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"Damn! Is that guy Henry trying to use us as cannon fodder? ”。 On the light cruiser 'Chester' of the United States Navy, Commodore Reims received a telegram from Rear Admiral Henry, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

"General, are we going to intercept the Chinese?" A staff officer asked.

"Of course, do you still want to disobey? Order the remaining 5 light cruisers, accelerate to 28 knots, go around to the front of the Chinese, intercept them! Brigadier General Reims said. Rear Admiral Henry, who was one rank higher than him, and at the same time the commander of the battle cruiser detachment, naturally had the right to command Commodore Reims' detachment of light cruisers on the battlefield!

The 4th light cruiser detachment of the US Navy began to accelerate, and the 9th destroyer detachment of the British fleet, seeing this, had to keep up with the 4th light cruiser detachment of the US Navy. Although the British fleet had independent command, in this case, in order to be able to defeat the Chinese, they also had to follow orders!

This act of the combined fleet of the British and American Navy attracted the attention of the heavy cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy.

"Sir, the light cruisers and destroyers of the Americans have pounced! Looking at their posture, they want to intercept us, and then give their battle cruisers a chance! A staff officer said.

"Dog rì! Let Deng Wei's kid lead the forward formation to catch up! The Americans only have 5 light cruisers left, and they should be able to withstand it! Colonel Zhang Yuan immediately ordered. The most crucial reason why the six heavy cruisers under his command were able to suppress the US Navy's 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment was that the Chinese Navy's shelling accuracy was much higher than that of the US fleet. But if the distance between the two sides is shortened. Then the heavy cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy has no chance of winning! After all. 305 mm naval guns on board a battlecruiser of the US Navy. It only takes one shot to be able to inflict heavy damage on the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy.

The forward formation of 4 light cruisers and 6 destroyers of the Chinese Navy also began to accelerate, preparing to intercept the 4th light cruiser formation of the US Navy and the 9th destroyer formation of the British fleet. The two sides soon engaged in a fierce battle, and although the US Navy's 4th Light Cruiser Formation still had 5 'Omaha-class' light cruisers, and the 9th Destroyer Formation had 10 destroyers, their combat power was not much stronger than that of the Chinese Navy's Forward Formation. The battle between the two sides was very fierce, but the purpose of the US Navy's attempt to intercept the heavy cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy was also bankrupt!

"Bastard!" On the USS South Dakota, the U.S. Navy's battlecruiser, Rear Admiral Henry slammed his fist on the table. After the 4th Light Cruiser Formation and the 9th Destroyer Formation were blocked, he wanted to intercept the heavy cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy. Then take the opportunity to close the distance between the two sides and teach the Chinese fleet a hard lesson with large-caliber naval guns It has become impossible!

"Boom!" A 210 mm shell hit the foredeck of the battlecruiser South Dakota again. Only 64 mm of armor on the deck could not withstand the bombardment of 210 mm armor-piercing shells, and a large hole was immediately blown out, and several American sailors on the deck were also killed.

Major General Henry looked at this qiē, and his eyes almost erupted with fire! Although these injuries were completely harmless for the 'South Dakota' battlecruiser with a displacement of up to 20,000 tons, it did not pose a fatal threat. But being pressed and beaten by several heavy cruisers all the time made him feel very aggrieved.

On the heavy cruiser 'Liaohe', the captain of the ship, Colonel Zhang Yuan, held a telescope and looked at the battle cruisers of the US Navy that were constantly being hit in the distance. I was also very aggrieved. Take the heavy cruiser "Liaohe", for example, which has already hit the opponent "South Dakota" battlecruiser several times. But. Even so far it had caused only a minor injury to the battlecruiser 'South Dakota', and had not caused fatal damage to it at all. If it had been replaced with a 305-mm armor-piercing shell, the battlecruiser "South Dakota" might have been sunk long ago!

In order to avoid hitting the U.S. Navy's battle cruisers, the Chinese Navy's six heavy cruisers kept the distance of the two sides at a distance of more than 12,000 kilometers. At such a distance, the battlecruisers of the US Navy could not hit their targets unless God forbid. But even then, the six heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy were dancing like on the tip of a knife. Because if you get hit, you're dead!

Fortunately, the luck of the Chinese Navy seems to be good, and the 6 battlecruisers of the 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment of the US Navy have been engaged for such a long time without hitting. And the heavy cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy could not sink the battle cruisers of the US Navy, and the two sides can be said to be in a stalemate. It's just that this stalemate was broken after the Chinese Navy's 'Han Shin-class' fast battleships arrived on the battlefield!

