But this shell means that the Yucatan naval battle is official.
After the U.S. military finally volley, Chen Ada did not order the fire, but kept going until it was 15 kilometers away after the U.S. military fired the third shell. Chen Ada finally made the fire.
At this time, a group of unfamiliar guests have arrived at various powerful country observers near the overseas war between the two sides. They have all come to watch this unprecedented large-scale naval battle. After entering the armored ship era, everyone is too lacking in armored ship confrontation experience.
When these observers saw many military formations, they didn’t quite agree with recognizing the army as the root method to exert the maximum firepower.
Because the army or Britain promotes the popular design of this bow-to-enemy formation, it is bound to cause at least one tail gun to exert less firepower and reduce the attack power by a quarter
Everyone is puzzled that this kind of mistake should not happen in the army, whether we respect the combat effectiveness of the big navy or not. Everyone knows that it was only a few years ago that the French naval fleet was hit hard in Singapore waters. How could such a low-level mistake be made?
Just as they were deeply impressed, the bombardment with the American fleet had been going on for an hour, and the distance between the two sides was also shortened to 10 kilometers, and the hit accuracy was greatly improved. The heavy artillery fire of their respective warships was particularly fierce, and the battle became fierce.
At this time, observers found that the army suddenly changed its position and reached the instructions continuously, and then saw that twenty cruisers behind the capital ship suddenly turned around an arc from the rear to flank the US military in the strait.
Everyone is very interested in this kind of change, wondering if this is a new military tactic, and what this tactic has.
The flagship of the U.S. military is also making ten American armored ships leave the U.S. fleet sequence and go to their left. Obviously, they intend to block the threat of the military cruisers to their flanks.
At this time, the ships of the army suddenly found that the flagship Guangdong was angry. The red flag on a white background was the blood-red character of the "Chengren" flag, which was hunting and fluttering in the strong wind of the Caribbean! Look refreshing and you will get to [vertex network O]
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Section seven hundred and sixtieth Navy bayonets
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At this time, they all saw the flag. They didn’t know what it meant, but none of them knew Chinese.
But when we saw the flag with a blood-red pattern three meters long and two meters wide, everyone realized what the French military attache glanced at it, and the British also realized that they had left their mouths open and said the word "Z", which was Nelson’s winning flag in the naval battle of Trafalgar, meaning "England requires everyone to do their duty" and Nelson hit the French.
Later, the Japanese also made this move. The word Z means "Emperor Guoxing wasted his efforts in this World War I" and then hung this flag in Pearl Harbor, which means "remember Nelson"
After World War II, the meaning of the word Z changed. When civilian ships fly this flag, it means "tugboat is needed" and when fishing boats fly it means "casting nets".
There is always no convention. The key is to see what meaning you inject into him.
After the flag was raised, Chen Ada, like the Xiongnu Khan, took the lead in turning the muzzle of his naval gun, and then ordered his naval gun to be aimed at the armored ship fire of the Massachusetts, which is located on the far right side of the US military.
Massachusetts was one of the three large armored ships that the United States planned to build before the war. The other two were Oregon and Indiana. Because Oregon was built in San Francisco, it was captured before it was built. After it was built, it was incorporated into the escort fleet. Now it is escorting with some old armored ships on the Pacific side.
The army didn’t bring the Oregon, not because the ship was not advanced, but because it was not consistent with the power specifications of the main ship of the big fleet. After the naval battle in Singapore, the navy learned an experience that the power of the fleet must be the same, otherwise it would be difficult to keep pace in the naval battle against Malaysia, and the Japanese took advantage of it and defeated the Russian fleet with messy models
At this time, naval officers and men saw that Chen Ada had raised the flag of Chengren, and they thought about the agreement with Chen Ada, and they didn’t think much about what to fight the Massachusetts. This ship is not a flagship, and what effect does it have? Everyone always bombards the Massachusetts with fire.
At this time, both armored ships have suffered a lot of shelling and thick armor, so that both sides have not suffered any damage, but the casualties are relatively serious, and they are all angry and quite hostile to each other.
Fifty armored ships bombarded a warship with heavy artillery. This is no joke. Although it was suspected of wave fire, it did have an effect. As the distance approached, the hit rate of shells became higher and higher. Finally, shells exploded the chimney bridge of the Massachusetts, and finally the deck of Massachusetts tilted. The ship was hit hard.
