Although there are British people cooling down for China and the United States, although Xu Jie and Wilson are already thinking about how to end it, but it is a matter of thousands of miles away! The Chinese and American fleets, which were facing off in the Mariana Islands, did not feel the slightest relaxation of the situation. The two sides are still strong guns against guns! The Chinese Navy tried its best to block the landing of American transport ships, while the Americans tried by all means to transport supplies to the largest of them - Saipan! There are hundreds of U.S. Navy personnel on the island who are confronting the Chinese Marine Corps, and these lads have not been resupplied for nearly 3 days!

Because of the important role of Saipan, and also for the sake of hundreds of U.S. Navy colleagues on the island, Vice Admiral Sims, commander of the U.S. Navy Task Force, personally rushed to the vicinity of Saipan with the cutting-edge battleship USS New Mexico and the armored cruisers USS Montana and Colorado to personally escort the convoy. Because the disputed area was too large, and the two sides did not aim to start a war, most of the fleet was dismantled and divided into small detachments...... Engage in a standoff on key islands.

Not long after the U.S. fleet appeared outside the waters of Saipan, the Huaxia Navy's Longwu super dreadnought also appeared in this sea area under the command of Yang Yonglin, and the Longwu was accompanied by the newly commissioned Nanjing light cruiser and two light cruisers. Yang Yonglin is very confident in the fleet in his hands, although the other side is two armored cruisers, and he only has one, but Yang Yonglin believes that the Longwu-class battleships can completely offset the gap between the two sides in auxiliary warships..........

The Longwu is the ultimate product that concentrates the design and construction of the Chinese Navy, the strongest symbol of the Navy of an era, he strengthened and improved it on the basis of the standardized fast battleships of the Huaxia takeaway, the main armor belt is a hardened armor with a height of 5 meters inclined at 17 degrees, in which the thickness of the outer cap layer is 70mm, and the rear main assembly is. The main installation covers 60% of the ship's waterline length. And the bow of the ship had 80mm waterline armor. The stern has a central thickness. The thickness of the inclined part on both sides of the dome protects important parts such as the transmission shaft. The thickness of the main horizontal armor is: In addition to this, there is a 30mm thick structural steel in the back to prevent caving. The front of the main turret is: The gun mount is.

In addition to having the world's highest level of vertical and horizontal protection, the most unique feature of this battleship is underwater protection. On the one hand, he continued to use the design of the main armor tilting down to the bottom of the ship, and at the same time adopted a five-layer underwater protection system similar to that of the US Navy. Several lines of highly elastic steel divide the entire underwater defense system into five layers, of which the outermost layer has filler, which can effectively prevent myopia even if it is destroyed, the middle is the oil tank, and the innermost is the empty tank. It is used to absorb the remaining explosion energy and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles.

Because the Huaxia Navy obtained the South Seas, it accepted the Dutch oil fields in its entirety. In the choice of power for this battleship, the Huaxia Republic completely abandoned coal. All heavy oil boilers are used, which reduces the weight of the power system and improves efficiency on the one hand. The entire battleship line has also undergone several pool experiments. And for the first time, a spherical bow was adopted to reduce drag. So much so that although the standard displacement of this battleship is as high as 31,000 tons, it can still run at a speed of 60,000 horsepower and reach a speed of more than 25 knots! …。

When it comes to firepower, the Longwu-class battleships can also be proud of the others, because of their close relationship with Germany, so the Chinese Navy has obtained Germany's hard cap armor-piercing projectile technology. And improvements were made so that it has better underwater ballistics. The shells weighed 879 kg, and the British heavy bomb was chosen over the German 750 kg light bomb, and the reason for this was that the Chinese Navy believed that with the increasing distance between the two sides. The probability of hitting horizontal armor on both sides is greatly increased, shells with lower velocity but heavier shells are more threatening to horizontal armor, and even in the face of vertical armor, the velocity of the light bullet decreases at long distances, and at longer distances, the high-speed light bullet has no advantage in the face of vertical defense. …。

The 100-inch 45L main gun, weighing 100 tons, can fire an 879kg shell at a speed of 740 meters, and can hit a muzzle velocity of nearly 800 meters per second in the case of a strong charge. Of course, under normal circumstances, it will still be fired with a normal charge, and the strong charge will wear out too much on the gun. In addition to the main guns, the Ryuwu was armed with 20 rapid-fire guns spread across 10 twin turrets, in addition to a certain number of 75mm anti-aircraft/anti-mine guns.

