The Enterprise and Yorktown also have thirty aircraft each, serving as the strength of the second echelon. But they didn't dare to let the plane take off again. How the plane disappeared in front made the two captains startled, did not dare to move, and withdrew the aircraft carrier backwards to avoid what other means the other side had to deal with the aircraft carrier.

Zhilu said that the other side did not have warships, but for safety, six submarines still cruised near the aircraft carrier, and left two destroyers and two frigates to protect the Enterprise and Yorktown.

Two battleships, the Texas and the New York, with four destroyers and four light cruisers, went straight to the harbor, ready to bombard Manzanillo with naval guns.

The firepower of the battleship was obviously huge, five twin 356 caliber guns, sixteen 127 secondary guns, against the harbor, it would be a devastating existence.

As the aircraft carrier retreated, the battleship took the lead, approaching Manzanillo in a roundabout way, still facing the harbor from the side, and the main and secondary guns could be fully activated.

The battleship made an arc and sailed from south to north towards Manzanillo, and the guns began to turn, and the distance was rapidly closing.

Before the smoke in the sky cleared, a report came from the radar.

"Thunderhawk One reports that enemy ships are moving towards us, ten in number, at a speed of 25 knots, and at a distance of 20 nautical miles."

He knew that the enemy ships in the road would inevitably carry out artillery bombardment after the planes were shot down, and the shore guns were already ready, and when he heard the radar report, he shouted excitedly: "Positions 1 to 4 are ready!" Ten guns for a battleship, in the order of artillery! ”

Within a minute of his shouting, there were roars in the headset.

"Position 1 is ready!"

"Position No. 2 is ready......"

Han Lie clenched his fists and raised them vigorously, shouting, "Ready...... Put!! ”

With his roar, Manzanillo boiled again. The loud bang continued in a row. Ten groups of radars controlled each group's artillery roared, spewing out clusters of fire, and projectiles roared into the air. Fly straight for the galloping fleet.

The Texas and the New York were one after the other, and the ship's guns had been turned at a gallop and were ready to bombard at any time.

They all had reason to believe that the fire of ten ships would engulf Manzanillo, and even if it was made of steel, it would not be able to stop their wrath. And the shore defense artillery on the opposite side except for more than 300 calibers. It was difficult to inflict damage on the battleships, their armor, 200 caliber guns were difficult to break. In other words, it is difficult to hit the vital point.

"Five minutes to prepare!"

The captain of the USS Texas calmly ordered.

They were first 20 nautical miles, or about 37 kilometers, and as long as they were close to 10 nautical miles, the naval guns could reach the shore.

The New York in the back also began to prepare, and in another twenty minutes, the battleship could be within 21 kilometers of the range. At that time, Manzanillo will be a sea of fire, and the enemy will tremble under the bombardment of the cannons.

The fleet of the wind and waves began to prepare, the turret Lee, the soldiers had already filled the shells into the chambers, ready to fire.

At this moment, the soldier in charge of observation suddenly saw a black shadow flying in the sky in the distance, and he stared at the rapidly approaching black shadow suspiciously. This was followed by a frightened shout: "Shelling!!!" ”

His shout immediately caused the battleship siren to go off, and one by one the running figures rushed to their positions. They didn't have time to think about how the enemy could shoot so far, after all, the distance here was about thirty kilometers.

But then something scared them even more.

As they ran, the sirens sounded, the cannonballs whistled and fell, the loud roar echoed on the sea, and a plume of water rose into the sky. The mist obscured the speeding battleship.

Straddle !!

Everyone was stunned. The cannonballs fell just a few dozen meters away from the battleship, and the waves splashed onto the battleship, and the battleship shook slightly.

The captain of the Texas looked at the rising column of water in surprise, and a thought popped up in his mind that he couldn't believe that the other party had an aircraft command at the top of the fleet. Otherwise, how could there be a straddle shot in the first round?

Thirty kilometers of shore defense artillery surprised him. At this distance, the battleship can only be beaten, and it can't even fight back.

"Right hand drive five! Full!! He didn't wait for the water column to fall, and shouted loudly: "Close the control tower, maneuver close!" ”

The battleship swayed and smoked towards the coast, maneuvering to avoid the shelling, but the bow was still aimed at Manzanillo.

They have reason to believe that without a giant cannon, this seemingly 200-caliber shell will not be able to cause much damage to the battleship at all, as long as it is close to the firing range, it will be their world.

Unfortunately, all the generals and soldiers of the battleships miscalculated the speed and power of the shore guns, and just when the two battleships were the first to move, the shells flew again, only twenty or thirty seconds apart.

So fast? Or is there more guns?

The thought popped into everyone's minds.

The thought was only a flash, and the cannonballs fell with a whistling sound.