However, Chen Ada didn’t feel much because he saw that his own side had lost three armored ships. Obviously, the other side should be more efficient in firepower. Among them, one first-class armored ship and two second-class armored ships were overturning, and many other warships were damaged, including his flagship, which had been taken care of, although it had not been fatally injured, but its personnel were seriously injured. One third of the other soldiers’ faces had been reduced, although they had not seen fear, but they had already shown fatigue. Constant long-distance sailing for half a year did great harm to their health.
Chen Ada knows that he can’t wait much longer, otherwise his fate will be wiped out by the American army here like the French fleet in those days, and he can’t escape yet.
But he still didn’t move, and his cannon was still bombarding the Massachusetts, which made the ship sink faster.
All naval observers don’t know what the army is doing. Seeing that the Massachusetts has completely capsized, the military fleet can’t find the target at this time. At one point, they stopped shelling. It’s hard to imagine that the army would make such a low-level mistake in a naval battle of this scale. Their warships have been sunk by five.
Chen Ada finally moved. He saw that in the sea about five kilometers ahead of his right, ten American armored ships met the big cruiser detachment, which was completely out of the sequence of the American fleet, and the cruiser he sent was still maneuvering, which had surpassed the American fleet as a whole and was circuitous to the other side.
At this time, he issued the order "All warships charge with him"!
The flagship Guangdong suddenly moved quickly, and white smoke came out of three large chimneys. The high-speed warship had a forward momentum.
When other warships didn’t respond, they all reached the order to follow the flagship charge.
At this time, many captains thought of yesterday, when Chen Ada said that the bayonet of warships could not help but be excited. Is this going to hit each other?
I don’t care so much. At this time, it is four kilometers away from the US military formation, which is very close. Every time the other artillery hits it, it hurts.
The fleet’s quick speed can reach 16 knots, which is a relatively high level among the main warships at present. It can rush into the US fleet in ten minutes, but the disadvantage is that it is almost impossible to fight back in ten minutes.
At this time, western observers forgot what the army just wanted to sink the Massachusetts, that is, to clear the route for themselves, and they actually planned to go straight to the US fleet. What was this? Fight hard with Americans? Or is it a breakthrough?
Everyone thinks it’s the latter, and the Americans also think it’s the latter because they have sunk six main armored ships of the army at this time and injured seven in return, of which four have lost power or can’t keep up with the main fleet, so it can be said that the army has lost ten capital ships, but they can still get up and break through forty.
The U.S. military wanted to keep these 40 warships, so it ordered its own warships to maneuver several warships in the center to retreat, leaving a depression for the troops to get in.
The military fleet not only charged at the enemy lines, but also approached the flagship, and soon formed a wedge-shaped array like a sharp knife, which was different from a naval battle but rather like a cavalry charge formation.
Chen Ada’s flagship took the lead and rushed into the enemy line. At this time, his flagship had been seriously damaged. One of the three steam engines was burnt out, but he was very angry at this time because his flank was facing the US warship.
However, the maneuver of the US fleet was far from as smooth as they thought, which caused some confusion. Obviously, this brand-new navy has mastered the performance of its new warships. They ordered the withdrawal of four warships, but they did not complete the formation. The most important thing is that the roots of the army did not advance towards the positions they vacated, but deviated greatly from the right, that is, they cut in from the sinking position of the Massachusetts.
At this time, the US military has 40 armored ships, 30 armored cruisers and 50 destroyers, but cruisers and destroyers play a limited role in this naval battle. At most, torpedoes are released at close range. However, in this era, fish are still very unreliable, and it is very lucky to hit one launch and hit one launch.
The US military cruisers have been maneuvering in the rear to cooperate with ten armored ships to outflank the military cruisers, while the destroyers are temporarily far away from the main battlefield. Four armored ships of the US military have just completed the towing maneuver, and the remaining 25 ships are all on the left side of the military fleet, with the side facing the big fleet and the bow facing the military fleet. The military fleet has formed a flank-to-enemy situation because of the neutral speed interspersed with the base just now. At this time, the word array is ectopic.
At this time, Chen Ada made the ships free from fire, and it was time to fight hard.