Captain Jason put down his telescope and stood on the bridge of his ship with a firm and steady gaze. He is an old sailor, a ship boss who has been sailing a whole life.
When he joined the army and was assigned to the navy, he witnessed with his own eyes the rise of the Airansil Navy. From the initial raiding battle southward to the subsequent southward blockade of the Endless Sea, he participated.
He was the captain at that time, and he is still the captain now. The only difference is that he is now the captain of a destroyer, and the commander of a destroyer fleet.
"Maintain speed! Bow to the enemy! Check the safety devices of all torpedoes! The bow guns are ready to fire!"
The destroyer he is responsible for commanding is a standard American Fletcher-class destroyer, with a new style, strong firepower, high speed and excellent combat effectiveness.
Another advantage of this kind of destroyer is that the manufacturing process is relatively simple and the production can be exaggeratedly measured.
During World War II, the United States mass-produced a total of 175 standard Fletcher-class destroyers in just two years, with an average of more than 7 ships a month.
The Fletcher-class destroyer has a full load displacement of 3,050 tons and a battleship length of nearly 115 meters. It is already a very standard World War II large destroyer.
The main weapon of the entire battleship is five single-barreled 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns. The performance of this gun is very good, and it is also the main reason why the Fletcher-class destroyer is favored by the navy.
In addition, this kind of destroyer is also equipped with two quintuple 533mm torpedo launch tubes, which can fire 10 torpedoes in one go and has strong damage capability to large warships.
In order to cope with the air power of the Demon Navy, it is also equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, including 3 twin 40mm Bofors cannons and 10 single-barreled 20mm Oerlikon cannons. It can be said that the anti-aircraft firepower is very powerful.
Moreover, this kind of warship also uses a relatively new power system with a rated power of 60,000 horsepower, which can allow the warship to run an astonishing speed of 70 kilometers per hour!
On the sea, this speed is already very amazing. It certainly makes sense that destroyers can become the future maritime overlords and eliminate cruisers and battleships.
At least, Eiland Hill likes this type of battleship very much now, because the construction speed is really too fast.
Because the outbreak of the Magic Eye on the Endless Sea was successfully predicted, the naval construction work was carried out in advance. At this time, a batch of new warships happened to be in service, and the number of naval ships was quickly replenished, ending the severe shortage of naval ships.
inadequate situation.
Most of these newly commissioned warships are destroyers, and most of them are Fletcher-class artillery and torpedo destroyers. This also makes it much easier for the Navy to train command talents, dispatch talents, maintenance talents, and unify production processes.
The Fletcher-class destroyer has lived up to expectations. With its powerful performance, it has met the combat requirements of the Navy and has become the absolute main force in the current Navy destroyer fleet.
On the other hand, because it is equipped with radar and other electronic equipment, this kind of destroyer can attack opponents with high accuracy, and can also provide air security and air defense. It is a very comprehensive warship.
Because of this, when Eiland Hill had begun large-scale construction of guided missile destroyers, such destroyers did not cease production, but were still being built and used in large quantities.
The two 127mm caliber naval guns on the bow were pointed at the enemy, firing fiercely at a distance of five kilometers. After the destroyer fleet occupied a favorable position on the flanks, they began their best tactics.
Naturally, the demon battleship did not let go of these enemies whose artillery did not look very sharp. The battleships on both wings also began to use magic cannons to fight back. Lines of water columns rose on both sides of the destroyer fleet, and the entire battlefield was boiling for a while.
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"The distance is already close to 4 kilometers! Captain!" a petty officer reported nervously as he watched the seawater stirred up by a water column in front of him fall down, hitting the bow of the ship and splashing with waves.
Their 127 mm caliber naval gun has limited damage to the Demon Battleship. After all, blocked by the magic defense barrier, hitting the side of the Demon Battleship can only cause a non-fatal penetration effect.
If you want to sink an enemy ship, such endless bombardment is really anxious. Therefore, for destroyers, if you want to end the battle quickly, you still have to rely on torpedo attacks.
Therefore, the main reason why Captain Jason is desperately trying to close the distance now is to prepare to make a general turn at the appropriate time and use the side torpedoes to cause trouble for the opponent's fleet. This is a tactic that is easier for him to create results, and it is also
His trump card.
"Send a signal to the Lamei and Xiding behind! Full port rudder! Prepare to launch torpedoes!" Jason once again picked up his telescope, looked at the Demon Fleet that was already close at hand, and ordered.
