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For Zhuo Yuming, this night was definitely not peaceful.

At around 9:30, the destroyer "Guangzhou" that was leaving the front discovered the Japanese fleet, but did not make an accurate judgment immediately, believing that it was an aircraft carrier battle group led by Mu Haoyang.

Zhuo Yuming was a little surprised when he received the report from the destroyer because according to Mu Haoyang's arrangement, the aircraft carrier battle group had bypassed Makira Island and would not appear in this sea area. However, Zhuo Yuming did not make an accurate judgment immediately. First, the communication has not been restored and the exact location of the aircraft carrier battle group cannot be known. Second, all tactical predictions believe that the Japanese fleet is near New Caledonia, not near the Solomon Islands.

As a result, Zhuo Yuming asked the destroyer "Guangzhou" to send an inquiry signal.

Of course, he did not receive a reply.

The reason is very simple. The destroyer "Guangzhou" uses directional access equipment, while Japanese warships cannot intercept laser communication signals.

At this time, Zhuo Yuming still did not order the fire.

In any case, there are always unexpected situations on the battlefield. For example, the warship closer to the "Guangzhou" did not start directional communication equipment, or it had a malfunction. Perhaps it was because the aircraft carrier battle group temporarily adjusted its combat operations, resulting in an unexpected operation plan.

At this time, the Japanese fleet commander identified the warship that appeared in the rear.

There is nothing to say. There are no other Japanese warships on the Coral Sea, so the warships you encounter certainly do not belong to the Japanese Navy.

Because it is already very close to the Solomon Islands, it is unlikely to be an Australian warship.

The problem is that the Japanese fleet commander did not make a correct judgment either.

Because the "Guangzhou" was several kilometers ahead of the "Guangzhou" and the battle group and the artillery formation of the "Akagi" remained radio silent, so the Japanese fleet did not find the four cruisers and six destroyers behind the "Guangzhou", so I don't know if they encountered the Chinese fleet.

More importantly, after the encounter, the Guangzhou USS. did not turn to flee, nor did it open fire at the Japanese fleet.

This convinced the Japanese fleet commander that the "Guangzhou" was just a destroyer carrying out reconnaissance and patrol missions, and the Chinese fleet must be somewhere nearby.

After making this judgment, the Japanese fleet commander decisively issued a fire order.

At this time, he could no longer care about that. If he wanted to stay hidden, he had to sank the "Guangzhou" before sending a telegram.

In fact, the Japanese fleet commander felt a little lucky because when he ordered the fire, the Guangzhou did not send a telegram. In other words, as long as the Guangzhou is able to sink in time or its communication equipment is knocked out, it can avoid being discovered by the Chinese fleet.

The question is, is it possible to sink the Guangzhou number in time?

The first to fire was a destroyer located at the end of the battle group of the Akagi aircraft carrier, and the destroyer first used naval guns before firing anti-ship missiles.

With a distance of less than twenty kilometers, naval guns are more effective than anti-ship missiles.

At this time, it was already nine:34.

After observing the flash of the muzzle on the Japanese warship, the captain of the "Guangzhou" immediately issued a steering evasion order, and at the same time activated the warship's automatic defense system, sent a battle signal to the "Chongqing" about ten kilometers behind, and activated the main gun to fight back to the Japanese warship.

Now, there is no more suspense.

When receiving the battle signal from the "Guangzhou", probably because he was worried about accidentally hurting his friendly troops, Zhuo Yuming still did not immediately issue an order to fire and counterattack, but asked each warship to activate the sea search radar to determine whether the Japanese fleet was encountered in a directional detection method.

At the same time, the ten warships each dispatched a helicopter.

First, these helicopters go to identify the identity and can also guide artillery fire during shelling.

In less than a minute, all the radar officers of the ten warships confirmed that the Japanese fleet was ahead.

Zhuo Yuming did not hesitate anymore and immediately issued a fire order, and then made a series of tactical arrangements, such as evacuation of warships with shelling tactics, and shelling guidance provided by helicopters, etc.

It was 9:36 when the Chongqing dollar opened fire.

At this time, the "Guangzhou" had been hit by a shell fired by a Japanese destroyer.

Although Japanese destroyers were equipped with electrothermal chemical cannons, their main performance was not as good as electromagnetic cannons, in the very close artillery battle, Japanese destroyers took advantage of the advantage of firing first to suppress the "Guangzhou" and first let the "Guangzhou" taste the taste of shells.

In addition to dealing with artillery bombardment, the Guangzhou also has to face the influx of anti-ship missiles.

Fortunately, the "Guangzhou" was a nuclear-powered warship, and four sets of electromagnetic rapid-fire guns built an unbreakable line of defense. Moreover, the Japanese warships were not anti-ship missiles launched at the same time. In other words, more than 30 anti-ship missiles attacking the "Guangzhou" arrived in batches.

However, when conducting anti-missile interception, the Guangzhou USS can not use large-caliber electromagnetic guns.

The reason is very simple. When ensuring the speed, the remaining electrical energy can only drive electromagnetic rapid-fire guns or large-caliber electromagnetic guns, and it is impossible to ensure that the two sets of firepower systems are used at the same time.

