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Li Rongbin continued to accelerate during the shelling, and the rate of fire of the main and auxiliary guns under fire control had reached four pieces per minute. If it weren't for the fact that frequent firing would cause the barrel to overheat, the speed would have been increased.

It's not enough, that's enough, especially the 127 caliber high-angle guns, which were originally supplied with wheels, could easily reach ten per minute.

Although the caliber was small, and no armor-piercing shells were used, the power of the explosion also raged on the deck, so that the fire on the class flickered continuously, and in the flames, it could not tear the armor of the large battleship, but destroyed those anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and heavy machine guns one after another, leaving the battleship in a mess, and the crater fragments everywhere.

Of course, there were no people on the deck, and the team was in charge, and even if there was a fire, it was difficult for them to effectively extinguish it.

When he learned that the enemy planes had formed and began to attack in groups, Li Rongbin brazenly ordered: "Two by two formations, form a phalanx, and prepare for air defense!" ”

With his order, all the high-angle guns stopped firing, quickly replaced the shells, replaced the close-explosion shells one by one to the runners, and did not even use half a minute, they raised their muzzles and prepared for air defense.

All the anti-aircraft machine guns and machine gunners were already in position, and they were nervously waiting for the arrival of enemy planes. Today is the time to test them, more than a year of training, and today is the time to hand in the answer sheet.

Seeing the four destroyers, two fast frigates, and two light cruisers that rushed forward, Li Rongbin did not panic at all and calmly ordered. Abandoning the attack on the battleships, the guns were aimed at the six fast battleships that were out of formation.

"How can we let you use it!"

He held the microphone, said to himself, and shouted: "All the firepower is concentrated on one ship, and the forward No. 1 ship starts, and one by one sinks!! ”

"Yes!!"

A tiger's roar was heard from the pulling force, and all the captains quickly conveyed the order, and then, after a pause for a few seconds, the cannon fire roared again.

Several of the warships that came forward were sold by Italy. Their speed can reach a maximum of forty knots, but they are no longer able to fire volleys at this speed, let alone shoot frequently, according to Dong Ku's own construction, except that they can't keep up with the speed. That's the difference.

As one plane after another roared in, all three aircraft carriers were dispatched. Strike machine. Bombers, torpedo bombers, all came out of the water curtain to deal with four destroyers, and they came up with the trick of dealing with aircraft carriers or battleships, and bombed indiscriminately in clusters.

Advance Japanese destroyers, fast battleships and light cruisers. The captains of each ship also raised their binoculars, and although they could not see each other yet, they believed that they had reached a speed of forty knots. You can definitely catch up with each other and entangle each other.

But do they have a chance? Apparently not much. Li Rongbin's warships were all averaged at 43 knots, and the maximum speed was 45 knots. However, forty-five knots could not be fired, it was just a wild run, and it could not be too long, otherwise the wear and tear of the various parts would cause mechanical failure.

Before the fighters arrived, the enemy ships that had advanced were attacked first, and the shells rained down, and the first destroyer burst into flames, setting off a column of rushing water around it.

An armor-piercing bullet passed straight through the deck, through the second-floor cabin, and exploded the moment it entered the engine room.

Violent explosion of the four-year-old boiler, then the steam was filled, boiling water overflowed, without waiting for the battleship to slow down, none of the two foreign sides hit the bottom compartment, exploded in the oil tank, one drilled into the No. 1 turret, in the loud noise, the fire quickly rushed to the various compartments, in the turret, there was no Japanese left, at the same time, the violent shock wave detonated several shells waiting to be fired, in the loud bang, the turret was opened, and the fire rose into the sky.

In just one round, the first destroyer was doomed to sink.

In the midst of the raging fire, the radarman keenly caught the battleship slowing down, and at the stall where the second and third rounds of shells flew, he changed the firing and shelled the second battleship that had begun to approach the first.

As the order was delivered, the guns of the four battleships were aimed at the second battleship, and the shells roared away at the moment the planes arrived, and they hit the second battleship.

Seeing the fire rising into the sky in the water curtain, Yamamoto Fifty-six was the real shock.

The enemy's artillery fire range is far away is a trivial matter, but now it is so accurate, surrounded by many warships, and can still severely damage his own battleship, this combat effectiveness really shocked him.

He stood in the conning tower, his face gloomy, waiting for the final result. He didn't know if a few fast warships would be able to entangle each other, but he believed that the hundreds of planes taking off from the three aircraft carriers would be enough to entangle each other and sink them. It is scattered and cannot be sunk, and in the evasion of the opponent, its own fleet can also be encircled.

Just as he was pondering, an earth-shattering noise came from the smoke of the water curtain in front of him, and a black and red mushroom cloud broke through the barrier of the water curtain and rushed into the sky.

The hapless battleship was hit by several shells that followed by the second round, and exploded in the fire, and it is not known whether the ammunition compartment was detonated or the oil bunker exploded, but everyone who heard the noise knew that the destroyer might not survive.

