Chapter 521: The Battle in the Caribbean

In the protests of Britain and Russia, the Argentine naval fleet refueled the Brazilian port of Recife to clean the bottom of the ship under the banner of visiting Wèn, and then in order to look good in Brazil, it first put on a posture of returning after leaving the port for more than 100 kilometers, and then suddenly received a domestic order to turn around and sail for Colombia again.

In this way, the Brazilians have something to explain, the Argentine Navy is here for a friendly visit, and although you are belligerents, you can't interfere with friendly exchanges between us, right? As for the fact that they received an order to go north on the second half of the way, it is none of our business, and in the future we can guarantee that the principle of neutrality will be strictly observed, and that Argentine warships will not be allowed to dock in Brazilian ports for replenishment.

Well, although this is very insulting to IQ, but even if it is an insult to IQ, Britain and Russia can only endure it, they cannot find trouble with Brazil because of this, and if they push Brazil to the side of the Allies, it will not be ordinary trouble, then they will need to face not two battleships but four.

In this way, the Argentine fleet left Brazil and continued northward, and at this time, on the Colombian battlefield, with the arrival of a large number of volunteers including Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, the Colombians also began to launch a counteroffensive with the help of a small number of poison gas bombs provided by the Germans. There was a great battle between the two sides on the banks of the Magdalena River, with more than 20,000 casualties among the Anglo-Russian forces, and more than 40,000 casualties among the Colombian army and the volunteers. It is clear that the Colombians were waiting for the Argentine Navy to cut off the invaders' transportation and supplies after the victory in the Battle of the North Sea, while the British and Russians were also waiting for the outcome of the naval battle, and they were also waiting for reinforcements from Canada and Asia.

Two mercenary divisions consisting of Ah San, Malay monkeys, and Japanese, which were originally intended to be put into the Indonesian battlefield, are coming, which is Nikolai's request. Now Nikolai can be said to be as high as the savior of the Entente, and in order to make him go all out and finally win the war in Europe, the British can only respond to him.

In the south of Grenada, the place where the British and Russian fleets are ready for a decisive battle, the battleships Retvizan, Potemkin, Crown Prince, and Victory of the Russian American Fleet, and the battleships Pavrel, Captain of the Centurion, which belong to the Caribbean Fleet of the British Royal Navy. The Prestige, the Revenge split into two columns and cruised the sea, dozens of cruisers and destroyers scattered around them.

These battleships are called old-fashioned battleships, but in fact, they have not been in service for more than ten years, and the latest Retvizan and the Crown Prince have only been in service for six years, but unfortunately after Yang Feng's Kunlun-class battleships were born, these battleships that were once regarded as glory by their countries became garbage in an instant, and then they could only walk off the stage in ashes.

Of course, in good conscience these ships are not weak, take the Letvizan as an example. Two twin 305 mm primary guns, and two twin 240 mm secondary guns, were arranged in the middle of the ship, one on the left and one on the right, so that only one could be used on the side of the ship. In addition, there are ten 152 mm secondary guns and eight 105 mm secondary guns, all of which are high-end products from Bofors, Sweden. The rate of fire of the 305 mm main gun can even reach a little more than a minute and one round, and the 240 rapid-fire main gun is actually used by the famous Asterian Princess class in the American War. The top speed can reach three rounds per minute, and as for the speed, it is impossible to reach the level of a perfect battleship, but it also reaches twenty-two knots.

This is exactly why they dared to take on the perfect battleships of the Argentine Navy with these old battleships.

"They're coming!" The commander of this fleet. Vice Admiral Norbergatov of the Russian Navy looked at the sea in the distance and said lightly.

In the distance, a row of battleships gradually emerged in the background, and in the middle of the two towering mountains were their opponents, the Argentine Navy's battleships Rivadavia and Moreno, two perfect battleships built by Sweden's Young's shipyard. On either side of them are the heavy cruisers 25 May and Admiral Brown, built by the Chinese Mawei Shipyard, in addition to four light cruisers and ten ocean-going destroyers, which are less than half the number of the British and Russian fleets, but all of them are the latest warships, and if it were not for the different flags, they might have been mistaken for the Caribbean Task Force of the Chinese Navy!

In fact, the latter is not far away, such a lively of course, to see, not only the Chinese fleet led by Lin Guoxiang, but also several major fleets in the Caribbean Sea have sent a large number of warships to enjoy this naval battle, and on the sea near the battlefield, there are at least five national flags fluttering.

