After Major General Li decisively issued a series of combat orders, three battleships, led by Washington, two light cruisers and eight destroyers, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the other side at a high speed of 27 knots.

The number of our own warships is thirteen and the other side is sixteen. The number of our own is at a disadvantage, but Major General Li did not hesitate at all.

The sudden acceleration of the fleet greatly accelerated the encounters between the two fleets. In less than an hour, the radar room reported the distance between the two sides every ten minutes according to Major General Li's order.

Fifty nautical miles... Forty nautical miles...

Until the radar room reported that the distance from the Japanese fleet was closer to about twenty nautical miles, Major General Li wiped his glasses in his hand and gave the last order before the war began.

"The main battleship has a left rudder, its course is 180 degrees, its naval gun turns to starboard, and its course remains unchanged."

After saying that, Major General Li put on the gold-rimmed glasses in his hand and grabbed the railing in front of him with both hands to keep his body stable.

The three battleships turned left urgently on the sea, and their huge hulls blew snow-white waves on the sea.

The Japanese fleet's course is from north to south, while the Chinese fleet's course is from east to west.

After the encounter between the two sides, the main ship of the Japanese fleet was facing the port side, which could fully utilize the full power of the main guns on the bow and tail of the ship.

However, our own fleet could only exert the power of the main gun on the head of the ship and was in an extremely unfavorable situation.

During the emergency turn of the three battleships, they turned their starboard toward the enemy ship, turning this unfavorable situation around the last moment before the battle began.

"The enemy ship was found at 112 degrees on the starboard side, with a distance of 18,000 meters."

It was already 4:05 am, the sky was still cloudy, but the light was greatly improved compared to before. The lookout post reported the direction and distance of the enemy ship in time.

Major General Li leaned forward slightly and looked at the two main gun turrets on the front deck.

Both turrets are triple-mounted, with a gun caliber of 406 mm, and a triple-mounted turret is installed on the deck of the ship.

The two front main guns point to starboard, and as the coordinate parameters are input, the muzzle continues to turn right and then rises.

“Long…………”

The dazzling flames occupied Major General Li's sight, and the thunderous noise penetrated the bulletproof glass of the bridge and hit Major General Li's eardrums hard, making a buzzing tremor.

Black smoke ejected from the muzzle, rolled, expanded, and swirled around the starboard side of the warship.

Before Major General Li could ask about the results of the shelling, four huge white water columns soared into the air on the sea more than 100 meters on the port side of the warship and rushed straight to fifty or sixty meters high.

Major General Li glanced at four dazzling water columns.

The enemy was shelling us, but the artillery was too bad and he didn't hit the Washington.

On the nearby sea, a total of 18 main guns on the Indiana and Massachusetts battleships also ejected terrifying flames, pouring steel and death into the Japanese fleet.

The deafening sound of artillery fire echoed on the vast sea, like a thunderstorm that had just stopped has come back.

On the sea surface between the battleship formations between the battleships between the two sides, the battle between the light warships between the two sides was even more thrilling.

Without the powerful main gun of the battleship, it means that both sides must close the distance before they can exchange fire.

The light cruisers and destroyers of both sides cut through the waves and rushed towards each other bravely.

Eight bright beams of light burst out without warning from the dim light on the sea. The beams of light shot from the west to the east and swept across the black sea.

One of the beams of light swept past a US destroyer, then turned around and locked firmly on the destroyer.

The searchlight was like a spotlight on the stage, making the destroyer as dazzling as a superstar in the emperor, and quickly aroused the inhumane onlookers of the "audience".

First, five or six white water columns popped out of the water surface, surrounding the destroyer, and then a ball of fire broke out from the boiler compartment in the middle of the ship, and black smoke ejected from the lower left of the chimney.

The US destroyer, which suffered heavy damage in the boiler warehouse, still stubbornly fired and fought back. However, just after two guns were fired, a white wave suddenly burst out from the stern of the ship, and a shell hit the part under the sea at the stern of the ship, causing the rudder to turn ineffective.

A silver-white wave flowed out from the black sea and rushed straight under the main gun on the front deck of the US destroyer.

The destroyer was severely stalled and turned into a destruction, allowing the torpedo to hit him.

In the Type 93 torpedo warhead, under the power of 490 kilograms of explosives, a ball of flame exploded from the hull of the destroyer and was suddenly thrown away from the sea. Countless strange objects flew into the sky. The main gun on the bow of the ship and the turret rotated across the sky, falling into the sea.

After the explosion, one-third of the hull in front of the destroyer was crushed to pieces, and the remaining two-thirds of the hull pierced into the sea without hesitation.

Almost at the same time, in the northernmost section of the battlefield, another US destroyer was also locked by Japanese searchlights, but could only turn and circle on the sea.

The destroyer was hit by the first round of fire from the Japanese army and was hit by the tail rudder and rotated on the sea like a clock.

The second and third rounds of concentrated fire fell, and the mast of the unlucky destroyer broke and slid to the sea. A raging fire ignited at the bridge, and the rolling smoke surrounded the hull.

From a distance, on the deck of the bow, a group of humanoid creatures were wrapped in flames, running wildly to the edge of the deck, climbed over the railings, and plunged into the sea.

With a series of explosions, the superstructure of the destroyer disappeared, and the hull slowly sank.

In the first round of confrontation, the Japanese army achieved two results first with their daily training of hardships.

