"Counterattack! Counterattack me!" On the bridge of the battleship of Nevada, Admiral William Benson issued a counterattack order. However, the Chinese fleet seized the T-head, and the US fleet's only battle line was Nevada,
The two dual 343mm main guns on the front deck of the battleship can fire, but the other main guns cannot aim at the Chinese fleet and open fire!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" But even so, the USS Nevada battleship began to launch a counterattack and placed its target on the flagship of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, the USS Guangwu battleship. However, the US Navy's artillery bombardment was launched.
There is still a lot of gap between the Chinese Navy and the US Navy has strengthened its training after being defeated by the Chinese Navy one after another, but it is not possible for the navy to grow up in a short time. The Chinese Navy is still
It has been developed for nearly twenty years and has experienced one war after another to gain the strength of the present!
'Nevada, the 4 343mm shells fired by the battleship, the nearest bullet point was five hundred meters away, and even Emperor Guangwu, did not touch the side of the battleship, let alone caused a threat. This result,
Let William.
Admiral Benson was very dissatisfied.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The three battleships of the Chinese Navy seized this opportunity and opened fire fiercely at the Nevada battleship. At the same time, they turned with the battle lines of the US Navy. Yes, they could always stay there
Favorable bombardment status.
"Boom!" At 6:13 am, 'Qin II, the fifth volley of the battleship, finally achieved a battle result. A 305mm armor-piercing bomb hit Nevada, the fore deck of the battleship, exploded on the deck on the deck.
A big hole came out and killed more than a dozen American sailors on the deck.
"Damn it! Let the second battle line lean up from the right and intercept the Chinese!" William.
Admiral Benson ordered with a pale face. He never thought that such a situation would happen. In his opinion, the US fleet with 14 powerful battleships was in this battle against the Chinese Navy Pacific Fleet.
It should have been a destruction and defeated the Chinese Navy Pacific Fleet with great force. But the result now is that the powerful American fleet was suppressed and beaten, which made him feel as if he was slapped hard!
When the Chinese fleet attacked the Nevada battleship, the second battle line of the US fleet finally completed the formation, four New York class, battleships in front, four Wyoming class, battleships in the rear, battleships in the fastest
Kill out on the right, trying to block the Chinese fleet and intercept the Chinese fleet!
However, the Chinese fleet knew that in this battle, the most taboo thing was to get entangled with the US fleet. In that case, the three battleships of the Pacific Fleet were definitely not opponents of the US fleet. Therefore, in the second battle of the US fleet
After the lineup came up, the Chinese fleet left and began to turn and left contact with the US fleet, preparing to find another opportunity.
Seeing that the Chinese fleet retreated voluntarily, Admiral William Benson left and ordered the fleet to speed up and chase after it. However, the maximum speed of the US fleet is only 22 knots. In order to protect the boiler, it is usually up to 20 knots during normal voyage.
.It is impossible to catch up with the Chinese fleet at such a speed. After getting rid of the pursuit of the US fleet, the Chinese fleet will find an opportunity to attack the US fleet. Although, under the strict defense of the US fleet,
It did not cause much damage to the US fleet, but this dragged the US fleet here entirely.
On the other hand, the six Jianghe-class heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, led by the battlecruiser of the USS Wang Jian, also fought fiercely with the 10 Philadelphia-class heavy cruisers of the US Fleet.
Although the US Navy's Philadelphia-class heavy cruisers have more than the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, the battlefield form is very unoptimistic, and the heavy cruisers of the US fleet are almost crushed and beaten!
The Chinese Navy's Jianghe-class, heavy cruiser, is equipped with three triple 210mm main guns than the US Navy's Philadelphia-class, heavy cruiser's three double 210mm main guns, and at the same time, it is loaded 10,000 yuan. The displacement of 4,000 tons is also higher than that of the Philadelphia-class, and the heavy cruiser. This means that the Jianghe-class, and the heavy cruiser are thicker than the Philadelphia-class, and the heavy cruiser is armored. In terms of convenient speed, the maximum speed reaches 30 The "Jianghe Class, Heavy Cruiser" has 4 more 10000s than the "Philadelphia Class, Heavy Cruiser" in the festival. Not to mention that there is another "Wang Jian, the battle cruiser, helped him, which made the battle begin with the US fleet. The heavy cruiser team was completely suppressed!
