Chapter 163: Sinking!!

When the Admiral-class destroyers began to attack the Dutch and Portuguese escort fleets, the eight Seahawk-class destroyers also came to a combat distance of 5,000 meters! However, compared with the guns of the other seven warships, which had already begun to roar, the Seahawk No. 1, which was hunting with battle flags, did not slow down its speed, nor did it change its course! It went straight to the ribs of the huge escort fleets of the two countries, and rushed straight towards it like a wild horse!

Chen Jin, who was standing on the bridge of the ship with a telescope high to observe the enemy's situation, was as calm as a cold sculpture, at this moment he no longer had the slightest distraction in his heart, he just wanted to have a good fight at the end, and then leave the navy without any regrets!

"Captain, we're less than three thousand meters away from the enemy ship!"

Listening to the words of the navigator, Chen Jin quickly gave an order, "The main gun is equipped with armor-piercing shells, aim at the Portuguese battleship Porto, and hit me hard!" The reason why he took the battleship to risk being hit by the enemy ship and broke through the combat distance of three thousand meters was to maximize the hit rate of his ship's guns, and use the high speed and powerful 130mm main gun of the Seahawk No. 1 frigate to sink as many enemy ships as possible!

Wang Jun and his comrades-in-arms at the same time picked up the 130mm shells that had been lifted from the ammunition compartment by the ammunition feeder, which were obviously much longer than ordinary shells and weighed 40 kilograms, and stuffed them into the gun chamber!

"The squad leader has seen you!"

Li Chengzhu did not respond to his comrades-in-arms' words, and now his mind was full of the less than 2,000-ton Tiexie cruiser that was just turning its guns and preparing to attack! Silently calculating the wind speed and humidity, constantly adjusting the angle of the shelling, he was 50 percent sure that he would be able to hit the enemy ship within six guns at this distance!

"It's now!" Li Chengzhu shouted in his heart, and under the anti-shè condition, he pressed the button in his hand fiercely!

"Bang dang!" Without bothering to check the results of the shelling, the artillery soldiers next to him quickly opened the gun door and withdrew the discarded brass shells, and Wang Jun, who had been standing next to him and waiting, quickly stuffed another armor-piercing bullet into it! Although the shè speed of the 130mm naval gun was increased to the maximum shè speed of eight rounds per minute after the hydraulic loader was used, if you wanted to accurately hit the enemy ship in a normal naval battle, it was not as fast as Ben!

"Hit!"

Li Chengzhu, who had been lying in front of the observation window, suddenly shouted in surprise!

"Really, squad leader! The first shot hits! This is too godly!" Listening to his words, the comrades-in-arms next to him hurriedly put down their work and ran to the observation window one by one, looking at the huge fleet in the distance head to head, looking for the target battleship of their own side!

Standing on a high place, Chen Jin, who had been observing the battlefield with a telescope, saw very clearly the whole process of the Porto Tiexie being shot, and the two Huojia Military Arsenals used silicon-manganese alloy steel as the warhead and added a detonator to the tail of the semi-charged armor-piercing blasting projectiles! All of them smoothly penetrated the thin armor of the Porto Tiexie cruiser and penetrated directly through the ship's amidships! And what was even more unfortunate was that this Portuguese warship, which had been in service for nearly twenty years, not only was its structure seriously aged, but it also used old-fashioned deck guns, and the lazy Portuguese sailors also liked to pile all the shells on the deck like the rough Russian navy!

"Oh God!"

Looking at the battleship that was slowly sinking in two with the violent explosion and soaring flames! All the Dutch and Portuguese sailors were stunned! In less than five minutes after the battle began, they lost a nearly 2,000-ton Iron Cooperative cruiser!

Verbeck silently put down the telescope in his hand, and at this moment he could already think of the sad expressions on the faces of those hateful Portuguese not far away! Although he knew that the two sides were now allies against the enemy! But at this moment he still felt a rare pleasure in his heart! But even so, the reason in his mind made him understand that he had to make a choice, otherwise he would not be able to give full play to the superiority of the two fleets in the number of warships, and he could only be beaten passively, which really hurt the morale of his own soldiers and the determination to win this naval battle!

