The first to arrive on the battlefield was the German protected cruiser Augustus. This large protected cruiser of more than 6,000 tons had fifteen 150 guns. As soon as it joined the battlefield, it hit a 4,000-ton American protected cruiser.
It became a sea of fire, followed closely by the Spanish Colon. This large armored cruiser was aimed directly at its old opponent, preparing to complete their unfinished battle with the New York.
Next came the Empress Theresa, the Vizcaya, the German Victoria Louise, the Hanse, and even the Russian behemoth that had just been in service for a few years, the Strong, which had a displacement larger than a battleship.
The 14,200-ton giant ship is a protected cruiser. Driven by the surging power of 25,000 horsepower, it rushes into a group of small boats of several thousand tons at a speed of 22 knots just like the polar bear empire behind it.
In the middle, there was a sudden scream.
This cargo was huge but had weak armor and weak firepower. It was designed to bully protected cruisers. Unfortunately, it was born at the wrong time. By the time it and its brother the Terror entered service, the sea was already populated by diesel-powered armored cruisers.
The world has come to an end, and as a result, with almost the largest tonnage in the entire coalition fleet, it can only hang out with a group of children every day. Today, it can be said that it feels like being the boss.
Two 234mm rifled guns with strange calibers and twelve 152 rapid-fire cannons fired left and right, instantly killing the Americans to pieces. If the battle between battleships still had the flavor of a battle, then the battle between cruisers
It was just a siege. In just half an hour, more than fifteen armored cruisers and large protected cruisers joined the battlefield. The poor New York led a group of brothers to endure silently and fight hard, and then
Sinking tragically.
This feast of attacking the Americans reached a climax after the Russian armored cruiser Rurik slowly joined the battlefield. This giant ship, which is only one size smaller than the Qiang Sheng, is actually fully qualified to participate in the battleship duel.
Qualifications, but those Princess Astorias-class armored cruisers thought that its artillery range was too close. Not only would it not be helpful, but it would actually affect the five formations of them. So they had to be driven here with full of grief and indignation.
He vented his anger on the Americans on the border battlefield.
Here it stands out even more than the Qiang Sheng. After all, everyone knows that the Qiang Sheng's poor armor and protective capabilities are not even as good as the 4,000-ton Soryu class. But this guy is different. Even if the Russians have poor armor, this is a
The ship was 11,000 tons, and its waterline armor was 25 centimeters thick. It was like a warrior wearing Mingguang armor who stormed into a group of armor-trained soldiers and began to massacre without restraint.
Mahan on the Alabama looked at the beaten New York in the distance with a trace of compassion. The only survivor of the battleship that year, the battleship finally fell to the ground like its companions back then.
On the battlefield to defend the country, the Cologne and the Strong were on the left and right. They were pouring artillery shells between them. The Rurik was still massacring other American protected cruisers while approaching it. The fire of the exploding shells had already
This giant ship of more than 9,000 tons was completely submerged.
The Illinois, which was also attacked by the Frederick III and the Wilhelm II, was already far away from the main fleet. These three giant ships all had a high speed of more than 24 knots, and the distance between them was
The battle was something that others could not intervene in, and this was what he asked for. In fact, Mahan's design was to try to ensure that the Illinois could enter New York Bay and then anchor directly in the Narrows Channel until the enemy sank it.
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"Their battleships are coming!" Chadwick said while holding a telescope. On the sea in the distance, five old battleships headed by the Massachusetts were slowly approaching. These battleships who relied on their status would naturally not look like the ones left behind.
The Riker shamelessly bullied the protected cruisers, so they went directly to their opponents of the same level.
Upon seeing the arrival of the battle fleet, the five Princess Astraas-class ships immediately accelerated and moved diagonally in front of the U.S. fleet. At the same time, they narrowed the distance and poured all their artillery fire on the USS Alabama, knocking out the USS Kentucky and the Qi.
Erzaz was left to the battleship.
The addition of the five ships of the USS Massachusetts gave this originally almost one-sided battle a real sense of bloodshed. Due to the range and accuracy of the artillery, they all invariably shortened the fighting distance to a maximum of six thousand meters.
Within the best fighting distance, they suddenly started a cut-to-hand fight like a group of ancient warriors wearing armor. At such a distance, the power of the main guns of both sides was fully unleashed, and the deafening sound of the cannons ejected one after another.
