"Commander, how can they still win?" the chief of staff said with some disbelief. Just as he finished speaking, there was another big explosion on the battlefield in the distance, and the British battleship "Reputation" was also destroyed.
It was also blown in half due to the explosion of ammunition, and this battleship is also the flagship of the British Navy's Caribbean Fleet, with a vice-admiral commander on board.
However, at the same time, the British and Russian fleets also reaped the fruits of victory. The Argentinian heavy cruiser May 25th suffered a 305 shell from the Bafleur. After all, it is definitely impossible for this heavy cruiser to compete with the armor in terms of armor.
On a par with a battleship, even it is far inferior to a battle cruiser. The shell directly penetrated the waterline armor and exploded internally. The explosion caused heavy damage to the power system. The cruiser, which could reach 35 knots at the fastest, suddenly dropped.
By the 20th knot, it could no longer keep up with the other three battleships, and the Argentine fleet commander had no choice but to withdraw it from the battle.
"It's not easy to win." Lin Guoxiang looked at the May 25th, which was leaving the battlefield and retreating to the protective circle of light cruisers and destroyers. "Separate the cruisers and destroyers. The destroyers rush up from behind the battle fleet, and the cruisers rush up from the battlefield.
Rush forward and fight the Argentinian destroyers and cruisers first. In other words, the battlefield will be divided into three. After the deployment is in place, the battle fleet will squeeze the Argentine battleships into the middle. After squeezing in, neither destroyers nor cruisers will be needed.
Don't worry about your opponent, rush forward and launch torpedoes with all your might."
To put it bluntly, this guy is just letting the British and Russian cruisers and destroyers play a suicide charge. He just sets up a trap first, a trap that can maximize the power of this tactic. After luring the Argentine battleship into this trap, he will play another game.
In the wolf pack raid, as long as the raiding warships can launch torpedoes at the Argentine battleships, it doesn't matter even if they are launched and then sunk by the opponent's cruiser and destroyer.
"Then what are you waiting for? Tell them quickly?" the chief of staff said hurriedly.
"Why are you so anxious? We have just sunk two battleships. We have to sink two more battleships no matter what." Lin Guoxiang said with a sly smile.
His wish did not wait long. After discovering that it was difficult to ensure the safety of heavy cruisers participating in such a battle, the Argentine fleet commander then pushed aside the remaining one, leaving only two battleships to fight against the six British and Russian battleships.
, although the firepower of the two heavy cruisers was greatly reduced, in the following battle, the two battleships completely let go of their hands and feet, and after keeping a sufficient distance from the British and Russian battleships, they easily practiced target shooting there. The poor British
The Russians desperately maneuvered their battleships on the sea, trying to close the distance between the two fleets. Unfortunately, because the speed difference was too big, this goal was out of reach, while the Argentinian battleships calmly stayed at a dangerous distance.
The ground poured shells at them one after another, and soon the Russian Potemkin was also finished. Although the battleship did not sink, it had to withdraw from the battle because of too much water.
"Go, send a telegram to Lao Nuo, saying that for the sake of the Russian concubine he introduced to me, I will tell him a way to win." Lin Guoxiang saw that the heat was almost there, and then said to the chief of staff.
After receiving his telegram, Norbogatov, who was also a close friend with him, immediately realized that this was indeed a good idea. At this time, the commander of the British Caribbean Fleet had already sunk to the bottom of the sea with the Reputation. The entire fleet was what he said
After all, this guy is willing to risk it all now. If this naval battle fails, the hundreds of thousands of troops that have landed in Colombia will have to be wiped out. He has no choice here. Then under his order, the two heavy ships that were on guard around him
Cruisers, four light cruisers, six protected cruisers, twenty destroyers, and thirty torpedo boats were immediately divided into two teams. The battle fleet slowed down slowly, and then a team of sixteen cruisers moved forward in a desperate posture.
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Of course, the Argentines could not let them rush past. Six Argentine cruisers, including the injured heavy cruiser, rushed forward to fight.
At the same time, British and Russian destroyers and torpedo boats rushed over from the rear of the battlefield at high speed. The Argentine destroyers, which had been staring at them for a long time, immediately stepped forward. These large destroyers with a displacement of more than a thousand tons were designed to deal with these guys. The six-door
Although there are not many 130 naval guns, their rate of fire is crazy, and their power can easily deal with these small boats.
The trap designed by Lin Guoxiang was completed in this way. Immediately afterwards, the remaining five British and Russian battleships began to accelerate, assuming a posture of desperately closing the distance. The two Argentine battleships were not aware of the problem at all. At this time, both the cruiser and the destroyer were on the battlefield.
