When the battleships of both sides pulled away, the mood of both sides was exactly the opposite of the beginning, and Tycho felt a little uneasy at this time, Hipper had already broken his promise once, and this time he also said that he could block two American battleships, and Tycho naturally did not give much hope. But Majifen is in a good mood, Sims has already hit the opponent hard, when the three super dreadnoughts join the battlefield, the advantages and disadvantages will be reversed, and he only needs to hold out for less than 1 hour at most. And Majifen has enough auxiliary warships to stall for time. He was even curious now why Tycho hadn't retreated, although high-speed battleships could theoretically enter and exit the battlefield at will, but in fact, the speed was affected by too many factors, plus the other side also had some slow-speed warships, so if Majifen was Tycho, he might have chosen to retreat at this time.

The distance between the two sides is gradually narrowing, the Allied fleet has allocated firepower, Longxiang and Caraccino attacked the battleship Tennessee at the head of the other side, and the other two Caracionot-class battleships attacked another Tennessee-class battleship, and then by analogy, the two French battleships were handed over to the Gneisenau and the Sultan Suleiman I. However, Majifen does not mean to fight with the other party now, he needs to drag it now! Time! Space! A large number of destroyers released a smoke screen on the engaged side of the fleet, and a thick smoke screen obscured the entire fleet. In the absence of radar and aeronautical fire, the Allied fleet could not attack with much accuracy until the smoke screen had disappeared, and of course, the US Navy would not be able to carry out an effective attack either. But it doesn't matter, Majifen can afford to wait!

Although the wind direction is very unfavorable, it is a bit windy today. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the smoke screen produced by the smoke canisters was quickly blown away, and the number of smoke canisters used by the American fleet in order to maintain the thickness of the smoke screen was at least 60% more than usual! Time passed like this, minute by minute, and then the Allied fleet also stopped shelling, facing the gray smoke screen in front of him and the warships looming behind. In this case, attacking is a waste of ammo. However, Tycho was not in a hurry at this time, because he had just received a telegram that Hipper led the Bavaria and the Baden in good condition to catch up with the Sims fleet again!

And at this time. Sims was completely dumbfounded, he didn't expect the battleship Bavaria, which had just been hit by a torpedo, to catch up so quickly! How did this battleship that was hit by a torpedo run faster than itself? This incident was not unexpected in the eyes of professional naval technicians. The reason is simple, after all, Bavaria is a super-battleship with a standard displacement of 32000 tons. And the full load displacement is higher, although more than 1,000 tons of water entered. However, this point of water ingress seems to the Bavaria. At most, the weight of the empty fuel has just been replenished. Let's not forget, after a long journey, Bavaria has used up a lot of fuel, and the current state is not at all fully loaded, so it is nothing from the point of view of water intake. And the location where this torpedo hit happened to be a place with better underwater protection, although it caused a large amount of water ingress, but the core compartment was intact, and the subdivision compartment also limited the amount of water intake to a certain range.

Plus the power of the Bismarck-class battleships was sufficient in itself. The power of the American battleships was poor, and when they were fine, they were in the early 20s. And just in the fighting. The bow and tail of the hull were also damaged, and there was a lot of water intake, so the German fleet still maintained its speed advantage over the American battleships, and the repair time was not too long, so it didn't take long to catch up with the Sims fleet! "Our fleet is fighting with the German fleet again, and the combat effectiveness of the two Bismarck-class battleships on the other side remains relatively good, while our Nevada has less than half of the combat strength, and it is in a bitter battle, I hope that General Magifin will make a decision as soon as possible!" At the beginning, Sims still had the idea of fighting between the two sides and tried to repel the opponent again, but the combat power of the two New Mexico-class battleships was already weaker than the opponent, and the extra Nevada was in a really bad state, so after the two sides fought for more than ten minutes, the scene was half a catty! As a result, the plan to aid Majifen was completely ruined! To add insult to injury, the crucial telegram was sent half an hour late from a destroyer because two of the three capital ships were destroyed, and the other antenna was malfunctioning, while Magiffen was still delaying time with Tycho.

"Make a decision early!" When Majifen received this late telegram, he only felt that his ears were wooden, and his blood was surging. Enraged, Majifen tore the telegram to shreds, and after calming down a little, he squeezed two words out of his teeth: "Retreat!" "This is a proper pit teammate, I said that I would defeat the German fleet, and I said that I would support my team, why did it change when it came to battle? How to get around now? 12 super dreadnoughts beat themselves, 9 super dreadnoughts and 1 dreadnought! However, this is obviously not the time to dwell on this issue, seeing that things can't be done, Majifen immediately commanded the fleet to slip away, but at this time, the two sides have entered the effective range of each other's artillery, and some of the other party's warships have a speed advantage, but you can't go if you want to!

