766 West Wind Flame (12)

14 o'clock. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Off the coast of the port of Seychelles, inside the flagship battlecruiser Shock, Hill stood at the door of the open command tower and began to doubt his decision to let two Spanish-class battleships enter the port to refuel.

"How long will it take?"

"Lieutenant General Tonis said they would need at least eight hours."

"Eight hours? Why does it take so long? ”

"Because ......." The staff officer shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands helplessly: "General Tony said that General Campbell will arrive in another day, so his soldiers need to rest when they enter the port and go ashore for a drink ......." ”

"Have a drink!"

When Hill, who was full of worry on his face, heard this, he immediately jumped up as if he had been stepped on his tail, and if he had a perspective eye, he could definitely see that there were already "three flowers gathering at the top" on his head!

Hill wanted to drag the Spanish lieutenant general out and beat him up, was this a vacation? Are these Spanish idiots all straws in their heads? This is already the depths of the Indian Ocean, and the Chinese may appear in the next second! At this time, it is already dangerous to let him enter the port to refuel coal, and he is actually ready to let the soldiers drink ...... and drink a drink?!

"General, General!"

God seemed to feel that the blow was not enough, so when Hill was so angry that his head was smoking, the communications officer shouted violently: "General, Lieutenant General Tonis, he ......." ”

"What is he, what else does he want to do?!"

"He sent two telegrams from the telegraph station in the port, one to Spain and the other to ...... General Campbell......." "What ......!" The bridge was petrified, and a telegram was sent to ask Vice Admiral Campbell if he thought the Chinese Navy was all paper-paste?

Hill was shaking like chaff, and he couldn't wait to send someone to shoot that idiot right away!

But the telegram has already been sent, what else can he do? It's a good thing this idiot knows how to use the port radio station and didn't use the ship's communication equipment! Hill had to use the word friendly to warn himself to calm down over and over again, and ordered: "Inform Tony immediately that you must leave the docks within 4 hours!" In addition, let the submarine set off and march along the northeast patrol.

The cruiser detachment was ordered to ....... 【 I want: super fast update ]"

"Enemy attack!"

"God, 4 o'clock, Chinese planes!"

Before he could finish speaking, the terrible sirens sounded from everywhere, and countless sailors who were hiding from the scorching sun began to run frantically to their positions, and the ropes pulling the awning were quickly cut off.

Hill is whole person was stunned, looking at the large group of planes in the sky, his head buzzing! For three days Campbell had been sending telegrams saying that the Chinese aircraft carrier was by their side, how did they come to the Seychelles overnight? Came to himself!

Did Campbell defect?

"Right full rudder!"

"Let the cruiser detachment cross to our left."

Hill shouted loudly, he didn't have time to think about this, a rapid-fire cannon pointed quickly into the sky, ammunition was carried directly onto the deck, many sailors were already wearing helmets, holding leather hoses ready to extinguish the damaged pipes.

"General, Tonys......."

"It's too late to care about them." Hill rudely interrupted the staff officer, and now he didn't even want to wait for Campbell, since the enemy would appear here, it meant that Campbell was either dead, or he was used as a decoy by the Chinese to deliberately delay himself, and as for the Spanish battleship that was in the port of Seychelles, the only thing he could do now was .......

It is...... Prayer!

As soon as the words fell, the 4 Caledon-class light cruisers began to fire fiercely, and then the decks of the 2 prestige-class battlecruisers also spewed out countless fire points.

Among them, the typical Atlanta-class cruisers that the United States has just entered service and the Caredon-class light cruisers of the United Kingdom, the former is completely designed to surpass the Jinghai-class anti-aircraft firepower of the year, and the latter is small in tonnage, but the anti-aircraft firepower has been greatly enhanced, and even sacrificed the firepower against the sea for the sake of air defense, and the 5000-ton hull is only equipped with 2 152mm naval guns, but it is equipped with 10 47mm rapid-fire guns and 6 twin 77mm Lewis machine guns!

The Prestige-class battlecruiser was a further refinement of the anti-aircraft design, which was originally only capable of air fire with only 2 76mm guns in the early design, but now it has been changed to 10 47mm rapid-fire guns and 16 twin 77mm machine guns, and for the first time, an air defense command post has been established.

In the entire fleet, on the contrary, the anti-aircraft firepower of the two Avenger-class battleships was weak, with only 6 47mm rapid-fire guns and 4 improvised twin Lewis machine guns.

With eight warships and more than 200 anti-aircraft firepower units, the air defense strength has surpassed that of any large fleet before the war! The intertwined network of fire was dense, and when I stood on the bridge, there was already smoke billowing in the sky at four o'clock, and before the two descending Dragontooth torpedo attack planes could reach the sky above the fleet, black smoke came out and fell.

The sudden and powerful anti-aircraft fire also aroused the wildness of the dragon wings, and the two dragon teeth were the first to break away from the formation, and under the cover of four bumblebees, they brushed the sea surface and carried out an ultra-low-altitude raid at an altitude of less than 30 meters.

