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"Look, that's the Devil!"

An exclamation aroused the curious attention of almost all the officers and men of the German ship at the same time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

The so-called Demon refers to the battleship Guanghua Emperor. This was the nickname given to the battleship Guanghua the Great by all the officers and men of the Allied Navy, expressing the strong hostile attitude of the Allied camp towards the United Nations camp.

For the German officers and soldiers at this moment, they sincerely hope to sink the battleship Guanghua the Great, no matter how big the price is, as long as they sink this symbol of the Chinese Imperial Navy, the only nuclear-powered battleship in the world, then for any German officer and soldier who sank her, it will be a lifetime of pride.

However, at this moment, when they saw the arrival of the battleship Guanghua Emperor, they only had a moment of joy, which was immediately replaced by the situation of escape in front of them, and they did not think that it was a favorable time to sink the battleship Guanghua Emperor at this moment.

But there are always some outlaws, they see the battleship Guanghua the Great coming alone, there are no other large main warships around, and the air combat capability of several escorted air defense heavy cruisers is indeed fearful, but the combat capability against the sea is far worse, and it is not the opponent of the German fleet at all.

"Commander, it's the Guanghua Emperor!"

Williams looked at Hansen expectantly with a beaming face, and it was clear that he was one of the outlaws. ╔╗

"Yes."

Hansen only replied lightly, as if he had no intention of sparring with the Guanghua Emperor.

"Commander!"

Williams called out again, his eyes still steadfast.

Hansen stopped him from saying the following. said, "I see what you mean! Only now our main aim is to quickly break through and bring the fleet back to Germany safely. ”

"But—" Williamston paused, and continued, "this is the Glorious Emperor!" The ultimate nuclear-powered battleship, the symbol of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Now that she's alone, it's the perfect opportunity for us to sink her. In normal times, we don't have a chance at all! ”

Hansen certainly understood what Williams was saying. He didn't want to take the opportunity to sink the battleship Guanghua the Great. As the world's only nuclear-powered ultimate battleship, its expensive construction and huge military value are self-evident, not to mention that this ultimate battleship is named after the emperor of the Chinese Empire. As the flagship of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, its political value is unusually great. At this moment, she came alone, without other capital ships by her side, and for the German fleet, now was the best time to sink her. In every respect, there seemed to be no reason for Hansen to spare the battleship. ╔╗

However, Hansen's mission was to safely return to Germany with the German fleet. If you waste time on the Guanghua Emperor. If this once again fell into the encirclement of the Imperial Chinese Navy, then the entire fleet was in danger of being annihilated.

Risking the annihilation of the entire army to sink the Guanghua Emperor. Let's not talk about whether you can sink it. Even if it were sunk, at the cost of the annihilation of a fleet, and the last hope of the German Navy, Hansen felt that it was not worth it.

"We will divide five battleships to attack the Guanghua Emperor, which should not affect the fleet's breakthrough plan."

"No way!"

Hansen again vetoed Williams' proposal.

But Williams did not give up at all, and continued: "Commander, now we have been defeated. Hundreds of battleships were lost. But not even a single hair of the enemy ship was injured. It's so humiliating, just go back like this. The face of the Imperial Navy was gone. But if we can sink the battleship Guanghua the Great, at least we won't be too badly defeated. ”

Hansen saw Williams persistent. So I had to explain: "I think you are confused? You only saw that the other party sent the flagship over, maybe it was Li Dingxin, the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, who was there, thinking that he could easily sink the opponent's flagship and kill Li Dingxin to paralyze the joint ** command, right? ”

Williams nodded in agreement. ╔╗

Hansen then sighed and said, "You only saw this, but you didn't know the intention behind the Guanghua Emperor coming here. ”

Williams wondered: "Is there any other intention behind it?" ”

Hansen then explained: "Obviously, it is impossible for Li Dingxin to bring the nuclear-powered battleship Guanghua the Great to fight us unless it is absolutely necessary, because if there is any mistake, Li Dingxin will not be able to eat and walk around." But why did he still send this symbol of the Imperial Chinese Navy? Isn't that worth pondering? ”

Williams seemed to understand something, so he asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Hansen said: "It shows that the other side has no troops to adjust, so they have to send the flagship over to attract our firepower and delay our breakthrough operation." On the other hand, this shows that we are now in the right direction of the breakout, because we certainly do not have the enemy's fleet in front of us, at least for now. But if we attack the Guanghua Emperor and the small fleet near her, we may delay the breakout. If I'm not mistaken, Li Dingxin has now hurriedly ordered the other fleets to hurry. ”

Williams finally understood, and sure enough, it was Hansen who had the foresight. Hurriedly said: "What the commander said is very true, I understand. ╔╗”

Hansen nodded, finally convincing his first lieutenant.

However, just as Williams was about to go to appease the commanders of the other ships, an accident happened.

At 6:05 p.m., Vice Admiral Hines, commander of the 4th Fleet, refused Hansen's command on the grounds that he was of the same rank as Hansen, and that he had refused to accept Hansen's command without the command of Admiral Bundy, commander of the High Seas Fleet.

