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The battleship USS Connecticut sank at 8:43 a.m. on July 26, 1912, in the depths of nearly 800 meters about 55 kilometers west-west of the fishing port of Tibor, Guam, an hour and a half after the first wave of raids in the early morning, and the captain, Colonel Samirham, 36 officers and 450 soldiers, were finally captured by armed Chinese fishing boats that arrived 10 hours later, and nearly a third of the remaining Americans were all killed at sea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Brooklyn Shipyard's 1903 masterpiece is clearly outdated today, but Colonel Samirham's final decision to break away from the fleet to attract Chinese firepower still gave Vice Admiral Abel crucial time to evacuate...... Of course, the USS Connecticut did not fight alone, and the mortally wounded battleships USS South Carolina and USS Mindasuni were his down-and-out brothers.

In the face of the Chinese Air Force, which severely damaged the US Grand Fleet with two surprise attacks, Vice Admiral Abel has fully understood the huge mistake he has made - he has never realized the amazing strength of the Chinese in air strikes, and the so-called anti-aircraft firepower of the Grand Fleet is simply not enough to resist the powerful challenge from China's air strikes.

For this seemingly small mistake, he had to pay a huge price...... The only thing that can be thankful is that it seems that the Grand Fleet of the Chinese Navy has never appeared around itself, and if Chinese land-based fighters arrive to attack during the decisive battle of the Grand Fleet in Guam, this result will be absolutely fatal, not now that several warships have suffered heavy losses!

God knows Chinese how many torpedo planes and bombers that make a strange whistling sound on Guam, and the Chinese fighter group that has disappeared into the sky at this moment has taken away not only the Chinese results, but also the courage of the American soldiers!

You must bring the Grand Fleet back, plug in the anti-aircraft firepower that will make your opponents tremble, and wait for the next decisive opportunity! Vice Admiral Abel made up his mind in a moment, but as the commander of the fleet, he also made a very resolute decision - the battered battleships USS South Carolina, USS Mindasuni and USS Connecticut!

3, this was the final decision that Abel weighed in his mind, as for why the battleship South Carolina was included instead of the earlier damaged Mississippi, there was no special pointer in this, it was just a necessary decision as the commander of the fleet, and this decision was immediately and resolutely implemented, and the commander of the battleship South Carolina, Rear Admiral Evans, immediately took the initiative to serve as the commander of the detachment.

At 7:40 a.m., Wu Hongyuan, who was tracking the US Grand Fleet on the periphery, sent a telegram to the Guam Naval Base, confirming that the U.S. Grand Fleet had begun a westward maneuver, and at the same time, a detachment of the Americans was interfering with the continued tracking of the fleet under Wu Hongyuan's command on the periphery.

At 41 a.m., when Wu Hongyuan, who had just finished sending a telegram, was thinking about how to gracefully eat three American battleships emitting black smoke, Lin Yongsheng sent a grim news from the base - at 5:40 a.m., the Second Squadron under the jurisdiction of Tang Zhen was 220 kilometers south-west of Guam to meet the Royal Navy's fast fleet under the command of Lord Dieters.

Wu Hongyuan was also taken aback by this sudden new situation, the British were operating in the waters west of Guam, and also attacked several Chinese merchant ships, for him had long been concerned about this matter, but the British did not seem to have the consciousness to work hard for the Yankees, and they were not in a hurry to come to Guam to participate in the battle, so they were able to give themselves a chance to play...... These guys from Lu Hang did a good job and dealt a fatal blow to the Yankees, but there was obviously still a huge gap between them and a decisive victory.

"Send a telegram to Commander Lin, and immediately have fighters capable of participating in the battle to assist us in attacking the South Carolina and other 3 ships!" He gave the order without hesitation, and at the same time turned around and handed the telegram to Xu Sheng, a staff officer beside him, "Give orders to all ships to prepare for battle, and when the battle is over, we will immediately attack south and prepare to meet the British!" ”

Xu Sheng looked at the telegram carefully, and his expression also changed, the Ryukyu bullied and bullied the American Iron Turtle okay, at least it could shoot cold guns from a distance, but on the British side, the two battle cruisers of the Invincible and the Strong were not vegetarians, and the speed, firepower, and armor were all the existence of the Ryukyu, and it was really targeted, which was definitely a tragedy!

"General, the Second Fleet has battleships and aircraft carriers, and it's no fun for us to rush there, so let's eat Yankee's meat first...... If they run out of the range of the army aviation, it will be troublesome......" Xu Sheng said halfway, and when he saw Wu Hongyuan's unkind expression, he immediately closed his mouth and ran to the telegraph room to give an order!

At 7:51, 21 torpedo planes of the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Army Aviation Division under Shen Mingyuan's command reappeared on the battlefield and joined the siege of 3 American battleships with the rumbling of artillery.

This is an unexpected problem for Wu Hongyuan, there are all big guys equipped with more than 12-inch main guns, although the hull and power of the 3 battleships are damaged, but the main guns and lifting bombs are estimated to be no big problem, the American iron turtle crawling on the sea so slowly obviously helps to improve the shooting accuracy, and if you clean up the battlefield by yourself, you have to follow Tang Zhen to eat meat, but you can't lie down here!

Therefore, what ultimately determined the outcome of the war was not obviously not a naval artillery duel, but a land attack that took more than 40 minutes to go back and forth, and only the number of fighters of the two army aviation regiments made this siege of the US ship a tug-of-war that took more than 4 hours, and the American Iron Tortoise gave full play to the true colors of the Iron Tortoise......

Almost at the same time, 220 kilometers south of Guam, a battleship encounter had entered its most intense stage!

At 6:04 a.m., three Chinese battleships, led by the battleship Canton, suddenly appeared in front of Lord Dieters' flagship battleship USS George V, and directly seized the top of the T-shaped position.

Of course, at this time, the distance between the two sides is more than 26,000 meters, if it is not for the very good weather conditions on the day, otherwise the British may not have found the Chinese fleet at the observation limit distance of this lookout, but this is not really important, Tang Zhen clearly knows the comparison of the strength of the two fleets, although the battleships Guangzhou and Shanxi are outstanding, but the other side also has the latest cutting-edge George V and Monarch dreadnoughts.

The caliber of the guns on both sides has reached the strongest configuration of 13.5 inches at the moment, as for the advantage in fire control, Tang Zhen is not sure that he can only use this advantage to fight against opponents who are more than twice as many as himself, not to mention, Lord Dieters still has two invincible-class battle cruisers in his hands, and the battleship Dayu in his fleet is to drag the fleet back in terms of speed!

When he received the order to rush, the order given by the commander of the Grand Fleet, Liu Hetu, was also very clear - to hold off the British! Therefore, the tactical arrangements made were also completely based on this purpose, and the three battleships with a speed of 24 knots formed a fast formation to challenge the British, and the Shandong aircraft carrier and the Dayu battleship were his spare hands!

Tang Zhen's tactical arrangement was obviously the best response for him in the current situation, but he did not expect that a notoriously cautious Lord Dieters, after observing the Chinese fleet, did not directly exclude the destroyer for approaching reconnaissance, but immediately hoisted a Dujuan-class reconnaissance plane from the battleship Hindustan at the tail of the queue.

As a result, the harassment war planned by Tang Zhen directly turned into a three-sided battle led by Lord Dieters...... (To be continued.) )

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