The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

ps: Calvin is as uncomfortable as constipation... The recent plot is a bit crooked, I apologize!

Later generations called Halsey "the Patton of the U.S. Navy", which actually refers to their similar toughness, stubbornness, aggressiveness, perseverance and maverick, not sticking to secular rules, not bound by bureaucracy, not afraid , uncompromising, this kind of smelly and hard character in the latrine made many people headaches and helpless, but their paranoia finally won the victory.

That is enough to prove everything.

As a representative of American power, there is nothing in his mind that deserves more attention than honor and dignity. What Zhu Bin did was to slap them in the face. If it were someone else, he might take into account the attitude of the US government and the president. It's getting out of hand, and the two sides will break out a lose-lose war, which will cause a lot of losses and so on.

But Halsey didn't care.For the time being, he thinks it's best to kill that daring guy before discussing anything else!

The vast ocean is a natural jungle, and it is not easy to find a stealth warship hidden in it!

After easily breaking through the encirclement, the "Yingzhou" left two seriously injured cruisers temporarily incapacitated and walked away. When other warships surrounded them, there was not even a little smoke to be seen.

Well, in fact, a nuclear-powered fully electric cruiser would not have left much trace, and it would be difficult to track for a little longer.And after the planes on the battlefield were cleared, their whereabouts became extremely troublesome for a period of time!

It takes at least a dozen reconnaissance planes to search carefully at low altitudes to find it, and we have to hope that the weather will remain fine all the time. This difficulty is not ordinary!The problem is, there are only so many aircraft that this sea area can provide!

Halsey's order came very timely. The total number of reconnaissance planes on more than a dozen warships added up to nearly thirty, except for the ones that were killed.The remaining dozen or so planes swarmed out with the tragedy of being shot down, and searched in all directions. After nearly three hours, they finally found the trace of the "Yingzhou" again---an electromagnetic shielded airspace!

This peculiar trick is only mastered by the Chinese navy so far, and no other country can do anything about it. In turn, it just becomes a verification of the existence of the target.In order to ensure that the situation of being tricked by a submarine like yesterday did not happen again.The gathered reconnaissance planes are divided into multiple two-plane teams, and they keep the visual distance and form a series of relay searches slowly forward, and see which one is shot down in the end, and then the general location of the target warship can be determined.

The efficiency of this method is outrageously low, but it is also the only method that can work---the radius of the opponent's electromagnetic blockade area is hundreds of kilometers, which is really too big!

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, a group of seaplanes from Midway Island arrived and joined the search queue, and finally it was around five o'clock in the afternoon.Just relying on the advantage of numbers, the "Yingzhou" was found from the endless sea!By this time, the total number of various aircrafts that had been added to the search was as many as fifty!

This can be regarded as the largest air search operation since the establishment of the US Pacific Fleet. Regardless of the level of effect, the degree of attention is unprecedented!

The "Yingzhou", which had just disabled two US heavy cruisers, seemed to be completely unaware of what a terrible thing it had done. It moved forward leisurely and steadily at a speed of 25 knots, drawing a huge s on the sea. It is not so afraid of the U.S. military's pursuit and killing.

It was almost dusk.The reconnaissance plane passed the message out of the electromagnetic shielding area like a baton in a maneuvering attitude, and finally reached the advanced fleet.After confirming again and again, General Halsey's face became unhappy for a while.

"Gentlemen! I have to say that our enemy is very cunning! The timing of his exposure is really well chosen! It will be night soon, and that will be the environment where they can give full play to their technical and equipment advantages! According to the current course and speed , In the early hours of tomorrow, he may be able to enter the attack range of fighter jets with us. Or go south and hide in the Marshall Islands, concealing his whereabouts! He may even rush into our formation for a sneak attack!"

Halsey's eyes flashed with wisdom, and he pointed out the predicament he was facing.

The staff officers and captains were relaxed on the surface, but they seemed to be pressed by a huge boulder in their hearts, and they rushed to come up with ideas.

"Night combat is not terrible! Our aircraft carrier also carries a high-power SG radar. There are also hidden submarines on the periphery. It should not be difficult to find him!"

Halsey unceremoniously vetoed this judgment: "No! Judging from the experience of the 'Helena', our radar has little effect on him! The point is, so far, we have not been able to figure out what he is. What is the real purpose of it!"

Mills Browning reminded: "If it is Chinese, it may be revenge for the unilateral blockade passed by Congress! The loss caused is very fatal to a businessman! As far as we know, then With Mr. Zhu's temper, he will never swallow his anger!"

"But hasn't he already stolen the gold from the Federal Bank? And blocked the Panama Canal, is that enough?!"

This matter is too big, and anyone with a little brain knows it, and with the guidance of the Morgan consortium and DuPont and other groups with grudges fueling the flames, the public opinion in the United States now intentionally or unintentionally puts the responsibility on Zhu. Bin's head.

Mills shook his head: "No one can prove that he did it! That cunning guy didn't leave any evidence! And in the long run, his losses are far greater than those of the United States!"

