"The Tilburg has sunk, the Rotterdam has also sunk, and there is no information on the other two * boats. ”

There was silence in the command of the Amsterdam, and everyone's mood was very heavy, less than an hour ago, the Dutch fleet still had 6 warships, majestic, and now only the Amsterdam was left. The contrast between the two lonely ships of the Utrecht is also a little too great, and the commander of the Dutch fleet, Herwig, is still confused, I don't know how this battle can be fought like this, every step of the command operation he has done is in line with modern naval tactics, but the other side uses recognized backward tactics, but the result is such a complete defeat.

But there was no time for Herveg to reflect, for the Utrecht had sent him a flag, and the enemy ships had already caught up with him.

It turned out that after the Qingzhou bypassed the Tilburg, it immediately drove at full speed again, chasing the Amsterdam and Utrecht. In fact, it didn't take long to sink the Tilburg, so at this time the two Dutch warships did not run too far, only more than 2,500 meters, and the speed was not fast, at this time the speed had been reduced to about 10 knots, but the Amsterdam had almost completed the turn, and the Utrecht behind also entered the radius of the turn, and the Qingzhou was quickly caught up from the periphery of the radius of the two warships.

At this time, the Qingzhou was roughly located behind the left side of the Utrecht, with a straight-line distance of about 1,200 meters, and fired at the Utrecht. Although at this time the Qingzhou was still facing the enemy on the starboard side, and a 155 mm caliber main gun turret and a 100 mm caliber secondary gun turret had been damaged on the starboard side, the three main gun turrets in the bow of the ship were not lost, and there were two secondary gun turrets on the starboard side that could open fire, so it was still possible to concentrate 6 155 mm guns, 4 100 mm guns, and 6 50 mm rapid-fire guns. The fire was still quite fierce.

The Utrecht is a coastal defense battleship, and the main guns are 3 210 mm guns, which are arranged according to the front 2 and 1 rear, so there is only 1 main gun that can return fire, and there are also 4 100 mm guns and 4 47 mm rapid-fire guns. Compared with the firepower of the Qingzhou, the gap is quite large, and the Qingzhou still has air guidance.

After the two sides launched a mutual fire, the Utrech was obviously at a disadvantage, but at this time, after all, the two sides were separated by a distance of more than 1,000 meters, so of course the hit rate would not be as high as the Tilburg just now, since the Qingzhou had helicopters to provide firing parameters, but among the 10 guns, it could only hit 3 or 4 guns, and the Utrech had fewer guns, and 10 guns could only hit 2 or 3 guns. Moreover, the rate of fire of 210 mm guns is also significantly slower than that of 155 mm guns, 210 mm guns can only fire a maximum of 2 rounds in 1 minute, while 155 mm guns can reach 5 or 6 rounds in 1 minute.

After the two sides fired at each other for more than a minute, the stern main gun of the Utrecht only fired 3 guns, but all of them did not hit, to 1 gun was only more than 20 meters away from the Qingzhou, and the strong can be regarded as a close miss, to the 100 mm caliber gun fired more than 30 guns, hit 6 rounds, and all hit the bow part of the Qingzhou, blowing up several large gaps, fortunately, the positions are above the waterline, and one of the shells hit the turret of the main gun, but the 150 mm thick armor of the turret is not 100 mm shells can be damaged, so it does not have much impact。

However, the 6 main guns of the Qingzhou fired a total of more than 40 rounds, hitting 8 or 9 rounds, not only successfully destroying the stern main gun of the Utrecht, but also destroying a 100 mm caliber gun, and also blew up several large craters on the deck, while the guns of other calibers hit more than 30 rounds, making the stern part of the Utrecht a mess.

However, 10 shells hit the waterline of the Utrecht, but only the 155-mm shells managed to make a few pits, but they did not break through, and the 100-mm shells were basically bounced off. Although the Utrecht is only a medium-sized warship with a displacement of 3,800 tons, it is a shore defense ship after all, and its armored defense is much stronger than that of ordinary protective cruisers.

Zhang Wei soon discovered this situation, and ordered all 100mm guns to attack targets above the deck, and only the main guns to attack the broadside, so that all kinds of guns were like washing decks, and almost all the buildings on the deck of the second half of the Utrecht were swept away. And the captain of the Utrecht couldn't bear it anymore and continuously sent distress signals to the flagship Amsterdam.

In fact, the Amsterdam didn't want to rescue the Utrecht, so it desperately accelerated and turned, and had increased its speed to 14 knots, wanting to turn around and engage the Qingzhou, or stagger its position and attack the Qingzhou with its tail gun. But the Utrecht stupidly followed behind the bow to accelerate and turn, and the Qingzhou was on the outside of the Utrecht, and also ran along, although the Qingzhou took the outer circle and traveled a much larger distance, but because of the speed of the voyage, it could completely keep up with the Utrecht.