The boom sounded again, except that there were no shells hit in the previous round, and this round of ten shells fell on three of the Texas.

Rumble!

A shell got into turret No. 1, and because the armor was thick enough, it didn't get underneath, and it exploded in the turret.

A violent explosion tore the turret open, scorching heat and shrapnel tearing everything inside. Before the soldiers could react, they expanded violently and turned into molecules.

Flames erupted from the turret, knocking over an anti-aircraft gun not far away, leaving the No. 1 turret completely scrapped.

The other one got into the side and exploded under the block of the water trap, tearing a hole three or four meters wide open on the side side, and the sea water poured into it frantically.

The third shell landed on the chimney almost simultaneously, and with a bang, the middle chimney broke in half, and the smoke poured into the deck.

The New York was not much better, it was hit four times in a row, two large holes were blown out of the side side, and the bow of the ship was also penetrated, only the fourth one only overturned a secondary gun, but the crazy influx of sea water still made the New York have to urgently pump water and fill the other side with water to maintain the balance of the battleship. The speed was also reduced to 18 knots in the water injection.

What kind of armor-piercing projectile is this?!!

The two battle-hardened captains were stunned. Only two rounds inflicted damage on the rough-skinned battleship, especially Niu Yuhao, once slowed down, it would be fatal.

But they have no choice at this time, even if they want to change the machine, their artillery is only 21 kilometers, which will not yet be in range. Although they were not hit by the vital point in such a fierce shelling, they all knew that if they allowed the other side to continue firing, they would eventually sink in the end. Even elephants can be eaten by ants, not to mention that the other party has the ability to penetrate their armor.

"Left full rudder!!"

The charter of the Texas gave the order to give the New York a light signal, while the left rudder continued to evade. As soon as the shells were still coming, they had to quickly leave, fleeing the area covered by the artillery.

They have rough skin and thick meat, and even a few shots are not too hurtful. But the destroyers in the back, the light cruisers, were different, the shells fell, two of the cruisers caught fire one after the other, and then in the third round of shelling there was a violent explosion, and before the battleships left, they plunged into the waves one after the other and disappeared above the sea.

Several other ships were damaged to varying degrees, and they did not have battleships to resist the beating, just a minute or two. All the ships were in smoke, and on the deck, or on the side of the ship, were devastated by one or two armor-piercing shells.

"Get out of here!!"

While signaling the lights of the flagship Texas, they made a sharp turn and left rudder in an attempt to leave the area where the guns were fired.

But no matter how fast they moved, the speed of the battleship was limited after all, and the bow of the ship had just deviated from course, and the cannonballs whistled and fell again.

In the roaring column of water, the four destroyers lit a fire one after another, and the fierce flames gradually got out of control, allowing the water column to spray out the fire, continuing to spread, and in just a few seconds, in the next round of shell explosions, the flames wrapped the entire hull.

The remaining two light cruisers were more happy, in the explosion, the fire flickered continuously, and a ball of flames rose, and then I don't know whether the shell hit the ammunition compartment, or the internal combustion spread to the ammunition compartment, in the two earth-shattering loud noises, one after the other rose dozens of meters high mushroom clouds, the battleship was torn apart, and sank to the bottom of the sea in an instant, leaving several huge whirlpools, disappeared.

There is no more painful thing than two battleships. The Texas was slightly better, the New York hesitated and slowed down sharply, hitting the side of the side with two rounds of shells, blowing up holes one after another. The armor that can withstand 300 caliber shells can't block the bombardment of 200 caliber shells, almost a hole is drilled, but the dome armor is thicker than other warships, so the armor-piercing shells can't penetrate the engine room or ammunition room, otherwise, it would have sunk a long time ago.

Look at the four destroyers that are in flames and are still struggling to escape. Neither of the two battleships could support them, and in the shaking of the battleships, they reluctantly accelerated and fled into the distance.

The tenacity of the destroyers did not allow the shelling to stop, and the two fast battleships were locked by the artillery that lost their targets. Dense shells tracked and exploded columns of water around the battleship.

The loud bang rang out on the battleship, and shrapnel swept away all the debris on the deck, and even the ship's island was affected, and several shells drilled out of the hole, billowing smoke.

The destroyer no longer had a chance to escape, they had just turned the bow, in the roaring explosion, they stopped advancing, the rushing sea water made the destroyer without a sealed cabin quickly tilted, in the fierce burning, splashing huge waves, three capsized, one was blown up in the waist by several shells in a row, and was violently lifted in the explosion, the moment it fell, in the creaking sound, it was broken into two, and the stern bow did not hesitate at all, quickly plunged into the sea, and sank to the bottom of the sea in just a few seconds.

"All artillery is concentrated and aimed at the two ships that have fled!"

Han Lie yelled when the radar came with the news that there were only two targets left! (To be continued......)