Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 903 Shameless

   One radio communication was paralyzed, traditional light signals and semaphores were very limited, and it was difficult to command a large formation of ships to fight.

   Out of desperation, Lieutenant General Ben Adelaide led some of the ships to meet the enemy first, and handed over the command of the remaining ships in the Gulf to Major General Newark. The next thing to do is to pray for God to bless the Atlantic Fleet.

   Facing a strong enemy

   Lieutenant General Ben-Adelaide felt inexplicable grief and anger in his heart. He hated the domineering and brutality of the Ocean Empire and President Roosevelt for ruining the hope of the Navy, and he felt even more unwilling in his heart.

   The young U.S. Navy has not fully grown up, it needs time, and what is lacking now is precisely the precious time.

  1898 Spanish-American War

  The U.S. Navy has 4 battleships and a lot of old sailing cruisers. These 4 battleships are capital ships built between 1892 and 1898, helping the U.S. Navy win the Spanish-American War.

  During the two presidents of McKinley and Roosevelt, the U.S. Navy has been greatly developed.

   Especially during the tenure of President Roosevelt, he started to build a large number of battleships and cruisers of more than 10,000 tons. This is a president that people love and hate. He single-handedly pushed the U.S. Navy to its heyday and saw the hope of going all over the world.

   Immediately, he pushed the U.S. Navy into the abyss of despair and shattered the fervent hope that had just been burned...

  The most cruel thing in the world is this

   President Roosevelt pushed the U.S. Navy to the top, and after seeing the splendor of the top of the world, he kicked down again...

   Well, what are you doing to offend the Ocean Empire?

   "Sir, the battleship Mississippi has been defeated, we..."

   "All ships are ready to fight." Vice Admiral Ben-Adelaide ordered in a deep voice.

   Now on the sea

The small team headed by the "Mississippi" battleship was hit by thick smoke, and they were in a state of embarrassment to widen the distance from the enemy fleet. Three ships, the hapless protected cruiser USS Charleston has been buried at the bottom of the sea, never to return.

   Far away at the end of the sky

In the cold light of more than 4 o'clock in the morning, the enemy's large fleet appeared densely on the sea level. The dense chimneys were like a forest, and thick black smoke gushed out half of the sky. , the dark muzzle burst out from time to time roar, bringing terrible death and war.

At the top of the tall steel triangular mast of the flagship "Queensland" of the Royal Navy's expeditionary strike formation of the Ocean Empire, a blood-red "Zhu" battle flag is in sight, as if it is the horn of the demon army's general attack, like a mountain of killing intent. .

   Those who violate the empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away!

   "Boom boom boom..."

   After a few deafening loud noises, the battleship "Mississippi", which was covered by bullet rain, hit several times one after another, and several clusters of orange-red flames shrouded it, and the speed of the ship suddenly slowed down, and the originally scarred battleship was severely damaged again.

   The two armored cruisers "West Virginia" and "Colorado" fled as fast as the two armored cruisers, and they didn't dare to stop for a second. They were simply frightened.

   "Oh, mygod, God!"

Facing the tragic situation in front of him, Lieutenant General Ben-Adelaide was infuriated, and he drew a cross on his chest with a sad face, and then ordered: "Right rudder 13 degrees south-southwest, let's go, may God bless the Atlantic Fleet, All living beings suffer, but the light remains forever."

"God bless you…"

Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Ben Adelaide, some ships of the US Atlantic Fleet, which were forced to the end, launched a battle formation at a speed of less than 6 knots. The flagship "New Hampshire" was in the front line. The 4 battleships at the head, followed by 7 large armored cruisers, a total of 11 battleships lined up into the battle line, directly inserted between the two who were chasing and fleeing.

The    flagship signaled a semaphore, ordering the two armored cruisers "West Virginia" and "Colorado" to turn back in a large circle and lined up at the end of the battle line.

   These two ships are large armored cruisers of 14,500 tons. The more combat power, the more hope, and the less the possibility of annihilation.

  The US Atlantic Fleet was facing the enemy's main battleship formation, and the first round of artillery fire was fired from a distance. The distance between the two sides was still nearly 16 kilometers. All the artillery shells splashed into the water.

   The 305mm main gun of the US warship has a range of 14.6 kilometers. It is a waste of artillery shells to fire at such a distance, but what the Atlantic Fleet needs is a momentum, which embodies the unyielding will of the US Navy to fire back.

  Although the enemy is extremely powerful, the Atlantic Fleet will never yield.

Across the distance, the flagship "Queensland" of the expeditionary strike formation began to turn unhurriedly at a speed of about ten knots. The eight battleships behind her, two heavy cruisers, followed one by one, while in the distance Yangyang's cruiser fleet formed a semi-circular encirclement, ready to beat the enemy who slipped through the net and wiped out the enemy ships.

   see this scene

   Lieutenant General Ben Adelaide didn't understand the truth, and the enemy was ready to resort to the "Mangu Evil" tactic to carry out long-range precision strikes. He was really angry.

   is too shameless, too bullying, not to play like this.

The poor Atlantic Fleet is now mostly cold cars. If you want to run at high speed, you can't run. The speed of the fleet can only move slowly at a speed of 8~10 knots. You can only watch the enemy adjust the course and keep the distance between the two fleets. At about 15 kilometers, and then round after round of fired artillery shells smashed down.

   4:30am

   The unprecedentedly tragic Battle of Tierra del Fuego began. The main battleships of the two countries lined up in a strict line of battle, and started shelling at a distance of 15 kilometers.

   After more than half a year of hard training at no cost, the Atlantic Fleet has made great progress in artillery bombardment technology.

  Unfortunately, due to the range of the main gun, it is completely incapable of posing a threat to the enemy.

On the other hand, the steel war monsters on the battle line of the Ocean Empire, relying on the advantages of the main gun range and accurate artillery, kept smashing down the rain of death bullets, calling the main ships of the US Atlantic Fleet one by one, and the fire was soaring. The effect is remarkable.

The first round of battle lines passed opposite each other, which lasted for more than 40 minutes. Both sides fired more than 30 rounds of artillery fire. The Royal Navy's expeditionary strike formation took heavy damage to two battleships, lightly injured one battleship, and sank a large armored cruiser. The brilliant record of wounding 4 armored cruisers.

   And his own loss...is zero.

   This is not a war, but a one-sided massacre.

  Yes, that's right. The US Atlantic Fleet fired more than 30 rounds of artillery fire. Although it was imposing and its artillery skills were good, it did not cause any damage to the enemy.

After the battle lines of the two sides passed by, the remaining main battleships of the US Atlantic Fleet in the Gulf joined in one after another. Unfortunately, at this time, three of the US Navy's nine battleships had been severely damaged, becoming a big torch floating on the sea and burning violently, and could no longer join. battle line.

   23 armored cruisers were sunk and two were severely damaged. Only 19 cruisers were left to fight with injuries.

   Compare the two

The strength advantage of the Royal Navy's expeditionary strike formation of the Ocean Empire is even more obvious, especially shameless... In the case of comprehensive dominance, it still maintains a distance without rushing, and hits the Atlantic Fleet from a distance by lobbing, not at all. near.

   This is not possible, we must change formations.

  The eight lightning strike destroyer squadrons summoned from the bay drove out one after another and began to launch a decisive charge in the direction of the enemy ship formation, preparing to disrupt the enemy's position and win a chance for the Atlantic fleet.

I’m really sorry, my friends, I didn’t write a single word in the afternoon, and there was an entertainment in the evening. The readers and friends urged me to lose my mind. Chapter one, send it out. ashamed ashamed.

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