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The battle cruisers of several searches were all Arkansas-class. This type of battle cruiser was not good at first, but after the US Pacific Fleet was wiped out, the Americans wisely retained these battle cruisers and made some special changes. Today, the Americans finally released these sharks, opened their bloody mouths, and prepared to have a big meal.

Although the Arkansas class is much larger than the gravity cruiser in size, its design standards are formulated according to heavy cruisers, and many details are the same as those of heavy cruisers. It does not have the lightning-proof watertight compartment and thick waterline armor plates like battleships, and the armor in various parts is inferior to that of battleships - after all, they are classified as first-rate cruisers. Moreover, the huge single-blade rudder blades were also the typical American heavy cruiser style at that time.

The two aircraft catapults were installed on both sides of the department. Before that, the Portland-class, Chester-class and New Orleans-class heavy cruisers were also arranged in this way. From other aspects, the scale of the Arkansas-class is like a typical battleship: 246.6 meters long, which is longer than the ship; the waterline is 241.4 meters long, 27.76 meters wide, 9.21 meters draught, and a full load displacement of 34,253, approaching or exceeding the level of the old battleships built by the US Navy before the 10s.

The middle section of the Arkansas-class hull is equipped with an 8 Barbercock-Wilcox boiler. The power system is powered by four sets of General Electric's gear turbine 4, providing an output power of up to 150,000 horsepower, and also..... The color-class large cruiser provides a speed of up to 32 knots. At a speed of 15 knots, its endurance is 12,000 miles.

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Main gun 5mm

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Anti-aircraft weapon mm anti-aircraft gun 56 seats. 20mm anti-aircraft gun

Length 8)

Power 0c force

Continued 2000 miles/

Speed

17 crew members 1900 (wartime)

Design power 6c

In the vast Pacific Ocean, these battleships carefully passed through the Panama Canal and then disappeared deep in the Pacific Ocean. As a ship that has no corresponding ship in other navies, the captains on these battleships were still very confident, but they forgot that after all, their warships were just inferior battleships. Of course, the Arkansas-class battleship cruisers also have their own unique features, which are worthy of their captain's pride.

Firepower

The main sea strike force of the Alaska class is equipped with 9 12-inch 50-diameter MK8 main guns in three triple turrets. The main gun is from the MK7 type of Wyoming-class battleship. It uses the MK18 armor-piercing_1760 feet in 1 second, with a maximum range of 35,271 meters. After testing by the U.S. Navy Ordnance Bureau, it was found that the armor-piercing ability of this type of artillery at a distance of 20,000-30,000 can reach 913 inches, which is no less powerful than the 14-inch cannon equipped by the old battleships of the US Navy, and is used to deal with the heavy cruiser of the Japanese army. The pitch angle range of the mk8 artillery cannon is negative 3 to positive.

The hydraulic ammunition lifter is loaded when fixed at a positive 7-degree elevation angle. The life of the barrel of the barrel is about 344 rounds. The main turret is arranged in two fronts and one back, each weighing 940, and can rotate 300 degrees at a speed of 5 degrees per second. The central part of the turret is equipped with a dual-stage hydraulically driven ammunition lifter. The firing rate is 2.4 rounds per second to 3.13 inches.6 inches, and the top is 5 inches.

The Alaska-class secondary guns are unique among large US Navy warships. Two twin 5-inch mk12 guns are arranged in a piggyback manner on the back of the main turret ground. The inch secondary guns are arranged on the side side, two fronts and two rears. The Alaska-class is equipped with powerful air defense firepower, including 5640mm56-diameter quad-mounted Bofors anti-aircraft guns and 3420mm70-diameter Erlitcon anti-aircraft guns, forming a tight air defense fire network. At the same time, it can also provide air defense fire support to other warships. In addition, the Alaska-class also uses 4 Curtis S-1 seaplanes to be used as reconnaissance aircraft and bounce point observation aircraft. Such powerful firepower equipment is unstoppable by those escorts in the Pacific only to defend submarines.

