Although Inoue Yoshishin didn't have the ability to fly into the air to overlook, he still found the fighter with his rich experience, and his face suddenly showed surprise.

However, out of fear of the second ship of Dingzhen, in order to avoid the Beiyang rear team catching up in the middle of the battle, although the Haitian has been chasing closer and closer, Inoue Yoshishin still did not give the order to turn to meet the enemy, "but also let it be farther and farther away from Dingzhen." ”

However, to Inoue's contribution, the speed of the Haitian was far faster than he expected, and the Japanese Combined Fleet was only held back by the three old ships in the rear with the fastest speed of only 14 or 5 knots, and it didn't take long for the Haitian to chase within a distance of 5,000 meters, and then aimed at the Izumi that was dragging behind and opened fire

The distance of 5,000 meters was too far, and the Haitian only installed an optical rangefinder and did not add a scope to the naval guns, even though the gunners on the Haitian (most of them were biochemical soldiers) were all skilled, and the first round of shelling did not hit a single shot.

Seeing that the shelling of the Haitian missed, Inoue Liangxin suddenly felt relieved, and a mocking smile appeared on his face, "I have long heard of Deng Shichang's bravery, but now I look at it, it is just a ruthless bravery, and at such a long distance, I can't hold my breath and order the cannon, no matter how you look at it, you can't be considered a good general!" ”

But what Inoue Liangxin didn't expect was that before the column of water that rose into the sky completely fell back to the sea, the Haitian opened fire again!

"How can it be so fast? It's only been a dozen seconds since the last shot! Inoue's face suddenly changed greatly, he was sure that he had heard correctly, the caliber of the cannon fired by the other party was at least 8 inches, but with such a large caliber, how could the rate of fire be so fast?

In the second round of shelling, not a single shot hit the target, but with the previous calibration, the deviation of the impact point was significantly reduced.

This was followed by a third round of shelling, a fourth round

Unconsciously, after the distance was shortened to within 6,000 meters, the speed of the Haitian, which had stopped the strong pressure ventilation, had dropped to less than 21 knots

At this time, representatives of the venture capital company were explaining to Deng Shichang that "the recoil of the salvo of six 210-mm rapid-fire guns is too large, and accidents are prone to occur in the state of strong pressure ventilation." And if I start a salvo too early, I'm afraid of scaring the Japanese away."

"However, now that everything is ready, please wait and see what this ship is really capable of!" As soon as the representative's words fell, the Haitian fired another round of shelling, and unlike the previous fire, only the front main gun fired, this time it was six guns fired in unison!

Almost at the same time, the two forward main guns of the Haitian and the four main guns on the side of the sea and sky let out an angry roar, and the thick smoke with fire instantly enveloped the small half of the warship

Even Vice Admiral Philistine, commander of the British Far East Fleet, rushed to Japan because of the unexpected outcome of the Battle of Dadonggou and followed the Japanese Combined Fleet to ensure that he could get first-hand accurate information.

Accurate naval records and analysis will not only enable the British Admiralty to accurately determine the direction of the navy's development, but also prevent the British government from making the wrong choice diplomatically in the future.

Originally, Philmante had prepared a set of arguments for the Japanese government to agree with the British Far East Fleet to do so, but the Japanese welcomed him very much, and it turned out that the Japanese government saw this as a hint that the British Empire would continue to support him, which made Philmant secretly amused.

After noticing the unreasonably terrifying rate of fire of the Haitian main gun, Philmantle's face also changed greatly, but in addition to his shock, he was more puzzled, "Which country produced this naval gun?" The Reich's 8-inch rapid-fire gun is a joke compared to it! ”

"French, must be a French product! Although the French navy has never been feared, their cannons are really enviable! Almost without thinking, Phelimante suspected the French, because at present the only rapid-fire naval guns in the world are better than the British.

As an armored cruiser, the Haitian is still relatively stubby in appearance, but it can soar to a limit speed of more than 22 knots, which seems to support the judgment of the British from another aspect.

"The empire can't build such an exaggerated warship, and only those crazy French people have this possibility, but the design that pursues the limit will definitely pay a greater price in other aspects, and I don't know how long the power system of this warship will last." Although Philmant does not agree with the French design idea of pursuing extreme performance, there is an implicit envy in his tone.

Over the years, British warship designers have been more cautious about the application of new technologies, which can certainly ensure the reliability of warships, but with the emergence of new technologies in the world, it is easy to fall behind.

According to what Vice Admiral Filimante has learned, even civilian ships in France have begun to popularize water-tube boilers, and the British Royal Navy, which claims to be the world's first, has not been used so far, and it may be time to make a change

The diamond-shaped layout of the Sea's four main turrets further strengthened Phelimante's judgment, as only the French in the world preferred this non-mainstream layout, although Phelimant had a rather poor opinion of this layout

And the first salvo of the main gun of the Haitian also seems to prove his opinion, "The cannon is a good gun, but the design of the French warship is still so bad, the diamond layout looks like it can take into account all directions, but it has a great negative impact on the stability of the warship structure, the main gun of the same caliber on both sides, or a double installation, can only show that the front main gun has made sacrifices in caliber, which is simply not worth the loss"

Philmant originally wanted to say that the diamond-shaped layout caused the ship to be stubby and short would affect the speed, but he immediately thought of the jaw-dropping and terrifying speed of the Haitian when it was pursuing at full speed, and he was stuck in his throat when he landed.

And the almost incredibly powerful firepower displayed by the Haitian after that made Philmantle, and even all those who watched the naval battle, begin to doubt whether their inherent common sense was really correct