The Nightmare of the U.S. Navy Since 15:14 p.m. on March 2, 1998, when the two battle cruisers of Tianwolf and Tiankui fired the first round of rapid fire from the battleship USS Iowa and 8,700 meters from the battleship Texas II, almost all the officers of the U.S. Navy realized that it was a completely damn mistake to pursue the Chinese battleship.

However, almost all of them were apparently unaware of the seriousness of the problem, and even when the battleship Texas was shot, Commodore Sampson was convinced that making full use of the 40 large-caliber guns on the U.S. Navy battleship would be enough to recoup his own gunnery disadvantage.

However, Wu Tiexin made artillery adjustments after the first round of rapid shooting, which immediately hit the morale of the US Navy!

Less than four and a half minutes after the first round of rapid firing, the second round of single-shot calibration was fired from the battlecruisers Celestial Wolf and Tenkui, which were heading diagonally at a speed of 19 knots, but this time only the right gun of the front main gun was fired...... Nine seconds later, two school projectiles exploded in large waves on the left and right sides of the maneuvering Texas.

There was almost no interval, and the second round of three rapid shots began, and the huge naval guns that pointed diagonally at the distance behind the battleship spat out huge fire, and the remaining shells in the breeches of the five gun barrels on the two battleships were separated by less than 2 seconds, and they pounced on the Texas that was trying to maneuver after being shot in the distance.

In the turret of the Sky Wolf Battle Patrol A, the bomb machine was already running at full speed, and the shells and propellants that had been hoisted to the halfway position were quickly sent into the gun position, and the four loaders immediately shouted with the help of the gun machine pod to send two armor-piercing shells weighing 680 kg each into the 13.5-inch main gun magazine that had just been opened.

Followed by. A huge cyborg pusher was violently pushed by two soldiers. Push the huge cannonball inward for a further one-foot distance. Despite the lubricated breech, the action was still very laborious, after all, it was a huge iron lump weighing half a ton.

The other copper cylinder barely waited for the mechanical pusher to reset, and was immediately thrust into the barrel of the cannon by four loaders, and the four round cakes with a total of 380 kilograms of propellant were much easier than the iron bump before! Li Ye, the gun position shooting officer, immediately pressed the ready button, and glanced at the pocket watch in his hand - 55 seconds, which made him nod with satisfaction!

He immediately made a standard gesture with his left and right hands. On the battlefield with the sound of artillery, gestures are the most efficient way to command, and the bombing machine immediately starts working again, and the shells and propellants of the next round of shelling need to make full use of the current free time to first hoist from the bilge to the air, and improve the loading efficiency to the maximum.

Because it was a rapid shot, there was no need to make any corrections to the firing parameters, but the completely standardized design process was still meticulously implemented, and he immediately lay down in front of the gun position firing commander, every actual battle. For shooting officers, it is a rare learning opportunity.

At this very moment. The ready-to-use lights that had been lit suddenly went out, and a huge kinetic energy and earth-shattering rumbling sound poured out of the two huge cannon tubes, and in an instant, the black smoke sprayed from the muzzle of the cannon poured into the turret, and was quickly dispersed by the fierce sea breeze and exhaust fans.

Almost without stopping, the bomb machine was already squeaking, and when Li Ye was nervously directing the next round of rapid shooting, the Sirius fired the sixth round of rapid fire at 5:19, and finally achieved the long-awaited result, 6 shells fired a textbook pincer at the Texas that was turning the entire side of the bare side at this moment.

A 680-kilogram armor-piercing projectile hit the low forward bridge of the battleship Texas, which was 12 inches thick and had good protection against high-carbon steel armor, but it was immediately pierced in front of the new 13.5-inch armor-piercing projectile with a soft quilt cap.

Although the high-carbon steel armor has a good surface hardness, but once it is penetrated, the weakness of the brittleness of the high-carbon steel is undoubtedly exposed, this huge armor-piercing bullet was directly detonated on the back of the steel armor after penetration, and the violent explosion even tore a huge steel armor of nearly 2 meters, and the broken iron and shampnel completely swept the cockpit of the battleship Texas on the first floor, and the seven or eight battleship pilots inside died instantly.

The entire U.S. fleet shuddered when the skyrocketing flames burned from the bridge of the battleship Texas, and Liu Hetu showed a rare smile...... In this round of shelling, 2 close misses and 1 hit, a total of only 6 salvos were fired, and the result of tactically severe damage was achieved, and the shooting command group did a good job!

