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Vickers-class destroyer 601 hunt begins

"Damn it, it really is the Japanese landing fleet.

Captain, you guessed it right."

Another fleet officer nearby was looking at the huge Japanese fleet still marching in formation on the sea ahead.

He also widened his eyes and then exclaimed.

At this moment, everyone was extremely excited. They stared at the Japanese landing fleet on the sea in front of them as if they were watching a feast.

Boom boom!

Cannon fire rang out.

As the fleet commanded by Wang Chuying advanced at high speed, it had entered the artillery range of the two Japanese warships.

The Japanese warships could not bear it any longer and opened fire first.

"Send a message to Zhuojun, Jianye, Gusu, and Chaoge, and have them form a formation with four ships.

Go and deal with the two Japanese warships.

Judging from their size and speed, the two Japanese warships should be a heavy cruiser and a destroyer.

It's just right for them to practice.

Let them deal with it carefully, it would be best if they can destroy these two Japanese warships.

If you can't get rid of them, just hold them back for me.

The other destroyers followed my flagship to bypass and attack the Japanese landing fleet.

Sink these Japanese landing ships for me. We can’t let them get away.”

Wang Chuying quickly formulated a battle plan.

In Wang Chuying's opinion, the greatest achievement of this battle for them was not sinking the two Japanese warships in front.

But behind them were the countless Japanese landing ships.

After Wang Chuying's order was issued, the fleet, which was originally in a single column, quickly split into two.

Four destroyers attacked the two Japanese warships.

The battlecruiser "Tianshu" commanded by Wang Chuying, along with four other destroyers, rushed towards the Japanese landing fleet.

The reason why Wang Chuying let his "Tianshu" battlecruiser take the lead in attacking the Japanese landing fleet.

This is because, compared to a destroyer with a displacement of only about 1,000 tons, many of the artillery on the "Tianshu" with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons had been dismantled.

But it is still much stronger.

Attacking such a large number of Japanese landing ships requires powerful firepower.

"Baga, it's the U.S. fleet.

Didn’t our aircraft carrier fleet defeat the US aircraft carrier fleet yesterday?

How could there be a US fleet here? "

On the Japanese heavy cruiser "Gu Ying", the Japanese captain Shan Niu Youyi looked at the fleet that suddenly appeared and naturally thought it was an American fleet.

The Japanese captain was in a very bad mood and roared angrily.

He really couldn't accept the dire situation at this moment.

You have to know that the hundreds of landing ships of all sizes behind him are carrying more than 3,000 elite landing soldiers.

And various landing equipment.

The Japanese landing fleet was originally there a few days ago.

They were sent out from the Rabaul base in the north to capture the landing force at Port Moresby.

Later, due to the sudden arrival of the US aircraft carrier fleet, the Japanese landing fleet was forced to retreat to Guadalcanal and wait for news.

Yesterday evening, this Japanese landing force received new orders from the Japanese command.

They knew that their aircraft carrier fleet operating in the central and southern Coral Sea had defeated the US aircraft carrier fleet and won the victory.

The Japanese command asked them to continue the operation to capture Port Moresby.

So, at dawn this morning, the excited Japanese landing troops quickly assembled and boarded the ship.

Then set off.

As a result, not long after they set out from the port of Guadalcanal, they ran head-on into the fleet led by Wang Chuying.

At this moment, the mentality of the Japanese commander Yamagiu Youyi exploded.

“Fire, fire.

Destroy these four US destroyers."

Shanniu Youyi saw that the nine warships commanded by Wang Chuying were divided into two.

After a fleet attacked the landing fleet behind them, the Japanese captain became anxious.

He shouted and ordered his heavy cruiser artillery to open fire, attacking the four destroyers that were rushing towards him.

Boom boom!

The Japanese heavy cruiser "Furutaka" fired shells one after another, attacking the four modified Vickers-class destroyers.

The speed of these four destroyers is over 35 knots.

It was extremely difficult to hit the enemy with the Japanese heavy cruiser's shells.

The artillery of these four destroyers could not hit the Japanese heavy cruisers at this time, so they could only rely on speed to continuously close the distance between the two sides.

Once they reach the torpedo attack range, they will immediately launch torpedoes to attack the Japanese heavy cruiser.

Just when these four destroyers were entangled with the Japanese heavy cruiser "Furutaka" and a Yugumo-class destroyer.

The attack fleet commanded by Wang Chuying himself has also rushed towards the Japanese landing fleet.

The Japanese landing fleet, which had been in neat formation, fell into chaos at this time.

These Japanese landing ships were inevitably afraid of the huge ship "Tianshu".

Even if they were facing the Vickers-class destroyer with a displacement of only a thousand tons, they would not be a match.

Although, among these landing ships of the Japanese, some are large landing ships with attack capabilities.

For example, the large landing ships at the front of the Japanese landing fleet at this time had a displacement even greater than that of the Vickers-class destroyer.

It is equipped with twin 127mm anti-aircraft guns and triple Type anti-aircraft machine guns.

It has very strong offensive firepower.

Unfortunately, they are ultimately positioned as landing ships, not for naval combat.

Therefore, they could not launch torpedoes and had no more powerful artillery.

In Ye Qingshan’s fleet, these Vickers-class destroyers fired torpedoes.

Just one hit was enough to sink a large Japanese landing ship.

Similarly, the Tianshu, which has more powerful firepower, can not only launch torpedoes, but also retains four 305mm main guns and eight 8mm secondary guns.

Any shot is enough to sink these Japanese landing ships.

It can be said that in front of the five warships commanded by Wang Chuying, the Japanese landing ships were like sheep facing vicious wolves and tigers.

Their best solution is to escape.

But for Wang Chuying and the others, the hunt has just begun!

"fire!"

Boom boom boom!

The 305mm main gun on Tianshu opened fire first.

After all, the range of this large-caliber naval gun is very long.

At this time, the Japanese landing fleet had entered the range of their main guns.

Boom!

Shell after shell fell on the Japanese landing fleet, blasting out columns of water that shot up into the sky.

The waves alone caused the Japanese landing ships to sway violently.

At this moment, many Japanese soldiers in the landing ship did not know what was happening.

But the sound of artillery fire coming from outside also attracted them to look outside.

Soon, they learned that their landing fleet had encountered an enemy fleet.

At this moment, all the Japanese soldiers were in a panic, and many of them were trembling with fear.