Although the target is still 19,000 meters away, for the US military, which has fully deployed the British-made Heisenberg HSII precision fire control and Dreyer MK series fire control platforms, this has entered the scope of battleship engagement. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Chinese warship group that appeared in the distance were all small-tonnage Chinese cruisers or destroyers, this did not affect the ships to open fire one after another, to win the first merit of the US military in the Battle of Guam, for two consecutive days of operations, for the US Navy, the shelling only destroyed some Chinese port facilities, the real sense of the battle results, is really a little embarrassing.

Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom......

The rumbling school projectiles were whistling, but Wu Hongyuan, who was sailing on the west side of the US ship at the moment, was also secretly frightened, although he didn't believe that the Yankees could hit him at such a distance, unless he was lucky, it would be impossible...... But the feeling of putting yourself on a bait tray is somewhat weird.

"General, the speed of the US ship formation is 14 knots, are we going to speed it up a little?" Staff Officer Xu Sheng stood next to the observing officer and was a little uneasy when he saw the shells that were constantly whizzing around the fleet.

Wu Hongyuan shook his head with certainty, taking the Z-shaped route was to disrupt the opponent's shooting, and the Ryukyu and several destroyers behind him were at speed...... Lin Yongsheng sent a telegram from the base earlier, the attack was the immediate thing, although he couldn't see the formation of Lu Hang hiding there, but he was very sure that those guys from Lu Hang were not fuel-efficient lamps, and what he had to do was to do his best to attract the attention of the opponent!

"Let the Sanming and Yiyang get closer and move bigger!" Wu Hongyuan vetoed the opinion of the staff officer, but immediately issued a new order, let the destroyers attack in front of the eight battleships, if in peacetime, it is absolutely against the common sense, but at this moment, the distance between the two sides is more than 18,000 meters, and the destroyers are closer by several kilometers, and the danger is naturally greatly increased...... But war is inherently full of adventure!

"General, two Chinese warships are rapidly approaching our formation, approaching the USS South Carolina in the position of Sequence 3, and according to observations, it may be China's Changbaishan-class large destroyer!" Every move here immediately made the Americans tense their nerves, and the news was reported as soon as possible to Lieutenant General Eber, who was also suspicious at the moment.

"General, do the Chinese have any secret weapons?" Colonel Max, a staff officer on the side, suddenly frowned and muttered in Alber's ear.

This somewhat suspicious assertion suddenly made Abel feel inexplicably nervous, the unexpected actions of the Chinese should not be interpreted as "death actions" in any case, but it was this incredible move that had to make Abel think carefully, at the same time, the gun officer had given the order directly through the microphone to prepare to intercept the Chinese destroyer, the battleship was not only a large-caliber main gun, 10 5-inch guns on one side, 6 37mm cannons, All are enough to pose a threat to destroyers.

In just a few minutes, the destroyers Sanming and Yiyang in front of them immediately became the targets of several American battleships, and more than a dozen waves of shells fell around the destroyers that were winding forward, but the two Chinese destroyers that were in a serly position were obviously not afraid of each other's fire, and with the armor of the Changbaishan-class destroyers, a hit could be reimbursed together with the bilge boiler, so the coquettish position was the key to victory.

17,000 m ......

16000 m ......

15000 m ......

At this moment, the 200mm secondary guns on several American former dreadnought battleships equipped with second-stage main guns have opened fire one after another, and the US Navy is obviously unwilling to give up any opportunity at the maximum range, although the probability of hitting a high-speed target like a destroyer is very small, but after all, there are not many opportunities for second-level main guns to participate in the war in peacetime!

But this is indeed a more real threat to the two Chinese destroyers, the rate of fire of the second-level main gun of about 200 is far higher than that of the main gun, and if one is also hit, the thin armor of the destroyer fleet may not be able to resist, and if you are unlucky, there is also the possibility of a fatal blow! Almost instantly, both ships made the same decision.

The three quadruple 533mm torpedo tubes located in the bow and on both sides of the ship suddenly opened, and 12 torpedoes were ejected in less than 10 seconds, and the white torpedo trajectory flew quickly towards the American Grand Fleet, which was sailing according to the battleship at this moment!

"The Chinese are crazy!"

"Torpedo Attack...... Two additional groups of observation positions were sent to observe the torpedo track! ”

"It's more than 15,000 meters...... Do Chinese torpedoes have wings? Can you run this far? ”

"Immediately add a right-string observer!"

“……”

Abel naturally heard the exclamations of the officers behind him for the first time, and he obviously wanted to know the outcome more than the prediction of the situation...... Can the Chinese torpedoes shoot at such a distance? Even if you can shoot such a long distance, it is almost impossible to hit a battleship under sail...... But if he was convinced that the Chinese were crazy, he would not be so stupid!

