Just a dozen seconds after the sinking of the first British ship, the second target of the Ocean Fleet was also blown into two and sank to the bottom of the sea with an earth-shattering bang.

Although I have seen the power of the Haitian-class patrol salvo before, including the commander of the British fleet, every general of the British Royal Navy subconsciously thinks that there is a certain chance in the scene of sinking a cruiser with a salvo, after all, even if the power is enough, the accuracy is obviously too high, but when the Ocean Fleet sank 4 British warships in a row in more than 1 minute in a manner similar to roll call, they finally fully realized the terrible opponent, but at this time, even if the British fleet wanted to retreat, It's too late

The Royal Navy's heritage was once again evident in this critical situation, and although it was difficult for the flagship to give orders effectively, the ships still rushed to the Ocean Fleet on their own at the fastest speed, which was also the most correct thing for them to do without changing the target.

"It's like a moth to a fire." Liu Buyun sneered contemptuously after seeing it, and commanded the fleet to continue the attack, because at this time there were already a number of British ships rushing to the front side by side (before the ocean fleet was in accordance with the pre-war arrangement with the nearest enemy ship as the target of the salvo), the ability to express the flag language was very limited, and it was impossible to continue to maintain a salvo, but to the surprise of the British, after the six Haitian-class patrols began to choose their own targets to attack, the combat efficiency did not decrease but increased.

The reason is very simple, the power of the salvo of six Haitian-class patrol main guns is actually a serious surplus for a cruiser of two or three thousand tons in the standard row, and the 210mm blasting shells loaded with silver explosives will completely lose their combat effectiveness and even sink as a result of one or two rounds, and at the level of the elite gunners of the ocean fleet, at the current engagement distance, a salvo of 36 main guns can hit seven or eight rounds, which is enough to make the enemy ship die, and the shock is very great, but it is also inevitable that a lot of shells will be wasted.

And now that the six Haitian-class patrols were fighting separately, such a serious waste could be avoided, and the lethality suddenly increased several times, and the commander of the British fleet standing on the bridge saw in the telescope that his warships were decreasing at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye, and he almost gritted his teeth with hatred.

However, in this despair, the commander of the British fleet also saw a little hope, although the six Haitian-class patrols fought separately to avoid the waste of shells, but it was also difficult to completely destroy a British ship at once as before, and even if it was already sunk, because the dome armor was generally not completely destroyed, they could often hold up for several minutes (if they were not shot again) before sinking to the bottom of the sea. Then, the commander of the British fleet saw a scene in his telescope that made him cry, and the British warships, which were already billowing with thick smoke, did not choose to withdraw from the battle to save themselves, but continued to rush towards the Chinese fleet at the fastest speed!

Facts have proved that the British gentleman, who has always paid attention to manners, can also make a brave move to die with the enemy in a hurry, but due to the limitation of speed, it is not those "fire ships" that are the first to approach the Chinese warships, but those twenty or thirty large speedboats with a speed of more than 24 knots, and they are also the only ships in the British fleet that can completely overwhelm the Haitian-class patrol in terms of speed.

Due to the small size of the targets and the initial mixing of the cruisers, these speedboats did not attract the attention of the Ocean Fleet at first, and were able to reach a distance of 1,500 meters without losing a single one, and by this time the British cruisers had been sunk by the Ocean Fleet more than ten, not counting the warships that could barely float on the surface of the sea, but no one could see that they were already helpless.

However, their good fortune ended here, they were so close that if they left it alone, it would be dangerous if they were to be swept to within 500 meters and the torpedo was fired. As a result, the 210mm main guns of the Haitian-class patrol temporarily let go of those larger targets, giving priority to dealing with these dangerous "bugs", and as for the ship's secondary guns, they had already opened fire.

Although the rate of fire of the Type 1898 210mm rapid-fire gun can almost be compared with that of a 152mm rapid-fire gun, after all, the caliber is there, and the steering speed is not fast, and it is quite difficult for the gunner to aim against small targets such as speedboats. Fortunately, the power of the 210mm explosive bomb is large enough, and for a "large" speedboat with a standard platoon of only more than 100 tons, even if it does not hit directly, it can be blown up or even overturned if it falls nearby.

But the happiest thing is the gunners of the secondary guns of each ship, because the 8 210mm main guns of the Haitian-class patrol are too awesome, and the two sea battles experienced before have won the victory with only the main guns, and the secondary guns basically have no chance to perform, so that even some captains feel that the auxiliary guns are useless, and propose to reduce the ammunition base of the auxiliary guns, so that they can bring a little more (really just a little) of the ammunition of the main guns. Now that the British torpedo boats are coming, the gunners of the secondary guns have finally been given a chance to prove their worth!

Well, in fact, the twenty or thirty large speedboats are not all torpedo boats, many of them are colonial patrol boats, and the British also sent them out to disperse the enemy's artillery fire, anyway, when the distance is not too close, it is impossible to see which one, especially the British are in a hurry to make some fake "torpedo tubes" out of paper and install them on those patrol boats, which looks even more difficult to distinguish.

As a result, the Chinese gunners thought that they had sunk torpedo boats, but after reporting them, they were very different from the British war reports, which once attracted the review of the military justice department for "false reporting of war exploits." Finally, Li Hui personally said that "in the case that the type of ship cannot be confirmed, the sinking of gunboats should also be credited as torpedo boats." The turmoil finally subsided

The secondary guns on the Haitian-class patrol were mainly eight 120mm Ghanaian rapid-fire guns, with a maximum rate of fire of 12 rounds per minute, and the steering was much faster than the 210mm caliber twin main gun with a well-equipped armored turret, which was more suitable for dealing with small targets such as speedboats, so the results were quickly achieved.

A British captain stared at the Haitian-class patrol more than 1,000 meters away with red eyes, estimating in his heart how long it would take to rush into the distance where the torpedo could be cast, but suddenly a 120mm blasting bomb hit, hitting the bow of the torpedo boat, and after a loud bang, the torpedo boat directly blew up a large piece and sank to the bottom of the sea. )