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"Your Excellency, Commander, please transfer immediately. Shikishima's No. Yan zhòng was injured and is no longer suitable as a flagship! Rear Admiral Onijima, chief of staff of the fleet, said anxiously. In this round of strikes from the 'Zhonghua', the 'Shikishima' suffered very severe damage, losing its front main guns and losing half of its firepower. At the same time, the power disappeared sharply, and the speed of the Shikishima began to drop sharply. The 'Shikishima', which has slowed down, must withdraw from the battle line, and at the same time, it will inevitably become the target of the Chinese Navy. This will eventually lead to the sinking of the Shikishima in no time.

Heihachiro Togo glanced at the 'Shikishima' nostalgic and nodded. He did not stubbornly choose to live with the ship, it was the captain's business, he was the commander of the fleet, and he had to lead the battle of the entire fleet.

Togo Heihachiro and Sameshima Rengui, with a few staff officers, went down to the transport boat that had been prepared long ago, and went to the battleship "Ryuchamp", although the performance of the "Ryuchamp" battleship was not as good as the "Shikishima-class" battleship, but the "Ryuchamp" battleship was the only battleship that was not damaged now. The battleship "Asahi" in front also lost one main gun, which reduced the firepower by half.

Soon, the 'Ryuchamp' raised the flagship's flagship, while the 'Shikishima' lowered the flagship's flagship. By this time, the speed of the Shikishima had dropped to only about knots, and it was still declining. The battle line of the Japanese fleet chose to bypass the "Shikishima". Changed to start with the 'Asahi'.

"Order the 'Shenzhou' to stay and sink the 'Shikishima'. Below the battle 'Zhonghua' vs. 'Asahi'. 'Yanhuang' vs. 'Longxiang', 'Huaxia' vs. 'Feiqian'. "The commander of the home fleet of the Chinese Navy, Deng Shichang, gave the order. Although the 'Shikishima' suffered heavy losses. But as long as it has not sunk and can continue to fire, there is still a threat to the Chinese fleet. Only by sinking it, or capturing it, can the battle be over.

After Deng Shichang's order was given, the 'Shenzhou' slowed down, turned right and turned out of the battle line, and took the four twin main guns on the battleship. Aimed at the battleship Shikishima, which was decreasing in speed. The shelling of the Navy, against a slow or even stationary battleship, was much easier than a battleship sailing at high speed. Using the 'Shenzhou' to deal with the 'Shikishima' is even more of a knife to kill chickens.

At 0:45, the 'Shenzhou' fired its first salvo at the 'Shikishima'. Although the shelling did not directly hit the target, the shells were not far from the 'Shikishima'. If it goes on like this. I'm afraid it won't be long before I can hit again.

At this moment, the 'Shikishima' seems to be like an old man who has come to the end of his life, and his steps are faltering. However, even at this time, the Shikishima continued to fire. Main gun on the aft deck. is still pouring fire on the 'Shenzhou' at a rate of one shot every three minutes. At the same time, the 52-mm single-mounted gun on the left side also opened fire in ping-pong. However, because the 'Shenzhou' has always kept firing at a distance of 10,000 meters. This made the Shikishima's counterattack seem so weak. The main artillery shells could not hit the 'Shenzhou' at all. The 52-mm single-mounted gun posed no threat to the 'Shenzhou', and the thick armor on the 'Shenzhou' could easily resist this kind of shelling.

At 0:55, after the 'Shenzhou' was calibrated, the third round of shelling began. This time, a very good result was achieved, and a shell hit the bridge of the "Shikishima". The bridge armor of the Shikishima was more than 200 millimeters thick. But it still could not stop 05-mm armor-piercing shells. The shell pierced the armor of the bridge and exploded, blowing the entire bridge into a mess. More than a dozen officers, including the captain, were all killed or injured in the explosion. This deprived the Shikishima of its command.

At 02:02, the speed of the 'Shikishima' dropped to only five quarters, which made it easier for the 'Shenzhou' to hit. In the 6th round of the salvo, this time it completely killed the 'Shikishima'. A 05-mm shell, which cut through the foredeck armor of the 'Shikishima', hit the ammunition depot of the front main gun. The shells exploded, and at the same time dozens of shells inside were also killed. The violent explosion blew the Shikishima in two, and in less than a minute, it sank into the sea.

"Your Excellency Commander, the 'Shikishima' has sunk!" Major General Sameshima reported.

"Keep fighting!" Heihachiro Togo said expressionlessly. As early as the moment he left the 'Shikishima', he had already guessed the fate of the 'Shikishima'. The sinking of the most flagship "Shikishima" completely disadvantaged the Japanese fleet, and at the same time, it also had a great impact on morale. A wave of despair spread up and down the Japanese fleet. They all seem to have realized that this time they are afraid that they will really be loyal to the emperor.

