Chapter 815 July Fire 10

"What!"

The pipe in Joseph King's mouth almost fell off. He never thought that the second battleship formation composed of four Hebei-class battleships appeared in front of him!

"Why them! How could this happen?!"

In the bridge, the officers were even more dumbfounded. Just now, the intelligence said that the second battleship formation went to support Puerto Rico. How could it suddenly appear here! Is it possible that the enemy has understood the real intention of his side?

A chill suddenly climbed up the back of all the officers. Even the hot sun outside did not make everyone feel a little warm. Although they thought they would be intercepted, there was a difference between the time and the opponent.

According to the distance and the fastest reaction speed of the other party, it should have encountered the enemy at night at the earliest, and it is most likely to encounter the aircraft carrier battle group. In that way, you can use the night and smoke to cover, disperse the assault, and cooperate with the main force of Jeliko, who also crosses the Mona Strait at night and defeats the enemy's second battleship formation to kill the fortress of San Lorenzo.

But now the enemy's second battleship formation actually appeared ten hours earlier!

This is not a joke. Ten hours in the navy means 200 nautical miles, which means that the distance to reach the scattered assault is much longer than expected, which means that the enemy is given ten hours more maneuver and preparation time!

What's more, the enemy's second battleship formation can appear ten hours in advance, so the aircraft carrier battle group can also be. Maybe it has moved to the Mona Strait at this moment and is waiting for the rabbit to attack the main force of Lieutenant General Jellico.

The excitement at the corners of the officers' mouths suddenly turned into bitterness. Now they have only two ways. One is to fight this battle. After all, they still have a great advantage in numbers. They have the opportunity to defeat the second battleship formation. The other way is to immediately turn to the Fengxiang Strait, where a lot of mines are arranged, which can completely cover their withdrawal. Return.

From Joseph King's point of view, he really wants to fight. 80 381mm heavy guns deal with 48 356mm heavy guns, which has an absolute advantage. What's more, the reconnaissance said that the other party did not have an aircraft carrier, and he could use the carrier and the bombers arranged in Jamaica to take the lead.

But he also knows that it is impossible to completely defeat the second battleship formation without paying a huge price. The anti-aircraft firepower of all warships in Xinhua is very strong, and the power of their own torpedoes is also limited, so it is difficult to rely on double-winged torpedo planes to complete the final kill. At least 4 to 5 capital ships, or even more It's possible to do it!

And after this battle, the third and fourth teams must have been all paralyzed. At least a month, they didn't want to carry out the mission. At that time, the enemy still had five aircraft carriers, four Guam, three Yanjing and Himoto Changmen, which could completely defeat the 16 capital ships in General Jelko's hands at this moment with an overwhelming advantage.

Once Jellico is attacked and he is hit hard, the U.S. Navy will no longer have a capital ship available in the short term! That is to say, even if Colombia's old battleships come here, they will have a chance to shell the East Coast!

"The right rudder is full, and you are ready to fight."

"Immediately send a telegram to General Jelico, telling him that my fleet was intercepted by the enemy's second battleship formation and was maneuvering towards the Wind Strait, reminding him to be careful of the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group."

..“ Armor-piercing bullets.

In the turret, the electric hoist kept ringing. The 650 kg heavy armor-piercing shell was quickly raised from the underground ammunition depot. When the shell arrived at the bomb bay, the old gunner did not immediately stuff it into the gun chamber with a push rod, but grabbed the rag he carried with him and wiped it a few more times before it was completed with the help of the auxiliary loader. It was loaded, and then three pieces of propellant wrapped in silk were also stuffed in.

This is a tradition. After the first hit of the cannonball on Xibilu Island hit a miracle, this tradition was retained. Perhaps outsiders think it is superstitious, but the army itself believes in the ethereal thing of Yundao.

The cooking class on the ship also carried steamed buns and meat cakes to each battle position. It is reasonable that it is still early to leave the meal, but who knows how long this battle will last. After that, the cooking class needs to go to the damage management group, but there is no time to cook.

At 10:00, the four Hebei-class battleships were already ready to be launched, and the soldiers were all in twelve spirits, because this time the opponent was really a little strong, with a total of 10 capital ships equipped with 381mm heavy artillery.

On the contrary, Sa Zhenbing and other officers in the command tower looked relaxed, because they knew very well that the probability of death was very small.