"Damn, this kid Chen Jin has eaten gunpowder this time, and he got so close! Two guns killed a battleship!" Cao Zhijie held his binoculars high and looked at the sinking Portuguese battleship in the distance, as well as the figure of the Sea Eagle One's rapid assault, and couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Captain, look!" At this moment, the first mate Wen Liang's face changed, and he suddenly pointed to the left side of his battleship, and said a little strangely.

Following the direction of his finger, Cao Zhijie immediately saw that there was a Sea Eagle frigate of the same type as the battleship under his feet, marked HY004, with a speed of more than 20 knots, heading straight for the combined fleet of the two countries five thousand meters away!

"It's Cui Chengxiu, it seems that he was stimulated by the Sea Eagle One! He is also ready to take the risk and go it alone! But we can't be left behind them!" After a pause, Cao Zhijie put down the binoculars, turned his head to the combat staff officer on the side and said: "Order, the speed is 21 knots, sail to the southwest, we will also go to eat meat!"

"Yes, Captain!" The combat staff officer replied in a loud voice with a flushed face and a flushed face! The Seahawk No. 1's record of sinking the enemy ship first obviously stimulated all the officers and men on the eight Seahawk-class frigates of the Huo Jiajun, and they were almost in no particular order, all of them were like sharks that had seen blood, showing their fierce fangs, and pounced on the Dutch and Portuguese fleets in the distance!

"Commander! The Dutch warships have begun to change formation!" Wang Cunshan recovered from the envy of the Seahawk No. 1 that had sunk the enemy ship first, and suddenly saw the Dutch warship that was slowly accelerating towards them!

"Well, I've seen it!" The three Iron Association cruisers, the 'Sovereign,' the Utrecht,' and the Breda, with six gunboats! It seems that the Dutch have a lot of courage! Take out nine battleships in one go to storm our battle line!" After a pause, he turned to the fleet staff officer next to him and asked, "Has the Third Squadron arrived?"

Because the sea patrol ships within the Huo family army were modified by the warships that captured the Dutch and the Portuguese, they were very serious in the design of the battleships and the aging of the equipment, even after the modernization and modification of the Huo family army, their speed could not reach the high speed of the famous general-class destroyers, so they were still behind the fleet when the war was launched!

"Haixun No. 1, Haixun No. 2 and Haixun No. 3 have arrived in the area of engagement and can attack! But Haixun No. 4 has not been modified by us, and its speed is slow, and it will take them half an hour before they can join the battlefield!"

After listening to the staff officer's words, Lu Han nodded clearly, three coast cruisers are enough, and the naval guns on them are enough to resist these wooden-hulled battleships that are only covered with a layer of iron sheets, or even iron sheets! As for the Coast Patrol No. 4 that fell behind, Lu Han couldn't help but shake his head, this turquoise ironclad cruiser that captured the Dutch, whether it was the speed or the firepower of the ship's guns, was too far behind the current warships in the Huo family's army! But it was still okay to let it deal with those gunboats with its thick iron armor! Therefore, when the General Staff decided to join the ambush fleet with this ironclad ship of more than 2,000 tons without modification, Lu Han, as the commander of the fleet, did not object!

"Commander, look! Sea Eagle One has sunk another enemy ship!" Wang Cunshan, who was observing the battlefield, suddenly said in a loud voice.

Looking at the Seahawk No. 1 frigate, which had already broken through to less than two kilometers away from the Dutch and Portuguese sides, Lu Han couldn't help but say in surprise: "What's the matter, what's wrong with this kid Chen Jin today! Haven't you always seen him very calm? Why has he become so crazy today? This is simply rushing forward under the enemy's artillery fire!"

"It's not just them, these guys are too bold today, none of them are left behind, and they are all approaching the enemy's fleet! Looking at Lao Tzu's heart, it's itching!" Wang Cunshan was thrust forward at high speed by the eight Sea Hawk-class battleships, and his whole body was hot from the action and achievements of sinking the enemy ships one after another!