Four Japanese battleships joined the fray!
This caused the battle in the entire sea area to become intense!
The main cannons of the Japanese battleships were targeting the cruisers and the destroyer!
"Order the cruisers to surround Sunset. Order Mountain City and Ise to surround Sun Extermination. The rest of the battleships, target Sunset!”
Yamamoto's thoughts were very clear!
The battlefield was also going according to Yamamoto's seven-by-eight script!
However, the only accident was the arrival of the destroyer, which made the submarine that had been ambushed in advance useless!
However, Yamamoto Seven by Eight knew that the importance of the submarine was negligible. In the end, they still had to rely on the surface ships to fight!
"Boom!"
The Dusk's shell hit another Japanese cruiser!
As the distance got closer and closer, the hit rate of Yu Zhiqian's battleships also got higher and higher!
Among them, Drive-2 was hit by two shells from the cruiser on the left, and the deck caught fire. However, it did not have much of an impact. It still maintained its full speed and rushed toward Guizi Yamamoto for about ten nautical miles!
Then, the soldiers on the No. 2 warship controlled the torpedoes launcher and fired six torpedoes in an instant!
At this moment, they were still about ten nautical miles away from Mountain City!
The torpedoes were the common torpedoes used by Starstreak during World War II. They were nicknamed Schrodinger torpedoes!
Before the modification, thousands of torpedoes were launched, and the failure rate was as high as 70%. There were even cases where more than a dozen torpedoes hit local warships, but none of them exploded!
No one knew whether these torpedoes could explode before they came into contact with local warships!
However, the purpose of the Torpedo was to force the Shancheng to change direction!
This was Yu Zhiqian's strategy!
It was similar to Yamamoto's seven-by-eight tactic. He could split up the enemy's fleet formation and break them one by one!
However, Yamamoto 7 - 8 wanted to use submarines and cruisers!
Yu Zhiqian was more straightforward and violent. He directly used the destroyer to rush over and throw torpedoes!
Apart from Qu 2, Qu 1 also threw a few torpedoes at Hyuga after completing the anti-submarine mission!
These torpedoes maintained a speed of 17 knots and had an effective range of up to 40 nautical miles!
If the Hyuga continued to move in the direction of the established route, it was very likely that it would be loaded with these torpedoes!
The Hyuga and the Mountain City had no choice but to adjust their course slightly and head southwest!
At this moment, the Japanese had estimated the range of the Dusk to be 20 nautical miles. Even if they entered the range, they could quickly escape from the battle once they were hit!
However, Yu Zhiqian had been waiting for this moment!
When the Japanese's Shancheng entered the range of 20 nautical miles!
Yu Zhiqian ordered without hesitation. The main cannons of the Dusk were all aimed in the direction of Shanming!
"Release!"
Following the orders of the naval gunner!
The cannons of the Sunset exploded with a thunderous roar once again!
Nine cannons fired at the same time!
This time, he did not hold back at all!
Due to the recoil of the nine main cannons, the entire Dusk shifted more than ten meters on the surface of the sea!
The body of the ship tilted more than ten degrees!
After the Mountain City changed its course, it immediately turned its muzzle and aimed at San Marco, which was now Patrol No. 2!
The main cannon had just fired two rounds!
Suddenly, the observer at the top of the ship's command tower heard a sharp air-breaking sound!
As an experienced naval soldier, he instantly understood what the sound was!
It was the sound of a large-caliber artillery shell landing nearby!
He shouted at the megaphone beside him,"Cannon, dodge! Cannon, dodge!”
However, they did not give Mountain City any time to react!
Nine cannonballs landed around Mountain City!
One of the two shots landed on the side of the Mountain City, blasting a huge hole in it!
Another shell landed on the main turret of Mountain City!
After a loud bang, another loud bang followed!
One of Mountain City's triple main cannons was instantly destroyed!
For all the devils on the Mountain City, the luckiest thing was that there was no suicide!
Otherwise, Mountain City might have been destroyed by just one round of bombardment!
"Sir Commander, Mountain City has suffered heavy damage. Requesting to withdraw from the battle!”
When Yamamoto Shichisei Yachi heard his subordinate's report, his expression turned extremely ugly!
The battle had started less than an hour ago!
A single main-force warship was severely damaged? Losing the ability to fight?
This was not a good sign!
"Roger, permission to withdraw from the battle. Jia Gu will be in charge of covering your retreat to Shanghai Port!”
"Mountain City, copy!"
At this time, the destroyer No. 2, which had been wandering around Mountain City and constantly avoiding the main cannon of Mountain City, saw that Mountain City was heavily damaged. It immediately rushed towards Mountain City like a shark smelling blood, preparing to set up torpedoes on Mountain City's retreat path!
Just as the Mountain City began to retreat!
The Sunset's second volley of cannon fire arrived once again!
Yamamoto's eyes widened when he saw the second round of bombardment.""Impossible!"
At this moment, the Mountain City had slowed down, while the Sunset continued to maneuver south. The distance between them had already exceeded 20 nautical miles!
However, the cannonballs accurately landed around the Mountain City. There was even a cannonball that hit the stern of the Mountain City!
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