In the minds of most US troops, they did not think of this and did not realize the possibility that the other side would not only not run but attack, and in a sense, I am afraid that this is the fundamental reason why the United States suffered heavy losses after encountering a series of attacks, and the cognition of both sides is not at the same level at all. Perhaps in the minds of the Americans, they have never regarded China as an opponent worthy of attention, or even on an equal footing, and it is this imbalance and mentality that caused the next misery of the Americans, after Wall Street in New York and the Panama Canal, once again to taste pain.

Cheng Biguang will not care, what is the mentality of the other party, facing a strong enemy, even if it is a surprise attack, even if it is a geographical advantage, but any slightest omission, will put itself into an extremely dangerous situation, if in the process of attacking, not in the first time, to the other party heavy damage, but by the opponent's fast fleet entanglement, maybe they will be in danger of annihilation, naval combat is to be bold and careful, the former is the guarantee of achieving results, the latter is the guarantee of self-preservation, in this case, All they can choose is to launch the first wave of attacks as quickly as possible, see how the other side responds, and then improvise.

On the watchtower of the largest battleship of the United Fleet, the second lieutenant officer Richard is bored looking at the surrounding scenery, the battleship has appeared for a long time, and the strike capability of the battleship has been improved repeatedly, but in terms of observation, it still relies on the eyes, to be precise, optical equipment, a huge optical telescope, which can see everything around in the eyes, calm Caribbean, calm, there is no movement, not even many big fish, for observers, That's boring.

The reconnaissance fleet has already gone out, their purpose is the island, even if it is more than 10 kilometers apart, his high-magnification optical telescope, can easily see, it is just the Caribbean, a very ordinary island, bare earth mountains, there is not much vegetation, it is impossible to put cannons on it, unless it is in the rear.

The army artillery is already at a disadvantage compared to the navy, and if it is put on the back, it will not be able to threaten them, Richard reconsidered the commander in his mouth, it is too cautious, if it were not for his caution, they would have arrived a long time ago, although there is no way to do anything about the Panama Canal, it may reduce the losses inside the canal, and even catch the opponent and kill the opponent.

Suddenly, however, he seemed to feel something different, and in the afterglow of his telescope, something seemed to shine a little.

What Richard saw was the sudden activation of artillery fire, but because it was out of the telescope's field of vision, it only flashed for a moment, what to say? The speed of the 15-inch naval guns was more than the sound in the initial time, that is, they could not hear the sound of the guns firing before the shells had gone halfway, and the experienced soldiers who had been fighting for a long time could still experience it, and in this flash, they felt a little different. Almost subconsciously looked in the direction of the island, other directions, at least within 20 nautical miles, there was no movement, if there was a problem, I am afraid that it was only this small island, especially the location he saw just now.

This small island has no name, but it is the Caribbean, it is more common, there may be a radius of several hundred meters, there are also some dirt mountains or stone mountains, there is little vegetation, and there are not too many resources, some people may think that there may be 15th century pirate treasures, come to explore, but for the experienced Richard, it is definitely a deceptive trick, perhaps, in this sea area, there are some pirate treasures, but it will definitely not hide in the island, at least, such a small island is impossible.

On the other side of the sun, dozens of points of light suddenly appeared on the south side of the island, which seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, and the telescope that was hurriedly taken out, Richard's slightly miserable cry, filled the entire battleship: "Enemy attack, heavy artillery attack." ”

Richard was a naval officer who had undergone strict training, and in the most hurried moment, he did not forget his duty, after calling out the enemy attack, he sounded the siren, the terrible siren, sounded in the sky above the fleet, participated in the European war, and had a head-on confrontation with the high seas fleet, and they formed a complete cooperation in a year-long period, and the quality was quite excellent, and they were in a state of emergency, and they completed all the preparations in just 10 seconds, and they entered the gun position.

Heavy artillery attack, Richard shouted out the words, directly said the main thing of this attack, for the shells that have been launched in the air, the battleship has no way, the whole fleet began to evade the operation, this can be seen from the European back, different from the United States, the siren sounded in the sky above the fleet, but the 12 capital ships that came back from Europe, almost uniformly reacted, the reaction time was very short, at least before the shells fell, they reacted, there was European experience, Or they participated in the European war, and they did a good job, a little slower, but they were acceptable, but those mounted patrols and heavy patrols, they did not participate in European battles, nor did they experience the baptism of the high-level war in Europe, they didn't even make any moves to dodge before the shells fell, if the target of the Cheng Department was them, maybe they could be sunk in the first round.

