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Volume 2 Iron Torrent Chapter 1088 The Great Battle of North America 8

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    The design indicators of the "Montana-class" battleship are very strong!

    As a new generation battleship that does not compromise on the width of the Panama Canal, her width reached 36.9 meters in one fell swoop, and her standard displacement rose to 65,000 tons, directly catching up with Japan's Yamato class, but she did not blindly pursue the caliber of the main gun like the Japanese.  , still uses the mature 50 times diameter 406mm triple main gun, four 12-gun guns, which makes the main ammunition delivery unprecedentedly powerful, the density is greatly increased, and the accuracy, range, and rate of fire are significantly improved!

    The update of the power system ensures that it can sail at a high speed of 33 knots.  The resistance to ocean waves is increased, the stability is increased when shooting, and the aiming speed is restored during salvo fire, which is far better than the previous major models.

    What is particularly outstanding is that the space of the ship body is fully utilized to greatly increase the thickness of the key protection armor box.  The total armor thickness of the side main armor, turret main armor, bridge main armor and even the waterproof compartments is at least 16 inches, and the largest one is 18 inches high!  Not only is it on the same level as the Yamato-class, but its overall performance has been qualitatively improved!

    Because it was built immediately after the Iowa class, targeting Japan's Yamato and China's Kunlun, with the acceleration of segmented manufacturing technology, two ships were launched into service in less than a year.  Had it not been for a full year of continuous bombing by Zhu Bin, which seriously disrupted its construction plan, a total of five ships might have been completed by the fall of this year, which fully reflects the high level of American industrial speed!

    Now, the Montana-class battleship has been put into actual combat for the first time, and it has encountered a full test!  The first salvo of 36 artillery-launched missiles fired by the opponent's Kunlun class from afar hit the "Ohio" hard!

    In an instant, an earth-shaking violent explosion exploded fiercely in the front, rear, left, right, up and down of the battleship, erupting into dozens of brilliant fireballs. In the dawn light, it was like a sun rising on the Atlantic Ocean.  Brilliant and dazzling, the splendor is astonishing!

    The total weight of the missile after shelling is only about 300 kilograms, the terminal warhead is only a mere 100 kilograms, and the charge is only a dozen kilograms, which is on the same level as an armor-piercing projectile, but the terminal speed is maintained at more than 500 meters per second.  The kinetic energy level cannot keep up, but the accuracy has increased many times. Almost all of them are within the hit and near-miss range, giving this battleship a gorgeous bath!

    In an instant, the teak boards laid on the deck shattered into millions of pieces. As the orange fire rose, brilliant sparks were ignited, and the wind sprayed out and spread across the sea; the tandem armor-piercing warheads fired at an angle of about 45 degrees were fierce  Knocking open the surface of the horizontal armor hard, but it can only focus downwards to destroy the second compartment, and then shoot out a large number of fragments and scatter them.  After sweeping away the weak structures inside, the billowing smoke rushed out, creating a series of terrifying scenes!

    The rest of the warheads that hit the main armor belt, turret, bridge, etc. all exploded on the surface. They barely made some depressions of varying depths on the surface of the steel plate, but they were not enough to cause damage to the steel plate structure. The dark  The big clumps of marks look like the splashes of ink from a naughty child.  Only two of the twin 127 secondary guns with slightly lower armor thickness were destroyed, and a lot of anti-aircraft guns on one side of the dense forest were blown away.  The rest, almost unscathed!

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A sudden and fierce roar was felt, and the large hull shook slightly, and with the impact of the explosion, some of the outer cabins were heard.  The crew members were shaken so hard that they were dizzy and almost unsteady on their feet, but they could barely hold on to their posts!

    The captain who stayed in the bridge command room was first shocked by the explosion in front of him!  However, I felt the intensity of the impact myself and immediately calmed down.  He grabbed the armrest and looked forward with bright eyes. When all the fireworks were billowing upwards, only a small amount of flames were burning, and the smoke was blown away by the wind, he shouted in a steady voice: "Every unit should report the damage immediately!"

    "The main armor is intact!"

    "The main turret is intact! There is no abnormality in the gun mantlet! It is working well and can be fired at any time!"

    "The bridge was slightly damaged, an SG41 air search radar was severely damaged and difficult to repair, but the rest is in good condition!"