This is a dangerous moment, because as his warship begins to turn, the enemy's attack will have a larger area to target. The next attack will definitely be more accurate, and his warship may be sunk.
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However, he still resolutely decided to turn around, preparing to target more artillery and powerful torpedoes at the enemy's warships.
Almost at the same moment, a demon bat fell from the sky, ready to pounce on the battleship to attack. Although its fangs and teeth could not cause damage to the main body of the battleship, they could attack the soldiers on the battleship.
You must know that many gun positions on the battleship, including torpedo firing positions, are exposed outside the battleship. Once someone attacks, there will definitely be corresponding casualties.
"Thud! Thud!" The 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun on the ship began to fire at the devil bat that rushed over. The devil bat was soon pierced by the cannonball's wings and fell into the sea on the side.
But another demon bat rushed over from the other side and directly hit the hull of the destroyer commanded by Jason. The 20mm anti-aircraft gun on the side fired at the demon bat, but did not immediately kill the behemoth.
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It struggled briefly, used its angle to avoid the shells hitting its vital parts, and then directly bit a soldier on the deck, throwing him into the sea.
The surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they quickly dispersed and hid. The flexible monster darted back and forth through the gaps in the buildings on the battleship until it bit the second sailor to death before being completely beaten to death.
Black blood was sprinkled all over the deck of the battleship, and the bodies of the soldiers bitten into two parts were lying next to the mouth of the demon bat. The cruel scene made people's stomach twitch.
At this time, the Fletcher-class destroyers lined up began to turn as a whole. The leading flagship Anson had already pointed its broadside at the enemy, and the destroyer Lamei, which followed closely behind, had also begun a rapid attack.
Turn.
Because the speed was so fast, the sharp bow of the destroyer cut through the sea water, and the splashing waves were regular and beautiful.
The cannons on the battleship were still firing non-stop, and the shells hit the opponent's magic defense barrier one by one, leaving traces on it that were difficult to heal.
"Torpedo! Fan launch! Three, two, one! Salvo!" Jason seized the opportunity and gave the order for a torpedo attack.
After the hull of his destroyer was relatively parallel to the opponent's warship, he issued an attack order to launch torpedoes.
Following his order, the torpedo tubes that had been rotated to the side fired all 10 torpedoes in one go.
The compressed air pushed out the huge torpedo in the torpedo tube. Almost at the same time, a shell fired from the magic cannon was directly loaded on the bridge of the destroyer Siding that had just started to turn.
In just an instant, the huge energy melted the entire destroyer's bridge, leaving a huge, charred hole in it.
Then the destroyer Xiding lost its response and made no further steering movements. It just lost control and, amidst the raging fire, rushed straight towards the direction of the Demon Fleet along its inherent route.
"Xiding! Xiding!" The radio operator grabbed the intercom and repeated the call over and over again. He seemed to want to hear the reply from the Xiding, but the radio was silent, so quiet that it was despairing.
The powerful and heavy attack directly destroyed most of the West Din's superstructure, and even detonated the torpedoes it carried. A few seconds later, the warship, which had only been launched a few weeks ago, exploded into a piece of debris on the sea.
The ship burst into flames and then sank, killing all 353 people on board. No one was spared.
Just when the Xiding exploded and sank, the white tracks around it began to gradually fade away. The white foam left by these torpedoes rowed towards the Demon Fleet at an extremely fast speed.
These vengeful ghosts underwater are rushing towards the demon fleet in the distance at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
Different from the attacks on the water, the power of these underwater ghost explosions is stronger than ordinary explosions in the air. It only takes one to paralyze or directly kill a huge demon warship.
The demons who stood on the ship's side and watched the explosion of the Airanthil destroyer in the distance also discovered these white tracks that represented death.
They pointed at the white tracks on the sea in horror and shouted to their companions: "Those! Those underwater weapons! Underwater... weapons!"
Amid his desperate shouts, a white track reached his feet. That mark represented death. The moment it came into contact with the battleship, the seawater began to boil.
The next second, a huge explosion broke the sailing demon's warship, and the seawater turned into a dragon, swallowing everything within the explosion range.
The entire demon warship was broken in the middle, and the deck was broken apart due to the huge force. The surrounding demon corpses began to slide to the side as the warship tilted.
Then, before the battleship sank into the sea, the magic propulsion device exploded violently, completely tearing the remaining battleship into pieces.