You can't blame the professionalism of the U.S. Navy, it can join in the European war, and even have a head-on confrontation with the German capital ships, Mayo even has a head-on exchange of fire with the German Emperor class, in a sense, for the performance of the Emperor class, it is also relatively clear, but they have never met the duel between the Emperor class and ordinary warships, the Emperor class has very few attacks below the heavy cruise, there are not many German battleships, there is no hard fight with the small ship at all, that is a lot of discount, and it does not meet the application of the capital ship, The capital ship, which is to deal with the capital ship, is standing on the battle line, even if it is not equal, it is to deal with the heavy patrol level, the light patrol or the destroyer, it is too unequal, that is, when it returned to break through, it attacked desperately, but at that time, the US military had not yet arrived in Europe, and there was no information in this regard.

The Germans regard the Emperor class as a treasure, as the most powerful battleship, is a thing to watch the house, but in China, it is different, the fantasy class is the most powerful battleship, but not the most powerful capital ship, China has long because of Yang Yuanzhao's guidance, embarked on the road of aircraft carriers, compared with aircraft carriers, battleships have quite a lot of weak points, so among the capital ships, battleships belong to an auxiliary ship, in the naval sequence, it is lower than the aircraft carrier, in this case, the role of the battleship is required, it is more omnipotent.

In the training of battleships, special emphasis is placed on the protection of aircraft carriers, for the aircraft carrier is the most lethal, not the capital ship, the capital ship target is too large, is the most important aircraft carrier, but also the most important object of attack, if the capital ship, close to the aircraft carrier battle group, even if there is the protection of the battleship, large-caliber naval guns, just fly a few shells, it will have a huge threat to the aircraft carrier, after all, the aircraft carrier in order to load more aircraft, the more runways above him, the better, which is two different directions from the battleship, the attacked place is too big and easy to hit.

The overall power of an aircraft carrier battle group is to break through the aircraft carrier's beam protection and enter the vicinity of the aircraft carrier, which is almost impossible for the battleship, unless it is at night, the aircraft cannot take off, and it is not possible to effectively reconnoiter the surrounding situation.

Aircraft carrier operations, there are clear regulations for night battles, will use the system as much as possible to make up for the shortcomings of the aircraft carrier's poor strength in night battles, that is to say, as far as possible to solve the battle in the daytime, once it enters after four o'clock in the afternoon, it must be disengaged, the aircraft carrier has no protection, relying on carrier-based aircraft, so the speed of the aircraft carrier is quite strong, China's newly built aircraft carriers are all positive aircraft carriers, due to the unique underwater structure, the speed is very fast, easy can reach more than 32 knots, plus the escort formation is fast warships, As long as you are not surrounded by the battlefleet, you can easily throw off the speed of the opponent's main fleet at least 5 knots, which is a very considerable difference.

However, there will always be omissions in any defense, and the same is true for aircraft carrier battle groups, the most modern aircraft carrier battle groups in later generations will still be the possibility of being broken through, not to mention this generation, in a sense, the aircraft carriers may pose a threat to these small ships, they are not the targets of the first series of strikes, in large fleet operations, small ships with a speed of more than 35 knots, but it is easy to break through layers of defense and enter the aircraft carrier battle group.

How to clear these small ships as quickly and efficiently as possible has become one of the most important training subjects for battleships. Because of this, Cheng Biguang has been trained and is very familiar with this aspect, and when shooting, he naturally uses it without a sense of alienation.

The command system, it is unlikely that each naval gun will be aimed at a position, but it can be calculated to ensure as many targets as possible, the limit is 7, 4 ships are 28 targets, for only 32 ships, there is no need to be like that, that may be at the limit, 28 at a time, but more likely, one can not hit, although the command system is powerful, but it is not the fire control system of later generations, there is no way to change the shell, that is, it cannot be guided, from the barrel to the fall, As little as 15 seconds, as much as 30 seconds, for objects with a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, at least a few hundred meters out, no matter how predicted, it is only approximate, and it is impossible to hit accurately.

In order to pursue a higher hit rate, the final target is 10, so that the coverage is more and more accurate. The first time it hit 6, which was a very good effect, and then, in the first 5 minutes, under 10 rounds of shelling, 27 ships were hit, ships of less than 3,000 tons, were hit by an armor-piercing shell of a large-caliber 15-inch naval gun, even if they did not sink immediately, they would be hit hard, and the unlucky ones, those who were hit in the vital parts, sank directly.

