With a loud bang that resounded through the sky, the battleship "Texas" was blown into two pieces almost in the blink of an eye, and the bow of the ship flew high into the sky, splashing a column of water that soared into the sky when it fell, and the scene was extremely spectacular, and all the more than 800 people on the ship from the captain down were killed, and not a single person survived. Many US officers and men who watched this terrifying scene at close range were stunned by the pen "Fun" www.biquge.info were stunned, and a few were mentally fragile and even broke down and jumped into the sea to commit suicide, causing a certain degree of confusion, and the blow to the morale of the US military can be imagined.

The battleship "Texas" was also the second large battleship to be killed by an underwater bomb during the Sino-US war, and this aroused the special attention of many technical personnel in China, and even some high-ranking naval officials became interested in it......

At 14:35, the rear main turret of the battleship Indiana was completely paralyzed after being hit by an armor-piercing bullet fired by the "Nest", and the ship's available long-range side-firing firepower was only a twin 274mm naval gun. As a result, as soon as the battleship Indiana left the queue on its front foot, the two Chinese battleships immediately turned to chase after it, the battleship Indiana was at the end of the queue, and the other American ships in the battle line were inconvenient to block the enemy for it, and the Chilsage-class battleship was not very durable, and the injuries were already not light, even if the Indiana battleship cast a smoke screen, it could not escape the bad luck of sinking after all.

Only a little later than the battleship Indiana, the last Chilshach-class battleship on the battlefield, the Massachusetts, was also destroyed, and the battleship's waterline armor belt was pierced many times. At 14:42, the captain of the battleship "Massachusetts" gave the order to abandon the ship with tears in his eyes, but he himself stayed, and the beloved ship, which had been with him for many years, and hundreds of his subordinates who were either dead or about to die were laid to rest on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico......

At this point, all the Chilshach-class battleships that participated in this naval battle were sunk, without exception, and after the war, naval experts from various countries also believed that the performance of battleships was more important than quantity, "Only warships with strong enough performance are qualified to go to the battle line!" ”

Although the results were great, in order to pursue the two Chilshaji-class battleships, many Chinese battlecruisers temporarily left the queue, causing the Chinese battle line to become unprecedentedly thin, William Soden Sims keenly saw the opportunity and asked his subordinates to seize the opportunity to concentrate firepower and attack fiercely, China's flagship Xuanyuan was naturally the focus of the focus, and the "Chiyou" battle cruiser, which was active in this naval battle, was also under the focus of American artillery fire, and the American battleships with their main guns aimed at her reached 3 at most, And all South Carolina-class battleships with strong side-firing firepower!

As a result, it didn't take long for the "Chiyou" to lose its main command instrument like the flagship, but after learning of this bad news, the captain of the ship, Deng Shichang, did not choose to stay in the battle line and fire like Yang Yonglin, but took a more radical approach, "If there is no fire control, then close the distance, rush to a place where you can hit accurately without fire control, and fight bayonets with the Americans at close range!" ”

As a result, the officers and men of the navy on both sides were stunned to see that the battlecruiser "Chiyou" took the initiative to leave the queue and rushed straight towards the battle line of the US troops!

"Zhengqing, what is he doing here?" , Yang Yonglin was so angry that his face turned pale, even if he usually had a good relationship with Deng Shichang, he couldn't wait to remove this guy who likes to do his own thing on the battlefield for a while. Deng Shichang's rush like this is tantamount to giving Yang Yonglin a big problem, is it to let other battle patrols rush up together and fight hard? Or give up the Chiyou, let the main formation continue to maintain the current style of play, and win this naval battle steadily?

Compared with Yang Yonglin's hesitation, the reaction of Vice Admiral William Soden Sims, the commander of the US Army, was very resolute and decisive, originally because the losses were too great, he was ready to admit defeat and retreat, but he didn't expect that a Chinese battle patrol rushed up to send him to death, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims immediately changed his mind, and ordered the five South Carolina-class battleships with the strongest firepower to all aim their main guns at the Chiyou, and send a big gift to the door, he will regret it for a lifetime!

After two or three minutes of calibration, the five South Carolina-class battleships successively released their strongest firepower, and the Chiyou, which was rushing towards the enemy formation at full speed, constantly stirred up columns of water around it, and the firepower of 40 305mm naval guns was really terrifying!

At 14:51, the No. 1 main gun turret of the battlecruiser Chiyou was hit by a 305mm caliber American armor-piercing projectile, although the armor was thick enough not to be penetrated, but because the location of the hit was too close, the turret commander was damaged, and the two 305mm main guns of this turret could only rely entirely on the gunner's manual aiming; Two minutes later, the command instrument of the No. 2 main turret was also damaged. In this way, if Deng Shichang had planned at the beginning and rushed to a distance of about 10,000 meters to engage enemy ships, the Chiyou battlecruiser would only be able to exert half of its main gun fire (and it would have to turn), because it was almost impossible to hit the target at such a distance by relying only on the gunner's manual aiming.

But this did not make Deng Shichang give up, but made him further determined to fight bayonets at close range, and under his orders, the Chiyou continued to rush to the American battle line desperately. At this time, the battlecruiser Chiyou had been hit by dozens of large-caliber shells, and at such a distance now, even the secondary guns of the American battleships began to pose a threat, but she still fearlessly fought forward against the enemy's bullet rain, and always maintained an astonishing speed of more than 27 knots......

After seeing this scene in the telescope, Yang Yonglin couldn't help but recall the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which were like the mainstays in the Battle of Dadonggou in the naval battle, his eyes moistened slightly, and after he took a deep breath, he finally made a decision, "Order all ships, all turn right 50 ゚, and completely crush the American fleet in one go!" (To be continued.) )