Chapter 149: Escape

Although the number of warships is very small, the small detachment led by Han Laosan is very fierce, taking advantage of the long range of its naval guns and the advantages of high accuracy in artillery battles, constantly maneuvering with the American warships, and constantly shelling the American warships at a distance of more than 10,000 meters. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info only saw that the battleships of the United States were shot again and again, but their own battleships were not damaged at all.

Up to now, eight warships have been shot, but none of them have caused fatal damage, and these wounded warships are still fighting back, hoping to sink the warships of Huaxia with the advantage of their large number of artillery.

Rear Admiral Widder Alai has finally clearly realized the strength of the Huaxia Navy, and has even seen the advantages of the Huaxia warships, which not only have a much higher speed than the Chinese warships, but also have higher artillery attack technology and main gun range than the Chinese warships. As long as Huaxia uses this shameless tactic of keeping a distance, the warships of the United States will not be able to hit the other side at all.

The warships of the Huaxia Kingdom have surpassed the powerful United States in terms of speed, gun range, and artillery attack technology, and the other side blindly uses its own advantages to fight with itself, and there is no decisive battle mentality at all. If the battle continues like this, the battleships of the United States will only have the fate of being sunk.

The flagship had already been hit by several shells, and not only had the speed dropped, but the battleship could also be sunk at any time. Rear Admiral Wid-Alai saw that the main guns of the two powerful battleships could not pose an effective threat to the Huashan battleship of Huaxia State, and his heart became faintly anxious. Only by changing the status quo can the battleship be saved.

After thinking for a while, Rear Admiral Wid-Alai decided to order a retreat, which might save the fleet.

After receiving the order to retreat, the captains of the Mi fleet were greatly relieved.

Soon, the warships of the U.S. fleet turned around one after another, and they were working at full speed, trying to escape from this sea area.

Han Laosan had already received a telegram saying that the Pacific Fleet, the Great White Fleet and the Spanish fleet were heading for this sea area. Seeing that the other party was making a U-turn, it was estimated that the other party must want to make peace with the big army. However, Han Laosan felt that the opportunity had come, since the other party wanted to retreat, the morale must be quite low, and it was a good opportunity to beat the water dogs.

"Catch up! Hit me hard! Han Laosan ordered.

Boom! Two shells accurately hit another battleship of the United States, the Indian, and one shell accurately hit the front main gun turret of the Indian, not only blowing the turret away and falling on the deck, but also the gunners under the turret were also shocked to death.

Another shell hit Chuanxuan, instantly destroying two secondary guns and killing dozens of sailors.

On the bridge of the Huashan, the adjutant looked at the United States battleships that were turning a little anxiously, and he couldn't figure out why Han Laosan didn't order the torpedo to be launched.

"Chief Han, why don't you fire a torpedo?" The adjutant asked loudly.

After Han Laosan heard it, he slapped his head with a fierce slap, and the shelling has been carried out until now, how can he even forget the killer feature on the battleship? Damn it!

"Order the ships to catch up and fire torpedoes!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, all the ships went full speed to catch up with the American warships.

Rear Admiral Widder Alai was completely dumbfounded when he saw that the warships of Huaxia Kingdom were catching up with them at full speed, and when he saw the speed of Huaxia Kingdom's warships. Based on the speed of the other side, it is estimated that it will be at least 30 knots or more. Damn, how can the warships of Huaxia have such a fast speed? Is it really God who cares for them?

Is the other party going to completely destroy himself? Major General Widder Alai was quite puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

When the two sides gathered about 8,000 meters, Han Laosan ordered all ships to open fire with all their might.

Boom! The sound of artillery suddenly continued to come, and the rumbling sound of cannon resounded throughout the entire sea area.

"Launch the torpedo!" After a burst of shelling, Han Laosan ordered.

The torpedoes that had already been set, and after receiving the order, the captains of the ships fired torpedoes one after another.

The Huashan battle cruiser is equipped with four 533mm torpedo tubes in the bow part, which can fire four torpedoes at a time. Han Laosan believed that with the power of Huaxia's torpedoes, it was entirely possible for four torpedoes to paralyze a warship of the United States.

Woohoo! When the torpedo compartment in the bow of the ship was opened, four torpedoes were fired, and the torpedoes were fired at high speed towards the battleship Virginia with tiny splashes.

The other ships fired torpedoes, firing at their targets.

After the torpedo was fired, in order to confuse the enemy, Han Laosan once again ordered the start of shelling, and the rumbling cannon sound continued to sound again.

Rear Admiral Weide Alai was very anxious in his heart, with the speed of the Huaxia warship, it won't take long to catch up, is it really going to fight to the death?

Even if the two sides fight a decisive battle, now that the warships of Huaxia Kingdom have come up, they still have a certain chance of defeating the other party. However, when Major General Wid-Alai thought of his beautiful wife waiting for him to go back, and of his lovely and naughty daughter, Wid-Alai hesitated.

The United States is a country of immigrants, and many officers and soldiers did not have the idea of sacrificing for the country, and it was only in the early stage of World War II that the thinking of the officers and soldiers changed slightly. Whether it was Rear Admiral Wid-Alai or the sailors on the other ships, they were now only hoping to escape as soon as possible, and they did not have the courage to fight a decisive battle at all.

Rumble! Rumble! One of the cruisers of the United States was hit by two 152mm shells, but it did not cause fatal damage to the battleship.

Rumble! Rumble! Another destroyer was hit by three shells, but it still did not cause fatal damage to the battleship.

Two battleships were hit in succession, and the sailors on the battleships panicked, and these sailors were eager for their ships to fly and quickly fled.

The sailors on the battleship Indian were terrified, and a lookout sailor took a telescope to look in the direction of the ship's dazzling water. The sharp-eyed lookout noticed four water marks under the water, and was sailing towards his battleship at high speed.

"Torpedo! My God! It's actually a torpedo! The lookout soldier suddenly screamed loudly.

Soon, the alarm sounded on the battleship Indian. The sudden sound of the siren made the officers and men of the entire battleship Indian panic, because so far, many officers and soldiers have not known what is going on?

However, the battleship Indians began to urgently evade torpedoes. However, the distance was too close, and when the lookout spotted the torpedo, the torpedo was less than two hundred meters away from the battleship Indian.

Four heavy torpedoes rushed towards the battleship Indian of the United States at high speed. The battleship had already begun to turn sharply, but the huge hull made it not as agile as the destroyer, and it would take at least a minute or more to complete the turn.

Soon, there was a bang from below the sea! Boom! Boom! Boom! Four crunchs, four heavy torpedoes, crashed into the Indian at a speed of 45 knots.

"Boom! Rumble! Four loud bangs rang out in quick succession. Four torpedoes, one after the other hit the battleship Indian. One torpedo hit the middle of the battleship Indian, and one hit the bow waterline. Two hit the tail.

When the torpedo hit the battleship Indian, there was an immediate and violent explosion.

The violent explosion caused the battleship, which weighed more than 12,000 tons, to be lifted out of the water by more than one meter. Then, it fell heavily into the water, and the whole battleship broke in two.

Most of the hundreds of officers and men of the United States on the battleship were shocked to death on the spot, and after that, the battleship sank into the sea in less than 20 seconds, and none of the hundreds of people on the battleship survived.