After the naval battle began, the US Navy's heavy cruiser fleet's Augusta, and Montpellier, besieged Wang Jian, battle cruiser. The two sides fought at a distance of 10,000 meters. However, it was only twenty minutes. After that, Wang Jian, the battle cruiser, hit a volley! Montpellier, the heavy cruiser, a 5mm armor-piercing bomb, concentrated the bow of Montpellier, and the front of the bow. A small part was cut off. Fortunately, it was on the waterline, otherwise, the Montpellier would be finished! After being hit, the American Navy officers and soldiers on the Montpellier cruiser were almost scared After breaking his courage, he immediately suffered heavy damage and went to the fleet commander William.
Admiral Benson made a request to withdraw from the battlefield. However, William.
Admiral Benson rejected their request and asked them to continue fighting. This also led to the earliest
‘The tragic ending of the USS Heavy cruiser.
At 6:34 in the morning, the battle cruiser Wang Jian once again hit the Montpellier heavy cruiser!
The shell was fired by the No. 4 turret on the rear deck of the Battlecruiser, and hit the starboard side of the Montpellier, and happened to explode near the waterline.
'The weak underwater armor of the Philadelphia-class heavy cruiser could not resist the 5mm armor-piercing bomb. After the explosion, a huge hole of three meters long was torn open on the starboard side of the Montpellier heavy cruiser. .
Although, the damage control personnel on the Montpellier cruiser immediately carried out losses control, they could not block the huge hole at all. The surging sea water gushed in, and in just two minutes, Let the Montpellier, the heavy cruiser, tilt., the captain of the Montpellier, immediately ordered the port side to pour water, and asked to restore the hull to balance. However, this did not help at all, but The sinking of the warship was accelerated. Finally, at 6:45 am,
‘Montpellier, the captain of the USS Heavy Cruiser issued an order to abandon the ship. Five minutes later,
‘Montpellier, the heavy cruiser, sank into the Pacific Ocean and became the first large warship to be sunk in this naval battle!
'Augusta, the USS heavy cruiser saw that Montpellier, the USS heavy cruiser was sunk, and immediately turned and fled, and did not dare to exchange fire with the USS battle cruiser. And 'Wang Jian, the USS battle
The cruisers did not chase after him, but joined other battle groups to attack the heavy cruisers of the US fleet.
The main important design of battle cruisers is that even if they are used to deal with enemy armored cruisers or heavy cruisers, the Philadelphia-class and heavy cruisers of the US Navy are not the opponents of the Chinese Navy's Bai Qi-class and battle cruisers!
The Chinese Navy's Jianghe-class and heavy cruisers are also basically in a favorable position in dealing with the Philadelphia-class and heavy cruisers of the US Navy. The three additional main guns, as well as the Chinese Navy's already higher rate of fire than the US Navy, and
The accuracy of shelling puts the US Navy almost completely in a passive state of being beaten.
One hour after the naval battle broke out, the US Navy's heavy cruiser battle, in addition to the Montpellier, which was sunk by the "Wang Jian" battle cruiser, two other heavy cruisers were severely damaged and had to withdraw from the battlefield.
The Chinese Navy only paid the price of a heavy cruiser being slightly injured. Moreover, the situation on the battlefield is very beneficial to the Chinese Navy.
William, who is commanding a battleship formation to encircle and suppress three battleships of the Chinese Navy.
Admiral Benson also discovered the dangers facing the heavy cruiser formation. Obviously, if the heavy cruiser fleet of the US fleet continues to fight fiercely with the heavy cruiser fleet of the Chinese Navy, they may be killed. This makes William.
Admiral Benson was very frustrated and quickly ordered the heavy cruiser team to move closer to the main battleship and act with the main battleship to avoid being killed by the heavy cruiser of the Chinese Navy!
"Boom!" At this moment, a loud bang came from the sea. I saw a huge orange-red fireball burst out from the front deck of the US Navy's second battle line.
"What's going on?'New York, what's wrong with the number?" William.
Admiral Benson said in shock.
A few minutes later, the battleship of New York sent back the message.
"General,' New York, the turret No. 2 of the front main gun was hit, the turret was penetrated, and the shells exploded inside the turret. What's more, there were two unlaunched shells in the turret, which caused a death-death explosion.
, The entire turret 2 was destroyed. The fire was spreading towards the ammunition depot under the turret, 'New York, the captain of the USS has issued an order to pour water into the ammunition depot!" A communication officer told William.
Admiral Benson reported.
"Damn it, how could this happen!" William.
Admiral Benson said furiously. Such a violent explosion occurred. 'New York, the battleship must have been severely damaged. Even if it is not sunk, it must have to withdraw from the battlefield. The naval battle has just begun, and the US fleet will lose one.