In fact, after Joseph Jin opened fire last night, Sa Zhenbing realized that he had made a mistake, but it was too late to say anything at this time. What's more, he was a soldier, and everything had been overcome as a rule. It would be better to inform Mexican political axe in advance, but he knew whether he would expose that he had guessed the enemy's movement in advance. The news of the direction, so I didn't say anything.

Although there is no aircraft carrier, the second battleship formation is supported by a long-range hummingbird water reconnaissance aircraft, so it is not worried about losing the first opportunity.

Standing in front of the chart, Zhang Zuolin could clearly see that Joseph King's fleet had turned the rudder and was sailing along the east coast of Jamaica Island to the Wind Strait. And I am in the southeast of the Jamaican Strait, and the Haitian side is moving eastward. Judging from the speed, the two fleets will soon enter sight.

As the staff officer marked the distribution of ships of the enemy fleet according to the reconnaissance aircraft report, Sa Zhenbing immediately laughed: "It ran very fast, but it was too long."

Indeed, Joseph King's hands are all new capital ships, especially the six Northampton class and two prestige class are actually battlecruisers, with a speed of 25 knots, while the New Mexico-class battleships are slightly slower, with a speed of only 24 knots. Compared with the Hebei class with a maximum of 26 knots, it is not dominant, but it is almost the same.

The problem is that the aircraft carrier and the transport fleet returned from the mine are investigated. From the reconnaissance, the modified aircraft carrier speed is about 21 knots at most, and the average speed of the fleet is only 16 knots. Unless Joseph King defeats himself, he will definitely leave them.

"Report, I received a reconnaissance electromechanical report, and the main force of Jellico was found off the coast of the Dominican Ocean, but at present, the bow is pointing to the northeast and seems to be leaving."

"Ha ha." Sa Zhenbing laughed and said, "Jelko was scared by us."

Zhang Zuolin is also happy. In fact, if anyone knows that the battleship that should have blocked the way has been replaced by an aircraft carrier battle group, there will no longer be a desire to fight. After all, there is an aircraft carrier of the third battleship formation in Puerto Rico, with four aircraft carriers and 300 fighters to deal with 16 capital ships, as long as he dares to enter the narrow The narrow strait that can't be avoided is a desperate situation.

"I think it's better to let General Lefei catch up and block them." Zhang Zuolin said with a smile.

"Hmm." Sa Zhenbing pinched the cup with one arm and suddenly was doned. After a long time, he laughed and said, "Ha ha, I forgot to tell you that Lefei was not in the Caribbean last night."

"What!"

"Yes, when Campbell retreated last night, General Lefei had taken the aircraft carrier battle group into the Atlantic Ocean. According to the plan, he will attack Cape Verde in five days to cover the second task force." The captain of the fleet also laughed.

"Ha ha, if Jellico knew that we actually made an empty city plan, I guess he would really cry to death." The staff said.

"The empty city plan is not enough. In fact, if Jellico attacks forcibly, it will be too late for General Lefei to turn around and chase, but then we will still be dragged into the Caribbean! The environment here is really not suitable for a decisive battle. The United Kingdom and the United States have basically deployed submarines and mines in all straits. If it hadn't been for the chaos of the battle last night, it would not have been impossible to break through the island chain!"

After everyone finished talking about the current situation in a few words, Zhang Zuolin was dumbfounded. Only then did he understand why when Sa Zhenbing talked about the aircraft carrier battle group yesterday, he kept saying that the aircraft carrier battle group had another task.

Turning his head again and looking at the one-armed old fox next to him, Zhang Zuolin fully understood.

Everyone was fooled by Sa Zhenbing!

After all, he has been in the general staff officer. Although he has only been in the fleet for a few days, he is a smart person himself, so he quickly reacted. It can even be said that he has basically mastered the ideas of Sa Zhenbing and the 5th Squadron Command about this naval battle. In his opinion, it can be summed up in eight words.

Break through the island chain and plan a decisive battle!

Breaking through the island chain actually began when I learned yesterday that Jellico sent four former Russian warships and Campbell's fleet to Puerto Rico.

