Anti-Japanese War: Red Alert Base, I am the Power

Several destroyers floated on the sea, with thick smoke rising into the sky.

In more than ten minutes, they were either sunk or caught fire under the concentrated fire of the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers and the Cleveland-class light cruisers.

It didn't play any role.

Vice Admiral Mitchell was gradually despairing at this moment.

Could it be that they really couldn't escape death today?

But if he surrendered like this.

The pride of the French Navy would never let him surrender without a fight.

"Pass my order, turn around and occupy a favorable position to counterattack."

There is no way to escape, so the only choice is to fight hard.

Although they were filled with panic and knew they were no match for the opponent, they still did not hesitate to make a sharp turn on the sea.

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at the direction of the Iowa-class battleship.

"It seems they still have some courage. In this case, we must not let our opponents underestimate us.

Focus fire on the battleship Provence and send it to the bottom of the sea."

"Report, the enemy ship has entered the effective range of our main guns and can be fired at any time."

The captain was shocked and immediately shouted:"Turn and fire immediately, each main gun will fire every 3-5 seconds."

"Yes! Right rudder one-third, speed reduced by 22."........"

The two Iowa-class battleships began to draw a long arc-shaped wake and began to turn at sea.

The battleships weighing more than 50,000 tons did not seem bulky at sea.

They quickly completed the turn at sea, turning their port side towards the French Far East Fleet that was attacking them.

The muzzles of the three triple-mounted 406mm main guns turned slightly.

At this time, the fire control system began to calculate a large amount of data through the Hawkeye fire control radar and the optical firing director to predict the opponent's actions.

Although the data was a lot, it was only a matter of seconds for the general shipboard computer.

"Fire!"

"boom....."

The main gun started roaring, and after three seconds, the second main gun fired again, followed by the third.....

With the radar fire control system and the shipboard computer, there is no need to fire volleys to increase the hit rate.

Instead, the hit rate will be higher and higher through continuous calibration.

A distance of more than 30 kilometers is only 20 to 30 seconds for the shells.

The French sailors on the battleship Provence stared at the shells whistling towards them.

"Damn, their naval guns have a range of more than 35 kilometers."

When he saw the trajectory of the shells, Vice Admiral Mitchell's face changed. As an experienced man, he knew that he was already within the range of the enemy's naval guns.

However, at such a long distance, the hit rate is very low.

Moreover, the enemy did not fire in unison, but fired the next one after a few seconds.

Did they have too few shells?

Or should they use the experience of calibrating shells on land to fight at sea?

But judging from their shelling of the mine squadron just now, they did not seem to be rookies.

Just as his thoughts were flowing, the first shell had arrived in the area of the battleship Provence.

""Bombardment!"

Someone shouted. Vice Admiral Mitchell looked up and saw a scene that made his pupils shrink.

The shell almost grazed the mast of the Provence battleship and then fell on the sea surface dozens of meters behind the battleship.

"boom......"

The water column shot up into the sky amidst the violent explosion, creating huge waves tens of meters high.

"Cross-shoot...It was straddle fire.

They all knew what straddle fire meant in naval warfare.

But the first round of shells was straddle fire at a distance of more than 30 kilometers. Was it a bit too outrageous? Was it luck or.......

Before they could think about it, more than three seconds later, the second shell fell.

This shell did not cross the battleship, but fell less than 30 meters in front of the battleship.

Everyone who saw this scene turned pale.

"Oops....."

The third shell came a few seconds later, and this time the Provence battleship did not dodge it.

This semi-armor-piercing shell went straight through the front of the deck.

"boom......."

Then the shell exploded violently under the deck.

The entire Provence battleship trembled violently.

Then the explosion shock wave tore the deck from the inside with flames rising into the sky.

Although this shell did not pose a fatal threat to the Provence battleship.

But it made everyone's heart sink to the bottom.

Shells fell one after another.

It takes half a minute for a battleship's 9 main guns to finish firing.

The firing rate of the MK-7 main gun is 2 rounds per minute, that is, one round per half a minute.

It just happened to be connected, so it was almost uninterrupted firing.

Of course, this will cause greater wear and tear on the main gun, but as the Red Alert Navy, will they care about the wear and tear of the main gun?

