"Haha! Young men, you've done a good job, beat me up the Chinese people who are raised by dogs and beat them all to the sea to feed the fish!" Lieutenant General Benson, deputy commander of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, saw the Chinese Navy
After the battleship "Sikon" was hit by the USS Wisconsin of the US Navy, he screamed excitedly.
Admiral Ma Han, commander of the US Navy's West Coast Fleet, also showed a happy smile on his old face. Even if he could hit the Chinese Navy's warships at this distance, it was even if it was a component of luck. But in general, the US Navy's
The soldiers have made considerable progress.
"Boom! Boom!" At 10:25 am, the "Hawaii" ranked last on the Chinese Navy's battle line also achieved results. A 305mm shell accurately hit the US Navy's "Massachusetts" battleship.
On the rear deck, the shells penetrated the armor of the rear main gun of the "Massachusetts", and directly overturned the main gun, and the barrels were blown into a mess. Fortunately, when it was hit, the shells in the barrel had been fired.
If you go out, otherwise it will cause a death-death explosion, the battleship "Massachusetts" will have to be skinned even if it does not die.
The Chinese Navy's "Hawaii" battleship was the "Oregon" battleship of the US Navy's "Indiana-class" battleship captured in the naval battleship two years ago. Later, it was held in the Jiangnan Shipyard in China for a year.
The modification of the secondary gun was removed, the armor was thickened, and the power was replaced. This increased the combat effectiveness of the "Hawaii" a lot, and the speed was increased to 17 knots. It was far better than the "Indiana-class" of the US Navy
Battleships are much stronger. However, the structure of the battleship has been fixed and cannot be improved step by step. After this naval battle, old-fashioned battleships such as the "Hawaii" battleship will probably gradually
The retirement of the warship will not have a high chance of survival in future sea battles.
"Very good, keep going! Our luck will not be worse than that of the Americans!" General Li Dingxin, commander of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, said with great satisfaction.
The fierce battle between the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet and the US Navy's West Coast Fleet is still in full swing. So far, the two sides have won and lost each other. But overall, the Chinese Navy still has the advantage. However, can it be used to make the advantage?
It is very difficult to say that it keeps it and expands it further.
While the battleships of the two sides were fighting fiercely, the battle between the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy Pacific Fleet and the armored cruisers of the US Navy West Coast Fleet had reached a white-hot level. The war had only been more than an hour, but there were already several.
The warship was hit. Some of them were still very hurt.
At 9:20 am, the heavy cruiser "Chengdu" took the lead and hit the fore deck of the US Navy's "New York" armored cruiser. Although this shell failed to cause fatal damage to the armored cruiser "New York"
, but almost slaughtered all the American sailors on the front deck of the armored cruiser "New York".
At 9:45, the heavy cruiser "Chongqing" achieved great results. A 280mm main gun shell successfully hit the US Navy's "Brooklyn" armored cruiser, and the hit was
Near the waterline of the Brooklyn. This shell exploded a large hole of more than one meter near the waterline. The surging sea water poured into the armored cruiser of the Brooklyn. When the Brooklyn
When the damage manager of the armored cruiser struggled to block the hole, the Brooklyn armored cruiser had already poured into at least one hundred tons of sea water. This made the Brooklyn armored cruiser
The hull was tilted, seriously affecting the shooting of the Brooklyn. As the saying goes, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, the Chongqing heavy cruiser seized this opportunity and directly moved to five thousand from the Brooklyn.
Fired at the meter. At 10:15, the heavy cruiser of the Chongqing heavy cruiser once again dealt a fatal blow to the Brooklyn armored cruiser. In this volley, two shells hit the
The Brooklyn Armored Cruiser. A shell hit the rear deck of the Brooklyn, destroying the servo, causing the Brooklyn Armored Cruiser to lose its ability to turn the rudder and its speed was greatly affected.
. Another shell took the life of the armored cruiser "Brooklyn". This shell penetrated the turret armor of the former main gun of the "Brooklyn". And it penetrated the ammunition directly from the bottom.
After the shells exploded, hundreds of shells in the ammunition depot were directly detonated. The huge explosion directly blew the bow of the armored cruiser "Brooklyn" to pieces. After that, less than thirty seconds
Inside, the armored cruiser "Brooklyn" sank into the sea, becoming the first large warship to be sunk in this naval battle.
