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    "General, the enemy's battleships are twice as many as ours, are much larger, have much more firepower, and are much faster than ours! Can we win?" On the Spanish,  On the battleship, a staff officer asked with despair!

    "The Chinese have already attacked. Even if we can't defeat them, we have no choice but to fight! Even if we die, we must maintain the glory of the Spanish Navy!" Lieutenant General Fernando said through gritted teeth!  He knew that the strength of the Chinese Navy had a decisive advantage over the Spanish Navy.  If the battle continues, the Spanish navy will most likely be wiped out. However, he is unwilling to escape, or in other words, unable to escape!  ¡®The Spanish-class battleships have a maximum speed of only 195 knots, while the six battleships of the Chinese Navy have a minimum speed of more than 21 knots.  They have no way to escape at all, they can only fight to the end!

    "General, these six Chinese battleships are super battleships captured from the British. Each battleship is equipped with five twin-mounted 343mm main guns. The firepower is much more powerful than our battleships, and the armor is also  It's much thicker than our battleships, and we have no chance of winning!" Another officer also persuaded!

    "No need to say any more, prepare to fight! For Spain, we must fight to the end!" Lieutenant General Fernando said stubbornly!

    At 3:50 pm, the distance between the two sides narrowed to 8,000 meters, and Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan issued the order to open fire.  These six battleships were all captured from the British Navy. Although fire control systems were installed during repairs at the shipyard, due to their design, the bombardment accuracy of the battleships was still not comparable to that of the battleships built by the Chinese Navy.  However, it is already much higher than when used by the British Navy!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Orange-red flames shone at the muzzle of the battleship "Iron Duke," and ten armor-piercing bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms were fired toward the "Iron Duke" eight thousand meters away under the influence of huge kinetic energy.  The Spanish battleship smashed into it, and the shells traveled through the air at high speed, making a sharp whistle that made people's scalps feel numb!

    Lines of water rose up from the sea on the left side of the Spanish battleship. The nearest impact point was less than 300 meters away from the Spanish battleship.  It's not bad to be able to achieve such a result in the first round of salvos. After seeing it, the Spanish naval officers and soldiers on the battleship "Spain" turned pale.  Obviously, they absolutely cannot achieve such results.  When the number and performance of battleships cannot match that of the opponent, even the quality of the navy cannot match that of the opponent.  Does the Spanish fleet still have a chance to win this battle?

    ¡®After the battleship Iron Duke opened fire, several other battleships also joined in.  Because the Spanish fleet only has three battleships, the Chinese fleet needs two to fight one of the six battleships.  Among them, 'The Iron Duke,' 'Ben Bow,' 'Spain,' 'Canada,' 'Audacity,' 'Alfonso XIII,' 'Centurion,' 'Thor,'  Deal with 'Jami I, No.!

    After the Chinese fleet opened fire, the Spanish fleet also launched a counterattack.  However, their counterattack seemed so fragile. At a distance of eight thousand meters, the Spanish fleet was unable to hit the Chinese fleet at all. The impact points of each bomb deviated very far, and the most outrageous ones even missed a thousand meters.  This shows how poor the training of these Spanish navy is!

    At 4:02 p.m., a 343mm armor-piercing shell fired from the battleship Canada hit the front main gun on the front deck of the battleship Alfonso XIII!  ¡®The Spanish-class battleship¡¯s turret armor is only 203mm, which cannot withstand the bombardment of 343mm armor-piercing projectiles.  The shell easily tore through the armor and exploded inside the turret, easily overturning the entire main gun.  Fortunately, there were no shells or propellants in the turret. Otherwise, the battleship 'Alfonso XIII' would have suffered a more severe blow!  However, only about ten minutes after the battle began, a battleship of the Spanish fleet was severely damaged. This had a great impact on the morale of the Spanish fleet!

    4:12 pm ¡¤ Among the salvoes fired from the battleship Benbow, one shell hit the battleship Spain, and another shell was a near-miss!  A shell hit the Spanish battleship's port side, blasting a large hole in the port side. Two secondary guns were destroyed, and several naval soldiers were killed or injured.  The near-missed bomb exploded near the waterline on the port side of the Spanish battleship. The strong pressure tore through the waterline armor of the Spanish battleship, creating a large hole more than three meters long.

