When the battleships of both sides pulled apart, the mood of both sides was exactly opposite to that at the beginning. At this time, Tycho felt a little uneasy. Hipper had already broken his promise once, and this time he also said that he could block two American battleships. Tycho naturally

There is not much hope. However, Ma Jifen is in a good mood. Sims has defeated his opponent. When three super-dreadnoughts join the battlefield, the advantages and disadvantages will definitely be reversed. At most, he can only use his strength.

It only takes less than an hour. And Magiffin has enough auxiliary battleships to delay the time. Now he is even curious why Tycho hasn't retreated. Although high-speed battleships can theoretically enter and leave the battlefield at will, in fact

The speed is affected by too many factors, and the opponent also has some slow-speed warships, so if Magiffin was Tycho, he might have already chosen it at this time.

The distance between the two sides is gradually closing, and the Allied fleet has allocated firepower. The Longxiang and Calagiono attack the USS Tennessee battleship at the front of the opponent's row, while the other two Calagiono-class battleships attack another Tennessee-class battleship.

Then by analogy, the two French battleships were handed over to the Gneisenau and the Sultan Suleiman I. After these key targets were determined, let’s fight against the rest! No

However, Ma Jifen has no intention of fighting with the opponent now. He needs to delay! Time! A large number of destroyers release smoke screens on the battle side of the fleet. The thick smoke screen obscures the entire fleet. In the absence of radar and aviation comparison

Next, before the smoke screen disappears, the attack of the Allied fleet cannot be said to be very precise. Of course, the U.S. Navy is also unable to carry out an effective attack. But it doesn't matter, Magiffin can afford to wait!

Although the wind direction was very unfavorable, the wind was a bit strong today. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the smoke screen generated by the smoke cans was quickly blown away. In order to maintain the thickness of the smoke screen, the U.S. fleet used at least 6 more smoke cans than usual.

It was about 100%! Time passed like this minute by minute, and eventually the Allied fleet also stopped.

The bombardment stopped and faced the gray smoke screen in front of them and the looming warships behind them. In this case, attacking would be a waste of ammunition. But Tycho did not do it at this time, because he had just received the telegram, and Hipper led the Chinese

Ray's Bavaria and the good-looking Baden have caught up with the Sims fleet again!

At this time, Sims was completely confused. He did not expect that the battleship Bavaria, which had just been hit by one torpedo, would catch up so quickly! How could this battleship, which had been hit by one torpedo, run faster than him? How could this battleship be so fast?

This incident is not unexpected in the eyes of professional naval technicians. The reason is very simple. After all, Bavaria is a super battleship with a standard displacement of 32,000 tons. The full-load displacement is higher, although more than 1,000 tons of water have been taken in. But this

From the Bavaria's point of view, the water intrusion is just replenishing the weight of the vacated fuel. Don't forget, after a long journey, the Bavaria has used up a lot of fuel, and the current state is not fully loaded at all, so from the water intrusion

From a perspective, it was nothing. And the location where the torpedo hit happened to be a place with relatively good underwater protection. Although it caused a large amount of water intrusion, the core cabin was intact, and the subdivided compartments also limited the amount of water intrusion within a certain range.

In addition, the power of the Bismarck-class battleship itself is sufficient. The power of the American battleship is poor. When it is normal, it can only reach 20 knots. And in the battle just now, the bow and stern of the hull were also damaged, and a lot of water was taken in. After this,

The German fleet still maintained its attack on American battleships

Udu's advantage, coupled with the fact that the repair time was not too long, it didn't take long to catch up with the Sims fleet again! "Our fleet fought against the German fleet again. The opponent's two Bismarck-class battleships maintained good combat effectiveness, while our fleet

The Nevada has less than 50% of its combat strength and is on the way. I hope Ma Jiffin

General, please do it early!" At the beginning, Sims still held the idea of ​​​​a fight between the two sides, trying to repel the opponent again, but the combat power of the two New Mexico-class battleships was already weaker than the opponent, and the condition of the extra Nevada was really bad.

, so after more than ten minutes of fighting between the two sides, the scene was half-assed.

Two! As a result, the rescue of Ma Jifen was completely in vain! What is even more tragic is that because two of the telegraph machines on the three battleships were destroyed and the other antenna was faulty, this crucial telegram was delayed by half an hour.

It was sent from a destroyer, while Magiffin was still stalling for time with Tycho.

"You should have made a decision earlier!" When Ma Jifen received the late telegram, he felt numb in his ears and blood surged. The furious Ma Jifen tore the telegram into pieces, and after calming down a little

, squeezed out two words "Retreat!" through the gap between his teeth. This is all right. We agreed to defeat the German fleet and agreed to support our own team. Why did everything change when the battle came?

How to go now? They have 12 Super Dreadnoughts and they are fighting against 9 Super Dreadnoughts and 1 Dreadnought! However, this is obviously not the time to dwell on this problem. Seeing that nothing can be done, Ma Jifen immediately commanded the fleet to flee, but at this time the two sides have already entered

They are within the effective range of each other's artillery, and some of the opponent's warships have sudu advantages, so you can't just leave if you want!

