Zhang Lin and Li Li came to the front main artillery group first, the sailors here were chatting, because the inside of the battleship was relatively closed, even if Zhang Lin took into account the improvement of ventilation during the construction process, it was still relatively hot here, these sailors chatted very happily, and when they saw Zhang Lin coming, they hurriedly stood up "Hello sir!" ”

Zhang Lin motioned for them all to sit down: "Brothers, they have worked hard!" ”

"It's not hard, we never dreamed that we would become sailors of such a big warship, sir, are we going to teach pirates a lesson now?" The sailors are very concerned about this problem, and they are haunted by the big losses they suffered in the Free City before!

Zhang Lin nodded: "Pay attention to combat preparations, the battle will start immediately!" ”

"Yes! Sir! ”

It took more than an hour for Zhang Lin and Li Li to finish reading all the combat teams in the Liberty and returned to the conning tower: "The spirit of the sailors is good, and the training results in this section are good, but we must continue to train, and the unfinished training plan must be completed after this battle!" ”

Li Lijian Zhang Lin said this, a little confused: "Sir, since you can already fight, why do you continue to train!" ”

"I want to select and train conductors in it, so some subjects must be carried out, and the opportunities given to them are equal, it depends on whether they can seize the opportunity!" Zhang Lin's meaning is very clear, give them equal opportunities, and it is up to them to seize the opportunity or not!

Zhang Lin finished speaking: "The first-level combat readiness is about to enter the predetermined position!" ”

"Sir, a telegram from the harbor!" The correspondent handed a telegram to Zhang Lin!

"According to the plan, the shelling of the pirate battleship has been carried out, and the pirates have already gone to the predetermined position!" After reading it, Zhang Lin knew that the battle was about to start!

Then Zhang Lin ordered: "The detection radar is fully powered!" ”

"Enemy target appears!"

"Can you measure the distance between the enemy and us?" Zhang Lin asked. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The radar soldier reported: "Sir, now the enemy is forty-seven kilometers away from us!" ”

"Ask if the destroyer fleet has arrived at the intended position?"

"Sir, the Hope has sent a communication, and the destroyer fleet has assembled at the predetermined location, everything is ready, waiting for the commander's order!" The correspondent took off the headset and said to Zhang Lin!

After listening to it, Zhang Lin said: "Pass my order and approach the enemy at full speed!" After twenty kilometers of each other, three light cruisers alternately opened the smoke curtain to protect our warships! ”

Then the Liberty increased from a nineteen-knot cruising speed to full speed, and ten minutes later, the Liberty reached the predetermined position, and the three light cruisers began to pull the smoke curtain to cover the Liberty!

However, the detection radar of the pirate fleet had already spotted the Liberty, but the white smoke screen made it impossible for them to spot the Liberty in the observation scope, which had a great impact on their shooting and aiming!

Then the three light cruisers began to shell the pirate warship, their main guns have an effective range of about 20 kilometers, due to the large distance, basically located at the limit range, the speed of the shells during the flight is greatly attenuated, and the flight time is too long, resulting in these pirates can easily avoid their shells! At such distances, the hit rate of shells is really pitiful!

Then the main guns of the Liberty have been loaded, but Zhang Lin did not let them open their guns, most of the battleships that have appeared so far are destroyers, not only the shells are not easy to hit, but even if the mission is hit, it is only through, unless it hits the water bullet or hits the waterline, otherwise it will not cause too much damage to the destroyer!

Zhang Lin was waiting for the enemy's heavy cruisers, and the only battleship, Zhang Lin understood that only if you destroy these battleships can you deal a serious blow to these pirates, after all, only heavy cruisers and battleships are the enemy's capital ships!

The detection radar constantly broadcast the discovery of enemy destroyers, but the cruisers and battleships have not appeared, but Zhang Lin is very patient, if it is only these dozen destroyers, then it is not a fleet sent by the Pirate Alliance at all, this is just a straggler of some pirates, not worth the attack of the Liberty!

In the smoke screen, Zhang Lin kept the Liberty maneuvering, and the pirate destroyer continued to attack the four battleships hidden in the smoke screen with the help of the detection radar, and the Freedom Hao had been hit three times, but none of them hit the superstructure, all of them hit the main armor belt of 420 mm on the side of the Liberty, only causing a slight vibration of the hull, without causing any damage!

But Zhang Lin didn't want the shells to hit the deck, all the wooden planks used on the deck of the battleship were horizontal armor under the planks, and the destroyer used high-explosive shells, which could easily make these wooden decks catch fire and cause fire! The decks of battleships were all made of wood, because to carry out ocean-going operations, in the tropics, if the steel deck was used, the temperature of the cabin below the deck would exceed fifty degrees Celsius, and the temperature of the deck would also be high, causing the sailors to not work at all, and the wooden deck could avoid this problem, but the disadvantage was that it was prone to fire!

There are constantly shells falling into the water around the Liberty, and the splash has made her deck have a lot of water, but Zhang Lin did not let the sailors clean up these, when the Liberty is driving at high speed, there are often waves that will splash on the deck from both sides of the bow of the ship, although it is a wooden deck, but there are requirements for corrosion resistance and water immersion ability, all of which are precious wood called teak!

This kind of wood meets the anti-slip, anti-corrosion, anti-sun and non-flammable requirements of the battleship deck, and naturally becomes the first choice for the battleship deck!

Zhang Lin was surprised that the fleet sent by the Pirate Alliance did not appear, and did not receive the news that they had withdrawn, and Delin sent a message, that fleet came here, could it be that it was diverted halfway?

Thinking of this, Zhang Lin had no interest in spending time with these destroyers, so he ordered the fleet to start advancing, narrowing the distance with the pirate warships, and ordering all the warships to turn on the hydrolistening radar to avoid being torpedoed by the pirate destroyers!

"Fifteen kilometers away from the enemy destroyer" detection radar reported the distance between the Liberty and the pirate warship over and over again, at this distance, the Liberty can already let its secondary guns exert their maximum fire suppression ability, and their own cruisers will also increase the hit rate of the shells because of the distance, just when Zhang Lin was about to order the Hope T to swing away, let his side face the enemy pirate destroyer, and let one side of the secondary gun fully fire and suppress! When cooperating with the cruiser to defeat these pirate destroyers, the surveillance radar again announced: "Enemy targets have appeared!" ”

"Enemy battleships spotted!"

"Enemy cruisers spotted!"

Zhang Lin immediately ordered the observation tower to confirm the position of the enemy warship, and after receiving the observation tower's affirmation, Zhang Lin muttered: "You are finally here!" ”