Battleship vs armored cruiser, the difference in strength between the two sides is a clear fact, Wu Hongyuan did not intend to make any unrealistic battles, but, if you don't shoot hard, I'm afraid the Yankees will also suspect that something is wrong with the Chinese fleet, in that case, the plan to buy time for the Nanping is obviously problematic!

His character will not allow any such a bad trend, so this duel with a seemingly disparity in battle index has gone to two extremes from the beginning, Wu Hongyuan's all-out efforts and Stehl's anger, surprise, surprise, and incomprehension......

"We are challenged by the other direction...... The Chinese are so arrogant! The observer officer reported the situation to Brigadier General Stehr almost angrily. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The Chinese must be playing tricks! Unless they're crazy! Commodore Stehr stared at the end of the sea and sky in the distance, and his first reaction was this, you know, a moment ago, the destroyers Israel and Ruz had just been almost dead in a raid, and nearly two hundred American troops did not know whether they were alive or dead, and now, this seems to be the only heavy patrol of the Chinese near Guam but wants to find themselves to fight, which is completely illogical!

Just as Brigadier General Stehl was hesitating, a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced the sky in the sea under the setting sun in the distance......

"General, the enemy ship has opened fire! The distance of 22,000 meters ......" lookout rushed down to report as soon as possible.

In less than a minute, the destroyer Champelin, which had been ordered to make a reconnaissance, sent an urgent telegram in a frustrated manner, "It has encountered long-range shelling by the enemy's heavy patrols, and a close miss has caused water seepage in the rear waterline...... Can't get any closer! ”

(Mistaking the Ryukyu for a heavy cruiser is naturally the result of the Ryukyu's cannon barrel being dense enough, according to European standards, Britain, Germany, and Russia have built several heavy cruisers with a main gun caliber of more than 200mm and a number of main guns of more than 10, while the Ryukyu's 9 main guns are obviously not much different)

This news almost made Commodore Stehl roll his eyes, the two destroyers were on the left and right flanks of the battleship Mississippi at the moment, and the distance was no more than 8,000 meters, which meant that the other side shelled its own destroyers at a distance of about 14,000 meters, and directly fired a close miss in the first round.

Standing in front of the chart, at this moment the warships of both sides were rapidly moving away from the coastline of Guam, Commodore Stehr naturally saw at a glance the inferior speed of the battleship Mississippi, and he naturally understood that if he could not lead in speed, it would be impossible to bite the opponent...... Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason for the arrogance of the Chinese!

"Order the destroyers Champlin and the destroyers Lonsdale to gradually distance themselves and concentrate on our left flank, attract the Chinese to turn to the coastline, and give us an opportunity to shell!" Determined to seize this opportunity, Stehl immediately issued a new order, which seemed to have worked as he expected.

22000 m......

20,000 m ......

18,000 m ......

The two sides quickly approached, and on the battleship Mississippi, Commodore Sirter had already seen the toughness shown by his opponent, and the Ryukyu naturally made full use of his high speed at the first time after turning...... Of course, compared to the high speed of the Mississippi, after modernization, although the speed of only 24 knots, the speed of 6 knots is enough to form a tactical advantage.

As for the two American destroyers, they were not Wu Hongyuan's goal at all, he was just taking advantage of the situation, and the reason why he wanted to close the distance was the risk he had to take in this battle...... The modernization of the Ryukyu was mainly fire control and main guns, and the other aspects were not much changed due to the hull structure.

Today's installation of the NK07 triple 210mm rapid-fire gun, with an astonishing 52 times the diameter of the barrel, by Nanyang Heavy Industries for independent development and shooting, the effective range of an astonishing 16,000 meters, you know, in this era of the British Imperial giant ship cannon as the representative of the battleship, under the confidential mechanical fire control command, the combat distance to the limit of the horizon of about 18,000 meters.

In fact, the horizon is seriously constrained by weather and sea conditions, and the theoretical engagement distance is difficult to achieve ideally most of the time, so the so-called longest effective range of the Ryukyu, combined with the excellent shooting level of the Chinese soldiers on the Ryukyu, and the great luck component, only then did the so-called first round of close defeat against the destroyer Champlein.