At 12 noon, six 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships of the Chinese Navy arrived at the battlefield. The tall hull of the ship, like a towering mountain, is very shocking. And the arrival of reinforcements has greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese Navy. The frequency of firing of the six heavy cruisers was much higher, and the 210-mm main guns were more like throwing shells at the 2nd battlecruiser detachment of the US Navy as if they didn't want money!

"General, reinforcements from the Chinese are coming! 6 giant ships, judging by the appearance analysis, are the Chinese' Hanshin-class' battle cruisers! A staff officer reported to Major General Henry with a pale face. The six heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy have already bullied their six battle cruisers enough, and now there are six more advanced battle cruisers, so do they still have a way to live?

"Raised by a son of a bitch, how could the Chinese' Hanshin-class battle cruisers be here? Could it be that the main force of the Chinese is really not far away? Send me a telegram to the commander immediately, we have encountered the main forces of the Chinese, we need reinforcements! Major General Henry put down his binoculars and commanded with a stern face. The six heavy cruisers of the Chinese before, although they had been bullying them, but, in general, did not pose a mortal threat to them. But the six 'Hanshin-class' battlecruisers that have appeared now are different. The Hanshin-class battlecruisers were equipped with 343 mm guns, enough to tear the weak hulls of the U.S. Navy's battle cruisers to shreds.

After the order was given, Rear Admiral Henry once again picked up a telescope to observe the Chinese Navy's 'Han Shin-class' battle cruisers. In the Chinese Navy's previous propaganda, it was declared that the 'Hanshin-class' battlecruisers were the most powerful battlecruisers in the world. The three 343-mm 50-caliber guns equipped with them can easily tear through more than 300 mm of armor at a distance of 10,000 meters. This kind of firepower is much more powerful than the British Navy's 'Lion-class' battlecruisers and the 'Colorado-class' battlecruisers built by the U.S. Navy in imitation of the British Navy's 'Lion-class' battlecruisers. In the face of such a strong enemy, Major General Henry no longer had the courage to continue fighting. The U.S. Navy's 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron was immediately ordered to turn north and flee, and at the same time asked the commander of the Combined Fleet, William Brown, to flee north. Admiral Benson will do his best to give him support! After putting down the binoculars, Rear Admiral Henry always felt that something was wrong with the 'Hanxin-class' battlecruisers of the Chinese Navy, but he couldn't say what was wrong!

Fleet Commander of the Combined Fleet, William Brown. After Admiral Benson learned of the appearance of the Chinese Navy's 'Hanshin-class' battle cruisers, on the one hand, he ordered the four 'Colorado-class' battle cruisers of the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment of the US Navy to speed up to the battlefield to reinforce the 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment. At the same time, the 36 battleships that ordered the main force of the fleet also began to accelerate, preparing to meet the main force of the expeditionary fleet of the Chinese Navy!

The speed of the 'Han Shin-class' fast battleships that were battlecruisers by the Americans on the spot was very amazing, and they ran a maximum speed of 29.5 knots during the test run, which is faster than the capital ships of any country equipped with them now, and even surpasses the Chinese Navy's own 'Tang-class' battleships. When the U.S. Navy's 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment wanted to turn and escape, the six 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships had already begun to pick up, and their speed had risen from the first 24 knots until 28 knots. Such a speed completely shocked Major General Henry and other American generals that they almost stared out of their eyes.

"General, the speed of the Chinese is at least above 27 knots, and we are now able to retreat at a maximum of 24 knots. I'm afraid that in half an hour the Chinese will catch up with us! The captain of the South Dakota said to Rear Admiral Henry with a sad face. Fools know what the consequences will be once they are caught up by the 'Han Shin-class' battle cruisers of the Chinese Navy!

Rear Admiral Henry's face was also sinking as if he could drip water, he didn't know why it was so weak today, he originally thought that the battle would be nine out of ten, but it turned out to be ravaged by several heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy. What was even more unfortunate was that he actually ran into the Chinese Navy's 'Han Xin-class' battle cruiser, which undoubtedly gave him a great blow with its huge hull, thick gun barrel and unparalleled high speed. If not, their 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment of the US Navy will be the first capital ship to be killed in this naval battle!

"How could those damn yellow-skinned monkeys build such horrible battlecruisers? Even the British can't build such a battleship! Major General Henry cursed in his heart. The United States is stronger in industry than China, but it has been left behind by China in military industry, and now is the time for them to taste the consequences! (To be continued......)