The warships on both sides were constantly hit by bullets, and huge explosions came from the hull from time to time. This could definitely become a real desperate battle. After the two sides approached 2km, the fleets of both sides struggled to move forward in the rain of bullets, with high speed and precise 10

The 13-inch cannon and the American fleet have slower fire speeds, but the powerful 13-inch cannon can cause enough trauma to the opponent!

The Spanish ship at the head of the team was attacked by the two battleships Indiana and Iowa. The entire superstructure burst into flames, and some steam pipes also ruptured due to the huge vibration caused by being hit by heavy artillery. The speed had to be slowed down, and

The situation of the Indiana was not good either. A 10-inch shell directly chipped off one of its chimneys! Suddenly, a large amount of black smoke filled the entire hull. The Massachusetts, which was in third place, was

Under the attack of the König and the Madrid, all the secondary guns except one 8-inch gun were completely lost. The entire bridge had also been collapsed in half. In the second half of the bridge, except for a few that were still stubbornly standing upright,

A few metal supports, and everything else was swallowed up by the flames. The Oregon at the end of the team was in a better situation. After all, the pressure brought by Pisa was not great, and the firepower of the King's separate support was not very strong.

During the approaching attack, both fleets paid a very high price. The first to withdraw from the battlefield was the Pisa-class armored cruiser Cologne in the Spanish fleet. A 13-inch shell luckily hit the Colon.

On the armor on the side of the transmission shaft, the mere 4-inch tail armor cannot stop it at all.

The heavy impact of this 500+kg shell penetrated the thick armor on the side line. The remaining shell hit the dome of the Cologne heavily. Then the fuse ignited the charge in the shell, and after a loud noise, the Cologne

One of the drive shafts was damaged, and the entire battleship's speed was reduced to less than 12 knots, forcing it to fall behind.

The withdrawal of the Cologne caused a subtle change in the entire battle situation. The Oregon at the end of the queue was finally freed to support its brothers! And now the King in the Spanish fleet will soon be attacked by two ships.

The battleship attack was an extremely critical situation.

"Get ready to speed up. The withdrawal of the Cologne may also be a good thing. We have finally released the speed. Send the report to the lightning strike force. Let them prepare to attack once our fleet moves to the port side." Yang Yonglin said,

At this time, we have entered the most critical moment. Several hours of fighting, and even all the previous battles

The fight was all about the coming lightning strike! After leaving the Cologne, the Spanish fleet could finally increase its speed to about 18 knots, and then began to move away from the American fleet. When the distance between the two sides was re-locked at about 5km, the Spanish fleet decided to speed up.

Passing diagonally from the front creates the illusion of trying to seize the T-shaped crosshead.

At this time, the U.S. fleet did not react much when seeing its opponent moving away. In Simpson's view, with the departure of the Cologne, it would have an advantage. In this case, the U.S. fleet could completely implement certain self-rescues.

The decisive battle will be held later. After all, the distance is far away, and the hit rate will be reduced. Firefighting and emergency repairs can still be carried out. Moreover, the speed of the US fleet has also dropped significantly at this time. The entire fleet can only maintain a speed of about 13 knots, which is lower than that of the opponent.

More than 4 knots lower!

However, when the Spanish fleet tried to seize the T-shaped head, the U.S. fleet could not remain calm. The withdrawal of the Cologne gave the U.S. fleet an advantage, but once the opponent seized the position, the remaining three warships could completely position themselves.

The Iowa at the head of the fleet was broken into pieces. So in order to avoid this situation, the U.S. fleet must also turn! The original formation

The situation is that the U.S. fleet is on the side closer to the land and the Spanish fleet is on the right. Once it turns, the Spanish fleet will turn to the side closer to the inside of the port. And the U.S. fleet is on the outside! In this way, because of the smoke and the Spanish

Without the obstruction of the fleet, it would be difficult for the Americans to discover the situation at certain angles in the port. And this is exactly what Yang Yonglin needs!

After completing the turn, the two sides re-arranged themselves into two parallel battle lines. At this time, the distance between the two sides had widened to about 5km. At this distance, for both sides who had suffered heavy artillery losses, the impact of the shelling was

The effect was better than nothing. Just when the Americans were wondering whether the Spanish fleet was planning to fight or prepare to retreat, one after another Sturgeon-class torpedo boats were quickly rushing towards the battlefield under the cover of smoke!

The high speed of the Sturgeon class of up to 24 knots did not keep the American fleet waiting for too long. Soon, the torpedo boats rushing out from the front and back of the Spanish fleet finally appeared in the sight of the Americans! At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 4km.

?This is only a matter of minutes for a torpedo boat formation with a speed of up to 24 knots!

"Attack all firepower to the torpedo boat, repeat, attack the torpedo boat with all firepower!" After Simpson saw the rapidly approaching torpedo boat, his pupils quickly turned into needle-like shapes indicating crisis! At the same time, the U.S. fleet must also give up its long-term entanglement with it.

