"How long will it take to complete the login?" "At least until tomorrow morning." West of the Coron Islands, in the central bay of the large island of Isabella, more than a dozen warships are quietly lurking in the dark, and on the majestic bridge of the battleship Delaware in the center, Claxton is deaf to the rumbling cannons thirty nautical miles away, he only cares about when the landing force can be completed, and when he doesn't have to stay here stupidly!

Beside him, a huge cargo ship continued to release dense small boats, a full 30,000 troops were delivered at one time, this is the largest naval landing military operation in the history of the United States so far, and it is not enough to complete the landing, the troops are fully deployed, and it will take at least two days to form a defensive posture.

Two days!

It will be a difficult hour, because the course and final defeat of the last naval battle made him understand that the United States is facing an unprecedented adversary, its industrial capacity is not comparable to that of the United States, the total number of ships is not comparable to that of Britain, but its technological capabilities are beyond imagination.

Therefore, at the beginning of the development of this plan, he resolutely rejected the decision of the Admiralty to send troops to land only on the island of San Cristobal, and instead suggested that the landing on the large island of Isabella be completed with the Edward ship as a decoy.

Although intelligence said that there was only one small patrol fleet in the Coron Islands, and although he had two fleets, a full seven battleships and a dozen cruisers, he was still not reassured, and insisted that a single landing arrow alone could not ensure control of the Colón Islands, because only control of Isabela Island, which had enough depth, could avoid holding out for a long time if the navy could not provide support, and he did not expect Edward's fleet to take San Cristobal unscathed from the beginning.

Fortunately, his persistence was recognized by the Admiralty, and under the cover of supporting Australia, the fleet managed to make a detour back to Isabela Island and began to release a full 30,000 army soldiers, as the island lacked fresh water, and deliberately carried several small boilers dedicated to desalination.

Three battleships and two armored cruisers were camouflaged in order to conceal the real purpose of "not only did it have the Edward fleet set off with the South American convoys", but the exposure of the Maine still worried him as it rushed out of Panama Bay.

He was sure that the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire was approaching at full speed, although it would take them a few days to get here, and if he was dragged by that small fleet, then he could not guarantee that he would be able to escape death again, because the speed of the opponent was too terrible.

It should be said that Gu Junhuo's comment that Claxton was "too careful" was simply to the point, and the situation was serious after the loss of the mobile fleet, and if it weren't for the fact that the Colon Islands were too important to the United States, he didn't even want to delay here for even a minute.

As a decoy, the Edward fleet had landed in Black Bucksoll Harbor, and they had lured all the attention of the Chinese troops stationed there, but the small fleet that had not appeared for a long time made him particularly worried.

"Sir, they appeared!"

The staff officer finally brought good news: "Three destroyers, which are striking south from the east of the island of San Cristobal, have stopped them and hit one of them.

"And what about the light cruiser?" , Claxton does not seem to be interested in three destroyers, he only cares about that light cruiser.

"It hasn't shown up yet."

"Damn it!" Claxton clenched his fists, if it weren't for the fear of revealing his true purpose, he would definitely order all the troops to encircle and suppress that small fleet, but then the offensive plan would be exposed, and the Pacific Fleet would bring not only warships, but tens of thousands of marines, if they were allowed to attack immediately while their own troops were not firmly established, "then no one can guarantee that they will be able to control this important archipelago."

At this time, the only thing Claxton could do was to wait, but he would never have thought that because of his over-carefulness, because of his waiting, Edward's fleet suffered a fatal blow!

In the periscope, the six Lance-3 torpedoes, after emitting a white track of just 300 meters after coming out of the water, completely blended into the night, and even Dai Jintang himself could hardly see it.

This is an epoch-making torpedo!

When Dai Jintang received all the information on the Lance-3 torpedo from the technicians of the equipment department, "He, like everyone else, was stunned!"

Because this thing is simply perverted!

As a BO party, a fanatical giant ship cannon enthusiast, "If Li Mo were to choose two weapons that would make the battleship tremble, then the first would be a dive bomber, and the second would be a famous torpedo that once beat the U.S. Navy in World War II!"