Hipper's information was also sent to Tycho, and the U.S. fleet's accelerated withdrawal fell into Tycho's eyes. "Although things turned out a little boldly, the end result was good. We are at war with each other in a situation of absolute superiority, which is exactly what we dream of! Tycho later commented on the situation at the Portuguese naval battle.

Maybe because the wind was suddenly strong, maybe because the delay just used up too many smoke cans, and by this time when the American fleet wanted to run, the smoke screen was getting thinner and thinner.

The Allied fleet is engaged in war with its opponent in almost the best of circumstances, and the American fleet has no choice but to fight to the death! The 9 15-inch guns on the Longxiang once again let out an earth-shattering roar, firing the first shot of the fleet's decisive battle! Nine 15-inch shells flew out of the muzzle at a speed of nearly 800 meters per second, whistling like meteorites from outside the sky towards the USS Tennessee, the main flagship of the US Navy! IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CARACCINO, WHERE 10 350MM GUNS ALSO SPEWED OUT HOT TONGUES OF FIRE 15 SECONDS AFTER THE OPPONENT OPENED FIRE! In less than 30 seconds, the two battleships tilted almost 14 tons of ammunition at each other! Dozens of seconds later, the Tennessee, 17 kilometers away, was surrounded by high and low water columns!

"Fire!" The battle situation has reached a critical moment, at this time the American fleet at this time is either completely annihilated, or can only fight to the death, shortly after the Allied fleet fired, the American battleships also opened fire one after another, and the flames from the slender 14L45 guns on the Tennessee even covered the entire hull. However, this is still a lot worse than the firepower of the other side, the projection volume of the two Allied battleships is almost twice that of Tennessee, although in order to coordinate the attack, the two sides deliberately controlled the rate of fire, but under such dense firepower, less than 20 minutes after the start of the battle, the Tennessee was a little unable to support.

"Our battleship was constantly struck with a hammer like a bell, and the opponent's gunnery was very exquisite, and it took only five minutes to complete the collapse, followed by shells from time to time, and the whole hull was shaken by violent armor and explosions, like a tuning fork. The loud sound of explosions and metal breaking kept ringing in my ears, and at any moment a cannonball would turn a shell around me into pieces. I witnessed a captain trying to probe the damage at the front, only to be engulfed in a fireball that turned into a mist of blood with the five soldiers around him. Although the battle had just begun, I knew that the Tennessee would never return to the United States! "This is how a major met after the war.

The USS Tennessee is like a small ship struggling to move forward in a storm, but this storm is a storm of steel, and more than a dozen tons of ammunition continue to fly towards the Tennessee every minute, and in just 3 minutes, this pinnacle of the US Navy has been hit no less than 10 times! The 15-inch heavy bullet fired from 17 kilometers away caused a huge challenge to Tennessee's horizontal armor, the heavy armor deck made a tooth-aching cracking sound under the impact of the shells, the back plate behind the armor could not withstand such armor and cracked, countless fragments fell from the ceiling like shrapnel shells, from time to time there were unlucky people who were killed by these fragments, the lucky ones could also be rescued by their comrades, and the unlucky ones could only wait for death.

Although the Caraccino could not penetrate the opponent's main armor at a long distance, it still turned the American battleship into a fireship with its high projection. The area above the upper deck, which was not protected by armor, was repeatedly hit by powerful high-explosive and semi-armor-piercing shells. Although the armor-piercing effect was very poor, the arson effect was very good, and the mast, rangefinder and antenna on the ship's surface suffered heavy losses under the fierce attack, and in less than half an hour, the Tennessee was no longer able to fulfill the task of a flagship, and in desperation, Magifen had no choice but to abandon the ship and board the battleship Oklahoma.

As soon as the two sides fought, the situation showed a one-sided situation, Tycho played a huge role in the targeted deployment of the American fleet, and was crushed by the Tennessee-class battleships as the mainstay at the first time, when two 15-inch shells landed on the horizontal armor on the upper part of the rear transmission shaft of the hull, Tennessee finally came to the last moment of his life, the best place for the battleship to protect is naturally the armored box, and the propeller shaft is generally outside the armored box. After the Saipan incident, the main horizontal armor of the new American battleship could barely cope with the 15-inch heavy guns of the Chinese army, but the transmission shaft outside the armor box could not withstand such a blow, and the two shells penetrated the main horizontal armor one after another, one shot directly broke a rotating transmission shaft into two, while the other exploded under the waterline and caused a fire, and the adjacent motor compartment sucked a large amount of exhaust gases and was finally forced to shut down.

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