In the fierce battle, and relying on their performance advantages, the Argentine battleships were defeated in both battlefields despite being outnumbered. Naturally, they did not think too much because they were worried about damaging their precious battleships, so it was impossible for the Argentines to let the British
The Russian battleship was so close that it could penetrate the dangerous distance of its own armor, and could only sail towards the middle of the two battlefields.
"Send a report to Lao Nuo, it's time to take action!" Lin Guoxiang said looking at the battlefield. As soon as he finished speaking, the British Centurion also withdrew from the battle with its body covered in flames, and then a series of explosions occurred inside. A large number of British sailors
Starting to jump into the sea, it was obvious that this battleship was about to be finished.
Immediately after receiving his telegram, Nobogatov immediately issued an order to all cruisers and destroyers to abandon their opponents and attack the Argentine battleships. The entire sea suddenly became lively, from heavy cruisers to light cruisers, old-fashioned protected cruisers,
Destroyers and even torpedo boats all abandoned their opponents and rushed directly towards the two Argentine battleships, regardless of the dense shells fired by them.
Upon seeing this scene, the Argentines did not know that they had fallen into a trap. The two battleships immediately accelerated to the limit and surged forward at a high speed of 32 knots. At the same time, they ignored the shells of the British and Russian battleships behind them and used all their available weapons.
All their firepower was turned towards the enemy ships that had inadvertently blocked the front. The cruisers and destroyers responsible for protecting them were desperately pouring artillery fire on their original opponents, and some even directly fired torpedoes. Soon one by one the British
The Russian battleship began to sink in the explosion. But the rest didn't care about this at all. As long as they could move, they rushed towards the two battleships without hesitation. This scene even shocked many people watching the battle from a distance.
As for the Argentinians on the Rivadavia and Moreno, they were almost frightened when they saw the sea full of mad dogs rushing towards their enemies. However, in the final analysis, the performance of their warships is still worthy of the high price.
Driven by twelve 10,000-horsepower diesel engines, three sets of propellers rotated wildly. The huge body with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons split the waves like a shark, and escaped from this place at the fastest speed amidst the vast water mist stirred up.
At the same time, the twelve main guns, eight secondary guns, and even the small-caliber guns were pouring shells at the enemy ships rushing over at the fastest rate of fire, sending the enemy ships that came with hope one after another away.
Into the bottom of the sea.
But unfortunately there were too many enemies, and no matter how tight the defense was, there would eventually be loopholes. Soon, two destroyers entered the range first, and then launched all the torpedoes without hesitation. Twelve torpedoes went straight at a high speed of forty-five knots.
Ben Moreno. Then a small torpedo boat actually broke through the blockade and fired two torpedoes at Rivadavia. The two battleships turned to evade without hesitation, but at the same time there was a Russian heavy cruiser.
It also rushed forward with its body full of fire. Just as it was hit at close range by the Rivadavia's main gun, it also fired six of its own torpedoes.
"Damn, this is what we call a wolf pack!" Looking at this scene, Lin Guoxiang, the chief director, couldn't help but smile and said. At this time, he really admired the courage of these guys. In this short period of time, there were already more than twenty people.
A British and Russian battleship was sunk, especially those small British torpedo boats. Doing this job was no different from committing suicide. Let alone the battleship's main gun, a casual secondary battery shell could send them into the seabed.
But even so, they still didn't back down. I have to say that the spirit of these ghost guys is still worthy of recognition.
As the saying goes, hard work will eventually pay off. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people on the sea, the fire ball exploded on the starboard side of the Rivadavia suddenly arched, followed by a huge explosion, and then the nearly two hundred meter long ship was seen.
The giant ship jumped up hard, and for a moment it seemed that its tail had been thrown out of the sea, but then it suddenly fell down. What was shocking was that this battleship was not affected in any way, and even its speed was not affected.
It did not slow down and continued to race at a high speed of 32 knots amidst the huge splashing waves.
Even Lin Guoxiang was dumbfounded by this scene, and Norbogatov almost stared out his eyes. However, the Moreno behind the Rivadavia was not so lucky, and was hit by the Rivadavia.
At the same time, it was hit by three torpedoes fired from the left and right directions at the same time in a very short period of time. Even the best anti-torpedo design was in vain. As the flames of the explosion rose, the battleship's speed immediately
It slowed down, but did not stop. It was still advancing slowly at a speed of more than ten knots, but this was meaningless. Then another destroyer rushed up and fired all the torpedoes at it.
The fate of this battleship was sealed. It was hit by nine torpedoes in succession. With a series of huge explosions, almost half of the ship's hull was torn into pieces. In just three minutes, it completely disappeared from the sea.
But at this time, the Rivadavia also escaped the trap. Although the battleship was hit by a torpedo, it obviously did not cause serious damage. It was watching in shock under the protection of the cruisers and destroyers that were gradually arriving.
The location where the Moreno disappeared. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!