Vegetarian acid, in the original language, is oxygen. 【 I want: super fast update 】

In False Bay, although the torpedo machine has shown the world unparalleled ability, it is not terrible in Li Mo's eyes, because even the "fish bone" developed by Hua himself with a 450 millimeter and a half, weighing 780 kilograms and a charge of 150 kilograms has fatal shortcomings.

The first is the insufficient range, the range of 42 knots of 12,000 meters will allow the torpedo machine to encounter fierce artillery fire in the period of time before the release of the torpedo, and the charge is not enough, used to deal with the old battleship, or the lack of anti-aircraft guns of the battleship, "fish bones", but also able to jam the opponent's throat, but the face battleship is insufficient, and with the Battle of Falls exposed the power of the torpedo machine, countries will definitely vigorously increase the air defense on the warship.

The storm has been infinitely close to the dive bomber, but it is only close, the bomber that can really dive at a skill, or even an angle of 80 degrees, is not only an all-metal fuselage and engine horsepower can be equipped so simple, the overload of the body is very large when diving at a large angle and high speed, which needs to strengthen the strength of the fuselage structure again, and also needs to be equipped with a speed brake, help pull up the auxiliary, etc., almost to completely modify the aerodynamic structure, This requirement is too high for an aviation novice like Li Mo and the Aviation Research Institute, which has just developed a metal plane.

As for engine oil leakage and fuel atomization in the cylinder during dive, the oil pipeline will be interrupted due to the dive, resulting in problems such as not being able to keep up with the stalling.

But it was difficult to return, and he did not give up the development of dive bombers, but the fact that three test pilots had died so far made him understand that there was still a long way to go until the first big killer appeared.

Compared with the difficulty of dive bombers, oxygen torpedoes are also twists and turns, first a small oxygen concentrator was found to find a dozen German experts to get it, and then several large accidents, almost led to the interruption of the project, although it was recovered later, but still did not catch up with the pace of war, until a month ago it was finalized.

Although there were many twists and turns, after more than six years of hard work, it finally appeared, and appeared in the Chinese Navy weapon sequence with the number of the three spears.

In fact, many people who know the inside story have suggested that the spear type 3 torpedo be renumbered, because this thing is fundamentally different from the previous spear, but Li Mo insisted on using the name of the spear to commemorate this well-known name in the future life.

The Lance-3 oxygen torpedo is a slight difference from the later Japanese model, first of all, in order to use the current caliber system as much as possible, so the diameter is only 550 mm, and the charge is reduced from 500 kg of the Lance II to 450 kg, because according to the test, 450 kg is enough to hit any current or ongoing capital ship.

According to the finalized data, the Lance-3 torpedo has an ultra-long range of 47 knots of 115,000 meters, or 42 knots of 120,000 meters.

Of course, oxygen torpedoes are also dangerous, in addition to the strict requirements for the launch of water depth, complex structure and low stability, the serious thing is that once the oxygen is mixed with oil and gas, it will become very unstable, so the warship is usually unloaded after being equipped, and only when it enters the war zone will be oxygenated and put into a state of readiness, which means that if it encounters an emergency situation, it is likely to be unusable.

But these unfavorable factors are not a problem at all in front of the ability of metamorphosis, especially oxygen is soluble in water, so except for the obvious white line that can be seen within a few hundred meters of the use of air when launching, there is basically no track to see the rest of the time, especially at night, which is simply a must-have for going out of the door to rob and sneak attack.

It was also because of this that Li Mo and the Admiralty gritted their teeth and transferred almost all the Tiger Sharks back for refitting when they needed submarines, which made the submarine force that China was proud of in the early days of the war do almost nothing except sink some merchant ships.

But today is different! At a distance of 8,000 meters, the Lance-3 torpedo can soar at a speed of four knots, which means that it only takes 6 minutes to hit the target!

