Chapter 594 Collision 4

Boom!

A shell fell in front of the low slope, and the hot waves roared into the house. Large pieces of gravel fell from the top of the head, crackling the concrete outer wall, and the room was filled with smoke and dust.

In the room, dozens of non-commissioned officers of the electronic reconnaissance company did not seem to hear the shells roaring, and they were still busy regardless of the danger.

This is the core area of the electronic reconnaissance company of the Cologne Islands and the most important place on the island, because there is a newly arrived radar and several radio stations of various types, which are the core secrets of the empire. If it falls into the hands of the enemy, you can imagine how much trouble it will bring.

To be honest, in terms of fire intensity and artillery intensity, the five old-fashioned Mei [***] ships are not even as powerful as the two Yangtze River class, but the total area of San Cristobal Island is only more than 500 square kilometers, the southeast is narrow and long, and the widest part is only 18 kilometers. If the Jinghai class is docked on the shore, it can be separated. The island hit the opposite target.

Whether it is a Maine-class or an old Pennsylvania armored cruiser, the gun range is not enough to penetrate the whole island, but it is not difficult to reach the radar center in the center of the island, so he is a little uneasy.

The engineers began to place explosives along the house. The radar antenna, which had been erected high for less than five days, could not be taken away, so it was wrapped in ten kilograms of TNT, ready to destroy it completely.

Although the non-commissioned officers of the electronic reconnaissance company are heartbroken, there are too many things to save, especially the core machine of the radar. Even one part of this thing cannot be completely in the hands of the United States, so He Wen'an arranged dozens of soldiers to help disassemble and take them all away. If you can't wait for the reinforcements in the end, these things will also It was destroyed by explosives and completely buried.

"Cough."

The thick smoke of gunpowder floated here from the distant dock, and the throat was extremely uncomfortable with smoke. Fortunately, the demolition work came to an end, and the soldiers could finally start to move.

"Rumble."

Suddenly, the earth seemed to shake, and a regiment of fire hundreds of meters high rose from the wharf a few kilometers away. Seeing all the fire regiments clenched their fists, the most important oil depot on the island was lit.

The raging fire lit up the whole port of Black Bhakuriso, but standing on the flagship USS Ohio and looking at the oil depot that ignited the fire, Major General Edward Abel was not happy, because several warships docked here in the intelligence were missing.

Edward did not doubt the real surname of the information, because it was obtained from a Peruvian transport ship two days ago. At that time, a Jinghai-class cruiser and three defense-class destroyers also happened to enter the port to refuel and pass them. Did he leave after refueling?

"Hur, do you want to arrange to log in?"

One shell roared out of the five warships. Half an hour later, the small harbor was almost in ruins, and the enemy had not fired a single shell from beginning to end, so the officers in the bridge thought that it was time to land.

Edward hesitated. He was sure that the small fleet should still be nearby. It was extremely dangerous to rush to send soldiers to the island before obtaining absolute sea control, not to mention that there was a Jinghai-class light cruiser with extremely fast shelling speed in the small fleet.

"Did the squadron of destroyers (the United States also learns from Xinhua and renamed all torpedo ships destroyers) found it?"

"Not yet. They are searching for Santa Maria Island and Spain Island, and two ships are patrolling in the direction of Santa Cruz Island." The staff immediately marked the action routes of the six destroyers on the chart. Judging from the chart, the six scattered destroyers have formed a solid triangle outside the port of Black Bakriso.

"Where is General Clarkston's fleet?"

"Waiting in Isabella Bay."

Edward looked at his watch and made up his mind. It was 19:25. If the fleet was really nearby, the force in his hand should be able to block them, so he gave a order that was later considered vital: "Order Maine, Missouri to search north along the east of the island. Go ahead and turn off all the lights!"

In an instant, the two battleships that were shelling turned off all the lights and headed north. At the same time, two cargo ships under the protection of three protective cruisers began to move towards the harbor. Several minesweepers converted with wooden fishing boats opened their way in front of them. For the sake of safety, Edward ordered the remaining three capital ships at the same time to protect the enemy with all their strength. People may eventually appear in the northwest.

Half an hour later, when the cargo ship was stable, second-class Carter ran out of the cargo ship with a gun, followed the sergeant, and then rushed all the way into the harbor in shouting. Suddenly, two large turtles crawling slowly in the fire attracted his attention, because it was the first time he had seen such a big turtle.

