Chapter 556 Empire Strikes Back

August 2nd, Washington.

The afternoon sun came in through the window, but it did not bring a trace of warmth to President Wilson. On the contrary, he felt a trace of chill in this midsummer.

It has only been a day since the declaration of war, and the situation has turned sharply. No one expected that the sudden attack of 13 capital ships gathered and divided into three fleets would be hit head-on by the opponent in one day.

In the Battle of Perth, Seymour was buried by his sudden opponent when he had the advantage. So far, no one knows how the Hong Kong, whether it was a battleship or a battlecruiser, survived the siege of five armored cruisers. According to the captain of the escaped armored cruiser, They hit the opponent at least 200 6-inch shells and 15 234mm shells, but most of them were blocked by the opponent's armor. On the contrary, the opponent's 12-inch armor-piercing shell only needed one, which was enough to hit themselves hard.

According to this inference, this kind of battleship, which Xinhua calls the Yanjing class by Xinhua, is a real battleship. Its armor and protection are completely designed to prevent its own naval guns, so it ignores the forced breakthrough of low-level warships.

But what drives him crazy is that according to Seymour, it shows at least 27 knots at the last minute, which means that it is a fact that Xinhua has mastered a brand-new power technology.

And the battle in Nauru also proved this. The opponent's commander took advantage of the equipment. In the early stage, he deliberately concealed it and induced the "heroic" Steddy to fight back with accurate shelling. When the New Zealand Squadron crossed at an inland angle of 20 degrees, it suddenly accelerated, and it only took a short time to accelerate to at least In the 28th section, a T-shaped kill was formed, which finally led to the destruction of the New Zealand. Later, it used the heavy patrol at the same speed to block the retreat, grabbed the T-shaped position again, and killed the Invincible, and also caused the damage to the underwater part of the unyielding to drop by 3 knots.

In the end, they took advantage of the speed of exceeding the opponent's 6 knots and forcibly surpassed the indome. In fact, according to the British armored cruiser hiding in the distance at that time, the word T was not standard, because the indomy had completed 30 degrees of steering at that time.

But the word T is the word T. No one cares whether it is standard or not. The real meaning of the word T is to exert all the naval gunfire of your side in an instant, and the opponent can only play part of it.

In the end, the Buquent was hit by at least 15 305mm shells under the attack of the two Yanjing-class. Finally, the ammunition depot of the front and rear bridge was detonated at the same time. Fortunately, the shells in the Buqu were almost all out at that time, so there was no fracture after the big explosion, but the water in the hull buried it.

Finally, they leisurely caught up with the Invincible, which was entangled by the heavy patrol with only 12 knots left. The British captain had no choice but to abandon the ship and opened the sea valve. Finally, the battlecruiser sank in the warm waters of the southwest Pacific Ocean.

When the United States and the United Kingdom conceived a quick attack to cut off all the routes from Xinhua to Australia, blocking them outside, and then relying on Australia's plan to gradually enerep on the counterattack, they did not know that they had already arranged ambush there and set up traps for themselves to drill!

The clumsy car accident performance delayed the declaration of war for a whole hour. That is to say, after carefully arranging a trap, Li Mo instantly made himself a savior of justice and resistance to aggression, although many people said that this should be used to expose his despicability and Shameless, but what's the use of that?

Wilson believes that in Xinhua, I'm afraid that there will be no news about the car accident during the whole war. Unless Xinhua is completely defeated, this word will not appear in the future.

This is politics!

Li Mo's personal charm and influence in Xinhua are unimaginable to anyone. Although he handed over most of his rights and chose to make a constitution, the country is full of admirers of him and the royal family, especially after supporting the education funds of tens of millions of students in the whole country with one hand, his prestige is no longer available. To overthrow.

In the face of such a person and country, it is possible to win only if they have no power to fight back in the place he is most proud of. Li Mo started with the navy. The naval victories have made that country build supreme confidence in the navy, from a country facing the loess to chasing deep blue. Fanatics, most importantly, their enthusiasm for worshiping the navy is more enthusiastic than that of Japan decades ago, but their resources and abilities are countless times stronger than Japan.

The ultimate embodiment is the kind of battleship with a speed of 28 knots!

Everyone shudders at the thought of this. The failure of the two British squadrons and the sinking of 14 warships turned the attack into a joke. At this moment, everyone is thinking about a question, that is, Xinhua also built the Hebei class behind the Yanjing class, and the newly appeared Guam class. Will they be faster? Question mark If it really reaches or even closes this level, it means that Clarkston, who is playing hide-and-seek with eight capital ships in the Xinhua Navy, will have almost no way to escape the chase!

According to the latest information, four Yanjing-class have appeared separately, and all the Dalian-class-class have also appeared. The four Hebei-class of the Pacific Fleet are also in Honolulu, and the two Hebei-class and two Jilin-class in the Nanyang are still there. That is to say, only the two Hebei-class and Pacific-class of their own fleets are intercepted Clarkston. Two Jilin-class ships.