The Spanish battleships began to concentrate their fire on the torpedo boats! "

"It's too late, disband the formation!" At this moment, Magiffin suddenly passed over Simpson and ordered directly. He was more realistic than Simpson. He knew that after a long battle, the U.S. fleet no longer had enough firepower to suppress these desperate attacks.

The torpedo boat was destroyed, and the too-low speed could not avoid such a dense attack. Therefore, in this case, the only choice was to disband the formation and count as many as possible!

Seeing Simpson's angry eyes, Magiffin remained unmoved and repeated the order just now! The Iowa, which discovered the danger, quickly turned left and headed to the open sea! And behind it were Indiana and Massachusetts.

However, they were unable to maneuver quickly due to battle damage. They were the first targets of a total of 12 torpedo boats from two directions!

The torpedo boats that rushed out from the front of the Spanish fleet launched an attack. They were divided into two waves, each wave consisted of 3 torpedo boats. When they braved the artillery fire of the American fleet and hit 1km, the three torpedo boats turned at the same time and joined forces with the Indiana.

lead to the train, and then 10 rounds of 18-inch torpedoes were fired from the spinner

The torpedoes roared out from the forwarding frame! At a distance of less than 1km, the salvo of 10 torpedoes was absolutely terrifying! The Indiana, which had already taken in a lot of water and was seriously injured, struggled to dodge 5 of them, and finally

The sixth and seventh torpedoes hit this poor battleship almost at the same time!

The sixth torpedo hit the bow of the ship, and the huge explosion almost cut off the entire damaged bow. The seventh torpedo hit the middle of the hull directly. The high-pressure bubbles and water flow generated after the explosion directly tore a 5-meter-long hole on the side string.

With a large opening 2 meters wide, turbulent seawater poured directly into the interior of the hull, submerging two boiler rooms. The entire warship soon lost power and slowly sank in the waves.

Just when the torpedo boats that broke in from the front launched an attack, the torpedo boats that entered from the rear also began to attack the Massachusetts. The Massachusetts, which had more remaining firepower, made the Spanish torpedo boats pay the first drop of blood! An 8-inch shell directly hit the ship.

Hit the launch tube of one of the torpedo boats numbered tb8, and the huge explosion directly tore the small boat into pieces, but Marseille

The Zhuzai's firepower only went so far. The other two torpedo boats still successfully fired 6 torpedoes. However, due to the interference and avoidance of the other party, the 6 torpedoes missed. However, it didn't matter. The second wave of attacks followed.

Three torpedo boats followed closely behind! Just after the first wave of attacks ended, the second wave of torpedo boats had already reached the firing position!

The Massachusetts, which was struggling to evade, was really unable to cope with this wave of more violent lightning strikes. All the remaining artillery was firing in vain, but with the firing of 8 torpedoes, the fate of this battleship had been decided!

A torpedo hit the stern of the turning USS Massachusetts! A huge explosion shattered a propeller and rudder! A large amount of water poured from the ship.

The torpedoes poured into the tail breach, and the entire battleship's deck sank rapidly, and soon became flush with the water. The remaining torpedoes still hit the uncontrollable battleship one after another. In the end, the Marseilles

The USS Massachusetts weighed 3 torpedoes, and it took on a lot of water. It even sank before the USS Indiana! But before it sank, the 8-inch gun of the USS Massachusetts sent one of the torpedo boats into the sea like a ghost!

At this time, the last American battleship USS Oregon left on the battlefield needed to face the attacks of the remaining six torpedo boats. Fortunately, it suffered little losses in the previous battle, and the Cologne did not cause too serious damage to it.

damage, which allowed it to face attacks from torpedo boats with ease. Facing relatively intensive firepower, only 2 torpedo boats fired 4 torpedoes. And one of them was destroyed by the Oregon.

However, the Oregon did not escape the crisis after escaping the lightning strike, because now, with the evacuation of the Iowa, it is the only warship on the sea, and opposite it are three Spanish warships armed to the teeth. In terms of tonnage,

, the other party is almost three times as big as himself!

"Are we just going to watch the Oregon sink?" Simpson said with some despair.

"If we go back now, the U.S. battleship formation will really disappear from the navy!" Magiffin reluctantly looked at the Oregon in the distance, which was struggling to resist the pursuers. "We can still rely on the distance we have opened now.

There is a chance to withdraw from the battlefield before dark. If we go back, the final result will be that everything is sunk in battle, and everything left by the U.S. Navy after more than 10 years of construction will be gone."

"Colonel Magiffin, promise me, promise me to bring back as much of the fleet as possible." Simpson said after scanning all the people in the entire command tower. He looked at it very seriously, trying to remember everyone among them. Then,

Simpson took a step back, pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger against his temple! With the sound of a gunshot, the entire command module fell silent. Everyone observed a moment of silence for their commander and at the same time for the defeated U.S. Navy.
Chapter completed!