"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells, exploded around the battleship 'Nile'. Under the blow of eight new battleships of the Chinese Navy, the battleship 'Nile' has become precarious. And the other capital ships of the British, French-Russian combined fleet, which are in formation, are simply unable to rescue the 'Nile' battleship and the third battleship detachment where it is located.

"Bastard! How can these Chinese bitches fight so accurately? Is there any chance of victory in this war? "The officers and men of the battleship 'Nile' could not help but think in despair. Not only them, but many officers and men of the British, French, and Russian combined fleets had this idea in their minds.

At 7:30, "Boom! Rumble! "Two loud bangs broke out one after another on the battleship 'Nile'. When the battleship Qin Shi Huang fired the fourth salvo, a total of two shells hit the Nile. These two shells directly killed the battleship 'Nile'. The first shell hit the apostle of the Nile and blew up the chimney of the Nile. A large amount of toxic smoke could not be discharged, and it filled the engine room, poisoning dozens of British Navy soldiers inside. Another shell hit the bow of the Nile again, cutting off a small part of the entire capital. The raging waters flooded into the battleship 'Nile'. A large number of watertight cabins were destroyed, and the damage management personnel were simply unable to control them. As more and more sea water poured into the battleship Nile, the bow of the battleship Nile gradually sank into the sea, while the stern was lifted out of the sea. The debris on the battleship all rolled towards the bow. Including on the British soldiers. Quite a few people. Grab a rope or something. Attempting to flee for your life. However, a qiē is in vain. Two minutes later, the battleship 'Nile' sank into the sea with its bow facing down and stern facing up, leaving a huge spiral pit on the surface of the sea, and all the British soldiers who were lucky enough to jump into the sea were swept to the bottom of the sea. 900 members on the battleship. All but a few escaped, all of them were killed.

The sinking of the battleship 'Nile' once again shocked the Combined Fleet. Although, this took much longer compared to previous submarine attacks. However, the suddenness of a submarine attack is irreplaceable by a battleship attack. In just ten minutes after the start of the battle, a battleship was sunk, which shocked everyone even more.

"First battle line, turn 15 degrees to the right. Prepare for war with the Chinese and sink their battleships! "On the bridge of the battleship 'Majesty'. Combined Fleet Commander Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons commanded like crazy. The battle line, consisting of the remaining battleships of the 1st and 2nd battleship detachments of the Combined Fleet, had already seen the sinking of the battleship 'Nile' as soon as the formation was completed. In the Commander of the Combined Fleet, Algernon? McLennan? Under Sir Lyons' orders, the battle line began to turn, preparing for a battle with a battle line consisting of eight battleships of the Chinese Navy's home fleet. And the battle line, which formed up from the remaining battleships of the Russian Navy, is still in formation.

After sinking the battleship "Nile", the target of the Chinese Navy's attack was placed on the battleship "Collingwood", the second battleship in the third battleship detachment of the Combined Fleet. The battleship Collingwood, the first of the British Navy's 'Admiral-class' battleships, began service in 1887, and it has been 12 years now, and it is the oldest battleship among all the battleships of the Combined Fleet. Except, of course, several old 'Catherine II-class' battleships of the Russian Navy.

The battleship "Collingwood" had a displacement of 10,600 tons, a maximum speed of 16.5 knots, and two twin 343 mm naval guns as its main guns. After the battleship 'Nile' was sunk, it was immediately at the forefront of the third battleship detachment of the Combined Fleet, and naturally became the first target of the Chinese Navy.

"Damn, right full rudder, get out of here, we are not opponents of the Chinese at all!" The captain of the battleship 'Collingwood' commanded loudly. Seeing that the battleship 'Nile' had lasted only ten minutes before being sunk, he didn't expect his old battleship to hold out any longer. As the battleship Collingwood began to turn to flee, several other battleships of the 3rd Battleship Detachment also fled for their lives. They are at the back of the queue and are more likely to escape.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The battleships of the Chinese Navy once again began to fire a salvo, and the target of the attack was the battleship 'Collingwood', which was turning the rudder and wanted to escape. If the battleship Collingwood had continued to move forward and aimed its bow at the battle line of the Chinese Navy, the bomb area would have been far from that large. As soon as the battleship 'Collingwood' turned, it immediately exposed its weak port side in front of the battle line of the Chinese Navy. In this way, the conductor Jean' Collingwood

'The battleship died faster.

