroyers of the Huaxia Army did not know what was going on, and they escaped in three directions, and the three cruisers with the same appearance ran south. One of the largest cruisers fled northward, and three destroyers fled due west.
The enemy did not concentrate his forces to the maximum extent to form a neat queue and bombard his own side!
This division of troops is definitely taboo in naval warfare!
"Catch up!" Vitesse immediately seized this flaw and ordered the three destroyers, which had nothing to do with the overall situation, to divide into two routes, one was to personally command the flagships Baltimore, the cruisers Boston, Atlanta, Charleston, and Chicago to use the highest speed to pursue the armored cruiser Qilong, and the rest of the ships, although they had a lower speed, were used to contain and block the three cruisers of the Huaxia Army.
Vites's plan was to first rush forward with his own fast cruiser to encircle and annihilate the largest armored cruiser of the Huaxia Army, the Qilong, and then turn back and annihilate the cruisers of the Huaxia Army, Qiming, Qixing, and Qiqi.
Hu Zhen was on the Qilong at this time. Seeing that the Mi army fleet really divided its troops to chase after him, he couldn't help but smile happily: The Mi army really doesn't know whether to live or die!
After designing such a division plan based on the nuclear submarine and proposing it by Hu Zhen, Zheng Dingbang and other naval officers proceeded from the common sense of general naval warfare. They were all strongly opposed, they were worried about the safety of the supreme commander, and strongly asked Hu Zhen not to go on the ship to participate in the battle, but in the end, they could not resist Hu Zhen's forcible order, so they had to implement the battle plan set by Hu Zhen.
"Turn left and turn due west to advance. Reduce the speed to sixteen knots, and wait for the Snail Battleships of the Mi Army. ”
The Baltimore of the Mi army has a speed of 21.5 knots, but the Charleston is only 18.9 knots, and the other cruisers Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago are only 16.3 knots.
Just when Mi Jun was wondering why the Qilong suddenly reduced its speed, the Qilong suddenly turned its bow.
"The enemy is trying to seize the T-shape, and we will immediately turn due west!" Vice Admiral Vites, a naval veteran of the Civil War and very experienced in combat, could see at a glance that the Qilong was trying to seize the T-prefix, but he was a little disapproving: this enemy only has one battleship, even if he seizes the T-prefix, what can he do? Even if the Mi fleet didn't seize the T-shape, the bow guns of five cruisers could still send the Qilong to hell!
Isn't this Qilong almost like sending to death!
But in the end, it turned out that it was the Mi Army that was going to die, not the Huaxia Army fleet commanded by Hu Zhen.
At this time, there are three silver-white drones in the air, in an attitude that ordinary people are imperceptible, quietly flying over the Mi warship, carrying out accurate distance measurement, the nuclear submarine dismantling computer system under the deep sea according to the data transmitted back by the drone, after high-speed calculation, transmitted to Hu Zhen's communication headset: "The enemy's first ship, Boston, is 4257 meters away, coordinates XXXX, and can carry out test firing and artillery bombardment......"
At this time, the Mi army formed a column, according to the order of the fleet commander Vites, all turned due west, of which the fastest Baltimore was placed in the first position of the column, followed by the Charleston with a speed of 18.9 knots, the third was the flagship Chicago with a speed of 16.3 knots, and then the Boston and Atlanta with a speed of only 16.3 knots.
"Distance XXXX, height XXXX, angle XXXX, one test shot of the front main gun loading!" (To be continued.) )