This Soviet-class ship is going to be finished! Huffmel thought to himself that the Soviet-class had two power compartments, and in each of them there was a boiler compartment with four boilers, which meant that blowing out one boiler compartment would make the battleship lose at least half of its power. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Feeling that victory was in sight, Huffmel put down his binoculars, then reached out and took a cigar from his pocket, and before he could light it, an unexpected change occurred.

The nine 406mm guns of the Ukraine, which had been beaten as if they were powerless, flashed again, and nine 406mm shells erupted, one of which hit the 260mm-thick front side armor of the 7th layer of the Veneto's bridge impartially. The shell tore through the 260mm armor without much effort, and then exploded under the Veneto's conning tower. The tremendous force of the explosion of the 406mm shell was transmitted to the command tower, and everyone was bumped into the air by the impact force from their feet, and then fell hard, and Hufmel only felt the back of his head hit some hard object, and then he completely fainted, and never woke up again!

This is probably what makes people tremble in the battleship decisive battle, and the confrontation between two battleships, as long as there is no gap of several generations, nothing is foolproof. Even if an opponent cuts corners a little, it can still be quite fatal.

So the confrontation between battleships can only belong to truly fearless warriors!

Seeing smoke and fire rising from the bridge of the battleship Veneto, hope was refreshed in the heart of Rear Admiral Chandler, who was commanding a fake battleship.

The bridge is the command center of a battleship and even the brain of a fleet! If that Veneto-class was the flagship, there was a good chance that the German fleet would be in disarray.

Here's the chance!

Thinking of this, Chandler ordered the Ukraine to continue firing and bombard the Veneto, and at the same time ordered the light cruisers and destroyers following the Ukraine to charge the Veneto, who had been shot on the bridge.

His goal was not to sink the Veneto, but to force it back, and as long as the Veneto had one leg, then the Ukrainian's opponent would be left with only two Veneto-class ships.

1:2, there may not be no way to live!

However, what happened next disappointed Chandler, and the battered Veneto did not retreat, still fighting against the 406mm shells fired by the Ukraine. And 1 minute later, under the command of the deputy captain located on the rear bridge, the ship turned horizontally, and aimed all 6 381mm guns of the 2 main turrets that could still be used at the Ukraine.

The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the destroyer Z46 rushed out from the right side of the horizontal line and fired 203mm and 128mm cannons at an American Fletcher-class destroyer rushing ahead. Although it missed, it also blocked the path of the American ships that were charging to the death.

At the same time, the battleships Vittorio and the Empire also turned sideways at a distance of less than 18,000 meters from the Ukraine, and aimed all their main guns at the Ukraine.

Now there are a total of 24 381mm cannons bombarding the Ukraine, and the distance between the two sides is close enough. The artillery battle at this distance is almost a replica of the line infantry lined up to shoot!

Every time the two sides fired at each other, a battleship would be shot, either the Veneto or the Ukraine. Since the 381mm cannon that bombarded the Ukraine was one and a half times more than the 406mm cannon of the Ukraine, the Ukrainian would receive 2-3 rounds in the middle and upper and the Veneto would only receive 1 round.

At 2:45, a 381mm armor-piercing shell fired by the Reich hit the side armor of the Ukrainian's No. 3 ammunition depot, and the 380mm thick steel plate did not block the 381mm shells, and the shells exploded in the ammunition depot, killing more than 200 406mm shells stored there. The violent explosion caused devastating damage to the Ukraine, the hull was blown in two, and a few minutes later, the "fake and shoddy battleship" with a standard displacement of nearly 60,000 tons and a crew of more than 2,300 ships sank into the Atlantic.

In addition to more than a dozen people who were rescued, more than 2,300 people, including the captain and commander of the formation, Rear Admiral Chandler, were all killed!

And the sinking of the battleship Ukraine also meant the destruction of the entire formation, and several American destroyers escorting it were also wiped out in the later sea chase battle. Nearly 4,000 U.S. Navy officers and sailors were either captured or sunk into the icy Atlantic!

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"Colonel, the battleship formation of the Americans has been found! The radar indicated in the direction of 11 o'clock, about 90 kilometers away. ”

"Great...... All note, I am Colonel Peltz, the target is in front of us, and now prepare to attack, and the squadrons lower their altitudes and spread out in the formation of golden combs. ”

Shortly after the Ukraine sank into the sea with its captain who hated fakes, in the night sky hundreds of kilometers away, the "Thor Force", consisting of 24 Ju188E-2 torpedo bombers, finally found the Soviet Russian battleship that was desperately fleeing under the guidance of the light cruiser Vienna.

