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The battleship Hood was sunk, depriving the British Far East Fleet of its first battleship since the Battle of Trafalgar. This dealt a huge blow to the morale of the British soldiers. At the same time, because the battleship "Hood" was sunk, the battleship "Yanhuang" joined the attack on the battleship "Empress of India". The Empress of India, which was besieged by the battleships 'Zhonghua' and 'Yanhuang', was suddenly in an even more dangerous situation.

Vice Admiral Philmantle, after the sinking of the battleship 'Hood', began to hesitate, this time he asked the British Far East Fleet to attack the Chinese Navy's home fleet, is this right or wrong? Now it seems that the Far East Fleet of the British Navy has taken advantage of less than half of it, and if this continues, they will lose sooner or later.

"No, the Royal Navy is not so easy to defeat. Even if we fight to the last battleship, we will be able to win the victory! Vice Admiral Filimantle said secretly, and at the same time issued an order for all ships to fight to the death.

"Boom!" At 12:55, the battleship "Zhonghua" fired a salvo, and this time, the battleship "Zhonghua" hit the "Empress of India" as it wished. A 3o5 mm shell hit the stern of the 'Empress of India', blowing a large hole in the stern. Because of the open turret used by the 'Sovereign-class' battleship, the artillery of the rear main gun of the 'Empress of India' suffered heavy casualties in this shelling. Fortunately. There were enough spare gunners, after a fifteen-minute break. The rear main gun of the 'Empress of India' roared again.

At 13:o4, the battleship "Royal Oak", which was at the end of the battle line, hit the heavy cruiser "Shanghai". The shells weighing more than half a ton overturned the front main gun turret of the heavy cruiser 'Shanghai', and all the gunners inside were killed. Fortunately, the shells in the main gun in front of the 'Shanghai' had already been fired, otherwise, it would have caused a martyrdom. It will make the damage to the 'Shanghai' even more severe.

After learning that the battleship "Royal Oak" had severely damaged the "Shanghai", Vice Admiral Filimantel's eyes lit up, the "Sovereign-class" battleship was not the opponent of the "Zhonghua-class" battleships of the Chinese Navy, but it was not inferior to the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy!

"Order the ships, concentrate their fire on the two armored cruisers behind the battle line of the Chinese Navy! Sink these two armored cruisers first, and then take on the battleships of the Chinese Navy! "Lieutenant General Filimantle immediately gave the order. Now on the battle line. The British Far East Fleet had only five warships, one less than the Chinese Navy. But if the British Far East Fleet could seize the time, say, God forbid, and sink the two heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy in a very short time, by shelling through the ammunition depots of the warships of the Chinese Navy. At that time, it will become a five-to-four situation, and perhaps the British Far East Fleet will still be able to gain an advantage.

The warships of the British Far East Fleet carried out the orders of Vice Admiral Filimantle very well. Behind the battle line, the Lami', 'Counterattack', 'Resolve' and 'Royal Oak' concentrated their fire on the heavy cruisers 'Tianjin' and 'Shanghai' respectively behind the Chinese Navy's battle line. This put the two warships under extreme pressure.

At the beginning of the design of heavy cruisers, they were not designed to fight battleships at all. But in the case of not enough battleships. That's what makes up the numbers. However, this is still proof. It is better not to use it for a decisive battle with a battleship unless it is absolutely necessary, whether it is a heavy cruiser or a battlecruiser. Unless there is armor that is not inferior to that of a battleship, it must be a heavy cruiser or a battlecruiser that suffers.

The change in tactics of the British Far East Fleet made Deng Shichang hesitate slightly, but then, he did not change his thinking about the battle. Although the British Navy's tactics would put the heavy cruisers 'Tianjin' and 'Shanghai' under great pressure, they also gave the four 'Zhonghua-class' battleships in front of the battle line an excellent opportunity. If we can take advantage of this time to severely damage or even sink the battleships of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy, then all the difficulties will be solved. With the powerful firepower of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, this is not impossible.

For a while, the battle between the two sides became more intense.

Compared with the duel between battleships, which could not be distinguished for a long time, the battle between the armored cruisers of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy and the heavy cruisers of the Home Fleet of the Chinese Navy has come to an end. The armored cruisers of the Far Eastern Fleet of the British Navy, and the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy, were not of the same class at all.