When intercepting incoming anti-ship missiles, the Guangzhou USS. cannot launch anti-ship missiles.

For a moment, the "Guangzhou" could only avoid shells fired by Japanese destroyers through high-speed and violent maneuvers.

Fortunately, the friendly ships in the rear were put into battle in time.

The Chongqing and Tianjin hit the Japanese destroyer in the first round of short and rapid shooting, and at least six shells hit the same time.

Although this is not enough to sink a destroyer with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, it is enough to severely damage the destroyer.

At this time, the tactical and technical advantages of Chinese warships were reflected.

Although the electromagnetic gun is not much higher than the electrothermal chemical cannon in terms of continuous firing rate, mainly because the heat dissipation of the electromagnetic cannon is much more serious than that of the electrothermal chemical cannon, the advantages of the electromagnetic cannon are extremely obvious when firing for a short and rapid burst, because the working principle of the electromagnetic cannon is much simpler than that of the electrothermal chemical cannon.

Not to mention, if the electromagnetic gun has no medicine room, there is no need to inject the emission medicine, which saves one link. The electrothermal chemical gun must inject the emission medicine into the medicine room, which makes another link. Therefore, during short-term shooting, the firing rate of the electrothermal chemical gun is less than half that of the electromagnetic gun.

In battleship gun battles, short burst rate is the main tactical performance indicator.

When attacking the Japanese destroyer, the Chongqing and Tianjin each shot six shells in ten seconds, and then turned to observe the bombing situation. During this period, the electromagnetic gun began to cool down to prepare for the next round of short and rapid fire. After confirming the hitting of the target, the two cruisers began to bombard the second target. If necessary, they could also bombard the second target when observing the bombing point. However, Zhuo Yuming had enough troops and firepower advantages in his hands, and the situation on the battlefield was relatively chaotic, so he did not do so.

It can be seen that the shelling was very coherent and basically did not delay time.

Relatively speaking, the tactical advantages of the shelling formation are more obvious.

Because it is behind the Japanese fleet, all ten warships face the Japanese fleet.

Whether it is a Chinese warship or a Japanese warship, the main gun is at the head of the ship and the tail is the flight deck. In other words, all ten Chinese warships can be put into battle immediately and reach the maximum firepower density immediately. The Japanese fleet is not so lucky, and they have to turn before the battle.

Of course, there is no need to turn to ninety degrees.

The maximum firing range of most Japanese warship main guns is above 240 degrees, so you only need to turn to 60 degrees to aim the muzzle at the Chinese warships.

That's why after the artillery battle began, the Japanese fleet turned clockwise first.

The problem is that Japanese warships can turn, and Chinese warships can turn.

Zhuo Yuming participated in the Battle of the Longmu Strait and was considered the commander of the Chinese Navy who knew the artillery war best. So after discovering that the Japanese fleet turned, he immediately issued the same steering order, staying outside the firing boundary of the main gun of the Japanese warship as much as possible, and not giving Japanese warships a mobile phone.

In other words, the shelling formation immediately began to turn clockwise.

Faced with this situation, the only way for the Japanese fleet is to divide it into two parts and turn toward both sides.

At about 9:40, six destroyers in the Japanese fleet turned around at full speed and made counterclockwise maneuvers.

However, in this way, at most, only half of the warships can participate in artillery battles.

This is not the worst result.

After the Japanese fleet turned in a split direction, Zhuo Yuming adjusted the artillery tactics and allowed all warships to bombard the Japanese warships that were turning counterclockwise, because these warships would soon get the opportunity to fire.

In a moment, all four cruisers and six destroyers pointed their muzzles at six Japanese destroyers.

Judging from the number of artillery, the artillery formation had fourteen large-caliber electromagnetic guns, while the six Japanese destroyers had only six electrothermal chemical guns.

There is no suspense in the artillery battle.

Before the turn was completed, four destroyers were hit, three of which immediately ignited a fire, and the other began to slow down sharply.

After completing the steering, the other two destroyers only gained less than fifteen seconds of fire.

With only a few fires, the two destroyers were destroyed by dense artillery fire.

At 9:43, the shelling formation turned the muzzle toward two cruisers and a destroyer that were turning clockwise, but at this time the Japanese warships had the opportunity to fire.

It must be admitted that the counterattack of Japanese warships is very threatening.

Half a minute later, the "Chongqing" was hit by a shell and the bow of the ship was blown away. Immediately afterwards, the "Fujian" on the left was hit by a shell and the main mast.

However, the firepower density of the Japanese fleet was too poor.

Before the Chongqing fired and fought back, the Tianjin and Guangdong avenged it, and used extremely precise short and rapid shooting to silence the Japanese cruiser leading the team. The four destroyers located at the end of the formation concentrated their firepower and quickly paralyzed another cruiser.

At 9:45, the Chongqing USS. Chongqing personally resolved the last Japanese destroyer.

Perhaps the armor-piercing bomb hit the ammunition depot, and the Japanese destroyer broke into two pieces in a violent explosion and disappeared from the sea two minutes later.

However, the battle has not ended because the largest Japanese warship is not over yet...
Chapter completed!