In the eyes of the "Hawkeye" who has lost its communication function - the reconnaissance/command airship, the guides are slowly approaching with the guidance of those small rotorcraft.

At this time, the fighter jets in the sky could not defeat the Americans, which was the greatest relief for the Italians. This was because when the fighter jets on the escort aircraft carriers of the US fleet took off, fighter jets from Italy and Spain quickly came up and tangled with them in the air.

But the attack forces in the aerial power of Italy and Spain have obviously attacked the warships of the British and French fleets, so here, both Benito Mussolini and Franco believed that the Italian artillery fleet was enough.

With the sigh of relief from the commander of the Italian fleet, General Iakino, more than 100 rotor attack aircraft flying from the so-called escort aircraft carrier of the US military have already rushed up. It is impossible to say that the brute force of the Americans was quite worried when they were fighting desperately.

These little demons on land shot a series of rockets at the Italian good sky one after another, or dropped "paving stone" bombs they used to support the ground. Compared with the navy, the army's bombs are always lightweight. Even armor-piercing or blasting bombs, they still do not pose a fatal danger in the face of the heavy armor of the battleship.

Although such an attack puts great pressure on people's hearts. A series of anti-tank rockets hit the side of the battleship, and a series of explosions and flames rolled, but when the flames dissipated, there was not much damage on the warship.

However, those "paving stone" TV guided bombs with short wings made Italians even more scared because their power is much stronger than anti-tank rockets, or those 25mm cannon shells.

However, the "paving stone" TV guided bomb used by the army is slower than the models used by the navy. Therefore, in addition to causing some trouble to the gunners of anti-aircraft artillery on Italian warships, it did not cause any more problems.

However, the twin-mounted air defense machine guns on the battleship, or 90mm anti-aircraft guns, kept causing the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft to emit thick smoke in the sky or turn into a ball of fire. When watching the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft falling from the air under the anti-aircraft artillery, the officers on the Italian battleship sighed.

"These guys are really not afraid of death..."

Just as the captain of the Italian battleship faced such a desperate attack, looking at the surviving attack aircraft with cold sweat on his forehead and praising their offensive spirit after leaving, the Americans' true intention was revealed.

Although the attacks of the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft did not cause more trouble to Italian battleships, they ignored another thing without "Hawkeye" - reconnaissance/command airships.

"Boom... yell..."

The main guns of the two old Nevada-class battleships, the Nevada and Oklahoma, arrived at the distance of their main guns firing while the Italian fleet was evading those rotor demons.

Similar to the scene in which all battleships opened fire, the weapons of the giant cannons ejected a large ball of black, mixed with thick smoke of bloody flames. Just like the flames ejected from the nostrils of the demon, it made people feel scared when they looked at it.

Especially when those shells weighing hundreds of kilograms filled with strong energy fly in the air and don’t know if they can hit the target, I believe that everyone’s heart will be nervous and shrunk into a ball. You can imagine that when the battleship shells hit, the trembling of the hull and the trembling of everyone’s heart will thrill together.

Just as the US battleships began to shoot, the cruisers that rushed in front faster also began to shoot as well as the destroyers. Torpedoes were shot into the sea by the destroyers. The artillery on the cruisers with smaller power but faster fire rates kept ringing in the "bonk". As for the 125mm main gun on the destroyer, although it was impossible to cause any major damage to the battleships, those brave destroyers simply wanted the weight of the shells to press the Italian battleships to the bottom of the sea and kept bombing.

High pillars of fire rose near the Italian battleship, and the shells of the main guns of the USS Nevada and the Oklahoma battleships. Perhaps the Italian prayers really touched God, and they did not fall on the Italian battleships.

On the contrary, when the Italians saw the US military firing, the main guns on their battleships also began to fire. The salvo of the main guns of the battleships made nearly 40,000 tons tremble. But as Italian naval officers and soldiers came back from the shock of the main gun shooting and saw a fireball rising from the US military's "Nevada" battleship, almost everyone cheered.

But the US warships that fought desperately still maintained their formation at this time and directly collided towards the Italian battleship formation. The torpedoes on the destroyer were forming white tracks on the sea. Compared with shells, these things made the Italian warships worried.

Although there are also destroyers and cruisers in front of the battleship, even if the battleship is encountered, it will be very troublesome.

At this time, the leading ships of both sides had already collided head-on. Both sides were traditional formations of European naval warfare. Try to make the opponent's fleet form a "t" situation with one side, so that the other side could concentrate their firepower to strike the opponent's warships.

As a result, with the efforts of both sides, a situation of almost Chinese characters was formed. It was attacked by the "razor-z" rotor attack aircraft from the air, and the slightly delayed Italian fleet was at the point of "eight".

This is a very unfavorable battle position, but as mentioned above, the US destroyers and cruisers had turned around and were rushing towards the Italian Navy's battleships like crazy. What even made the Italians want to go crazy was that the soldiers on the US warships could not help but regardless of whether their firepower could hit the opponent's battleships, or whether it was useful or not, but all weapons fired without regard to all consequences.

Whether it is the anti-aircraft machine gun, Gaoping dual-purpose gun, or the main gun, they are all firing continuously and rushing towards the Italian battleship. Judging from the appearance, those brave destroyers, even if all their weapons are useless, the warship itself will be a huge torpedo.

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In desperation, Italian warships began to concentrate their firepower to attack those destroyers and cruisers that regarded themselves as torpedoes.

The concentrated attack worked, and a US destroyer was hit by the main gun of the battleship. After a sound of explosion of the sky and the earth, when the thick smoke and fire dissipated, the brave destroyer had almost no wreckage except for some oil traces left on the sea.

I don't know whether such behavior is brave or stupid, but all the Italian navy soldiers understand that it is precisely because of this cruel sacrifice under the desperate style of fighting that the following things are possible.

"boom……"

The extremely violent explosion made everyone understand that it was a warship hit by the fire-gathering fire of the opponent's battleship. In a naval battle, when the distance between the warships of both sides approached, it would become extremely cruel. Because an attack by the battleship was enough to take the life of the opponent's warship.

An Italian battle cruiser was hit by the fire-raising fire of two old Nevada-class battleship main guns of the US military. In the huge explosion, the steel plates burned by the explosion flames could no longer bear their own weight.

After making a loud and crisp scream when the steel broke, its huge hull was covered with flames and towards the Mediterranean. At this moment, the uneasy waves had already sunk deep in the depths of the uneasy waves due to the explosion of the shells.

Almost at the same time, the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft that had just been hit by the anti-aircraft artillery system on the Italian warships took off again and came over the Italian fleet again. This time, the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft that changed its strategy no longer attacked those big warships that were difficult to mess with. Instead, they divided into small teams, covering each other to attack those Italian cruisers or destroyers with relatively weak firepower.

Unlike battleships, these warships have much worse resistance to army weapons. At the same time, the size of the hull and the thickness of the armor have made the little demons achieve some small results.

The superstructures of these warships, or turrets, cannot withstand the shooting of the 25mm machine guns of the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft. Although these machine guns are quite small, when 1,800 rounds of shells from a team of six fighters were shot out, it is enough to knock the target superstructure like a sieve, and it also kills the crew inside a large amount of damage.

Those rockets can blow a certain area on the deck of these light warships into a sea of ​​fire in the forbidden area of ​​life, and "paving stone" bombs, and a few can send a destroyer or a cruiser to hell.
Chapter completed!