Super Chief - Chapter 732

The Majestic Empire’s fleet stopped on the sea about four kilometers from the central river, but did not anchor.

　　 When the watchman standing on the observation deck said that a Spanish sailing warship was about to sail out of the Havana Bay through the central river channel, the fleet’s guns suddenly roared.

　　Using semaphores and radio, the seven Cherokee-class battleships already knew where to fire their guns.

　　The firing area of ​​the 122mm twin main gun with the longest effective range is the other end of the central river, and the coverage area is at the junction of the Havana Bay and the central river.

　　The shooting area of ​​the 105mm twin naval guns is the entire central river. The 105 guns of each of the seven warships are responsible for the channel length of about 300 meters, and the 76mm guns cooperate with the 105 guns.

　　 As for the 76mm mortar, it is responsible for the estuary area of ​​the central river.

　　 The first to fire was naturally the 122mm twin main guns on the seven battleships.

　　 Since the Cherokee-class battleships replaced their main guns, each Cherokee-class battleship now has six 122 mm twin turrets in the first three rear three and eight 105 mm twin turrets. As for the original 76mm twin turrets, they have all become single guns. There are eight 76 guns on each ship. Of course, the 76 mortars with extremely fast firing rate still have 24 guns.

　　 In other words, there are currently twelve 122mm main guns, sixteen 105mm guns, eight 76mm guns, and twenty-four 76 mortars on a Cherokee-class battleship.

　　 These naval guns, whether they are main or secondary guns, fire high-explosive grenades!

　　 To deal with this wooden-shell sailing warship, it is too extravagant to use armor-piercing shells, and high explosive shells are the best.

　　 The position where the Dahua Empire’s fleet stayed was just outside the range of the fortress gun. The large-caliber fortress guns could not hit the fleet at a distance of more than 500 meters, but the fleet’s naval guns could easily block the central river.

　　 This situation is very interesting.

　　 Don’t look at your large number of artillery, large caliber, but you can’t shoot me, your artillery are blind eyes and deaf ears, they are arranged…

On the other side of the Imperial Fleet, there are a total of 84 122mm main guns on the seven warships. They easily fired two rounds per minute and evenly scattered the shells to the other end of the central river. The central river channel, which was more than 100 meters wide, was sealed.

　　 The first unlucky thing was a Spanish privateer, which was a four-tier sailing ship, also known as a cruiser.

　　 The ship wanted to sail out of the bay at its own speed. As a result, as soon as it approached the central river channel, two 122mm high-explosive bombs hit the head-iron privateer one after another.

　　 Two shells directly crippled the privateer, three masts were broken, and two huge holes appeared on the front and rear decks.

　　 The ship did not last long before the sailors on the ship abandoned the ship and escaped.

The fate of this privateer caused all the sailors on the Spanish battleships to jump off. They never expected that the artillery range of the seven battleships could be so far, and they could keep so high at such a distance. The hit rate!

　　 At this time, all the Spanish warships gathered in the bay did not dare to move forward.

　　 As long as the Spanish warships do not move, the main guns of the Imperial Fleet will not fire. But as long as a boat wants to run out, there will be overwhelming shells falling down immediately.

　　 Even with the size of the Salvador de Mundo, this Tier 1 battleship did not dare to rush forward.

　　The first-class battleship is better than that. It is also a wooden battleship. In front of the 122mm high-explosive bomb, that is the food!

　　 Compared to the densely packed sailing warships in the bay, the seven Cherokee-class warships parked in the open sea seemed so lonely. However, just like this, seven battleships abruptly blocked more than 120 sailing ships directly in the bay and couldn’t get out.

　　 At this time, only the large-caliber fort cannons of the two fortresses on the sea fired at the sea in vain at a rate of fire close to once every two minutes. But the projectiles fired by these powerful large-caliber fortress guns can hit the farthest distance more than 500 meters from the seven warships…

　　 On the contrary, none of the seven Cherokee-class battleships’ artillery will pay attention to the two fortresses.

　　As the commander of the fleet, he got the boss’s order before he came, that is, try not to damage the facilities in Havana. After all, if it is broken, he will have to repair it himself.

　　 As for the Spaniards fleet, they are also trying to block them into the bay. If they can be forced to surrender, that would be the best.

　　 With the Cherokee-class naval gun range, it is enough to cover the entire Havana Bay. If the imperial fleet really wants to attack these Spanish warships, it will rely on the fact that these warships are now densely gathered together, and it only needs more than a dozen rounds of saturation attacks from the fleet to destroy at least one third of the Spanish warships.

　　 As for the two fortresses that can’t move at all, if the fleet wants to fight, the two strong fortresses are just two live targets.

　　 The main task of the fleet now is to block the bay and prevent the Spanish warships in Havana Bay from leaving the port.

　　 Therefore, the scene where seven steel battleships face off with more than 120 Spanish sailing battleships across a two-kilometer central river channel is really weird and funny.

Of course, there is another very important reason why the seven battleships of the empire did this. The twenty-two armed merchant ships behind them quickly approached the coastline west of Havana, and then the soldiers of the five regiments of the first division Land in Havana!

　　 Later, the Spanish warships in the bay may have been landed by soldiers of the First Division, so these warships began to rush out wanton~www.mtlnovel.com~ As a result, the guns of the Empire fleet roared again. It’s just that compared to the slow shooting before, this bombardment directly turned into a saturated bombardment.

　　 Within one minute, more than 300 rounds of 122mm high-explosive shells and over 500 rounds of 105mm high-explosive shells directly sealed the entire central river channel.

　　 More than thirty Spanish battleships were hit and set ablaze in just two minutes, and four sailing ships were completely turned into a pile of **** floating on the sea directly because of the explosion of ammunition.

　　 As for the largest sailing battleship Salvador de Mondo, it has also received special attention.

　　 Even if this ship has been hiding behind, the Navajo also paid special attention to this largest sailing warship.

　　 Therefore, in just a few minutes, the brand-new Salvador de Mondo was hit by four shells, and it hit this first-class sailing battleship and never dared to rush forward…

　　 The narrow central river channel used to be the best protection of Havana Bay, but now it has become a death channel for the Spanish Upwind Fleet and privateers.

　　 This blockade has lasted for nearly a day, and under the guarantee of sufficient ammunition, no Spanish warship can run out of the central river.

And when the seventh and eighth regiments of the First Division of the Grim Bear Army captured Havana early the next morning, and quickly erected hundreds of 76 mortars on the walls, Havana It can’t be kept, and the Spanish Upwind Fleet can’t keep it either…