Just as Nobergatov finished speaking, the Argentine fleet in the distance began to change formation, turning at the same time during the voyage, and then the four capital ships turned into a column and cut towards the British and Russian fleets, and at the moment of completing the change of formation, with the advantages of artillery range and centralized fire control system, the twenty main guns on the side of the two battleships spewed flames almost at the same time. The 280 piercing bomb roared across the cloud-shrouded sea, and then exploded in the British and Russian fleets, and a column of water immediately rose on the surface of the sea, although it did not hit directly, but a shell almost exploded against the British battleship of Revenge, and the impact of water pressure made the giant ship of more than 10,000 tons shake violently.

Fortunately, the shipbuilding quality of the British was still trustworthy, and such a close miss did not cause damage to it, but after only a few tens of seconds, the Argentine battleship in the distance opened fire again, and this time it was no longer nothing, and a 280-mm piercing bomb hit the Russian battleship Victory. Because of the distance, this cannonball that fell at a large angle directly penetrated the horizontal armor of the bow of the Victory, and then exploded inside, and the huge power of ten kilograms of antimony and antimony instantly turned into a dazzling ball of fire, with countless shards of steel erupting from the deck, looking like a volcanic eruption, those burning steel scratches in the sky and fell to the sea.

But up to now, the British and Russian fleets still haven't fired, it's not that their main guns can't reach the enemy, but they can't aim, and firing cannonballs is a waste of shells, these battleships don't have centralized fire control, and their engagement distance is within fifteen kilometers, and it's pointless to go far, like these large-caliber naval guns that shoot a few hundred barrels and they will be scrapped, naturally they can't be wasted, and besides, the Argentines can't always fire at a distance of 17 kilometers, once they get closer to within 15 kilometers, it's the turn of the British and Russian fleets to exert their might.

Fortunately, the British and Russian fleets did not wait long at this moment, and after paying three battleships to be shot and suffer damage of different ranges, the front and rear twin 305 mm main guns of the Retvizan finally let out a roar, and the huge cannonball smashed over like a meteor, and the first salvo was very unnatural and hit a shot, and then a spark was grazed above the waterline of the Rivadavia and then exploded into the sea.

This depressing scene affected the morale of the British and Russian sailors, and at that moment the two Argentine heavy cruisers following the battleship, a cruiser with three triple 240 main guns, had an insane amount of firepower. Almost as soon as they joined the battle, they immediately set the British battleships Prestige and Captain Centurion, which they were targeting, into a sea of fire, but fortunately, their main guns were weaker after all, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the battleship's waterline armor at such a distance, and at most it was to destroy some superstructures.

At the same time as the Argentine heavy cruiser joined the battle, other British and Russian ships also opened fire one after another, and in the clear Caribbean Sea, the collision of blood and fire made the sea water boil.

As the distance narrowed, the Argentine battleship's main gun hit rate skyrocketed, more and more British and Russian battleships were shot, and the most ruthless Revenge was even swept away by a 280 piercing bomb that swept a second-class main gun away, and the fire ignited from the cabin, billowing smoke straight into the sky, looking miserable.

But by this time, the main guns of the British and Russian battleships were still unable to penetrate the Argentine battleship armor, but after closing to ten kilometers to the two heavy cruisers, a 305 mm shell fired by the Retvizan even pierced the waterline armor of the May 25, but unfortunately before the Russian cheers fell, the Victory began to sink rapidly with an earth-shattering explosion.

Unfortunately, the Russian-built battleship was detonated by a 280-millimeter piercing shell that pierced the waterline armor and detonated the ammunition depot under the main gun in the bow.

At the same time that the Victory disappeared from the sea, the Argentine battleships no longer moved forward, but fixed the distance at this time at eight kilometers, and then turned to keep a distance from the British and Russian battleships that tried to get closer, and continued to ravage the British and Russian fleets with those terrifying cannons.

"It's boring, this kind of naval battle is not interesting at all, the Argentines just need to continue to keep this distance and hit the moving target, they don't even need to use those two heavy cruisers, that's not for this kind of work, two Kunlun-class are enough to clean up this garbage." On the battle patrol of the Hongwu in the distance, Lin Guoxiang said while smoking a cigar.

"Then how do we accomplish Beijing's mission?" The chief of staff next to him said cautiously.

Emperor Yang is not ready to let the Argentines win, if Argentina seizes the sea control and cuts off the supply of the British and Russian armies in Colombia, how can it be played, it has to let them lose, but it is best not to lose too badly, so that they can continue to play, but he is far away in Beijing, and Lin Guoxiang is naturally responsible for this kind of battlefield matter.

"Winning the battle is just a trivial matter!" Commander Lin, Lieutenant General Lin, and Viscount Lin said triumphantly. (To be continued......)