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Text Chapter 823 The naval battle breaks out

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    "General, a Chilean destroyer was discovered!" On the battleship Buenos Aires, the watchman spotted the destroyer Coquimbo, and immediately reported it to Admiral Carlos Colo!

    "Chilean destroyers? Huh! This is already close to the mouth of the La Plate River and belongs to our Argentine waters. The Chilean navy still dares to come. Do you really think that our Argentine navy is easy to bully? The ships speed up and drive away Chile.  Human destroyer!" Admiral Carlos Colo ordered.

    "General, this is not good! The Chilean warships did not act excessively. There is no war between our two countries yet. If we attack the Chilean warships, it will not be easy to explain to the country!" An Argentine naval officer was worried.  said!

    "There is no need to sink the Chilean warships, just drive them away!" Carlos = Admiral Colo said.

    The four Buenos Aires-class battleships of the Argentine Navy accelerated towards the destroyer Jincobo.  However, the destroyer Jinkebo was selected by the Chinese Navy from the Dujiangyan class destroyers currently in service and sold to the Chilean Navy. Even after the Fuqing class destroyers were put into service, the performance of the Dujiangyan class destroyers was still the same.  The world is leading the way.  Although the firepower is not strong, the maximum speed of 30 knots is enough to get rid of any warship!

    ¡°After sending the telegram, the destroyer Jinkebo immediately sailed south and easily escaped the pursuit of the Argentine fleet.  However, the destroyer Jincobo did not stay away, but monitored the Argentine fleet from a distance and provided accurate information to the Chilean fleet.

    Fifty nautical miles away, the flagship of the Chilean fleet, the battleship Santiago, received the

    After receiving the telegram from the destroyer Jin Kebo, Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai immediately ordered to speed up the rendezvous with the destroyer Jin Kebo, and prepare all ships in the force for battle, preparing to defeat the Argentine fleet in one fell swoop.  As long as this Argentine fleet is defeated, the remaining old warships of the Argentine Navy will not be a concern!

    The two fleets are moving towards each other, the speed of the Argentine fleet is 5 knots and the speed of the Chilean fleet is 18 knots.  At a distance of fifty nautical miles, it would only take an hour and a half for the two fleets to encounter each other.

    An hour later, the Chilean fleet and the destroyer Jincobo merged. At the same time, the watchman on the battleship Santiago had discovered the Argentine fleet.  Almost at the same time, the watchman on the battleship Buenos Aires also discovered the huge smoke column in the south, and the huge battleships pulling below the smoke column!

    "Alert! The Chilean battleships are coming! Four new battleships of the Chilean Navy!" Wangshou immediately sounded the alarm.

    Argentine Admiral Carlos Colo immediately picked up the telescope and observed the enemy's situation.  The four huge Santiago-class battleships of the Chilean Navy appeared in his eyes.

    "What the hell! Why are they, the main force of the Chilean Navy, here? Has Chile declared war on us?" Carlos = Admiral Colo asked!

    "General, we have not received any news of a declaration of war so far!" the staff officer replied!

    This makes General Carlos Colo very confused.  Since there is no declaration of war, what is the Chilean Navy doing here?  Could it be conducting ocean-going training or investigating the specific situation of the Argentine Navy?  Or is this simply a trap and the Chileans want to go to war without declaring it?

    "General, we are still 22 kilometers away now, and we will be within the range of the opponent's naval guns in NO minutes. What should we do now?" the officer below asked.  If the Chilean fleet intends to fight Argentina without declaring war, then they are in danger.  Not to mention anything else, the Argentine Navy's Buenos Aires-class battleships are smaller than the Chilean Navy's Santiago-class battleships in terms of size alone!  Moreover, they are not familiar with the performance of the new battleships at all. It is God's blessing to be able to display 100% of the combat effectiveness at the third level.  Under such circumstances, fighting the Chilean Navy is simply hitting an egg with a stone!

    "Turn left 5 degrees and return directly to Buenos Aires! At the same time, be ready to fight. If the Chileans follow, then we must be ready to fight for the glory of Argentina!" Carlos = Colo enters  Jiang said with a serious face!

    "Yes, General!" The Argentine fleet turned immediately, drew an arc on the sea, and changed its course from southwest to due west.

    "General Zhao, the Argentines have turned. What should we do now?" Admiral Jorge, commander of the Chilean Navy, said excitedly.

    Now, the Chilean Navy has captured the Argentine Navy. As long as these Argentine warships are sent to the bottom of the sea, the Chilean Navy will win.  Although this battle was actually commanded by the Chinese, the nominal military exploits still belong to him!  When he thought of these, he felt very?Excited!

