Chapter 1421: Aftermath of Destruction

If it is a dam of hundreds of meters, it is still a huge water conservancy hub like the main stream of the Yangtze River, and the collapse of the dam may form a continuous tsunami, which has a huge impact near Haikou.

The Panama Canal, there is no way to compare with the Yangtze River, the height of the water volume of this canal is only about 50 meters, after all, the difference between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, is only about 26 meters, such a drop, do not need too high a amount of water, this is a canal, not a water conservancy hub, not for power generation construction, just a passage of waterway.

From damage to complete destruction, it takes time, only when this can not be reversed, Cheng Biguang will leave, the timing can not be said to be the best, high-speed warships, more or less, or affected by the tsunami, but these effects may make some small boats capsize, for the battleships that are enough to operate in bad sea conditions, this is not a problem at all, the captain deftly piloted these battleships, in the layers of waves, flexible shuttle, when leaving the mouth of the Panama Canal about 10 kilometers, It's safe enough.

The Panama Canal is only how big it is, and the amount of water in 30 minutes is enough to stream, and the impact caused by it finally destroyed the peripheral anti-Boti at one time, and then saved Cheng Biguang a lot of hands and feet, and the anti-Boti is also an attack target.

The wind and waves are calm, the sea's bearing capacity is far stronger than the canal, even if it is a tsunami of more than 100 meters, once the attack is over, when it retreats, it will be calm, not to mention this small-scale tsunami that is thought to be made, when the sea water in the Panama Canal is almost poured, everything will be over,

Cheng Biguang is 20 kilometers away, observing the results of this battle, with the help of optical tools, you can clearly see that the result of the dam at this moment, itself is as wide as a trapezoidal cheese-like dam, as if it has been gnawed by a vicious dog, at least 4 large holes, according to the diameter, these irregular holes are from the bottom, the diameter of the bottom is about 30 to 40 meters, but it is extended to the upper layer, at least it has increased by more than 2 times, and the part of the dam that is currently intact is only 3 percent. This basically means that the dam has been destroyed.

At this moment, the collapse of the dam is not over, and the ships that were pushed by the Panama Canal, the smaller ones are no longer visible, rushed to the dam and exploded, and were blown directly into the water by the waves, and are still in the gap in the dam, and the ships that caught fire, at least more than 5,000 tons, these ships that should have left the Panama Canal before and went to the United States and other places, have remained here forever.

Because of the relationship between the strength of these ships and the dam itself, the damage to the dam continues, and from time to time stones fall, as for the locks, they have long been under the double pressure of cannonballs and water, twisted like twisted flowers, and they do not know where they have been washed away.

In anyone's opinion, this dam cannot be maintained, and it is impossible to repair it, because the location of the gap is even larger than the complete location of the dam, and if you want to rebuild it, you have to get rid of these things first, and then it will take time, even at the speed of construction at the high speed of China, not 8 months, don't want to rebuild this dam.

Cheng Biguang knows that he has basically met the domestic requirements, basically cut off the Panama Canal, what he doesn't know is that he not only completed the task, but also overfulfilled the kind, he is a naval officer, from the assessment, just from what he understands, relatively simple calculations, he does not know, for the canal close to the sea, or even the two oceans, it is impossible to complete the construction in a year, many times, it depends on the sky.

You know, the construction of a dam across the sea, not only requires manpower and science and technology excellence, but also to test the cooperation of the sky, if, in the Panama region, in the summer tropical storms, there is no way to start construction for half a year, itself is close to the sea, when the construction is under construction, once the premise of high sea conditions and waves, there is no way to construct, and the things that are transported may be swept away, and even personal safety can not be guaranteed, even if it is a small case, it will be delayed for at least three months, and a little hesitation. It's just that a year or two has passed, and the rivers have not been destroyed, and there are no locks, what is the use of those rivers, and on the premise that there are no locks and dams, some small sampans can be passed?

Now, the most important strategic task of Cheng Biguang's ministry has been completed, and then, as long as they kill the fleet that intercepts them and inflict greater losses on the United States, they can return home safely, and in the process of returning home, they will not choose to bypass the Cape of Good Hope, but will return from another section in the Pacific Ocean through Cape Horn, and maybe, they will be able to catch up with the attack on Australia.

