The battle in the air continued, but the battlefield was getting bigger and bigger, and it had gradually dispersed into a catch-and-fight, and some of the wounded fighters began to land on their respective motherships.

On the sea, the two fleets were sailing at full speed, and soon they had already spotted each other on their respective radars, and then entered the viewing distance of the telescope.

"Ships ready to fire!"

Gorshkov immediately gave the order.

The four Xia Boyang-class cruisers quickly moved forward, and then forty-eight 57 times the diameter of the 152 mm main guns raised their muzzles at the same time, including the radar, and the data from all places began to be summarized to the fire control room, waiting for their prey to enter the maximum range of 23 kilometers.

But alas, the era of naval artillery has passed.

Twenty-five kilometers away, the three ships of the Hongwu, which were originally racing at great speed, suddenly drew an elegant arc-shaped track on the sea, and showed their starboard side to the Soviet fleet, which could already be seen through telescopes in the distance, and the sixteen Styx anti-ship missile launch boxes were facing the target, and in the control cabin next to it, under the command of the beautiful robot, the sailors in charge of launching each locked on the radar screen.

The four ships of the Xia Boyang in front of them were still moving at full speed, behind them, on the aircraft carrier Moskva, Gorshkov held a telescope and looked at the Ming fleet, he suddenly had an ominous premonition, the other party's actions were too abnormal, they should not meet the battle, everyone knew that one cruiser and two destroyers would definitely not be able to fight against the four cruisers, they should break away at high speed, and then wait for the fighter to land and hang bombs.

So why did they come to die?

"What's that?"

Suddenly, he noticed that the three battleships in the distance seemed to have something white reflecting in the sun.

The chief of staff next to him hurriedly raised the telescope.

But at this moment, in the middle of the cruiser Hongwu, a sudden fire flashed, and a striking flame trail shot out instantly. Flying obliquely into the sky, it is particularly striking against the azure background.

"It's not good, it's an anti-ship missile!"

Gorshkov roared hoarsely, and in an instant a cold sweat fell, he finally knew why the enemy dared to meet him, but by this time it was too late. Almost in the blink of an eye, three more identical trails shot out of the middle of the Hongwu, and at a height of more than 100 meters on the sea surface, it collided head-on with extreme speed.

Fortunately, the Soviets have long conducted in-depth research on this kind of thing and guessed its maximum possible radar guidance, so on the Xia Boyang-class cruisers, there are the most basic radar jamming devices, although it is impossible to know the radar frequency of the other side. But Soviet scientists did their best to develop a jamming device for their warship.

At the same time as the jamming was turned on, almost all the anti-aircraft guns on the four cruisers were also aimed at the four Styx, which was also a means developed by the Soviets, and today was the time to test the results, starting with the long-distance interception of the 152 mm naval guns, and as the distance of the Styx River was rapidly approaching, it was instantly joined by 37 mm anti-aircraft guns.

It does work.

They actually stopped one.

Looking less than two kilometers away. The anti-ship missiles exploded in the dense artillery fire, and the Soviet battleships were almost jubilant.

But alas. They only stopped one, and three more.

After rushing through the anti-aircraft barrage to intercept it, the three Styx suddenly raised their heads, and instantly reached an altitude of nearly three hundred meters, and then crashed down directly on the Frunze.

On the Frunze, everyone looked at the sky in despair. Looking at the missiles that fell like meteors, suddenly two of them seemed to deflect slightly, and before they could understand what was going on, the two anti-ship missiles crashed into the sea close to the starboard side, and at the moment when the exploding water column rose. The last one struck the middle of the Frunze.

An earth-shattering loud bang exploded on the surface of the sea, and the giant ship, which was more than 10,000 tons, even jumped hard, and the flames erupted from the middle like a volcano with countless steel fragments.

Gorshkov looked at this scene wordlessly.

In the distance in the Ming fleet, there was already a cheer, and in the midst of the cheers, the other four Styx continued to shoot.

Target, Xia Boyang.

"Fire!"

A frightened roar sounded on the three ships of the Xia Bobo at the same time, and all the artillery that could be used instantly joined the ranks of shooting, and the dense shells of various calibers were fired into the sea, and above the water column stirred up by the shells, four anti-ship missiles kept approaching with flames at a speed faster than the fighters, and at this time the Soviet sailors had nothing else to think about, and they only had shooting in their heads, shooting at the fastest speed they could achieve, shooting down these four missiles like the first one.

