Chapter 1111 Peerless Sea Battle 8 Destruction 2!
For the first time, Lukins realized what the cruelty and irresistible modern warfare was, but the repeated heavy blows made him numb. He just looked back and turned around stubbornly and directed the remaining warships to advance with all their might.
Mountbatten could no longer feel relaxed. No matter how much he looked down on the Germans, after all, everyone is on the same boat now, and he has no choice but to help these poor guys get out of the predicament and try to achieve certain results in this naval battle.
To be honest, no matter how they hate Germans, or even disobey them, they hate Chinese people even more, and even all people of color, and they are very clear about the fact that they need Germans to be the first to stimulate the Chinese, and use Zhu Bin's black hands to weaken the Germans' strength, so as to win a breathing opportunity for their own country and prevent the Germans from becoming a full dominant person. However, they do not want to see that Germany was slapped down by a real slap and could not turn over, which is also not in their interests!
Lukins made up his mind and showed his wisdom and decisiveness as a general. Mountbatten was a rising star. He no longer hid his ability and gave the correct suggestions conscientiously: "General! Our attack should have stimulated the Chinese, or our attack direction is not wrong, but our defense judgment is still insufficient. Now it seems that our own strength alone is not enough to exhaust their power. We should take the initiative to move closer to the left, seek joint attacks, and ask the right to speed up the driving speed in order to complete the complete siege!"
"Okay! Just pass on the order according to your judgment!"
General Lukins was very good at following his promise. In fact, he had no good idea. In the original plan, the German main fleet, which was dragging a little behind, had to wait for the power of the two wings to catch the enemy before rushing up to play the role of a heavy fist. It should not be the first choice for the opponent to make the first move as soon as he came up. The current loss was definitely not what he wanted to see.
The plan has been disrupted, so I can only try to return to the right path at the chaos.
Zhu Bin's ultra-long-range anti-ship missile strike was determined in the plan, so many escort ships, such as destroyers and light cruisers, only retained the minimum number of manpower to operate the ships, except for air defense firepower and torpedo launch groups. Even the naval guns were activated as much as possible to prevent being attacked by missiles and not being able to escape later. To put it bluntly, these were already ready to be cannon fodder.
The Germans are not stupid, of course they don’t want to use their precious power as bait. Italians are regarded as their first choice, but what can they do? Zhu Bin is not fooled, he is too accurate and he is too dark to start!
Lukins didn't know that the main attack formation of the left-wing battleships had suffered heavy blows, and the number of losses was no smaller than that of them. Before the news of the reconnaissance planes sent out to perform, the advanced information from the other side was handed over. Several aircraft broke through and blocked desperately, and passed the news of their heavy air strikes to the core fleet.
When Lukins heard that he had lost such a large group of main battleships, he was stunned on the spot! So, the opponent was just two-pronged and attacking two targets at the same time, rather than concentrating his strength to deal with him!
"How dare they...?" Lukins' first reaction was that he didn't believe how powerful the Chinese navy had. He had previously clearly investigated it. Judging from the size of the world navy's formation today, it would be good that it could only act as an attacking force in one direction. He dared to divide his troops?!
Mountbatten frowned and said depressedly: "Maybe, our previous judgment was biased! The Chinese are stronger than we imagined! There must be something new that we have not figured out before! Well. Maybe it is the special attack gunboat that harassed us all the way?"
Lukins really wanted to spit on him, "You uncle, what is judgment deviation?" It's just that you, the grandson, did not do a good job in intelligence! How difficult is the Chinese? You guys who have suffered a big loss, won't you know?
A ridiculous thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Can these English-speaking bastards deliberately ignore the changes in the Chinese people. Let Germany suffer a big loss and weaken our strength by the way?"
But the years have disappeared in a flash. The most urgent task is not to pursue the so-called truth. He has to try to get rid of this bad situation and turn the situation around!
General Lukins ordered firmly: "Tell General Cunningham, no matter how much they have lost, I must immediately move closer to us and form a new joint combat array to encircle forward! We have paid such a great price, and we must not give up halfway!"
"yes!"
Mountbatten acted as a loyal melody, meticulously transferred the commands of the General, and then quietly pondered how to deal with worse situations.
He did not tell the Germans that they should not hope to consume the Chinese missiles so quickly. It seems that the thing is very expensive, but the number of Chinese people own is definitely more than they imagined! The reason why they made the plan to concentrate all the navy and make contributions to the first battle was not arrogant, but the worst plan made in a desperate situation!
Privately, both the British and American navies can confirm that in fact, even if they concentrate the maritime power of the whole world, it is best to fight with the Chinese people to lose both sides. After that, there is no better way to deal with the remaining three fleets of China - the gap in weapons is enough to even out everything!
They didn't tell the Germans that in fact, in previous battles, the Chinese seemed to have not tried their best. Their fighting style was unconventional and changed repeatedly, making people unable to guess where the bottom line was. Such an opponent would be a headache to think about. If they had not been beaten and lost their fighting spirit, why would they surrender to the Germans!