At 10:08 am, the Chinese Navy's heavy cruiser, the USS Kangding, also successfully hit the USS Pennsylvania armored cruiser. The shell hit the position of the USS Pennsylvania, and the shell will be Pennsylvania.
The chimney of the armored cruiser blew up one. The collapsed chimney caused great damage to the superstructure of the Pennsylvania. At the same time, the power was greatly affected, and the speed dropped from 25 knots to 12 knots.
.After having no choice, the Pennsylvania withdraws from the battle after asking General Mahan. However, this caused the Pennsylvania armored cruiser to besieged by the Chinese Navy destroyers. At 11:50 am,
The Pennsylvania armored cruiser was hit by two torpedoes and sank into the sea.
In addition, among the US Navy's armored cruisers, the Colorado armored cruiser and the Maryland armored cruiser were also severely damaged. The former was hit by the bridge, and the commander, including the captain, died cleanly and finally withdrew from the battlefield.
The latter had a big hole in the side of the side, and the water was severe. In the end, he staggered out of the battle and drove towards the United States. However, he still could not hold on until he returned to the mainland, and was 800 away from the San Diego Naval Base.
A kilometer sank into the sea.
In the battle between the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy and the armored cruisers of the US Navy, the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy had an overwhelming advantage. By 11:30 a.m., only 4 of the eight armored cruisers of the US Navy remained to fight.
and these four ships were still injured. Two of the remaining four ships were sunk, one sank into the sea during the return journey, and only one escaped back to the country.
Of course, the heavy cruiser of the Chinese Navy also paid a certain price. The bridge of the heavy cruiser "Lanzhou" was hit and the captain was killed. In the following battle, both main guns were destroyed and lost their combat effectiveness.
Finally, under the protection of the destroyer, he left the battlefield. In addition, the most unlucky one was the heavy cruiser "Xi'an". He was hit by a near-missile missile during the battle with the US Navy's "California". The shell
, exploding less than ten meters away from the heavy cruiser "Xi'an". The huge water pressure directly tore open the underwater armor of the heavy cruiser "Xi'an", causing a hole of more than three meters. Such trauma,
There was no rescue at all. After working hard, the damage manager of the Xi'an was unable to block the gap. Finally, the captain issued an order to abandon the ship. At 11:04 am, the heavy cruiser of the Xi'an sank.
The sea became the first large warship lost by the Chinese Navy in this naval battle. Fortunately, the sailors on the warship successfully evacuated. The Chinese Navy does not advocate the behavior of sinking with the ship. Although this will appear
It is very heroic, but in Wang Yuze's view, people are more precious than warships. If warships are gone, they can be rebuilt. If people are gone, they are real losses.
The overall situation of the remaining six heavy cruisers in the Chinese Navy is much better than that of the US Navy's armored cruisers. There will be no suspense in the next battle. The victory of the Chinese Navy's heavy cruisers is certain.
However, how little you can win in the end depends on the specific situation.
The battle between light cruisers and destroyers was even more tragic. At 11:30 in the morning, two light cruisers of the Chinese Navy were sunk, namely the "Neijiang" and the "Yibin". The three were severely damaged, namely the "Neijiang" and the "Yibin".
Zunyi, Zigong and Guangyuan. The remaining nine ships were also injured. The losses of the destroyers were even greater. Five ships were sunk, four were severely damaged, and 11 were left.
Of course, they caused even greater losses to the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet. You sank 9 light cruisers from the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, 44, and 8 are left. 13 destroyers were sunk, 8 are severely damaged.
There are 14 ships left. The numerical advantage that the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has on light cruisers and destroyers is no longer there.
Overall, the Chinese Navy still has an absolute advantage. Although the US Navy had a numerical advantage before the battle began, it was difficult to make up for the gap between the performance of warships and the quality of soldiers.
As time goes by, the gap between the two sides will only grow bigger and bigger. The situation of the US Navy West Coast Fleet in this naval battle will also become worse and worse. The balance of victory in the naval battle seems to have begun to tilt towards the Chinese Navy.
The US Navy is almost repeating the mistakes that were two years ago! (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!)