In the second cruiser formation, Duan Qing listened to the order sent by Li Xianhua and pouted a little. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I know it's a pocket, but I'm about to drill into it, our commander is really bold." That is, Duan Qing has a good relationship with Li Xianhua, so he can make a small-scale mockery. However, I still heard Liu Yuan and the others next to me in shock, and asked the captain to be cautious and not to talk nonsense.

Liu Yuan said: "This doesn't mean who set the trap for whom." ”

Duan Qing was naturally full of confidence, and he didn't feel the possibility of losing today's naval battle at all.

On the battleship Hawaii, the flagship of the fleet, Li Xiannian could already see the British battleship through the telescope, and today the air visibility is very high, so he can see it from a long distance.

"Commander, the battle line of the Anglo-Dutch fleet has begun to turn!"

Li Xiannian didn't seem to be nervous at all, he had a confident smile on his whole face, and this optimism seemed to give confidence to all the officers and men of the navy. He said, "Richard? Howe still didn't seem to have the courage to turn at this distance. ”

In fact, the real reason is another thing at all, General Hao on the Revenge was sweating profusely, and his mouth was shattered: "Hell, what kind of speed is this?" ”

He shouted this because there was a hole in the situation he had anticipated. He expected that when the battle line of the Datang Navy fleet entered the range of 10,000 yards, his fleet would begin to try to shell the opponent, so he calculated that the Datang Navy would pursue the decoy British frigate at a speed of 18 knots, and at about a similar distance, he would be able to take the lead in making a fleet turn, and then preemptively shell the Datang Navy warships.

But he didn't expect that the Datang Navy fleet was not approaching at such a "high speed" as 18 knots.

Two cruiser formations rushed up frantically, maintaining a speed of 23 knots!

The calculation gap of these 5 knots made the Datang Navy enter the "trap" in advance, and at that time just now, if General Hao did not order his battle line to turn, then after a while, it would be the Datang Navy that occupied the T-word, and at this time to turn and form the same direction as the Datang Navy fleet, there is at least a little hope.

The impact of this mistake on the British is huge, and it is not to blame General Hao, the speed of the Datang Navy warships is a top-secret thing, and the British know that the speed of warships such as Dingyuan-class, rainstorm-class, and thunder-class is very fast, maybe more than 20 knots, but they don't know it in their twenties. As a warship that has been in service for more than ten years, the speed of the Pinghai class is almost the same as that of the British battleships, and in order to accommodate them, General Hao judged that the Datang Navy would slow down in order to maintain a tight battle line.

However, they didn't expect that after the mid-term life extension of the Pinghai class, it was replaced with a new power system, although it was almost the same to run 20 knots at high speed at ordinary times, but in the case that the Datang Navy did not hesitate to squeeze the performance of an old guy like the Pinghai class, it was not impossible to run 23 knots. Therefore, the brave General Li Xianhua took the lead in catching the British by surprise with such an unreasonable advantage.

At 1:47, the left rudder of the 1st and 2nd cruiser formations of the Datang Navy began to approach the Anglo-Dutch fleet at high speed. General Hao immediately understood that the other party's idea was the same as his, the Tang people wanted to occupy the T-word before them, and with the speed of the Tang Navy, they could succeed.

General Hao gritted his teeth and made a decision again, he was ready to order the right rudder of the fleet to concentrate fire on the first cruiser formation of the Tang Navy. Since the 1st and 2nd cruiser formations were a staggered formation, the fact that General Hao was on the right side at a distance of 10,000 yards in advance would make the side side of the Anglo-Dutch fleet occupy the T-shaped head of the 1st cruiser formation of the Datang Navy, but at the same time it would also be exposed to the side of the 2nd cruiser formation.

Compared with the Pinghai-class cruisers of the Second Cruiser Formation, General Hao paid more attention to the battleship of the Datang Navy, the flagship of the Tang Navy, the battleship of the First Cruiser Formation, and his plan was already a little desperate. He wanted to withstand the attack of the second cruiser formation of the Datang and attack the first cruiser formation of the Datang. And he would order his warships to get as close as possible to the Don ships, he knew that the Don army had the advantage of firepower and speed, and if it was serious to fight a formation battle, then the Royal Navy would lose badly. On the contrary, if he relies on a fierce courage to break through the formation of the Tang ships, and even fight a broadside battle, then this battle still has a certain victory rate for the British.

Li Xianhua didn't know what General Hao thought, of course he would only laugh if he knew, it was too naïve.

Before Admiral Howe could order the fleet to turn again, the distance was not yet enough for him to consider. The Datang Navy warship was about 15,000 yards away from the Royal Navy warship, and he wanted to wait a little longer.

However, the Datang Navy battleship was the first to fire!

Eight 203-mm naval guns on the Jingyuan opened fire at the same time, and at this distance the British did not believe that the Tang would be able to hit. But the Don really hit, and just the first shot, a shell hit the gun emplacements of the battleship Resistance, which was at the top of the battle line of the Anglo-Dutch fleet. The rest of the shells also hit the Resistance very closely, with the furthest being less than 25 meters away.

General Howe's eyelids jumped, and he didn't believe what he was seeing at all—this was a straddle shot!

Without going through the school shooting, the Datang Navy actually hit a straddle shot in the first round of salvos? General Hao couldn't accept such a thing, and what made him even more unacceptable was that only ten seconds had passed, and Jingyuan actually fired again. This time more shells hit the Resistance, and one shell even drilled directly below deck, blowing up the boiler.

Not only the Jingyuan, but also the Pinghai in the second cruiser formation shot angrily. Although the number of main guns on the Pinghai-class cruiser was only half of that of the Dingyuan-class, the guns were the same thing, a large number of shells flew over the heads of the British, and the hit rate was unacceptable to them.

This is a shooting at a distance of 15,000 yards, and the two sides are basically parallel sailing positions, what kind of monster are the gunners of the Datang Navy, who can shoot so accurately. What made General Hao even more cold was that the waterline armor of a battleship like the Resistance was only a little more than 100 millimeters in the end, and it was not hardened armor, even if it was not an armor-piercing shell, a 203 mm shell could penetrate it, which made the Resistance, after eating a few rounds, the Resistance's smoke billowing and scarring actually lost its combat effectiveness.

Not to mention the Resistance, even the Revenge was hit in a row, not only with two holes in the hull, but also with two guns destroyed.

The second cruiser formation, which was high at high speed, turned at this time, and a perfect T-shape appeared on the surface of the sea. (To be continued.) )