At this moment, around Guam, the US Grand Fleet is looking for fighters everywhere, Wu Hongyuan naturally will not give this kind of opportunity to the opponent, however, as soon as the opponent is raided, the battleships of the Yankees have already chased over, and the other party's reaction is not slow......

Although this small bay has a deep-water channel, but the depth is very shallow, that is, the use of an ambush, he immediately issued an order to follow his own evacuation, head-on against the battleship, this kind of thing is not what should be done at this time, he has this little strength at hand, now he absolutely needs to save a little call, every boat represents the absolute strength of Guam's defense, any unnecessary loss, is unforgivable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, he was familiar with the geography of the surrounding waters, and did not choose to retreat into the sea, after all, the American battleship on the opposite side still had two destroyers, if the other party followed him with his life, with the speed of the Ryukyu, it was basically impossible to get rid of the tracking of the destroyer, but this is not what Wu Hongyuan needs now, according to the plan, it will be dark for a few hours, and he still has a new plan to implement!

"Go to the periphery of the reef on the east side, the Yankees want to follow, just see if they have the guts!" Wu Hongyuan held the telescope tightly and stretched out his hand to point to the right side of the battleship that had turned at this moment, where was the reef area on the west side of Guam that extended all the way to the strait and was nearly 100 kilometers long.

The Chinese fleet had just finished assembling and setting off, and the battleship USS Mississippi had already arrived at the just-ended battlefield with the remaining two destroyers, the USS Lansdale and the USS Champlin, and the wreckage of the destroyers Israel and USS Rutz was floating miserably on the rough sea, and the only complete and discernible whole was the towering mast of the destroyer Israel...... The destroyer Lansdale immediately began salvaging the few surviving sailors.

At this moment, the red flag fluttering in the distance of the Chinese fleet is still clearly visible, but what makes Brigadier Sirter more depressed is that although the battleship Mississippi has only been built for 8 years and has only been in service for 6 years, this battleship with a displacement of 15,000 tons has completely failed to keep up with the times in terms of design, compared with the battleship South Carolina, which began to be built later, it is completely outdated in speed, firepower, and armor...... Rather than falling behind.

Now the most important thing is the speed of the Mississippi, the most famous thing about the American Iron Tortoise is naturally the speed of this tortoise, the place where the former dreadnought can run at a speed of 18 knots, but after six years in service, especially before the US Grand Fleet carried out a large-scale maneuver of more than 5,000 kilometers, the battleship Mississippi has been tested, but now the speed at full speed is only 17 knots!

The Vickers-class destroyers accompanying the battleship USS Mississippi were all traveling at 35 knots, a huge gap that led to a fatal mistake, and the Chinese accurately grasped this mistake and attacked two American destroyers right under the nose of the battleship USS Mississippi, and achieved almost perfect results.

"Leave 2 small sampans behind and pursue them immediately Chinese...... Report to Lieutenant General Abel immediately! Brigadier Sirt gritted his teeth and patted the windowsill and gave the order loudly, there is no doubt that at the speed of the battleship Mississippi, the effect of this pursuit order could have been imagined for a long time, and when it arrived, the Mississippi shelled a Chinese destroyer at a distance of 18,000 meters.

As a result, the other side escaped in an instant like a rabbit, and the lessons of the destroyers Israel and Rutz made the other two American destroyers tremble and dare not pursue them at full speed, but allowing the other side to freely break into the battlefield and easily escape obviously damaged the poor face of the American Navy, and ordering the pursuit was also a last resort.

The two sides went north along the west coast of Guam one after the other, and this was originally the finishing action planned by Wu Hongyuan, and the Yankees must have pretended to chase after each other, and soon gave up...... But things turned out unexpectedly!

At 5:03, Wu Hongyuan, who was staring at the nautical chart and discussing dinner with the staff officer, unexpectedly received a news that frightened him - 2000 meters ahead, the main power of the Nanping destroyer that had just played soy sauce suddenly failed, and after investigation, it was found that the oil pipe of the oil-fired boiler was broken, and now it can only barely sail at a speed of 15 knots, and the power system may continue to deteriorate at any time, and if you want to carry out emergency repairs, you must stop the ship for maintenance!

"General, Captain Zhao has asked you for instructions, the Nanping destroyer must immediately break away from the fleet and enter the shallow reef area on the right side of the front for covert repairs!" The staff officer on the side loudly reported that he had just received a message from Zhao Wugong, the commander of the destroyer Nanping, and it was obvious that the Nanping was not willing to drag the fleet back and was ready to sail into a reef area on the right side of the front, so the choice of the reef area also meant that even if the Americans caught up with the Nanping, they would not be able to capture the battleship, and Captain Zhao Wugong could also take self-sinking measures if necessary and bring the team ashore.

