After receiving Cole's order, the captain of the Aboukir, Hunter, laughed miserably, sighed, and said, "It's too late. As he spoke, he pressed the wound in his abdomen hard and said, "Returning to the flagship, the Aboukir will always be with the glory of the Royal Navy." ”

It turned out that in the round of shelling just now, Hunter's abdomen was pierced by a piece of iron that flew away, revealing a small tip on his back, and he didn't need to think about it to know that this injury was extremely serious. If it is in the United Kingdom, or in Europe, it is impossible to deal with such a serious injury by sending it to the hospital for emergency treatment in a timely manner, but now it is on a warship thousands of miles away from Europe, and it is impossible to deal with such a serious injury with only simple medical means and equipment on the warship.

What's more, now the Aboukir is seriously damaged, the entire bow of the ship has almost been blown up by the artillery bombardment of the People's Army fleet, and a large amount of sea water has poured into the ship's hull, although the damage management personnel on the warship are desperately rescued, but they still can't stop the influx of seawater, and Hunter also knows that even if the damage is managed effectively and the influx of sea water is controlled, but the Aboukir is damaged like this, and it is impossible to drag it back to Britain, because as long as it encounters a storm on the way, it is enough to sink the warship, so since he and the warship can't be saved, it is better to fight again at this last moment, hit the enemy's warship, and do his best to win the fleet。

Of course, the British Navy will not be like Japan, playing jade crushing at every turn, playing seven bodies to serve the country, but at some specific moments on the battlefield, it will also choose to die with the enemy, and this is the case with the Aboukir now, so Xiang specially used a towel to hold down the wound to reduce the blood flow as much as possible. Supporting his body, he ordered the warship to speed up under strong pressure and ventilation, while the target was the Chitu, the flagship of the People's Army fleet.

Although the power of the Abukir was not damaged, due to the destruction of the bow and the influx of seawater, it still had a certain impact on the speed of the Aboukir, so it may not hit the Chitu, but as long as it can break through to within 1000 meters of the Chitu, it can launch ** to attack the opponent, even if it can't hit the enemy ship in the end,** It was also shot in the air, but if it could force the Chitu to change course and dodge, it would be considered a success, after all, the Chitu was the flagship of the People's Army fleet, and once the rhythm was disrupted, it would have a significant impact on the entire fleet.

After receiving the reply from the Aboukir, Cole was speechless, of course he knew that this reply actually meant that Hunter decided to go to the battlefield to the death, although before the battle, let the Aboukir take the lead instead of the Cressy, and he was mentally prepared to sacrifice the Aboukir, but now it was the Aboukir who took the initiative to die and died with the other party, which still caused a lot of shock to Cole. There was even a sense of guilt in my heart, for to a certain extent, the Booukir had indeed died for the Cressy.

But Cole was a soldier after all, and now he was on the battlefield, so he didn't have much time for sentimentality, so Cole took off his military hat and drew a cross on his chest to pay tribute to the Booukir and Hunt, and then ordered all the ship's guns that could fire to fire on the KPA's second warship, the Jeopard.

At this time, as the Cressy completed its turn, the British fleet, having paid the necessary price, finally began to gradually enter its own combat steps.

At this time, the other British warships were turning, but only the Booukir was still rushing forward, and the Kunming had already issued a warning to the Red Rabbit, and sent a simulated Abooukir sailing route to Luke's tablet, which was updated every 10 seconds. From the tablet, the route of the Aboukir can be seen very clearly, he is coming for the Red Rabbit, apparently to ram the Red Rabbit.

According to the computer simulation of the Kunming ship, the straight-line distance between the two sides is about 3,300 meters, because the Aboukir is traveling diagonally at a certain angle, so the actual distance is about 4,200 meters, and now the speed of the Abukir is about 18 knots, so calculated, the Abukir will hit the Chitu in about 6-7 minutes. If you enter a distance where you can launch**, it will take about 5 minutes.

Because the People's Army Navy is equipped with both battleships and armored cruisers, once the Aboukir breaks through within 1000 meters of the Chitu, it will pose a great threat to the Chitu, of course, with the maneuverability of the Chitu, it is not difficult to avoid **, but this is necessary to carry out a large-scale maneuver and change of direction, but the Chitu is the flagship of the whole army, once a large-scale maneuver and change of direction, it will have a great impact on the battle of the whole team, and it is now the time when the British warships are turning.

Lu Kai was also a very decisive person, and immediately ordered the temporary transfer of the command of the fleet to the Shadow, because the communication between the KPA ships could be directly communicated through the walkie-talkie, so the transfer of command was very easy, so that the Red Rabbit could deal with the impact of the Aboukir with all its might.

Luke then ordered all artillery to concentrate their fire on the Aboukir in an effort to sink the Aboukir before it could reach a dangerous distance.