As the water column rose from all sides of the fuselage, and as it approached 3,000 meters, the 77mm Lewis machine gun on the target ship Roar battlecruiser opened fire.

"Puff ......." After a few shots, one of the Dragon's Teeth was shot first in the wing, and the pilot had to drop the torpedo and pull up and evacuate before it could reach the launch distance.

Without a partner, the other dragon tooth seemed more and more lonely, and at this moment, the other two dragon teeth suddenly pressed down from above, and the three machines formed an arrow again.

The shells on the Roar were concentrated, the muzzle of the machine gun erupted into flames, and at a distance of 1,500 meters, the three dragon teeth finally finished dropping the bombs. When the short fish pierced into the water and pulled out three white waves, the Roar began to turn its rudder at the same time.

The difference between the first generation of battlecruisers and the old battlecruisers finally appeared, the large area of the steering wheel and strong power, so that the prestige-class battlecruiser maneuverability can be comparable to some light cruisers, a huge white wave appeared in the tail at the same time, three wild fish bones rushed to a British submarine not far away.

The unfortunate ghost didn't even cry out, and the hull of the 400-ton half-exposed boat disappeared into the sea at the same time as the water mass flashed, and 13 submariners died in the Indian Ocean for no apparent reason.

This scene made the remaining dragon wings cheer up and understand that they had encountered two difficult big guys, so the remaining dragon wings almost locked their first targets on the two prestige ships.

Dragon's teeth after dragon teeth stared at the rapid descent of the dense cannonballs, grazing the waves and dropping torpedo after torpedo.

5 minutes later, the first result finally appeared, the Roar after avoiding 5 torpedoes in a row, finally could not resist anymore, the starboard side of the bow was hit by a fishbone, 450 mm, 750 kg, 150 kg of fish bones Although the range was sacrificed, but the power was much greater, although the prestige class modified the armor laying scheme many times, and the underwater parts were also protected, but the hull still did not withstand such a large charge of torpedoes, and a huge crack was torn open in an instant.

Hundreds of tons of seawater poured into the ship's hold through the breach, and although the damage management team did their best to close all the watertight compartments and passages in the vicinity, the last five compartments were flooded, reducing the speed of the Roar by 2 knots.

The second target was an accident again, when the three dragon teeth were aimed at the Shock, but at the moment of dropping the torpedo, the Caledon-class light cruiser Caladock suddenly blocked the front at a speed of 28 knots, and two of the three torpedoes hit the light cruiser with a full load of 5150 tons, but surprisingly the Karaddock did not sink immediately, but after a few hours of suffering, it actually staggered back to the port of Seychelles, and was finally captured by the two Chinese light cruisers that arrived.

The two prestige-class battlecruisers that were heavily protected by four light cruisers did not have much success, but the dragon's teeth against the two Avenger-class battleships reaped great results, and the Sovereign was hit by two torpedoes at close range, resulting in serious damage to the starboard underwater part of the rear bridge position, but fortunately it did not damage the power compartment below, so it was able to continue to travel at a speed of 19 knots.

The Resistance was also hit by two torpedoes, and its speed dropped to 18 knots.

The 36 dragon teeth of the Nanchu have achieved a not satisfactory result at the cost of losing 3, and it can even be said that it has been relatively poor since the start of the war, but it also reminds the Admiralty and the Dragon Wing that with the deepening of the war, the air defense strength of the navies of various countries has been greatly strengthened, and the weakness of poor maneuverability when the dragon tooth is loaded with heavy fish bones has gradually been exposed, which directly led to the 1000 horsepower air-cooled engine developed by the navy for the dragon tooth to be replaced with a four-engine bomber.

However, the Nanchu attack squadron was not without gains, and the sudden torpedo attack caught Hill off guard, and after seeing that the four capital ships were damaged, and the Karadok was seriously damaged, he immediately ordered a 70-degree turn to the left and sailed towards the Aldabra Islands, trying to return to South Africa along the African coast.

But just 20 minutes later, Hill was in despair, billowing smoke suddenly rose from the heading, and the mast lookout reported the discovery of four battleships, suspected to be of the Chinese Navy's Hebei class.

"Fight!"

In the case of no avoidance, even if Hill doesn't want to fight anymore, he must pull out the decisive battle!

At 14:50, Hill sent a telegram to the Tonys and Spanish battleships in the port of Seychelles, asking them to rush to support immediately, and ordered the formation of four capital ships, while keeping three cruisers at a distance and ready to carry out a torpedo attack at any time.

Although there were many small-scale artillery battles later, it was not until many years later that people realized that this almost evenly matched naval battle between 14 and 15 inches was actually the last head-to-head confrontation between giant ships and cannons between fleets in human history!

"32,000 yards!"

The Navigator began to count ...... RO！ ~！