Chapter 364: That's a miserable
The British Navy is worthy of being the hegemon of the world's navies, not to mention those powerful British warships, but only to say that the British Navy's naval gun hit rate is much stronger than the Japanese Navy, which is now an ally of the British Navy, and even stronger than the Northeast Navy, which has experienced many naval battles.
The second salvo of the main guns of the battleships of the British Navy achieved a result that made the British officers and men cheer, and even Bridget, the commander of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet, who had a relatively calm personality, could not help but jump with joy.
In the second round of salvo fire from the main guns of the battleships, the ironclad battleship Sky Leopard, with a displacement of 12,200 tons of the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, was hit by the waterline armor of the British Navy's majestic all-steel battleship Mars with 1 305 mm main gun shell, these ironclad battleships of the Northeast Navy have been refitted, and their firepower and speed have been increased to the level of all-steel battleships, but the armor of these ironclad battleships is still old-fashioned armor, and the defense is weak, and this shell penetrated the waterline armor of the Sky Leopard, The explosion inside the hull not only detonated several boilers in the power compartment not far away, causing the speed of the Sky Leopard to drop down all of a sudden, but also blew up a large hole of more than 6 meters.
Almost at the same time, the Leopard was hit by a 305-millimeter shell from the Sovereign-class all-steel battleship Emperor of India in the sea water about 2 meters next to the hull, forming a near-miss bullet and tearing a large hole of more than 8 meters. Both of them were large openings on the side of the Leopard's hull, allowing the turbulent sea water to pour into the Leopard's hull.
When the British Sovereign-class all-steel battleship was first built, the main guns on it were two old guns with a double 35 times caliber of 343 mm, but they were later modified and replaced with two more advanced twin guns of 40 times the caliber of 305 mm.
The captain of the Sky Leopard led the Northeast Navy officers and men on the warship to work hard to rescue, and closed many hatches one after another, but still did not block the continuous influx of sea water, so that the angle of inclination of the Sky Leopard became larger and larger, because the sea water could not be blocked, even if the sea water was injected into the other side, it was impossible to maintain the balance of the Sky Leopard, so the captain of the Sky Leopard, holding back his sadness, ordered the officers and men of the Northeast Navy of the whole ship to abandon the ship immediately, and finally the 660 people on the Sky Leopard successfully evacuated 582 people. Soon after, the Leopard capsized and sank into the sea.
It took about ten minutes from being hit to sinking the Sky Leopard, which was not the reason why the British Navy officers and men really cheered in the second round of battleship main gun salvo, the real reason was that the old man star all-steel battleship Old Man Star Star 1 305 mm main gun shell, one hit fatal, this shell penetrated the deck armor of the Northeast Navy ironclad battleship Sky Fox, and then penetrated through 2 layers of steel plates, drilled into the ammunition compartment of a main gun shell of the Sky Fox, and detonated hundreds of 305 mm shells inside. The 12,080-ton Sky Fox was blown up in two at once, and it didn't take long for it to disappear into the sea, and less than 20 of the 660 Northeast Navy officers and men on the Sky Fox finally escaped, and the rest of the officers and men sank to the bottom of the sea with the Sky Fox, including the captain of the Sky Fox, and the slaughter of the second phase of the teaching team was strong.
There were even 2 all-steel battleships of the Northeast Navy that were hit by shells, but they were not important positions and did not affect the combat effectiveness of the 2 all-steel battleships. It has to be said that this second round of salvo of main guns, the British Navy is not only a matter of ship gun hits, but also a matter of luck.
Seeing the results of the second round of salvo fire of the British Navy's main guns, several commanders of the Northeast Navy fleet trembled in their hearts, could this be the strength of the legendary world naval hegemon, this is a distance of nearly 8,000 meters, how can it be so accurate, can this still play together!
Originally, the Northeast Navy had a batch of gun mirrors transported by Lin Daxin from the future time and space, which were placed on the main and secondary guns of the warship, and the accuracy of these gun mirrors was higher than that used by various countries in this time and space, which greatly improved the artillery accuracy of the Northeast Navy, so that the battleship main guns of the Northeast Navy became very threatening at a distance of 8,000 meters, so the high hit rate of naval guns has always been one of the advantages of the Northeast Navy in naval warfare.
As a result, now the Northeast Navy is not a small threat at a distance of 8,000 meters, and it has severely damaged one British Navy's all-steel battleship, but the British Navy is at a distance of 8,000 meters, but it is not just a threat, and the Northeast Navy has lost 2 ironclad battleships at once, and several Northeast Navy fleet commanders even have an idea of retreating, and they are not ready to play here with the British Navy and the Japanese Navy.
