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"General, a Chilean destroyer has been found!" On the battleship "Buenos Aires", the lookout spotted the destroyer "Coquimbo" and immediately reported it to Admiral Carlos Corlo!

"Destroyers of the Chileans? Hum! It is already close to the mouth of the Río de la Platte, which belongs to the waters of our Argentine sea. The Chilean Navy still dares to come, is it really easy for our Argentine Navy to bully? The ships speed up and drive out the destroyers of the Chileans! Admiral Carlos Colo ordered.

"General, this is not good! The Chilean warship did not act excessively, and now there is no war between our two countries, and if the Chilean warship is attacked, it will be difficult to explain it to the country! An Argentine naval officer said with some concern!

"You don't have to sink the Chilean warship, just drive it away!" Admiral Carlos Colo said.

The four 'Buenos Aires-class' battleships of the Argentine Navy accelerated towards the destroyer 'Kincobo'. However, the 'Jinkebo' destroyer was selected by the Chinese Navy from the 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers in service and sold to the Chilean Navy, and even after the 'Fuqing-class' destroyer was put into service, the performance of the 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyer was still in the leading position in the world. Although the firepower is not strong, the maximum speed of 30 knots is enough to throw off any warship!

Immediately after sending the telegram, the destroyer 'Kinkobo' sailed south, and easily escaped the pursuit of the Argentine fleet. However, the destroyer 'Kincobo' did not stay away, but monitored the Argentine fleet from afar, providing accurate information to the Chilean fleet.

Fifty nautical miles away on the battleship 'Santiago', the flagship of the Chilean fleet. After receiving the telegram from the destroyer Jinkebo, Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai immediately ordered to speed up the rendezvous with the destroyer Jinkebo, and all ships of the force were ready for battle and prepared to defeat the Argentine fleet in one fell swoop. As long as this Argentine fleet is defeated, the remaining old warships of the Argentine Navy will not be a cause for concern!

The two fleets went in opposite directions, the Argentine fleet had a speed of 15 knots, and the Chilean fleet had a speed of 18 knots. At a distance of fifty nautical miles, it would take only an hour and a half for the two fleets to meet.

An hour later. The Chilean fleet and the destroyer "Kinkobo" converged, and at the same time, the lookout on the battleship "Santiago" had already spotted the Argentine fleet. Almost at the same time, lookouts on the battleship 'Buenos Aires'. I also found the huge smoke column in the south, and the huge battleships pulled under the smoke column!

"Alert! The battleships of the Chileans are coming! Four new battleships of the Chilean Navy! The lookout immediately raised the alarm.

Argentine Admiral Carlos Colo immediately picked up a telescope to observe the enemy's situation. The four huge 'Santiago-class' battleships of the Chilean Navy appeared in his eyes.

"Hell! The main forces of the Chilean Navy, how could they be here? Has Chile declared war on us? Admiral Carlos Colo asked!

"General, we have not received any news of a declaration of war at the moment!" The staff officer replied!

This made Admiral Carlos Colo very puzzled. Since there is no declaration of war, what is the Chilean Navy doing here? Is it for ocean-going training? Or to scout the specifics of the Argentine Navy? Or is this a trap that the Chileans want to go to war without declaring it?

"General, now we are still 22 kilometers away. There are still 10 minutes to go into the range of the opponent's naval guns, what should we do now? The officer below asked. If the Chilean fleet was intent on undeclared war against Argentina, they would be in danger. Not to mention anything else, the 'Buenos Aires-class' battleships of the Argentine Navy. In terms of size alone, it is smaller than the 'Santiago class' of the Chilean Navy! And they are not familiar with the performance of the new battleship at all. Ten percent of the combat power, being able to exert three layers is already God blessed. In such a situation, fighting against the Chilean Navy is like hitting a stone with an egg!

"Turn 15 degrees left and go straight back to Buenos Aires! At the same time, be ready to fight, if the Chileans follow, then we must be ready to fight for the glory of Argentina! Admiral Carlos Colo said with a stern face!

"Yes, General!" The Argentine fleet immediately turned, drew an arc on the sea, and changed its course from southwest to due west.

"General Zhao, the Argentines have turned, what should we do now?" Admiral Giorge, commander of the Chilean Navy, said excitedly. Now that the Chilean Navy has seized the Argentine Navy, as long as these Argentine warships are sent to the bottom of the sea, then the Chilean Navy will win. Although this battle was actually commanded by the Chinese, the nominal battle merit is still counted as his! When he thought about this, he was very excited!