    "Order all ships to prepare for battle! Accelerate to 20 knots, catch up with the Argentine fleet, and then sink them!" Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai gave the order without hesitation.  If the Argentine fleet is allowed to slip away, then all previous efforts will be in vain!  !

    The four battleships of the Chilean fleet, Santiago, Talca, Concepcion and La Serena, formed a line of battleships and accelerated towards the Argentine fleet.  The main guns on the battleship have taken off their gun jackets.  The turret has begun to rotate, adjusting the coordinates of the bombardment.

    The other heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers are protecting the battleship!

    "General, the Chileans are speeding up. They really want to attack us!" The officers of the Argentine fleet shouted in horror.  They never thought that the Chileans would attack them at this time, or in this undeclared war!

    "Despicable Chileans! Send a telegram to the president immediately and tell him that we are being attacked by the Chileans. The ships are ready to fight!" Admiral Carlos Colo ordered.

    The four battleships of the Argentine fleet also immediately adjusted their formation, with 'Buenos Aires' at the forefront, 'San Luis', 'Cordoba' and 'Mendoza' behind.  Form a battle line and sail west.  There is still one day's sail from Buenos Aires. Even if it sails at maximum speed, it will be difficult to escape the Chilean fleet.  What's more, the Chilean fleet also has several cruisers.  Therefore, Admiral Carlos Colo can only prepare for battle while hoping to hold on until the fleet returns to Buenos Aires!

    At 11:50 a.m., the Chilean fleet caught up with the Argentine fleet, and the distance between the two sides had shortened to 10,000 meters.  However, neither the Chilean fleet nor the Argentine fleet has any plans to open fire yet.  If it were the Chinese Navy, at this distance, I am afraid it would have already launched a fierce attack.  But judging from the gunnery skills of the Chilean Navy, if you want to hit the opponent at this distance, you may only have to rely on God's blessing!  The Argentine Navy is even worse than the Chilean Navy.

    ¡°Turn left no degree, maintain speed, and seize the T!¡± Major General Zhao Hongcai issued a new order.  ¡®The Santiago-class battleship has a maximum speed of 22 knots, which is much faster than the Argentine Navy¡¯s

    ¡®Buenos Aires class, battleship, has a slight advantage!

    However, the commander of the Argentine Navy, Admiral Carlos Colo, was not a fool. After discovering the intentions of the Chilean Navy, he immediately reversed course, causing Major General Zhao Hongcai's intentions to fail.

    At 12:20 noon, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to meters!

    "Order each ship to reduce its speed to 15 knots and prepare to start attacking!" After Rear Admiral Zhao Hongcai found that he could not commandeer the T prefix, he had no choice but to adopt this battleship duel method!

    "Fire!" At 12:30 noon, the USS Santiago, which had completed its preparations for bombardment, fired the first salvo of this naval battle.  Five triple-mounted 343mm naval guns erupted into balls of orange-red flames.  The five triple-mounted main guns fired at the same time, and the huge recoil directly caused the battleship Santiago to move two meters on the sea surface, and the entire hull shook violently!

    Brigadier General Zhao Hongcai was also very nervous. The Santiago-class battleship built according to the requirements of the Chileans was equipped with main guns. Although the keel was reinforced, he was really afraid of being shaken apart during the salvo.  Fortunately, the technology of Chinese shipyards is quite good, and it seems that there will be no internal earthquakes and falling apart in a short time!

    For a high-speed naval gun shell, it only takes more than ten seconds to reach a distance of 1 meter.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A series of dense explosions exploded on the left side of the Argentine Navy's battleship Buenos Aires.  Huge water pillars rose into the sky with an astonishing momentum.  The officers and soldiers of the Argentine Navy were completely shocked.  However, Brigadier General Zhao Hongcai was very dissatisfied with this round of bombardment.  The distance to the impact point of the nearest shell

    ¡®Buenos Aires, No. 1, is three hundred meters away!  This shows how bad the Chilean Navy's gunnery skills are!

    "Oh God! Each Chilean battleship actually has 5 main guns, and they are still millimeter-caliber main guns!" The officers and soldiers of the Argentine Navy couldn't help but turn pale.  My own battleship only has NO 5mm main guns. Whether it is the number of main guns or their caliber, the gap is not that big!  If he was hit, he would definitely be dead!

    "Counterattack! Counterattack!" Carlos = Admiral Colo was also very shocked, but then gave the order to counterattack.  Although the Argentine navy is not strong, it will not fight back even if it is beaten!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The Argentine navy, which was already prepared, also began to counterattack.  Just??, their gunnery skills were even worse. The shells had already fallen into the sea five hundred meters away from the Santiago!
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