The "Thor Force" was initially composed of 30 Ju188E-2s, but not long after takeoff, they were attacked by twelve P61 night fighters (they were covering a convoy of transport ships heading towards Georgetown), 2 Ju188E-2s were shot down in a daze, and 4 were damaged and could not continue their mission, so they had to fly to Cayenne Airport for temporary shelter.

Although the division was unfavorable, Thor's troops did not encounter any further trouble during the subsequent flight, and in the early morning of September 7, under the guidance of the radio waves sent by the light cruiser Vienna, they found the Soviet Russian battleship that had fled very "leisurely".

Unlike the Ukrainian, which was pursued by 3 Veneto-class battleships, the EC hull behind the butt of the Soviet Russia was only 3 light cruisers, and they did not dare to get too close, and they had been hiding behind the butt of the Soviet Russia for seventy or eighty kilometers before dark, relying on 3 Ar196 seaplanes (carried on 3 light cruisers) and 1 Bv138D large seaplane to track. At night, it accelerated to a distance of 40 kilometers, illuminated from a distance by shipborne radar.

However, the captain and formation commander of the USS Russia, Henry Brown. Rear Admiral Mulinix, however, did not dare to take it lightly, because he already knew about the bloody destruction of the Halsey formation by 12 Type 21 submarines.

In his mind, the 3 light patrols of the Germans must have been to guide the submarine who did not know where it was ambushed!

Therefore, after discovering the "tail," Rear Admiral Mulinix ordered the formation to flee in the direction of Puerto Rico at full speed -- as long as they could escape into the protective circle of shore-based aircraft deployed on the shore-based base of Puerto Rico before dawn, then they could rely on the "Catarina" seaplane to carry out anti-submarine operations and get rid of the threat of German submarines.

Even the Type 21 U-boat was somewhat troublesome when it encountered a seaplane equipped with a radar that could search the surface of the water, at least it did not dare to float, and it could not maintain a high speed all the time while hiding underwater.

But to the surprise of Rear Admiral Mulinix's torpedo, he heard not an early warning of an incoming submarine, but an air defense alarm.

"Sir, the enemy planes have been spotted, with more than 20 in number, 3000 in height, 100 in distance, and 300 in speed, and they are flying towards us!"

"It's a night torpedo bomber!" Rear Admiral Mulinix immediately guessed what kind of opponent he was encountering - but he couldn't figure out where these medium bombers, which could drop torpedoes at night, took off. Could it be that there are aircraft carriers of the Germans nearby? But according to intelligence, the Germans did not have shipborne torpedo bombers at all?

"Maintain a speed of 28 knots, take an S-shaped evasive course, do not turn on searchlights, and do not rush to fire with anti-aircraft fire." Rear Admiral Mulinix thought about it and did not choose to meet the enemy in an anti-aircraft formation. Because there were not a few escort ships around his battleship, and it was now night, and the anti-aircraft guns without radar fire control could not hit the target at all.

Instead of turning on the searchlight to expose the target, it is better to continue the S-shaped course with the black light, and maybe you can avoid all the torpedoes.

Just when Rear Admiral Mulinix was trying to escape by luck, three European Community light cruisers, 38,000 meters behind the battleship Soviet-Russian, ejected Ar196 seaplanes with flares......

"Sir, two enemy planes are approaching ......"

At about 3:40 a.m. on September 7, when the captain and commander of the formation, Henry . When Rear Admiral Mulinix heard the loud report from the electronic officer holding the phone, a bright and dazzling ball of fire suddenly erupted in the sky directly in front of the command tower.

Experienced U.S. Rear Admiral knew that this was a flare that would make the battleship Russoa show its original shape in the dark!

Henry. Rear Admiral Mulinex's heart sank suddenly, and knowing that he couldn't dodge, he immediately squinted his eyes and ordered: "Turn on all searchlights, pay attention to the sea and the sky!" ”

"Guns, all anti-aircraft guns ready to fire!"

At the shouting of Rear Admiral Mulinix, the high-powered searchlights began to sweep into the air, and all the 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and 20mm machine guns also raised their muzzles (these anti-aircraft guns were added after the Soviet-class arrived in the United States), ready to fire at any time.

At this moment, the electronic officer in the command tower shouted again: "Nine o'clock! The radar detected enemy aircraft, more than 10 aircraft, altitude 100, distance 50, is rapidly approaching! ”