【2nd Update】

The violent explosion completely destroyed the command system of the Arkansas armored ship at that time, and the bridge immediately burst into flames after being swept by a huge fire ball, and the officers on the battleship were almost swept away by this huge 640-kilogram high-explosive bomb, and the power of the explosion was obviously more than that, the explosion that pierced the deck armor also caused a larger bilge fire.

Just a few minutes later, under the direct gaze of Commodore Winfield, the Arkansas armored ship completely lost control, and slanted towards another mobile shallow water gunboat a few hundred meters away, at this moment, on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, the mobile shallow water gunboat obviously did not notice this situation, and as a result, when this huge armored ship appeared less than 100 meters away, the battleship that was still fighting fiercely did not have time to turn.

In the end, despite the full swerving of the Mobile, a minute later, the armored ship of the Akus crashed into the rear of the battleship without any suspense, and after a shocking, piercing crash, the shallow water gunboat of the Mobile was shattered, and the tail engine lost half of its power after a few minutes.

At this moment, Commodore Winfield watched in disbelief at the three Chinese battleships, which were rapidly attacking the American fleet at their incredible speed, completely ignoring the bombardment of several American battleships desperately using heavy tail guns...... And the Olympia heavy tail cannon also fired a very good round of shelling.

When the two sides closed to a distance of less than 5,000 meters, just as the Sirius pointed its main gun at the Olympia from the side, the 208mm main gun in the stern of the Olympia fired two high-hit hits very accurately, but. The 30 kg high-explosive shell is a 220mm main armor belt and 80mm deck armor for the Sky Wolf battle cruiser. It's almost like tickling.

The Sirius battle patrol firing command room. Wu Tiexin had completely given up the salvo command, but ordered the commanders of each gun position to use the gun position firing command instrument to fire freely, at this distance, even the senior shooting officers on the destroyer could hit more than 50 percent, not to mention these battle-hardened battleship officers.

And he got up and stood in front of the lookout window, and in the binoculars, the panicked expressions of the opponents on the American battleship in the distance were clearly visible, especially after hitting the Sky Wolf at close range just now. Although it could be seen that the opponent's tail guns were still trying to load, the approaching Chinese battleships and the huge guns pointed at them had completely frightened the Americans.

Rumble...... Rumble...... When the front main gun position and the left and right gun barrels reached the highest point of the battleship's undulation, they did not hesitate to fire a devastating shelling!

At a distance of more than 3,000 meters, almost a few seconds later, a huge, blood-boiling fireball rose from the stern of the Olympia battle cruiser, and under the watchful eye of everyone, the 208mm turret that made the cruiser Olympia proud could not withstand such a huge explosion impact. Suddenly jumped from the deck of the battleship, weighing nearly 20 tons of turret. All of a sudden, it was overturned and smashed diagonally on the side side.

The huge shock wave also swept across the entire aft deck and the cabins below deck, and the high temperature immediately ignited all the flammable materials in the bilge, and the skyrocketing fire flew directly to a position higher than the bridge.

Brigadier General Winfield, who still had a glimmer of hope for escaping from the encirclement, also crashed into the chart table behind him at once under the shock wave of the violent explosion.

It's just that at this moment, the speed has been raised to the limit of 26 knots, and the three Chinese battle cruisers are completely like berserkers, wielding the huge 13.5-inch guns in their hands to launch a close shelling that is almost hand-to-hand, and Brigadier General Winfield didn't even have time to give any instructions, and the two huge rear knapsack main guns exposed on the side of the wolf have been pointed at the armored ship Olympia that is emitting billowing black smoke at a distance of less than 2,500 meters.

"Oh God!" Everyone on the 5,800-ton cruiser couldn't help but let out a desperate roar when they saw the fire from the huge main guns that were close at hand.

4 huge shells of 640 kg hit a decent hit rate, two directly hit the main armor belt of the side chord, 1 hit the bridge command tower, and the other ghostly flew over the chimney in the tail of the battleship! But that's enough to destroy a qiē!

The two heavy guns that hit the main armor belt on the side of Olympia almost undoubtedly tore the 5-inch Haven steel armor of the armored ship, one of which flew directly into the coal bunker in the lower part of the bow, and then caused an earth-shattering explosion at the position of the coal bunker, with a huge impact force, which directly led the bow of the battleship to be blown away, and the front of the entire battleship seemed to be flattened by a giant hammer.

But the real fatal shot came from the heavy cannon that hit the side of the battleship, the shell tore through the thick armor, once again penetrated the four or five layers of thin dome armor inside, and then smashed heavily on the bilge inverted lid-like protective ironclad fort, and the huge impact force directly smashed the top cabin with only 4 inches of armor on the top of the top into a huge depression.