Before, Lefei led the aircraft carrier battle group, in fact, has been waiting for the opportunity to drill out of the Antilles into the Atlantic Ocean, because the United Kingdom, especially the United States, is very powerful in this area. Mines and reconnaissance forces have been deployed on all channels of this island chain, and in addition, there is no need for airport water reconnaissance on the island. It is basically impossible to avoid the eyes and quietly drill out of the island chain surrounding the Caribbean Sea!

So the fleet has been waiting for the Japanese army to occupy Puerto Rico and the Dominicans and open the Mona Strait.

According to the situation, it would take at least two days to enter the Atlantic Ocean, but Jellico sent four former Russian battleships and Campbell's fleet, which gave the aircraft carrier battle group a chance!

According to the captain, in fact, the aircraft carrier battle group had moved near Puerto Rico at that time. Even if the third battleship formation was completely destroyed, Jelico would not want to enter the Caribbean Sea, but General Lefei did not attack, but waited for an opportunity.

No accident, Campbell escaped and took the initiative to release a large amount of smoke, which caused a decrease in observation and visibility. Coupled with the threat of heavy artillery and fighters on both sides, the nearby British and American reconnaissance forces had to temporarily evacuate, which made a vacuum in the war zone, allowing the aircraft carrier battle group to follow Campbell secretly. Entering the Atlantic Ocean without being found.

This is to break through the island chain.

With the success of breaking through the island chain, the premeditated decisive battle has also taken the first step.

The Caribbean Sea is too broken, so the Fifth Task Force did not want to fight here at all, because once Jellico found that it was not good and ordered to disperse the fleet, it would be difficult for God to clean up the mess in this environment.

So we need another open sea area.

This is the reason why the second flot fleet secretly comes to the Atlantic Ocean. Once the second flot fleet crosses Cape Verde, it can cooperate with the responding aircraft carrier battle group to tear open the British and American Atlantic defenses at a speed and penetrate the East Coast of the United States!

At that time, Jellico didn't want to fight unless he wanted to see the East Coast blown up!

After thinking about everything, Zhang Zuolin took a deep breath.

This is the charm of the navy! Through a series of maneuvers, invisible fights thousands of kilometers away, and the use of islands and waterways to contain each other to achieve tactical and even strategic purposes thousands of miles away.

The only thing that annoys him is that Sa Zhenbing, an old fox, didn't make it clear, so that he was still worried that if Jellico really ignored the forced attack, if the captain hadn't said that the aircraft carrier battle group had secretly entered the Atlantic last night, I guess he would have to continue to guess for a while.

"Don't stare at me, my old bone still wants to live a few more years." After Sa Zhenbing smiled, his face suddenly straightened: "Yuting, in fact, I can tell you the whole battle plan earlier, but do you think it's better to write it clearly on the picture, or do you figure it out by yourself?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zuolin's face changed slightly. He immediately knew Sa Zhenbing's good intentions and quickly nodded, "Thank you, General."

"Ha ha, thank you for not daring. Don't scold me in your heart."

Zhang Zuolin's eyes twitched. This old fox was really good at understanding people's hearts and knew that he had just called him an old fox.

"Report, light patrol radar report, found the enemy fleet, is calculating the angle."

"Enemy aircraft."

"The cruisers and destroyers intercept the enemy aircraft, turn left for 90 degrees, and the ships are ready to avoid it at any time."

At 10:30, the light patrol radar as the forward found the Joseph King's fleet, while a group of 56 double-winged Curtiss D300 torpedo planes appeared in the sky.

Even if he has confidence in his air defense ability, Zhang Zuolin also found that the "old fox" Sa Zhenbing, who was talking and laughing just now, also looked solemn. It can be seen that everyone really has scruples about the plane.

From the beginning, he, a navy rookie, has learned too much, and this time he can finally see the real naval battle.

4 light patrols and 12 personal destroyers took the lead in firing. The first barrier is composed of 152mm and 130mm high-level guns in the fleet. The delayed fuse allows the shell to accurately form a steel barrier 10,000 meters away.

However, Zhang Zuolin did not see the scene of the fall of the enemy aircraft. The distance of 10,000 meters was a little far away. Even if there were hundreds of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, few of them were really shot down.

"The enemy aircraft dispersed, and the rapid-fire guns of each ship were ready."

"5000 meters, fire!"

After dodging the first layer of anti-aircraft gunfire, the remaining torpedo planes began to disperse quickly, learning from the two or two formations of the Imperial Navy to fly to the fleet. The biplanes were stable at low altitude, so that they could almost fly close to the waves.