The third shell did have a lot of luck.

The next six or seven shells did not hit the Provence battleship.

Because at this moment, the Provence battleship was making irregular maneuvers on the sea under the thick smoke.

This also reduced the chance of the main gun hitting to a certain extent.

Although the Iowa-class battleships are equipped with fire control radars, this is actually equivalent to installing a high-power scope on a bow and arrow. (To read exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

If you want to significantly increase the hit rate, you also need to equip the main gun with a two-way or even three-way stabilizer like a tank, and then use guided shells.

Only in this way can you achieve an extremely high hit rate.

However, judging from the current hit rate, this is already quite high.

The 13th shell successfully hit the port side of the Provence battleship and penetrated directly from the upper part of the port side.[]

There was another violent explosion.

This was another heavy blow to the battleship Provence.

How could the old ship withstand two 406 mm bombardments?

Seawater began to pour in along the gap.

Although the damage control personnel had tried very hard, the battleship Provence was still taking on a lot of water.

At this moment, a large fleet of aircraft appeared in the air about 500 meters above sea level, encircling the French fleet from three directions.

One of the formations came directly towards the battleship Provence.

At this time, the battleship Provence was hit again.

An armor-piercing shell hit directly in the middle of the battleship's conning tower.

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the conning tower was almost blown down.

Faced with the roaring fleet, the already chaotic French Far East Fleet became even more chaotic...........

One after another, F8F Bearcat carrier-based fighters roared over the fleet, sweeping down a burst of bullets from time to time.

This behavior also attracted concentrated fire from the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower.

One after another, A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft entered the fleet's air defense circle from a low altitude of 500 meters.

The target was the Provence battleship in front of the fleet.

As an old ship from the First World War, the anti-aircraft firepower itself was not strong.

The battleship was hit hard by three shells in succession, and smoke had enveloped the entire battleship.

When they noticed the more than a dozen Skyraider fighters approaching, it was too late.

Aerial torpedoes were dropped from the Skyraider fighters.

When the aerial torpedoes entered the water, the engines started and headed towards the Provence battleship hundreds of meters away.

"boom....boom.....boom........"

Then there were several violent explosions from the battleship Provence.

More than six one-ton aerial torpedoes hit the old ship one after another, giving it a fatal blow.

Then another round of aerial torpedoes was dropped.

Four were hit again.

How could this battleship of less than 30,000 tons withstand the successive hits of so many torpedoes?

It began to sink in less than five minutes with thick smoke.

This scene made the French Far East Fleet completely desperate.

Many warships began to raise white flags.

However, some warships were more tough, and their eyes were bulging after seeing the Provence battleship sink.

Their suicidal behavior was also taken care of by the naval aviation fighters.

In less than half an hour, the battle here was over.

This also made the sailors of the two Iowa-class battleships feel a little frustrated.

They fought for so long, and even the Provence battleship was not sunk.

And when the naval aviation fighters came, the battle was over in less than half an hour.

The battleship seems to be really outdated.

This also made many people realize this problem.

The future must be dominated by aircraft carriers.

No matter how powerful a battleship is, it is nothing more than a coffin on the sea.

"Leave one fleet to escort them to Da Nang, and the rest of the warships continue to go north 3.6 to encircle the English Far East Fleet."

Due to electronic interference, the English Far East Fleet did not know that the French Far East Fleet was gone.

They were less than 200 kilometers away from Bangkok at this moment.

At this moment, the English fleet has sent seaplanes to Bangkok to investigate the situation.

However, these seaplanes never return, and they were shot down before they even saw Bangkok.

This also verified their thinking that this coalition force of tens of thousands of soldiers was indeed in trouble.

The coalition forces are most likely finished.

But what should they do now?

Continue to go to Bangkok? It seems that there is no point anymore.

"Return immediately, we can't stay in the Gulf of Siam for long."

The English fleet was still very wary of the Ares Group's air force.

As the Royal Navy, they were very proud, but they also knew that the current air force was still a threat to the fleet.

Walton Borg was a little surprised when he received the news that the English fleet turned south, which disrupted his plan.

But it didn't matter, so let's take action in advance.