Subsequently, a violent explosion occurred on this wrapped iron can, and the huge impact force of nearly 80 kilograms of TNT explosives directly tore the bullet body into countless shrapnel, and the armor plate that was originally wrapped outside was completely shattered at once without any suspense, and hundreds of huge shrapnel swept through the 12 domed boilers in the ironclad fort at once.

A huge stream of steam rose from the middle of the battleship in an instant, and then a squeaky sound that made people couldn't help but sore their teeth coalesced in dozens of low thuds, and finally burst open in less than 10 seconds...... The armored ship Olympia, which was still speeding away on the sea, suddenly broke apart from the middle.

When the Sirius slashed past the waves less than 500 meters to its right, the cruiser with excellent performance had already flipped on its side, and the 120mm secondary guns of the Sirius battle cruiser had already waited for an order to open fire fiercely at the two American cruisers that had already burst into flames two kilometers away, huddled together, and the three main turrets of the Sirius had already turned at full speed, pointing from the left wing to the four American battleships whose right flank had been overtaken.

Three battle cruisers armed to the teeth carried 13-inch main guns and rushed into the American cruiser group, this completely subversive and crazy battle made the Spanish fleet in the distance who was preparing to turn around and join the battle group look stupid, and when the 18 main guns were finished in a round of close firing, the three Chinese battleships were blasted out by the opponent in addition to a large number of scorched black blast points, there were only sporadic fire points left.

However, at this distance, the several American cruisers that were hit twice by these 13-inch or more main guns completely lost any possibility of survival, billowing black smoke, fire, and explosions filled the strait, and almost before the 13th Fleet could be reloaded, the two precarious battleships of the American Cruise Fleet, which had completely lost the command of the flagship and the will to fight, hoisted the white flag.

Vice Admiral Sevela immediately regained his senses when he saw the white flag on the American battleship, and he immediately ordered the damaged unprotected cruiser Hernan to turn around and clean up the battlefield, and incidentally accept the surrender of the American battleship...... This was naturally something that had been planned for a long time, but I didn't expect the American battleship floating on the surface of the sea with candles at this moment...... There are as many as 4 ships,

Liu Hetu stood in the bridge command room, looked sideways at the American fleet in the strait at the moment, and immediately made a gesture to set off without hesitation, and the three battle cruisers immediately swept across the battlefield without slowing down, and quickly chased in the direction of the Spanish fleet in the distance, and 20 minutes later, the two fleets immediately converged together, and the Spanish fleet did not take the lead, and pounced on the exit of the strait in the distance.

"Report!" An officer hurried into the command room of the Sirius and delivered a telegram.

Zheng Donghe, a staff officer of the fleet, took a look at it, and immediately handed it to Liu Hetu with a smile, "They are almost here, and the Tianyan III is on the periphery...... Out of the mouth of the strait, there will be a battle! ”

This news finally brought a smile to Liu Hetu's tense face, bowed his head and pondered for a while, then handed over the command of the fleet to Zheng Donghe, turned around and walked into the captain's lounge.

At 4:40 p.m., when Vice Admiral Selawi led five warships of the Spanish fleet to rush out of the southern exit of the Kuzumel Strait, he was surprised to find five American battleships a few kilometers away, but what he didn't expect at all was that these American battleships, all carrying more than 10 inches of main guns, did not point their guns at the exit of the strait at this moment, but were nervously making a tactical turn on the sea!

And farther on the sea level, countless pillars of smoke filled the sky, covering the sky and the earth, the battleships were appearing in the field of vision one by one, and Sevila, who originally thought that there was still a fierce battle, couldn't help but rush out of the bridge, and when he ran to the lookout on the main mast at the rear of the battleship, he suddenly saw the five-star red flag flying high on the battleship in the distance from the telescope.

When the 13th Fleet sailed out of the strait at high speed 10 minutes later, Zheng Donghe, the temporary commander of the Sky Wolf, slapped the table, and the 13th Fleet, which had laid out the battle line, immediately fired the first round of school projectiles at the American fleet, which was heavily surrounded in the distance.

When Commodore Sampson saw the 13th fleet sailing out of the strait, he already understood his fate, and the sudden appearance of the fleet of the Chinese was completely beyond the strategy he could imagine, and the constant emergence of warships at the sea level made him also have to be shocked by the strength of China's maritime power in the Far East.

He immediately ordered the battleship to break through to the north at full speed, as for the tactics...... At this moment, any tactics have been powerless, and he can only hope for the speed of the Chinese fleet in the distance, if Iowa still has an advantage in speed, although he is facing the opponent's fierce artillery, he still has a chance to break out of the encirclement network with the strong armor of the battleship. (To be continued......)