"General, the enemy's battleships are twice as many as ours, and are much larger than ours, much stronger firepower and much faster than ours! Can we win?" In the Spanish,
On the battleship, a staff officer asked with despair!
"The Chinese have already fought. Even if we can't fight, we can only fight! Even if we die, we must safeguard the glory of the Spanish Navy!" Lieutenant General Fernando said gritting his teeth! He knew that the strength of the Chinese Navy was decisive to the Spanish Navy.
The advantage. If the battle continues, the Spanish Navy will most likely have the same end, but he is unwilling to escape, or he cannot escape!'The Spanish-class battleship has a maximum speed of only 195 knots, while the Chinese Navy's six ships
The battleships had the lowest speed of more than 21 knots. They had no way to escape, they could only fight to the end!
"General, these six Chinese battleships are super battleships seized from the British. Each battleship is equipped with five dual-equipped 343mm main guns. The firepower is much stronger than our battleships and the armor is also
We have no chance of winning if it is much thicker than our battleships!" Another officer persuaded!
"No need to say more, prepare for the battle! For Spain, we must fight to the end!" Lieutenant General Fernando said stubbornly!
At 3:50 pm, the distance between the two sides was closer to 8,000 meters, and Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan issued an order to open fire. The six battleships were captured from the British Navy, although they were installed during the repair of the shipyard.
The fire control system, but due to the design, the artillery accuracy of the warships cannot be compared with the battleships built by the Chinese Navy itself. However, it is much higher than when the British Navy was used!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Orange red flames shone at the muzzle of the Iron Duke, the battleship of the battleship, and ten armor-piercing bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms were 8,000 meters away under the action of huge kinetic energy.
The Spanish battleship smashed away, and the shells passed through the air at high speed, making a sharp whistle, making a numb scalp when you hear it!
The water columns were on the Spanish, and the sea on the left side of the battleship rose. The nearest bounce point was away. Spain, the Spanish Battleship was less than 300 meters. It was good to have such a result in the first round of volleys.
,'Spain, after seeing the Spanish naval officers and soldiers on the battleship, they looked like a mortal face. Obviously, they would definitely not be able to achieve such results. When the number and performance of the warships were not as good as their opponents, even the navy
His quality is not as good as that of his opponent. Does the Spanish fleet still have a chance of winning in this battle?
After the battleship of the Iron Duke, the other battleships joined in. Because the Spanish fleet had only three battleships, the Chinese fleet's six battleships needed two to fight one. Among them, the Iron Duke, the Iron Duke, and
'Bon, the number of the Spanish, the number of the Canadian, the number of the bold, the number of the Alfonso XIII, the number of the Centurion, the number of the Thor, the number of the Jamie I, the number of the!
After the Chinese fleet opened fire, the Spanish fleet also launched a counterattack. However, their counterattack seemed so fragile. At a distance of 8,000 meters, the Spanish fleet could not hit the Chinese fleet at all. The bounce points were deviated very much.
The most outrageous thing is even more than a thousand meters away. It can be seen how bad the Spanish navy's training is!
At 4:02 pm, a 343mm armor-piercing projectile fired from the USS Battleship hit Alfonso XIII, the front main gun on the front deck of the USS Battleship!' Spanish-class, the turret armor of the battleship
Only 203 mm can't withstand the bombardment of 343 mm armor-piercing shells. The shells easily tore open the armor and exploded inside the turret, easily overturning the entire main gun. Fortunately, there were no shells and launching medicines in the turret, otherwise
In other words, 'Alfonso XIII, the battleship will be hit harder! But the battle has only begun for ten minutes, and the Spanish fleet has suffered heavy damage. For the Spanish fleet, morale has been suffered
It has a great impact!
At 4:12 pm·In this round of volley shots from Benbao, the battleship, a shell hit the Spanish battleship, and another shell was nearly missing! A shell hit
'Spain, the port side of the battleship was blown up a big hole on the port side, two secondary guns were destroyed, and several naval soldiers were killed and injured. The near-lost bomb was in Spain, the port side of the battleship was
The waterline exploded near the waterline, and the powerful pressure tore open the waterline armor of the battleship, creating a large hole more than three meters long.
The sea water poured into the "Spain" battleship from the hole. The Spanish Navy has not experienced a great war for more than ten years, and the damage managers were unable to plug the loopholes in time.