Wu Hongyuan looked at the telegram with a black line, and then looked at the location and distance of the US fleet plotted on the battlefield situation map, and calculated in his heart that once the Nanping sailed into the reef area to hide, it meant that once the Yankees discovered the Nanping, the situation would be irreversible, and Zhao Wugong's mind He naturally understood that the sudden situation of the Nanping did put the fleet in danger, and as the captain, he naturally had to make a difficult choice.

But as the commander of the fleet, Wu Hongyuan also faced a more difficult choice at this moment, and he was not willing to let every ship fall into the hands of the enemy no matter what...... What's more, there are 100 of his own robes on the battleship, and victory is the greatest wish of every soldier, especially the commander of the powerful Chinese navy, who also knows the price that will be paid in every war, and the commander should consider the amount of this loss in addition to victory or defeat!

"Ask Zhao Laohu, how much time does it take for him to recover most of his power!" Wu Hongyuan no longer hesitated, and immediately turned to the staff officer and asked, a minute later, the Nanping called back, and the time to stop the ship for emergency repairs is expected to take half an hour.

After frowning for two minutes, Wu Hongyuan pinched the general's hat and slapped the table violently, "Level 1 combat readiness, turn left and prepare to enter the battle, order Sanming Lu Zhonghua to follow us, Zhuzhou and Yiyang lag to control the periphery of the battlefield, call back to Nanping, we can only give him 20 minutes, we will buy time for them,"

The moment the order was issued, the various fighting rooms and combat positions of the Ryukyu suddenly sounded alarm bells, and the officers and soldiers who were conducting post-war operations were all confused, but immediately did not hesitate to bounce up one after another, and entered the combat position in an orderly manner, and the huge Ryukyu hull also quickly tilted to the left, and everyone knew for the first time that the battleship had begun to turn around, and at this moment, it was undoubtedly the Yankees' fleet that was closely following behind them!

"I'm X, I've been fighting a long time ago, and Commander Wu is only going to kill the Yankees when he seduces the Yankees here!"

"Didn't Lao Chen from the lookout just now say that there is a battleship behind us, is he going to engage in this big guy...... In case a cannon makes us sink, then we must make a big news! ”

"Engage in your m's big news......" The recruit who wanted to make big news was immediately interrupted by a brain breakdown by the sergeant, "With your simple brain, you will think about going to a battleship in broad daylight!" ”

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A few minutes later, the officers and soldiers in the battle position of the Ryukyu realized the unusual nature of the battle...... Because, in addition to the Ryukyu armored ship and the Sanming destroyer turning quickly to the left, although the Yiyang and Zhuzhou were also turning, they did not follow the flagship, while the Nanping in the distance did not turn at all and slowly disappeared behind the peninsula cliff on the right!

"Are you sure it's the USS Mississippi on the other side?" Wu Hongyuan held the handrail in front of the lookout window steadily, and the battleship turned violently to make him feel a little unstable, but at this moment, what he was most concerned about was to confirm the opponent.

"General, the news from the port and the two American prisoners that the Sanming caught before have been confirmed, we still have an advantage in speed, and we are still sure of a poor position!" Xu Sheng, a staff officer on the side, immediately responded, "According to intelligence records, the Mississippi class is three twin 12-inch main guns and eight 8-inch second-level main guns, and the speed will not exceed 18 knots!" ”

Wu Hongyuan snorted, this 8-inch second-class main gun, this is equivalent to the main gun of the Ryukyus, the trouble is that the other party still has 6 main guns to crush their own at will, and the Yankees have also been equipped with British Dreyer fire control, intelligence shows that this American battleship that began to be built in 1904 was designed for long-range combat at the beginning of construction, as a senior admiral, Wu Hongyuan naturally has a very in-depth study of US military tactics......

For the Ryukyu suddenly turned to the deep sea area, the Mississippi chasing behind him was also inexplicable, originally Sirt was really ready to chase and return, the Chinese fleet in front of it withdrew at full speed, and it was impossible to catch the other party with a battleship alone, so I had to go back and report to Vice Admiral Eber, the Chinese were too cunning!

But the other side actually gave up the straight line to evacuate and turned to lateral sailing, which means that the distance between the two sides can be greatly shortened in a short time, at least, this will give you the opportunity to bombard the opponent with a few cannons, the other side is an armored ship, and a hit of the main gun of the battleship Mississippi may be fatal......

"General, the target will be at the maximum range of our main guns in 10 minutes!" At this moment, the staff officer on the side put down the binoculars and ran over to report.

Ten minutes...... Brigadier General Sirt suddenly became excited, but he obviously did not forget - there was a cunning Chinese on the other side, "Let the Lonsdale and the Champlin probe forward!" (To be continued.) )