When the Second Fleet Stormtroop formation of the Huaxia Army was advancing at its maximum combat speed, the formation was a little out of shape, and it was really not deliberately arranged by Hu Zhen, which reflected the true level of the young sailors of the Huaxia Army.

Many of the sailors of the Huaxia fleet, although they are proficient in water and familiar with the operation of wooden sailing ships, as early as a few months ago, they did not even know what a steam engine was, and after just a few months of crazy training in the navy, they went to the battlefield of naval warfare.

All this turned into the unbearable of a group of nouveau riche in the eyes of the Spaniards.

The second and third warbands of the Huaxia Army swarmed at a distance of five thousand meters on the left side of the Luzon fleet, and Severa and his men were not so nervous that they didn't even bother to turn the main guns to the left, but Severa ordered the six main warships to stare at the first wargroup, which included the main large warships of the Huaxia Army.

In the eyes of Severa and his subordinate officers, as long as the main large warships of the Huaxia Army were annihilated, the other small warships were not a problem.

Moreover, the warfleet of these Chinese nouveau riche had no naval background at all, and in the engagement, three to one, or even five to one, were not necessarily the opponents of the Luzon fleet.

However, the Spaniards were soon forced to change their views on the Luzon fleet.

This time, the Huaxia Army really opened artillery and bombarded accurately.

In order to cover the Second and Third Fleets to cut off the rear route of the Luzon Fleet, the eight main warships of the First Squadron of the Huaxia Army first turned to the north at a speed of 17.5 knots, and while turning, the flagship Dahua opened fire on a target 5,500 meters away and test-fired a 210-millimeter shell.

With a bang, the shell fell into the sea twenty meters to the right of the flagship of the Luzon fleet, the Pelayo, and exploded.

The first shell became a near-missile, less than 20 meters away from the target, which is a miraculous story in the history of naval warfare in the world!

This frightened the commander of the Luzon fleet, Severa: "Impossible, how can this be so accurate when the cannon is fired from a distance of five thousand meters?" It must have been an accident, an accident ......"

While Severa was still looking for a reason to comfort himself, after only a thirty-second pause, the first volley of the first team of the Huaxia Army swept in like a frenzy.

The three battleships and five cruisers of the 1st Sentai had a total of eighteen 210 mm guns and thirty-four 155 mm guns (in order to conduct a unified salvo and increase the rate of fire. Before the war, the four 203-mm guns and six 152-mm secondary guns on the Baltimore were all dismantled and replaced with ten 155mm guns), and in the first salvo, a total of fifty-two shells were smashed into the Pelayo.

Loud and loud explosions rang out. Severa on the Pelayo was stunned, all the officers and soldiers were stunned, and no one knew how many shells their battleship had received in the first salvo of the enemy.

Before the Pelayo could fire a single shell, it was hit by five or six shells from the Huaxia Army, igniting a raging fire.

"The enemy really hit so accurately!" Severa finally knew that the Chinese fleet was luring her fleet away from the Tadpole Island battery. That was to lead his own Luzon fleet into an ambush circle to annihilate it.

For a time, the veteran admirals who had walked through the entire earth's oceans did not know what measures to take to counterattack in the face of such a precise attack by the Huaxia Army.

While Severa was still hesitating, the second squadron of the Huaxia Army had already swept to the left of the Luzon fleet, approaching a large number of old ships behind the Luzon fleet.

At this time, the entire Luzon fleet had been divided into two because it was using maximum combat speed to pursue the Huaxia fleet:

The first was the battleships Pelayo, Carlos V, Princess Maria Teresa, Almirante Okundo, Viscaia, Cristobal Cologne, Rena Cristina, Alfonso XII, Rena Masty, Erickson, and eight torpedo destroyers at speeds of more than 16 knots.

The rest of the ships were second and fell behind the fleet because their speed was below 16 knots.

"Five Fires" Geng Huoyan was on the cruiser Qilei at this time, and with the eight destroyers of the First Destroyer Fleet, he rushed into the 4,500-meter position of the rear guard of the Luzon Fleet, and ordered: "Shoot the damn cannon!" ”

The flagship of the 1st Destroyer Fleet, the Qilei, and its eight destroyers were equipped with artillery rangefinders that could fire from a distance of five thousand meters.

Approaching the enemy ship at a distance of 4,500 meters and firing the cannon was a plan set before the war in order to have greater certainty.

There were four 155-mm guns on board the cruiser Kailei. The eight destroyers, with a total of thirty-two 75-mm guns, simultaneously sprayed a rainstorm of fire at the enemy ships at a rate of five to seven rounds per minute.

In three minutes, the 1st Destroyer Fleet was attacking and rushing, approaching from 4,500 meters away to 2,000 meters away from the enemy ships, and each gun fired more than 15 shells.

The other ships of the 2nd Squadron, following the forward 1st Destroyer Fleet, swarmed and swept the flanks and rear of the Luzon fleet with an overwhelming barrage of shells.

The cruiser Guam, which had a top speed of only 12 knots, suffered a mechanical failure while passing through Tadpole Island, causing its speed to drop below 9 knots, and it became the last battleship of the Luzon fleet. Under the brave charge of the Chinese warships, it became the first Spanish warship that was the most unlucky.

The Guam used the ship's four 120 mm guns, three 57 mm rapid-fire guns, two 37 mm inch rapid-fire guns, and five Gatling heavy machine guns to desperately return fire.

However, the firepower of more than 20 warships of various types of the Huaxia Army was 100 times more ferocious than that of the Guam.

In just a few minutes, the Guam was hit by more than 20 shells, the most lethal being the two 360-mm torpedoes in the bow torpedo tubes of the Guam ship that were hit by shells. Trigger a strong martyrdom.

The flames of the torpedo explosion engulfed the entire bow of the Guam, and in the flames, a shocking hole exploded in the bow of the Guam, and the sea rushed in, threatening to engulf the bow of the Guam.

The Guam had sunk ironclad at this time, but some stunned young men in the Huaxia army still refused to let it go. The two destroyers leapfrogged the shelling column and, at a distance of 700 meters, fired four torpedoes at the Guam, using the bow torpedo tubes.

At this time, Guam had stalled to less than five knots, and three of the four torpedoes were fired, which made the "five fires" Geng Huoyan heartbroken: "Nima's, a group of losers, a broken ship that is about to sink, and four torpedoes have been wasted!" ”

The Guam exploded violently, and the hull with a displacement of 1,130 tons was torn into countless pieces and thrown in all directions, and none of the 130 crew members on board the Guam were spared.

At this time, it took only twenty minutes from the time the Huaxia fleet turned around and turned to the enemy to open fire.

The USS Guam was the first battleship to be sunk by the Luzon fleet. (To be continued.) )