From the telescope, Zhang Zuolin can clearly see the 14-inch American torpedo hanging under the abdomen of the plane. He saw the information of this kind of torpedo in the general reference. The range is equivalent to that of "fish bone", about 1800 meters, but the maximum speed is only 33 knots and the total weight is 430. KG, lightning head loading 32KG.

At that time, he did not attach importance to this kind of torpedo, and even sneered at it, but when he really faced it, he found that there was still sweat in the palm of his hand. Although he heard the chief of staff say that the British and American aerial torpedoes at present will basically not pose a threat to the imperial capital ships with double or even three layers of torpedo hulls and thick torpedoes, but The damage of light patrols and destroyers is still quite large.

If the long-range anti-aircraft gun just now is still sparse and completely lucky, then after entering 5,000 meters, the fleet finally showed the world's top air defense capabilities, 4 battleships, 4 light patrols and 12 destroyers, with a total of more than 250 37mm and 25mm rapid-fire aircraft. In addition to the cannon, there are about 80 12.7mm machine guns.

The U.S. military fleet of U.S. aircraft, which had been hanging torpedoes before, suddenly made a mess, and planes were constantly shot down. Looking around the fleet, it was almost full of smoke after the shells exploded.

"British and American aircraft have insufficient engine power, and they basically can't maneuver with torpedoes. If we use our carrier-based aircraft to break through this level of defense circle, we will probably lose about 30%, but they will lose at least 60%!" The sound of Sa Zhenbing sounded in his ear.

"sixties? Such a dense firepower.

"It's useless." Sa Zhenbing shook his head: "The sea is wide enough, and you can't really hold up a wall when the shells are dense, so there will still be fish leaking the net."

Just as Sa Zhenbing explained the difficulty of air defense at sea, Zhang Zuolin saw that three Curtiss D300s finally broke through the anti-aircraft fire ring of the light cruiser Jinjiang, rushed within 1,500 meters and finally dropped torpedoes.

When the black torpedo came into contact with the sea, it stirred up a large number of white waves, but when the waves dissipated, Zhang Zuolin found that there were only two instead of three. Sa Zhenbing also saw it and immediately said, "The impact of the aviation torpedo is very great when it falls, and we often encounter situations that we can't get up."

At a distance of 1,500 meters, it is very difficult to avoid old warships with a speed of only about 20 knots, but the maximum speed of the Yangtze River class is about 31 knots, and the rudder is also very flexible, so it is easy to avoid these two torpedoes.

Just as Zhang Zuolin thought that the wave of attack was about to pass, an explosion reminded everyone that no matter how powerful the warship was in front of the plane, there were still loopholes.

"It's the Jialing River. The starboard bow was hit, and the three cabins were flooded. The captain said that it was not a big problem. The pump had been activated, but it needed to be slowed down temporarily."

"Retain two destroyers."

15 minutes later, the last Curtis D300 escaped over the fleet. Zhang Zuolin calculated that the fleet shot down a total of 39, and the remaining 17 dropped torpedoes, and hit the Jialing River light cruiser and a destroyer.

The efficiency is constantly high, but this is mainly due to the poor engine of the two-winged torpedo aircraft in the United States. If it is executed by the Imperial Dragon Wings, it is estimated that at least 40 torpedoes can be dropped, enough to hit one or two capital ships.

11:52.

The remaining 3 light cruisers and 8 destroyers began to distance themselves from the battleships, because the enemy's capital ships had appeared on the sea level in the distance.

"28,000 meters, speed 23 knots, expected to exchange fire in 10 minutes!"

As the two fleets got closer and closer, Zhang Zuolin also found that his heartbeat began to accelerate. At this moment, he understood why the emperor and the chief of staff put him here to exercise. Compared with the general staff, the front-line battlefield can indeed train people.

"Are you ready?"

"What to prepare?"

As soon as Zhang Zuolin turned his head and asked what Sa Zhenbing meant, he heard a loud voice suddenly sounding from the side of the navigation platform. 24,000 meters, Ship No. 1's reputation, fire collection, roll call.

"Rumble."

Suddenly, Zhang Zuolin suddenly felt that heaven and earth seemed to have exploded. There was only a buzzing echo in his eardrums, and his feet were suddenly stunted. If the officer next to him hadn't grabbed him quickly, he would have made a fool of himself.