This is good news. After all, the Jilin class was designed ten years ago, which is comparable to the South Carolina class, but the Hebei class has become the needle in everyone's heart. If it can reach 28 knots, then the 12 14-inch guns on it will tear up eight American capital ships with only 19 knots and 25 knots respectively!

At this moment, Wilson realized that the United States was not as powerful as he thought, at least not yet well-equipped, because the United States, which had been obsessed with economic development for more than a decade, was extremely poor in external military scientific and technological development and intelligence spying, and could not even understand the imaginary enemy's battleship data.

If Clarkston is true!

What should I do?

Wilson looked at William Benson, the commander of the navy sitting next to him. He just wanted to ask what countermeasures the head of the navy would come up with to rescue Clarkston, or at least ensure that the door of the conference room was knocked open when the four Peng Sacra-class re-tours.

"Mr. President, the Marshall Islands have transferred a telegram. Lieutenant General Claxton has dispersed the fleet and is ready to break through!"

Hearing the news, Wilson and William Benson were relieved. When the opponent had only four interceptors, it meant that at least four capital ships could escape.

But no one expected that it was this telegram, or Clarkston's improper use of radio, or the re-depumption of U.S. intelligence, that caused a huge mistake and eventually led to serious consequences.

Because he didn't know, after taking the initiative to break the radio silence again a few hours later, the two Xinhua electronic reconnaissance ships had moved to the position between Nauru and Vanuatu and intercepted the telegram--

"Guess what Clarkston sent?"

Gu Junhuo dressed and galloped to the bridge. From time to time, there were busy sailors around him saluting him, indicating that the fleet had begun to enter a state of combat readiness. The question of the captain and commander of the First Hunty Fleet made Deng Haohong, who came to report, turn his head and said, "I guess it may be that Clarkston is going to divide his troops."

Looking at Deng Haohong, whose eyes were a little red, Gu Junhuo did not answer but said with concern, "Have you stayed up all night?"

"Hehe, I can't sleep." Deng Haohong rubbed his hands and said, "Captain, you are not the same."

"Let's go to bed after killing Clarkston." Gu Jun Huo smiled and quickly got into the navigation bridge. Seeing the captain's arrival, the officers who stayed up all night saluted and said hello one after another.

"Are you ready for breakfast?"

"It's all right. It has been distributed to various positions half an hour ago. According to the time calculation, Sihai and Zhenhai should have arrived east of Vanuatu. I believe they must be increasing their search."

"Hmm."

Gu Junhuo nodded, picked up the telescope and looked at several warships with anti-collision lights outside. Then he went to the chart and answered what he had just said: "I think about the same as me. I also think that Clarkston may be going to divide his troops, but he was worried that the country would be anxious, so he sent a telegram."

"Xichang, if it were you, what route would you choose?" After saying that, Gu Junhuo turned his head and asked the captain beside him.

Generally, on warships, HNA chiefs are the oldest and experienced navigation experts. They may not have insufficient command ability, or they may not know guns, but when it comes to navigation, they are the best way. Many people can find the best navigation route without looking at the charts, so the service period of such positions is very long, Europe and the United States In various countries, you can also see the white-haired old sea wolf as the captain of the sea.

Xinhua Navy has only been established for more than 20 years, but it has also trained a group of experienced navigation experts through hard work. Xichang ran the sea with his father on a foreigner's ship before joining the army. Later, he followed the navigation class in the Naval Academy and the training ship and hydrological investigation ship almost all over the Pacific Ocean, so after hearing the interrogation, he only thought about it. For a moment, he pointed to the chart and said, "If it were me, I would let the heavy patrol walk west of Vanuatu from the open waters in the southeast corner of the Coral Sea. In this way, although there is a certain risk surname, it can quickly reach Nouméa, where the United Kingdom and the United States built a temporary naval berth the year before last, with heavy artillery and mine protection nearby.

As for the slightly slower battleships, I will walk east of Vanuatu, because the islands in that area are small and the hydrological conditions are poor, and if they are ambushed, they can quickly drill back to the New Hebrides where Vanuatu is located and use the island cover to break through.

"Yes, it's the same as I thought before."

"Before?" Xichang was stunned. Before he could ask, Gu Junhuo straightened up and ordered, "Order Sa Zhenbing to lead Heilongjiang and Jilin to block the west. Fujian will accelerate with our ship and go to the east. The first drive patrol team will stay to protect them."

"In addition." Gu Junhuo looked at his watch. It was already four o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn for more than an hour, so he said again, "Tell the Raiders that if possible, I hope to see the first batch of planes take off at five o'clock sharp."

"Notify the ships and prepare for battle. If you encounter the enemy, you can immediately lift the radio silence!" After giving a series of orders, Gu Junhuo turned his head and smiled: "Xichang, you are right, but you missed two points."

"First, the United States needs to patrol and deter the Pacific Ocean with enough maneuverability. Second, Clarkston..."

"He is too careful!"

(to be continued)