Chapter Ninety-Five: Battleship Duel VI

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"Fire, fire!" Van Gossy, the captain of the Brave, had anger on his face, and he didn't care that the distance between the two sides was still more than 10,000 meters, and he didn't care whether the shells fired by the Brave could hit the Tangren battlearm. It was as if he could dispel the fears in the hearts of the sailors on the battleship simply by firing back.

In fact, the Dutch officers and gunners knew in their hearts that if Israel's naval guns wanted to hit the Tang Ren at a distance of more than 10,000 meters, it would undoubtedly be more difficult than ascending to the sky, unless it was God's favor.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! The four 152-mm rapid-fire guns on top of the Brave began to fire fiercely. The cannonballs smacked at the Don as if they didn't want money. But the shells they fired all landed a few hundred meters away from the Tangren, and some of the shells even landed thousands of meters away from the Tangren. Obviously, the shells fired by the Brave did not pose the slightest threat to the Tangren battle patrol at all.

In this way, the two cruisers Brave and Loha launched fierce fire with the Tangren battle cruiser, and the roaring cannons continued to sound. It's just that for the Tang Ren battleship 10,000 meters away, it can't pose a threat at all. All the shells, all the shells fell on the sea, and the Dutch Navy was more like wasting shells than fighting!

But at this distance, the hit rate of both sides is very low, even pitiful, and the warships on both sides are driving at high speed, and it seems so difficult to hit each other.

However, the Huaxia Navy has the help of a radar fire control and targeting system, and theoretically speaking, the hit rate should be slightly higher.

But after the initial panic, the Dutch Navy also calmly began to counterattack. I have to admit that at this time, the naval quality of the old colonial empire was revealed, whether it was in terms of personal quality or artillery technology, the Dutch navy was higher than the Chinese navy.

Even in this disadvantageous situation, the Dutch Navy still showed a high level of artillery bombardment. However, due to the large difference in the caliber of the naval guns of the two sides, it was not so easy for the Dutch Navy to hit the Tangren battle cruiser of the Huaxia Navy at a distance of more than 10,000 meters.

Rumble! Soon after, the Don Man's second shell hit the forward turret of the Brave, and after being hit by one shell, the bow turret of the Brave was exploded with great power and was directly blown into a pile of scrap metal. The multi-ton turret was also overturned on the deck, and the blown iron pins even flew everywhere, hitting several hapless Dutch sailors.

After the Brave's bow turret was destroyed, Captain Van Gosy was not afraid, but commanded the battle more calmly. Van Gosy knew that as the captain of the ship, he must not have the slightest appearance of fear, otherwise the officers and men of the entire battleship would panic.

At the same time, in Van Gossey's heart, he also put away his contempt for the Huaxia Navy. Through this battle between the two sides, Van Goisy seems to believe that the Chinese navy is much stronger than he imagined. The Huaxia Navy is not a group of cowardly and cowardly men who are afraid when they hear the sound of artillery. On the contrary, they are a strong army with good training and skills.

"Hurry up and rescue the wounded!" Captain Van Gossi yelled at the medics. "Inform Loha, Slender Man, that we must get close to the Donman before firing our cannons, or we're just wasting shells."

Captain Van Gosy saw the power of the Huaxia Navy, the opponent's main guns not only had a far more range than his own warships, but the accuracy did not seem to be bad, and his own battleships were engaged with the opponent at a distance of more than 10,000 meters, which was definitely an act of seeking death. Only by narrowing the distance between the two sides and leaning on it can there be a chance to sink the Tangren.

Li Fang saw through the binoculars that the two battleships of the Dutch Brave and the Loja had stopped firing, but were approaching his side with full horsepower, and he immediately knew the tactics of the other party in his heart. Li Fang knew the advantages of his battleship, although short-range firing would be more accurate, but Li Fang didn't want the soldiers to take risks.

Only by maintaining a distance of about 10,000 meters, so that the enemy cannot hit him, but he can strike at the enemy, can he give full play to the advantages of the Tang Ren battleship.

"Humph! The Dutchman wants to play melee combat, give orders, increase speed, and keep a distance of about 10,000 meters from the enemy's battleship. ”

Subsequently, the Tangren took advantage of its high speed, always controlled the combat distance at about 10,000 meters, and launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the Brave and Loha.

Ten minutes later, the hapless Brave was hit by a shell from the Don Man again, and the upper ship island of the Brave was blown to pieces.

Captain Van Gosy was even more overturned on the deck by the blast of the explosion, his face was blackened by the flames of the explosion, and his right arm was also injured.

"Captain!!" When the medic saw this, he immediately ran over and helped Captain Van Gossi to his feet.

"I'm fine." Van Gossey's head was a little foggy, but he still managed to calm down.

"Captain, I'll help you bandage it."

"Thank you!"

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The gunners on the battle patrol of the Donman were already happy to see that the Brave had been hit by a cannonball again. After another calculation, the Don opened fire again.

Rumble! ... Rumble!

This time, the luck of the Tang Man came again, and a cannonball accurately hit the top of the power deck of the Brave, and the huge explosion not only opened a large hole in the deck, but also blew up the engine room of the Brave, and blew up two boilers.

Fragments of the shattered deck flew everywhere, and some Dutch soldiers were blown to the surface. The Dutch naval officers and sailors on the battleship suffered heavy casualties.

The hot water in the blown up boiler instantly splashed everywhere, and the two boiler soldiers next to them were scalded to death on the spot, but the heart-rending screams were muffled by the huge sound of shelling. The boiler was blown up, and the speed of the Brave immediately slowed down, and the Brave, which originally had eight boilers, now only had six as power, and the speed suddenly decreased sharply.

The commander of the patrol team, who is also the captain of the Slender Boat, saw that the war had just begun, and his side almost lost a battleship, which made Commander Norden's face even more gloomy.

The warships of the Dutch Navy, empty have a numerical advantage. However, because of the range of the main gun, there was no way to deal with the Tang battleship 10,000 meters away, so he could only watch where the Tang Man showed off its might. This feeling is indeed very aggrieved.

"Get up to full speed and support the Brave and Loha!" Norden ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! The Chinese Navy's Tangren battle patrol was still firing, and the shells kept falling next to the Brave and Loha.

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