1825 My New Daming

Chapter 373 Chapter 373 Overtaken?See my Zhuge Liuye tactics! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

In the early morning of November 11th, the North Atlantic Ocean.

Dezhou Sea Self-Destroyer Detachment [-], flagship, USS Maya armored destroyer.

The sky in the North Atlantic is good tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, the waves are roaring, and the hull of the [-]-ton armored drive undulates, but there is no light shining through.

Inside the bridge, Seiichiro Tani, the destroyer of the Dezhou Haizi, stood with his arms folded, holding his beloved sword in one hand, watching his disciples pointing at the chart to discuss calculations, his brows became more and more frowning tighter.

This man, Seiichiro Tani, is a good friend, as his name suggests, he is a man who can do everything well.As a swordsmanship teacher of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he is proficient in the spear technique of the Hozoin school, the bow technique of the Yoshida style, and the sword technique of the Shininkage style.During his tenure in Edo, he had competed martial arts with swordsmen from all over Japan many times, and he was the real martial arts number one in Japan.

Because of his high martial arts skills, he also won the opportunity to enter the Japanese Navy Institute, and graduated from the Navy Institute with no opponents in the workshop and the No. 1 score in the graduation examination.After graduating, he was sent by the shogunate to study in Daming. He studied under Zhuge Weiyi, the then head of the Daming Naval Staff College, and learned "Zhuge Liuhai Tactics". "Night Battle Cheats".

After studying and returning to China, Nobutomo Tani Seiichiro joined the shogunate navy, and because he was the "Successor of Zhuge" and the number one master of martial arts in Japan, he was very successful in the shogunate navy and soon became the deputy of the naval training institute. long.He also got 1000 Shijialu and became the senior bannerman of the shogunate. He was about to reach the pinnacle of his life, and no one thought that the Japanese navy would disappear inexplicably.

It's not that he was wiped out, but that he was lost under the oppression of the absolute superiority of the Ming Dynasty Navy. It's really embarrassing.Perhaps it was because the disintegration of the shogunate navy was too embarrassing, so Shintomo Nantani Seiichiro did not join the newly established shogunate marine police, but opened a dojo to teach his three skills of "gun, bow, and sword" until his best friend Takeki Enomoto came to invite him not long ago to join Dezhou Haizi.
Originally, Takeki Enomoto wanted his friend to command the frigate unit, but because Nobutomo Otani could not fly a plane, and he did not believe that a small wooden biplane could sink a large battleship, so he joined the destroyer unit. Made a commitment.

As a result, after the Battle of the Norfolk Naval Port and the New York Air Raid, Nangu Nobutomo regretted that he, the "Senior Ichiro", had been fine for more than 30 years, but he became confused in his profession (Navy) and became an outdated warship. Sent.

However, he is not in the mood to think about "jumping back" to the aviation faction right now, because Saigo Takamori entrusted him with an extremely difficult task when he was evacuating the coast of New York-to break the rear and prepare to fight the enemy at night!
It is not easy to complete this task, because the position of the Haizi air force when they evacuated the coast of New York is not good-there is no sea to the north and west of the coast of New York, that is the American continent, and of course Haizi's fleet can't go there Run in those two directions.The U.S. armored cruiser force chasing the Haizi aviation unit occupied the position southeast of New York in advance. No matter whether the Haizi aviation unit went south, east, or southeast, it was easy to be blocked.

So Saigo Takamori could only take the fleet to the southwest, that is, run along the east coast of the United States. Of course, such a running method is not very ideal, because it is easy to be blocked by the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet running from the Gulf of Mexico. secondly, it is too easy to be exposed—it must be exposed at dawn!Even if it is not dawn, you have to be careful to turn off the lights and sail at night, for fear of being discovered by the shore or passing American ships.