On the other hand, the New Mexico-class battleships are not much different from history except that the main armor is tilted at 15 degrees, and the displacement of this battleship is about the same as that of the Longwu class, both of which are more than 30,000 tons. However, it is armed with 12 14-inch 50L guns. When the Longwu class appeared on the sea, Sims knew that the time to really decide the fate of this confrontation had come, and at the end of the cards of the two sides, the three capital ships of the US fleet had all been deployed, and the four capital ships of the Huaxia Navy, Longwu, Longwei, Longgang and Longchang had also been deployed hundreds of kilometers apart. There is only one Ryumu in this sea area! …。

And when you see the general's flag raised on the opponent's flagpole...... Sims even confirmed the identity of the other party, if it is correct, it should be Yang Yonglin personally leading the team, Deng Shichang is a lieutenant general, and it is said that he will be promoted to a general after completing the sea trial mission of the Longwu-class battleship. And Lin Taizeng and Liu Buyun and others are still in Kaohsiung in the UK. At this time, Sims's idea of competitiveness was raised, after all, Yang Yonglin was the highest leader in the Huaxia Navy, and he was the most capable person except Xu Jie, the founder of the Huaxia Navy. What's more, he was also the de facto commander of the Spanish fleet in the Spanish-American War! If we can gain the upper hand in this confrontation, then I am afraid that the shame of the Spanish-American war can be washed away. Sims said in his heart.

"Tell the boys, show some spirit, and across from us is Yang Yonglin, who once troubled us at sea! We should let them know how awesome the US Navy is! We endured it for more than ten years. And today we will no longer be patient! Sims ordered loudly as he looked at the Dragon's Warrior, which was becoming clearer. And this also set the tone for his next action, which is extreme and dangerous!

After a period of confrontation, the Americans were also learning and improving, and in the course of many rammings, the battleship did not have much advantage over the merchant ships with a larger tonnage. And his colleagues in Saipan were in urgent need of support and supplies, so they fought this time. Sims devised a bold and dangerous plan, starting with the requisition of an American merchant ship in Australia. It has since been improved and enhanced to make it more suitable for beaching. The Americans think it is simple. Because there are no wharves to unload cargo, after all, the ports and wharves are under the control of the Huaxia Navy. This American ship can rush directly to the beach under the cover of the navy, and Saipan is not small, just find a beach and rush it directly. As for the ship? Throw it away, throw it away. At this time, the United States has already shown the true nature of local tyrants! …。

The Americans conducted several exercises for this operation, and this time, it will be time for real combat! When Sims confronted Yang Yonglin with the New Mexico and the Montana. Under the cover of the Colorado, the civilian ship, nicknamed by the Americans, is looking for opportunities on the other side. On the one hand, they confronted the Chinese Navy in the waters south of Saipan, and on the other hand, they looked for a suitable beaching site in the northern part of Saipan. And the Chinese Navy is because the number of ships is too small. Facing a luxurious lineup of one cruiser and 3 destroyers, the Huaxia Navy has only one destroyer!

"We've won this time." Seeing that the destroyers of the Huaxia Navy in front of him were blocked by their own three destroyers, the captain of the Colorado, Major George Brown, said proudly. As long as the parcel can be rushed up smoothly, the colleagues on the island can replenish 150 people and dozens of tons of supplies! In the future, under the consumption of the pair. It must be that the Americans are more advantageous, and they will also become famous, and they will ruthlessly sweep the face of the Chinese Navy! …。

And while George Brown was still excited about the upcoming recognition and promotion, the same ghost was excited not far from their route. Excited for an opportunity to change the world! A British-made F-type submarine with all markings erased is slowly approaching! And its target is the parcel number that is slowly sailing ashore! The submarine had been wandering around the area for a long time, and in order to find an opportunity, Toshio Tada spent the day at the bottom of the sea, came out at night to recharge the batteries, and after tracking for several days, finally chose an American voyage that was most likely to travel and set up an ambush ..........

Although the chances of staying this stone are still slim...... But I don't know if it's the blessing of Amaterasu or what's the reason, this time he actually chose the right one! The F-type submarine, with an underwater displacement of just over 500 tons, is ideally suited for operations in such near-sea conditions. It has 3 18-inch torpedo tubes, two in the bow and one in the stern. A total of 6 torpedoes were armed.

Given the speed and agility of the armored cruiser, a 2-torpedo attack would hardly work, so they targeted the slower and bulkier parcel carrier! While the Americans were excitedly making the final sprint. This submarine is also making its final sprint! And fired 2 18-inch torpedoes at a distance of 500 meters from the port side of the parcel number!

The vast majority of Americans were excitedly waiting for the moment when the beaching was successful, and only a few noticed the two white tracks that suddenly emerged from the water, indicating death! "Watch out for torpedoes!" Captain Nimitz, who served as the Colorado's operational staff officer, reminded loudly. But at the moment, it's too late! A torpedo crashed into the port side of the packet. The 130kg of high-explosive charge inside the torpedo directly blew the ship with a displacement of less than 5000 tons in two! , the Americans who are preparing to land on the island are waiting for not land but the icy seabed! And another torpedo passed through the stern of the Parcel and disappeared! …。

With the sound of violent explosions, a column of water tens of meters high rose into the air, frightening all the people present, whether it was the Americans or the Huaxia Navy, were stunned by this sudden scene!

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