The battlefleet of the Chinese leader continued to advance slowly, while the artillery bombardment was uninterrupted. As the distance narrowed, the shooting accuracy of the Chinese Consulate Navy became higher and higher, and several Cossack warships were shot one after another, and the scene was very chaotic.

After persistent shelling, the Cossack Navy finally achieved results. A piece from 'Knyaz? The 305-millimeter shell fired from the Suvalov accurately hit the side of the Tongshan, and surprisingly the shell failed to penetrate the armor and exploded in the hull, but it was not bounced off by the armor.

Because the Cossack Navy did not use a time-delay fuse like the Chinese Territorial Navy, but a rather sensitive trigger fuse. The time-delay fuse of the Chinese Consulate Navy can explode after the warhead penetrates the hull of the ship, giving the opponent greater damage. However, the shells with time-delay fuses are also flawed, and if the warhead fails to penetrate the hull, it will be bounced away by the rebound force of the armor, so that the armor will not be damaged by any explosive explosion.

The Cossack Navy's trigger fuse exploded at the slightest touch, and although it could not enter the hull and cause greater casualties, it would not be bounced off.

The shells exploded on the surface of the armor, and the skyrocketing fire made Marshal Bagramian excited, and even the Cossack sailors on the deck cheered, and the feeling of being beaten passively was really unpleasant.

The cheers of the sailors did not last long, and when the smoke cleared, the naval attachés of various countries, the Cossack telescope officers and lookouts were surprised to find that there was no sign of dents or damage in the armor of the 'Tongshan', at most a piece of patent leather had been lost.

In addition to the reason why the Cossack army was still using the less powerful black powder, this result also had a lot to do with the fact that the alloy armor used on the leading ships of the Chinese army was more than 300 mm thick. Seeing this scene, the wide-eyed naval attachés hurriedly wrote down the problem of armor in their notebooks.

"What? How can it be. Marshal Baglamyan's eyes widened, looking directly at the almost unscathed battleship 'Tongshan', and he couldn't believe that such a thing could happen, which was simply unimaginable for him whose combat concept was still stuck in the era of sail warships.

"All the artillery is concentrated fire, be sure to sink them for me." Marshal Baglamiyan angrily issued an order, although he thought that as long as he closed the distance, his artillery could threaten the opponent's warship, but he had some bad premonitions in his heart.

The dense shells finally bore fruit, and one shell hit the top cover of the rear main gun turret of the 'Far East', although it did not cause much damage to the turret, but it caused all the members of the gun crew in the turret to be injured and stunned, and the sailors carried the wounded and unconscious personnel to the ship's infirmary, and the new gun crew immediately stepped forward to replace the wounded artilleryman to control the main gun.

Seeing that the artillery fire of the Cossack fleet is getting denser and closer, even if the battle line formation is still maintained, it will not be too effective, it is better to disperse the attack and use the advantage of your own firepower and armor to achieve greater results.

Now Liu Junguo is fearless, he ordered the battlefleet to spread out in formation and fight separately, when the huge body of the 14,000-ton battleship of the 'Lanting' class battleship gradually accelerated to 16 knots, all the military attachés watching the battle were amazed.

Jiang Ping, the captain of the 'Far East', first received the order and said excitedly: "Finally, it's time to do a big job, let's rush over and do it hard." He was tired of the battleline bombardment that was as well-behaved as a knight's duel. At the beginning, there was no way to do it with a wooden warship, but now his own warship has rough skin and thick flesh, and the firepower is powerful, and he will be too sorry for himself if he doesn't have a good fight.

Relying on its rough skin and thick flesh, and not afraid of the enemy's artillery fire, the 'Far East' rushed towards the opponent's fleet in one fell swoop, and the continuous fire of the main guns in front of it stirred up a tall column of water in the Cossack expeditionary fleet, so that the warships of the Cossack army could no longer maintain their formation, and the scene was chaotic.

"Hit the faster one first." Jiang Pingxian first took a look at a Cossack cruiser rushing to the front, only two kilometers away, and the 'Far East' almost flattened its main guns and began firing.

The shell of the first cannon did not directly hit the hull above the water, but before the Cossack sailors could breathe a sigh of relief, the shell miraculously deflected when entering the water, and one pierced the hull from the bow of the cruiser under the water, and the gelatinous explosive of up to 100 kilograms exploded in the hull under the action of the time-delay fuse, directly breaking the keel of the cruiser.

Seeing that the other party was doomed after a relaxing shot, the 'Far East' no longer cared about it, the bow turned slightly, and began to look for the next target again.

"Hurry up and speed up, you see that the 'Far East' has already achieved results, we have to work harder." This is Guo Yu, the captain of the 'Xing'an,' who has not been able to sink the 'Xing'an' in the shelling just now.

