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The battle on the sea is still going on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The battleship Jingtingshan was already riddled with holes at this time, like a pile of scrap metal, struggling on the surface of the water, refusing to sink.

Because there are too many guns, most of the superstructure of this battleship has been twisted and deformed, and the hull has been punched through many holes.

You must know that after the sinking of the battleship Damaoshan, the Jingtingshan was facing an 11 times larger enemy alone. It used 10 356 mm guns against 110 enemy cannons of the same caliber.

With such a huge disparity in power, of course, there can only be a one-sided situation. The battleship Jingtingshan soon had no power to fight back, and could only wait quietly for the time when the other side would sink it.

British commander Balek? Admiral Lemm, of course, would not let go of such a fish that slipped through the net, and he calmly commanded his battleship, bombarding the Jingting Mountain, which was no different from the corpse.

"The naval commander of the Ming Empire is an admirable opponent!" Balek? Admiral Lerm looked at the battleship Jingtingshan, which was burning in the distance and slowly sinking, and opened his mouth to praise it.

As a commander of the Royal Navy, he doesn't mind giving an objective assessment of his opponents, because that would also show his own excellence.

However, even if he admired the commander of the battleship of the Ming Empire, Balek? Admiral Lem still did not let go of the mercy of his opponent.

"Volley! Send this enemy battleship to hell! The British commander wasted no time and commanded.

His fleet opened fire again, and dozens of shells fell near the battleship Jingtingshan. Some shells pierced the armor of the hull, leaving huge holes near the waterline.

Only two minutes later, before the last battleship of the coalition's main fleet had sailed through the wreckage of the battleship Jingtingshan, the battleship of the Ming Empire sank to the bottom of the sea.

After all, it is not solid steel, and under the intensive artillery attack of the enemy, the Jingtingshan has finally become history, turning into a giant coffin of steel underwater.

Buried in this coffin are more than 1,000 sailors of the Ming Empire! Two battleships were sunk, and the coalition fleet had already achieved a two-to-zero advantage in this naval battle.

On the other side, because of the range and power advantage, and the three battleships of the British guerrilla fleet, which also crushed the fleet of the Ming Empire in terms of speed, have caught up with the main fleet of the Ming Empire retreating north.

Although it took some time to sink the battleship Damaoshan, the absolute speed advantage still allowed the British fleet to calmly catch Chu You's tail.

Seeing the column of water stirred up by the shells that fell behind the fleet, Chu He smiled bitterly and shook his head. The technical inferiority of the battleship made all his efforts reduced to passive delay.

The other party is a boiler that uses oil oil, while the battleships of the Ming Empire are boilers that use coal mines as fuel, and the two sides are not at the same level at all in terms of technical level.

The surging power allowed the British battleships to be draped in thicker armor, use larger hulls, and load larger caliber guns.

The accumulation of such advantages has created an almost insurmountable technological gap. Intuitive analogy, that is, the British battleships have entered the quasi-World War II level, while the battleships of the Ming Empire are still hovering at the level of World War I.

The generation gap in technology made the navy of the Ming Empire face the embarrassing situation of the Japanese Army when it faced the army of the Ming Empire.

In other words, the gap in the technology of the Ming Empire and the British Navy is like the gap between Ceylon and the Ming Empire in the air force!

Chu He knew that he couldn't run away, so he could only find an opportunity to fight the enemy to the death to continue to delay time for the other fleets.

The enemy's 381 mm caliber main gun, the shells fired fell on both sides of the Lushan battleship at the end of the Ming Imperial fleet, which looked very spectacular.

However, in the main fleet of the Ming Empire, which was undergoing such an attack, no one would use the word spectacular to describe the shells attacking themselves.

The message sent by the battleship Lushan reported that it had been attacked by enemy fire. Chu thought about it for a few seconds, and finally gave the next order: "The fleet turns slowly, seizes the T-shaped position, and fights to the death with the enemy!" ā€

Before, Chu left two battleships behind him, delaying the other party's pursuit. Now his fleet is in the north, and the enemy's fleet is thrown to the south.

In order to pursue Chu He's fleet and eat the bait dropped by Chu He, the opponent's main fleet and guerrilla fleet were sailing in columns, with the bow facing the tail of Chu He's main fleet.

As long as Chu and his fleet are sideways, he can be said to have seized the T-shaped position, which can be regarded as recovering some disadvantages.

It's hard to choose whether to turn left or right, and it's a difficult dilemma. Turning to the left, the fleet of the Ming Empire will face the enemy's 11 main warships; And turn to the right, and you will encounter three new battleships of the enemy's guerrilla fleet......

"Turn left!" After weighing for a second, Chu He still made up his mind to pull the opponent's fleet farther away from the battlefield.

He wanted to buy time for the fleet on the other side, which was also a goal he had been pursuing since the decisive battle at sea. As long as time drags on, the situation on the battlefield will become more and more favorable to him.

Balek? Admiral Lerm also knew that the main fleet of the Ming Empire that he pursued and killed was too small. But he was still not ready to let go of this "rabbit" who kept running away.

In his plan, it was his primary goal to sink all the battleships of the Ming Empire in one battle.

In order to annihilate half of the battleships and then let the other half go, that was clearly not his choice.

"Enemy ships are turning? It seems that they know they can't run away! "Balek? Admiral Lem waved his hand and ordered: "The main fleet turns to the left, keeping parallel to the enemy forces!" Prepare for an artillery battle! ā€

With 11 battleships in his hands and 3 new, faster battleships, Balek? Admiral Lem thought that even if he wasted some time, he was sure that he would completely annihilate the fleet of the Ming Empire.

So without the slightest hesitation, he ordered the fleet to bite Chu He's fleet and close the distance to fight again. On the other side, the British partisan fleet, which was pulled away again, was forced to turn again and bite the tail of the battleship Lushan.

The five battleships of the Ming Empire, facing a total of 14 enemy battleships, once again kicked off the artillery battle.

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