Of course, Vice Admiral Hines was attracted by Li Dingxin's Central Fleet coming from the opposite side, and he could not refuse the temptation of the battleship Guanghua the Great, and he vowed to sink the battleship Guanghua the Great.

As a result, Vice Admiral Hines ordered the Fourth Squadron to turn to 220 and head directly towards the Guanghua Emperor.

"Damn Hines!"

Upon learning of Vice Admiral Hines's actions, Hansen was furious and yelled at Hines for being a bastard who would have ruined the entire Fourth Fleet.

Hines couldn't resist the temptation. Directly ordering the Fourth Fleet to attack Li Dingxin's Central Fleet was exactly what Li Dingxin was willing to see.

At 6:23 a.m., five German ships galloped from the northeast, less than 40 kilometers from the battleship Guanghua the Great. ╔╗

The ultimate battleship with 20-inch guns on both sides, its guns cover a distance of about thirty-five kilometers.

Also the ultimate battleship, Hines's Empress Ultimate Battleship has four twin 20-inch 45-diameter main guns, while the Guanghua Emperor has four triple 20-inch 50-diameter main guns. Therefore, the Empress's firepower is far from that of the Guanghua Emperor. Hines knew this, but he had nothing to fear. Because Li Dingxin only has one battleship, the Guanghua Emperor, while he has an ultimate battleship and four super battleships.

"The distance is 35 km! Main Gun Attack! ”

Hines seemed to be a little impatient, or he was afraid of the nuclear reactor on the Guanghua Emperor, he did not have a sense of distinction between the concept of nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors, and thought that once the Guanghua Emperor was sunk, he was afraid that it would cause a nuclear reactor explosion, so he ordered the German ships not to get too close. As soon as he entered the attack range, he gave the order to open fire.

The battleship Empress was the first to open fire on the Guanghua Emperor, followed by a volley of fire from the other four battleships.

Accompanied by the roar of cannons. Huge shells fell around the Guanghua Emperor. In an instant, a huge column of water hundreds of meters high was stirred up, which was very terrifying.

During World War I, the accuracy of the German High Seas Fleet's artillery was still far from that of the Imperial Chinese Navy. However, after several decades of development, the German navy, which blindly strengthened the doctrine of giant ships and artillery, was very close to the level of the Chinese Empire in this respect. The distribution of impact points is very regular, and the first salvo at a distance of 35 kilometers has already entered a distance with an error of less than 300 meters.

In the face of the aggressive posture of the German ships, Li Dingxin saw it clearly in the command room of the bridge. But he didn't have any fear, and even refused to enter the command tower, which had strong protective capabilities.

"The distance is 34.3 km. Prepare for the main gun shooting! ”

"Port side, azimuth 125. Shoot high 40, the first round of fire salvo! ”

"Ready—fire!"

The order is given. The 12 20-inch guns of the battleship Guanghua the Great opened fire in mournful manners. At the moment when the cannon was discharged, the huge muzzle of the cannon spat out dazzling firelight, and the violent air wave pressed on the sea surface outside the port side, forming four fan-shaped patterns with a diameter of up to 100 meters.

Tens of seconds later, the shells fell near the German fleet, and in an instant, 12 huge columns of water were stirred up in unison. The impact point was closer to the impact point of the previous German gunfire than the previous projectile fire, and the first time it was within 200 meters.

Vice Admiral Hines on the Empress was even struck in pain by the splashing seawater, which showed the great power of the cannonballs.

The warships of both sides fired fiercely. Li Dingxin knew that the other heavy cruisers and destroyers of the Central Fleet were no match at all, so he simply did not let them participate in the battle, but ordered them to track and monitor the other German fleet from a long distance that did not take the bait.

In this way, Hines's five battleships were obviously inferior to Li Dingxin's battleship in terms of quantity and firepower. For a time, the battleship Guanghua the Great looked very difficult.

"How much longer?"

"The fighting on the Western Front has ended, and the Pacific Fleet and the British Royal Navy are rushing in, and it is expected to be about two hours."

Li Dingxin frowned and said, "When they come, it's dark!" ”

Liu Chuntang said: "The aircraft carrier battle group is also coming, at present most of the aircraft carrier battle group is outside the combat radius, only the Fanjingshan aircraft carrier has just entered the combat radius, they have sent 80 fighters to arrive, it is expected to take 50 minutes." ”

Li Dingxin nodded, secretly begging in his heart, hoping that the Guanghua Emperor could last for fifty minutes.

On the other side, when Hansen saw Hines going to attack the Guanghua Emperor, he knew that he had fallen for Li Dingxin's plan. He had to make all preparations.

"Our submarine is nearby!"

Williams nodded, "Yes!" Admiral Bundy's last secret message to us mentions that the submarine force will help us get out of danger! ”

"Contact them now, and get ready to reinforce Hines!"

Williams asked, "So what do we do?" That's our last killer feature! ”

Hansen said, "We don't need it!" Since Li Dingxin has sent his flagship, it means that there are no other fleets nearby, and we have already escaped from danger without exchanging fire with them. On the contrary, Hines was afraid that he would be dragged by Li Dingxin, and finally surrounded by the Chinese Imperial Navy that rushed to reinforce him. That's the only way we can help Hines. ”

"Got it!" Williamston was commanded. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )