At 2:40 p.m., a shell from the battleship Florida hit the foredeck of the battlecruiser Huashan. The weak armor of the www.biquge.info battle patrol could not withstand the bombardment of the armor-piercing shells, and after the shells tore through the armor, they tore more than three meters of holes in the front deck.

Seeing the successive hits on the two warships of the Huaxia Navy shocked the morale of the officers and men of the United States Navy. The captain of the battleship Florida was thrilled to see that the Huashan had been torn a hole several meters into the deck after it was hit, and at the same time, the captain also found that the Huashan looked huge, but the armor was far less thick than that of the battleship Warrior.

"Could it be that the Huashan is not a battleship, but a battle cruiser?" After Captain Rodman thought like this, he seemed to suddenly understand the warship configuration of the Huaxia Chinese Army.

Whether it is the country's fleet, dozens of fleets are not equipped with so many battleships, the first fleet of the Huaxia Navy has 15 battleships on the surface, it seems that some of these warships are battle cruisers, but the main guns and displacement of the battle cruisers of the Huaxia Navy are relatively large. With this in mind, Rodman and the captain looked through the binoculars again.

As a result, Rodman found that the Huashan had only three main guns, while the Warrior flagship had four main guns, although they were all 380mm in caliber, but the layout was different. At the same time, Rodman saw that there were only five battleships with four main guns in the First Fleet, and the other 10 battleships with three main guns were probably battle cruisers.

Upon discovering the problem, Rodman immediately ordered his findings to be sent by telegram to Admiral Anderson.

The gunners on the Florida also seized this opportunity, and they finally damaged a battleship of the Huaxia Navy, and of course they would not let him escape like this. As a result, the battleship Florida and other warships all fired fiercely at the Huashan battle patrol, hoping to sink the Huashan.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! "Shells continued to fall around the Huashan Battle Cruiser like raindrops, and columns of water rose from the sea, splashing the deck of the Huashan Battle Cruiser. The two battleships of the US Navy, four battle cruisers, all aimed their firepower at the battlecruiser Florida. At this moment, the Huashan Battle Cruiser, like a small ship in a storm, was in danger of being shot again at any time.

"Fire! Sink this battlecruiser! On the battleship Florida, Captain Rodman excitedly ordered.

Since the beginning of the naval battle, one battleship has been sunk in the US Navy, and three battleships have been severely damaged or damaged, and they have to withdraw from the battlefield. And the Huaxia Navy, not a single battleship has been sunk. Now that I finally have such an opportunity, of course I can't let it go.

Rumble! Rumble! As the U.S. Navy continued to close the distance between the battlecruiser Huashan and the shells, the location where the shells fell was getting closer and closer to the Huashan battlecruiser.

However, the battle cruiser Huashan did not sit still, but fought back. Three twin 380mm guns fired at the battleship Florida of the American Navy. At the same time, the battle cruiser Huashan also increased its speed and widened the distance between the two sides.

Although the Huashan was shot, it did not affect the combat effectiveness in the slightest, but aroused their blood, and one shell after another continued to shoot at the battleships of the United States.

Rumble! Rumble! Dense shells from the battleship Warrior, exploding around the battleship USS Connecticut. The situation of the battleship Connecticut was also very dangerous, and the Connecticut, which had been hit by a large-caliber shell, could be hit again by a second or third shell at any time.

Rumble! The counterattack of the battle cruiser Huashan was effective. A shell hit the front main gun of the battleship Florida, overturning the main gun directly on the deck.

At the same time, the battleship Warrior was fiercely attacking the current flagship of the US Navy, the USS Connecticut, and the dense shells fell around the battleship USS Connecticut, and the battleship was in danger.

Rumble! The good fortune of the battleship USS Connecticut seems to have ended there. A shell hit the port side of the battleship USS Connecticut, destroying two secondary guns, and detonating a bunch of secondary guns, blowing up the entire port side. However, such damage was not fatal to the battleship USS Connecticut, which had a displacement of more than 16,000 tons.

Rumble! Rumble! The besieged Huashan battlecruiser once again hit the battleship Florida, and this time, God opened his eyes and two shells hit the battleship Florida. One hit the port side of the Florida, destroying the main gun located on the port side. The other hit the Florida's boiler compartment. The high-temperature steam leaked out of the boiler, killing the American sailors inside in an instant. At the same time, Florida's speed immediately slowed down.

This shelling was very satisfying to the officers and men of the battlecruiser Huashan, and although it was not able to sink the battleship Florida, it at least severely damaged the battleship. The speed of the battleship Florida dropped very quickly, and it was difficult for the battleship Florida to escape the doom when the speed was reduced.

Rumble! Another battleship of the United States hit the bridge of the Huashan battle patrol with a shell. The bridge armor of the battle cruiser Huashan was not able to withstand this armor-piercing shell. The armor was pierced, and the shells exploded inside the bridge. More than a dozen officers, including the captain Han Laosan, were all martyred.

Next, shells continued to hit the Huashan battlecruiser, making the Huashan battlecruiser more and more seriously injured. By 3:06 p.m., the side of the battleship Huashan was hit, and below the waterline, a hole more than three meters long was torn open. Despite the continued efforts of rescuers, it was not possible to plug the loopholes. The ferocious sea water poured into the Huashan battlecruiser, and the Huashan battlecruiser began to tilt.

Five minutes later, the battlecruiser Huashan rolled on its side and finally slowly sank into the Mediterranean. Of the more than 600 naval officers and sailors on board, only more than 100 managed to escape, and the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the warship. The Huashan battlecruiser also became the first capital ship lost by the Huaxia Navy after the war.

Sun Hao's eyes were red as he watched the Huashan Battle Patrol sink to the bottom of the sea, at this time, Sun Hao felt very helpless, the two sides were still fighting, and there was no time to rescue them. However, Sun Hao knew that there would inevitably be casualties in war, and the officers and men of the Huaxia Navy were all recruits who had not experienced actual combat, and their road was still very long, and only after experiencing the baptism of war would they gradually grow up.

Even if the Huashan was sunk by the enemy, before that, it sank one battleship of the United States, sank two cruisers, a destroyer, and damaged several battleships of the enemy, even if it sank, it was enough.

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