Because the Nelson-class armored cruisers had a top voyage of only 14 knots, these two warships became the first targets of the Chinese Navy's heavy cruisers. Although the armored cruisers of the British Navy had very heavy firepower, the caliber of the main guns was on the small side, and it was difficult to pose a mortal threat to the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy. The 3o5mm guns of the Chinese Navy's 'Beijing-class' heavy cruisers can easily tear through the armor of any armored cruiser of the British Navy.

At 1o:25 a.m., the heavy cruiser 'Cullen' hit the 'Nelson'. The armor-piercing projectile, weighing more than 300 kilograms, lightly tore through the tail armor of the armored cruiser 'Nelson', directly destroying the two 254-mm rear main guns. At the same time, it also damaged the servo of the 'Nelson', so that the 'Nelson' lost the function of turning the rudder and could only go straight forward.

At 1o:43 a.m., the Dihua also had a success, and in a salvo, both shells hit the Nelson-class armored cruiser Northampton. A shell hit the foredeck, destroying two 254-mm guns on the foredeck. Another shell exploded a hole more than two meters long near the waterline. After 20 minutes of hard work, the damage management personnel on board the 'Northampton' were unable to plug the loophole, and finally had to declare the rescue unsuccessful. By this time, the Northampton had been filled with hundreds of tons of seawater, which made the Northampton tilt. At 11:3o, the 'Northampton' capsized on its side and soon sank into the sea, and the British soldiers on the battleship could not survive.

After sinking the Northampton, the Dihua began to besiege the Nelson with the Cullen. The 'Nelson', unable to turn the rudder, could not withstand the siege of the two advanced warships, and after holding out for half an hour, it was sunk at 12 o'clock.

At the same time, the battle between the other three heavy cruisers and the three armored cruisers was also extremely fierce. It's just that it is still the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy that occupy an absolute advantage.

At 11 a.m., the stern of the 'Savage' was shot and caught fire, and although the fire was extinguished after ten minutes, the stern guns were unable to fire properly. After that, the 'Savage' hit the side of the 'Changsha'. But the shell was ejected and fell into the sea more than ten meters away. The tremendous force of the explosion of the 234 mm caliber shell created a strong pressure and tore a hole in the underwater part of the 'Changsha' side of the starboard. However, the opening was not large, only less than half a meter, and after the efforts of the damage management personnel, the opening was blocked. However, after returning to the shipyard, the heavy cruiser "Changsha" had to undergo armor replacement. Then, at 11:24, the 'Changsha' avenged itself. A 3o5 mm naval gun pierced the bridge of the 'Barbarian', killing the captain and all the officers inside. The British soldiers on the 'Savage' were also frightened, and instead of continuing the fight, they fled. However, the degree of the 'Brutal' is comparable to the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy. It was quickly overtaken, and it was sunk.

By 12 o'clock, the only armored cruisers of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy were "War Weathiness" and "Goddess of Dawn" remained. However, they had to deal with five formidable heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy. Under intense pressure, the War Weary chose to fight to the end and was sunk at 12:28 p.m. The Goddess of Dawn, on the other hand, raised the white flag and became the first battleship of the British Far East Fleet to surrender. Afterwards, a light cruiser of the Chinese Navy approached and guarded the British soldiers on the Goddess of Dawn so that they would not open the sea valve.

The surrender of the Goddess of Aurora caused the morale of the British Far East Fleet to fall to the bottom.

"Son of a bitch, I'm going to take him to court-martial!" On board the 'Empress of India', Vice Admiral Filimantle swore an oath. At the moment, he is like an angry lion. However, this could not change the outcome of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy.

After the surrender of the 'Goddess of Dawn', all the armored cruisers of the British Far East Fleet were wiped out, and then the five heavy cruisers 'Nanjing', 'Guangzhou', 'Changsha', 'Cullen' and 'Dihua' immediately rushed to the battle line, ready to support the heavy cruisers 'Tianjin' and 'Shanghai', which were struggling to support. The shape of the battlefield has become very advantageous to the Chinese Navy's home fleet.

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and the amidship of the 'Tianjin' was hit by a bullet and caught fire, and the rear mast was broken, and the injuries were very severe.

"Order the 'Tianjin' to withdraw from the battle!" Deng Shichang immediately ordered. Now, with the addition of five other heavy cruisers, the Chinese Navy has become more powerful and can completely avoid heavier losses on the Tianjin.

On the contrary, the British Far East Fleet was in despair, and its collapse was already close at hand!

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