And the scene that surprised everyone even more happened after the seventh round of salvos, only a minute later, when the seventh round of salvos of more than 12 spectacular splashes appeared on the sea, the lookout officer rushed into the command room of the Sky Wolf, "General, the right side of the Texas appeared Yan zhòng, there must have been a heavy situation!" ”

The battleship Texas finally capsized in the strait half an hour later, eventually causing more than 120 American soldiers to go missing, and the shipwreck was salvaged a year later, only to discover the real cause of the capsizing, a near-miss bullet that hit the starboard side of the battleship more than 20 meters did not explode directly in the water, but hit the bottom armor belt of the battleship Texas in the lower part of the main armor belt along the oblique parabola.

The battleship Texas extended 1.5 meters down from the waterline and was 12 inches thick, but this design apparently did not take into account the presence of artillery shells, and a high-explosive shell weighing 640 kilograms exploded violently nearly 2 meters below the waterline...... A high-explosive warhead loaded with 90 kilograms of TNT directly destroyed the battleship's steel hull, which was only 2 inches below the 2-meter water line, creating a huge tear that was 6 meters long and 1.5 meters high.

Hearing the news, Liu Hetu couldn't help but run to the observation position of the high-powered telescope curiously, and in the distance, the second-class battleship of the Texas with billowing black smoke was indeed capsizing to the right at a visible speed as the lookout post found, and it was obvious that this was the result of the water entering the right side of the bilge!

Very good...... Liu Hetu couldn't help but smile at the result of the sudden escalation, although it was not clear what was going on on the battleship Texas, but. What does it matter? "Gather fire to the Massachusetts now!"

"General. The Yankees' battleships can form 6 battleships in 15 minutes against the bow, and in about 20 minutes, 9 battleships will form a battle line...... They have already abandoned the idea of pursuit, this is preparing for defense on all fronts! A moment later, staff officer Zheng Donghe had already spoken to remind Liu Hetu.

Looking at his pocket watch, Liu Hetu naturally noticed that the American battleships and armored ships on the left flank in the distance were rapidly approaching the Massachusetts, what did the Yankees have in mind. Naturally, he was also very clear, and he must have lined up in a parallel battle line to shell himself, trying to increase the hit rate with a large number of shells...... It's a good idea as a last resort!

However, if you want to adjust from a formation with two wings flying together to a plane propulsion, what the Yankees need most is naturally time! Moreover, there is another obvious weakness of the US fleet, which has been exposed in his eyes at this moment, that is, the command system of the US Navy, which is obviously still in a very outdated era of flag language.

At this moment, the Texas, the first target of the Chinese warship's shelling, has already capsized. The other two armored ships of the US Left Fleet, the USS Monterey and the USS Terror, apparently saw the disaster of the destruction of the USS Texas and could not wait to get out of the queue on the right flank. Hurriedly approached the left-wing flagship queue.

The Celestial Wolf and the Celestial Kui, which are maneuvering in the southeast, have become the battleship Massachusetts, which is maneuvering in the opposite direction, and whether they can expand the results depends on the performance of the gunnery officers!

Since the battleship Massachusetts was maneuvering at an angle of 130 degrees to the Chinese fleet, Colonel Poulson was secretly relieved after the Chinese fleet guns pointed at the Texas, and the thrill of being interrupted by the fire of the Sirius just now really made him break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, his timely maneuver seemed to have an effect, at least the other party felt that it was impossible to hit lightly, so he turned to shell the slower Texas.

However, in less than 9 minutes, the 12-inch armored second-class battleship USS Texas was unexpectedly hit by the enemy's stormy shelling, and he just looked out of the sidestring window and saw the first battleship of the US Navy turning on its side on the sea like a big dumpling.

The high-speed performance and elusive superb gunnery displayed by the Chinese battleship in the distance made him immediately feel the huge pressure, and he immediately gave up the previous unhurried pursuit posture, "Turn the rudder 30 degrees to the left, and move closer to the left flank fleet!" ”

As soon as the order was given, the first round and a half salvo from the Tiankui came in a roar, and three shells swept over the top of the battleship Massachusetts, which had run to the highest speed, and landed on the sea less than 400 meters in front of the side, setting off three large waves that were misplaced, and before Colonel Poulson could react, the round and a half volleys fired by the Sky Wolf whistled again, and actually fired a close miss less than 100 meters from the stern.

Polson was completely speechless about such amazing artillery skills, as a naval commander, he also went from artillery commander to battleship commander, long-distance shelling, especially in the rough Florida Strait, to accurately and consistently shell a target, there are too many interference factors...... And the Chinese have obviously achieved some kind of breakthrough, which makes his will to continue fighting quickly disappear!

In less than 10 seconds, the third and a half salvos and the fourth and a half salvos whistled again, and although Polson was scared, the shells only set off a column of water around the battleship, and they did not startle him close...... The only trouble was that due to the sharp turn of the battleship, the side guns of the enemy on the right side, as well as the main guns, because the inclined hull of the battleship was completely unable to interfere with the opponent by shelling at the opponent.