"Long live on board, on board (on board)·······" Seeing the enemy's tragic situation, a series of cheers broke out on the Japanese destroyer that obtained the results.

While the Japanese army cheered for victory, Major General Li was also ecstatic on the bridge of the battleship Washington and let out a depressing laugh.

"The enemy's battleship may be a King Kong-class battleship?"

In the dim light, under the reflection of the flames of the muzzle, the general outlines of the warships on both sides could be revealed, and the US military's lookout whistle decisively noticed something strange.

When the Japanese battleship opened fire in the distance, the two turrets at the stern of the ship sprayed flames as if they were a little far away.

The lookout immediately reported the details of the battlefield.

Through this battlefield details, the intelligence officer on the Washington immediately determined that the one who was fighting with his side might be the King Kong-class battleship of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Major General Li quickly obtained this important battlefield information, and an uncontrollable joy immediately surged in his heart.

The design plan for the King Kong-class battleship was originally a battle cruiser. All four battleships were built in the 1910s and have been in service for nearly thirty years.

Over the long years, even though it has been modernized by the Japanese Navy and is called a battleship, it is still impossible to change the identity of the four warships that have been in service for nearly 30 years, nor can it conceal their true identity as the battleships they were originally battleships.

A very prominent feature of the King Kong-class battleship is that the main cabin is separated by the turret No. 3 and turret No. 4 of the stern, while other large warships with two main guns at the stern, such as the Bismarck, are next to each other.

The special layout of the King Kong-class battleships quickly exposed their identities during the battle.

Major General Li obtained important information and immediately looked through the ship manual.

There are four King Kong-class battleships with a displacement of 27,500 tons. The main weapon is four dual-equipped 356mm naval guns.

Its flagship USS Washington battleship is a new warship that just entered service in May 1941. It has a standard displacement of 36,600 tons and has three triple-mounted 406mm main guns.

The Indiana and Massachusetts battleships that cooperated with the USS Washington are both South Dakota-class battleships, joining the Navy sequence in the end of April and mid-May respectively this year.

The full load displacement of the two battleships is 45,000 tons, and the main weapon is also three triple-mounted 406mm cannons.

The warships on both sides have the same speed. The tonnage of their own warships crushes the opponent, the armor protection crushes the opponent, and the caliber and quantity of the main gun crush the opponent.

If you can't win this kind of battle with overwhelming power, you might as well just throw yourself into the sea and commit suicide.

Major General Li's confidence soared and said passionately: "God bless the United States of America, making the Japanese so crazy that they dared to challenge us with the King Kong-class battleship."

"They may think we were just a group of transport ships. If they had misjudgment, they would send them to our muzzle by themselves." The captain of the Washington smiled.

"No matter what the reason for this result is, they will be finished unless they escape now." Major General Li said confidently.

Major General Li's smug laughter had not yet dissipated, and he heard another good news.

"I hit it, we hit one."

"Where?" Major General Li almost stuck his head to the window glass.

“Seventy degrees on the starboard side.”

Major General Li turned his eyes to starboard seventy degrees and soon used a telescope to find the target that was hit.

The battleship was surrounded by churning flames, dazzling in the dark light on the sea.

The flames were not emitted when the naval gun fired, but from the hull.

Major General Li exclaimed: "The young men do beautifully, they won't live long."

The target that Major General Li stared at, on the front deck of the Japanese battleship, flames and thick smoke spewed out along the torn bullet holes on the deck, covering the main guns and bridges on the foreground.

Under the bridge behind the main gun, the armor-piercing bullet tore the steel plate and drilled into the fire control command room.

A more deadly blow followed, and the flames on the hull pointed out the target for the US warships. Another round of volley shot, the third turret of the stern of the Hazel-Name ship was hit almost at the same time and the adjacent main cabin.

The shells that had been exploding in a chain explosion occurred, almost shattering all the buildings at the stern of the ship. The sea water poured into the hull and washed away everything inside the ship. The bow of the Hazel-Name slowly rose up and slowly sank into the sea.

"It sinks, it sinks, God bless them, they haven't escaped yet. They are such a group of lunatics." Major General Li cheered for the first victory he achieved.

"Reported that the Massachusetts was hit in the oil depot, fuel leaked, and requested a retreat."

"Let the Massachusetts take a long distance and retreat behind Washington to continue fighting." Major General Li gave the order.

With Major General Li's order, the USS Massachusetts battleship turned the bow and retreated to the east side of the USS Washington battleship, and continued to fight with the USS Washington as cover.

When the Massachusetts performed evasion, the Japanese artillery shells tracked its movements all the way and then moved to the battleship Washington.

Three unprecedented huge water columns rose into the air, hundreds of meters high, far exceeding all the water columns Major General Li had seen before. This abnormality immediately attracted his attention.

These water columns were obviously caused by larger caliber shells. The enemy's fourth battleship was firing at itself. What level is this battleship?

When Major General Li was suspicious, the object he was suspicious, the Yamato-class battleship No. 2, and the bridge of the Musashi, Captain Akama put down the telescope in front of him.

"Sauga, the battleship has been hidden, shifted its target, and sunk the one in front of him."

After receiving the order from Colonel Arima, three triple turrets were adjusted on the battleship of the Musashi, and nine 460mm naval guns pointed at the Washington in the distance.

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