During this time, another American battleship was forced to withdraw from the battle, that is, the Maine-class battleship "Oregon", which retreated due to a fire in the coal bunker, and the injuries were not too serious. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBut when the hapless American battleship escaped, it didn't choose the right direction because of the smoke on the battlefield and the reduced visibility, and it was intercepted on the way by the Chinese war patrol who had completed the pursuit mission, at first it was 2 to 1, and soon it became 4 to 1, even if there was really a God in the world, it couldn't save her......

In the end, this little sister swallowed her last breath unwillingly under the ravages of four big men, although the reason for sinking was too much water and there was a process of sinking, but because the battle was too fierce, even after the captain of the ship gave the order to abandon the ship, the shelling of the four Chinese battle cruisers still did not weaken, and the number of survivors of the ship in the end was only about 100, which is about one-eighth in proportion......

However, the sacrifice of the battleship Oregon is not all worthless, because it dragged the return of a whole four Chinese battle cruisers, including the Chiyou, which had advanced alone early, there were only four Chinese capital ships under the command of Yang Yonglin to charge the US battle line, while the US army still had a full seven battleships waiting for it, due to Yang Yonglin's previous "easy first and then difficult" combat ideas, five of the South Carolina-class battleships were not attacked decently, and still retained quite complete combat effectiveness, What's more, its own lateral firepower is far more powerful than the two old ships, and it is not so easy to deal with.

But Deng Shichang obviously did not take them into account, although the number of bullets hit by the Chiyou has now surpassed the flagship Xuanyuan to rank first, although the appearance of the Chiyou looks extremely embarrassed, but in fact, this behemoth with a standard displacement of more than 26,000 tons is just like the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan during the Dadonggou naval battle, and its combat effectiveness has not been greatly affected.

"The main protection zone remains intact and no water ingress has been found; Both the steam turbine and the boiler are still working without any failures; Although only two commanders remained, there were no problems with the main gun and turret, and they could still be used at full capacity. It is precisely because of these three points that Deng Shichang will make such a decision, he has now deeply realized how powerful the legendary-class battlecruiser is, since the enemy can't sink himself anyway, then why not rush closer to give full play to the advantages of the faster rate of fire and higher quality of gunners on his side? And there is also an obvious advantage of rushing closer, it will definitely be much more difficult for the enemy ship to escape after being injured......

However, the safety of the warship is not equal to Deng Shichang's personal safety, in order to boost morale, but also in order to better command, Deng Shichang did not hide in the command tower with reliable protection, but risked staying on the bridge, which gave great encouragement to the officers and men of the ship. However, as the Chiyou battle patrol got closer and closer to the US battle line, the hit rate of the US artillery bombardment became higher and higher, and the secondary guns, which had a much faster rate of fire than the main guns, also began to join the battle, and the bridge of the Chiyou had become extremely dangerous.

As a naval veteran, Deng Shichang could not have been unaware of this, and he even forced the deputy political commissar (Deng Shichang himself held the position of political commissar) and the first mate to leave, and at the same time told them unmistakably, "If I die, the (deputy) political commissar will come to the bridge to take over the command; The commissar died, and the first mate came up to take over the command; The first mate died, and the second officer of the guns came up to take over the command......"

Obviously, Deng Shichang, who is nearly sixty years old, has completely put life and death out of the way, he would rather die on the bridge of the Chiyou himself, and must completely break the backbone of the US Navy, so that they will never dare to compete with the Chinese Navy again, although the world is very big, but with China's strength today, the only one that may pose a deadly threat is the United States, since it has torn its face, it must be completely defeated, so that it will never turn over. Compared with Yang Yonglin, the commander of the fleet who is more stable, Deng Shichang would rather pay more sacrifices for his own side and annihilate more enemies, Deng Shichang is not a commander, so he can only use this drastic way to force Yang Yonglin to make this determination.

Perhaps it was Deng Shichang's determination and courage that moved the heavens, although the Chiyou was constantly shot, it seemed to be blessed by a mysterious force in the dark, and no shells fell on the bridge for a long time. The Legend-class battlecruiser's advanced fire prevention and fire extinguishing design and the excellent damage management level and strict safety regulations of the officers and men on the Chiyou have also been fully demonstrated, otherwise even if the superstructure itself is irrelevant, once the fire is ignited and cannot be controlled, it will still bring disaster to the Chiyou battlecruiser.

Finally, the Chiyou battlecruiser finally rushed to within 6,000 meters, at this distance, not to mention that there was no fire control, even if the rangefinder was damaged, the Chiyou gunners with superb technology and rich experience could also hit a good rate, so Deng Shichang immediately ordered the ship to turn right, so that the powerful fire on the side could be deployed. Speaking of which, the reason why the Chiyou suffered so many large-caliber shells but still did not suffer a big deal also has a lot to do with the attitude of its bow towards the enemy, because of the angle relationship, more than half of the shells hit the bow, either it could not penetrate the armor and detonate it in advance, or it simply bounced away, and it was all wasted.

The Chiyou battle patrol is about to open full firepower, and Vice Admiral William Soden Sims, who once thought that pie in the sky would fall from the sky, has regained his intention to retreat, and he has now fully confirmed that even the most advanced and powerful new 12-inch cannon in the United States and the newly developed (soft) cap-piercing shells are completely unable to penetrate the armor of China's new battle cruisers, and in this situation, his fleet has no chance of victory at all, unless it leans in and launches torpedoes. Otherwise, there is no way to sink this terrible Chinese battle cruiser, "Damn, this is really a battle cruiser?" Stronger defense and firepower than our battleships! ”

"But it's a battle cruiser, it's really fast, maybe more than 25 knots, right? Maybe faster than 25 knots? Vice Admiral William Thorden Sims looked at the rapidly turning Chinese battle cruiser in the telescope, and his eyes revealed extremely complicated emotions, "Now it seems that China's previous ability to design and build the Haitian-class battle patrol and the Mozi-class battle patrol is not just because it has seized the opportunity to upgrade naval technology, their technology and industry have surpassed the entire West!" (To be continued.) )