The reaction of these capital ships is very fast, but this has no effect at all, from the shelling to the reaction, there is only a few tens of seconds of time, their speed is a little slower, it is only after the shells have passed the central axis, they are discovered, and there are about 10 seconds of preparation, even before the shells fall, they began to evade, more than 20,000 tons of warships, any reaction, it takes time, time, is the most lacking,

U.S. commander Mayo would never have thought that under such a dangerous situation, the Chinese fleet not only did not choose to flee, but confronted them head-on and chose to attack by surprise, although the more than 40 shells in the sky may pose a very small threat to his fleet, but this loss must be suffered.

However, holding the binoculars and looking into the distance, they were getting closer to the shells, and Mayo calculated the landing point of the shells based on his rich experience, and he was surprised to find that the main purpose of the other party was their capital ship, and the evasion of the capital ship did not seem to have much effect on the effect of the shelling.

Mayo didn't know that in the past two months, the Chinese warships have ravaged the entire United States, inflicting a heavy blow on the United States, and the accuracy of their shelling is quite high, when he knows that the shelling is coming, especially when the other side attacks first, what he can do is to let the battleship avoid it as quickly as possible, and then it is to resign to fate, God forbid, this is the only thing the commander can do, at such a moment, pin his hope on the amount of God bless, which is enough to prove the despair of the commander.

The U.S. capital ships have the absolute upper hand, and the 12 capital ships are against the opponent's 4, but there is not much that can be done on the premise that the opponent has already attacked in advance without seeing any trace of the other side. All warships are avoided as much as possible, but in less than 15 seconds, for battleships that are not currently at the maximum speed and only 20 knots at most, the maximum translation is 50 meters, which is really not much for warships with a total length of more than 200 meters.

48 shells, with lightning speed, rushed to this side, without deliberate aiming, aimed at the most central position of the entire battleship group, in that area, at least 30 battleships were concentrated, of which the capital ships were no more than 5, they were also attacking the most central and important targets, and when the shells fell, mixed with a huge roar and explosions, it was obvious that they hit.

This is not in the face of a small boat, the first wave of attacks, all the most elite armor-piercing shells in China are powerful enough, and the hit rate is under the premise of a sneak attack, when the opponent does not change much, it reaches an astonishing 40%, that is, out of 48 shells, at least 19 hits.

19 shells hit, for a fleet of 137 battleships, the effect is not great, but for the main attack of those ships, it is a bit big, of which 5 battleships are the focus, 4 were hit, of which an average of 3 armor-piercing shells were hit, and the other total of 7 battleships were hit. The power of the armor-piercing shell of the 15-inch gun is huge, the light cruiser, the destroyer, one shot, it is enough to choke, at least it is a heavy hit, but the battleship is different, 4 battleships that were shot, only 2 were hit hard, they were unlucky to be hit by the ship's guns in the front battery and the middle, the front turret of a ship was hit by an armor-piercing shell, causing the shell to detonate, almost blowing up a big gap in the middle, and the other shot hit the vicinity of the conning tower, including the captain, the high-ranking officers, were almost cleaned up, because of such a critical attack, The speed of these two ships was reduced by about half, and they also lost the ability to counterattack, and as for the other warships, the losses were not large.

The other two battleships were hit in the armored belt, although the armored belt was dealt a huge blow, and it also entered the interior of the ship, but it did not hit the vital point, at least, the speed of the ship can be guaranteed, as for the other 7 shots, except for 2 destroyers who were greatly damaged and began to be silent, most of the others were injured, 2 were seriously damaged, 2 were lightly injured, and 7 ships were damaged to varying degrees, for 12 battleships, more than 30 mounted and heavy cruisers, a total of 137 battleships for the fleet, not even minor injuries, It can be said that in the first round of attacks, the combat effectiveness of the US fleet was still there, but it was only caught off guard by the sudden attack. (To be continued.) )