"Thank God." Looking at the two battleships moving slowly in the distance, one large and one small, Colonel Falk Hill muttered excitedly. Before discovering the target, Folk Hill kept imagining that the enemy he might encounter, two armored cruisers of the PISA type? Or a King-class armored cruiser with German roots? Or even the most powerful Dante-class battleship from Italy? If it encounters the above targets, Falk Hill can only drag the opponent first, and then wait for the arrival of the Essen fleet, if the opponent is too strong, Falk Mountain even decides to withdraw directly.

But to the surprise of the Russians, there were only 2 old ships that came to the emergency, and these two old ships were so shabby and simple compared with the cutting-edge warships of the Beiyang Ocean Fleet, "Where did this fleet come from?" I don't remember that there were such battleships in the Beiyang Fleet. A Russian ** official put down the binoculars in his hand and asked.

"They are at least 10 years behind. I really don't believe that there are still such warships in the Beiyang Naval Division. Another Russian ** official said sarcastically.

"They belong to the Nanyang Fleet, the one in front should be the Zhenhai that played an important role in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, and the other ship should be one of the Sanjing ships, which was assigned to the Nanyang Fleet after the war." Fokker's tone was full of excitement, soft persimmons, soft persimmons through and through, the Azov-type cruisers have been beaten violently since the Sino-Japanese War, and the difference in performance has made the Russian cruisers of this class repeatedly defeated. Unexpectedly, today, the Russians finally ran into a fleet that could not even beat 2 cruisers of the Azov type! This is truly a gift from heaven.

"Prepare to meet the enemy. Hurry up! I'm going to make them our record! Falk Hill exclaimed excitedly. There is a saying that happiness is sorrowful, and Fork Hill at this time corresponds to this old saying. In ecstasy, he forgot to send this information to Essen immediately, and at the same time forgot to think about why it would be two such dilapidated warships that came to meet him? Or is it for the sake of the South Seas, why don't you avoid the edge first, and then wait for the other fleets to arrive before attacking? Will there be some other big fish behind this fleet?

At this time, the staring at Qian Qian, who had been calm, gradually relaxed, because he received a telegram from Deng Shichang and the Anhai, in which the Anhai said that he could arrive within 2 hours. And although Deng Shichang's fleet is farther away, it has two PISA-class armored cruisers as its backing, so what else is there to be afraid of? Even staring at Folds Qian was thinking about how to use this opportunity to eat the other party! Of course. He didn't know that there were ambushes behind the Russians, and if he knew that the two patrols in Essen were behind, he wouldn't have laughed!

The two sides finally fought, the four battleships lined up in two neat battle lines, and the Nanyang Fleet chose to use picric high-explosive shells against the Russians, because he knew that the armor-piercing shells fired by his 8-inch guns were difficult to penetrate the opponent, but the fierce projection of as many as 6 8-inch guns and 5 6-inch guns on the side chord was still terrifying. The Russians also opted for high-explosive shells, because in their memory the Zhenhae's armor belt was thick and narrow, and it was almost undefended. It would be better to use high-explosive shells, as for the Jingtai? This kind of scum-like existence can be just beaten casually.

After the results are actually hand-to-hand. The Russians couldn't help but be taken aback! "That iron turtle in front of this is really resistant." Seeing that a high-explosive bomb hit the Jinhae near the port waterline and was bounced off, Colonel Falker couldn't help but wipe his sweat. The heart said, I remember that this position is unarmored, right? When will the hull plates of the Beiyang be protected against shells? And this firepower is not right. I remember that the 8-inch gun of the Zhenhai was a terrace gun, right? When did the patio cannon also have this high rate of fire? Could it be that adding an iron cover is a turret gun? (In the First Sino-Japanese War, the 8-inch gun of the Zhenhai did not have a cannon cover) This rate of fire is fast, and it is not slower than the gun on the Azov Sea! The combat effectiveness shown by the entire battleship is not at all the same level as that reflected in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle! Colonel Falk Hill even wondered if he was facing a new ship!

How to say it, in fact, Folkshan's guess is very good, in addition to the basic hull structure, the Nanyang sailors have changed everything that can be changed! Whether it is firepower or protection, the current Zhenhai can be said to be brand new! Although because of the age, the speed is still pitfalling. But engagements on such a front do not have much to do with speed, and the speed advantage of armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov is really limited!

The result of the confrontation between 6 8-inch guns and 4 8-inch guns is actually obvious, and the Samurai, which is wearing the "Xinrui" brand, was actually suppressed by an old warship that has been in service for 15 years and has experienced many major battles in the battle line, which is really depressing! In fact, it is not difficult to understand that in the case of equal auxiliary firepower, the Zhenhai has two more 8-inch guns! In this era when fire control was not yet popular. The hit rate and the number of tubes, the launch speed is directly linked. As long as the poor quality of the sailors on both sides is not extraordinarily large, the side with more pipes will naturally have an advantage!

