Under the terrified gaze of the Germans, the Chinese battleships soon pursued closely from the left side of the German fleet.

Probably in order not to be preempted by the German ships with the prefix "T", the Chinese battlefleet, after catching up with the four "Byrne" class battleships, did not immediately open fire, but continued to advance at full speed, all the way past the four "King" class battleships that "changed from the rear to the front".

Vice Admiral Barnke, commander of the German detachment commanding the four "King" class battleships, realized the Chinese battleship's attempt and immediately ordered the German ships to open fire to prevent the Chinese ships from turning, and the "King" was the first to fire, followed by the "Elector", the "Border Count" and the "Crown Prince Wilhelm" also opened fire, and the four German battleships concentrated their artillery fire on the battleship "Republic", which was turning. For a time, the sea around the battleship "Republic" boiled like a boiling pot, and after the "King" fired, the four "Byrne" class battleships also opened fire, pointing their guns at the Chinese battleships at the tail of the queue, at this time all the Chinese battleships did not fire, still moving at full speed, obviously trying to complete the turning action at all costs.

Watching the huge enemy ships pass by in front of him, Scheer's heart was clenched by great fear.

If the Chinese battleship had completed the maneuver to seize the prefix "T", he would probably have become the second in the Battle of Tsushima!

At this time, Scheer had already made up his mind and was ready to sacrifice light ships to save his main fleet from total annihilation, Scheer tried to calm his head, he thought about it, and immediately issued another key order to the Straight Guard Fleet in this naval battle:

"All cruisers and destroyers charge enemy ships!"

And just as Scheer gave this order, the Chinese battleships in front of him opened fire one after another.

“…… At that moment, I saw a red glow in the sky in the distance, and the figure of the Chinese battleship resembled a fire-breathing 'Xudra' against the red light emitted by the muzzle flame. Brauninghouse, the captain of the battleship King, recalled, "All the Chinese battleships began to shoot, and the sky was dyed red. Immediately after that, the shells fell from the sky, and the sea exploded not far from the 'King', and the first salvo of the Chinese was completely lost, stirring up a high column of water on the sea surface, and not a single shot hit, but soon the Chinese began the second salvo at unimaginable speed, and this time the accuracy was obviously high, because our ship was hit. ”

"The 'King' was directly hit by a 406 mm shell, and the huge explosion shook the whole ship, causing the battleship's hull to shake violently in the seawater, and the 'Anna' turret was directly reimbursed, fortunately the flames did not extend to the ammunition depot below, otherwise, this blow would have killed us."

The Chinese battlefleet completed five salvos in a short period of time, large-caliber shells exploded in the ranks of German ships like a landslide tsunami, the "King" was hit again, and the entire hull was surrounded by flames, and then the "Border Count" and "Crown Prince Wilhelm" were also hit, the "Border Count" was hit by two shells, and the two main turrets were scrapped; "Crown Prince William" was hit by a single shot, and a large hole was punched through the bow.

At this time, the Chinese battlefleet had completed the cross-cutting of the German fleet at high speed, and the curtain of the death of the Germans had been completely opened at this time.

Seeing that the German battleships were in trouble, the German light ships that had been ordered by Schell fought hard to interfere with the hellish shelling of the Chinese battleships, but the direct guards of the Chinese battlefleet spied through the Germans' attempts and rushed forward to prevent the Germans from attacking their own battleships, and the light ships of the two sides once again started a melee.

Since the German light ships were not able to stop the maneuver of the Chinese battleships, soon, at a distance of 11,000 yards from the "King", the "Republic" opened fire again, and successively drove the entire ship column to the starboard salvo, and the Chinese battlefleet carried out 15 salvos in less than 10 minutes, and the firepower was mainly concentrated on the four "King" class battleships in front of the German fleet array, and the "King" who bore the brunt of the "King" was hit by two more shots in succession, and the fire on the ship spread further, "like a burning haystack", Even the commander of the detachment, Vice Admiral Barnke, was wounded, and the battered "King", which did not wait any longer for the order of the flagship, began to turn around under the command of the captain Brauninghaus and broke away from the array alone.

The second to suffer from hellish fire was the "Border Count", which was hit by three 406-mm shells in succession, and all three main turrets were rendered useless, and the gunners in the turrets were either killed or wounded. The "Elector" was hit by a cannon shot, and it quickly caught fire. The "Crown Prince William" was hit by as many as four guns, and it was also full of fire, the sailors and gunners on the ship were badly wounded, and the infirmary was soon overcrowded, full of wounded men with missing arms and legs, but soon something more unfortunate happened, a 406-mm shell hit the infirmary, killing all the doctors and most of the wounded.

After the "King" turned, the "Border Earl", "Elector" and "Crown Prince William" behind it also began to turn.