As an officer from the army, it was the first time he really saw the navy's 48 naval guns firing at the same time. This earth-chilling and strong momentum made it difficult for anyone to forget.

While the four Hebei-class slammed, 10 British and American capital ships in the distance also opened fire. After the fire flashed for dozens of seconds, nearly a hundred huge columns of water suddenly rose on the sea one kilometer away.

Taking advantage of the gap of the artillery battle, Zhang Zuolin sounded the words of the communication staff just now and hurriedly asked for advice: "General Sa, I know how to collect fire. What does the roll call mean?"

"We only have 4 guns, a total of 48 guns, 10 guns, 80 guns, and the caliber is larger than ours. We can't have any advantage one-on-one. So you just saw that there is a column of water around the four of us, which shows that they have dispersed the artillery on average, so if we want to get results quickly, we must concentrate our fire, just like the gentleman's roll call when we were in school.

"23,800 meters, continue with the No. 1 ship, the prestige."

While the voice of the gun staff came again, the fleet made a second round of volley.

Although Zhang Zuolin is not a navy, he can also see that the distance of 24,000 meters is a little far away for the guns of both sides, but he believes that if he continues to fight like this, the first hit must be on his side. In addition to probability, it is also because the Imperial Navy does occupy some advantages in terms of observation and fire control. Potential.

Sure enough, at 11:58, in the fifth round of volley, the third ship Hubei reported the first result.

Zhang Zuolin also saw the results after raising the telescope. The shell should have hit the rear mast of the battlecruiser, because a lot of smoke and fire came out there, but from the speed, it was obvious that the damage was not very great.

12:01, the first near-lost ejection is now less than 400 meters from the port side of the No. 4 ship Hunan, which shows that the enemy's artillery fire is becoming more and more accurate.

Just as Zhang Zuolin learned that the news began to be tense, the flagship Hebei mast observer also reported a hit. A 650 kg armor-piercing shell from the ship's No. 2 turret accurately hit the turret of the stle No. 3 of the stoise. Although it did not penetrate the front armor, it caused the turret to be no longer hit in later battles. A cannonball.

12:03, seeing the enemy's roar, Joseph King immediately changed his tactics, ordered the wounded reputation to move a position, hide on the left side of the formation to avoid shells, and also ordered a fire.

It should be said that Joseph King's reaction is still very fast. If the injured prestige continues to take the lead, perhaps the battle patrol will be removed from the name, and his fire collection order is also quite effective.

12:07, just 4 minutes after the order was issued, after the 381mm heavy guns of the four capital ships were concentrated, the No. 3 ship Hubei, which was first hit, was hit. A 381mm armor-piercing shell weighing 700 kg hit the ship's chimney position, and the shell penetrated the 18 laid here. 0mm armor, and after breaking through the two layers of shields below, it is blocked by armor up to 152mm thick outside the boiler compartment.

Although it did not directly enter the power module, the explosion still pulled off the armor to form a scattering stream, damaging the two boilers inside.

"Hubei reported that the boilers of No. 1 and No. 5 were damaged, the flue of No. 2 was lost, and there was an oil spill in the oil pipeline. We are organizing forces to repair it." The news of the damage brought by the correspondent did not change Sa Zhenbing's face at all, which also made Zhang Zuolin have to admire the psychological quality of the Beiyang general who had escaped from death and broke an arm.

The damage of the two boilers is only a moderate degree of damage to the battleships, which is not enough to exit the battle line, so the Hubei still insists on fire fighting back.

12:15.

The second battleship formation was also colored. It had just replaced the Vocalypto from No. 2 to the No. 1 Ship, which was hit hard.

At this time, the distance between the two sides has been narrowed to 23,000 meters. Although it is still a little far away, 48 shells hit the cover the shell, and still hit two, especially the first one, which not only penetrated the horizontal deck of the stern of the counterattack, but also went all the way down.

Although the prestige-class battlecruiser has strengthened its armor protection, it is only horizontal armor and does not strengthen the protection of key parts like the real battleship, so the power module still maintains the original 127mm armor thickness.

The L50/356 mm naval gun used by Xinhua is no worse than the opponent's 381 mm, and the shell is only 50 kg short, so the armor piercing ability is basically the same.

