When the artillery fire from the fantasy class is gradually extended towards Wall Street, it should not be said that it has fallen to the periphery of Wall Street, and the purpose of the other party is already clear at a glance, at this moment, what is in front of Ross is the biggest problem, at all costs, Wall Street can not be devastated, compared to the huge New York, Wall Street is too small, if the attack power of the Chinese fleet and the accuracy of the shelling, Wall Street may be wiped out in an hour.

The importance of Wall Street, almost every American knows that if it is devastated, even the American economy will regress, even if you are a lieutenant general, he cannot afford this responsibility, picked up the phone, and connected to the only force that can fight back in New York at the moment, the torpedo boat formation.

In the era of dreadnoughts, Britain opened the era of capital ships, capital ships have become the foundation of the naval strength of various countries, only capital ships can deal with capital ships, but before that, France once strangely put forward the concept of a green water navy, with a large number of torpedo boats, replace the status of capital ships, in order to ensure the safety of France, and even win the confrontation, a capital ship may cost 2 million pounds, a torpedo boat, maybe a few thousand pounds on it, with the money to build a capital ship, may build a bunch of torpedo boats, This may be the reason why France is here to be here.

With the advent of dreadnoughts, it turned out in the end that this method should be wrong, after the appearance of the capital ship, such a battleship with ultra-high firepower, protection, and hit rate, plus various escort fleets, the torpedo boats were too weak, and it was almost impossible to hit the dreadnoughts with piled torpedo boats.

However, this idea of the French has become an opportunity for the development of torpedo boats, from an inconspicuous ship that can only be used as the lowest level of warships, and gradually becomes a necessity for harbor guards, at least in the coastal defense, torpedo boats and land-based batteries, become the most perfect combination, plus mines, can form an iron-fisted defense.

Here in New York, the number of warships is not large, because of the previous submarine attack, more than 1,200 tons of warships have been sent out to participate in the escort work, and those who remain are some small boats, and among these small boats, torpedo boats occupy a huge share, at least 32 torpedo boats, these torpedo boats, in the current situation, can play a big role.

It has been proven that when the torpedo boats are charged in the face of a strong battleship, the torpedo boats that fire a salvo are not opponents at all, and even some secondary guns and anti-aircraft fire can threaten them, but they have to appear, and it is best to be able to achieve results, even if they can't achieve results, then waste the opponent's shells, and when there is no way to resist the enemy, this becomes the only option.

The other side only has 4 lonely battleships, so there is no escort battleship capital ship, maybe it will be broken through by torpedo boats, besides, a battleship can carry a limited number of shells, especially the shells of the main gun, once the battleship has no shells, it is like a gun without bullets, it will become a burning stick, and the other side will definitely not be able to shoot them all, so that if the torpedo boat can rely on its speed, one consumes 50 shells, for Wall Street in New York, it means safety. No way, this is the only way Ross can think of at this time, he also knows that such an order is cruel, and the torpedo boat in charge of the attack will definitely be in danger, but he has no choice.

However, this order of Ross was directly opposed by naval officials, Americans are not Chinese, not influenced by China, not the idea of East Asia, killing Shengren has never been the view of the United States, or even the mainstream Western world, at the right time, under the premise of fulfilling their duties, surrender is not a shameful thing, and will even be regarded as a hero, which is in sharp contrast to the East Asian side, killing Shengren to become a hero.

If you know that you will die, you still have to charge, this is not something that the Americans can do at all, and this is also the strangest thing about Cheng Biguang, although he is attacking New York, but deep down, he is still making preparations, in case a bunch of torpedo boats really appear, although they are not afraid, it will cause a waste of shells, and it is absolutely a waste to use the main guns of battleships to hit torpedo boats of less than 1000 tons.

In fact, Cheng Biguang's caution was not miscalculated, Ross communicated with the officers of the Navy for 5 minutes, almost forcing the order, and in the end, the Navy also looked at the serious damage in New York, especially on Wall Street, which absolutely cannot be missed, and this is also clear to the Navy. But even so, only 9 of the 36 torpedo boats had their crews, and these personnel were not standard, and each one was at least one-third less manned.

New York is a big city, and those who can become soldiers in New York are all related, they are here to gild, not to fight to the death, especially the navy, which is a higher level than the army, and it may take several years to master the operation of warships, and most of the navy soldiers are above non-commissioned officers, or even simply officers, and these people are even more desperate for their lives.

