From the first time to hit the enemy ship to the Chitose leaving the queue in an instant, in the face of such a sharp turn of events, Dewa Shigeyuan looked at the two Russian armored cruisers on the opposite side and felt resentful. Although he was mentally prepared for the situation that his side was in a weak position at the beginning, he was still very annoyed by the ups and downs of such a big uphea.

At this time, the Izumi added new injuries, although the eight 254-mm naval guns of the Russians were extremely powerful, but because of the poor accuracy of the gunners and the slow rate of fire, the threat to the Japanese was not so great, but the slightly smaller 203-mm naval guns were much more dangerous.

The 12 203-mm naval guns of the Grombowy in position 3 and Bayan in position 4 in the formation were much more powerful than the 152-mm naval guns, and the rate of fire was much higher than that of the 254-mm naval guns, which was the greatest threat to an armored cruiser like the Izumi.

Moreover, the crew of the Grombowie was also the longest trained in the entire fleet, the most excellent personnel and ships, and the highest level of training, when the two sides were 3,000 meters apart, the two naval guns of the bloated turret of the Grombowie were hit.

Two 203-mm shells hit the gun frame on the side of the bridge of the Izumi, and after penetrating the armor, they exploded in the gun emplacement, and the crew members were torn to pieces by the explosion, and the other shell exploded after smashing into the adjacent compartment.

"How's it going?! Is it damaged strictly?! Izuha Shigeyuan, who stabilized himself in the violent vibration, asked loudly in shock, the place where the shell hit was below him, and if it was a few meters higher, he estimated that he would be killed along with the bridge!

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a violent explosion occurred under the bridge again, and the violent explosion caused the officers and soldiers on the bridge above to be thrown into the air and slammed on the deck again. When I opened my eyes, I saw a mess.

The huge tinnitus made Izuha Shigeyuan have a splitting headache, and everyone fell to the ground as far as he could see, trying to stand up and sit up, but a sharp pain came from his left arm and made Izuha Shigeyuan fall back to the ground, "It seems that when I was smashed to the ground, my arm was broken." Dewa Shigeyuan muttered with cold air.

Deviated head. Dewa Shigeto saw Yamaji Kazuzen lying on the ground, blood foaming from his mouth between breathing, obviously suffering a lot of internal injuries, at this time other people in the bridge who were less injured climbed up one after another, and the first mate moved over step by step, and helped Dewa Shigeyuan up.

"What the hell is going on?! Have we been hit again?! Izuwa Shigeyuan shouted with all his strength, and the tinnitus at this time made him unable to hear clearly, so he opened his throat and roared.

Not far from the foot of Dewa Shigeyuan, the place where the explosion occurred was already extremely tragic at this time. The position of the gun silhouette that had been hit was gone, and a large hole was made in the side of the hull, curled steel plates, twisted bulkheads, cracked joints, and minced meat that originally belonged to the human body hung from the fractures of sharp steel plates, and an unpleasant smell of burning fire came from the burning flames.

The explosion came from the propellant of the secondary cannon, and the metal cartridge that stored the propellant failed to block the power of the explosion, and the secondary effect of the chain reaction of the propellant cartridges stacked together completely broke the side of the Izumi, and the explosion spread to more than ten cabins up and down, left and right. More than 40 people were killed and wounded, and to make matters worse, the explosion injured each of the senior officers of the Second Fleet on the bridge above.

Actually, this is quite lucky. Because the bow main gun ammunition depot of the Izumi is not far below the location of the explosion, if the secondary gun propellant explosion is more powerful and affects the main gun ammunition depot, then Izuba Shigeyuan will be blown up into the sky along with the entire bridge.

However, although it did not cause a more tragic result, even the personnel in the bridge above the explosion site were injured by the shock, so the situation of the officers and men in the main gun cover of the bow and under the battery can be imagined.

Therefore, for a while, the front main gun of the Izumi was also muted. That's it. The Izumi's firepower was reduced by nearly half, and although the Izumi did not withdraw from the battle like the Chitose, its combat power was also greatly reduced.

Inside the bridge, Yamaji Kazuzen had been carried by sailors to the ship's infirmary for treatment, and the other seriously injured people also left the bridge together. However, as the commander of the fleet, Dewa Chongyuan couldn't walk, and he could only simply deal with the external injury, and after fixing his arm, he insisted on his post, and the pain from his arm made him unable to concentrate at all.

At the same time as the Izumi suffered, the Kasaki behind it was also shelled, and a total of 20 152-mm secondary guns of the Izmail and Kimborn fired a rain of bullets that achieved the purpose of making up for accuracy by the rate of fire.

The Kasaki's bow main gun turret suffered a 152 mm shell in front of it, although it failed to penetrate the gun shield, but the shock wave generated by the impact and explosion shook most of the crew members in the turret Yan zhòng's internal injuries and lost their combat effectiveness, and some unlucky guys hit the inner wall of the turret in the impact, and their internal organs were shattered, and they died without even snorting.

