This time, the Pittsburgh simply could not dodge the impact of three torpedoes.

Three jets of exploding water surged up on the right side of the USS Pittsburgh, and finally formed a jet of water to rise into the sky.

Almost instantly, the Pittsburgh was overturned by a powerful explosion.

Hundreds of tons of seawater rushed into the capsized HMS Pittsburgh, causing it to sink rapidly, forming a huge whirlpool on the surface of the sea.

In less than three minutes, the Pittsburgh sank to the bottom of the sea like a large rock, and only five of the 389 officers and men on board survived.

After the Dolphin and Pittsburgh were sunk one after another, the Maine was truly alone.

When the Pittsburgh sank, the officers and men of the Maine were stunned, and Geng Huoyan seized this great opportunity to command the destroyer fleet to retreat to a safe area six thousand meters away.

"Hey, this Geng Huoyan is really five fires, and it will burn the Pittsburgh to the bottom of the sea in one fell swoop!" Hu Zhen couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the results of the destroyer fleet.

At this moment, the Mi Army was left with only one battleship left on the sea, and the officers and men of the Huaxia Army were greatly confident, and they were ready to destroy the Maine battleship in front of them in one go.

However, Hu Zhen ordered the cruiser to retreat to a safe distance of 6,000 meters to rest and recuperate.

At this time, Rear Admiral Plande finally understood what kind of enemy Vice Admiral Vitesse was completely destroyed, and after calculating in his heart, he knew very well that there was only one battleship left in the USS Maine, and no matter what, it would not be able to defeat such an enemy as the Huaxia Army in front of him, so he ordered: "Turn to the northwest and break through!" ”

This is how Plande wants to escape the waters of Hawaii and retreat to the west coast of the United States.

The 576 officers and men on the Maine had long been intimidated by the strong combat strength of the Huaxia Army and had lost the courage to continue fighting.

But if the Maine wants to go, it has to pass this pass of the Huaxia fleet.

Seeing the movement of the Maine clearly, Hu Zhen immediately issued an order to block: "The whole team is advancing at maximum speed and blocking the way of the Maine!" ”

After receiving the order, four cruisers, three destroyers. Immediately increase the speed to the maximum and rush to the front of the Maine.

The destroyer had a top speed of 24 knots and, under the command of Geng Huoyan, overtook the Maine in one fell swoop. Across the first five kilometers of the Maine.

However, the destroyer's 75-millimeter guns could hardly hit the USS Maine five thousand meters away, and even if they did, they would be like scratching an itch through a shoe, and there was no threat at all.

After the arrival of four cruisers. The three destroyers obediently retreated to a safe distance and observed the artillery battle, which seemed to have nothing to do with them.

The sun was setting below the surface of the sea, and the sky was getting darker.

Hu Zhen commanded the cruiser to launch round after round of artillery bombardment on the Maine at a distance of 5,000 to 6,000 meters.

However, the heavy bombardment of the Maine by the cruiser's 155-mm guns was like using sand to knock a turtle shell incessantly, and no amount of sand could pry the tortoise shell open even a single crack.

The Maine also fought back with all its might, but its primitive fire control system was unable to accurately measure fast-moving targets up to 5,000 meters away.

However, just as the sun was about to set, the Maine's perseverance finally paid off: a 152 mm secondary gun hit the front main gun mount of the Qilong, the flagship of the Chinese Army.

Although the front main gun of the Qilong has solid armor protection. However, the shock of the explosion killed one gunner, and the rest of the gunners were all stunned, and the mobile mechanical system of the gun mount was damaged by the explosion, and the front main gun could not participate in the accurate salvo.

After the sky darkened, the Maine had another **** luck, a 254 mm main gun shell, which was a stray bullet that was not aimed at the target at all, but it actually hit the bow of the Qixing and exploded violently.

A large hole was blown out of the bow of the Qixing, and the sea water suddenly poured in. As a result, the stern of the ship began to rise upwards, and the thrusters and steering gears were exposed to the water.

There was panic on the Qixing.

Fortunately, the captain of the Qixing, Wu Dayang, was very calm, and he pulled out his pistol. The panicked sailors were forced to calm down, and the damage management team was ordered to immediately close the watertight compartment, and the pumping machine was urgently drained from the bow of the ship, and the stern was filled with water to maintain balance.

After emergency rescue of damage management, the Qixing was finally stabilized, but its speed could only be maintained below 8 knots.

After the war, Wu Dayang, the captain of the Qixing, found out. The luck of the Qixing was very good, if the location of the shell explosion was moved to the ship's side by another meter, the Qixing would have no salvage value, and the people on the Qixing would have only one way to abandon the ship.

Hu Zhen learned about the situation of the Qixing from the radio station and ordered the Qixing to withdraw from the battle and return to the port of Honolulu to make emergency repairs.

At this time, there were only three cruisers left on the side of the Huaxia Army: Qiming, Qiqi, and Qilong, and the six main guns of the Qilong could only use four main guns.

Under Hu Zhen's command, the three cruisers continued to bombard the Maine with 12 main guns six thousand meters away.

Since the beginning of today's battle, the Maine has been subjected to hundreds of shells, and almost every inch of the ship has left traces of explosions, 6 152 mm secondary guns have been blown up, 12 mm 105 secondary guns have been blown up 5, 16 75mm secondary guns have been blown up 9, and only 3 of the 4 254mm main guns are still functional.

Although the Maine was scarred and the damage was very serious in some places, the Maine was like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, allowing the explosive shells of the Huaxia Army to wash the surface over and over again, and the shells just couldn't penetrate into the interior and explode.

After dark, the Maine stopped firing wasted shells, but the Huaxia Army still carried out the main artillery bombardment according to the data provided by Hu Zhen, and the Maine was on fire again and again, making the Huaxia Army's shelling target more obvious.

"Master, use the Godbreaker No. 1 armor-piercing bullet!" Even the supercomputer system of the nuclear submarine seems to be a little impatient with the sturdy Maine.

"But now only there are six Broken God No. 1 left on the Qilong, can it work?" Hu Zhen was very unimpressed.

"The Qilong will take advantage of the cover of night to approach to a distance of three thousand meters to improve the hit rate of launching the Broken God One!"

Hu Zhen felt that this was a solution, but Zheng Dingbang, who was on the Qiming, was shocked when he received Hu Zhen's telegram, and hurriedly stopped Hu Zhen's action with a telegram: "Why don't you use a destroyer to carry out a torpedo attack in the dark?" ”

"After the Qilong carries out an armor-piercing attack, consider using a torpedo attack!" However, Hu Zhen still ignored this and insisted that Zheng Dingbang fire a salvo of main guns from a distance of 5,500 meters together with Qiming and Qiqi to cover the Qilong's movements.

"Then send destroyers to act together, cooperate with the actions of the Qilong on the other side, and as soon as the Qilong moves here, they will immediately launch torpedoes and cover each other!"

Hu Zhen felt that this was a good plan, so he called back and agreed. (To be continued.) )