"Boom! Rumble! "During the first round of shelling, the battleship 'Collingwood' was enveloped in dense artillery fire. The explosion of the shells splashed up a column of water, almost encircling the battleship Collingwood. The battleship Collingwood, like a small ship sailing through the storm, was in danger of being destroyed at any time.

"This idiot, doesn't he know that this command makes him die faster?" Combined Fleet Commander Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons scolded fiercely. The first line of battle had already begun to turn, but it would be a few more minutes before they were able to get into effective range. And will the battleship 'Collingwood' be able to hold out for that long? No one can guarantee this.

"Boom!" A shell hit the stern of the battleship Collingwood, cutting off half of the stern. Originally, the British Navy's 'Admiral-class' battleships had the disadvantage of insufficient protection, and just one shell was enough to inflict heavy damage on the entire battleship. After the stern was cut in half, the battleship Collingwood lost momentum and continued on its way by inertia alone, and its speed became slower and slower.

Battleships that move at high speed are the most difficult to fight. However, when the battleship was banned, the huge body became the best target. When the speed of the battleship Collingwood slowed down, it suddenly became a live target for the Chinese Navy.

At 7:44, the eight battleships of the Chinese Navy fired another salvo. In this salvo, 64 armor-piercing shells, a full 5 shells hit the battleship 'Collingwood'. In the violent explosion, the battleship 'Collingwood' was directly blown to pieces, becoming the second battleship of the Combined Fleet to be sunk by the battleships of the Chinese Navy after the start of the war.

"Damn! Fire! "On the bridge of the flagship battleship 'Majesty', the combined fleet Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons was furious. The sinking of one battleship after another made him very angry. Before the war, the Combined Fleet had twenty-nine battleships, but now, seven battleships were sunk by submarines of the Chinese Navy, and two were heavily damaged. And now two more battleships were sunk by the battleships of the Chinese Navy, so that the battleships of the combined fleet could fight, and at once there were eighteen left. Although there is still a double advantage, the advantage is no longer obvious!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The bombardment of the eight battleships of the First Battleline of the Combined Fleet began, and the First Battleship, consisting of seven battleships of the 'Majesty class' and one battleship of the 'Pafleur class', could be said to have assembled the most elite battleships of the British Navy.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is 10,000 meters. The British Navy's su zhì, this is nothing to say. However, at a distance of 10,000 meters, they still could not hit the target. In 1895, the predecessor of the Chinese Navy, the Sichuan Navy, drew the battle line to 10,000 meters, and the distance between navies was mostly three or four thousand meters, or even more. Subsequently, when the artillery bombardment of the western Sichuan Navy at a distance of 10,000 meters showed extremely high accuracy, the navies of various countries also began training in this area, and the British Navy was no exception. It's just that because of their backwardness in ranging and sighting, their artillery accuracy is not as good as that of the Chinese Navy.

The first battleship of the United Fleet, 8 battleships, and a salvo of 32 main guns, however, these shells were basically far away from the battleships of the Chinese Navy, and the nearest point of impact was also three hundred meters away.

"Are the British finally ready? Turn right 30 degrees and get ready to take the T-prefix! "On the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang', Admiral Deng Shichang, commander of the home fleet of the Chinese Navy, ordered. The fleet spared the remaining four battleships of the Third Battleship Detachment of the Combined Fleet and shifted the target to the battleline where the Combined Fleet had already formed.

The battle line composed of eight new battleships of the Chinese Navy has reached a speed of 19 knots, while the first battle line of the Combined Fleet has a maximum speed of only 17.5 knots.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the battle line of the Chinese Navy was in front of the first battle line of the United Fleet, and the guns of the eight battleships were all aimed at the battleship at the front of the first battle line, that is, the battleship "Majesty" of the flagship of the United Fleet.

"Fire! Sink the flagship of the British! Admiral Deng Shichang, commander of the Chinese Navy's home fleet, ordered. If you can sink the enemy's flagship at the beginning of the battle, it will be a very good blow to the morale of the enemy.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Eight battleships fired a salvo together, a full 64 shells, spanning a distance of tens of thousands of meters, and smashed towards the battleship 'Majesty'. (To be continued.) )

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