Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Did the Yinglong fleet really arrive too late and throw off the pace of the attack on Oahu?

It can be said that it is, but it can also be said that it is not.

As the commander of Yinglong's fleet, Wang Hongchang would certainly not make such a stupid mistake as letting the attack get out of hand.

The reason why he arrived late was because he was discovered by a small American fleet consisting of one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, and seven frigates when he was 30 nautical miles north of Oahu.

At that time, Qiu Shutong and the others had already entered Pearl Harbor and launched an attack.

The small fleet that Wang Hongchang encountered also belonged to the Pacific Fleet, but this fleet had previously been trained by the Charles Police Station for ocean-going training.

They have been training on the ocean for 20 days and are now preparing to return to Oahu to participate in tomorrow's New Year celebrations.

As a result, we did not expect to encounter the Bactrian fleet thirty nautical miles north of Oahu.

Being discovered by this small fleet here, Wang Hongchang didn't know whether he said he was lucky or unlucky?

If the time was advanced a little earlier and Daxia was hit by the other party before Daxia declared war on Milicia, even if Wang Hongchang acted extra fast, he would not be able to prevent this small fleet from transmitting the information back to Oahu or the mainland of Milicia.

So Daxia cannot escape the charge of undeclared war. This will have a great impact on Daxia's international reputation.

Although, like now, war has just been declared on our side, and the warships are directly in the face, it is somewhat a little bit, but all of this is still allowed by the rules.

The second point is that if we do not encounter this fleet, then once we sneak attack on Oahu, this fleet may become an uncertain factor.

At that time, whether they attack from behind or choose not to save Oahu and flee directly, they will cause trouble to Daxia.

To give a very simple example, if they hadn't encountered this small fleet, then they would have gone directly to Daxia and destroyed Daxia's transportation lines. Wouldn't it have had a big impact on Daxia?

If Daxia wants to protect the safety of its own route and ensure that it can defeat this small fleet, should it keep more warships behind?

So in the front, are there fewer warships for attack? Will that affect the offensive strength?

Therefore, from this point of view, Wang Hongchang is lucky because he eliminated the threat in advance.

As for his misfortune, it was this small fleet that delayed his trip to Oahu.

Since it is impossible to leave this fleet alone, then fight and use the fastest speed to destroy the opponent.

Therefore, Wang Hongchang ordered an attack as soon as he discovered this small fleet.

The Taizong's 460mm main gun launched the attack first, and the one and a half ton shells hit directly next to the heavy cruiser.

Although the first round missed, the shell fell into the sea and directly exploded a water column of [-] meters high, which also frightened the captain of the heavy cruiser.

He swore that even the main gun of America's newest battleship, the USS Wyoming, was not so powerful.

One shot can splash up a hundred-meter water column. It is hard to imagine whether the warship under one's feet can withstand it if this shot hits it.

The heavy cruiser battleships did not even dare to give orders to fight back.

After all, he is very calculated here. He only has ten battleships, and only three can be regarded as capital ships.

And the other side, at a glance, is densely packed. There are fifty or sixty capital ships alone, plus destroyers and frigates, the total number has almost reached 150.

The fifteen-fold gap left the commander of this small fleet with no courage to fight.

"Damn, that's a Daxia warship, and they actually fired at us! Are they also participating in the war?" Joey, the commander of this small fleet, looked horrified.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have not received any news about Daxia's participation in the war! Is there some misunderstanding?"

Since the shell just exploded nearby, causing the battleship to shake a little, the first mate grabbed the guardrail and said to Joey.

"Damn, what more news do we need! The Daxia people have already opened fire on us! Are you blind?" Joey looked at his first officer with some dissatisfaction.

Joey has always felt that his first mate has no ability and likes to follow dogma in everything.

But in a real battlefield, will there be any dogma for you to copy?

Therefore, a first mate with no actual combat experience has no way to help himself, and will also create a lot of trouble for himself.

Just like the current situation, the Daxia people's warships have opened fire on themselves, which means that the Daxia people have joined the war, and they are still on the opposite side of themselves.

Otherwise, why would the Daxia warships appear here and open fire on their own initiative?

At this time, as a commander, you should decide whether to fight back or retreat.

Based on the current situation, it is impossible to fight back, after all, the gap in the number of battleships is too big. Therefore, what should be done now is to retreat immediately.

And what about his first mate? But I still wonder if there is a misunderstanding?

Is there any misunderstanding in this? Although it was already evening, the visibility was not low, so there was no misjudgment at all.

Since the people of Daxia opened fire on themselves, they must have declared war, so there was no chance at all and they could just run away.

Joey didn't want to talk to his first mate at all now, and directly gave the order to the signal soldier through the microphone, asking him to give the order to the fleet, make a collective turn, and flee north.

Now Joey just hopes that the Daxia fleet will look down on him and let him leave.

However, Wang Hongchang had already issued an order, asking the Yinglong fleet to destroy this small fleet first.

So, Joey's wish came true.

The Taizong's salvo did not hit, but he also got relevant data.

So while loading the shells, the Taizong ordered other warships to bombard Milician's fleet based on the parameters it had just provided.

After Yinglong's fleet got the parameters, they immediately adjusted their cannon muzzles, and then warships kept firing at Joey and the others.

The shells were like a meteor shower, constantly hitting Joey's fleet.

Many of those artillery shells have near misses, and once they have near misses, they are not far away from being hit.

Ten minutes after the war started, the first shot from the Qin-class battleship "Shihuang" hit the heavy cruiser where Joey was, directly blowing the deck of the heavy cruiser beyond recognition.

This shell was like a signal. Shells kept hitting Joey and his battleship immediately fell into a sea of ​​fire.

Continuous battleships were hit by artillery shells. The cruisers were okay, at least they were big enough and had some armor, but those frigates and destroyers were basically sunk if they were hit by a single shot from the battleship.

Joey saw with his own eyes that a destroyer was hit on the side by a shot from the Taizong and then broke into two pieces.