"Is that what the British warships are all about?" Standing in the armored command cabin of the Iowa, Dewey could clearly see the scene of the two twin 12-inch turrets at the bow and stern of the battleship Iowa and the two 8-inch turrets in the middle of the hull.

As soon as the two sides fought, the Fuji was at a disadvantage, and it was conservatively estimated that Iowa had at least 1.5 times more ammunition than the Fuji! The rate of fire of Iowa's 12-inch guns was barely one shot a minute, but the four 8-inch guns made up for the lack of projection, and the Fuji guns were smaller, but the rate of fire was still not high. Not long after the fire was fired, a shell landed near the Fuji, and as the distance gradually narrowed, Iowa got the first hit!

Although the Americans' gunnery is generally low, there are exceptions to everything, for example, even if the gunner level on the Iowa is okay, after the two battleships engage, it is the Americans who get the first hit! A 12-inch shell whistled over a distance of 2,500 meters, and then plunged into the middle of the Fuji's hull, and the violent impact tore the main armor belt located in the upper gun gallery in pieces, and the raging flames and a large number of shrapnel flew into the breach, and carried out a full-coverage blow to the Japanese officers and soldiers in the two nearby gun galleries, accompanied by a tooth-aching metal tearing sound, and the flying shrapnel swept the Japanese soldiers down in pieces like cutting wheat. The resulting fire also began to spread in the hull gun gallery.

Soon, however, the Fuji returned the color and hit a twin 8-inch shell on the side chord of the Iowa, although it failed to penetrate the 8-inch Harvey hardened armor, but it successfully blew off the barrel of an 8-inch gun, and made the other gun unusable for a short time. Since the start of the war, the two sides have been firing at each other for a quarter of an hour, and there has been almost a draw.

If Iowa and the opposite Fuji fought for a draw in a short period of time, and had a chance to press back, then Brooklyn, who was in the second place in the battle line, suffered a little in the battle with the Yashima, the projection of the Brooklyn's 6 8-inch turret guns was indeed enough, and the three turrets on the side chord were like the three heads of the Cerberus frantically tilting the bullet rain towards each other, the Americans' shelling accuracy was poor, but the new turret guns had a faster rate of fire and a larger number, From time to time, orange fireballs rose on the target, and the fire caused by the violent explosion destroyed part of the Yashima's superstructure, and the Japanese battleship looked a little embarrassed under the smoke and flames.

However, the opponent is obviously not a vegetarian, relying on a larger caliber secondary gun, the projection amount of the Yashima is also okay, but the most ferocious weapon of the Yashima is still its twin-mounted 10-inch main gun, 227KG armor-piercing shells easily penetrated the side-chord armor of Brooklyn with a thickness of only 3 inches, and a shell smashed into it, directly opening a large hole of several square meters in the side-chord hull, and then more than a dozen kilograms of picric acid grabbing medicine directly turned the hit into a sea of fire! Brooklyn's attack speed is fast, but the opponent is inflicted with skin trauma, while the Yashima is a heavy hitter, although the shot is relatively slow, but it can make the opponent pay a heavy price every time, so consumed, although Brooklyn's situation is not good, but it can hold on for a short time.

"No one could have imagined that the first to be unable to hold out in this battle was the largest tonnage of the US-Russian fleet Rurik armored cruiser, this 11,000-ton battleship could not match its tonnage at all, and while the other warships of the US Navy were still holding on, this battleship had been crushed under the blow of General Heihachiro Togo's flagship, the Asama!" This is how Lieutenant Colonel Jericho, who participated in the battle after the war, commented on the armored cruiser Rurik.

Rurik looks at the data really vigorously, 4 203 guns, 16 6-inch guns! But it's a pity that the 4 203 guns are artillery gallery guns, which are actually similar to the 8-inch guns of the Qing Dynasty Haitian class in history in terms of appearance. And it's also a sad cross distribution, the sidechord firepower is only 3, and the protection of all 6-inch gun positions is very limited, which seems to be very fierce, but it is only the level of a second-class cruiser with stable pressure, and the skill points are all on the range, and it is far enough, but the speed is low, the fire protection is weak, and you are still using non-hardened armor! In this era of naval warfare, you are embarrassed to say hello to Harvey if you don't go to Harvey!

The Asama armored cruiser, which was designed based on the last generation of Rurik 2 in history, fought against the first generation of Rurik in history. It's fate! If the traverser is here, he will definitely sigh. In this engagement, Rurik is really bad!

"Isn't the Russian warship a little protected?" Feeling the slight vibration of the battleship firing beneath his feet, Heihachiro Togo looked comfortably at the cruiser Rurik in the distance, which was struggling with flames and explosions. The damage caused by the shelling of the Japanese is beyond the imagination of the Russians, and beyond the imagination of the Japanese! The Rurik's defenses are as fragile as a layer of paper! Almost every minute, a series of explosions and pillars of fire erupted from the Rurik. Above the entire waterline armor belt, Rurik's defense is very limited, and it is completely worthy of the name armored cruiser!

Rurik's seemingly formidable projection firepower had no chance to play at all, and most of the gun emplacements were concentrated and covered as soon as the battle began! In the face of very limited defense positions, even an 8-inch shell can easily wipe it out! Within 10 minutes of the start of the battle, Rurik's 3 8-inch gun emplacements were destroyed by 2! An 8-inch shell pierced the rear gun emplacement, breaking the entire gun to pieces along with the gun mount. Another 227KG 10-inch gun shell not only blew up an 8-inch gun emplacement on the side chord, but also damaged the lower bomb delivery device, and a fire dragon instantly spread to the lower deck.

Although they did not make it to the ammunition depot, the Russian officers and sailors present could still feel the shaking of the explosion and the sound of the ship's hull tearing. In just over 20 minutes of attack, Rurik was completely at a disadvantage, and the entire deck had been blown up like a burning volcano, but fortunately, the power system of this battleship had not been hit, otherwise, once Rurik slowed down and broke away from the battle, no matter how the Japanese fleet chosen, it would be a catastrophe for the US and Russian fleets.

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