Hipper's intelligence was also sent to Tycho at the same time, and the U.S. fleet's accelerated evacuation also fell into Tycho's eyes. "Although the development of the matter has some twists and turns, after all, the final result is still very good. We are absolutely

Fighting the opponent with an advantage, this is exactly what we dream of!" Tycho later commented on the situation of the Portuguese naval battle.

kěnéng Because the wind suddenly became strong, perhaps because too many smoke cans were used to delay the time, when the American fleet wanted to escape, the smoke screen was getting thinner and thinner.

The Allied fleet fought against its opponent in almost the worst possible situation. The American fleet had no choice but to fight to the death! The nine 15-inch heavy guns on the Longxiang once again let out a thundering roar, starting the fleet's first battle.

Cannon! Nine 15-inch artillery shells flew out of the muzzle at a speed of nearly 800 meters per second, roaring towards the United States like meteorites from the sky.

The USS Tennessee, the flagship of the US Navy, flew away! Followed by the USS Calacciono, its 10 350mm cannons also spurted out fiery tongues of fire 15 seconds after the opponent opened fire! In less than 30 seconds, the two ships

The battleship tilted nearly 14 tons of ammunition towards the opponent! A few dozen seconds later, the Tennessee, 17 kilometers away, was surrounded by high and low water columns!

"Fire!" The battle situation has arrived. At this time, the U.S. fleet will either be wiped out or have to fight to the death. Shortly after the Allied fleet opened fire, the U.S. battleships also opened fire one after another. The slender 14l45 cannons on the USS Tennessee sprayed out flames.

It even covered the entire hull. However,

Compared with the opponent's firepower, this is still far behind. The projection volume of the two Confederate battleships is almost twice that of the Tennessee. Although both sides deliberately controlled the rate of fire in order to coordinate the attack, under such intensive firepower, the battle had just begun.

In less than 20 minutes, the Tennessee was unable to hold on any longer.

"Our battleship is like a big bell that is constantly being struck by heavy hammers. The opponent's gunnery is very superb. It only took 5 minutes to complete the burst. Then there were shells hitting from time to time. The entire hull was shaken by violent armor and explosions.

, just like a tuning fork. The loud noise of explosions and the sound of metal breaking kept ringing in my ears. Walking in the corridor, I don’t know when a shell will hit me.

Everything around me was reduced to pieces. I saw with my own eyes a captain trying to explore the damage to the front. As a result, he was swallowed up by a fireball not far after he walked out, and the five soldiers around him were also reduced to a ball.

Blood mist. Although the battle has just begun, I know that the Tennessee will never return to the United States!" A major discussed the situation after the war.

The Tennessee was like a small ship struggling forward in the middle of the sea, but this storm was a steel storm. More than ten tons of ammunition continued to fly towards the Tennessee every minute. In just 3 minutes, this pinnacle of the U.S. Navy

He was hit no less than 10 times! The 15-inch heavy bullets fired from 17 kilometers away posed a huge challenge to Tennessee's horizontal armor. The heavy armor

The armor deck made bursts of heartbreaking cracking sounds under the impact of the artillery shells. The back plate behind the armor could not withstand such armor and cracked. Countless fragments fell from the ceiling like shrapnel. From time to time, there was unlucky news.

Some people are killed by these fragments. If they are lucky, they can be rescued by their comrades, but if they are not lucky, they can only wait to die.

Although the Calacciono was unable to penetrate the opponent's main armor at long range, it still turned the American warship into a fire ship with its high projection. The area above the upper deck that was not protected by armor was powerfully

Huge high-explosive shells and semi-armor-piercing shells hit the target many times. Although the armor-piercing effect was very poor

, but the arson effect was very good. The masts, rangefinders, antennas and other items on the ship suffered heavy losses under the fierce attack. In less than half an hour, the Tennessee was no longer able to fulfill its mission as a flagship.

In desperation, Magiffin had no choice but to abandon ship and board the battleship Oklahoma.

As soon as the two sides fought, the situation turned out to be one-sided. Tycho played a huge role in the targeted deployment of the American fleet. The Tennessee-class battleship, which was the mainstay, was suppressed at the first opportunity. When two 15-inch missiles were fired,

When the cannonball landed on the horizontal armor on the upper part of the drive shaft at the middle and rear of the hull, Tennessee finally reached the last moment of his life. The best place to protect a battleship is naturally the armor box, and the drive shaft is generally

It is outside the armor box. After the Saipan incident, the main horizontal armor of the new US battleships could barely cope with China's 15-inch heavy artillery, but the drive shaft outside the armor box could not withstand such a blow. Two shells were fired one after another.

Penetrating the main horizontal armor, one shot directly cut a rotating transmission shaft into two pieces, while the other exploded under the waterline and caused a fire, causing the adjacent motor compartment to inhale a large amount of exhaust gas.

Forced to close.
Chapter completed!