Major Johnson was taken aback by Admiral David Porter's order. The navy was not the cavalry of the army, so how could it launch an all-out assault?
And now is the time for the two fleets to "line up and kill". Both sides are facing the enemy sideways in order to maximize their firepower. At this time, whoever wants to abandon the good "line up and shoot" and change to a whole team assault, first must change the column to the horizontal team and change the side to meet the enemy from the bow!
Changing the side to meet the enemy from the bow is equivalent to actively giving the enemy a T-shaped position. At that time, the enemy will be able to concentrate firepower on one of the six American United States-class ships.
Even if the six United States-class ships launch a charge, they may not be able to break through the enemy's column with their slow speed. The enemy can rely on its own mobility to break up a large column into several small columns and continue to deal with the U.S. Navy. .
In addition, the Ming Navy's trump card is not only aircraft, they also use torpedoes with a range of more than 10,000 yards and a speed of more than 30 knots.
If the six United States-class warships of the U.S. Navy and other large warships bite the bullet and launch an attack, the enemy's torpedoes will have to show off their skills!
David Porter seemed to have heard what Major Johnson was thinking, and replied to himself: "I know the danger of the bow of the ship facing the enemy. We may suffer heavy losses, but this is the only way out of the current predicament. At the same time, It can also inflict heavy damage on the enemy!
If we can't attack decisively while we still have the strength to launch an attack, after the enemy's planes bomb a few more rounds and each of our US-class bombs is hit by more than ten or twenty 100-kg armor-piercing bombs, we can still Can you leave?
Although the enemy's 100 kilogram bomb may not cause fatal damage to our United States-class, it can still cause the United States-class to lose a large number of secondary guns. By then, their fast destroyers may rush near our battleships to launch torpedoes!
In fact, the enemy's hero class has greatly reduced our combat effectiveness and does not pose much of a threat. The real danger is the torpedoes of their aircraft and destroyers!
Instead of waiting to be bombed, we should fight hard. If we can break up the enemy's array and drag them into the melee, we may be able to turn defeat into victory.
Even if it doesn't work, if we turn now we are heading west, and a hundred nautical miles to the west is the coastline of the United States.
When we reach the coast of the United States, even if we are stranded, we can save the lives of some battleships and armored cruisers, as well as a large number of American naval officers and soldiers..."
He spoke very slowly, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to the naval officers around him or to himself. At the end, as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly raised his voice and said to the officers around him: "That's it... before the enemy fighter plane flies over our heads, complete the turn and launch an impact!
God will bless the United States of America, and God will bless each of us! "
"Yes, Commander!"
The surrounding US naval officers knew that the method proposed by Admiral David Porter was the best method currently imaginable.
This method can at least ensure that most of the ships can disengage from the ships of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet...
The battle has been going on so far, and those planes with the Ming dynasty mark painted on them are just chasing the six United States-level bombs.
Obviously, their purpose is to "explode big fish"... so the second- and third-class cruisers and destroyers on the battlefield are not in their eyes.
But there are dozens of ships, and each ship has at least one to two hundred American naval officers and soldiers, as many as four to five hundred! If you add it together, it's ten thousand or several thousand. This is the vitality of the U.S. Navy.
"Admiral, the American fleet seems to be turning into a horizontal formation! They are about to launch a charge."
On the Mexican Royal Navy flagship Bolivar, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Gonzalez Don Guerrero, had been beaten to a pulp by the Americans. He heard a shout from his staff and was sweating profusely. .
He has only 2 Hero-class ships and 2 Hero-class ships that can be used to fight against the Americans' 6 United States-class ships and 4 armored cruisers. The strength comparison is 4:10, which is really too disparate.
Especially the United States-class ship, which is clearly "specialized in fighting heroes". The 12-inch gun of the United States class is a great threat to the Hero class! Although his two heroic levels seem to be able to hold up now, the reason why they can hold up is not only the quality of the heroic levels, but also the fact that the distance between the two sides is relatively long, which is always more than 10,000 meters.
At this distance, the accuracy of the Americans' 60 12-inch cannons is somewhat problematic, and the penetration power of the 12-inch shells also decreases as the distance increases.
But now, the Americans have finally decided to go all out and launch an attack with the heroic 280mm main gun!
But there are only two Hero-class ships in the hands of Admiral Glore, and they are all injured. One of the ships also lost a turret, so there were only 14 280mm cannons in total that could be concentrated to exert their power... It was pretty good to be able to build a United States-class ship with this little firepower.
There are still five ships left, so why not sink all his heroes?
This is a treasure that the Mexican Empire spent a lot of silver to buy. If the Americans sank it today... wouldn't the backbone of the Mexican Empire's Royal Navy be broken?
Thinking of this, Admiral Guerrero shouted loudly: "Quick, send a telegram to Jiangyin... and ask Colonel Wang Wen to lead his ten warrior-class ships to come over immediately!
Tell Colonel Wang Wen that Americans must fight hard! Whether the American continent will be the Mexican Empire or the United States of America in the future will have the final say, it all depends on this battle..."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Your Excellency, the Americans' six United States-class ships have completed their turn."
"...They are about to attack! Your Excellency, what should we do?"
Admiral Guerrero immediately ordered: "Order all the main guns of the Bolivar and Imperator Agustín that can fire to the left to be aimed at...the American flagship!
In addition, both the Bolivar and Agustín turned on the forced ventilation for me to maintain maximum horsepower and be ready to maneuver at any time! "
"yes……"
Admiral Glory then shouted: "Order all guards and princes to prepare to launch a torpedo attack.
Once the enemy battleships get within 8,000 meters, launch a torpedo attack... flood them with a sea of torpedoes! "
"Yes, Admiral!"
After giving the order, General Guerrero crossed himself again and whispered: "God bless me, God bless the Mexican Empire!"
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Warrior-class cruiser, Jiangyin.
Colonel Wang Wen couldn't help laughing while holding the telegram he had just received from the Bolivar. While laughing, he also said to the people around him: "Mexicans are really imaginative... They really think of themselves as an empire!"
"Colonel, what should we do now?" asked a Ming Navy lieutenant colonel.
Wang Wen smiled and said: "No need to ask, of course we rush to the battlefield at full speed... We want to bleed the Americans as much as possible, and this is the purpose of our coming to the Atlantic Ocean!
Now, I order all ships to accelerate as fast as possible. Our chance to make a contribution is here!
I order, raise the bloody red flag, King Zhuge Wu Zhong will protect us! "
"Yes, Colonel!"
On the Atlantic Ocean about 20 nautical miles away from the battlefield, red flags were flying on the masts of ten Warrior-class second-class cruisers. All the warriors accelerated to their fastest speed. The V-shaped bow broke through the waves, crashed into the waves, and sailed straight towards the battlefield!
At the same moment, Colonel Li Zhaoxun, who personally led the third attack wave of carrier-based aircraft to fly over the battlefield, also roared out of habit: "The Ming Navy Air Force... charge me!"
As the Ssangyong fighter jet he piloted roared and dived towards the USS United States battleship from an altitude of two thousand meters at an angle of 40 degrees, the Second Atlantic Battle finally ushered in a decisive moment!
(End of chapter)