But this is not the worst. The worst thing is that the armored destroyer under Nangu is too slow!
These so-called armored destroyers are actually outdated "old ships" (the ships are not very old, but their performance is too outdated). Regardless of the small size of more than 3000 tons, the speed is not as fast as the two more than 2 tons. The aircraft-carrying frigate is fast. The difference is not a little bit, but a full 5 knots!Akagi and Kaga, which were converted from civilian ships, now have a speed of 23 knots, while the "Guogong" class patrol (now equipped with a drive) is only 18 knots!
So when he was running, Xixiang felt that the 6 armored destroyers protecting the aircraft-carrying frigate were too cumbersome, so he just dumped them and left first. Nangu didn't know what to say?Since Akagi and Kaga are so capable, why do they still need protection?Can't the two boats play by themselves?There were fights and planes, two ships and 80 planes flew out in a haze, even if the enemy had a few battleships, they couldn't handle the bombing like this!Their speed is still fast, 23 knots!The battleships and armored cruisers that can catch up with them right now must be Daming's own.So run away as soon as you run.Even if the enemy sent destroyers to chase them, the two aircraft-carrying frigates also had a lot of 155mm naval guns, enough for self-defense.

So Nanya's destroyer unit is indeed a burden.
But Xixiang regards him as a burden, he can't give up on himself!You have to try to escape, and you have to prepare for the night battle!Because Nangu knows very well that he can't escape with a speed of 18 knots!

What is chasing him now is an armored cruiser unit of the US Atlantic Fleet!Although there are only 6 real patrols in this unit, there are still many destroyers with a speed of more than 25 knots.And the 6-pack cruiser is also faster than Nanya's destroyer.

So it's only a matter of time before they catch up!
What Nangu can do now is to be caught up as late as possible. If he can be delayed until dawn, then even if he is caught up, he can still ask Xixiang to send a plane to help.

"Follow, the radio station has detected the enemy's electronic signal!"

Just when Nangu was thinking about how to delay until dawn, the voice of the communication officer suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Can you confirm where the radio waves are coming from?" Nangu asked quickly.

"It is impossible to determine the exact location, but it is certain that it was sent from near us, either by the US military radio station on the shore, or by..."

Before the communication officer finished speaking, Nangu Xinyou had already made a judgment immediately: "Baga, I've been caught up!"

However, he quickly regained his composure, and stared at the graduates of the former naval cadets who served as staff officers on the ship with piercing eyes, "Release the radio silence and send power to Aoba, Myoko, Haguro, Mogami, Tone, and Suzuya , Let the ships adopt Zhuge Liuye tactics, send out elite night vision soldiers, and prepare for battle!"

"Hay!"

The so-called "Zhuge Liuye Tactic" is actually a method of using the night to set up an ambush and release torpedoes.It seems ordinary, but as long as it is equipped with "Night Vision Soldiers" selected and cultivated with the Zhuge family's secret technique, it will be able to win a hundred battles.

The method of selecting "night vision soldiers" is "sea selection". As long as the population base is large enough, some "night vision soldiers" can always be selected.After the "Night Eyes" were selected, they had to be fed cod liver and carrots. If conditions did not permit, they would be fed cod liver oil directly. They also had to keep enough sleep during their duties, and prohibit excessive use of eyes, etc. It is said that this was the case back then The method used by King Zhuge Wuzhong to train elite soldiers for night battles when he fought against the Manchurians.

"Lieutenant General, a call back from Major General Perry. He has led the battleship squadron through the Florida Straits and is heading north up the Florida peninsula."

At the same time, inside the bridge of the USS Pennsylvania, David Porter was standing in the bridge with the lights off, looking at the darkness outside, frowning. He had been chasing for several hours, but he didn't see any shadow of the enemy. Are you going in the wrong direction?It will be dawn in a while. If you can't catch up, I'm afraid you will really lose it.

Just as he thought of this, a group of bright and dazzling fireballs suddenly appeared in the southwest sky!

At this moment, David Porter, who was used to the night, couldn't see anything except the flare that suddenly appeared in the distance.But he was like a bright mirror in his heart, this is... caught up!
(End of this chapter)