The Tianshan-class destroyer is undoubtedly a new type of destroyer built by the Chinese Navy to replace the Kunlun-class destroyers in the early years, and the main reason is that considering the sea frontier that has become too vast in Greater China, Gao Wu, commander of the destroyers of the South China Fleet, pointed out in the naval assessment that due to the insufficient tonnage of the Shanghai-class and Kunlun-class destroyers, and the excessive fuel consumption of the later models to heavy oil boiler models, the endurance of the warships cannot meet the needs of cruising in the vast Pacific Ocean.

According to the advice of the Navy, the Tianshan-class destroyer was quickly designed, with a displacement of 2,200 tons, which is almost 1,000 tons more than the Kunlun class, almost reaching the standard of the Royal Navy light cruiser in this era, and at the same time using the latest domestic technology BH130 oil-fired boiler, which is a miniaturized product for the domestic Guangzhou dreadnought boiler, with excellent efficiency, using a new 4-page propeller driven by three axles, making the Kunlun-class destroyer have a side-catching speed of 39 knots.

Of course, as the navy's new main destroyer, what makes the navy more satisfied is the improvement of armament, in addition to the 150mm twin front main guns, four 100mm secondary guns on the side of the side, six high-level dual-purpose 60mm rapid-fire guns are even more amazing intensive firepower, the Chinese Navy is undoubtedly the navy that attaches the most importance to air defense in this era, because the crazy bombardiers of the naval aircraft carrier formation took the lead in giving their own people a series of surprises.

In the end, the Tianshan-class had the title of the killer of the same class of warships, but it came from an accidental collision in the Strait of Malacca a year and a half ago, when two Derwent River-class destroyers of the Royal Navy accidentally collided with the Yongzhou destroyer cruising in the same area due to fog interference. As a result, the Tien Shan-class destroyer after colliding with two British battleships in a row. Only the iron anchor on the foreside was damaged. The entire battleship was almost unscathed.

The unfortunate British two main destroyers with a displacement of 1,100 tons were directly damaged on the left side and had to seek emergency repairs in Penang Port, and finally had to retire from active service because of serious damage to the keel.

Major Will naturally knew the strength of the Weeks-class destroyers under his command, although compared to the Royal Navy's hapless Derwent River-class destroyers. Their own warships are a little stronger, but in fact, they have an additional displacement of less than two hundred tons, and their armament has also been strengthened because of the increased displacement, but to say that they can completely destroy the opponent is absolutely a fool's dream.

Behind the myth of the Tianshan class, as a naval officer, what you see is naturally the strong defense and hull strength of the other party...... Now that the Chinese warship has rushed mercilessly, he must respond immediately!

"Order the Chinese merchant ships to move on, otherwise we will sink the target!" Major Weir made the first decision, and at the same time ordered the battleship to turn behind the left side of the Chinese merchant ships, which was clearly his intention. It is hoped that the two escorted Chinese merchant ships can be placed between the Cangzhou and the Cangzhou, at least forcing the other side not to attack themselves at full speed.

Although China and the United States are now quite tense in the Atlantic. But it has not reached the point of a formal declaration of war at all, so the most likely friction between the two sides is most likely to collide with each other and force them back, the Wicks-class destroyers at this point obviously can't fight with the Tianshan with more than a thousand tons, however, Will thinks of it - he has two Weeks-class destroyers Fira and Ursi!

After receiving the order, the destroyer Ulsey, which was following Major Weir, immediately advanced quickly to the two Chinese merchant ships, turned its guns to point at the merchant ships that were slowly slowing down, and then shouted with a whistle to force the two merchant ships to meet the destroyer Cangzhou......

The Americans want to use our ships to create obstacles! That's too low-level, isn't it...... Hu Heping, the commander of the destroyer lying on the Cangzhou lookout, also discovered the movement here for the first time through the high-powered telescope, as for why the Americans seized the Chinese merchant ship, he actually didn't care about it, since his warship arrived, then the right to speak here should be in his own hands.

"Order, each firing position is on alert, turn the rudder 15 degrees, and face the US ship!" Hu Heping assessed the position of the two sides a little, immediately gave a loud order, and then ran down the lookout quickly, the confrontation was imminent, and the opponent must be forced back as soon as possible, he obviously also realized that the Americans delayed tactics are very likely to have other intentions, and the biggest destabilizing factor is now the British colonial port next to it.

By the time he entered the Command Tower, the two Chinese merchant ships were forced to move forward side by side towards the harbor, while one of the two American destroyers quickly bypassed the Chinese merchant ship and slanted into the left flank of the Cangzhou, while the other American destroyer did not follow, but only followed the Chinese merchant ship, apparently using the Chinese merchant ship as a cover, and at the same time hijacking the merchant ship to prepare to enter the dock of the British Virgin Islands.

