"The last Styx missile! All the previous five hit the target!" On the bridge of the Beiyuan 91 destroyer, the weapons officer reported the situation of their warship to his captain.
Many early destroyers, including later destroyers in fact, were unable to load anti-ship missiles at sea. Because this thing is so big, a warship converted into a guided missile destroyer simply cannot accommodate another loading system.
Another point is that the destroyer can use up all 6 anti-ship missiles it carries. In fact, Qin Shihuang cut the wires and won! In theory, they have no chance to find so many opportunities to launch anti-ship missiles before they are sunk.
Who would have known that due to the crushing of weapons technology, the destroyers of the Tang Army encountered something that many guided-missile destroyer captains would never consider: their anti-ship missiles... were all burned out.
"Find a target and launch the last anti-ship missile! Our mission is accomplished!" the captain of the Beiyuan 91 destroyer said excitedly and proudly.
After he became the captain of a destroyer, he never thought that one day he would be so brilliant: he was the first destroyer captain on the planet to use an anti-ship missile to hit an enemy ship, and the Beiyuan 91 destroyer also became the first
A guided missile destroyer that fires anti-ship missiles!
"Yes! Captain!" The weapons officer who received the order once again grabbed the phone receiver and ordered: "Continue to launch missiles! Shoot out the last one!"
Following his order, the missiles on the Beiyuan 91 destroyer roared out again and flew into the distance.
When the officers on the bridge of the destroyer Bac Yuan 91 watched the anti-ship missile disappear on the sea level, an officer came over with a message: "The destroyer Bac Yuan 11 that came out is calling! They said that the other side's fleet
The lights are bright and it seems like the blackout has been lifted!”
"In addition, he confirmed that at least two enemy ships were hit and set on fire. They did not dare to get too close, so they could not confirm the accurate results." After the officer paused, he reported the news sent back by the Beiyuan 11 destroyer.
It's over.
The captain of the destroyer Beiyuan No. 91 nodded: "I understand! Please pay attention to their safety! Also! Inform the Beiyuan No. 97 destroyer! It's their turn to fire!"
"Yes! Understood!" The officer stood at attention, saluted, and left the small bridge.
"Keep heading 95!" The captain looked at the data on the instrument panel through the light, then raised his head and said.
"Heading 95!" the helmsman beside him immediately repeated the order.
"Where is the 7th Squadron? Wait for them to take action on the flank!" The captain of the Beiyuan 91 destroyer asked the first officer who had been contacting other fleets.
The first mate immediately responded: "The 7th Squadron is calling! Leave the rest to them!"
The captain smiled. He had completed the mission, and the subsequent battles had nothing to do with his warships: "Can you not leave it to them? We have destroyed all the anti-ship missiles!"
Because there are no torpedoes on his destroyers, the parts where the torpedoes are installed have been modified into missile launchers. So even if he really wants to stick up and launch torpedoes, there is no need for his destroyers to take risks.
The officer in charge of communications turned back again and reported another message: "Call from Beiyuan No. 29! Wish us good luck! They changed course and prepared to fight for their lives."
The early Beiyuan-class destroyers were not modified and were still artillery-torpedo, anti-submarine and depth-charge destroyers. Therefore, the battleship No. 29 had turned around at this moment, preparing to find opportunities to launch their torpedoes.
At this time, the formation of the Tang Army's torpedo squadron had also begun to become chaotic. Relying on their own radars, many destroyers began to close the distance, preparing to rely on the cover of night to close up and launch torpedoes to interfere with the navigation of the main fleet of the Mirage Army.
After a few seconds of silence, the captain of Destroyer No. 91 finally said: "I wish them good luck! Don't get too close! You don't need to worry too much whether the torpedo can hit it."
He didn't know if the other party would listen to the two sentences he told him, but he said it anyway, not knowing what the outcome would be.
On the other side, in the darkness in the distance, suddenly there was a rocket flying far along the sea level, and a whistling noise followed. It was the No. 97 destroyer launching a Styx anti-ship missile.
On the destroyer Beiyuan 97, which had been prepared for a long time, the second Styx missile soon rushed into the distance with a long bright tail flame.
There are at least 60 Styx anti-ship missiles in the Tang Empire's destroyer fleet. It is not easy to break through the defense line of the Tang Army's destroyer squadron from the attack of so many missiles.
In fact, the Tang Army on the flank also has a destroyer squadron, which is approaching at this moment: it is the 7th squadron mentioned in the message just now.
When this squadron joins the battle, the Mirage fleet will be attacked from both sides, and their life will definitely not be easy.