Halsey waved his hand forcefully to stop the controversy: "Those are not important! Everything is based on killing the guy in front of you first! Order to go down, the whole fleet will reduce the forward speed, and ensure that it will not enter the opponent's long-range attack before sunrise tomorrow. scope!"

Fighting cannot be calculated unilaterally!Use your own disadvantages to match the opponent's advantages, a wise man will not do it!

From the disastrous defeat of the two main heavy cruisers, Halsey inferred the opponent's various attack capabilities. He felt "surprised". According to the battle report, the opponent only had one double-linked turret, but he was able to hit three triple-linked turrets. The rate is several times higher, the anti-strike ability is superior, and the entire battlefield seems to be controlled by them. This is a completely one-sided battle situation!

He asked himself, even if he commanded two identical heavy cruisers.I'm afraid I can't do it so well. Maybe a fast battleship can achieve such a record!

The fast fleet changed from a direct voyage to an oblique arc route, and from the original direct attack on the target area to a side detour, this would delay the voyage for at least three or four hours, but greatly increased the time for the two sides to meet.

Night fell.The reconnaissance planes were all out of action, and the "Yingzhou" calculated all these conditions. The original course, which was in the middle of Hawaii, suddenly changed to the southern route between the Marshall Islands and Johnston Island, and took advantage of the night to rest in shifts. The radar system was quiet. The destroyers and submarines that were discovered and searched in advance avoided, and no friction occurred.

After a whole peaceful night, the battleship suddenly ran to the south of Halsey's fast fleet. The distance between each other was nearly [-] kilometers, just outside the combat radius of its carrier-based aircraft!Especially after stopping the electromagnetic shielding at night.The US military's investigation and search network can't detect anything, and the investigation work must be restarted from the beginning, which has become a big trouble!

Until 10:30 in the morning, the radar screen of the "Yingzhou" had the signals of a large group of warships. In addition to the submarines and destroyers operating around the periphery, the most conspicuous ones were the four battleships marching aggressively in two columns. !There are also six heavy cruisers and piles of auxiliary ships!

Halsey's formation is really extraordinary, and the two fast and slow fleets he created support each other.Each blocked a piece of sea area, forming a three-sided encirclement with a diameter of more than [-] nautical miles.But seriously blocked the target inside!

Of course, Zhu Bin also commanded the warships to come here on purpose. He is not interested in going to the north to challenge the thousands of various fighters deployed by the US military --- that is the rhythm of courting death!

The distance between each other was less than [-] kilometers, and a dozen reconnaissance planes that took off in the early morning swept across a wide airspace of [-] kilometers, forming a huge search net with a width of [-] kilometers on the front.The dozens of scattered destroyers also released their own means to ensure that there were no omissions.

Halsey judged that the target warship was within the three-sided encirclement formed by them. With dozens of warships and hundreds of aircrafts in the search, it would not be found!

Almost when the "Yingzhou" radar saw the US fleet.Two U.S. reconnaissance planes found suspicious traces from different directions, and Halsey immediately ordered: "Kill him at all costs!"

The unprecedented amount of force, piles of giant ship cannons, and the formation of two aircraft carriers have exceeded the theoretical combat capabilities of the "Yingzhou".

Standing on the top of a high bridge, Zhu Bin looked up at the large dark clouds approaching from a distance, and grinned loudly: "Look! Even God will help! Such a good opportunity, don't miss it ! Let us make waves and make a big splash!"

A sea storm came unexpectedly, the intensity was not high, but it was enough to tear down walls and trees on land, causing disasters!

First, the strong wind rolled the waves rolling in from a distance. The five or six-meter-high waves seemed to raise the sea level in an instant, forming a huge wall nearly two stories high and pushing the sea thousands of miles away.Immediately afterwards, wave crests followed one after another amidst rumbling muffled roars!

The 8.2 to 1 slender hull of the "Yingzhou" is originally designed for harsh sea conditions. The longitudinal keel and armor box composed of high-strength alloys form a strong whole, which is strong enough to withstand sea conditions above level 7 and huge waves of 9 meters. The combat capability is guaranteed not to be greatly affected. Compared with the poor design of the warship cut off by the triangle wave of the Japanese Fourth Fleet, it is not at the same level at all!

The first wave of sea surged, and the battleship suddenly jumped up as if being supported by the palm of a giant titan. As it turned to avoid the posture, it broke through the waves. The violent pitching and jolting made the people on the ship almost unable to stand still!

Tesla's eyebrows fluttered in excitement, and he laughed and said, "It's such a rare good luck to encounter bad weather so soon! Let's see if our warships and equipment can withstand it!"

Zhu Bin complained in his heart: "The old man is really optimistic! He is not afraid that if something goes wrong, the American devils will seize the opportunity to pounce on him and kill him with indiscriminate bombing!"

Fortunately, all the crew members were psychologically prepared for this, and they sat down in their posts and continued to work without panicking.

The U.S. fleet is completely different!When the dark clouds and strong winds advancing like mountains against the sea surface hit, the commander of the squadron suddenly changed his expression!Based on his experience, he judged at that time that they were in big trouble!

