Chapter 142: The Power of the Dreadnought Add to the promise

The encounter had just begun, although the White Tiger Fleet was in a smoke screen and could not be seen from the observation tower, but with the advanced radar, the fire control of the Storm Fleet still locked on the battleships of the White Tiger Fleet, with Zhang Lin's order, the main guns of the three battleships and one battlecruiser fired a salvo, the roar of the giant cannon resounded throughout the sea area, and the shells drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the predetermined sea area, but under the cover of the smoke screen, the observation tower of the Storm Fleet could not observe whether it hit the target or not, in fact, a shell from the Intrepid hit the enemy ship, It was a destroyer that ran through its entire hull at its waterline. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the shell only penetrated excessively, the entire shell penetrated through the position very deadly, penetrating through the engine room, the entire engine could not be repaired, and both sections of the ship were damaged, and a large amount of water began to enter!

"The conning tower, the ship is seriously damaged, the engine has been destroyed, the water ingress cannot be controlled, it is recommended to abandon the ship!"

After hearing the damage management report, the captain of this destroyer immediately ordered to abandon the ship, in this case, hesitation is death!

However, Zhang Lin didn't want these guys to hide in the smoke screen all the time, after the formation of the storm fleet was expanded, Zhang Lin ordered the torpedo to be released immediately, just to let the White Tiger Fleet come out of the smoke screen, with such a big disparity in strength, there was no accident to destroy the White Tiger Fleet!

In fact, within a range of twenty kilometers, the Storm Fleet can be said to occupy the vast majority of the advantage, the battleships of the White Tiger Fleet are difficult to penetrate the main armor protection area of the Storm Fleet battleships at this distance, while the Storm Fleet can easily penetrate the armor protection area of the White Tiger Fleet, Zhang Lin ordered the fleet to start to break through, once the White Tiger Fleet leaves the smoke screen protection, they will be greeted with a devastating blow!

The White Tiger Fleet also refused to be restrained, and in the smoke screen area, it fired back frantically, and three high-explosive shells directly hit the bow of the Liberty, and the hull of the Liberty vibrated violently!

"The conning tower, the bow of the ship was hit, a fire broke out, and the damage management team is already under control!"

Regarding the fire at the bow of the ship, Zhang Lin didn't care: "The engine power is all turned on, and the damage management personnel will immediately return to their posts!" ”

When the Liberty is sailing at high speed, the waves will rush to the bow deck, and if a fire breaks out here, it only takes one minute to sail at high speed, and the fire will be extinguished when it rushes to the deck!

When the two sides were fourteen kilometers apart, the radar of the White Tiger fleet detected a torpedo approaching, and since the entire fleet had thirteen battleships gathered in a small range, it was already difficult for the entire fleet to evade, and in the panic, the sound of torpedo hits came from the smoke screen!

"Commander, request to evacuate, our ship was hit with two torpedoes, the hull is broken, and it is rapidly entering the water!"

Such reports, which the commander of the White Tiger Fleet heard three times, made him realize that the smoke screen was no longer safe, and the White Tiger Fleet began to leave the smoke screen protection area!

The Intrepid's nine main guns were pointed out of the smoke screen area at this time, and its fire control radar had already locked on a heavy cruiser of the White Tiger fleet, just waiting for it to leave the smoke screen!

As soon as the heavy cruiser was in view, the nine 460-mm guns of the Dreadnought opened fire, and nine armor-piercing shells weighing nearly two tons roared towards the heavy cruiser!

Shells fell around the heavy cruiser, and when the waves splashed by the shells fell, the observation tower of the Dreadnought began to report: "Report to the conning tower, the enemy ship has exploded, the hull is tilted sixteen degrees to our side, the enemy ship's engines are stopped!" ”

In fact, the dreadnought's shells hit only three shots, one exploded in the boiler compartment and blew up the engine, the other two pierced through the enemy's armor at the waterline, one hit the oil depot, causing a fire, one shell exploded, damaging the adjacent watertight compartment, three bullet holes flooded, the heavy cruiser was simply uncontrollable, and in a few minutes, it began to sink tilting!

After sinking a heavy cruiser, the main guns of the Dreadnought slowly turned, looking for the next target for attack, and the secondary guns fired wildly at the flagship of the White Tiger fleet, this is a battleship, but the firepower of the secondary guns on both sides is no longer of the same level at all, there are fifty secondary guns on one side of the Dreadnought, plus two triple-mounted 203 mm secondary guns behind the main turret, there are a total of fifty-six secondary guns, the 100 mm and 127 mm secondary guns can fire every three seconds, and the 203 mm ones take ten seconds, But the shooting of the secondary guns never stopped, and the commander of the White Tiger Fleet saw the Intrepid fire like firecrackers, his eyes were straight, and the firepower of the two warships was in stark contrast, and in just two minutes, the Intrepid made the flagship of the White Tiger Fleet completely fall into the sea of fire, and the flagship of the White Tiger Fleet had no intention of fighting at all, and only cared about escaping!

After the hull turned, due to the angle, the main gun fire of the Dreadnought would make most of the shells ricochet, and Wang Liang, the captain of all the Dreadnoughts, did not let the main guns fire, but searched for the next target, but the secondary guns of the Dreadnought were too fierce, and with the assistance of efficient fire control radar, it took less than ten minutes to completely flatten the superstructure of the flagship of the White Tiger Fleet, and the fire caused by it completely burned the wooden deck of the flagship of the White Tiger Fleet, even if this battleship can survive, it will take at least half a year to overhaul!

The Dreadnought seized the opportunity, and one of the battleships of the White Tiger fleet was hit by the main guns of the Liberty, and when fleeing in panic, the Dreadnought fell into the well and fired a salvo of the main guns on that battleship, and a large number of shells hit between the two main turrets in front, and the observation tower reported that at least five shells were hit at the waterline below the main turret!

Wang Liang was wondering why so many shells were hit, and the local warships did not react, could it be that the shells were over-penetrated or ricocheted? It's not impossible!

Just when Wang Liang was puzzled, the No. 1 main turret of the battleship of the White Tiger Fleet suddenly exploded violently, the entire gun carriage was blown away, and the bow of the ship began to sink towards the sea, and in the process of sinking, the No. 2 main turret exploded again, and this explosion completely destroyed the bow structure, and the battleship disappeared into the sea in less than five minutes!

After sinking three battleships, the White Tiger Fleet could no longer take advantage of the darkness to escape here, the sun was still hanging in the western sky, and the White Tiger Fleet began to retreat towards the home port, Zhang Lin watched them escape, and he was not in a hurry to catch up, but just followed closely and shelled with the main turret in front!

In front of the White Tiger Fleet, fifteen submarines are waiting for them, the stealth killer is already impatient, due to the limitation of speed, the submarine fleet did not arrive at the battlefield in time, but it cut off the back road of the White Tiger Fleet, just waiting for the White Tiger Fleet to send it to the door!