After all, the Germans were too simple, far from being as shameless as the old hooligan. There was no bottom line. Lukins thought he could hold on to the arrival of the US aircraft carrier formation on the right, but he didn't know that when he learned that the battle had begun and the Germans were attacked first, Spruins immediately ordered that the fleet continue to accelerate its navigation directly in front of them. The Germans who were monitoring them were already confused and lost the orders that came one after another - the command planes could not find the fleet at all.
So, when Admiral Lukins needed help the most, they were a thousand kilometers away from the main battlefield. Unless the warship could fly, it would be too late!
On the contrary, General Cunningham, on the left wing, led the fleet to maneuver to the right with all his might. The large arc array of crescent-shaped arcs that had already existed seemed particularly thin because a large piece was deducted from the middle. He tried his best to shrink with Zhu Bin's gap, and gathered the cruising force on the left back and regained the front of the main ship. A powerful external support arc was formed, and two layers were thickened, barely connecting with the Lukins fleet to form an encirclement with a width of 200 kilometers in the middle!
It seems that it has surrounded Zhu Bin's fleet, but everyone knows that this encirclement is like a thin net that covers a whale shark, with its strength and toughness completely unreliable. Just a terrible guy trembles gently, and the snare will definitely be broken!
But after all, it was kept in the trap. Cunningham and Lukins did not hesitate and ordered all ships to give up the detour and charge inward with all their might. As long as they could reach the opponent as soon as possible, they would not have any chance to attack. This was the tactic they initially formulated!
Such an offensive strategy is so expensive that it will make the naval predecessors all over the world ashamed, and will make future generations lament!
Looking at the holographic screen, on the vast Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of enemy ships from many countries were surrounded in a large surround. They turned one by one destroyer at least a hundred meters long, thousands of tons to 70,000 tons of battleships, and turned into the world's largest arrows, splitting the cold waves at full speed, and pointing the finger at the fleet in the core area. Zhu Bin was not nervous at all, and even danced with excitement: "This is just like this! The Germans really have great courage. I like it!"
The moment he had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived! Ten years of hard work are unusual, but now it has finally reached the moment of the epic battle of a thousand ships, and it has also prepared for a long time in his mind. The spectacular scene he most hopes to see turns into reality!
Chen Shaokuan and others could not understand his strange thinking, but were shocked by his opponent's crazy behavior! The dense steel giant ships, which were almost covered with seas, were lined up in front of them like fishing boats going out to sea together, just like the majestic and shocking confrontation of millions of troops in history. In comparison, the number of light-themed ocean fleets is much worse than that of their opponents!
As the saying goes, many ants bite the elephant to death. No matter how bad the enemy ship is, it can still release life-threatening torpedoes. Hundreds and thousands of them gather together. Even if the ocean fleet is full of hands, how many killer moves can it catch?
The question was quickly answered by Zhu Bin's practical actions!
On the right, four "Kunlun ships" and one "Xuanzhou" missile destroyer suddenly accelerated to leave the formation, leaving the escort ship behind. Under the nuclear power electric drive, the sharp bow of the ship slashed the surging waves fiercely, shaped like a sharp sword and stabbed straight to the top of the arc of the enemy ship formation!
When the distance reached 100 kilometers, the five warships released a wave of cruise missiles at the same time, and called out the enemy destroyers and light cruisers that charged in the front one by one, without asking for complete sinking. As long as they were injured, forty or fifty iconic units were created within ten minutes.
Immediately afterwards, the 36 heavy artillery of the four ships were all slanted, all of which were replaced with the bottom row of extended range bombs. When they reached 70 kilometers, the precisely guided shells spanned across the sky, creating a shocking roar, passing over the heads of a chaotic escort ship, forming an astonishing attack array, and smashing into the formation of the main battleship behind!
Quick! Accurate! Ruthless!
Under unprecedented advanced technology, the effect of the main gun of the Kunlun ship was absolutely unimaginable to the navy in this era. After aiming for a long time, the fastest joint bombardment suddenly broke out. In just three rounds of more than 100 shells, it caused a hit. The "Imperial" battleship, which had just been in service, was hit by an armor-piercing bullet, opening the prelude to destruction!
The Italians were completely stunned!
They have never participated in such a burst, such a fierce, and such a fierce naval battle! Even the "Veneto-class" battleship - this most powerful maritime power, with a range of less than 5,000 nautical miles, is designed to dominate the Mediterranean. I have thought of a face-to-face competition with the strongest enemies in history on the Atlantic!
The overwhelming 420mm shells exploded, and the dense explosions produced water columns like skyscrapers. The surging waves were pushed more and more violently, slapped on the warships one after another. The rumbling explosions and impacts made the soldiers who were used to stable days mistakenly think that the end of the world was coming, so don’t mention any fighting will. Those who can not tremble with their hands at their posts are considered strong people!
Counterattack? I don’t know where the enemy is!
