Chapter 387 Battleship Attack

"They burn coal. I have never heard of anyone blowing up coal."

"Their boats are larger than ours, and their sinking resistance is better than ours. There is no problem at all after being hit."

"Their companions are nearby, and they can be rescued by jumping into the sea. We will die if we jump into the sea."

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The loss of two armed speedboats at once was almost a bloodbath. George's fleet had to avoid the waters off Nassau, and heated discussions took place on the remaining six ships of the fleet. Everyone agreed that his commander was out of his mind!

Of course, this can only be thought about privately.

George, who led the fleet, still held the command, but he was not reconciled to leaving in disgrace after running so far, and still wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge. The way to retaliate is to block!

I have traveled so far, but have no results at all. How can this be possible? I do not go! I will stay near Nassau to fight guerrillas, not allowing any ships to enter the port of Nassau, cutting off your internal and external connections, looking for opportunities to see if I can make a big deal.

This is Commander George's tactics in Matanzas, constant harassment, constant attacks, making it impossible for the enemy to live a normal life. He decided to replicate it in Nassau.

However, Nassau didn't seem to care about George's six ships. It didn't send out the killer AC-130U to drive them away, and it didn't take off the unmanned reconnaissance plane to search for them, as if nothing happened.

The tense and impulsive revenge that George had imagined by the enemy did not happen at all, and the entire Nassau sea area was quiet, except for the crackling of the thin ice on the sea surface, and only the crew members who were frozen like dogs kept complaining. He had to contact '007' Wade lurking in Nassau by radio, but the news he got was that there was no movement on the island.

"What happened to the people on the island? I blocked their port, and they didn't respond at all." After squatting for a day, George felt like he was being ignored like a fool. The most terrible thing was that he led There is no way for six armed speedboats to operate at sea for a long time. If the enemy can't die, he can only leave in despair.

"Shameless, obscene, despicable, without the slightest military temperament! They didn't respond at all when they blocked the door of their house. They are simply cowards." Commander George was not reconciled. Anyway, come out and beat me with something!

The high-ranking adviser of the dignified "Enclave" military advisory group, did he come so far just to slap his opponent twice? The most hateful thing is that the opponent won't continue to fight after winning a game. This clearly shows that there is no chance to make a comeback!

George hated it so much that he decided to wait another day. If the opponent doesn't come out even if he dies, then he can proudly go back and declare that it is because he is too strong, which makes the enemy afraid of avoiding battle.

At this time, in the dock of the Nassau Ship Repair Yard, the steam warship that had completed boiler installation had finished its transformation. This ship is barely usable. Anyway, it is an emergency product, it can run for a month or two without leaking, and if it does not sink in the sea after one or two battles, it will pay back the cost.

The dock opened the gates to release the water, and after the battleship floated, the boiler was started. After more than an hour, the pressure of the boiler was fully accumulated, and the steam turbine was driven to power the battleship. Captain Derek of the "Aurora" personally led a group of sailors on board, and drove the ship out of the dock to start the trial voyage.

"It's not bad, it's not as bad as I imagined." Captain Derek is still very satisfied with the initial sea trials. It is already a miracle that he can transform a steam battleship in a short period of time. "The engine room is forced to ventilate, spray kerosene into the boiler, increase the power, let's try how fast we can run at full speed."

Zhou Qingfeng managed to get several oil tanks and dozens of tons of old kerosene. Because the kerosene had too much dross, it couldn't be used for anything else and could only be used for burning.

The engine room sprayed kerosene into the boiler, and the fire suddenly exploded, and thick smoke billowed from the chimney. The power of the steam turbine was also increased by at least 30%, and the entire battleship immediately broke through the designed maximum speed of 15 knots, reaching 18 knots.

The steam battleship of the thousand-ton class ran for eighteen knots, and it really had a bit of awe-inspiring momentum. But at this time, the sea search radar on the ship found several fast-approaching targets.

Looking at the speed of the boat, you don't need to think too much to know that it is the armed speedboats that came to make trouble two days ago.

The first officer on the ship immediately suggested: "Captain, should we retreat to the defensive circle of the floating turret?"

"No, get the turret ready, we are armed for trial sailing." Captain Derek refused, "We will open fire when the enemy approaches."

Because it was too hasty, the main turret of the steam battleship was an M777 155mm army howitzer. Ordinarily, this gun can only hit fixed targets on the ground, and it has no way to deal with speedboats running around at sea, but it can't stand up to the guided shells of other guns!

The 'Copperhead' laser-guided projectile is a bit old. In order for this shell to exert its power, a fire guidance team works on the bridge of the battleship. A full set of artillery observation equipment and laser target designators were deployed. At the moment, the sea was relatively calm, and the target was the armed speedboat that was approaching at high speed.

At this moment, Commander George also discovered on his radar the steam battleship of the 'Aurora Legion' that had just come out for sea trials. His Excellency the Commander was overjoyed when he saw a big target coming out. He was waiting to make contributions and become famous all over the world. He was already impatient with waiting!

When the radar speed measurement showed that the target's speed was only 18 knots, and the sky saw billowing black smoke, Commander George didn't take his opponent seriously, "Hahaha..., these idiots really made a steam battleship. But this speed will never escape our pursuit, and now it can't run away even if it wants to, let's go up and beat it to death!"

In order to teach the "Aurora Legion" a harsh lesson, Commander George decided to use the big killer weapon he had been hiding all along—the "Hellfire" missile. This missile was originally installed on an M1117 armored vehicle, and now it is installed on Commander George's ship together with the launcher.

'Hellfire' has a range of ten kilometers and is extremely powerful. George decided not to give the opponent any chance to counterattack this time, and to kill the opponent first, "Go forward! When the opponent is ten kilometers away, I will kill the opponent with my own hands. "

The aggressive Commander George was full of resentment, and he decided to take revenge no matter what today. For the two armed speedboats that were sunk two days ago, for the men who died on the sunken speedboat, and for the humiliation he suffered in front of the opponent's idiot-like floating battery, he decided to...

Your Excellency Commander's inspirational mood was brewing, but a large-caliber shell fell from the sky, and a violent explosion exploded on the sea. The roaring sound shook Mr. George's brains out, and in front of everyone in the fleet, another armed speedboat was in bad luck.

"Hey, where did this shell come from?" Commander George looked at the shell that hit his own speedboat just now, and didn't react for a long time. "Theoretically, I should fire first!"

It's just that the captains of the remaining five speedboats in the entire fleet had a tacit understanding, completely ignoring the bullshit 'theory' of their own commanders, and turned around and ran away when they saw something was wrong. No one wants to stay to test whether the theory is correct. (To be continued.)