Fortunately, the response in the command tower was also decent, but he didn't need to worry too much, compared to the unobservable battleship fire, the torpedo with a discernible trajectory was obviously less threatening, Vice Admiral Abel was lying in front of the high-powered telescope, and the 24 torpedoes with staggered trajectories did not worry him much...... A thought suddenly flashed through his heart...... It would be great if the Chinese only had these means!

Just less than 1 minute and 20 seconds later, the tail of the two Chinese destroyers that turned sharply drew a series of white lines again, there is no doubt that the Chinese has been fired at full power, the latest Vickers-class destroyers in the United States are only more than 1,000 tons, and they are also equipped with three forward quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes, and the destroyers of the Chinese are said to have a displacement close to the light cruisers of the Royal Navy, but judging from the torpedo tubes installed, it is obviously twice as large as the Vickers-class destroyers......

But shouldn't this be the reason why the Chinese dare to challenge the entire US Grand Fleet with two destroyers? This judgment quickly swirled in Lieutenant General Ebel's mind, and just as he was frowning, after closing the distance again, the nine 210mm long pipes on the Ryukyu opened fire violently, interrupting Abel's train of thought at once...... The Chinese are indeed not lightly ill!

"The Chinese cruiser has a range of 16000 meters...... It is advisable to give a key blow immediately! "Major Colner, the shooting officer, can't wait to stand up and make a suggestion to Colonel Max, who is in command of the defense! You must know that although the U.S. Navy still has some scruples about resisting the Chinese Grand Fleet head-on, it is absolutely confident that it will crush a cruiser that has no ability to do damage, after all, a distance of 16,000 meters is not an insurmountable limit!

Without waiting for Colonel Max to react, Vice Admiral Abel had already made a positive decision, and the officer in the telegraph room immediately conveyed the order of the flagship, and the US Navy's research on naval tactics has never ceased in the past ten years......

And almost at the same time, the recalibrated Ryukyu shooting data was also adjusted by Major Kollner for the first time, in the previous continuous school shooting on the Ryukyu, China's cunning tactical evasion methods, he was already angry, but he already has some new ideas at the moment, although he dare not say that he can immediately sink the enemy ship, but it should be able to effectively improve the degree of proofreading!

At 6:44, the battleship Utah fired a round and a half of salvo calibration, and the whistling shells crossed the dense fish trajectory that was advancing at full speed on the sea, and smashed into the sea area near the position of 700 meters north-east of the Ryukyus, and then 50 seconds later, the battleship Utah and the battleships of North Dakota and South Carolina that followed the flagship launched continuous school firing in just a dozen seconds.

At a distance of 16,000 meters, if you consider the element of luck, you may definitely hit one or two rounds of misses...... And a 380-kilogram high-explosive bomb can be fatal to the Ryukyu with more than 5,000 tons and only a 6-inch main armor belt.

Wu Hongyuan stood at the lookout window, looking at the cannonballs falling around the battleship, although he was a little worried in his heart, but being in danger completely stimulated his will to fight...... Raising his eyes to see the rising sun burning in the sky in the east, he did not hesitate to shout, "Fight back!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ......

This almost fatal naval artillery battle was one-sided from the beginning, and if it were not for the 48 torpedoes that were flying on the distant battle line a few minutes ago, the American officers in their right thinking would have thought that the Chinese were ready to play with their lives! But after only one round of artillery fire between the two sides, the result of this kind of play can already be seen without suspense!

But Wu Hongyuan apparently didn't leave Abel much time to think......

At 6:47 a.m., the red sun jumped out of the sky behind Guam on the east side, and in the rumbling sound of cannons, every shot from the two main turrets in front of the battleship Utah's command tower shook the earth so much that it caused this extreme discomfort in people's ears, and suddenly, Abel seemed to hear a buzzing sound that made him nervous, which made him doubt his ears for a few seconds......

Just as he was about to carefully search for the source of this buzzing sound from the noisy cannon sound on the battleship...... The door of the conning tower was slammed open, and a soldier yelled at a room of officers with a long mouth and a panicked expression, but it was completely drowned out by the explosion of the artillery fire, and the staff officer Colonel Max seemed to realize something, and before the soldiers could repeat it, he had rushed out of the conning tower!

An unbelievable scene that made him open his mouth wide appeared...... The iron gate of the command tower was facing the dazzling sun in the east, and at the edge of the light that made people almost unable to open their eyes, two monoplane fighters loomed, and in the light curtain reflected from the sea and sky, more and more terrifying humming sounds roared! (To be continued.) )