The dense bomb explosion made Cunningham feel like he was going back to decades ago. At that time, the Navy was still orthodox, and the large-caliber main gun was still the protagonist of the performance. The deafening roar, the air waves that were empty, the smoke of gunpowder, and the boiling sea water were all the most exciting and outstanding moments in the Navy's life!
Every traditional and outstanding British naval general would not refuse or be afraid of such a battle. They were eager to lead a powerful navy, rampant oceans, and sweep away their opponents! But they would never like the vulgarity and shamelessness of today, using missiles to kill the enemy through hundreds of kilometers!
"What a pity! That's not the fleet of the British Empire!"
The amazing range of the enemy ship's main gun has been determined. Cunningham sighed with infinite emotion and issued an order to keep the warships on track, charge towards the enemy, and advance!
So, the next half hour became a unilateral firepower output performance of Kunlun ships!
Mercy has never been a favorite word in the war between countries. Zhu Bin, who finally caught an unprecedented opportunity, resolutely erased its existence from his dictionary!
The four Kunlun ships entered a continuous combat mode since the first round of volleys. Under the joint intelligent fire control operation, thirty-six main guns consistently aimed at a single target. According to the maximum fire rate that the medicine room and body tube can withstand, on the basis of ensuring cooling and cleaning operations, throw as many shells into the distance as possible!
Each volley shot has at least a dozen tons of launching drugs turned into a push force to rush out of the muzzle. The heavy ship is enough to offset all recoil and maintain a long-term stability. The tremor of the body tube is not enough to cause excessive angle changes. Each volley shot is under strict control, and the first shot of the hit becomes the first strike of the fire-gathering sniper. Then there are hundreds of consecutive heavy punches!
The rumbling explosion burst out from the core of the Italian formation. The "Imperial" suffered a total of 23 heavy armor-piercing bombs in ten minutes! She, who is the weakest armor among similar warships, could not withstand the terrible blow of excessive lethality. The upper floor of the deck was blown almost to pieces, and three water floaters were exquisitely bombed into the weak area of the waterline armor. Entering the power compartment caused a series of explosions. Her body tilted and entered the countdown to sink!
Following closely behind was the "Roman". As the third "Veneto-class", he did not have time to participate in the battle after he was launched. Today is his first trip, representing the history and culture of the Italians, but he cannot stand like their Colosseum for thousands of years. Within five minutes after the first shell fell, he was forced into a distance of 420mm by a 45-kilometer 420mm shell, which was forced to a distance of 45 kilometers, and the bridge was completely smashed, the main turret was uprooted, and the shells that fell from a large angle on the deck even penetrated the bottom pole. He was subjected to 18 shells and completely fell!
At this time, the group of destroyers on the periphery is less than 20 kilometers away from the Kunlun ship, entering the excellent sea area of torpedo attacks, and may even form a curve from three sides!
The commander of the squadron who rushed to the front was overjoyed and was about to order to release the torpedo with all his strength in order to succeed in the group attack, the Kunlun ship's deputy gun opened fire!
Their secondary gun is a 203mm triple turret! Four 12-door, 55 times the body tube ensures a long range and a fast enough fire rate. At a distance of 20 kilometers, with extremely high accuracy fire control, each turret can deal with a target individually and conduct terrible intensive strikes! The maximum delivery ability of 12 rounds per minute ensures that as long as the fire is fired, there is no way out!
Four Kunlun ships, along with a accompanying "Xuanzhou" ship, formed a column to interlaced in reverse arc arrays that were close to the enemy ships, and all the artillery exploded together!
16 triple-mounted secondary turrets, plus an electromagnetic reconnected double 127 cannon, suddenly turned into an erupting volcano! In the blink of an eye, the fierce armor-piercing bombs enveloped the enemy ships that had struggled to survive the first wave of missile attacks! After a cloud of explosive smoke rose, more than a dozen enemy ships were covered with holes and were in a mess!
And this did not affect the main gun's volley! Their strike had just reached its first peak!
Since its completion, the "Kunlun Ship" has not had the opportunity to open fire with all its might. Today is a rare opportunity for them to truly fully release their lethality since they served. Perhaps, they would not encounter the second time in their decades of service. Therefore, all the officers and soldiers almost showed their strength and devoted themselves to the operation and battle!
On the sea, there were four active volcanoes erupting! Every minute, dozens of tons of steel ammunition were thrown out. In just twenty minutes, each warship actually reduced the weight of a light destroyer! All the muzzles were burned red, and along the way, thick smoke gathered over the sea to form a large magnificent cloud!
On the front, the group of escort ships that had just opened their posture were swept away! The third main battleship, the Tolerio, persisted for less than ten minutes and was officially disarmed.
However, compared to her companions in front, she had a 50-distance 381mm cannon, at least she fired two rounds of volleys, and made two explosions with absolutely inaccurate heads at the maximum range, and was smashed by a volley with amazing accuracy!
Chapter completed!