Hu Heping put down the binoculars in his hand and smiled slightly, it seems that the Yankees are not stupid at all, after all, the two sides are not in a state of war now, the other party gets a destroyer to come over and entangle him, and then the other one forcibly breaks through...... However, how can this kind of wishful thinking allow you to succeed!

"All gun positions, target enemy ships on the left flank, first level alert, turn the rudder 10 degrees, advance at full speed! Let them see the power of the Chinese Navy! He immediately gave the order in a loud voice.

"Major, Chinese is coming at us...... They didn't slow down at all! Major Will was a little taken aback by the panic report from the observation post, the Chinese warships in the distance were rushing at full speed, their high bows rising and falling between the huge waves, but they did not affect the rapid advance of the other side in the slightest, and the target was obviously his own destroyer Fira, not the Ulsi sent out on the left flank to try to entangle the opponent.

Obviously, his plan did not work, he immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Inform the Ulsi immediately, intercept the Chinese with all your might, and if necessary, you can ram the other party...... By the way, don't hit it head-on, our destroyers don't have the tonnage and strength of the Chinese! Turn the rudder 30 degrees to the right and get ready to match the Ulsi! ”

At this moment, the distance between the warships of the two sides has been shortened to 12 nautical miles, and at the speed of a high-speed destroyer, it will be approached in just ten minutes, Hu Heping naturally saw the change in the situation for the first time, the American battleship on the left flank is accelerating with all its might, although the tonnage of the other side is far inferior to his own, but it can be seen that the power of the Yankee's destroyer is good, billowing black smoke comes out of the two chimneys, and the other party has entered the stage of sprinting at full speed.

"Captain, this is the new Wicks-class destroyer of the United States, and the speed is currently measured at 35 knots, which is close to the maximum speed of this type of destroyer according to our intelligence...... Enemy artillery is already being observed to be aiming at us! The shooting officer on the side also took the initiative to remind Hu Heping at this time.

At the same time, the first mate who was depicting on the chart immediately reminded, "Captain, the purpose of the American ship on the left flank is likely to ram us, and we will meet at about 7 minutes and 20 seconds to prevent the Yankees from cheating!" ”

Fraud...... Hearing this, Hu Heping also smiled, only when the strength is not good, will he be unwilling to use this strategy, now let the Yankees see the real strength to crush, he rushed all the way over, the officers and soldiers of the whole ship are holding back a belly of fire, when will it be the turn of the Yankees to provoke!

"Keep course!" He immediately shouted loudly, "All gun positions are focused on the target, as long as they dare to put a P first, don't beat him with all your might!" ”

9000 m ......

8000 m ......

"Captain, another American destroyer on the right flank is also speeding up ......"

Hu Heping glanced at the American warship that was passing by the two Chinese merchant ships on the right flank, and interrupted the lookout officer's report with a flick of his hand, "The Yankees are still thinking about docking and waiting for him to advance to within 10,000 meters before paying attention to him!" ”

6000 m ......

4000 m ......

At this distance, the soldiers on the warships on both sides can even see that their opponents are maneuvering on the battleships, and on the firing positions on both sides, everyone's nerves have been tensed to the limit, you know, even according to the shooting training of the US military, the distance of 5,000 meters is already a high hitting distance, and the main and auxiliary guns of the destroyers of the Chinese Navy are equipped with shooting commanders with rangefinders and simple calculators, and the shelling distance of conventional training is more than 8,000 meters.

At a distance of 4,000 meters, the first round hit rate of an excellent naval shooting commander can even reach 80%, and the hit rate under fierce confrontation will not be less than 50%, which is already a distance of hand-to-hand combat!

However, because both sides are advancing at full speed at the moment, the main guns on the front deck are at a high speed of more than 35 knots, and the upswing situation can be described as extremely serious, and the longitudinal swing of the battleship has reached about 40 degrees to death, which means that even if the front main gun constantly uses high and low aircraft and steering machines to continuously aim, it is almost impossible to complete standard shooting.

However, the impact on the secondary guns on the middle ear batteries of the battleship is relatively small, and in this case, the main guns of the destroyers of the two sides will obviously be inferior to the secondary guns......

3000 m ......

The U.S. ship Ursi made an extremely strange adjustment, and suddenly deflected to the left at a large angle, which seemed to change the situation of the two sides meeting head-on, but this obviously could not open the distance, and half a minute later, the Ursi suddenly turned to the right at a large angle, and the entire battleship was obliquely tangential to the rear position of the Cangzhou side......

For the small actions of the Yankees, Hu Heping naturally saw it clearly...... ****, and he really wanted to say goodbye to himself...... (To be continued.) )