"Commander, the 'Shenzhou' requests to rejoin the battle line!" The staff officer reported to Deng Shichang. The sinking of the Shikishima has boosted the morale of the Chinese Navy.

"Permission! Let the 'Shenzhou' go to the front of the battle line and flank the 'Asahi' with the 'Zhonghua'! Deng Shichang had a smile on his face. Now, the losses of the Chinese Navy are very slight, having sunk one battleship of the Japanese fleet, and it will not be difficult to sink the remaining three! I have to admit that compared with the Japanese battleships, the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships are no longer on the same level at all. It's like fighting muskets with broadswords and spears, and it's completely out of the same era.

By the time the Shenzhou sank the Shikishima, the Chinese Navy had already achieved successes one after another. The 'Longxiang' and 'Hizen' were each hit once, but the injuries were not fatal. The 'Zhonghua' was also hit once. And it was the front main turret that was hit. It's just that the main gun armor of the 'Zhonghua' is 05 mm thick, and it is still a new type of Krupp armor. This armor has a 52 mm defense power equivalent to 75 mm composite armor or 406 mm wrought iron armor. The front main gun of the 'Zhonghua' was hit, but it was not penetrated, but the gunner inside was shocked to death, and several soldiers on the deck were killed. The spare gunner entered the turret and resumed firing. This made the Japanese Navy very depressed.

The battle between the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy and the armored cruisers of the Japanese Navy was even more intense. During the period when the "Shikishima" was sunk, in addition to the "Iwami", which was sunk at the beginning, one more armored cruiser of the Japanese Navy was sunk, one was seriously damaged, and most of the remaining three ships were also damaged. This time the sunken armored cruiser 'Zhoufang'. After the sinking of the Iwami, the Zhoufang was attacked by a joint attack by the Shanghainese and the Nanjing. Soon the bullet caught fire. At 0:05, the 'Nanjing' hit the rear main gun, which not only blew up the rear main gun, but also caused the ammunition to be detonated. As a result, the entire stern of the 'Zhoufang' was blown up. A large amount of seawater poured in, flooding the power compartment, which caused the 'Zhoufang' to lose power. At the same time, as more and more sea water entered, the bow of the 'Zhoufang' was raised high. In less than two minutes, the armored cruiser, which weighed more than 8,000 tons, sank into the sea, leaving a huge swirling socket on the surface of the sea and swallowing the surrounding qiē. As a result, none of the hundreds of officers and men on the 'Zhoufang' successfully escaped, and all of them perished to the bottom of the sea with the battleship. Of course, the captain of the 'Zhou Fang' originally chose to sink with the ship.

The armored cruiser that was seriously damaged was the 'Tango'. The 'Tango', which was besieged by the 'Beijing' and 'Tianjin', was very heroic, and in a shelling at 0:40, it hit the rear deck of the 'Beijing', killing more than a dozen sailors on the deck, and at the same time, destroying the rear main guns of the 'Beijing', so that the 'Beijing' lost half of its firepower. But that's where its good fortune ends. In the ensuing battle, the 'Tango' was hit by the 'Tianjin' and 'Beijing' one after another, the main mast was blown off, and the superstructure was almost razed. Subsequently, the stern of the ship was hit, and the steering gear was blown out. This caused the 'Tango' to suffer the trauma of Yan zhòng and had to withdraw from the battle column. However, at this time, the destroyers of the Chinese Navy, which had already been eyeing the tiger, were swarming up, ready to launch a fatal blow against the 'Tango'. Several destroyers of the Japanese fleet, guarding the Tango, wanted to protect the battered battleship. However, under the suppression of the light cruisers of the Chinese Navy, it was simply impossible to stop.

At half past o'clock, three destroyers of the Chinese Navy rushed to a distance of less than a kilometer from the Tango and fired torpedoes. 6 torpedoes, fanning towards the 'Tango'. The Japanese sailors on the Tango sensed the crisis and hurriedly bombarded the battleship with the secondary guns on it, hoping to sink the torpedo. However, this qiē is all in vain.

6 torpedoes, all 450 mm medium torpedoes, may be a little difficult to deal with the rough and thick skin of the battleship, but against the thin skin of the armored cruiser, there is no problem. Of the six torpedoes, all but three missed, and the remaining three hit the Tango. The current 'Tango', because the servo was knocked out, the speed plummeted, and it was impossible to effectively dodge at all.

torpedoes, hitting the bow and amidship of the Tango. Of these, the amidships were hit by two torpedoes. In the violent explosion, the Tango was directly blown into three parts, and soon sank into the sea. Of the hundreds of Japanese soldiers on the battleship, all but a few escaped, and the rest sank to the bottom of the sea.

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