In the Pacific Ocean, tropical storms are the most uncommon, and they always come every three to five times, and there are regularities.They are different in strength and weakness, and they are not afraid under normal circumstances.American warships are not as painstaking as those poor guys made in Japan.

But this time is different, there is an enemy ship just discovered on the opposite side!And it's a mysterious guy who doesn't know how powerful it is, but can easily defeat two heavy cruisers, so at least half of the battleships on his side will be threatened!

Most critically, they would have relied on winning fighters.Can't take off!

With the waves coming from the stormy wind and dark clouds, the peripheral ships first swayed. , the f4f, tbd and other fighters that had already started to launch had to be fixed and recovered in a hurry, and took off to attack?In this kind of weather conditions, court death!

The reconnaissance intelligence that finally came back showed that the battleship was advancing against the wind and waves, not avoiding its own strong formation at all; they realized.It's not that the other party didn't find himself, but wants to challenge directly!

Yes!challenge!Zhu Bin wants to take advantage of the storm and the severe loss of the US fleet's combat effectiveness, so he can directly rush forward and take the initiative to challenge!

The wind and waves pushed, the battleship swayed, and the sharp knife-shaped bow split the waves and approached boldly. When the heavy rain came, the cxam-1 radar of the "Yorktown" finally caught a trace of the signal.The radar crew almost freaked out on the spot—they found the target 25 nautical miles away, and the signal strength was twice as strong as that of the battleships they knew!

The radar officer thought he was wrong!It's true that their radar can pick up signals that far away.But the accuracy is not as high as ideal, and there is interference from the storm. In fact, it is very good to be able to spot the opponent at a distance of 16 nautical miles!

Discovery should be a good thing, the key is that all kinds of intelligence and the latest investigation and judgment show that the opponent is a large heavy cruiser!The displacement will never exceed 1 tons.With such a body shape, according to the design performance, the cxam-15 radar can only be seen within 10 nautical miles!Before that, the more advanced sg radar installed on the "Helena" had already been determined, and this guy might not be able to see the radar echo even if he was within [-] kilometers!

What the hell!

After repeatedly confirming that there are no errors.He had no choice but to report the situation up, and the radar chief got a big head when he heard it, and he kept feeding it back to the commander of the squadron, in exchange for a reprimand: "It doesn't matter what kind of signal they are, as long as the target is right. !The ships are ready to fight!"

On the "Yingzhou", Zhu Bin laughed and said, "Should the Yankees be taken aback? The signal strength of the battleship 'Yamato' we released, they can't figure out what's going on even if they try their best? !"

good!He just asked the battleship to form electronic signals from the collected data of the "Yamato", and then actively released it to the opponent's radar to find it, so as to cause serious misjudgments.This would have caused great distress if it were completely invisible at night.

The electronic warfare system of "Yingzhou" is more than that. She can even simulate the signal of an entire fleet. As long as it is not detected by naked eye observation, it can be judged only by radar signals. Whoever believes it will be fooled!

Right now, taking advantage of the storm, the U.S. military's vision is blurred. Although the effect is hard to say how strong it is, it is inevitable to cause chaos!

The U.S. military is really confused!Do they trust radar?If you believe it, then the opponent must have a displacement of at least [-] to [-] tons.Do not believe?So what about the next battle?Contradictory!

No matter what, you have to deal with it!

The wind!Huge waves!The howling storm blew the scattered U.S. warships upside down. Not to mention the take-off fighters, it would be nice to be able to stabilize and not be shaken apart. The main guns of the battleships were not centered. The distance is less than one kilometer!

Under such harsh conditions, submarines and destroyers are basically useless. Four heavy cruisers and four battleships came out more and more, and took the initiative to meet the strange guy in the signal. The crooked route became more and more difficult to judge, and the clearer and clearer radar signals made the crew on the "Yorktown" feel their hearts in their throats --- if the opponent is really such a big guy, if he approaches and shoots , who can stop it!

Finally, the two sides advanced to about 24 kilometers. The "Yingzhou" took advantage of a wave of waves to balance, and the naval gun opened fire first. When it was shot, it was a heavy armor-piercing projectile!The power of the electromagnetic reconnection accelerator is increased, and the muzzle velocity reaches Mach 10!

"Boom!" The two cannons made a sound, and the muzzle shock wave sprayed in an instant completely vaporized the rainwater within tens of meters in diameter, and the swelling spherical traces covered the entire bow of the ship. With a huge umbrella-shaped shock shield on its head, it shot out flat like lightning. The nearly straight ballistic trajectory was maintained for more than 20 kilometers before slowly sinking. On the frontmost and most conspicuous "West Virginia" battleship!

The mass of the heavy metal warhead is close to 203mm armor-piercing projectile, and the terminal speed exceeds Mach 5. The kinetic energy brought by it is not much worse than that of the main gun of the battleship. The 18-inch armor couldn't stop the super-speed penetration ability doped with tungsten alloy. Amidst the rumbling noise, a hole with a diameter of one meter was cut open in the front of the turret, and the mere one kilogram of mixed high-explosives in the warhead An explosion broke out in a closed environment, and the roots of the two 406mm gun barrels were blown to pieces, and all operating personnel were killed and injured in an instant! (to be continued..)