Chapter 674: A Great Victory (5)

Although the British warships tried their best to dodge, of course, they didn't know how to dodge, and most of the warships used the way to dodge, and of course it was impossible to dodge the hit. Of course, in this era, it is impossible to dodge the modern strikes, so the first shot hit the target, and the British warships were also hit by bullets one after another, exploding and catching fire. As a result, 5 Majestic-class battleships and 4 Duncan-class battleships were all shot in turn, and none of them were spared.

The new round of ** attack is not only a heavy damage to 5 majestic class battleships, 4 Duncan-class battleships, but also the last courage to completely defeat the British and French fleets, Bi Jing's ** strike this time is too large, it lasted for nearly 10 minutes, and at most there will be more than a dozen ** in the same frame in the sky, of course, people in this era can't tell the difference between cruise**, anti-ship**, and air defense**, so they only think that this time there are so many **, to exceed the previous two.

And this time, ** attacked 9 battleships in one go, and it was 4 Duncan-class battleships, and when they were attacked, almost the entire warship was covered by explosions, which had a very visual impact.

After the end of this round of ** attacks, the French fleet was the first to instigate, after all, this attack was too terrible, there was no way to fight this battle at all, no one had ever seen this kind of fighting before, and of course I didn't know how to deal with it. And by this time almost all the British battleships had been hit by this kind of attack from the sky, so the target of the next round of attacks would definitely be the French fleet, and even if the French were arrogant, they could not disregard their lives, and if they did not run at this time, they would have to wait to be beaten. So the commander of the fleet, Ginoor, gave the order to turn to retreat.

In fact, at this time, the British fleet also wanted to retreat, after all, the British fleet could not bear it until now, but they rushed too far ahead, and they had already exchanged fire with the battleships of the People's Army at close range, and they could not withdraw even if they wanted to.

Of course, this is also the KPA's battleships on purpose, at the same time as the third round of ** attacks, the KPA's battleship detachment took advantage of this opportunity to shorten the distance between the two sides to within 5000 meters, and when ** has not stopped, it is like the British fleet launched an attack.

Moreover, at this time, the battleship detachment was also adjusted, and instead of fighting in the form of a whole team, it was divided into three groups, consisting of the Cadre General and the Mo Xie as a group to attack five Majesty-class battleships, the Weiyang and Shikiyo as a group to attack four Duncan-class battleships, and the Boyang and Feiyang as a group to attack the only two remaining Dreadnought-class battleships.

Of course, at this time, the number of British battleships still occupied an absolute advantage, and although every warship suffered heavy losses, if both sides really went all out, the KPA 6 battleships would not necessarily be opponents. And judging from the situation of the matchup, only the Boyang and Feiyang groups are the most relaxed, because the two Dreadnought-class battleships they have been hit against have been heavily damaged, so they don't need support, but the other two groups have to fight against 4 and 5 battleships respectively, even if they lose, they will inevitably pay a heavy price.

But of course, the Kunming ship will not sit idly by, so it first launched an Eagle Strike 18**, attacking the Hannibal in the Majesty-class battleship, this battleship is the best condition of the 5 Majesty-class, the 4 main guns are basically intact, and naturally become the first target, as a result, the Eagle Strike 18** directly penetrated from the deck in the middle of the warship, and exploded in the cabin, causing many cracks and water on both sides of the warship, and the damage management personnel on the warship had no time to rush, so they could only watch the warship sink.

Subsequently, the Kunming ship fired two Haihongqi 9** at the Exmouth in the Duncan-class battleship, one ** hit the front deck, destroying the front main gun, and the other hit the rear deck, causing the rear main gun to be unable to rotate, and also damaged the tail rudder and propeller, making the warship completely lose its combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the Xiangyang ship also fired 4 rounds of YJ-83** in a row, attacking the armored cruisers Bedford, Donegal, and the protective cruisers Terror and Weiwu, the power of YJ-83** is slightly stronger than that of Haihongqi 9**, but because it is a sea-skimming anti-ship ** , can only attack the side of the warship, so it is not suitable for attacking battleships, but it is very suitable to fight cruisers, after all, even if it is an armored cruiser, the thickness of the armor and the coverage area are much lower than that of the battleship, not to mention the British armored cruisers, which have never been known for their defense.

As a result, these 4 ** shots hit the side of the target warship respectively, and all blew up a big hole in the side of the target warship, the slight difference is that the hole of the two armored cruisers is smaller, and the hole of the two protective cruisers is much larger, and the sea water is desperately pouring into the four warships from the hole, and the soldiers in the warship are not willing to abandon the ship and flee, struggling to plug the gap.

Originally, the British warships had no intention of fighting, but seeing that the People's Army still had a ** at this time, and now even the cruisers were fighting, they dared to fight again, and they turned their heads and fled despite the fact that they were fighting with the battleships of the People's Army. There are still many people who vomit in their hearts, why did the People's Army Navy hold on to the British fleet, all of them were attacking the British fleet, why didn't they attack the French fleet?