Schell, who was on the "Byrne", saw that the four "King" class ships were all on fire in an instant, and for a moment he couldn't help but be worried, while the six Chinese battleships were still advancing rapidly, cutting deeper into the front of the German fleet, and constantly suppressing the German fleet with overwhelming artillery fire.

In the distance, the guns of the Chinese battleships, which were much larger than his own ship, continued to spew flames, and the piercing whistling and explosion of shells made Scheer's heart tighten for a while, and his body was full of powerlessness.

Just when Scheer was feeling desperate, something inexplicable happened.

The battleship "Republic", led by the leader, suddenly began to turn in the other direction, and after a while stopped shelling. The other five Chinese battleships, which were firing non-stop behind the giant ship, also followed in the direction of the flagship.

At this time, Scheer, seeing this extremely surprising action made by Hua Jian, opened his mouth for a while, not knowing what to say. And his men were also very surprised, and Scheer had already made up his mind that as long as he could return to Wilhelmshaven safely this time, he would never take such a risk again until he had a warship to match the enemy.

The unexpected maneuvering and high speed of the Chinese battleships gave the German fleet a precious opportunity to escape, and the German fleet desperately opened fire and fired back, and at the same time tried its best to sail in the opposite direction where the Chinese fleet was located, striving to distance itself as soon as possible in this short period of time and disengage from contact with the Chinese ships.

And Scheer still could not have imagined that there was another person on the Chinese battleship who was as shocked and annoyed as he was.

"What's going on? Where are we going? Betty asked in shock and anger as she put down the binoculars in her hand.

"I don't know." Captain Schneider and Deputy Captain Colonel Shen Honglie glanced at each other, each seeing the same surprised and inexplicable expression in each other's eyes.

"Could it be that we have relatives of the Germans on our ship?" Betty's voice unconsciously widened.

"The helmsman would not have been able to do such a thing without our orders." Xu Zhenpeng thought calmly for a moment and said, "I think our servo has failed. ”

"Hurry up and find out!" Betty looked at the German [***] ship that was gradually moving away, and shouted in a hurry, and several [***] officers rushed out quickly.

"Signal! Let the 'Ming Cook' not follow us! Immediately go after the enemy! Betty commanded loudly.

At this time, as the distance of the German ships was getting farther and farther, the Chinese battleships all stopped firing. After receiving the order of the "Republic", the "Mingzhuo" took the position of the flagship of the fleet and led the other four Chinese battleships back to the correct course and pursued the German fleet.

In fact, just as Xu Zhenpeng estimated, the steering gear of the "Republic" broke down at this juncture.

At this time, a team of mechanics and sailors were busy sweating in the wheelhouse, which was filled with white steam and the heavy smell of oil smoke.

Because the "Republican" class battleships are the largest project ordered by the United States in the United States, and out of concern that the Chinese Navy will invade China at any time, the Chinese political axe has demanded that the United States produce the "Republican" class battleships in accordance with wartime production standards, so as to strive to complete the project in the shortest possible time and form a combat strength as soon as possible to deal with the threat of the Japanese Navy. The Americans adopted a variety of methods, such as "assembly line operations" and "standardized spare parts," and as expected, all six "Republica" class ships were completed in less than two years and passed the Chinese side's acceptance, demonstrating the strong production capacity and excellent technical level of the US shipbuilding industry.

The battleship "Republic" was built at the New York Navy Yard on May 10, 1916, and was launched on March 11, 1918. Before it officially entered service, in order not to make people say that it had cut corners and delayed the construction period, the "Republic" underwent many tests and performed well, winning unanimous praise from foreign observers, and even Dr. Lin Yujing, the shipbuilding supervisor of the Chinese side, was extremely satisfied with the excellent surname of the "Republic" in the test.

Despite this, it is an indisputable fact that the six "Republican" class battleships are, after all, new and innew battleships that have just been launched, and not only the machines on the ships need to be run-in, but also the sailors of these huge ships need to be run in with them, but it is a pity that the British, who are in urgent need of large warships to defend the homeland, did not give the Chinese sailors the necessary time to run in with the warships they were riding.

Although with the help of the British and American navies, Vice Admiral Xu Zhenpeng, commander of the Chinese Navy's European Dispatch Fleet, questioned the British side about the short run-in time, and expressed concern about the unexpected situations that might arise in the battle. ”

At this moment, Betty, who was eager to fight, also felt a faint regret in her heart for the sudden appearance of the battleship "Republic" at the most critical moment of the battle.

The two officers in charge of checking the accident went down to the cabin and went to the wheelhouse, where the mechanics, together with the sailors, began to troubleshoot with all their might, and asked the ship to stop. After questioning, the two officers rushed to the bridge and reported to Betty.