    "The C2, F1, and H1 secondary guns were damaged and temporarily unable to operate! Six 40mm anti-aircraft guns were damaged, and three 20mm anti-aircraft guns were damaged!"

    ¡°A seaplane was destroyed, the fire was quickly extinguished, and the ejection track was good"

    In just a few minutes, a series of reports were continuously collected in front of the captain. He glanced at it lightly and felt greatly relieved. A smile appeared on the corner of Colonel James's lips and he shouted in a convincing and steady tone: "We  The armor of our battleships is the best! Gentlemen, the Chinese artillery shells cannot cause us much damage!"

    There was a burst of fierce cheers from all over the battleship!

    On the flagship "Montana", Commander Nimitz received the report and knew that there was not much damage, and he couldn't help but booed.In one breath, the explosion scene just now really scared him!  If this meant losing a battleship first, he wouldn't know how to explain it to others or keep calm.

    However, the worries in your heart cannot be expressed under any circumstances. The morale of the military is already bad enough, and we cannot make it worse!

    Continue to ask the reconnaissance aircraft and peripheral ships, and I still did not find the whereabouts of the fired enemy ship. I do n¡¯t know where the shell came from, which is the most terrible!

    According to general rules, those guys won¡¯t be too far away, and the crisis is right in front of them, but where should we defend?  What a headache!

    The explosion scene transmitted back by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft made Zhu Bin excited for a while. Then he found that the guy was just emitting thick smoke and continued to surge on the sea without even opening a decent hole. He was immediately unhappy.  He slapped the table and cursed: "Why is this thing so powerful? It's outrageous! If I had known, I would have given her a more powerful charge!"

    The flagship gunner looked sideways and complained in his heart: "You can just be satisfied, old man! Being able to use the battleship's main gun to fire such expensive special warheads is just too much money! It was originally designed to deal with lightly armored cruisers and below.  It¡¯s a waste to use the target unit to smash rough-skinned battleships!¡±

    Zhu Bin himself knew this situation very well, but he just refused to admit that he was just messing around.  The second wave of shells has not been fired for a long time. In addition to looking at the effect, I am also wondering whether it is a waste of emotions to do so.  Simply observe the hit Ohio from all angles.

    I have to admit that the structural shape of the Montana-class battleship is more beautiful and generous than the previous model of the Iowa-class. The raised and floating bow looks much more generous, and the four main gun turrets are evenly distributed.  The extremely simple bridge is of medium size and not bloated. It lies across the water like a great white shark swimming. The densely built turrets are in line with Zhu Bin's aesthetics. This is what a violent weapon should look like!

    The ratio of the 12 main guns is definitely different from those old Japanese Fuso-class guns that are powerful and stable, and can cut through the waves as fast as a galloping horse. They are all suitable!

    That¡¯s all.  It is considered a worthy target. It must be smashed with cannonballs. It will feel great!

    Five minutes later, Zhu Bin ordered the attack again!  This time, it was still a salvo of subsonic anti-ship missiles!  32 slender little guys cling to the sea surface, as nimble as petrels, gliding lightly over the waves and making a detour.  Turning around from the front of the Nimitz fleet, they rushed towards the escort group in front of it.

    This time.  Several reconnaissance planes finally fulfilled their mission and discovered the terrifying figure. They screamed to warn the fleet. All the ships, which had tensed their nerves to the limit, said nothing. All the secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns exploded immediately, following the preset plan.  , thousands of thick and thin cannon tubes blasted out cannonballs and bullets in all directions.  The roaring noise intertwined most of the sea surface on the side into a dense, almost impermeable steel mesh wall of death!

    Fire network interception!  This is a tactic that has proven to be very effective!  Although the waste of artillery shells is extremely serious and the strike effect is extremely mediocre, it is currently the only possible way for the US military to prevent missile strikes. A blind cat will kill a mouse.  If you catch one, it¡¯s one!

    The left side of the incomplete spindle array was covered with rain of bullets. In the airspace as close as one kilometer and as far away as 10,000 meters, the explosion of various artillery shells and prefabricated fragments formed a wave of fury that was close to a steel storm. There were tons of them every second.  The steel is flying wantonly in the air, wishing to cut every inch of space into pieces!

    However, all these actions are mostly in vain!