Guo Yu, who was already eager to make meritorious contributions, did not expect that his warship had not achieved sinking results after more than a dozen rounds of shelling, which made him very anxious.

However, the thoughtful Guo Yu did not rush into the enemy group as Jiang Pingxian did, but made a small bend and cut into the flank of the entire Cossack fleet in one fell swoop. This allowed him to use his broadside fire against the enemy and the body of the enemy warship to block most of the attacks.

Soon Guo Yu arrived at the position, since there were cruisers in the outermost layer, he was not worried that the opponent's artillery could threaten him, although now it was facing not one but two enemy cruisers.

Guo Yu didn't care about the numerical disadvantage, after all, the two warships combined were not as big as him, and the caliber of the main gun was half smaller than his own.

The Lanting-class battleships had many side guns, and the hull armor was completely immune to the cruiser's small guns, and the distance was very short, so the two cruisers sank in just ten minutes.

Qu Jintao, the captain of the 'Tongshan,' cleverly followed behind the 'Far East,' attacking the enemy ships while covering the tail of the 'Far East'. The two battleships worked closely together, rushed into the other team's group of ships, started to work left and right, and fought fiercely, and several Cossack battleships were shot one after another.

At this time, the cruiser fleet led by Zhang Haiyang took advantage of the speed advantage, took advantage of the opponent's focus on the battlefleet, made a big circle, and at this time also completed the outflanking, and they plunged headlong into the tail of the Cossack fleet.

Zhang Haiyang knew very well about his own strength, he did not attack the ironclad ship but specifically looked for the cruiser to attack, in addition to the sharp artillery fire, the torpedoes of the cruiser fleet were also fired indiscriminately in close proximity to the battle, and the Cossacks were in a hurry, and the cruisers of the Cossack fleet were unlucky.

Originally, the cruisers of the Cossack fleet were smaller in tonnage than the cruisers of the 'Tongjiang' class, and their firepower was weak.

In this chaotic battlefield, the backward means of communication of the Cossack army had completely failed, and the ships could not obey the command of the flagship at all, and could only fight on their own.

The warships of the Chinese Consulate relied on radio communications and cooperated closely with each other to achieve flexible battlefield scheduling.

At this time, the Chinese Fleet was not a novice fleet when it fought against the Japanese Navy, and after a large number of experienced officers and men of the Imperial Navy were added to the fleet, the combat effectiveness of the fleet was greatly improved.

The establishment of the army pays attention to the century-old navy, that is to say, the establishment of the navy requires a hundred years of accumulation, little by little experience to become strong, and the foundation of the imperial navy is extremely thick.

With the addition of a large number of officers and sailors of the Imperial Navy, the Chinese Territorial Navy saved a lot of accumulation time, that is to say, the Chinese Territorial Navy borrowed the strength of the Imperial Navy, bypassed the accumulation period of the century-old Navy, and made the Chinese Territorial Navy a mature fleet from the beginning.

The warships attacked the opponent's formation and fought hard, using skilled techniques and tactics to effectively attack the Cossacks, which was very bad for Zhang Xiaobing, the captain of the 'Lanting'.

Originally, according to his temperament, he would have taken the lead in the charge, but his ship is now the flagship, and the naval commander Liu Junguo is on his ship, if something happens to Liu Junguo because of his recklessness, he can't afford this responsibility.

Seeing Zhang Xiaobing jumping up and down in a hurry beside him, Liu Junguo held back a smile and said, "Lao Zhang, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Xiaobing said: "You still don't know my temper, where is my style to play so unhurriedly on the periphery." ”

Liu Junguo said: "Then you will rush in and fight well." Zhang Xiaobing glanced at him and said, "If it weren't for you, I would have been the first to rush up."

At this moment, the first mate suddenly barged in and said, "Commander, Captain Sun, they have already succeeded." Liu Junguo smiled: "Great, let's get out of the fight, just keep an eye on each other." ”

In fact, the current situation of naval warfare has made Liu Junguo frown slightly, although the veteran sailors of each ship are of high quality, they used to use wooden sail battleships, and their tactical thinking is always unconsciously moving closer to the direction of melee.

Although Fang Xiaoyu provided the navy with a large number of advanced ideas on advanced naval tactics, and they often trained in peacetime, they still had a fixed mindset when it came to emergencies.

At first, it was okay, everyone could observe the principle of long-range shelling, but after the free movement they began to attack closer. The guns of the Chinese leading battleship have a large caliber and a long range, but they are not easy to use at close range.

The battleships that rushed too close could only attack with secondary guns because they were too close. Seeing this situation, Liu Junguo immediately ordered to send a report to all ships, ordering them to open up and attack, but the situation on the battlefield changed faster than Liu Junguo imagined, and his order had not yet been issued, and Marshal Baglamiyan could not stand it.