The Frunze was already billowing smoke at this time, although a single missile would not destroy such a huge ship with a full load displacement of nearly 14,000 tons, but here, it had lost its combat effectiveness, and if the Xia Boyang repeated this result, then their fleet would be very dangerous next.

This time, their naval guns were not shot down, and they watched the four anti-ship missiles suddenly raise their heads less than two kilometers away, climb to a height of 300 meters at great speed, and then plunge down at the Xia Boyang.

This time, the Soviets' most rudimentary radar jamming device almost saved them again.

Of course, only a little bit.

The trajectory of the two missiles dive was obviously deviated, and then smashed directly into the sea, but the remaining two missiles crashed directly into the cruiser one after the other, and the moment the huge dive force of the missile in the bow of the ship hit the deck, the warhead weighing nearly half a ton was detonated, and the terrifying explosion power suddenly tore apart the bow of the Xia Boyang. The one in the stern of the ship was hit by a 152 mm turret, and in the flames of the explosion, this turret was directly torn to pieces, and before the surrounding Soviet sailors could wake up, an explosion like a collapse suddenly sounded on the sea.

Ammunition detonated.

The Xia Boyang was like a toy, torn directly from the tail by the fire that arched from below the deck, and its body jumped upwards at a strange angle.

Its keel was broken.

Gorshkov's eyes widened and with a sense of desperation stared at the brand-new cruiser, which had just been in service for more than a month, and around him, there was already a scream of pain.

The cruiser is finished.

When the fatal explosion was over, it began to sink without hesitation, and just as it slowly sank into the sea, all the Soviets turned their heads and looked into the distance with fearful eyes, where there were still eight anti-ship missiles not launched.

But they didn't continue firing.

The sea was eerily calm, the main guns on the remaining two cruisers of the Soviets did not dare to fire, and the eight anti-ship missiles on the two destroyers in the Ming fleet did not fire, and the two sides watched each other from a distance of more than 20 kilometers, and no one moved.

"Hit? Why fight? We are civilized people, don't always fight and kill. ”

In the special communicator, Yang Yuan's voice clearly came into Wu Zurong's ears.

"But the Soviets are our enemies?"

Wu Zurong said blankly.

"Well, sometimes the enemy is also a kind of thing that needs to be carefully cared for, forget it, such a profound truth, it is difficult for you to understand for a while, in short, contact the Soviets, how about we fight in this game, they hurry up and get out, we will not continue to attack, but they must leave the wounded cruiser behind, which is their compensation to us, otherwise we will sink even their remaining two."

Yang Feng said.

In fact, he was not sure of victory, and he didn't expect Starling to grow so quickly that he even had radar jamming, but as far as Styx's rudimentary active radar seeker was indeed known for its ease of jamming, it wasn't a big deal. It's okay to go back and add an infrared seeker or something else, as for the easy to be intercepted, it's better to solve it, go back and add a good altimeter to ensure that you can fly over the sea, and you don't even need such a tall serpentine maneuver.

But now it puts him in a dilemma, launching another eight anti-ship missiles does not guarantee that the remaining two cruisers will be completely sunk, and even if they are damaged or even seriously damaged, they still have the Moskva, don't underestimate the latter's single-ship combat capability, sixteen 150 mm naval guns, single-handedly one 10,000-ton light patrol has no pressure, not to mention the heavy armor protection, the amazing speed driven by 200,000 horsepower, it is difficult to say whether the Hongwu can beat it.

And the battle in the sky has not yet been decided, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory, and if you can take down the thirty-six planes, I am afraid that the sea fury will have to lose most of it.

In other words, if the fight continues, it is likely that both sides will lose, annihilate the Soviet fleet, and then pay huge losses themselves, and it is even possible that even the Kunlun will be damaged.

Since this is the case, there is no need to fight, keep the Moskva and continue to give the United States and Britons a headache, you can't do it with Stalin, you work hard in the front, and others are stealing fun in the back, just like he said to Wu Zurong, sometimes the enemy is also a kind of thing that needs to be carefully cared for, and the arms giants of the United States in later generations often accidentally steal some top-secret technology or something.

But Gorshkov categorically rejected Wu Zurong's kindness.

"No, we will definitely not abandon the Frunze, the great Soviet Navy did not have the habit of abandoning its comrades."

He said haughtily over the radio.

Well, he is a smart man, not a tenacious like Kuznetsov, if he does this, he will never turn over in the Soviet Navy, this defeat is not a big deal, it will not affect his career, but abandon the Frunze, his career will be over.

"If you refuse, then we will sink all your ships on the sea."

Wu Zurong threatened very directly.

Gorshkov was silent. (To be continued......)