In the midst of the loud noise, the air defense of Li Rongbin's four destroyers also opened fire with all their might, and the barrage of close-explosion shells, steel ball shells, and antiaircraft machine guns, and machine guns was formed in an instant, and one after another Japanese fighter planes were like moths to the flames, and their heads plunged into the barrage; in the sound of the rain hitting the plantains, and in the sound of their wings breaking under the pressure of the violent expansion of the air, one plane after another just saw the figure of the enemy ship, and fell to the surface of the sea, or exploded in the air.

But this did not deter the enemy planes, the Japanese aircraft group attacked in several directions, and dive bombers were approaching high overhead, and they wanted to blow up and sink these battleships in the chaos, and sink these battleships that brought shame to the Japanese Empire.

But it was really difficult for them to break through the barrage interception, even those fighters who tried to get close at high altitudes, and then dived and bombed, were blocked by the barrage thousands of meters above the target, and one after another close-explosive shells, so that they didn't even have the possibility of evading, and in the crash of the three planes, they had to pull up and rotate and find another fighter.

The torpedo bombers, speeding close to the sea, thought they could get within a kilometer. When the torpedoes were dropped, they were also hit by the meeting. Machine guns are the best deterrent fire against such targets, and the anti-aircraft machine guns are set up to weave the interception king, and one after another torpedo bombers are hit head-on without having a chance to drop their torpedoes, and most of them go directly into the sea without waiting for an explosion.

A puff of water splashed, and in a short moment, more than a dozen torpedo bombers were shot down, making the planes of the second formation look terrified. But he still swooped down without hesitation, swaying from side to side. Rush to the battleship.

Finally, a plane dropped its torpedo at the moment of crashing into the sea with several bullets in its body, and at the moment when the torpedo plunged into the water. It could no longer be controlled, and the plane lost weight and was rising. A backflip. Straight into the sea.

"Watch out for the !! on the water"

The white waterline in the distance made the soldiers on the battleship nervous, a heavy machine gun, the machine guns on the opposite shore began to roar, and the barrage set off a splash around the torpedo, and finally, when the torpedo was still dozens of meters away from the battleship. was successfully defeated. Although this is no longer possible to hit a battleship traveling at high speed, is it still a potential threat?

As one plane after another crashed, not a single bomb ever landed on the battleship. Four destroyers were not the most air-defense-intensive battleships in the first place, but for the Japanese, who did not understand the air defense of the advance army. It was a devastating blow. Because, they still formulated attack plans according to the air defense standards of other countries' warships, and wave after wave of echelons pounced and wave after wave were shot down.

In the air smoke of gunpowder, the shelling continued, and one shell after another flew towards the second destroyer that was sailing rapidly, blowing up columns of water around the battleship, but the two rounds did not inflict heavy damage.

"Keep up the speed and sink him!"

Li Rongbin did not give the order to leave at high speed, but still maintained an S-shaped forward mode, when the left side was aimed at the opponent, he quickly fired shells, and after a few rounds, turned back to the other side again, drove at high speed for a few minutes, and when he turned back, there were several rounds of shelling.

He can't move in a straight line, otherwise he won't be able to bombard the other party and let the other party get close safely, although he can get rid of them, but Li Rongbin doesn't plan to let go of these few battleships whose names are not yet known, they are converted warships.

It's been nearly ten minutes since he attacked with all his might, and nothing has been found, making Yamamoto Fifty-six a little breathless. But his Yamato and the other battleships could only watch the other side get farther and farther away, and when the fighters could not work, he had no way at all.

On the other hand, those fast battleships, they were proud enough, and they rushed to deal with the American warships with easy speed, and after nearly ten minutes of rapid pursuit, they still did not bite the other party, and the other party told him that during the march, there was still time to give him intensive artillery bombardment, which made the pursuing warships angry, but there was nothing to do.

During the rapid movement, the speed of the enemy planes slowed down, and the liger discovered that the four destroyers had more air defense than the battleships, and began to circle and assemble, preparing to formulate a new attack plan.

The bombardment did not stop because of their pause, and in a dozen rounds of shelling, although the second battleship was concentrated with six or seven shells, none of them were fatal, and the luck of that battleship was superb.

However, when luck ran out, when the four battleships were facing them again on the left side, a shell hit the destroyer's No. 1 ammunition compartment directly.

In the loud bang, the high-speed destroyer did not even hesitate, the waist broke, and the moment the fire erupted, the bow of the ship plunged headlong into the waves like a dive.

The second half of the broken was lifted high in the middle, and in the process of falling again, the stern sank into the sea first, and then paused slightly as the inertia of the forward movement was canceled out, and the fire rose in mid-air. Stand up and plunge straight to the bottom of the sea.

Seeing that two ships had been sunk, Li Rongbin did not dare to be greedy, he ordered loudly: "Stop the shelling, all air defense preparations, we are leaving!" ”

"Yes!!"

There was an excited roar from the ships, and then the battleships began to speed at forty-three knots, and no longer paying attention to the pursuing enemy ships, nor the enemy planes still looking for opportunities, they galloped towards the west side of Sokote Island. As long as they bypass Socott Island, they can easily get away from each other's tracking. (To be continued......)