After the shell penetrated the horizontal armor, it finally broke through the wall of the power module and exploded inside. The swept shrapnel destroyed two steam turbines, causing the speed of the counterattack to drop suddenly.

Two consecutive pilot ships were hit, which made Joseph King lament that the opponent's long-range shelling ability was stronger. At the same time, he had to repeat the trick, so that the counterattack also retreated to the left side of the fleet.

In this way, he only had 8 capital ships left to deal with 4 Hebei-class, and his advantage began to gradually shrink.

At this time, the gun officer of the second battleship formation also quickly made adjustments, taking the initiative to slow down and giving up the two New Mexico-class battleships, because he knew that the battleships were battleships after all, and it was difficult to complete the final kill at this distance, so he simply aimed all the gunfire at the last Bei'an. Puton-class re-ptrol Portland.

The heavy patrol of the United States is actually a battle patrol. Although the Northampton level was eventually equipped with 8 381mm heavy guns, the displacement is much worse than that of the reputation level, and the armor protection is also much weaker.

12:35 points, it is precisely because of the experience of the gun commander that everyone does not want to intercept the battle desperately, and the greatest results have been seen.

In the volley, three shells hit the Portland, not only smashing the heavy patrol's No. 1 turret, but also destroying the cage mast behind, but the reason for the subsequent sinking of the Portland was the third shell.

The shell is a near-lost shell that exploded under the stern of the ship. The shell changed its direction under the action of tension, which not only damaged the rudder, but also caused the two propellers to be violently impacted, causing the shaft to freeze and lose all its speed.

Not to mention the cruiser that lives on speed, even if the battleship loses its speed, it can only wait for death.

Seeing the sudden slowdown of the Portland, Sa Zhenbing knew that the opportunity had finally come, and immediately ordered to turn left 90 degrees and cut across to the other side's formation.

Joseph King also saw this action. At this time, he had two choices. One was to lead the nine capital ships to accelerate away, and the other was to return to the decisive battle to save Portland.

Joseph King is not timid. In fact, American generals have a cowboy temperament, but he had to give up after getting the Portland injury report, because the report said that the stern rudder and propeller of the Portland were seriously damaged and the aft were stuck. This is not a minor problem, which means that there is no There are tugboats to help this heavy patrol ship can't leave at all.

With the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers to save a warship that could not be taken away, Joseph King had to consider the consequences even if he wanted to fight. What's more, at this moment, the opponent also pretended that you came back, and I expanded the posture of the results. In addition, Jellico's main force was already retreating at full speed, so he could only leave a few destroyers to help the evacuees. He gritted his teeth and led the main force into the minefield of the Windward Strait.

It's just that he knows that in fact, Sa Zhenbing is ready to open the distance and shoot again once the opponent's main force returns, and he doesn't plan to work hard at all.

At 13:05 p.m., the second battleship formation saw that they could not stop the other side, so they took the initiative to give up entanglement and intercepted the abandoned Portland and the fleet behind them.

At 13:10, the destroyer torpedoed the Portland, which had been immovable and began to sink, into the bottom of the sea.

This interception battle was not fierce, and it could even be said to be calm. With a moderate injury, in exchange for two minor injuries and one sinking of the opponent, it was not too excellent in the whole war, so that General Sa Zhenbing, who retired with the rank of general, did not describe the interception battle in detail in his memoirs.

On the contrary, it is described in Zhang Zuolin's memoirs.

"This is a boring, calm but extremely important interception battle, because it means that the enemy's hope of a decisive battle in the Caribbean is completely ruined. Two days later, General Fang Jin led the first battleship formation back to the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, and Jellico had to accept him 10 days later. I don't want to fight, but I can't help fighting. It is described by the European media as a decisive battle of Waterloo on the sea.

Of course, this small-scale interception battle made me understand the way of the navy's combat for the first time, understand the power of the battleship, and also see the first and only picture of a battleship sinking an aircraft carrier in my life, although it is only modified with a cargo ship and no aircraft carrier!"

When Zhang Zuolin recorded his experience on his notebook, the Hunan was using 12 main guns at the American modified aircraft carrier 8,000 meters away. Everyone didn't even know its name, and sank into the seabed 2,000 meters deep in the rumbling sound of cannons.

(to be continued)