"Stop." Betty gave the order to stop the car to facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting. He looked anxiously at the watch on his wrist, then raised his binoculars again and looked out into the sea where the smoke had dissipated.

"The Chinese have one less battleship."

Scheer, who was running for his life, listened to the report of a staff officer, turned his head and raised his binoculars to look, and sure enough, he found that the Chinese battleships that were closely pursuing the German fleet were missing.

"The Chinese are all new ships, and there may be some mechanical failure, otherwise we would not have been able to escape." Scheer put down the binoculars in his hand and said with palpitations, he didn't tell his subordinates at this time that his neat general's shirt was completely soaked with cold sweat just now.

"Our danger is not over yet," Scheer said as he looked at the approaching Chinese battlefleet in the distance, still full of apprehension.

"Yes! They're too fast. ”

Colonel Malfoy, the captain of the battleship "Byrne", held up his binoculars, stared at the Chinese battlefleet catching up, and suddenly suggested: "How about we give them a crosscut now?" ”

Listening to Colonel Malfoy's advice, Scheer's brow furrowed suddenly, but a pair of deep-set eyes instantly radiated a sharp light.

"If we cut them crosswise, we can give Vice Admiral Barnke's four battleships precious time to break away, and if we can preempt the opponent's 't', we can concentrate our fire on one enemy ship......"

"Needless to say! Let's get started! They're coming up! Scheer turned his head and glanced at the shadow of the enemy ship in the distance, and ordered loudly, "Turn 90 degrees to the left!" Stop them! ”

Malfoy gave the order loudly, and soon, with the sound of a piercing whistle, the "Byrne" turned around and sailed in the direction of the Chinese fleet, and behind the "Byrne", the "Baden", "Saxony" and "Württemberg", which had received the order, also followed the flagship and began to turn around.

The battleship "Mingzhuo", which was quickly catching up, suddenly found that the four "Byrne" class battleships were out of the array, turned around and blocked their way, and the captain, Colonel Raines, immediately realized what the Germans wanted to do, and gave the order to turn loudly, but because the "Mingzhu" rushed too fast, when his order was given, the German battleship, which had accelerated with all its strength, had completed the cross-cutting action and opened fire in the first time.

Accompanied by the volley of German ships, the "Ming Cook" was instantly shrouded in a wall of bullets and fire.

In less than three minutes, the "Mingzhuo" was hit by seven 380-mm shells fired by the German ships, the surface of the ship was in flames, the superstructure exploded in a thunderclap-like explosion, and countless wrecks and debris flew into the air with human stumps and broken arms.

Although it was attacked by the concentrated fire of four German "Byrne" class battleships, the "Mingzhuo" did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and the solid armor on her body blocked the rain of shells fired by the German ships, and after a short hesitation, the nine 406-mm main guns of the "Mingzhuo" began to roar.

The huge barrel of the cannon spewed out long flames and black smoke like a giant dragon's breath, and the waves of air from the muzzle of the cannon made huge ripples on the sea, and high waves instantly rose around the battleship "Byrne" in the distance, and the "Byrne" shook violently, as if it was about to overturn all at once.

“…… The firepower of the German ships was not as fast as that of our ships, but their tactics were flexible, their guns were superb, their fighting spirit was high, and the German ships were solid in their armor, and although they were hit many times by our ships, they still insisted on refusing to sink them......"

(To be continued!) To find out what's next, log in (qidian) for more chapters! Support the author! Support genuine reading! Patriotism is divided into two kinds: "feelings" and "isms".

If it is said that the innate "patriotic feelings" do not need education, then the artificially woven "patriotism" must be used to carry out compulsory "education" for the people!

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Be vigilant against our innate "patriotic feelings", and do not be misled by the artificially woven "patriotism", and eventually go astray, and degenerate into a "patriotic thief" who misleads the country and the people!!

In a certain type of society, "patriotic education" is surging, and the "banner of patriotism" is flying all over the sky, and at the same time, the true face of "patriotism" in such a society has also begun to be included in the scope of attention of the "big waves".

"Patriotism", "hot-blooded people", "national heroes", the connotations behind such simple terms are not so simple and superficial.

In a certain type of society, the core essence of the so-called "patriotic education" is nothing more than "nationalism" and "loyalty to the monarch and slaves". And the "patriotism" that takes "nationalism" and "loyalty to the monarch and slaves" as the mainstream connotation to preach is simply outright "harming the country"!

Without exception, the evangelists of "patriotism" have mixed "patriotism" with the so-called "national feelings, religious martyrdom, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism" and the like, inciting the people's xenophobic sentiments and cultivating the people's slave mentality, with the greatest aim of diverting the public's attention from the deep contradictions within their own countries.

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