'Spanish-class battleship design is unreasonable, there are too few watertight cabins. Once the warship enters water and cannot be blocked, the ship can only sink! When the water inflows increases, the Spanish battleship's tail has slowly sunk.
In less than ten minutes, it sank below the sea level, and the speed of sinking was getting faster and faster.
Lieutenant General Fernando, commander of the Spanish fleet, issued an order to abandon the ship, but he did not leave the warship, but sank into the sea with the warship! Lieutenant General Fernando has lost confidence in this naval battle, and the battle has just begun.
One warship was sunk in the fleet, and the other was severely damaged. The Spanish fleet's orders could be determined from this!
When Spain's battleship sank into the sea, the naval battle could come to an end! When Lieutenant General Fernando sank himself, the chief of staff of the fleet immediately issued an order to surrender! The officers and soldiers of the Spanish Navy had long been beaten by the Chinese Navy
The strength of the country was scared out of fear, and they no longer had the courage to continue fighting. In order to survive, most of the people chose to surrender, and only a very small number of people tried to escape, but were all caught up by the light cruisers and destroyers of the Chinese Navy.
, and then sank!
In less than half an hour of battle, the Spanish Navy was wiped out.
‘The Chinese Navy did not see the Spanish-class battleships. However, although China looked down on these battleships, it could be handed over to friendly countries after the war was over as a bargaining chip to win over these countries!
For Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan, the battle was too unsatisfactory. The Spanish Navy was too weak and even the aircraft carrier had annihilated the other side before it even dispatched. It felt like killing a chicken and using a slaughter.
!However, after the fleet destroyed the Spanish Navy, it did not leave, but continued to cruise in the Bay of Cadiz. The fleet that transported the Army's 2nd Army will arrive in the Bay of Cadiz tomorrow morning, and the fleet will still be in the Bay of Cadiz by then.
2nd Army landing combat escort.
At 5 a.m. on May 16, the squadron of the Chinese Navy Indian Ocean Fleet led by Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan escorted the fleet of the Chinese Army's 2nd Army. During the operation across the Atlantic Ocean, some of the local fleet and some of the Pacific Fleet's warships were
The Army provides escort, and the British Navy is now hiding in the North Sea, so there are basically no danger along the way!
At 7 a.m., a huge fleet appeared on the sea outside Santa Maria Port, with transport ships and merchant ships on the sea surface. This scene shocked the residents of Santa Maria Port. Many Spanish people knew yesterday that China had already treated Spain.
War was declared, but they never expected that the Chinese army would appear at their doorstep the next day!
After discussing with General Xie Dingkun, the commander of the 2nd Army, he decided to start a battle in Port Santa Maria immediately!
At 7:30 in the morning, six battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet led by Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan sailed onto the sea surface only five kilometers away from Santa Maria Port, and all the main guns were aimed at the coastal city.
After Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan issued the order to open fire, six battleships opened fire one after another!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" All the main guns of the six battleships began to roar, and 343 mm high-explosion bombs flew towards the Port of Santa Maria. Because the war against Spain was very sudden, the Chinese army was not clear.
How many troops do the Spanish army have in the Port of Santa Maria, and it is even more impossible to distinguish between military and civilian targets. Therefore, the entire city is within the scope of the Chinese Navy's attack!
"Boom!" A three-story building was hit by a 343mm shell, and the entire building was instantly destroyed. The building collapsed, killing many people!
The shells exploded in the city, turning the buildings into ruins. Many Spaniards were either killed by bombing or smashed by collapsed buildings, with heavy casualties!
"God! Save us!" Many Spanish prayed to God in despair, but it was useless.
Many Spaniards began to flee outside the city. They didn't know how long the attacks of the Chinese army would last. They only knew that if they wanted to survive, they had to escape here!
In addition to the six battleships, other battleships of the fleet also joined the shelling. For a time, the entire Port of Santa Maria was shrouded in smoke.
In fact, the Spanish army had only one regiment of garrison in Port Santa Maria. After the Chinese Navy began shelling, the regiment knew that it could not resist the Chinese army's attack and immediately fled. On the contrary, many of the civilians in Port Santa Maria were shelling.
Those who died were just in chaos and could not be counted. However, according to the post-war Spanish, the Port of Santa Maria suffered heavy losses in this shelling, with at least more than 20,000 people killed by the Chinese Navy's shelling.