Of course, this is just a joke, sailing tens of thousands of nautical miles, in just 2 months, more than 20 high-intensity battles, Chengbu's combat effectiveness has reached the limit, in the Panama War, Chengbu did not attack too high-intensity, but the pressure brought by that kind of war is indeed difficult to resist, not to mention, now, for the counteroffensive of the main fleet of the United States.

This is the strongest fleet transferred back by the United States, 12 capital ships, needless to say, more than 30 warships of more than 10,000 tons, and as many as 90 small warships, the total number of warships in the total exceeds 130, when the fleet is formed, it is enough to cover several square kilometers, and the long queue is at least a dozen kilometers.

Cheng Biguang has never doubted the attack power of these US warships, since he arrived in the United States, the US warships he came into contact with, and these warships, it is definitely not a grade, just like the US military in Europe, the intensity and intensity of the European war, definitely not the United States side can compare, compared to the US Army, the US fleet arrived in Europe earlier, in contact with the British combat experience, this time is definitely a serious challenge.

Cheng Biguang is a very cautious person, the navy must be cautious, any little adventure, may bring the consequence of the total annihilation of the fleet, coupled with the reminder from the rear, the Chinese fleet will always be objective, even overestimated, to assess the enemy, what seems to be a risky move, in fact, it is completed under the tempering and step-by-step design.

After determining the results of the Panama Canal, Cheng Biguang must prepare for the next battle, it seems that from the beginning of the attack on the Panama Canal to the present, there are more than 30 hours of attack, but for ammunition consumption, it is even far lower than that time in New York, such an attack intensity, at most equivalent to 4 hours of high-intensity attack, at present, the amount of ammunition in the Cheng Department, is still maintained at about 7%.

7 percent, in the general battleship, is already relatively low, the average amount of battleships, in the reserve of artillery shells is already close to the bottom, under the reserve of about 3 percent, it must be replenished, otherwise, once a little high intensity conditions, ammunition may go to the bottom.

The reason why a battleship is a battleship, full heavy artillery is the key, 9-12 guns, the artillery fire of each salvo is amazing enough, and the fantasy class is even more so, not only has 12 15-inch guns such as big killers, but also has an extremely high rate of fire, the rate of fire is more than 2 times that of ordinary battleships.

However, the fantasy class, in order to carry out the mission this time, at the expense of the sailing performance, the reserve ammunition has been strengthened, which is about 1.8 times that of the general fantasy class, even if there is 7 percent left, it is equivalent to about 1.3 times that of the ordinary.

The first battle of Panama achieved excellent results, but the attack on the Cheng Department was minimal, the roadbed battery located on the shore, their attack ability was limited, 12-inch guns, for ordinary capital ships, enough, for the high seas fleet, except for most of the warships except the Scheer fleet, even a little redundant, far more than the ordinary situation, but for the fantasy class, under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao, steel, technology, and even artillery technology to the extreme Chinese designed artillery, It can definitely be called perfect, such artillery, enough to suppress Panama's road fire, officially for such reasons, Panama can be regarded as being killed in seconds, it can't be said that more than 30 hours of attack, can not be counted as seconds, but Panama does not have any counterattack ability, it is simply passively beaten.

On the other hand, through the telegram, the loss of Panama was finally sent to Washington, and the Admiralty was once again wooden, Panama, which is located in Central America, the most important passage of the United States to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, is an important port connecting the east and west coasts, and it was actually attacked, what is the loss, although there were experts before, it may be breached, but it is only a possibility, When this result was really put in front of everyone, they knew that the matter had reached this level.

When the general finally handed over the report of the losses to the experts, the experts were dumbfounded, although they had foreseen that the dam might last less than 30 hours, that was just a calculation, showing that in the attack, there were such and such situations, these situations, a little operational, there would be a lot of time, at most 15 hours, the first batch of battleship fleets would arrive, and the other side would not be able to attack the dam unscrupulously, but in the end, the speed of the opponent's attack was faster than he imagined, the specific reason, It may be that the strength of the opponent's shells is more powerful than he imagined. It's useless to say anything now, the dam has collapsed, and the Admiralty has recruited them together just to judge how long it will take to repair the Panamanian cloud deterioration after it is destroyed, which is extremely critical to the next strategy of the United States. (To be continued.) )