Since the Beiyang Naval Division had only practiced all kinds of horizontal formations back then, Yang Yonglin could be said to know this kind of formation well, and naturally saw the potential possibility of this kind of formation, but he only smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart, because it was not difficult to crack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I saw that although the two Chinese warships circled the flank and rear of the British fleet, they unexpectedly did not accelerate to the outside, but slowed down slightly and followed the back of the flanking British ships unhurriedly, Vice Admiral Seymour spewed out a mouthful of old blood when he boarded, "How can they do this?" ”

Because the effective range of the British naval guns was too short, as soon as Yang Yonglin's "flank rear-end" plan came out, the British battleships at the far end could not reach the whip, so that the two Chinese warships only had to face the rear main guns of four British battleships at the same time.

This looked no different from outflanking the twin wings, but because the British warships at the far end were farther away from the Brave Warrior, the British artillery bombardment had a much lower hit rate, and most of their quick-fire guns on the side did not have a chance to play, and the Brave Warrior actually had to withstand even half of the pressure.

In addition, Yang Yonglin also had an extremely insidious intention in doing so, he wanted to induce British warships to tighten the queue and trigger a scene similar to the self-collision of Japanese ships in the Battle of Jianghua Bay; although the principle is still not fully understood, the Chinese have always attached great importance to experience, and it does not matter why they do not know it, as long as they know it, they can apply it in practice.

However, the British have always been very calm, and they are also very good at summing up lessons and lessons, including others', so no matter how passive the situation is, they have not killed themselves, which makes Yang Yonglin regretful. Although the Sovereign-class is not fully protected, a battleship is a battleship, not to mention that its tonnage is much larger than that of the Centurion, and it is not an easy task to sink it by relying only on its own firepower.

But Yang Yonglin's expression was still very relaxed, it was not easy to sink, but if he lowered the requirements a little and only disabled, it seemed to be easier than originally expected, because the Sovereign-class battleship not only had a design idea of key protection in terms of armor layout, but also it did not use an armored turret with full protection like the Centurion-class second-class battleship......

Due to the earlier design, the main guns of the Sovereign-class battleships were still placed in the dew turret, which is now very backward (that is, the kind used in Dingzhen), compared with the new armored turret, the dew turret will not only seriously affect the rate of fire of the main gun in actual combat, but also in the current rapid-fire guns have become the mainstream, the unprotected weakness above it has become more and more fatal.

Under the cover of the fire of the 37mm machine guns on the two warships, the rear main battery of the battleship "Royal Oak" on the right flank of the British fleet (closest to the two Chinese warships) was quickly piled with corpses, and in just a few moments, the gunners were either killed or wounded, causing the newest battleship in the Sovereign class to quickly lose its ability to counterattack.

Once it was confirmed that the rear main gun of the battleship "Royal Oak" was paralyzed, Yang Yonglin immediately commanded the super brave and boldly leaned up, approaching the 8 main guns (if the distance is too close, the main guns on both sides of the Haitian-class patrol cannot be aimed at the same target, that is to say, only two turrets can fire a salvo, which is also an important defect of the diamond-shaped layout, but due to the use of new rangefinders and sights, coupled with the high level of gunners, there is no need to get so close to the general Haitian-class patrol. can be hit by a hundred shots, and then the battleship "Royal Oak" will be tragic......

The Sovereign-class battleships are designed with key protection, and their bow and stern parts are not armored near the waterline, so they don't need to use armor-piercing shells, and blasting shells can blow the stern of the "Royal Oak" battleship to pieces. The point is that the breaking of the waterline will inevitably lead to a large amount of water intake, and because the water intake is concentrated in the stern, the British must also fill the bow with water to balance the center of gravity to prevent the warship from capsizing, so the actual water intake is doubled!

Although due to the armor box in the middle (in fact, it can't be counted strictly speaking, but it is even more inaccurate to say that it is the central ironclad fort, it will be used a little, and it can only be blamed for the stage of high-speed technology upgrade, many concepts are not accurately defined. There was a large enough reserve buoyancy in it, and even if there was more water in the unprotected parts of the bow and stern, as long as the British officers and men on the ship did not make serious mistakes themselves, the battleship "Royal Oak" would not sink. However, the deepening of the draft will inevitably affect the speed of the voyage, and after the speed of the battleship "Royal Oak" slowed down, other British battleships had to slow down as well, which had a big impact, on the one hand, the Chinese shelling hit rate was higher, and on the other hand, it could also buy more time for other Chinese warships to come to the rescue......

However, Yang Yonglin's close attention to the waterline of the battleship "Royal Oak" was mainly due to these, but because of what technical staff officer Li applied to him as "the method of sinking the Sovereign-class battleship......

"The Sovereign-class battleship is an epoch-making classic, and although the use of subsystems is a little conservative, the overall design is perfect. In particular, their armor layout, although not as comprehensive as comprehensive protection, has created a 457 mm thick main armor belt that is almost impossible to penetrate, and the buoyancy in the armor box is enough to ensure that even if there is more water in the unprotected parts, the Sovereign-class battleship will not sink. That is to say, theoretically, it is impossible for a Sovereign-class battleship to be sunk by artillery fire, even if it is superficially beaten ...... badly," said one of the technical staff officers who had joined the fleet with Li Yong before entering the Indian Ocean, causing the captains to frown.

However, the next words of the technical staff officer rekindled everyone's hope, "But this is only theoretical, since we can sink the Centurion-class battleship with more advanced overall design and subsystem in actual combat, we can naturally sink the Sovereign-class battleship as well......"

"After the victory in the battle of the Yangtze River Estuary, we were very puzzled for a while, because even if the main gun of the Haitian-class patrol used armor-piercing shells and direct artillery fire at close range, it was impossible to penetrate the waterline main armor belt with a thickness of 305 mm and Harvey nickel steel case-hardened armor, so how did the centurion-class battleship be sunk?" , the technical staff officer said that he sold a pass here, and did not immediately say the answer, but let everyone discuss it by themselves first. (To be continued.) )