    The water poured into the Spanish battleship through the hole.  The Spanish Navy has also not experienced a war for more than ten years, and damage control personnel failed to plug the loopholes in time.  plus

    ¡®Spain class, the design of the battleship is unreasonable and there are too few watertight compartments. Once the battleship is flooded and cannot be blocked, the ship will sink.??!  As more and more water came in, the stern of the battleship "Spain" was slowly sinking. It sank below the sea level in less than ten minutes, and the sinking speed was getting faster and faster.

    The commander of the Spanish fleet, Lieutenant General Fernando, issued the order to abandon the ship, but he did not leave the battleship, but sank into the sea along with the battleship!  Lieutenant General Fernando had lost confidence in this naval battle. As soon as the battle began, one battleship of the Spanish fleet was sunk and another was severely damaged.  The order of the Spanish fleet can be decided from this!

    When the Spanish battleship sinks into the sea, this naval battle will come to an end!  When Vice Admiral Fernando sank, the fleet chief of staff immediately issued an order to surrender!  The officers and soldiers of the Spanish Navy have long been frightened by the power of the Chinese Navy, and they no longer have the courage to continue fighting.  In order to survive, most of the people chose to surrender. Only a handful of people tried to escape, but they were all caught up by the Chinese Navy's light cruisers and destroyers and then sunk!

    In less than half an hour of fighting, the Spanish navy was completely wiped out.  two ships

    ¡®Spain-class battleships, the Chinese Navy didn¡¯t take notice.  However, although China does not like these battleships, after the war is over, they can be transferred to friendly countries as a bargaining chip to win over these countries!

    For Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan, Chief of Staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet, this battle was too unsatisfactory. The Spanish navy was too weak and it annihilated the opponent before even the aircraft carrier was dispatched. It felt like killing a chicken with a bull's-eye.  !  However, after destroying the Spanish navy, the fleet did not leave, but continued to cruise in the Gulf of Cadiz.  The fleet transporting the 2nd Army of the Army will arrive in the Gulf of Cadiz tomorrow morning. At that time, the fleet will also escort the 2nd Army's landing operations.

    At 5 a.m. on May 16, a squadron of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet led by Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan escorted the fleet transporting the Chinese Army¡¯s Second Group Army.  During the operation across the Atlantic, some warships from the Home Fleet and the Pacific Fleet provided escort for the army. In addition, the British Navy was now huddled in the North Sea. There were basically no dangers along the way!

    At 7 o'clock in the morning, a huge fleet appeared off the coast of Santa Maria Port. The sea was densely packed with transport ships and merchant ships. This scene shocked the residents of Santa Maria Port.  Many Spaniards knew yesterday that China had declared war on Spain, but they never expected that the Chinese army would appear at their doorstep the next day!

    After discussing with General Xie Dingkun, commander of the 2nd Group Army, Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan decided to launch an operation in Santa Maria Port immediately!

    At 7:30 in the morning, six battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet squadron led by Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan sailed into the sea only five kilometers away from the port of Santa Maria, and all their main guns were aimed at this coastal city.

    After Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan gave the order to fire, six battleships opened fire one after another!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" All the main guns of the six battleships began to roar, and 343mm high-explosive bombs flew towards the port of Santa Maria.  Because the war against Spain was so sudden, the Chinese army did not know how many Spanish troops were stationed in the port of Santa Maria, let alone military targets or civilian targets.  Therefore, the entire city is within the strike range of the Chinese Navy!

    "Boom!" A three-story building was hit by a 343mm artillery shell. The entire building was destroyed instantly. The building collapsed, killing many people!

    Cannonballs exploded in the city, turning buildings into ruins. Many Spaniards were either killed by the bombs or crushed to death by collapsed buildings, resulting in heavy casualties!

    "God! Save us!" Many Spaniards prayed to God in desperation, but to no avail.

    Many Spaniards began to flee out of the city. They didn't know how long the Chinese army's attack would last. They only knew that they had to escape here if they wanted to survive!

    In addition to the 6 battleships, other battleships in the fleet also joined in the bombardment. For a time, the entire port of Santa Maria was shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

    In fact, the Spanish army only had one regiment stationed in the port of Santa Maria. After the Chinese navy started shelling, the regiment knew that it could not resist the Chinese army's attack and immediately ran away.  On the contrary, many civilians in the Port of Santa Maria were killed in the shelling. However, the war was in chaos, and it was impossible to make specific statistics.  But according to the Spanish after the war, the Port of Santa Maria suffered heavy losses in this shelling, and at least more than 20,000 people died in the Chinese naval shelling.  Of course, China has not acknowledged this!
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