Among the 27 ships hit, there was one of the most unlucky light cruisers, the armor-piercing shells penetrated directly from the frontal main gun position, penetrated the thick main gun, directly hit the ammunition depot, caused a martyrdom, and directly blew up the entire superstructure, a large amount of seawater poured in, and in less than 3 minutes, the whole ship sank.

Of course, such an example is just an example, most of the battleships are stubbornly on the water, but unfortunately they have lost the most critical speed, and what awaits them is the roll call one by one, and even the capital ships can't do it, let alone these small ships.

Even if it is a light cruise, a 15-inch naval gun can barely be maintained, and after the speed is reduced, if it is hit by the opponent more accurately, it is more likely to sink, up to 3 shots.

Fixed target, this is the strength of the fantasy class, after most of the warships have been weakened, the cleaning is faster, the Chinese battleship, showing a strong attack power, in just 7 minutes, before the opponent did not get close to the distance of the torpedo launch, was killed, of which the main gun was killed 24, the rest is the result of anti-aircraft machine guns, 4 anti-aircraft machine guns, flattened from the back, may not be a big threat to the light cruise, but there is no frontal armor of the destroyer, the threat is huge.

The 35 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, with armor-piercing shells, can even penetrate 100 mm of armor, which is a certain threat to some unprotected heavy cruisers, let alone light warships. A few 35-mm armor-piercing shells, even if they hit below the waterline, are unlikely to affect a destroyer of about 2,000 tons, but if there are a large number, it will be different, there are high-explosive shells in the gap between armor-piercing shells, compared to the armor-piercing effect of armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells are more powerful for unprotected destroyers, Armor-piercing bullets are only 3.5 cm holes, but high-explosive shells can make at least 20 or even 30 mm holes, one or two are acceptable, but in too many cases, it is more miserable.

The anti-aircraft machine gun is even more terrible than the 15-inch naval gun in the use of materials, after all, in order to obtain a very high altitude, the initial velocity must reach a certain level, not to mention the 35 mm large anti-aircraft machine gun, his power is very great, this is the first time to flatten against a small boat, but the effect is excellent, compared to the two main guns a minute, the anti-aircraft machine gun can reach the extent of 60 rounds a minute, the limit can even reach 120 rounds, the battleship that is targeted, may not exceed 1 minute, it will be hit with a thousand holes, Even if it hadn't sunk completely, not many people would have survived with the armor-piercing bullet passing through everything.

The Chinese battleships were cleared so quickly, and the 32 ships thought that they could hold back the Chinese side, but they did not expect that in a short period of time, they were sunk one by one, and at this time, in the most recent time, the distance between this guerrilla fleet and the fantasy class was 8 kilometers, barely reaching the range of the main guns of the capital ship, and there was still a distance from the launch of torpedoes.

At this moment, on the other hand, the outflanked ships have not yet been in place, and the capital ships have just been adjusted, and they are preparing to bypass the island, and in 7 minutes, the main fleet will sail at a speed of 22 knots, only 2.2 nautical miles, and the distance between the fleet in front and the front fleet is at least a little more than 5 nautical miles, and the island just blocks their sight, and they don't know what kind of intensive firepower 32 warships have suffered in just 7 minutes.

Mayo's heart was a different idea, the news of the sinking of the battleships was sent to him continuously, although there were bags and losses, but in just 7 minutes, most of these battleships were lost, and the severity of the matter was far beyond his imagination, is this fantasy class so powerful? Or did the Chinese really send a fleet over, lay a trap here, and kill his guerrilla fleet?

Mayo is difficult to choose, at this time, he is in a dilemma, turn around and run, it should be the best choice, the combat effectiveness shown by the other party, far above his imagination, in order to preserve the strength as a reason, it is also reasonable, but even did not see the face, the loss of 4 battleships and dozens of warships, this feeling of grievance, it is really difficult to be strict, at this moment, there are islands to block, the other side is busy attacking the guerrilla fleet, it should be a good opportunity, if the distance between the two sides, closer to 8 kilometers, He may not have a chance, dozens of 10,000-ton ships, even if the situation is not good, can escape.

In the dilemma, Mayo initially made the most wrong decision, did not turn around and leave, but ordered the main fleet to speed up, striving to be able to intercept the other party, in his thoughts, the other party put the target on the guerrilla fleet, should not notice the position of their capital ship, with the help of the cover of the island, strive to rush to the other party, this is better than being beaten passively, they don't know, from beginning to end, the fantasy class has not moved much, and the distance from the guerrilla fleet is at least kept at more than 8 kilometers, Even if they went around the island, the distance was 15 kilometers. (To be continued.) )