On this wonderful battlefield, battle cruisers eat escort fleets and submarines eat battleships, forming a relationship of one link after another.

When high-end battlecruisers exist, you don’t worry about not being able to touch the Arkansas for only one day in the Pacific Ocean. Then you met a Chinese fleet, six merchant ships and a city-class cruiser, the Tieling.

The firepower of the Tieling land is an anomaly among cruisers of the same tonnage. It is not a heavy armored firepower, but surprisingly high maneuverability. This ship obviously has a little bit of the blood of a British warship. In fact, it was transformed from a British warship. However, after twenty years of storms, this warship obviously cannot be compared with the younger generations twenty years later. So after encountering the American battlecruiser again, Captain Luo Dayun immediately encountered a difficult problem, whether to fight or not. This problem, during the storms and storms, countless people have encountered this difficult choice, and most of them have made unswerving choices to fight the strong enemy to the end.

"Raising the flag, warning the Americans that they have violated our territorial waters and asked them to stop the ship immediately to check, otherwise they would bear all the consequences!" Although Luo Dayun's order was amazing, it was still executed quickly. It is estimated that if Americans saw it, they would break their glasses and slam the colorful flags. The Tieling twisted his body desperately, but the traces of time still ruthlessly damaged it. Although the speed could barely reach 20 knots, it was not a little slower than that.

"The distance is 23,000, and 7 degrees in the direction, open fire!" The three 5-unit artillery on the Arkansas at the same time raised their thick gun barrels. After a violent vibration, a thick smoke enveloped the Arkansas. When the smoke dissipated, nine shells were seen cutting through the sky and flying directly towards the Tieling in the distance. The water column more than 100 meters high formed a water wall, but unfortunately, the deviation of the volley was really scary. It was 800 meters away from the Tieling. This seemed to be a shooting competition. A gunman held his strength and the last shot was as embarrassing as the last shot was off the target. Due to the annihilation of the Pacific Fleet, coupled with the main fleet heading to the Atlantic to encircle Germany's super battleship, the United States' naval talents were scarce. It took at least 3 hours to train a qualified naval talent. The average training time for the crew on the Arkansas was less than 8 months.

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What is surprising in turn is that the quality of the crew on the Tieling is far higher than that of the American counterparts on the Arkansas. After the United States misfired five batches of shells, the Tieling finally caught up with its own rapid shooting characteristics, and the second time formed a cross-fire. The Americans looked at the performance of the Chinese counterparts in disbelief. Before they could counterattack, they saw the third round of shooting of the Tieling again. The first, second, fifth and sixth were on the Arkansas battle cruisers.

The water column that was dozens of meters high rose in front and behind, and the water column formed by the third and fourth shells was not seen for a long time, but only a few seconds later, two black smoke columns rose from the Arkansas. This was simply a miracle in the history of war. An outdated cruiser with a drainage of 4,500 and only 6 20mm main guns actually hit the opponent before the opponent. After the thick smoke, the Arkansas was still the same, but the bow of the ship began to rotate and he actually wanted to escape in front of the Tieling.

As a battle cruiser, although it cannot withstand the attack of the main guns of the same level of battleships, it is still easy to deal with such 200-meter caliber shells. The Tieling attack only destroyed several 20mm anti-aircraft turrets, which was not damaged at all for the main body. After the meeting, Arkansse finally discovered that although it was shot one after another, it was just that. The originally panicked gunner finally had the confidence, and the captain could turn the bow of the ship around so that he would not express disdain to the Tieling.

It can be said that this battle was originally unfair. The American Arkansas had force far exceeding the Tieling. Although it was unable to exert its maximum strength due to its poor personnel, after a period of stalemate, the American heavy artillery still exerted its power. Two 305mm shells hit the Tieling and quickly tore open the 152-meter armor, which was exactly the thickness that the secondary gun could not overcome. In the ensuing big explosion, the Tieling was blown into two sections, one was lifted high, revealing the mossy bottom of the ship, and the other section was blown up flat and flew out, sliding on the water for a while before sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Chapter completed!