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Chapter 138 Heavy Cruiser Bombardment
An OS2U Kingfisher was launched from a catapult on the USS Baltimore and slowly rose into the air.

This aircraft is the observation aircraft of the USS Baltimore, which is used to collect shooting data from the air to help the main gun to calibrate.

The USS Baltimore will not enter the archipelago dogfight, but will only hide behind the reef and throw shells at the opposing expulsion, so there is no risk of being hit by thunder.

Martina's preparations are still very good. She often visits this sea area before the game, and finds the most suitable output point.

A larger reef, or a small island is not an exaggeration.The size is just right, not only blocking the 200-meter-long hull of the Baltimore, but also not blocking the shells fired by the Baltimore.

Martina directly asked the captain to stop the ship here, taking this fatal spot.

Mai has been grabbed, and then you can start ordering songs.

This song "Hit You Paralyzed Competition" was given to the O-class destroyer of Jasmine Women's College.

According to the data provided by the observation plane, the gunners on the USS Baltimore quickly found the first target, which was the stranded destroyer USS Orwell.

The immobile target is the chicken, unable to move even if he wants to, and can only watch himself being beaten.

The Baltimore quickly fired its first salvo, and nine 203mm shells escaped and flew towards the Orwell at high speed.

This round of shells did not hit the Orwell, but fell on the sea about 100 meters behind it.

The result of this shooting is already very good. It is very difficult to achieve the first hit in a real naval battle. Generally, it takes several rounds of ballistic correction to hit the target.

The observation plane quickly reported the data of this round of shooting to the mothership, and the gunners on Baltimore immediately corrected the trajectory.

The Orwell survived one round, but not the second.

This kind of static-to-static shooting accuracy is very high. The gunner on the Baltimore only slightly adjusted the trajectory. In the second round of shooting, three 3mm shells hit the Orwell.

Since the destroyer's armor is very thin, it is easy to pass through with large-caliber armor-piercing projectiles. Therefore, the Baltimore did not use armor-piercing projectiles, but used high-explosive projectiles.

The 203mm high-explosive shell was a devastating blow to the destroyer. One of the three hit shells blew up the bridge, one vaporized the bow, and the other erased the two turrets behind the Orwell.

"Hit the heart!"

"Okay!" Martina paused, and then continued: "One more round and they're dead!"

In fact, the Orwell has lost its combat capability now, the bridge is gone, the two guns are gone, and most of the anti-aircraft gunners on the deck have been sent away by fragments.

Although the rate of fire of the heavy cruiser is not as high as that of the destroyer, it can fire several rounds in one minute. Before the survivors on the Orwell had time to catch their breath, the third salvo from the Baltimore arrived.

This time, four shells hit the Orwell, directly flattening the superstructure of the destroyer, and the remaining hull also caught fire.

Although it didn't sink, it was no different from sinking. There were no living people on this ship.

This 2000-ton destroyer can't even last a minute in the hands of the Baltimore. This is how heavy cruisers crush destroyers.

"The next target is the O-class destroyer that is on fire."

After the Obdurate caught fire, it quickly became the target of the three destroyers on Oarai's side.

A 127mm shell from the Isokaze hit the stern of the Obdurate and managed to jam the destroyer's stern rudder.

When hit by the shell, the Obdurate was maneuvering, just in the situation of full port rudder.After the steering gear was stuck, the Obdurate circled directly in place.

Compared to targets running around blindly, of course, this kind of disabled person who circles around on a fixed trajectory is easier to hit.

"Fire!"

Another 9 shells came out of the muzzle and flew towards the Obdurate of Jasmine Women's College.

Naturally, this round of salvo missed, but the gunners on the Baltimore were not discouraged, and quickly corrected the trajectory based on the results of the shooting.

After the second and third rounds of shooting, the gunners on the Baltimore almost figured out the rules of action on the opposite side, and finally got stuck on the timing (harmony) of the Obdurate and the Baltimore in the fourth round. At that point, two 203mm shells hit the Obdurate.

One shell hit the position in front of the bridge, blowing away the two 127mm guns at the front of the ship, and the other shell actually hit the quadruple 533mm torpedo launcher in the middle of the Obdurate's hull.

The energy generated by the 203mm explosion was so huge that it directly detonated the four torpedoes in the torpedo launcher.

Although the 533mm MK9 torpedo does not have as many charges as the 610mm acid torpedo, it is terrifying to explode four of them together.

A mushroom cloud soared into the sky, and the Obdurate was directly blown into two pieces.

The destroyer is like this, without protection + various ammunition is exposed, it is very easy to be detonated.There are also destroyers sunk by a 50-pound bomb in World War II, such as Kisaragi, Kisaragi, and Kisaragi.

After the two destroyers were shot down by the Baltimore, the Jasmine Women's College finally realized the strangeness of the battle situation.

"Yes, the Baltimore, Orwell and Obdurate sank."

Although I haven't seen the Baltimore on Oarai's side, the only one that can deal this damage is the Baltimore.

"Continuing like this will only increase losses... temporarily withdraw from the battlefield."

Even though half of his own destroyers had been lost, Shizuku Hirai still had no fluctuations and remained indifferent.

"learn."

After receiving the order, the remaining three destroyers of the Jasmine Women's Academy immediately turned their bows and withdrew from the battlefield without a second thought.

"The remaining three destroyers of Miyazawa Women's Academy have escaped!"

"Don't chase yet, Shijinfeng, Isokaze, and Yanyang withdraw from the battlefield first and reload the torpedoes."

Martina is still very calm. After all, the two Dido-class light cruisers on the opposite side have not yet appeared. Although these two light cruisers can't beat the Baltimore, they still crush the destroyer.

Therefore, Martina decided to let the three Yanyang-class destroyers reload torpedoes first.

The Yanyang-class destroyers are equipped with a torpedo reloading system, which can reload torpedoes directly at sea. As long as these three destroyers are given a little time, 24 more torpedoes will be available in Oarai soon.

(End of this chapter)