Chapter 158: Storm Pirates Only Fight 2
The third squad of the Suzaku fleet began to break away from the fleet, gradually accelerating away, and the White Tiger Fleet, which was not far away from the Suzaku fleet, also sent a fleet to act together!
Zhang Lin led the fleet on patrol and received a report that "the warships of the Pirate Alliance have been discovered, and in the southeast of the fleet, there are two fleets, a total of eleven warships!" ”
This is the information sent by the reconnaissance plane, this is not very easy to do, the two fleets of the Pirate Alliance are working step by step, although this weakens the fleet to a certain extent, but it is difficult for Zhang Lin to severely damage their main fleet at one time, which is very unfavorable to the Storm Fleet!
There are only eleven warships, five of which are battleships, which is different from the pirates of the Pirate Alliance, which are all warships that are not well maintained, and the sailors are the elite of the Pirate Alliance, which should not be underestimated!
However, Zhang Lin is interested in meeting this advance team, if there is a chance, he must first hit this advance team before the decisive battle of the main force, which can also greatly relieve the pressure!
Under the deliberate approach of both sides, the advance team discharged by the Storm Strait and the Suzaku Fleet of the Black Dragon Fleet quickly approached, since they were all exchanges of fire from large ships and huge guns, there was no need to act cautiously like destroyers, in this line of thought, the fleets of the two sides would soon meet!
The Storm Fleet had three battleships, the USS Liberty, USS Victory, and the USS Dreadnought, a battlecruiser, the USS Pioneer, and two heavy cruisers, the USS Sun and USS Sun, two Hope-class destroyers!
Slightly inferior to the enemy in terms of quantity, but much stronger than the Pirate League in terms of quality damage!
"Enemy target appears!" As the shipborne radar spotted the enemy, the Storm Fleet quickly entered combat readiness, and the carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft had taken off, ready for the next artillery battle!
And the Pirate Alliance also discovered the Storm Fleet here, the advance team of the Black Dragon Fleet was calm and calm, and the Sailor Gate did not have any emotional fluctuations for the next battle, I have to say that the pirates. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Alliance has a hand that can train so many dead soldiers to control warships, and the general fleet is not an opponent at all!
These people are not afraid of death, there will be no emotional fluctuations, even if the battleship is about to capsize, they will not panic, they will still fight calmly until the battleship is completely swallowed by the sea, isn't such an enemy terrible?
On the other hand, the advance team of the Suzaku fleet is a little passive and waiting for the battle, under the instruction of Kaide and Kaier, this fleet is preparing extremely slowly, and even the Black Dragon Fleet has exchanged fire with the Storm Fleet, this fleet is still approaching the battlefield leisurely, and I don't see them seem to be coming to fight at all!
The battleships of the Black Dragon Fleet did surprise Zhang Lin, in the first wave of firefights, Zhang Lin had already judged that the caliber of the enemy's main gun was about 406 mm, and the landing points of the shells were all around the battleship, such shooting accuracy was indeed very different from the previous pirates!
The previous enemies were too weak to stimulate Zhang Lin's fighting spirit, but this time it was different, and he finally met a decent opponent, which made Zhang Lin excited and Zhang Lin happy! Only by fighting with such an opponent can we test our own shortcomings and truly see the combat effectiveness of the fleet!
There are no fancy tactics to come up, the bombardment of the cannon of the giant ship, the shells of both sides can cause fatal damage to the opponent's battleship, whoever can take the lead in the artillery battle will be able to take the initiative in the battlefield!
Zhang Lin, who knew this well, almost tried all his thoughts, first calibrated the reconnaissance plane to shoot, and then ordered the fire control radar to take over the main gun, at a distance of twenty-five kilometers, the main gun of the Dreadnought began to play a large-caliber advantage, at this distance, her main gun is enough to penetrate any warship of the Pirate Alliance, and the battleship of the Pirate Alliance needs to shorten the distance to about twenty kilometers if it wants to penetrate her main armor belt, and the advantage distance of five kilometers is enough for the Dreadnought to gain enough advantages!
The Dreadnought did not disappoint Zhang Lin, in the reconnaissance aircraft and fire control radar at the same time, the second salvo fired, it achieved the first hit, two caliber 460 mm shells accurately hit a battleship of the Black Dragon Fleet, the two sides were in a T-shaped formation, the shells directly penetrated the 120 mm deck armor of the battleship of the Black Dragon Fleet from the deck, the violent explosion made the battleship shake for a while, although it did not hit the core combat compartment of the battleship, but still killed nearly a hundred sailors, And destroyed the structure of several adjacent compartments!
It's just that the sailors of the Black Dragon Fleet ignored the comrades who died next to them, and continued to be nervously busy in the combat posts, and even these fallen comrades-in-arms didn't even look at them, they were very cold-blooded and ruthless!
It's just that the combat effectiveness of such a fleet is also very terrifying, three minutes after the engagement, the Black Dragon Fleet returned the color to the Storm Fleet, a 406 mm shell passed directly under the main mast of the Victory, fortunately there was no explosion, only the line of the detection radar was broken, and an operational staff officer came out of the control tower, risked being hit, climbed onto the mast, and took ten minutes to connect the radar line!
Under the alternate cover of the Dreadnought and the Freedom, the Victory had a respite and continued to fight in the following battles!
On the flagship of the advance team of the Black Dragon Fleet, a sailor presented a combat report to the commander, and the commander opened the combat report, read it, and his face was a little not good-looking!
The combat report said: The enemy's armor protection is too thick, and our fleet has achieved a total of 11 effective hits in the battle, but the shells that hit the armored protection area of the enemy ship have poor armor penetration, according to which it is speculated that our artillery shells can no longer penetrate the main armor belt of the enemy ship at this distance!
The commander asked: "Adjutant, what about the advance team of the Suzaku fleet, why don't you see them coming to support, we only have two battleships, it is difficult to match the enemy at all, speed up and send a telegram to the advance team of the Suzaku fleet, let them come to support!" ”
Then the commander added: "Order the fleet to get closer until our armor-piercing shells can penetrate the main armor belt of the enemy ship, and send a report to Chief Allen that we have encountered the main force of the Storm Fleet, and ask for quick support!" ”
Watching the Black Dragon Fleet constantly trying to get closer, Zhang Lin said to himself, "Found a problem? I give you this opportunity to order the sub-artillery group to prepare, and when the enemy approaches twenty kilometers, fire with all its strength at the battleships of the Black Dragon Fleet, and try to inflict heavy damage on their battleships before the Suzaku Fleet comes up to support! ”
In fact, Zhang Lin also made a mistake, even if the battleships of the Black Dragon Fleet were severely damaged, they would not be forced to withdraw from the battle, these guys who are not afraid of pain can only completely sink them or the commander orders to withdraw from the battle, otherwise they will not die!