    The anti-ship missiles, which were always remotely guided, bypassed the left side and were directed at the bow of the opening ship from the front. They penetrated sharply parallel to the sea surface at a height of about ten meters and easily passed through the edge of the interceptor fire net. Only four of them were hit.  After being injured, three of them plunged into the water, and the rest all hit their targets!

    A total of six US warships scrambled to burst into astonishing flames!  In the flash of the explosion, thousands of tons or tens of thousands of tons of ship hulls jumped up fiercely. Tons of fragments disintegrated and disintegrated with the storm. Large pieces of the ship hull were torn off, and they were slapped around, counting.  Thousands of sailors were caught off guard and were crushed and crushed by the terrifying force of the explosion, killing them instantly!

    "Oh! God!"

    On several battleships, the generals who witnessed all this groaned and watched dumbfoundedly as a heavy cruiser was pierced by six missiles from different angles. The majestic bridge was broken like a toy in the explosion. The missiles  The flying sparks and fireballs were as dazzling as fireworks. The two bombed seaplanes that had escaped from the catapults, half of their bodies dancing in the wind, were really weird!

    A lightly armored unit will end up in a tragedy when encountering professional anti-ship missiles!  That almost miraculous hit accuracy makes people feel helpless from the bottom of their hearts.??.  Whether it is the first time to participate in the war or a veteran who has suffered heavy blows many times, they all fully understand one truth - in future naval battles, as long as they are discovered, the end may be destruction!

    There was no time to pray and mourn for those poor guys. The firepower net of the remaining ships immediately spread forward, covering the front half, hoping that this could block the killer attacks that might come from behind.

    But at least, we finally figured out the location of the Chinese warship. For a while, hundreds of fighter planes hovering in the sky swarmed towards the suspected area. Some of the bolder ones used their aircraft cannons to shoot randomly at the water surface, hoping to use them.  In this way, they can find sneaky guys who may be hiding in the dark - even though they don't see the exact target in front of them.

    Zhu Bin couldn't help but laugh when he saw this posture: "Oh, your reaction speed is not slow! Then add more fire to them!"

    With a slight wave of his hand, another wave of attacks followed.

    In the aircraft carrier group far behind, dozens of twin-engine jet attack aircraft took to the air one after another. Soon they formed attack formations, roaring into the sky, making a circle, and rushing towards the U.S. formation from behind.

    Separated by dozens of kilometers.  They locked onto the warships below that were constantly making evasive maneuvers from high altitudes, and then smashed down dozens of air-sea anti-ship missiles!

    At such a long distance, the position of the jet attack aircraft flying at subsonic speed is too tricky, so that the US military fighters have no time to intercept them. These insidious guys do not give people a chance to react, and easily drop missiles beyond the range of all artillery fire.  The short mid-course guidance assists its autonomous radar to lock the target and get away immediately without any delay!

    When the U.S. military aircraft discovered their whereabouts and wanted to rush over to intercept the entanglement, the twin-engine jet fighter with full engine speed simply made a high-speed climbing maneuver and left them out of sight. Then it turned around and immediately bit its tail with its thick cannon.  After beating him hard, he killed a dozen of them.  Then he walked away!

    At this time, the dozens of anti-ship missiles that were smashed down had already accelerated to around Mach 0.8. With a condescending attack, the targeted US warships of less than 10,000 tons were unceremoniously turned upside down and turned upside down!

    It is half smaller than the warhead of the ship-based model, with only about 300 kilograms of high-explosive charge and an armor-piercing high warhead, which can easily tear through the horizontal armor of destroyers, light cruisers, supply ships, etc.  The bridge shell, the thick chimney and even the side steel plates.  There was a central flower inside the slender hull. A terrifying thing that could paralyze a 5,000-ton warship was smashed down in pairs. Anyone who was targeted could not escape at all!

    In a rumbling and earth-shattering explosion, more than a dozen warships were destroyed and turned into scrap metal.  Thick smoke billowed out, the hull of the ship was broken, and it was tilted towards the Atlantic Ocean. It was only a matter of time before it sank.

    The perpetrator¡¯s attack plane was not satisfied yet, after killing a bunch of enemy planes that rushed to look for trouble.  He circled to the right side, fired the remaining anti-ship missiles from a distance of about fifty kilometers, guided them until they locked, and then withdrew to watch the battle.

