Although there are British people cooling down for China and the United States, although Xu Jie and Wilson are already thinking about how to end it, but it is a matter of thousands of miles away! The Chinese and American fleets, which were facing off in the Mariana Islands, did not feel the slightest relaxation of the situation. The two sides are still strong guns against guns! The Chinese Navy tried its best to block the landing of American transport ships, while the Americans tried every means to transport supplies to the largest of them - Saipan! There are hundreds of U.S. Navy personnel on the island who are confronting the Chinese Marine Corps, and these lads have not been resupplied for nearly 3 days!

Because of the important role of Saipan, and also for the sake of hundreds of U.S. Navy colleagues on the island, Vice Admiral Sims, commander of the U.S. Navy Task Force, personally rushed to the vicinity of Saipan with the cutting-edge battleship USS New Mexico and the armored cruisers USS Montana and Colorado to personally escort the convoy. Because the disputed area was too large, and the two sides did not aim to start a war, most of the fleet was dismantled and confronted each other on various key islands in small detachments.

Not long after the U.S. fleet appeared outside the waters of Saipan, the Huaxia Navy's Longwu super dreadnought also appeared in this sea area under the command of Yang Yonglin, and the Longwu was accompanied by the newly commissioned Nanjing light cruiser and two light cruisers. Yang Yonglin is very confident in the fleet in his hands, although the other side is two armored cruisers, and he only has one, but Yang Yonglin believes that the Longwu-class battleships can completely offset the gap between the two sides in auxiliary warships.

The Longwu is the ultimate product that concentrates the design and construction of ships of the Chinese Navy, and is the strongest symbol of the navy of an era. HE STRENGTHENED AND IMPROVED ON THE BASIS OF THE STANDARDIZED FAST BATTLESHIP OF THE HUAXIA TAKEAWAY, AND THE MAIN ARMOR BELT WAS 350MM HARDENED ARMOR WITH A 17-DEGREE INCLINATION AND A HEIGHT OF 5 METERS, OF WHICH THE OUTER COVER LAYER WAS 70 MM THICK. THE REAR MAIN MOUNT IS 280MM. The main installation covers 60% of the ship's waterline length. IN ADDITION, THE BOW OF THE SHIP HAS 80MM WATERLINE ARMOR, AND THE STERN HAS DOME ARMOR WITH A THICKNESS OF 140MM IN THE CENTER AND 150MM IN THE INCLINED PARTS ON BOTH SIDES TO PROTECT IMPORTANT PARTS SUCH AS THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT. THE THICKNESS OF THE MAIN HORIZONTAL ARMOR IS 130MM. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A 30MM THICK STRUCTURAL STEEL IN THE BACK TO PREVENT CAVING. THE FRONTAL OF THE MAIN TURRET IS 450MM. THE TURRET IS 410MM.

In addition to having the highest level of vertical and horizontal protection in the world, the most unique feature of this battleship is the underwater protection, on the one hand, it follows the design of the main armor and slopes all the way down to the bottom of the ship, and at the same time adopts a five-layer underwater protection system similar to that of the United States Navy. Several lines of highly elastic steel divide the entire underwater defense system into five layers, the outermost layer of which has infill even if it is destroyed. It can also effectively prevent myopia, the middle is the oil tank, and the innermost is the empty warehouse. It is used to absorb the remaining explosion energy and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles.

Because the Huaxia Navy obtained the South Seas, it accepted the Dutch oil fields in its entirety. On the choice of power for this battleship. The Republic of China completely abandoned coal burning and used heavy oil boilers, which on the one hand reduced the weight of the power system and improved efficiency. The entire battleship line was also subjected to several pool experiments, and for the first time, a spherical bow was used to reduce drag. So much so that although the standard displacement of this battleship is as high as 31,000 tons, it can still run at a speed of 60,000 horsepower and a speed of more than 25 knots!

When it comes to firepower, the Longwu-class battleships can also be proud of the others, because of their close relationship with Germany, so the Huaxia Navy has obtained Germany's hard cap armor-piercing projectile technology. And improvements have been made to give it a better underwater ballistics. THE WEIGHT OF THE SHELL IS 879KG. The reason for choosing the British-style heavy bullet instead of the German's 750KG light bullet is that the Chinese Navy believes that with the increasing distance between the two sides, the probability of hitting the horizontal armor on both sides will be greatly increased, and the lower speed but the heavier shell is more threatening to the horizontal armor, and even in the face of vertical armor, the survival rate of the light bullet will decrease at long distances, and at a longer distance, the high-speed light bullet has no advantage in the face of vertical defense.

The 100-inch 45L main gun weighing 15 tons can shoot an 879KG shell at a speed of 740 meters, and can hit a muzzle velocity of nearly 800 meters per second in the case of a strong charge. Of course, under normal circumstances, it will still be fired with a normal charge, and the strong charge will wear out too much on the gun. IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN GUN, THE DRAGON WU IS ARMED WITH 20 120MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS SPREAD OVER 10 TWIN TURRETS, IN ADDITION TO A 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT/ANTI-MINE GUN.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NEW MEXICAN-CLASS BATTLESHIP IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM HISTORY EXCEPT THAT THE MAIN ARMOR IS 343MM AND INCLINATION OF 15 DEGREES, AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF THIS BATTLESHIP IS ABOUT THE SAME AS THAT OF THE DRAGON MARTIAL CLASS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE MORE THAN 30,000 TONS. However, it is armed with 12 14-inch 50L guns. When the Longwu-class appeared on the sea, Sims knew that the moment to really decide the fate of this confrontation had come, and the three capital ships of the US fleet had all been deployed, and the four capital ships of the Huaxia Navy, Longwu, Longwei, Longgang, and Longchang, had also been deployed hundreds of kilometers apart. There is only one Longwu in this sea!

