Petrov was worried, he was waiting for the turret to report the information that the preparations were ready, but he was waiting for ten 3o5 mm caliber shells from the Asahi and Settsu ships, this time God did not favor the Japanese, all the shells missed, and the Suidong ship was stirred up one after another water columns,

Fang Qidao was very dissatisfied with the current state of the Suidong ship being beaten and helpless, after all, the sea is different from 6 places, and the naval battle pays attention to the real combat power, and it is almost impossible for the weak side to defeat the strong with treachery, but he still expressed his opinion,

"Can Your Excellency the Duke win by deception?"

Petrov was noncommittal, Fang Qidao was bored, and he stopped talking stupidly, at this time, the news came from the microphone that the turrets were ready to be loaded, and the No. 6 turret still had no combat strength, Petrov firmly gave the order: "All turret main guns, target Setzu, fire"

Six artillery salvos, Fang Qidao shook a few times with the telescope, the Setzu in the field of vision was intact, Petrov stubbornly stared at the Setzu, his plan was to concentrate all the firepower to give priority to the destruction of the sister ship of the Suidong ship, the Settsu, at that time the old Asahi is not only weakly armored, and there are only two 3o5 mm main guns, when the advantages and disadvantages are reversed, the Suidong ship can win with dignity, and he can also taste the long-cherished wish of many years,

But reality always likes to play tricks on people, and the next two salvos he didn't hit the target, but one of the shells hit the Asahi again, but this time the Asahi was not as lucky as before, a half-ton shell hit the front main turret where his only two 3o5 mm naval guns were located, the large-caliber shell tore the Krupp steel armor on the top of the turret, drilled inside, exploded in the gun chamber, the gunner survived, the hatch was washed away, fell into the sea, unfortunately fortunately, The shells did not continue to penetrate the ammunition compartment under the gun chamber, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable, and the whole ship could have been blown in two, and there are countless examples in history of sinking because the ammunition compartment was hit.

After the front main turret of the Asahi was hit, it was like a defeated duck, and it turned in a circle on the surface of the sea without a head or tail, and at first Petrov thought that its rudder was out of order, but in fact, it was not, after a circle on the surface of the sea, it broke away from the array with the Settsu and went straight to the Suidong.

"Oh no, it's going to be a suicide attack."

Fang Qidao expressed Petrov's worries at the moment, but Wu Xiaoliang felt that it was not so simple, sure enough, the Asahi in high navigation quickly aimed the bow at the Suidong ship, the two torpedoes came out of the self-firing tube, and the propeller blades at the tail of the steam torpedo rotated high to produce a large number of bubbles, dragging out two long trajectories, like two lines of death as fast as spreading towards the Suidong ship,

The officers from the 6th Army did not realize the crisis at this moment, and Petrov was shocked into a cold sweat at this moment, and hurriedly gave an order: "Turn the rudder to the right, and the whole ship will be added." ”

Wu Xiaoliang had seen too many naval battle movies in his previous life, and knew that as long as a torpedo of this caliber hit the hull and exploded, it would inevitably penetrate the main armor of the waterline, he nervously watched the torpedo that drew two long lines on the sea surface getting closer and closer, but the maximum voyage of twenty knots could not compete with the torpedo of forty knots in any case, his torpedo was getting closer and closer, but the hull of the Suidong ship was still unable to sail out of the attack range, and his heart couldn't help but raise his throat.

Petrov calmly looked at the situation of the battlefield without saying a word, and the message that the turrets had been loaded again came from the microphone, but he did not give the order to shoot as before, but stared closely at the two white waterlines that went straight to the Suidong ship, at this moment, the eight main guns of the Japanese ship Settsu fired a salvo again, breaking the air burst, but they were all empty at one time, their good luck seemed to leave, but the torpedo kept approaching, the Suidong ship could dodge, these two big guys,

When the first torpedo was about to touch the hull, Petrov once again ordered the helmsman to fill the rudder to the left, and the big guy could pass by the hull, but before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the second torpedo hit the waterline armor of the Suidong ship directly.

Everyone was stunned, desperately waiting for the explosion after the contact, but the expected explosion did not come, it turned out that the second torpedo was too small due to the contact angle, the impact fuse failed, and the whole torpedo grazed the waterline armor in the opposite direction of the Suidong ship, and the explosion was delayed, Petrov knew that the torpedo was also empty, so he ordered,

"The helmsman is right full rudder, lower the ......"

The eight main guns of the Suidong ship once again spewed dazzling flames, this time the god of luck favored them, a half-ton shell hit the Setzu amidships, and the buildings on the ship were instantly blown to pieces, this sudden hit obviously broke the firing rhythm of the Japanese ship, and there was a cheer from the command room,

Before the cheers fell, someone suddenly shouted,

"Look, the Japanese ship is going to escape."

Sure enough, the two Japanese ships rowed in a semicircle and headed east, and then someone exclaimed,

"Oh no, dogs fired torpedoes again, this time four of them."

"Oh my God."

Already Russian officers began to pray to God, the probability of dodging four torpedoes at the same time is as low as the probability of four shells hitting an enemy ship at the same time,

Petrov knew that he could not panic at the moment, he ordered the helmsman to fill the rudder on his right and rush straight at the torpedo, the first, second, and third all passed by, and just when everyone thought that the fourth would be able to dodge it, the explosion was born,

The slight shaking of the ship's hull told everyone in the command room that the Suidong ship was shot, and the room was immediately silent, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the report of the battle loss team in the microphone.

"The torpedo exploded at the bow, the cabin was flooded, the crack was small, and it was being repaired."

Hearing this report, the hearts of the generals of the 6th Army were pinched, and in their opinion, water entry was a very serious problem, but Petrov's explanation quickly dispelled their doubts,

"Don't worry, guys, it's going to be fine, this injury to the bow is equivalent to a broken knee."

Everyone was skeptical, but in the end they all chose to believe the words of the bearded duke, and the staff officers of the headquarters should have boarded the 6th with the second division, but the incident happened suddenly, and Fang Qidao had already ordered the deputy division commander Liang Yuchun to exercise the functions and powers of the division commander on his behalf.

After the Suidong ship dodged the torpedo, it pursued the fleeing Japanese ship, but due to damage to the bow, the maximum course was reduced from 20 knots to 18 knots, which was just the same as the fleeing Japanese ship, and could not catch up or fall.

Half an hour after the pursuit battle, in Wu Xiaoliang's telescope field of vision, a rolling black cloud suddenly appeared in the sky in front of him, and at the same time, Petrov, who was also holding the telescope, shouted badly,

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