At 3:40 pm on October 26, the first round of salvo by the French South Atlantic Fleet did not achieve any effect. Swallowing novels scared the entire U.S. 7th Fleet to death.
"Damn it! Fight back immediately!" McCain angrily gave the order to fight back. The 305mm naval guns of the United States are a little worse than France in terms of range. The distance of 12,000 kilometers just entered their effective range. However, no one can guarantee the accuracy of the shelling.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Under McCain's order, the four "North Carolina-class" warships of the US 7th Fleet fought back against the French fleet. Unlike the French fleet, which was firing in unison, the warships of the American fleet fought on their own. The bombardment was terrible, basically, all the shells were blown away, and none of the shells could approach the French fleet within 500 meters. [bsp; "General, the distance is too far, it is difficult for us to hit the French!" The captain of the "Apostle" reported to McCain.
In fact, after the counterattack began, McCain had already calmed down. The U.S. Navy is a little worse than France in terms of bombardment level and naval gun strength. At this distance, the 7th Fleet can only be a living target for the French fleet.
"Turn left and shorten the distance between the two sides to 8 kilometers!" McCain gave the order to turn. Only by shortening the distance can the US 7th Fleet have a chance.
At this time, the French South Atlantic Fleet has already launched a second round of salvo. Like the first round of salvo, there was no achievement, but the French South Atlantic Fleet has been working hard. The point of impact is getting closer.
"General, I suggest that our five warships can concentrate on attacking one of the opponent's warships! This will increase the hit rate!" The gunner suggested to Bennett.
Bennett thought about it for a while, and then adopted the gunner's suggestion.
The five warships in the French fleet, under the unified command of the gunner of the "Vienne", set their targets on the second "Faith" among the American battleships.
"General, the Americans are turning!" Chief of Staff Elliott reported to Bennett.
"It seems that the Americans are anxious by us, and the feeling of being beaten is probably very uncomfortable." Bennett laughed.
"What about us? Are we turning too?" Elliott asked.
Bennett shook his head. Although at this distance, the US fleet cannot hit the French fleet, but the distance is too far, and the French fleet's hit rate is also very low. If we want to kill the US 7th fleet, we don't know how to delay it. To what year and month. Therefore, shortening the distance between the two sides does not do much harm to the French fleet.
"Let them get closer! But it's best to sink or severely damage one of the opponent's battleships within this period of time!" Bennett said. In that case, the chances of the French South Atlantic Fleet winning will be greatly increased.
Under the indulgence of the French fleet, the distance between the two fleets quickly narrowed. While the capital ships of the two sides were exchanging fierce fire, other types of warships had already smashed into a group. Moreover, the degree of tragedy is much higher than the duel between battleships.
The 30 destroyers of the French South Atlantic Fleet wanted to approach the main battleship of the US fleet, and then carried out lightning strikes.
But the "Washington" class warships and "Franklin" class warships of the US 7th Fleet desperately blocked them. The two sides launched intense shelling, and the shelling speed of small-caliber naval guns was much faster than that of large-caliber naval guns. The sea has long been thought into a ball. From time to time, warships on both sides were shot and caught fire.
Similarly, the six "Heavy Cavalry"-class heavy cruisers of the French Atlantic Fleet and the "South Carolina-class" warships of the United States also became a group. Although the gun caliber of the heavy cruisers is not as good as that of the capital ships, the fierce battle between them is more dangerous than the duel between the capital ships.
The eight "Hussar-class" warships of the French South Atlantic Fleet suppressed the "Washington"-class warships of the US 7th Fleet.
When the capital ship of the U.S. 7th Fleet could not be struck by lightning, the destroyer mén lowered its target and launched an assault on the "South Carolina-class" heavy cruiser of the U.S. 7th Fleet.
They quickly rushed to a place less than two kilometers away from the 'South Carolina' class battleship, and released the torpedoes. Although during this process, a "Dolphin-class" destroyer was hit by a second pair of guns from the "South Carolina-class", and it was severely damaged and had to leave the battlefield. But the remaining 9 torpedoes rushed towards the 'South Carolina' class warship in a fan shape, leaving white trails on the sea surface.
"Damn it! Torpedo attack! Full left rudder!" The 'South Carolina' class battleship quickly evaded. But it was in vain. Two torpedoes hit the battleship's midship and stern respectively. The explosive yào carried by the torpedo exploded violently, directly blowing it into three pieces, and sank to the bottom of the sea within a minute or so. There were more than a hundred people on the entire battleship, none of them survived, and they were all dragged into the bottom of the sea by the vortex formed when the battleship sank.