Of course, the battleships of the People's Army will not miss such an opportunity, the Cadre General and the Mo Ye concentrated their firepower, bombarded the Majesty, fired two consecutive salvos, and hit a total of 5 main gun shells of the Fearful, which was originally hit by 2 sea red flags 9**, and was seriously injured, but just now it was hit by two guns by the Cadre, and now it has been hit by 5 guns in a row, and the hull was blown open with 3 large holes into the water, where it can still be carried out, Captain McManaman had to order all the crew to abandon the ship and escape.

And after sinking the Dreadnought, the Cadre and the Mo Evil set their sights on the Mars, although at this time the Mars had completed the turn and wanted to escape from the battlefield, but it was firmly clamped by the Cadre and the Mo Evil one left and one right, and could not get rid of it, in the fierce battle, the only remaining rear main gun of the Mars was also destroyed, and the entire deck buildings and equipment were almost cleaned, and the propeller was also damaged, not only completely lost its combat effectiveness, but also could not move on the sea.

However, the other two Majestic-class battleships, the Victory and the Jupiter, took advantage of this opportunity to finally distance themselves from the KPA battleships and temporarily put the KPA in pursuit.

In the other group, the Duncan-class battleship Russell's hull has reached more than 800 tons, the waterline has sunk by nearly 1 meter as a whole, and the speed has been greatly reduced, so the other two warships Duncan and Albemarle have played the flag of "leave it by themselves", ready to sacrifice themselves to let the other two warships escape, and the captains of the other two warships also knew that they could not hesitate at this time, otherwise the three warships would not be able to escape, so they threw off the Russell, accelerated their escape from the battlefield, and waved the banner of "The Royal Navy will always be with you" to the Russell.

The Russell struggled to stop the Weiyang and Shikiyo, and approached to open fire, trying their best to drag the two warships, but under the joint attack of Weiyang and Shikiyo, Russell carried it for less than 20 minutes, the ammunition depot was hit and exploded, and 30 minutes later, the warship sank into the sea, but Russell's sacrifice was not worthless, and Duncan and Albemarle also escaped from the battlefield.

Whether it is the Majesty class or the Duncan class, there are 2 warships that have temporarily escaped the pursuit of the People's Army, and only two Dreadnought-class battleships Dreadnought and Resistance, but they cannot escape, because these two warships are firmly entangled by the Feiyang and Boyang, one ship to another.

Originally, the Dreadnought-class battleship was second only to the Edward VII class in the British fleet, and under normal circumstances, the Feiyang and Boyang could be sifted, but it was a pity that these two warships were also the most damaged of the British battleships at present, and each of the two warships had only one main gun available, and nearly half of the secondary guns were also lost, and a large amount of water was also entered into the hull, both speed and maneuverability were greatly reduced, so not only could not even beat the Feiyang and Boyang, but could not even escape.

After a round of fierce fighting, the Dreadnought was sunk, and the Resistance completely lost its combat effectiveness, floating on the sea without the power to resist, of course, the Feiyang and Boyang also suffered a lot of shells, fortunately, they were basically small and medium-caliber artillery, and the largest was only 152 mm, so although the damage was not light, it was not broken.

At the same time as the battleships of the two sides were fighting fiercely, the armored cruisers, protective cruisers, and destroyers of the KPA also clashed with the British warships of the same type, so the British battleships could not be supported by other warships, otherwise at least two or three more battleships might have escaped.

In the previous battles between the KPA fleet and the cruisers of the British fleet, the KPA fleet sank the British fleet's armored cruiser USS Booukil, the protective cruisers HMS Blenheim, HMS Royal Arthur, HMS Crescent, and five destroyers, while the British armored cruisers HMS Dionysus, USS Blake, and USS Grafton were heavily damaged and sailed to Kaohsiung to anchor.

Later, the Xiangyang ship launched 4 more YJ-83**, sinking or incapacitating armored cruisers such as the Bedford and Donegal, and the protective cruisers Terror and Might, so at this time the British fleet had only 4 armored cruisers, 3 protective cruisers, and 17 destroyers.

At present, there are still 4 armored cruisers, 11 protective cruisers, and 6 destroyers in the KPA fleet, which not only basically equalizes the number of second-class warships on both sides, but also has certain advantages in quality and performance; after all, the protective cruisers are also stronger than the destroyers, and the combat effectiveness of the two armored cruisers of the KPA fleet, the Chitu and the Jueying, is far superior to the four armored cruisers in the current British fleet, so the KPA fleet can be said to have a considerable advantage.

At the same time, the Kunming ship also launched two Haihongqi 16** at the appropriate time to support the operation of these secondary warships, and as a result, after the battle of the battleships, in the battle between the two secondary warships, the People's Army fleet sank more than 10 British warships of various kinds, and only 5 or 6 finally escaped. Of course, the KPA fleet was also defeated, 2 protective cruisers, 1 destroyer.