Nose Jintang pinched the watch, counting the hands almost second by second, in the distance, the South Dakota was slowly turning around because of the serious damage, and the Maryland with two protective cruisers also slowed down to its side, and it could be clearly seen in the firelight that the three intact cruisers were transferring the sailors on the South Dakota, and no one noticed that the Grim Reaper was approaching.

In order to ensure the hit, this generation of torpedoes will never be used one by one, and twelve Spear-3 oxygen torpedoes with a sharp cap on their heads are fan-shaped and hissing through the water, but this hissing is almost inaudible under the cover of the sea.

Inside the two submarines, all the sailors held their breath, and the two captains in front of the periscope clucked their handrails, and when the anxiety had turned into distraction, a beautiful picture suddenly appeared!

Dai Jintang only saw that the South Dakota, which had just been hit hard, suddenly picked up a huge column of water, and the water almost obscured all vision, and when the water mist had not dissipated, large explosions also occurred on the Maryland and a 2,300-ton protective cruiser next to it.

Although the Lance-3 oxygen torpedo has a 50-kilogram reduced charge than the Lance-2, it does not in any way detract from its unparalleled destructive power, and when four clouds of water mist in a row begin to fall, and when the rumbling explosion finally rushes into the periscope and is heard by everyone, every sailor clenches his fist fiercely.

On the battleship Ohio, because of the sudden appearance before, the shells that ravaged the coastal harbor for more than forty minutes had made Captain Edward almost crazy, but at this time, the scene in front of him made his eyeballs explode.

Behind him, the staff officer who had finally sunk the Anhai 10 nautical miles from the east coast with the news that the Maine and the Missouri had finally sunk the Anhai, and wanted to take this opportunity to show off, was also stiff and allowed the telegram in his hand to fall with the wind.

The mist gradually dissipated, leaving behind a mess, the 13,680-ton South Dakota had broken in two, the deck of the originally intact Maryland had been tilted to 30 degrees, and as for the protective cruiser, the deck had even disappeared at sea level.

"Submarine!"

"Searchlights scan all the waters within five kilometers!" , "The destroyer departs, search the neighborhood!" "The left helm orders the USS Maine and the USS Missouri to come back immediately!" ”

Edward, who finally came to his senses after half a ring, immediately issued a series of orders, and the searchlight began to search the surface of the sea again and again, and any suspected target was heavily bombarded by naval guns, and the remaining few destroyers began to search around like hounds.

After Dai Jintang sent a brief telegram to the S25, he quickly retracted the buoy and periscope, and when the tank was filled, the S19 dived to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 80 meters, and maneuvered south at a speed of 4 knots under the impetus of the battery.

There is no signal to contact the underwater maneuver, relying purely on the tacit understanding of the two captains, and the sound of explosions constantly sounded from the sea, making everyone's hearts hang in their throats, and the previous excitement began to disappear little by little.

Dai Jintang looked at his watch, and the 30-minute maneuver was as long as a year, and he stood at the door of the listening cabin until the two listeners reported that the explosion had subsided, and he ordered to float to periscope depth. On the surface of the Hesse Sea, "two short, 1,500 meters apart periscopes poked out of the sea almost at the same time, and when the communication buoy also floated up, Dai Jintang was dumbfounded.

I saw that the Ohio, under the protection of two destroyers, was 10,000 meters away in front of me, and in the darkness in the distance, the two flickering masts were particularly obvious.

With almost no contact, the two bold captains again tacitly fired a second round of torpedoes, and when the mist of the Ohio's hull had just risen, the third wave of 12 torpedoes was fired out of the torpedo tubes again.

At this time, Dai Jintang was not even interested in taking a look, because he and Sima Lin both knew that whether they could continue to expand the results of the battle "They must leave, otherwise the power in the battery will not be able to guarantee that they will escape from the destroyer's search range, but they are not worried about the results of the battle, because at this time, there are still their two destroyers and the scouts on the island in the darkness in the distance."

