Chapter Ninety-One: What is Firepower?

Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 As the destroyers of the White Tiger Fleet approached, Zhang Lin asked the radarman: "How many meters away is the enemy from us?" ”

"Sir, the enemy destroyers are thirteen kilometers away from us, and they have released a large amount of smoke screen protection, and they cannot be seen with the observation scope for the time being!" The radarman replied: "But you can see it clearly on the radar!" ”

"Order the secondary artillery group, controlled by the fire control radar, to attack according to the data of the detection radar, and turn on the hydrolistening radar in addition, so that the three light cruisers can cooperate with the secondary guns of the USS Liberty for fire suppression!" After Zhang Lin gave the order, he picked up the communicator: "The main artillery group continues to attack the enemy battleship, and all artillery fires freely!" ”

Then the twenty secondary guns on one side of the Liberty fired wildly under the control of the fire control radar, and the ten 150-millimeter high-level dual-purpose secondary guns fired a salvo every eight seconds, while the 100-millimeter high-level dual-purpose secondary guns were faster, and it only took five seconds to make a salvo, plus the firepower of the main guns of the three light cruisers, even if the destroyers of the White Tiger Fleet opened the smoke screen protection, there were still a large number of shells constantly falling around them, and the sailors of these destroyers were extremely nervous, and every shell was related to their own life and death, But good luck seems to be concerned about them, and under the baptism of three waves of shells, they did not even get a single effective hit!

"Torpedo group, fire torpedoes in the direction of the smoke screen and surprise them a little!" Zhang Lin continued to order: "Let the Hope lead the destroyer fleet to fire torpedoes in this direction!" ”

The three escort light cruisers saw the USS Liberty firing torpedoes, and also cooperated with the USS Liberty to launch a large number of torpedoes, a large sea of torpedoes galloped towards the direction of the smoke screen, several destroyers maneuvered while returning fire with their main guns, one of the destroyers hit a escort cruiser of the USS Liberty with its naval guns, causing a large number of casualties!

Then these destroyers also fired torpedoes, but their torpedoes were not long, so they had to reduce their speed to increase the range, and the secondary guns of the battleship on the opposite side were too fierce to get close to it, and no one would do such a stupid thing!

"Ask the Hope, did it launch the torpedo as planned?" Zhang Lin ordered the correspondent to inquire about it, this is a good opportunity to completely annihilate the destroyers of the White Tiger Fleet, and they cannot be let go!

In the process of evacuating, the destroyers of the White Tiger Fleet were constantly attacked by the secondary artillery fire of the Liberty, unfortunately one of their destroyers was hit by a 150 mm secondary gun and lost the ability to turn the rudder, and then the secondary gun of the Liberty had a surprisingly high hit rate, constantly hitting these destroyers, beating their superstructure to pieces, and even the control tower of a destroyer was hit, all the command staff were killed, and the sailors fell into a panic!

Then watching the destroyers of the White Tiger Fleet gradually move away, Zhang Lin ordered the secondary artillery to stop firing, the distance was too far, and the hit rate was low, it could almost be regarded as wasting the auxiliary ammunition, this kind of thing Zhang Lin would not do!

Seeing that the battleships such as the Liberty no longer attacked them, the captains of these destroyers just breathed a sigh of relief, but the sharp alarm of their detection radar shattered their illusions: "Torpedo found in the bow!" ”

Just when they were thinking about using the destroyer's maneuverability to evade the past, the radar alarm sounded again: "Torpedo found in the stern!" ”

And the destroyer whose control tower was attacked was in a mess because there was no one to command, and it was first hit by a torpedo, and the huge underwater blasting power directly blew its hull into two sections, a large number of sailors died, and more fell overboard, and some people even couldn't leave the cabin and sank in the icy ocean with the battleship!

And the destroyer whose steering gear was damaged was lucky not to be hit because the friendly forces that had just been destroyed blocked a few torpedoes for them, but because they could not steer, the bow of the ship galloped towards a torpedo, watching the torpedo drag the white trail closer and closer, the spirit of the sailors on the destroyer almost collapsed, a large number of sailors scattered and began to jump into the sea to escape, the captain could not stop it, in less than five seconds, the torpedo hit the bow of the ship, exploded a big hole under the waterline of the bow, and almost completely destroyed the bow, A huge amount of sea water poured into that destroyer, and in a few minutes he would sink into the ocean!

Although the remaining two destroyers were desperately trying to dodge the torpedoes, the torpedoes that attacked before and after did not give them a chance, and then there were several muffled noises in the smoke screen, and Zhang Lin knew that this was the sound of the torpedo hitting and exploding!

The Liberty's hydroacoustic radar detected the torpedo coming from the smoke screen, the battleship maneuvered very poorly, if the torpedo could not be detected early, it would be a little late to avoid it when the torpedo was close, this is the reason why Zhang Lin equipped the Liberty with hydroacoustic radar, due to the discovery of the incoming torpedo in advance, and the torpedo speed was slow, the Liberty easily dodged the past!

"Sir, the destroyer fleet can't be contacted anymore, it seems that they are more than lucky, sir, the enemy is strong, we have to plan early!" The report of the adjutant of the White Tiger Fleet made the commander of the White Tiger Fleet furious, and he slammed his fist on the table: "Now it's difficult for us to leave, do you know what the speed of the battleship on the opposite side is?" According to the radar speed measurement just now, its fastest speed reached thirty-three knots, and we couldn't outrun them at all, and it was only a matter of time before we were caught up! ”

The words of the commander of the White Tiger Fleet made his adjutant completely stunned: "Sir, you didn't scare me, did you, a battleship of thirty-three knots, how is this possible?" ”

"I don't want to believe such a thing either, but the radar speed measurement is like this, we can't escape, order the heavy cruisers, alternate cover, and we slowly withdraw from the battle!" Although the commander of the White Tiger Fleet gave such an order, his heart was already desperate, if he was the commander of the opposite fleet in such a situation, would he give up such a great opportunity? The answer is no, but if the battle continues, defeat is only a matter of time or time, and it is difficult to reverse it at all, the heavy cruiser can run to a speed of thirty-five knots, at least there is hope of getting out of the battle, but his battleship is only twenty-four knots, and it cannot escape from the opponent's rapid speed at all, do you want to surrender?

Zhang Lin looked at the radar, showing that the enemy only had three heavy cruisers and one battleship left, so the elimination of this group of pirates was in front of him, this kind of opportunity Zhang Lin would not give up, and did not give the enemy a chance to breathe: "Order the destroyer fleet to go around the rear of the enemy, release torpedoes, and prevent the enemy from escaping, and the rest of the ships take the Liberty as the vanguard, rush at full speed, and be sure to destroy the enemy all!" ”