Fortunately, the destroyer Champlin is just a thousand-ton thin-skinned dumpling, and with the shadow of the previous annihilation of the destroyer Israel and the Rutz, the Yankees were directly frightened as soon as they missed the shot......

At 5:20, the battlefield situation had changed drastically, and both sides had quickly narrowed the distance to 17,000 meters under their own considerations, but at this time, the battleship Mississippi still did not fire a single shot, which was not because of Commodore Stere's mercy, but entirely because of the position of the warships on both sides.

Originally, the Mississippi was in a state of tail pursuit, and in the process of sailing to the open sea, the Ryukyu almost effortlessly seized the most important T-shaped top position in the battleship battle for the first time, however, it is obvious that it is not a battleship duel now, and occupying a favorable artillery bombardment position does not determine the outcome of the battle......

Wu Hongyuan did not get stuck at the top of the most standard T-position, but made full use of the advantage of speed, occupying the position of the right side of the top of the T-shape by more than 15 degrees, and then no longer drove sideways, but began to maneuver continuously at a small angle, and began to drive in the same direction as the battleship Mississippi...... And constantly interfere with the possible school firing of the Mississippi!

"It is expected to be in the longest range in 2 minutes!" The officer's excited report came from the lookout, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded on the Ryukyu, and the gun pipes of the three main turrets, which had already been raised high, began to slowly rotate, constantly adjusting to point to the American ship that was spitting billowing black smoke in the distance.

Wu Hongyuan looked at the US ships rushing over at full speed, but did not make a decision immediately, before the long-distance shelling of the US destroyers, that was almost the limit of the Ryukyu attack, hitting the enemy ship at the longest range of the shells, although it is not impossible, but it is certainly not a good commander is willing to decide, how to effectively hit the opponent, is the problem he is most concerned about!

Xu Sheng, a staff officer on the side, obviously also saw Wu Hongyuan's hesitation, and immediately leaned into his ear and whispered: "General, do you want to call General Lin and ask Lu Hang to come over to help, after all, there are only 3 US ships here......

Before the words fell, Wu Hongyuan had already raised his hand to interrupt his suggestion, the Guam garrison obviously has not a lot of cards in his hand, but it must not be easily wasted or used indiscriminately, all the tactical arrangements have been carefully considered by themselves and Lin Yongsheng, who is guarding the port at the moment, this is the territory of the Chinese Navy for many years, even if the Yankees have strong strength, they still have enough hole cards to play!

Rumble...... rumble

Just when Wu Hongyuan was about to give a new order, the battleship Mississippi finally launched the first round of strikes, but due to the poor position, at this moment, a twin 12-inch main gun in the tail of the Mississippi could not shell the Ryukyu near the top of the T-shaped position, and only the two main turrets in the bow participated in this round of single-shot calibration.

Two 12-inch shells roared, but they smashed into two seas nearly a kilometer away from the Ryukyu without any suspense, and had no effect at all except for setting off two waves......

"The change rate of the distance between friend and foe is 1.07, the speed of the US ship is 17 knots, the distance is 16,500 meters, and it is predicted that the US ship needs to shoot 7 rounds!" Wu Hongyuan calmly listened to the shooting officer's assessment of the US ship's shelling, and these seemingly casual judgments completely reflected the shooting officer's personal ability, and the fact that he wanted to carry out a precise strike on a target nearly 16 kilometers away was completely beyond the scope of relying on human strength.

And Wu Hongyuan has the greatest trust in his subordinates, just like the trust given to him by everyone on the entire battleship, "15 tons of left rudder, close to 1000 meters ......"

Speaking of which, Wu Hongyuan raised his eyes and looked at the big clock in front of him, Nanping had just sent a message, and the power repair was progressing well, but it was obvious that the battle in front of him had to be fought, "After 3 minutes, prepare to shoot!" ”

16500 m......

16000 m ......

15000 m ......

The distance between the two sides was unexpectedly shortened again, because the distance changed greatly, and the Ryukyu easily adjusted its position with the help of speed, which directly led to the fact that both sides did not continue to shoot in the previous few minutes, and the next round of school shooting was at a distance of 15,000 meters, and the two sides started almost at the same time. (To be continued.) )