However, the salvo of the main guns of the battleships of the two sides in the third round made several commanders of the Northeast Navy Fleet put their hearts in their stomachs, and this round only one 305 mm main gun shell of the British Navy's majestic all-steel battleship Vitality hit the American-class all-steel battleship Yimei of the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, and blew up two 40 times caliber 152 mm naval guns of the Yimei, which did not affect the speed of the Yimei and the firepower of its two twin 40 times caliber 305 mm main guns.
The Fourth Fleet has 3 American-class all-steel battleships, all of which captured the Illinois-class all-steel battleships of the US Navy in the naval battle in Manila Bay, and the main guns on the three all-steel battleships were 2 double-mounted 35 times the caliber of 330 mm old-fashioned naval guns, which were captured by the Northeast Navy and transformed into two double-mounted 40 times caliber 305 mm main guns at the Weihaiwei Shipyard.
The salvo of the main guns of the battleships of the Northeast Navy in the third round achieved considerable results, and the British Navy's Teutonic ironclad battleship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons was hit by the Northeast Navy's all-steel battleships Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake each with one 305-mm main gun shell, and did not last long before sinking into the sea.
In addition, it also severely damaged the British Navy's Pavrel-class all-steel battleship Captain Centurion, destroying the Centurion's 1 double-continuous 40 times caliber 254 mm main gun turret, so that the Captain Centurion lost half of its main gun firepower.
In addition, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet finally changed the situation of soy sauce in the third round of battleship main gun salvo, the Yashima all-steel battleship was pierced through the deck armor by a 305 mm main gun shell of the Tohoku Navy's Flying Bear, and the shell directly drilled into the interior of the Hachishima hull and exploded, destroying a large number of steam pipes, which not only caused a fire, but also reduced the speed of the Yashima to 15.5 knots.
After the salvo of the main guns of the battleships of the two sides was over, Bridget, commander of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet, ordered 14 large fast armored cruisers sailing with the battle line to outflank the opposite Northeast Naval battle line from the bottom of their own battle line, allowing these 14 large fast armored cruisers to seize the T-shaped head of the Northeast Navy battle line and form a flank attack.
However, the 14 large fast armored cruisers of the British Navy just turned around and sailed to the bottom of their own battle line, that is, the opposite direction of the battleship sailing, and the 15 large fast armored cruisers of the Northeast Navy also headed below their own battle line.
As the battle lines of the two fleets moved towards the figure of eight, the distance became closer and closer, and by the time the battle lines of the two sides were 4,500 meters apart, the main guns of the battleships of the two sides had already fired 25 rounds of salvos, and the time had reached 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the secondary guns of the battleships of the two sides had already joined the bombardment.
Now the scene of the naval battle can only be summed up in one word, that is, miserable!
To sum it up in two words, it is very miserable!
To sum it up in three words, it is very miserable!
The originally long battle line of the two sides had been shortened a lot, and some of the battleships were so badly damaged that they could not hold on to the battle, so they withdrew from the battle line and retreated to the rear, and some of the battleships had disappeared forever from the sea.
The Northeast Navy originally had 26 all-steel battleships and 12 ironclad battleships on the battleline, but after 25 rounds of salvos from the main guns of the battleships on both sides, only 18 all-steel battleships and 6 ironclad battleships remained on the battle line, of which 3 all-steel battleships and 1 ironclad battleship were successfully evacuated to a safe place in the distant sea after being heavily damaged, and the remaining 5 all-steel battleships and 5 ironclad battleships have sunk.
The all-steel battleships sunk by the Northeast Navy include the Jingpo Lake and Xihu with a displacement of 11,100 tons, the Kunming Lake with a displacement of 11,693 tons, the Yimei with a displacement of 11,565 tons, and the Hongze Lake with a displacement of 13,500 tons.
The Jingpo Lake and the West Lake were the Charlemagne-class all-steel battleships of the French Navy, the Kunming Lake was the Charlemagne-class all-steel battleships of the French Navy, the Yimei was the Illinois-class all-steel battleships of the United States Navy, and the Hongzehu was the Borodino-class all-steel battleships of the Russian Navy.
The ironclad battleships sunk by the Northeast Navy include the Flying Wolf, the Flying Leopard, the Sky Wolf, the Sky Fox, and the Sky Leopard.
In addition, the all-steel battleships Zhen Mi, Pyongyang and Taihu, as well as the ironclad battleship Flying Tiger, 4 battleships were seriously damaged, and it was not easy to hold on to unsink, so there was no need to count on them in this naval battle.
This naval battle is the most tragic naval battle since the establishment of the Northeast Navy, from the beginning of the war tight 2 hours, has sunk 10 battleships, and 4 battleships were heavily damaged, but the Northeast Navy did not let their opponents have a better time, Britain and Japan Navy battleships combined, the loss is greater than the Northeast Navy. R1152