"General! It's the 'Miami'. She has been sunk!" The officer on the 'Apostle' exclaimed, looking at the dull 'Miami'.
"Damn! Fight back! We're going to make the French pay!" McCain growled.
Now. The distance between the two sides has been shortened to 10,000 meters. The U.S. 7th Fleet was relatively lucky. The French fleet missed them in the previous three salvos. After that, the five capital ships of the US fleet all began to adjust their targets and aimed all their firepower at the Faith. Therefore, the fourth round of salvo has not started for a long time.
"Boom!" It seems that God favors Americans at this moment. In the fierce shelling launched by the Americans, a 305mm artillery shell accidentally hit the "Garon". The shell accurately hit the rear deck of the 'Garon', and after the explosion, almost all the French soldiers on the rear deck were killed. A 305mm naval gun was also destroyed, which reduced the firepower of the "Jialong" a lot.
"Good! Very good, let the French know how powerful we are!" McCain laughed.
"Damn it, fight back! Sink the Faith." Bennett gave the order with a livid face. Although he knows that this is entirely the luck of the Americans. But the French fleet fired 3 rounds, but none of them hit, not even nearly missed. Instead, they destroyed one of the main guns. This made Bennett, who vowed to kill the US 7th Fleet in one fell swoop, How embarrassing.
Fortunately, at this time, the heavy cruiser "Miami" of the US 7th Fleet was sunk, which can be regarded as the first important victory since the French fleet counterattacked.
The "Garon" was hit, and several capital ships of the French fleet were suffocated. Under the unified command of the gunner of the "Vienna", revenge was launched against the USS "Faith" of the US fleet.
"Boom!" All the 9mén 305mm naval guns of the French fleet aimed at the Faith and fired. The shell fell on the left side of the Faith. Although none of them hit, it frightened the Faith.
Immediately afterwards, the French Navy fired the 5th, 6th, and 7th rounds of volley. During the seventh salvo, one shell hit the Faith, and another nearly missed.
The shell that hit the 'Faith' was fired by the 'Garon'. It's hard to imagine that the 'Garon', with only one main gun left, was able to hit the 'Faith', and this shell directly hit the bridge of the 'Faith'. Killed everyone inside including the captain. Let the "Faith" fall into the hunluàn. The near-missing bomb is equally powerful. It exploded less than ten meters away from the "Faith", and the strong water pressure formed by the explosion directly tore a hole more than one meter long in the bow of the "Faith". . Although the damage control was brought under control in time, it also caused dozens of tons of seawater to be poured into the bow of the Faith. This caused the hull to tilt, and the power dropped by two or three knots.
"Damn!" McCain yelled. Although the Faith continued to fire, its power was damaged, and it couldn't keep up with the speed of the battle line. In the end, it had to be eliminated. At that time, the U.S. 7th Fleet will have to face the 5 capital ships of the French fleet with 3 capital ships, and will be even more vulnerable.
"Order, the 'Faith' breaks away from the battle line and confronts the enemy on its own!" McCain gave the order. The situation is even more severe for the US 7th Fleet~www.mtlnovel.com~ Well done! Seeing the heavy damage to the Faith, Bennett yelled. Although the Faith is still firing, its accuracy is not as good as before. For the French fleet, there is no longer much pressure.
"Concentrate the artillery fire and turn to the next target! 'Apostle'!" Bennett ordered, the target of the next round of strikes. It was directly replaced by the 'flagship' of the US 7th Fleet.
"Order the destroyer formation, come and clean up the Faith!" Chief of Staff Elliott suggested.
On other battlefields, the French fleet also maintained the upper hand. At present, several "Franklin"-class warships and "Washington"-class warships of the US 7th Fleet have been sunk.
The French fleet also paid the price of two 'Bayonet' class ships being sunk and two 'Dolphin' class ships being severely damaged.
Bennett adopted Elliott's suggestion and issued an order for the destroyer to besiege the Faith. Under his command, the two "Bayonet"-class destroyers and "Dolphin"-class destroyers, freed from the entanglement of the American warships, launched an assault on the "Faith" like wild wolves galloping on the grassland. The 'Faith' is about to become the first capital ship to be sunk.