As a result, the Amsterdam not only could not turn its head to attack the Qingzhou, but even the firing angle of the tail gun was blocked by the Utrecht, and it was unable to support the Utrecht at all. Of course, the position, angle, and route of the Qingzhou have been calculated and designed by the helicopter, so that it can still maintain an accurate position under the condition of high-speed navigation.

After the three warships circled the sea, Helwig finally understood that if he continued to turn like this, he would never be able to turn in front of the Qingzhou, so he hurriedly issued an order to the Utrecht to turn in the opposite direction, so that he could send the Qingzhou to pursue in a circle. However, the Utrecht replied, the side side was cracked, the hull was flooded by more than 200 tons, the speed had dropped to 10 knots, and it was expected to fall, and smoke was released to evade, if it turned in the opposite direction at this time, it would not only cause the warship to enter more water, but also let the warship get out of the cover of smoke. Hearing this, Helweig ordered the Amsterdam to turn in the opposite direction and stagger the Utrecht.

The helicopter in the air noticed the change in Amsterdam at the very moment, Zheng Zongming said: "Lao Wang, the No. 1 ship began to turn to the left, it seems that they finally understood, I thought they would have to turn two more circles?"

Wang Xinping said: "Even if you don't understand it, you can't go around this circle, the speed of the No. 2 ship is decreasing, it seems that either the power compartment was hit, or there was too much water, so the No. 1 ship can't keep up with the No. 1 ship, so the No. 1 ship just doesn't turn, and it can go back." ”

Zheng Zongming said: "What should I do then?"

Wang Xinping said: "Where is the Yizhou?"

Zheng Zongming looked at the radar display screen and said, "At 10 o'clock, 4.52 kilometers, I'm rushing over here." ”

Wang Xinping nodded, turned on the communication system, and said: "Qingzhou, Qingzhou, the enemy's No. 1 ship is turning in the opposite direction, and the Yizhou ship has rushed over to join you, it is recommended that you temporarily break away from the battle, join the Yizhou, and then engage the enemy ship after regrouping." ”

After listening to the helicopter's prompt, Zhang Wei thought about it for 1 minute and thought that this suggestion was still feasible, because now the number of warships on both sides was 2:2, although the Qingzhou ship had already destroyed a 155 mm caliber main gun turret, Two 100 mm caliber secondary gun turrets, but still maintain 7-8 percent combat effectiveness, and the damaged turrets are all starboard, if it is against the enemy on the port side, it can still exert all its combat effectiveness, and the Yizhou ship basically maintains complete combat effectiveness; while the Dutch fleet has two warships left, and the Utrecht only has half a life left, in fact, only the Amsterdam can still fight, so the People's Army Navy still has a considerable chance of winning with 2 to 1.

So the Qingzhou immediately turned around, went to meet with the Yizhou, and took advantage of this gap to carry out simple repairs to the warship and rescue the wounded, after all, in the battle just now, the Qingzhou was also shot a lot, damaged in many places, although they were not fatal injuries, but they had a certain impact on the future battles, and the number of wounded was also a lot, taking advantage of the gap in the war to give them emergency treatment.

However, after the Qingzhou and Yizhou converged, they found that the Amsterdam had abandoned the Utrecht and fled alone.

It turned out that the battle had reached this point, and the two Dutch warships had actually had no intention of fighting again, and the Qingzhou temporarily left the battlefield, which also gave the two Dutch warships a chance to breathe, and on the Amsterdam, the other officers advised Herveg to take advantage of this time to retreat back, and they could save a trace of vitality, if they continued to fight, I am afraid that even the two warships could not be saved.

At this time, Hervig had long since lost the ambition of the first battle, so he immediately gave the order to retreat again, and gave the order to Utrecht to withdraw from the battle. However, the situation of the Utrecht was not good at this time, and after the efforts of all the officers and men of the ship to rescue it, although the water ingress of the warship was controlled by force, because a large amount of seawater had poured in, the draft of the warship had increased greatly, and the deck was only more than 1 meter high from the water, so the speed had dropped to 6 or 7 knots, and it was certainly impossible to escape. And the captain of the Utrecht also knew that if he continued to fight, he would definitely lose, so he replied to the flagship, asking the flagship to leave itself alone and retreat from the battlefield first.

Helvig received a reply from the Utrecht, and only sighed, knowing that at this point, he could no longer hesitate, so he ordered the warship to move at full speed and retreat from the battlefield, and at the same time waved a "good luck" banner to the Utrecht.

The captain of the Utrecht, seeing that the flagship had retreated, ordered that there was no need to rescue the warship, and that all the personnel on board should leave the ship quickly, and that after the enemy ships arrived, they should not resist and be captured, while the captain himself locked himself in the command room and lived and died with the warship.

By the time the Qingzhou and Yizhou arrived, the Amsterdam had escaped more than 5,000 meters, and the deck of the Utrecht had been almost as flat as the sea, and the surrounding waters were full of Dutch soldiers and more than 10 small boats.