So the Chitu concentrated 8 200-mm main guns, 4 155-mm secondary guns, 6 105-mm rapid-fire guns, and 6 75-mm rapid-fire guns on the side of the Red Rabbit. Because the distance between the two sides was very close at this time, the straight-line distance was only more than 3,000 meters, and the Aboukir did not make a special maneuver, so there was no need to aim repeatedly, and after the firing unit was set, there was basically no need to change, and the hit rate was extremely high, almost more than 50%.

All of a sudden, all kinds of shells rained down on the Aboukir, because the bow of the Aboukir was basically destroyed, the 233 mm main gun and 152 mm secondary guns in the bow were all destroyed, and the 233 mm main gun in the stern could not be used due to the lack of firing range, and only a few 105 mm rapid-fire guns in the middle of the ship could be used to return fire, although they also hit the Chitu a few rounds, but because the power was too small, and the defense of the Chitu was quite reliable, so it did not cause much damage to the Chitu. On the contrary, the Chitu's 200-mm main guns hit the Aboukir continuously, and each time it hit, it caused a lot of damage to the Abukir.

About two or three minutes later, the Aboukir had been hit by dozens of shells, including more than 10 200-millimeter shells, and the command headquarters had been completely twisted and deformed, and three or four cracks had been blown open, the front and rear masts were broken, and a chimney was destroyed, but because the bullets were basically concentrated in the middle and front of the warship, and it was above the waterline, the speed of the Abooukir was not reduced much.

In the bombardment just now, the headquarters suffered heavy casualties, and Xiangte was lucky to avoid most of the splashed iron pieces and glass, and was only bruised2. 3 wounds, and Xiangte didn't care about dealing with the wounds, gritted his teeth and insisted on standing in front of the porthole where the glass was all broken, observing the distance angle of the two sides, and organizing the remaining personnel of the command headquarters, and transmitting the corresponding data to the power room and the helm room, because at this time, the front and rear masts of the Aboukir were broken, and there was no lookout ranging personnel, all relying on the naked eye and gestures to measure the distance, fortunately, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to about 2000 meters at this time, so the naked eye ranging can also be used.

Hunt kept praying in his heart, hoping to give the Abukir a little more time, because at this time, it was about 1,000 meters, that is, 2 minutes, and the Aboukir could be launched. And by this time the ** tube of the Aboukir was ready.

At this moment, Xiangte felt a huge tremor under his feet, and with a loud "boom", the floor of the headquarters cracked several large gaps, and a huge impact force rushed Xiangte up from the floor, hitting the ceiling hard, and then he didn't know what to do.

It turned out that just now, two 200-millimeter shells exploded into the bow deck of the ship and exploded, which not only seriously damaged the internal structure of the rudder, but also detonated the ammunition depot of the Aboukir, forming a chain reaction, the detonation of the ammunition depot, the huge explosion sound resounded throughout the battlefield, completely blasting the center and rear of the Aboukir and so on, after the explosion, the entire warship was unrecognizable, and finally slowly sank, and the remaining crew and soldiers jumped into the water to flee for their lives. This was also the first result achieved by the KPA Navy in this battle.

Although the flagship of the British fleet, Cressie, was fighting fiercely with the Shadow at this time, but saw a huge explosion, and Captain Cole silently prayed a few words for the Booukir and Captain Hunt in his heart.

After successfully sinking the Aboukir and achieving the first result of the day, the course of the Red Rabbit did not change significantly, so Luke took over the command of the fleet again, and arranged the fleet's tactics for the current situation.

At this time, five of the six warships of the People's Army fleet had completed the turn, and the sixth Yizhou entered the middle of the turn, and the first five warships also fought with the enemy ships, and all of them were shot, among which the Jueying and Tianjin each received a 233-mm shell, but they were all fine.

After sinking a warship, three of the remaining eight warships of the British fleet have completed the turn and fired at each other with the warships of the People's Army, and the fourth Blake is also turning, and because the British fleet discharged the oblique formation at the beginning, the warships that did not complete the turn behind also had some artillery fire to assist their companions in combat, and the British warships were all shot, and the first three armored cruisers were all hit by 200 mm shells, and some of the warships were more than one shot.

However, at the cost of sinking a warship, the British fleet narrowed the distance between itself and the KPA fleet, and also dissolved the range advantage of the KPA fleet, and achieved a certain degree of success in battle; on the whole, the British fleet now has a certain advantage in numbers by 8 to 6; however, the KPA fleet has the upper hand in defense and main gun firepower, but the British fleet's main gun power is superior, and in the ensuing battle, the two sides are almost in a state of hand-to-hand combat, and the competition is the comprehensive strength of the fleets of the two sides, and no one is opportunistic。