As time passed, the Mirage fleet was getting closer and closer to the landing site. Bernard's battleship squadron was already in place at this moment, blocking the Mirage's route.
Although there were only two battleships, Bernard was still very confident in stopping the enemy's fleet: under the cover of night, these two battleships equipped with radar fire control would probably have no problem defeating four mirage battleships.
What's more, Bernard even doubted that any battleship in the Mirage's main fleet would survive to see his Dongwan 1 and Dongwan 2 battleships.
Almost at the same moment, on the bridge of the Mirage battleship of Mirage's main fleet, Mirage Yutaka balled up the message paper ordering him to continue southward.
He knew that this was almost like ordering him to die...but as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, he had to carry out this task, it was his responsibility.
Therefore, he ordered: "Keep the course! The injured warships give way to the waterway and follow the fleet at full speed..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, he planned to let all these warships leave the fleet and return to the island, but he was afraid that his losses would be too great and that he would not have enough strength to start a decisive battle in the end.
The heavy cruiser Snow Mountain is probably unable to catch up with his fleet. The battleship with a total tonnage of up to 1,000 tons is blazing near the chimney, and its speed has dropped to half of its maximum speed. Even if it can barely follow up, it will probably fall behind halfway.
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If this seriously injured warship encounters several more Tang Army warships, it will probably become the first warship in the main fleet of the Mirage Army to be sunk.
However, if the Snow Mountain is left behind... the injured Serpent must be left behind to cover it... Two battleships will be lost in this round trip.
"General!..." Just now, another pop-like object fell on the nearby sea. The huge explosion shocked everyone in the Mirage Army. Fortunately, the object did not hit any Mirage warships, which made everyone relieved.
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But because the speed of that thing was so fast, no one saw its appearance clearly in the end. So Mirage Haifeng still doesn't know what kind of weapon he is facing.
But soon, he was lucky enough to... see the true face of that thing with his own eyes: a meteor pierced the night sky, and the giant searchlight installed on the side of the battleship Mirage captured the target.
The soldier operating the searchlight seemed to have good skills (more precisely, the angle he was at was good). The light kept tracking the shining silver flying object in the distance, and Mirage Haifeng saw the appearance of the thing the whole time, but in the end he
But I found that I still couldn't describe it.
It is roughly a teardrop shape, with a rounded head in front, gradually tightening in the back, and then there is a device like an airplane tail rudder at the tail. It looks... like an airplane without a cockpit and propellers.
He saw with his own eyes that thing hit the battleship Loyalty and penetrated the No. 2 turret (B turret) of the battleship Loyalty...
The battleship Loyalty, equipped with four triple-mounted 350mm main guns, is not a new battleship. It is an earlier battleship built by the Mirage. The caliber of the main gun is obviously smaller. However, this also allows it to be equipped with four-mounted guns.
The triple turret has a total of 12 350 mm caliber main guns.
What makes Mirage Haifeng depressed is that he has just ordered all the battleship main guns to be loaded with shells, so after the Styx anti-ship missile penetrated the No. 2 turret, a 350 mm caliber main gun on the No. 2 turret seemed to have been accidentally hit.
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Because the turret was damaged, the recoil force of this artillery gun after it fired directly pulled the barrel off the gun mount. The huge recoil force caused the barrel to be embedded into the interior of the No. 2 turret, and the 350 mm caliber shell fell not far away.
On the sea, he almost hit a mirage destroyer.
This resulted in the death of more than 40 people on the battleship Loyalty, the No. 2 turret was scrapped, the No. 1 turret's rotating mechanism failed, and half of the main guns were inoperable.
So far, three battleships of the Mirage Navy have been severely damaged, and two cruisers have been injured.
Under such circumstances, Mirage Haifeng believed that his fleet could no longer approach the landing site of the Tang Army: he now had 9 battleships left, as well as 13 cruisers and 22 large destroyers.
Such a fleet still looks powerful, but you must know that Mirage Haifeng is now moving forward under the pressure of the Tang Army's aircraft harassment after dawn tomorrow, as well as the pressure of constant attacks from unknown weapons. He does not know that this is the case.
How long will this situation last?
"Send a telegram to the base camp! It says that the Tang Army used a weapon at night, which is shaped like a small airplane without a propeller. It can accurately hit our warships!" In any case, Mirage Haifeng immediately reported what he saw.
The information was first shared with colleagues in the rear.
"I can't confirm how many of these weapons the opponent actually has...so...please...please allow the injured warship to return." After thinking about it again and again, Mirage Haifeng finally rejected his previous idea and prepared to allow the injured warship to return. This is more or less OK.