"Order the ships to prepare for battle! Accelerate to 20 knots, catch up with the Argentine fleet, and sink them! Major General Zhao Hongcai gave the order without hesitation. If the Argentine fleet is allowed to slip away, then the previous efforts will be in vain!

The four battleships of the Chilean fleet, the 'Santiago', 'Talca', 'Concepción' and 'La Serena', lined up in a battleship and accelerated towards the Argentine fleet. The main guns on the battleship have faded their gun coats. The turret had already begun to rotate, adjusting the coordinates of the shelling. Additional heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers were protected around the battleship!

"General, the Chileans are speeding up, they really want to attack us!" The officers of the Argentine fleet shouted in horror. They did not think at all that the Chileans would attack them at this time, or in this undeclared way!

"Despicable and shameless Chileans! Immediately send a telegram to the President informing him that we were being attacked by the Chileans. Ships ready for battle! Admiral Carlos Colo ordered.

The four battleships of the Argentine fleet also immediately adjusted their formation, with the "Buenos Aires" as the front, and the "St. Luis", "Córdoba" and "Mendoza" behind, lined up in a battle line and sailed westward. With a day's sailing to go to Buenos Aires, it would be difficult to get rid of the Chilean fleet even at maximum speed. Not to mention that the Chilean fleet also had several cruisers. Therefore, Admiral Carlos Colo can only prepare for battle on the one hand, and hope to hold out until the fleet returns to Buenos Aires!

At 11:50 a.m., the Chilean fleet caught up with the Argentine fleet, and the distance between the two sides had narrowed to 10,000 meters. It's just that neither the Chilean nor the Argentine fleet has any intention of firing. If it were the Chinese Navy, I am afraid that a fierce attack would have been launched at this distance. But with the gunnery of the Chilean Navy, if you want to hit your opponent at this distance, I'm afraid you can only rely on God's blessing! And the Argentine Navy is even worse than the Chilean Navy.

"Turn 10 degrees to the left, maintain speed, and force the T-prefix!" Major General Zhao Hongcai gave a new order. The 'Santiago-class' battleships had a maximum speed of 22 knots, which was a slight advantage over the Argentine Navy's 'Buenos Aires-class' battleships!

It's just that the commander of the Argentine Navy, Admiral Carlos Collo, is not a fool, and after discovering the intentions of the Chilean Navy, he immediately made a turn, so that Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai's intentions failed.

At 12:20 p.m., the distance between the two sides had been shortened to 8,000 meters!

"Order the ships, reduce their speed to 15 knots, and prepare to attack!" After Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai found that he couldn't forcibly occupy the T-word, he had to take this kind of battleship duel to fight!

"Fire!" At 12:30 p.m., the battleship Santiago, which had completed its shelling preparations, fired the first salvo of the naval battle. Five triple 343-mm naval guns erupted in clusters of orange-red flames. The five triple main guns fired at the same time, and the huge recoil directly caused the battleship 'Santiago' to move out two meters on the sea surface, and the entire hull shook violently!

Brigadier General Zhao Hongcai was also very nervous in his heart, the 'Santiago-class' battleship built according to the requirements of the Chileans was equipped with main guns, although the keel was reinforced, but he was really afraid that he would be shaken apart in the process of salvo. Fortunately, the technology of Chinese shipyards is still passable, and it seems that there will be no internal shock falling apart in a short time!

At a distance of 8,000 meters, it only takes a dozen seconds for a high-speed naval artillery shell.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A series of dense explosions exploded on the left side of the battleship 'Buenos Aires' of the Argentine Navy. Huge columns of water rose into the sky, and the momentum was amazing. The officers and men of the Argentine Navy were completely stunned. However, Brigadier General Zhao Hongcai was very dissatisfied with this round of shelling. The nearest shell hit the Buenos Aires, 300 meters away! It can be seen how bad the gunnery of the Chilean Navy is!

"Oh God! The Chileans actually had 15 main guns on each battleship, and it was still a 343 mm caliber main gun! The officers and men of the Argentine Navy couldn't help but turn pale. His own battleship only has 10 305 mm main guns, and the gap between the number of main guns and the caliber is not ordinarily large! If you are hit, you will definitely die!

"Fight back! Counterattack! Admiral Carlos Colo was also shocked, but then gave the order to counterattack. Although the strength of the Argentine Navy is poor, it will not be beaten and not fight back!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The Argentine Navy, which was already prepared, also began to counterattack. It's just that their gunnery is even worse, and the shells have already fallen into the sea at a distance of 500 meters from the 'Santiago'!