The fragments produced by the explosion left scratches on the thick and majestic barrel, and the huge impact force caused the turret's rotating mechanism to be completely deformed by the force and completely stuck, and this was not the end, the waterline part of the bow of the Kasashiki was partially cut by the shell, and a large amount of seawater poured into the bow of the Kasaki in the sailing state, and the influx of sea water increased the weight of the bow of the Kasaki, and the bow sank and caused the bow to sink.

Immediately after that, there was also a shell at the waterline of the swollen part of the ship, and this shell was bounced off by the dome armor after penetrating the side wall, but the flooding of the side side made the condition of the Kasaki ship even worse, and the Kasaki had to slow down and get out of the array and carry out emergency repairs first.

At this time, the three strongest warships of the Japanese fleet were damaged one after another, and two of them were even separated from the line, and the combat strength of the entire fleet was greatly reduced. But the Russians were not all without a price, the Izmail and the Kimborn were also hit by several 150-mm shells, although none of them penetrated the armor, but the Shimose gunpowder also burned Essen to the core.

In fact, this is also to blame the Russians themselves, when the Germans were building the Russian ** ship, Jochen signaled the shipyard and the Russians to point out that too luxurious interior decoration is not good for fire prevention. However, His Majesty's warships must have the best decorations! The naval officers of the Russian Empire had to have the best living conditions! The Russians, who held this idea, did not accept the construction of the shipyard at all.

So these warships, like other Russian warships, are full of luxurious oak decorations, and these decorations are not only limited to the inside of the ship, some small decorations outside the ship, small handrails and other bits and pieces are simply good materials for ignition, plus some unprotected areas of the superstructure and no armor, so although Shimose gunpowder can not do anything about the armor in the key areas of the Russian battleship, it is still okay to burn your life and not take care of yourself.

Although not a single shell caused great damage to the Izmail and Kimborn, the fire and poisonous smoke on the ship, which would be difficult to extinguish for a while, also severely affected the officers and men on the ship.

Essen originally thought that it would be a one-sided beating of the children, but now it turned into two people stabbing each other with knives, and then seeing who died first, which was completely out of Essen's expectations.

It can be said that the battle has been fought so far, although the Russians have a slight upper hand, but Essen's purpose of sneaking into the sea off the coast of Korea to attack the Japanese army transport ships and reduce the pressure on the army in Arthur has been bankrupt, and whether to speed up the battle or completely annihilate these yellow-skinned monkey warships here has become the choice in front of Essen.

In the end, the idea of preserving the combat power as much as possible and bringing back the battleships of His Majesty the Tsar without falling one by one prevailed, and Essen decided to leave the battle and return to Vladivostok with all the ships for repair and rest, as long as the ships were still there, he had another chance. Essen then ordered to adjust course to the right and speed up to close the distance between him and the Japanese fleet.

"The splash of the bow of the Puyan fleet is getting bigger and bigger, and the fleet of the Lu people is speeding up!" The information sent back from the lookout post at the top of the mast made Izuha Shigeto stunned for a moment, now it is obvious that the Urayan fleet has the upper hand, what do you want to do if you don't try to continue to expand the results of the battle and increase the speed?

"Not good! The Urayan fleet wants to run! Dewa Shigeyuan thought for a moment about Essen's thoughts, as long as the strength of the Urayan fleet still exists, it can always threaten the shipping lines of the Great Japanese Empire, and his own fleet is not a soft persimmon that the Urayan fleet can eat in a while, so he will no longer entangle and wait for the next opportunity.

How can this work?! I must not let the Puyan fleet run away so completely, then it will be my biggest shame!

"Order Naniwa and Takachiho to approach the Urayan fleet! Be sure to entangle the ships at the end of the Urayan fleet! No matter what it takes! It's time for us to be loyal to the Emperor! Dewa Shigeto immediately made a decision and gave an extremely risky order.

The Rurik in the Urayan fleet is an old ship, and her speed is the slowest, but there are also two old ships in her fleet, Naniwa and Takachiho, and the two old ships are barely able to run at a speed of more than 16 knots, and the maximum speed of the Izumi is only 19 knots.

Although the Suma and Akashi ships were new, they were second-class protected cruisers built by Japan, and their speed was only 20 knots.

And the fastest Chitose and Kasaki ships in their fleet were injured and separated, and the only ones who were expected to catch up were Takasago and Yoshino, and using two ships to chase the Urayan fleet was simply a no-go.

Therefore, it is necessary to delay the speed of the Urayan fleet, so let the slowest wave speed and Takachiho entangle the Lu people, and then the rest of the ships will turn around and fight again.

However, in this way, the fate of the two ships Naniwa and Takachiho can be imagined, but for such an order, the captains of the Naniwa and Takachiho replied "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

In this way, Essen was quite surprised to see that the Naniwa and Takachiho left the formation and rushed straight towards the Rurik at the end of his team. (To be continued......) R527