As soon as the battle began, the ageless Zhenhai got off to a good start! One 8-inch shell and two 6-inch shells slapped on the Samurai, with the 8-inch shells landing near a 6-inch gun gallery on the Samurai. The huge explosion shattered a portion of the mast into pieces, and the shock wave mixed with flames swept across half of the deck, including the gun gallery, which was unprotected on both sides and immediately turned into a bloody hell under the blow of the blast. Before the Russian soldiers who were fighting bravely inside could react, they were struck into a sieve by a shock wave mixed with shrapnel and flames, and the two unlucky buddies were swept into the sea. Although the gun did not suffer much damage, the gunner was almost dead. The other two six-inch shells had a mediocre effect, except that a 12-pounder gun was knocked out and a ball of fire was added.

In the face of warships with relatively comprehensive protection, the lethality of 8-inch guns and 6-inch guns is still relatively limited. Especially when the two sides are still at a long distance, Zhenhai fights the samurai, and the samurai fights Zhenhai! Neither side has achieved anything other than lighting a fire on the other. But this was not the case with the battle between the Jingtai and the Parada.

The two sides are not an order of magnitude at all, it is basically a battle between the junior boxing division (if there is one) and the heavyweight boxing champion, and as soon as the two sides meet, Parada has an overwhelming advantage! There is an essential gap between the two sides in terms of design and tonnage, even if the level of the Russians is again, Jingtai has absolutely no reason to win! In addition to the threat of 2 8-inch guns, the large number of 120 rapid-fire guns equipped on the ship is almost equivalent to burning sticks! As for protection? The Jingtai had no waterline armor, and the thickness of the dome armor was not enough, so it was difficult to resist in the face of 6-inch guns.

The Parada ignored the 120 rapid-fire guns on the Jingtai and got as close as possible to the distance, and the rained shells knocked the nearly 10-year-old ship defenseless! After a quarter of an hour of firefighting, disaster finally came! An 8-inch shell smashed under a 120 rapid-fire gun in the amidships of the Jingtai's hull! The huge explosion directly tore through the fragile hull plate of the Jingtai, and the powerful shock wave roamed directly at the breach. The 120 rapid-fire cannon was thrown into the sea by a huge force force. The entire artillery crew was also engulfed in flames, and that's not all, this shell detonated the shell and the propellant on the ammunition hoist at the same time, the picric acid charge and the nitrocellulose pack, which are all arson! After being detonated by an 8-inch high-explosive bomb, it triggered a huge explosion, and the whole ship slammed into a burst, and the side chord of the hull spat out a huge fireball, and the whole ship seemed to have shifted in the opposite direction!

The successive explosions made the battleship, which had been in service for 10 years, tremble like chaff! A thick column of smoke rises from the point of hit! A third of the deck area on the warring side was covered by fire. Flames swam across the hull like lava flows, and they ignited the teak planks on the deck, scorching the metal supports. Almost instantly, the battleship was pushed to the brink of life and death, and the fire immediately got out of control and began to spread in the direction of the ammunition depot!

At this life-and-death moment, the officers and men of the Nanyang Naval Division broke out with strong combat effectiveness, not only the team members responsible for damage management, but also the miscellaneous servants were thrown into the fire. They used everything they could to extinguish the fire, regardless of the toxic smoke and flames produced by the burning of picric acid, and those with fireproof suits were the first to rush into the fire. Unfazed by flames and buildings that could collapse at any moment, unfazed by the flames, the personnel entered the fire.

The raging fire demon has launched a frenzied attack on the warriors who are hindering themselves from devouring the ship! The flames didn't flock to the damage management team, but the hull, which was already fragile under the ablation of the flames, became an accomplice to the fire demons! A collapsed mast directly suppressed the three Nanyang officers and soldiers who had no time to dodge, and under the attack of flames and poisonous smoke, they instantly lost their vitality. However, this did not organize the latecomers, and the living still had to fight, still have to shed blood and even sacrifice to save the ship!

At this time, the Zhenhai divided part of its firepower to cover the Jingtai, which was saving itself, and gave a signal for it to evacuate first. Ding Zhuangqian gave this order, but he made a lot of determination. The advantage of the Zhenhai is not great, and once the Jingtai withdraws from the battle, and there is no other warship to support, the Zhenhai is really difficult to resist in the face of the attack of the two armored cruisers, you can change the weapon to the protection, but the aging of the hull and the hidden dangers left by the previous battles cannot be changed.

"If the South Sea Fleet is going to be left in this sea area in the end. Then I hope that it is the Zhenhai that will be left and not both, brother, good luck to you, and if we can, I hope we can meet again! Looking at the departing Jingtai, Ding Zhuangqian had no regrets. Looking at the Parada, which was approaching, aimed its gun at Jinhae. Ding Zhuangqian only left a strong fighting spirit!

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