In the distance, the officer at the lookout window also reported to him the movements of the flagship Iowa, and as a senior naval commander, he also immediately understood the movements of the fleet, which made him somewhat reassured, as long as he survived the most difficult period before the battleship was assembled, with a large number of large-caliber artillery sieges, as long as he was lucky, he might really be able to salvage the bad situation.

However, it is clear that Poulson has a good idea...... Less than one minute after the four and a half rounds of salvos, the overwhelming salvo from the two ships of the Celestial Wolf and the Celestial Kui immediately set off a terrifying huge column of water around the battleship Massachusetts......

Liu Hetu quietly looked at the battleship Massachusetts passing between the water columns in the distance, as the commander of the rapid detachment, this feeling of being in full control made him enjoy it very much...... The enemy is right in front of him, and he makes the opponent feel the deepest powerlessness with his perfect artillery skills...... This is undoubtedly a means to fully demonstrate the deterrent power of the Chinese Navy!

The dial of the command room showing the distance to the target is rapidly expanding, from 8,600 meters in the first round of calibration, after five consecutive rounds of volleys, the distance between the two sides has been widened to 9,500 meters...... However, each round of salvo shells still shows a very high level of gunnery, and it is obvious that the simulation and continuous prediction of the Storm III precision fire control platform in this firing range have reached a very perfect point, of course, the officers in the shooting command room also represent the best naval elements of the Chinese Navy in this era.

Although 5 rounds of salvo fire and 60 shells did not achieve the expected results, Liu Hetu was obviously not in a hurry, the American fleet at this moment was not an orderly change of formation at all, but a panic after the fall of Texas, the right wing detachment had almost completely lost the queue, and the flagship queue on the left flank had to change orders many times, in the battlefield filled with gunpowder, this backward way of organization was undoubtedly inefficient and deadly, so the counterattack that the other side might organize after 15 minutes was expected to be in his opinion...... It's really worrying!

The results of the battle finally came as scheduled with unremitting efforts and steady artillery skills! In the seventh round of a full salvo from the battleship Tiankui, six shells made an earth-shattering rumbling sound and pounced on the battleship Massachusetts, which was twisting and turning its course in the distance, and a column of black smoke rose from the bow of the most advanced American battleship.

A 640-kilogram high-explosive shell fired from the C battery roared and hit the deck on the right side of the Massachusetts A turret, and the 2-inch deck armor was obviously impossible to block such a heavy large-caliber heavy gun, and the shell was very crisp series of horizontal armor, and then smashed into the 14-inch Harvey steel armor that was vertically downward in the turret and 2 meters below the deck.

The shell did not explode in front of the Haven steel armor, but was rebounded again, smashed through the 3-inch dome armor of the second floor on the right side, and fell into the third deck, only then did a violent explosion occur, and the violent shock wave suddenly set off a huge wave of air, directly throwing miscellaneous things from the deck into the air, and then triggered a fierce fire from the third deck.

Colonel Poulson was obviously still very surprised by the bullet, he can be said to have used all his strength to continue to carry out tactical maneuvers, but it was still inevitable to be shot, and just now, the adjutant told him that the distance between the two sides had been stretched to 10,000 meters, and he still couldn't escape the fate of being hit.

Just when he was thinking about whether to continue to turn maneuvering? When he still maintained a straight course and quickly approached the flagship formation, the Chinese idiom that there is no one line of disaster was once again confirmed.

The firing command team of the Sky Wolf Battle Patrol was obviously unwilling to let the Sky Kui enjoy the results alone, and in the ninth round of volleys that followed, another round of high-hit volleys was launched......

6 shells smashed into the tail and middle of the battleship Massachusetts from the side and rear position, and the chain formed a beautiful straddle fire, this time the god of luck was obviously on Wu Tiexin's side, and the two shells that straddled all hit! One of them hit the twin 13-inch rear turret at the stern of the ship, and the shell pried open the top armor of the 12-inch turret as if it were an open can.

The cannonball directly detonated a rectangular salute in the enclosed space of the turret, and the sky-high fire and the huge black flame that rushed into the sky made everyone have to worry about the fate of this new battleship...... However, the result of this shell was clearly not enough to sink the battleship.

However, another armor-piercing shell that hit the middle of the battleship's two chimneys played a super-unimaginable result, this 680-kilogram shell filled with 30 kilograms of TNT explosives tore through the horizontal armor and dome armor belt of the three-story cabin almost like a watermelon, and then hit the two vertical water-tube boilers in the middle of the bilge. (To be continued......)