And when he saw the admiral's flag raised on the opponent's flagpole, Sims confirmed the identity of the other party, if it was correct, it should be Yang Yonglin personally led the team, Deng Shichang is a lieutenant general, and it is said that he will be promoted to a general after completing the sea trial mission of the Longwu-class battleship. And Lin Taizeng and Liu Buyun and others are still in Kaohsiung in the UK. At this time, Sims's idea of competitiveness was raised, after all, Yang Yonglin was the highest leader in the Huaxia Navy, and he was the most capable person except Xu Jie, the founder of the Huaxia Navy. What's more, he was also the de facto commander of the Spanish fleet in the Spanish-American War! If we can gain the upper hand in this confrontation, then I am afraid that the shame of the Spanish-American war can be washed away. Sims said in his heart.

"Tell the boys, show some spirit, and across from us is Yang Yonglin, who once troubled us at sea! We should let them know how good the US Navy is! We have endured for more than ten years, and today we will no longer endure! Sims ordered loudly as he looked at the Dragon's Warrior, which was becoming clearer. And this also set the tone for his next action, which is extreme and dangerous!

After a period of confrontation. The Americans are also learning and improving, and in the course of many rammings, the battleship does not have much advantage over the merchant ships of greater tonnage. And his colleagues in Saipan are in dire need of support and supplies. So, in this encounter, Sims devised a rather bold and dangerous plan, and they first requisitioned an American merchant ship in Australia. It has since been improved and enhanced to make it more suitable for beaching. The Americans' idea was simple, because there were no wharves to unload cargo, after all, the ports and wharves were under the control of the Chinese Navy. This American ship has to rush directly to the beach under the cover of the navy, and Saipan is not small, just find a beach and rush it. Just send the personnel and supplies directly, as for the ship? Throw it away, throw it away. At this time, the United States has already shown the nature of local tyrants!

The Americans conducted several exercises for this operation, and this time, it will be time for real combat! When Sims confronted Yang Yonglin with the New Mexico and the Montana. Under the cover of the USS Colorado. The civilian ship, nicknamed the Parcel by the Americans, is looking for opportunities on the other side. On the one hand, they confronted the Chinese Navy in the waters south of Saipan, and on the other hand, they looked for a suitable beaching site in the northern part of Saipan. And because the number of ships in the Huaxia Navy is too small, in the face of a luxurious lineup of one cruiser and 3 destroyers, the Huaxia Navy has only one destroyer!

"We've won this time." Seeing that the destroyers of the Huaxia Navy in front of him were blocked by their own three destroyers, the captain of the Colorado, Major George Brown, said proudly. As long as the parcel can be rushed up smoothly, the colleagues on the island can replenish 150 people and dozens of tons of supplies! In the future, under the consumption of the pair. It must be that the Americans have the upper hand, and they will be famous. swept the face of the Huaxia Navy fiercely!

And while George Brown was still excited about the upcoming recognition and promotion, under the water not far from their route, the same ghost was also excited, excited about an opportunity to change the world! A British-made F-type submarine with all markings erased is slowly approaching! And its target is the parcel number that is slowly sailing ashore! The submarine had been wandering around the area for a long time, and in order to find an opportunity, Toshio Tada spent the day at the bottom of the sea, came out at night to recharge the batteries, and after tracking for several days, finally chose an American voyage that was most likely to travel and set up an ambush.

Although the chance of waiting for the rabbit is still slim, I don't know if it is the blessing of Anameasu or what the reason is, this time he actually chose the right one! The F-type submarine, with an underwater displacement of just over 500 tons, is very suitable for operating in such offshore conditions. It has 3 18-inch torpedo tubes, two in the bow and one in the stern. A total of 6 torpedoes were armed.

Given the speed and agility of the armored cruiser, a 2-torpedo attack would hardly work, so they targeted the slower and bulkier parcel carrier! While the Americans were excitedly carrying out the last sprint, this submarine was also making the last sprint! And fired 2 18-inch torpedoes at a distance of 500 meters from the port side of the parcel number!

The vast majority of Americans were excitedly waiting for the moment when the beaching was successful, and only a few noticed the two white tracks that suddenly emerged from the water, indicating death! "Watch out for torpedoes!" Captain Nimitz, who served as the Colorado's operational staff officer, reminded loudly. But at the moment, it's too late! A torpedo hit the port side of the packet, and the 130KG of high explosives in the torpedo directly blew the ship with a displacement of less than 5,000 tons in two! , the Americans who are preparing to land on the island are waiting for not land but the icy seabed! And another torpedo passed through the stern of the Parcel and disappeared!

With the sound of violent explosions, a column of water tens of meters high rose into the air, frightening all the people present, whether it was the Americans or the Huaxia Navy, were stunned by this sudden scene!

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