Of course, there are 10,000 people of all kinds, and in the navy of New York, there are also some hot-blooded young people who are willing to give everything for the country, but these people are too few, not even one-fifth of the entire fleet, even if the naval officers do their best to deploy, it is only to send out nine torpedo boats, and they are not fully loaded.

9 ships? As soon as the torpedo boat was dispatched, Cheng Biguang had already received a notice that the reconnaissance plane in the sky could clearly send every action on the New York side to the commander, especially the warship, which was the biggest threat to the navy.

Under the reconnaissance of the reconnaissance plane, there are no secrets in New York, in the half hour of the battleship attack, the reconnaissance plane has thoroughly reconnoitred New York, determined the information on the map, and made changes to the important ones, according to the information that Cheng Biguang knows, in the military port, there are at least more than 30 torpedo boats, they are in the perfect berth, there are many blocks, unless close to the military port, even the battleship can not attack, this is the fundamental reason why Cheng Biguang let him go, but now, only 9 have appeared, Is this a conspiracy, or something else?

As an Oriental, even if someone told him that at the juncture of the war, more than 80 percent of the people of a naval unit escaped from the battle and refused to leave the station, he would never believe that in wartime, it was an absolute crime to flee from the battle, and he would even be directly executed for treason, but the Americans were still reasonable like this, and most of the refusers were full of words, knowing that they would die in action, why should they do it.

No matter how much suspicion and strangeness there are, for Cheng Biguang, it is necessary to solve these 9 torpedo boats, but the weapon against them is not the main gun, the shells of the main gun are so precious, it is impossible to deal with this, the torpedo boats he knows about have a range of only about 3 kilometers, and the speed will not exceed 35 knots.

That is to say, it takes at least 2 minutes to walk 3 kilometers, and 2 minutes of time, the torpedoes used by the Americans with heavy traces, which he can easily dodge, and the 4 ships are relatively high in terms of maneuverability.

The weapon against them is actually to use a 35 mm anti-aircraft gun, which is specially prepared for the air, which can easily attack an altitude of 4,500 meters, and the flat fire at such a height can reach at least about 7 kilometers, and the rate of fire is extremely fast. Character-piercing armor-piercing shells, even through the weak armor of heavy cruisers, not to mention torpedo boats of less than 1,000 tons, are targets for those.

The Americans do not know this, but they still have the idea that they may attack and consume each other's shells? They didn't know that this time the act of sending them to death was completely futile.

The opposing warship did not attack, this is probably the best news Ross heard after New York was attacked, maybe it was an opportunity for him, although 9 ships came out, this number is relatively small, but Wall Street may have been attacked by 500 or even 1000 shells, huge fantasy class, they have been attacking the Statue of Liberty, the port, and even New York City for a long time, and the consumption should be very large.

However, Ross would not have thought that these four ships, for the sake of sneak attack, were simply refitted, reducing part of their capabilities, such as anti-aircraft guns, leaving only a few spares, and then comprehensively strengthening the naval guns, the storage of naval artillery shells is at least 1.8 times higher than the conventional ones, so that in the battle, the opportunity to attack will not be lost because of the lack of shells, even if all the American torpedo boats come out, it will not affect the attack on Wall Street, not to mention, only 9 torpedo boats will come out.

The torpedo boat is speeding up, and the other side is not attacking at a distance of 20 kilometers, which is equivalent to saying that they have a chance, only by keeping closer, approaching the range of the torpedo, as long as 2 kilometers, not 3 kilometers, it is enough for the torpedo to be launched, the young American officers full of enthusiasm began to speed up, and their hearts are also counting the seconds, maybe they don't have to die, maybe they can make a great achievement, if the torpedo boat sinks the capital ship level, it is definitely an earth-shattering achievement, there is no one.

10 kilometers, still no attack, the high speed of the torpedo boats, so that they want to reach the place of attack, only a few minutes, even the naval officers regret it, if, can sink the emperor class, what a big chance, if all 36 ships can go out, maybe there will be a chance, looking at the emperor class that is getting closer and closer, not only Ross and the naval officers are full of expectations, even ordinary sailors are also infected, especially the torpedo boat officers and soldiers on the shore, some of them regret it, go out together, Maybe you can make a big difference. (To be continued.) )