Almost subconsciously, he moved a little to them, but it was this step that made him feel as if he had stepped on something, and his pupils suddenly shrank into a little cold star.

"Landmine!"

Four of the latest anti-infantry mines were detonated at the same time, and a large number of steel balls were fanned to the road. More than 20 soldiers, including Carter, immediately felt as if their bodies had been shot by countless bullets, and all fell down in an instant.

The soldiers with no combat experience were scared. God knew that there were still mines here, so they were all scared that they didn't know what to do, but they didn't know what kind of tragedy was caused by the delay here because of lack of experience.

The moaning American soldiers made the scouts hiding in the darkness clenched their fists excitedly, and a radio wave flew out.

"Report, the U.S. military has begun to land."

Lin Pengxing stood up. From the beginning, he did not consider fighting desperately with the American fleet, because he knew very well that warships could not seize the island. As long as those armies were killed, the U.S. military's plan would be equivalent to failure.

"28 knots, ship gun ready!"

"Order the destroyer to leave."

In the dark, in the darkness east of the Cologne Islands, the three defense-class destroyers quickly increased to a high speed of 30 knots after a slight tremor and rushed to the east of San Cristobal Island. At the same time, Anhai went south along the island in the opposite direction, but Lin Pengxing never thought that two American battleships were colliding head-to-head. Come on--

"Fuck, son of a bitch!"

In the southwest of the harbor, Dai Jintang's eyes were almost congested in the S19 submarine. In the periscope, a group of flames spewed out from the American warship. It was difficult for anyone to persist with such dense firepower.

"How long will it take for the torpedo cabin!"

Dai Jintang grabbed the phone and roared, but it took him 30 minutes to disappoint and helpless. The oxygenation process needs to be extremely careful. Once the pure oxygen and the oil and gas inside the torpedo are vibrated, they will become extremely unstable. If you don't pay attention to it, an explosion will occur, so the user manual is strict. It is stipulated that all torpedoes must be flushed with oxygen before the attack, and it is forbidden to carry out this in the battle of vibration and explosion.

These 30 minutes are destined to be the most difficult stage for two tiger sharks--

"Enemy attack! Destroyer!"

Searching for Santa Cruz Island, the two American destroyers to protect the east of the fleet only sounded the alarm. Everyone saw three defense-class destroyers crashing into the night barrier in the dark and appeared in the searchlight column of the American destroyer, and then the naval gun began to hissing.

Three double 130mm naval guns roared and poured shells at the two American destroyers. Whether it was speed or fire strength, the American destroyers were far inferior to the defense class. The exchange of fire lasted only a few minutes and the fire broke out on the two American destroyers, but they didn't wait for the three defense class destroyers to be happy for too long. An American old Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser appeared in the fire.

While the searchlights locked three defense levels, 8 40x diameter 203mm main guns, 14 50x 127mm gun, 20 50x diameter 57mm rapid-fire guns, plus 12 small-caliber rapid-fire guns, the super-strong secondary gun systems of the two old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers began to be powerful. In an instant, three defense-class destroyers were submerged.

In the dense shells and water columns, three defense-class destroyers resolutely chose to launch a death attack. At a high speed of 30 knots, three destroyers maneuvered like snakes while rushing towards the armored cruisers.

Boom!

A 127mm shell landed on the front deck of the Self-Defense. The explosion tore a big hole in the front turret. At the same time, the Self-Defense had deflected its bow and drew a beautiful U-shaped track on the sea. When six spear type 2 torpedoes drilled into the sea like lightning.

In the searchlight, the snow-white torpedo track was particularly obvious. Because the distance of the torpedo was more than 6,000 meters, six torpedoes rushed to the coast at the other side's bow.

At this moment, the Self-Defense was also hit by a 203mm main gun shell. Any shell of more than 200mm was fatal to the defense-class destroyer of only more than 1,000 tons. While the explosion rose from the stern, the destroyer's deck began to tilt rapidly.

"Fuck you! Prepare the torpedo!"

In just ten minutes, the pilot's Self-Defense was doomed to sink, which should not be a good omen, but the remaining two captains were not afraid, but instead shook their hats one after another, with red eyes, and personally ruddered along both sides of the burning Self-Defense, drilled out of the fire and hit 12 torpedoes again.

The fan-shaped torpedoes scared the American sailors. They have never seen so many torpedoes. The only relief is that these torpedoes have obvious tracks, so it is relatively simple to avoid.

