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Under Liu Buchan's command are two Imperial Power-class battleships that have just been bought from the British, plus the main configuration of four Dingyuan-class ironclad ships, but these six behemoths are buried in the middle of the eighteen fast cruisers, and they cannot play the role of the main attack for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Eighteen cruisers, with a full load displacement of 3,600 to 7,200 tons, were mostly equipped with two or more 280-mm main guns, with the last stern gun of the same caliber, and eight 152-mm fast guns on each flank. This is a fleet composed of the essence of the Chinese Navy, and its strength should definitely not be underestimated. However, after a sneak attack, the consequences of not being able to arrange the formation can be catastrophic.

After the transformation of the Germans, the Haitian has more power than the 7,200 horses of the Dingyuan ship, and the area of more than 70 of the whole ship has been thickened and protected by armor, so it still maintains a maximum speed of 17 knots after being hit by more than 30 bullets, and the power equipment of the whole ship is still running perfectly.

The Yangwu behind it was also at full speed at this time, quickly inserting from the left flank of the Haitian, forming a crossfire with the Haitian and helping the Haitian to break through.

Under the attack of these two heavy cruisers, the offensive of the broadside guns of the three British ships that formed a joint blockade was broken. In particular, after a shell of the Haitian directly penetrated the top deck of the first floor of the Double Star, it destroyed the bomb carrier in the first building, so that the Double Star, which was in a powerful position to fire guns, immediately lost its ammunition supply capacity and had to withdraw to the open sea in embarrassment.

The Haitian rushed through the British defense line, causing the formation of the entire fleet to be arranged at once.

The formations of both sides are being adjusted, and the artillery fire has temporarily weakened. The two parallel lines formed by the two steel dragons approached at high speed in motion, and the unprecedented large-scale battleship sea battle was about to break out at this moment. In terms of total tonnage and the total weight of ammunition fired at one salvo, this will be the largest naval battle ever held.

Liu Buyun ordered the four ships of Dingyuan, Jiyuan, Zhenyuan, and Weiyuan to rush forward, and the two imperial battleships of Nutao and Hurricane were distributed on the rear two wings, forming two rows of super firepower offensive, Kaiji, Huantai, Jingqing, Yangwu, Haitian, Baomin, Jiang Yuan, Jiang Heng, Jiang Li, Jiang Zhen and other lightly armored cruisers formed the third echelon, and the rest of the fish and tordo ships and gunboats were distributed between the main ships, each ship maintained a distance of 5,000 meters, adjusted the speed to 9 knots, and slowly approached the enemy ships.

At this time, the sea fog had begun to dissipate, Liu Buyun could see clearly, the British fleet also began to change formation, a huge capital battleship slowly drove out from behind the ship group, and there were four Imperial power-class battleships distributed on its left and right wings, each with a displacement of 10,000 tons, but compared to that capital ship, it was like four sharks surrounding a whale!

Hamilton stood on the deck of the Dreadnought-class battleship, looking ahead with a telescope. At his feet is the pride of the British Imperial Navy, with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons and a speed of 21 knots, as if he were an elephant with the speed of a cheetah. 305 mm guns were installed in the front, middle and rear parts, and 8 of the guns had a theoretical firing range of 180 degrees and a range of 15,000 meters. In front of the dreadnought-class warships, China's mosquito ships are simply vulnerable.

With a loud bang, one of the main guns in the bow of the dreadnought roared, like a sea beast about to go berserk, showing its terrible teeth at the Chinese warship opposite. The scorching blast wave burst out of the barrel with the fire and white smoke it had fired, carrying with it the suffocating smell of gunpowder. The advanced tube-retreat gun carriage was pushed up the retarding ramp by the tremendous recoil brought by the shot. Just when people were still amazed by the power of this gun, the shell grazed the mast of the Kaiyuan battleship and landed accurately on the bow turret of the Jiangyuan cruiser, blowing apart the turret protected by the two layers of armor, and the barrel was blown into the sea by the powerful force of the explosion. Had it not been for the rapid and intensive artillery fire from the Chinese warships, the British sailors would have planned to celebrate the victory in advance.

Liu Buyun, who pays close attention to the development of the world's navy, of course will not know about the Dreadnought-class, but according to his news, the mysterious Dreadnought-class should still be in the Portsmouth shipyard, but he didn't expect the British to send it out in advance this time.

"Beat the flag, order Zhenyuan, Kaiyuan, angry waves, and hurricane artillery to press, and go all out to deal with the fearless." Liu Buyun wanted to use these four heavyweight warships to suppress the dreadnought's firepower offensive, this idea was good, but the four Emperor-class battleships that protected the Dreadnought took the lead in firing their guns, and the advanced rapid-fire guns on the side reached the speed of 8 shells per minute, forming a powerful firepower cross network, covering the sky above the four ships such as Zhenyuan, the angry waves and the hurricane are both emperor-class battleships, naturally needless to say, although the displacement of Zhenyuan and Laiyuan cannot reach the level of imperial power, but the armor technology of the Germans and the firepower of the French are equipped, All of them make the overall performance of these two warships not inferior to the Imperial Power class at all. Eight warships on both sides engaged in a fierce battle, and the white smoke and fire from the guns illuminated the entire mouth of Sihanoukville.

A cannonball fired from the main gun at the rear of the dreadnought pierced through the gun emplacements on the port side of the Jiang Yuan, then swept across the entire gun gallery, and then pierced up from the right side, leaving a terrifying hole in the main deck on the starboard side of the Jiang Yuan, and the powerful shell penetration force caused the entire hull to be tilted nearly 20 degrees, and many sailors on the starboard side were swept into the sea by this sudden tremor.

Because the Enought was in the command position of the tactical detachment, Dreadnought took the Emoto as the main target, and under the command of Dreadnought's artillery fire, five British gunboats and three fish and torpedo ships were inserted from the rear to coordinate with Dreadnought to attack the Emoto.

The high-precision calculation method of the dreadnought gun was reflected to the greatest extent at this time, and the ensuing shell hit the Jiang Yuan again, and the hit position was close to the previous shell, still in the port side gun position, but the power of this shell was far greater than the one just now, the shell directly hit the gun shield of the No. 4 140 mm secondary gun on the port side, and the fuse that was hit hard was immediately ignited, and the shell exploded on the No. 4 gun position. The huge shock air and shrapnel from the explosion made the cannon shield appear vulnerable, and in an instant it became a scattered shard of steel. The 140-meter secondary gun, which had been hidden behind the cannon shield, was also attacked, and the entire cannon body was shocked into the air, and then smashed down heavily, and the steel barrel was twisted into an incredible crescent shape. What's even more terrifying is that because the Jiang Yuan was not equipped with an advanced automatic bomb picking device, a large number of shells were piled up on the deck at this position, and the sensitive gunpowder reacted immediately after being hit hard, and the gun deck of the Jiang Yuan seemed to be a huge powder keg about to ignite.

Rumble...... The Jiang Yuan let out a series of loud explosions, and the choking yellow poisonous mist immediately spread inside the ship. The impact of the gunpowder explosion tore a larger hole in the hull plate on the port side, and on the other hand, it let out a roar that pierced through the various compartments inside the warship, and the fire in the inner compartment of the warship burned endlessly, and the entire warship turned into a ball of fire.