Huge artillery shells with a caliber of over 100 millimeters roared wildly towards the opponent, exploding into dazzling fireballs on the thick armor.
The explosive-penetrating bombs that Bofors Company separately equipped for the coalition battleships played a huge advantage in such battles. The shells filled with antimony and antimony penetrated the opponent's waterline armor one by one, and then exploded inside, with fierce fire.
and shrapnel swept through everything inside. Just over 20 minutes later, billowing smoke poured out of the interiors of the Killshark and Kentucky.
Their opponents were also damaged to varying degrees, but the American artillery shells all had impact fuses. Except for the Pelayo, which was seriously injured due to the collapse of its armor, the others were just superficial injuries. However, they gave Chil
The internal damage caused by the two ships Saji was very serious. The speed of these two giant ships, which were originally unhappy, was further declining at this time, and they gradually distanced themselves from the USS Alabama in front, forming two battlefields.
Mahan and his USS Alabama battleship in front are still enduring the siege of five Princess Astraas class ships, and with the superstructure basically destroyed, the distance between these battleships is gradually getting closer, so
The penetrating power of their shells is getting stronger and stronger, and they have begun to penetrate the main armor belt and explode inside the Alabama. This means that the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet does not have much time left.
Looking at the flames exploding outside and understanding his upcoming fate, Mahan suddenly smiled and said to Chadwick: "Frank, am I the most useless commander? I have taught countless students.
I wrote a very famous book on naval strategy, but in the end I could only lead my fleet to destruction. Isn't it ironic?"
"Alfred, no one can win in such a situation. They have all the advantages, quantity advantage, quality advantage, soldier quality advantage, naval battle experience advantage. What about us? We have nothing but courage. This is no longer courage.
It’s an era where problems can be solved. The ruler of this era is technology. In front of technology, we are as powerless as a group of babies." Chadwick said with a wry smile. He had known this would be the result. He had been obsessed with it since he went to sea.
I am not prepared to go back alive again.
"In fact, our best way is to hide in Norfolk. This is the most rational choice. We can't win this war. We were destined to lose from the beginning. It's just that the politicians in Washington are too stupid. Now
Well, everything has been lost, the navy is gone, the shipyard is gone, the economy is collapsed, and even our country is heading for disintegration. To put it bluntly, greed has ruined this country, just like His Majesty the Emperor did to Japan.
What people say," he gestured towards Mahan with his telescope as he spoke.
Only then did Mahan notice that on the sea in the distance, a black boat was looming in the smoke.
"As he said to the Japanese, don't think that a sheep can eat meat with a lion just because it has a pair of dentures. The Japanese are the sheep with dentures. We are at best a buffalo with dentures.
When those capitalists think they can go out to expand and attend the feast of the great powers, our tragedy is already doomed." Chadwick continued with a sneer.
At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise like the earth was shattering in the distance. The two people hurriedly turned their heads. The New York, which had been broken into two parts, was sinking to the bottom of the sea. A blast-piercing bomb fired from the Cologne hit
It hit the ammunition depot under its front main gun, and the terrible ammunition explosion completely ended the life of this immortal little powerful ship.
"Who's next?" Chadwick said with a sneer.
Next is himself.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the deck beneath his feet suddenly arched. Almost instantly, countless steel fragments spurted out with flames like lava from hell. The next moment, the entire command tower of the Alabama turned into a sea of fire. Poor
The commander of the Atlantic Fleet and his chief of staff were not even able to react, and were instantly swallowed up by flames. Outside the command tower, the giant ship of more than 10,000 tons was being split into two in a huge explosion, almost as big as
The New York began to sink in the same manner.
On the sea six kilometers away from it, Li He, the captain of the cruiser Haihe, said blankly: "Who fired this shell, us or the Columbus in front?"
"Who knows, now that everything is in chaos, who can still find out who did it." The first mate beside him said with a smile. This problem is indeed not easy to figure out. Five battleships, thirty-six guns, two-forty-zero rapid fire
The cannon fires more than a hundred shells per minute. Who can know with certainty where his shells hit?
"In that case, let it be ours!" Li He thought for a while and said with a smile.
Whose shell hit the USS Alabama's ammunition depot and caused the ammunition to explode, completely sending the flagship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and their commander to the bottom of the sea, becoming a mystery in history.
There has been endless debate between the Chinese and Spanish navies, and it was not until the Chinese navy landed in Europe that the decision was finally finalized.