Admiral Haspen Kimmel stood on the bridge of the USS Montana Battleship, facing the sea breeze, looking at the huge Capital Ships team, and was extremely excited. He is a believer in giant ships and cannons, even though the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers and Carrier-based aircraft has been proven in naval battles. However, General Haspen Kimmel still has a sincere love for the Battleship with its huge artillery.
"This is definitely the most powerful Capital Ships team in history!" Admiral Haspen Kimmel sighed as he looked at the giant ships.
Indeed, although in terms of main gun caliber, American Navy's 'Montana-class' Battleship and 'Iowa-class' Battleship, as well as 'South Dakota-class' Battleship, are not as good as Island Nation Navy's 'Yamato-class' Battleship, which is about to enter service. However, in terms of soft power, such as Radar and Fire Control System and observation equipment, American Navy and Capital Ships are superior. In particular, the 50 times caliber 410mm Main Gun equipped with 'Montana-class' Battleship and 'Iowa-class' Battleship is not much worse in power than the 'Yamato-class' Battleship of Island Nation Navy.
'Montana-class' Battleship is the most powerful Battleship of American Navy. Although the speed cannot be compared with the 33 knots of 'Iowa-class' Battleship, the speed of 28 knots is already very good. This is the reason why 'Montana-class' Battleship has one more main turret than 'Iowa-class' Battleship, and the armor is thicker.
'Montana-class' Battleship is equipped with four triple-mounted 50 times caliber 410mm Main Gun. The 'Iowa-class' Battleship is only equipped with three triple-mounted 50 times caliber 410mm Main Gun. In terms of armor, the side armor of 'Iowa-class' Battleship has a side armor belt thickness of 307 mm, a turret front armor thickness of 495 mm, and a command tower armor thickness of 445 mm. However, the armor of 'Montana-class' Battleship is thicker, with the side armor belt armor being 409 mm thick, plus a 35 mm second layer of partitions. The frontal armor of the turret is 571 mm thick, and the armor thickness of the command tower is also more than 500 mm. This makes 'Montana-class' Battleship, in addition to being lower in speed than 'Iowa-class' Battleship, its firepower and armor are stronger than 'Iowa-class' Battleship.
If 'Montana-class' Battleship and Island Nation Navy's 'Yamato-class' Battleship compete head-on, 'Montana-class' Battleship will never fall into a disadvantage. It can be seen how powerful Battleship is at this level.
"General, the old battleships of the Germans are definitely no match for us! Whether it is the 'Montana-class' battleship or the 'Iowa-class' battleship, they can easily tear the old German battleships into pieces. I even seriously doubt whether the main guns of the German battleships can penetrate the armor of our 'Montana-class' battleships?" Major General Covell, chief of staff of the US fleet's battleship formation, said with a smile.
"Haha!" General Haspen Kimmel couldn't help but laugh.
"Indeed, those old Capital Ships main guns of the Germany people are probably powerless against the armor of our Battleship. Especially those old Capital Ships equipped with 380mm Main Gun, they are basically useless. It is impossible to penetrate the main armor of our 'Montana-class' Battleship. By then, our 'Montana-class' Battleship will be able to kill them easily!" General Haspen Kimmel was very proud.
General Haspen Kimmel knew that it would be difficult for them to successfully destroy German Navy's base on Azores. It may even be intercepted by the Capital Ships formation of German Navy. However, he wished it was this way. In that case, he can lead the Capital Ships formation of American fleet in a sea duel with the Capital Ships formation of German Navy. He believed that with the strong strength of these Capital Ships of American Navy, they would be able to easily defeat those Capital Ships of German Navy.
Although the German Navy's Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet's capital ship formations beat up the island nation's capital ship formations on the Pacific battlefield, the island nation's navy's capital ships were almost completely lost. As a result, countries all over the world have to take a new look at the old battleships of the German Navy that have been in service for many years. However, General Haspen Kimmel dismissed this. In his opinion, the capital ships of the island nation's navy are completely rubbish.
Island Nation Navy's Capital Ships followed the shipbuilding ideas of their teacher, British Navy. Emphasize firepower and speed and despise defense. The defense is insufficient, and the electronic equipment is far from being able to compete with German Navy. This made the Capital Ships formation of Island Nation Navy easily killed by the Capital Ships formation of German Navy during the night battle.
On the other hand, American Navy and Capital Ships not only have powerful firepower, but also have very strong defense. In terms of electronic equipment, although there is a certain gap compared to German Navy. However, this difference is not very big. Therefore, General Haspen Kimmel is confident that he can defeat German Navy in the Capital Ships duel.
"Order the fleet to switch to air defense mode and speed up!" Admiral Haspen Kimmel ordered with high spirits.
There are still a few hours until dark. Relatively speaking, it is more dangerous. Once they encounter German Navy's shore-based aircraft or Carrier-based aircraft's Encirclement Offensive, their situation will be more dangerous. At that time, we can only rely on the fleet's air defense firepower for defense. If possible, General Hasband Kimmel would prefer to operate after dark. But unfortunately, if that is the case, I am afraid that they have just destroyed German Navy's base on Corvo Island and Flores Island, and it will be dawn. When the time comes, they will encounter German Navy's shore-based aircraft and Carrier-based aircraft's Encirclement Offensive. In that case, no matter how powerful American Navy's Capital Ships is, it will undoubtedly be very difficult to escape.
"Yes, General!" Rear Admiral Corville immediately went to give the order.
The Capital Ships formation of American fleet, protected by a large number of cruisers and destroyers, headed towards Azores at high speed.
The destroyers located in the front, left and rear of the fleet all turned on air search Radar. The wealthy American Navy is equipped with air search Radar and Sea-search radar on every destroyer. This allows them to spot the enemy with these Radar. Similarly, German Navy is also equipped with a large number of Radar on battleships. In fact, the performance of Radar of German Navy is more advanced than that of Radar of American Navy.
American Navy's air search Radar can only detect targets two hundred and fifty kilometers away. The air search Radar of German Navy can detect targets three hundred kilometers away. Even the large-scale air search Radar on the ground can already detect targets four hundred kilometers away.