    At this time, Nimitz and the others did not react at all. One after another, the continuous attacks in just half an hour made them embarrassed. The protective layer deployed on the periphery was peeled off and destroyed bit by bit, leaving the main ships  Exposed on the water, there is no cover at all. Although they are the most powerful guys, they feel as if they are not wearing any clothes!

    The conversion of the jet attack aircraft was too fast, and the command of the ship's gunfire was too busy, not to mention the tricky attack methods. In the blink of an eye, a dozen ships on the right exploded and caught fire, and most of them were paralyzed!

    The attack aircraft flew away. All the auxiliary ships of the Nimitz fleet had been hit to pieces. Only two or three big cats and kittens were left. They were no longer the best. A bunch of lonely battleships got out of their own family.  Exploding fireworks filled the sea area, and when we came to the new water surface, we looked around at a loss - where is the enemy?

    Nimitz didn¡¯t know how to describe his mood. It was really a mixed bag of emotions. It was as cold as the wilderness blown by the cold wind, and there was no burning enthusiasm at all.  This battle was impossible to fight. The enemy was always outside his reach, lurking quietly like a pack of wolves. He was beaten like a sap, and he had no temper at all. He wanted to fight back, but there was nothing he could do!

    What's even more vicious is that the fighter planes that took off before the aircraft carrier was destroyed were flying around in the sky like headless flies. Except for occasionally circling with the attack planes, the rest could only watch them disappear without a trace.  Without being in a hurry to land, it would be impossible to track and attack its aircraft carrier group.

    After all, the carrier-based aircraft that took off in a hurry had limited fuel. In combat mode, they kept changing altitudes, circling, and staying in the air for a limited time. After being tortured by Zhu Bin for nearly two hours, they all entered the dangerous situation of running out of fuel.  , wantThere is a sea in the surrounding area with a radius of 500 kilometers. If you want to carry out a suicide attack, you don¡¯t know where to start!

    Zhu Bin didn¡¯t want to get into any aerial entanglement with them. In air defense operations, it was the wisest thing to avoid getting involved with air units.  It was very generous of him not to kill all the aircraft carriers when he came up. At this time, how could he give the Americans a chance to succeed in a sneak attack?

    They just attacked the Nimitz formation with random missile attacks from all angles, crippled the escort fleet alive, and the remaining guys were the real food, the main fleet that was always in stealth mode.  It also quietly advanced to a distance of thirty nautical miles, passing through from the side and rear lightly, forming an arc-shaped battle line towards its tail!

    As the last few fighter planes rushed helplessly to the sea, the pilots parachuted to escape, and the air power of the Nimitz fleet was completely lost!  All that was left was the insignificant seaplane, circling in vain.

    At this moment, Zhu Bin's four Kunlun-class battleships finally showed their fangs and sharp teeth. After replacing the concave extended-range bombs, they aimed at the enemy ships moving forward in two columns and fired with a loud salvo!

    ¡°Now, I can¡¯t hide my behavior at all!¡±  The battleships took up their posture, the smoke of gunfire, the shaking sea surface, and the loud rumbling noise were all like bright lights in the dark night, giving clear signals to the US military reconnaissance aircraft. The dark shells that suddenly appeared from the strangely rippled sea surface broke the  The faint crisis rushing out of the sky and the rumbling roar all witnessed their existence. In an instant, the heartbreaking warning sounded throughout the broken formation!

    Nimitz turned around suddenly, but it was too late!

    The whistling artillery shells stretched out an arc-shaped line of more than ten kilometers long. Thirty-six rounds of heavy armor-piercing shells were fired towards the core point. They aimed hard at the battleship Illinois and smashed down on the battleship Illinois, from a distance.  From a distance, three shots hit, a sword sealed the throat, and the boiling fireworks exploded, making everyone's heart seem to be tightly clenched by an invisible big hand, and it was squeezing!

    "Everyone, fight!"

    Nimitz roared, and the four battleships turned in unison, facing the exposed enemy ship's whereabouts, and fearlessly turned the right rudder across its front, and counterattacked with all their strength!

    You can¡¯t escape by running. No matter how long your legs are, they can¡¯t compete with missiles and aircraft. You can only fight head-on and complete the glorious mission with honor. This is the glory that the navy should have. Fight!  (To be continued)
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