On the rapidly deflected and maneuvered cruiser, the sailors almost skimmed the hull of the ship with torpedoes one by one, and the cold sweat had already filled the vest. Although the two old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers struggled to avoid, although three rapid-fire cannons were blown up, and the remaining eight were also avoided by the experienced captains, the last one was still given South Dakota caused serious injuries.

The spear hit from the front along the rapidly deflected bow. Hundreds of kilograms of TNT immediately made the armored cruiser with a displacement of 13,680 tons seem to be held up by the man. After the bow was raised high, it quickly fell into the surface of the water.

Countless sailors, because they did not grasp the explosion in the Middle East, unluckily even were swept into the waves by the waves rising to the sky.

When the fire was gone, everyone found that its bow had been almost completely flattened. However, it was surprising that the armored cruiser had not sunk, but continued to float on the water and began to turn the rudder to prepare to withdraw from the battle.

The two destroyer captains sighed secretly. The bow belongs to the non-fatal part. If it is the hull or the stern, I'm afraid the armored cruiser will be left here, but I'm afraid it won't die now.

At 19:45, the arrival of two U.S. protected cruisers made the remaining two defense-class destroyers have no choice but to retreat temporarily, because it took enough time to change mines at sea.

At this time, 12 152mm main guns roared on the Anhai on the east coast of San Cristobal Island.

Dense shells fell on the heads of U.S. soldiers who had just landed across the island. 72 152mm shells per minute gave them a taste of being bombardment. In just five minutes, the two American cargo ships docking were fatally hit. These ordinary cargo ships could not withstand such a dense fire. Force, explosion and fire devoured them in an instant.

After getting the scout's telegram about the destruction of the freighter, Lin Pengxing ordered the muzzle to open fire at the harbor at full speed. The sudden appearance of the shell made Edward's eyes explode. Because the USS Ohio's gun angle was not enough, he could not even fight back across the island.

The raging shells made 3,000 U.S. soldiers who had just completed the landing but blocked by mines in the harbor suffered a tragic and ruthless blow. The weakness of the lack of combat experience of American soldiers was exposed at this time. They actually forgot the principle that they needed to disperse immediately after landing.

The shells landed in the middle of the soldiers gathered by the harrows. Almost every explosion can take dozens of lives. In the harbor that has just been swept by their own ships, there is no place to hide at all. In the end, many people can only throw their guns and jump into the sea to escape.

But no one expected that the Anhai, which opened fire at full speed, showed its shape because of the gunfire and was seized by two Maine-class battleships rushing north!

"Battleship! 11 o'clock!"

In the sad shouts of the watchmen, several huge fireballs spewed out of the darkness. Eight 305mm heavy guns hit a column of water hundreds of meters away from the port side of Anhai. The light cruisers could not compete with the battleships. Even two old battleships had enough ability to destroy An as long as they were bitten. Sea number.

"Captain!"

The staff and all the officers looked at Lin Pengxing. At this time, everyone understood that it was a life-and-death moment, because everyone knew very clear that there were only two choices left for Lin Pengxing and Anhai.

First, use the speed to leave immediately, but so that the U.S. military can relax as soon as it lands, and continue to push forward in depth after rectification. The marines stationed here will be torn to pieces due to lack of fire support.

The second is to continue to shell the harbor regardless of the battleships and completely destroy the landing American soldiers.

"Ha ha, two battleships! I'm worth it!"

"29 knots, snake-shaped maneuver, the naval gun continues to fire at full speed!" Lin Pengxing took a deep breath and glanced at everyone. After seeing the decision in everyone's eyes, he nodded, shouted violently, and gave the final order: "Target, Black Buckriso Port!"

Anhai was later awarded the Royal Warrior Medal, because they used their high-speed maneuverability to dodge shells in a total of 37 minutes before they were hit, while shooting 2,966 152mm high-explosive bombs into the harbor. Such a dense shell, even in a small city It will be hit hard, not to mention the narrow port of Black Bakriso!

It was later confirmed that the 3,000 U.S. troops that landed were not dispersed, and more than 2,500 people were directly killed by the Anhai shells, and most of the rest were injured and lost the ability to continue the attack.

When four consecutive 305mm shells hit Anhai, they moved to the 8,000-meter submarines S19 and S25 behind the two old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, hitting 12 new torpedoes in the first round.

The defense of the Cologne Islands was completely disrupted by an epoch-making torpedo!

(to be continued)