When the two tiger sharks disappeared into the sea again, the Edward's fleet fell into despair again, and the Ohio was the first to bear the burden "This old battleship with a displacement of 12,846 tons and a speed of only 18 knots per hour was hit by three torpedoes in a row without even sending a distress telegram, and the whole ship had a total of 581 people, only 13 people were rescued, and Edward Rear Admiral Abel was killed in battle."

To the surprise of the sailors on the American destroyer, the two sister ships, which were rushing back to converge at a distance of 10,000 meters from the Ohio, were also heavily damaged a few minutes later.

It was later confirmed that the Maine was hit by two torpedoes in a row, and after only five hours, the captain had to give the order to abandon the ship, and was sunk by an American destroyer 10,000 nautical miles south of San Cristobal Island, and the USS Missouri was also torpedoed, although it was not sunk at the time, but five days later on the way back to San Diego, it was attacked again by a Chinese submarine and sank off the coast of Costa Rica.

The tyranny and perversion of the Lance-3 torpedo can be seen.

In just over an hour, three Maine-class battleships and two old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers were almost completely destroyed by the ferocious underwater attack while seeing victory.

At the same time, five capital ships were sunk or heavily damaged, so that Clarkston, who was cautious and bent on ensuring the safety of the remaining capital ships, mistakenly believed that there were at least six or more Chinese submarines nearby, so he ignored the fact that the army was still landing, and handed over the remaining protection tasks to a few destroyers, and immediately took the main fleet and the remaining cargo ships to evacuate to Australia at a high speed of 18 knots.

In fact, he didn't know that the S19 and S25 at that time only had the last four torpedoes left, and they were not capable of attacking the fleet in order to return safely, and even if they dared to attack, it was impossible to cause fatal damage.

This accident, even Li Mo couldn't cry or laugh when he learned about it later, because Ji Weishan, who guessed that the United States was going to attack the Colon Islands, had personally led the First Fleet to set off five days earlier, but in order to conceal their whereabouts and not leak information, they sent a telegram late, and they only had two days left to travel from the Colon Islands at that time.

The Lance-3 oxygen torpedo showed great power, and when it first appeared, it caught the United States off guard at close range, but it was also too strong to add a bit of drama to the first battle for the Colon Islands.

Because of the great power, Claxton made a wrong judgment, which eventually led to the Battle of Cologne, which did not appear, but also because of the terrifying power, it destroyed the Edward fleet, which not only made the U.S. Army unable to complete the work, but also made the U.S. Army have no fleet permanent protection after occupying the Cologne Islands.

Two days later, when Ji Weishan led four Hebei-class battleships to arrive at the Colon Islands, facing 30,000 U.S. troops who had completed the landing and built fortifications, in the absence of sufficient land forces, the final fleet could only temporarily take away the Marine Battalion and Electric Reconnaissance Battalion thirty nautical miles away on San Cristobal Island and ready to wait for support, but in order to vent their frustration and anger, the four Hebei-class battleships also walked towards the U.S. military demonstration battleships entrenched on Isabela Island. And about a thousand mines were dropped nearby and left.

Later, it was learned that the five-hour shelling killed a total of 5,337 American soldiers and injured more than 5,000 people.

On November 20, the United States and China simultaneously announced the news of the victory in the Coron Islands.

For the United States, the capture of the Colon Islands ensured that a large nail on the Australian route was removed, and the result of sinking a cruiser and destroyer and capturing the Colon Islands slightly boosted the morale of the coalition forces.

As far as China is concerned, although the Coron Islands have been temporarily lost, this fierce collision from the water has shown the power of the torpedoes, and it has also made it impossible for the United States to send enough capital ships to protect the army after losing the Edward fleet, which not only laid a physiological foundation for the second battle for the Coron Islands, but also opened the prelude to the brutal battle for islands in the Pacific theater.

Importantly, after the forcible occupation of the Colón Islands by the United States, it provoked panic and anger in the South American countries on the Pacific coast, directly on the same day that the second battle for the Colón Islands broke out, Ecuador and Peru announced their accession to the Central Powers.! ~！