Chapter 721: Shameless Tactics
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A 305 mm main gun shell hit the foredeck of the battleship Discord, tearing open the weak armor on the foredeck of the battleship Discord and blasting a large hole. Shrapnel flew sideways, killing quite a few British sailors on the foredeck. However, it did not inflict fatal damage on the battleship "Discord".
However, the doom of the battleship 'Discord' did not end there. After Admiral Edward Seamo gave the order to turn. The battleship 'Discord' also began to turn. However, the staff officer on the battleship 'Discord' gave a different opinion. Now, the battleship "Discord" is the bow of the enemy, although it is besieged by the Chinese Navy, but the bomb area is small, if it is turned, the side is exposed to the Chinese Navy, and the bomb area will be greatly increased. When the time comes, the battleship 'Discord' will be hit even more severely.
However, in the end, the captain of the battleship "Discord" gave the order to turn. Only after turning can we launch a fierce counterattack, instead of being passively beaten as we are now.
The battle lines of the Anglo-American Navy began to turn. And prepare to launch a counterattack after the turn. However, this buried the battleship 'Discord'. After the battleship 'Discord' began to turn, the wide side was displayed under the guns of the Chinese Navy, which gave the Chinese Navy a great opportunity!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "In the third salvo, seven warships of the Chinese Navy, with 56 main guns, fired intensive artillery fire on the battleship 'Discord'.
"Boom! Rumble! "The battleship 'Discord', which was in turn, shook violently. In this round of volleys. The battleship 'Discord' received two shells.
"Report the loss!" The captain of the battleship 'Discord' asked loudly after getting up from the ground.
"If the ship's amidship is shot, the port side main gun will be destroyed! One shot in the stern of the ship, and the aft deck caught fire! The damage management personnel quickly rescued the damaged battleship. However, the fire in the stern of the ship was very difficult to extinguish. At the same time, the main gun on the port side was destroyed, which reduced the combat power of the 'Discord' by a quarter! However, the 'Discord' root has no chance to fight back!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The Chinese Navy is a minute later. A fourth volley was played. This salvo completely ended the battleship 'Discord'. In this round of salvo, three shells hit the battleship 'Discord'.
The first shell, which hit the bridge of the battleship "Discord", tore through the armor of the bridge of the battleship "Discord" from the left side. The armor of the bridge of the battleship 'Discord'. Only 280 mm, there are no armor-piercing shells capable of blocking the 305-mm naval guns of the Chinese Navy. The shell exploded inside the bridge, and all the officers inside, including the captain, were killed. The second shell hit the amidships of the battleship Discord, tearing through the middle armor of the battleship Discord and penetrating the boiler compartment. The large oil-fired boiler inside the boiler compartment was damaged. The high-temperature steam leaked out of the boiler, killing all the dozens of British Navy soldiers in the boiler room in an instant! At the same time, a boiler compartment was destroyed, which halved the speed of the battleship 'Discord'. The deadliest blow. And the third shell. The third shell hit the port side of the battleship 'Discord'. The shells exploded at the waterline, and the fragile side armor could not withstand the bombardment of 305-mm armor-piercing shells. The light ones were torn open a hole several meters long, and the sea water poured into the battleship 'Discord'. Damage to personnel on the battleship 'Discord'. Immediate rescue was carried out. However, the rescue was soon declared unsuccessful. A large amount of seawater was hung into the battleship 'Discord' under tremendous pressure, and the damage management personnel could not plug the hole.
It was at this time that the fifth salvo of the Chinese Navy began. In this round of salvo, again two shells hit the bow and amidships of the battleship 'Discord'. The bow of the battleship "Discord" was directly cut off in a small piece. But fortunately, it was above the waterline and there was no water ingress. The second shell hit the chimney behind the battleship Discord, and the entire chimney collapsed, smashing a lot of the superstructure, and at the same time, the toxic smoke filled the boiler room, killing all the British sailors inside. At the same time, the battleship 'Discord' also completely lost power. A large amount of seawater poured in from the left side, causing the hull of the battleship "Discord" to tilt. The sinking of the battleship "Discord" is already only a matter of time!
"Haha! Well done, that's it, send all the battleships of the British to the bottom of the sea! Turn right 30 degrees and get ready to go around in front of the Brit and do it again! Vice Admiral Li Haitao, commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, said excitedly.
"General, the 'Discord' is finished, and the first mate of the 'Discord' has sent a telegram requesting to abandon the ship!" A staff officer reported to Admiral Edward Seamo.
"Damn! Allow them to abandon the ship! Admiral Edward Seamo's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. The battle had just begun, and before the British and American navies could attack, a battleship was sunk by the Chinese navy, which made the British navy, which was already a big loss of strength and only four battleships left, very painful, and now, there are only three left, and I don't know how much will be left after this naval battle!
On the battleship 'Connecticut-class' of the US Navy, Admiral Benson's face was also a little unpleasant. Originally, he thought that this battle would have a good chance of winning. But now it seems that things are not what he imagined! The Chinese Navy is not without the strength to fight back, but it is fighting very well! Could it be that in just ten years, the Chinese have really been able to develop from a weak naval country to a world-class naval power?
The battleship Discord gradually tilted to the left, and after five minutes, it rolled on its side and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea. Of the more than 700 naval soldiers on the battleship, less than 200 escaped smoothly, and the rest were all brought to the bottom of the sea by the sinking battleship!
"Keep turning, close the distance to those yellow-skinned monkeys!" Eduardo Seamo, stubbornly giving orders. After the battleship "Discord" was sunk, the battleship that started was already the battleship "Solemn".
It's just that the Chinese Navy did not give the British and American navies this opportunity. After sinking the battleship "Discord", the Chinese navy took advantage of the high speed to widen the distance between the two sides, and at the same time, began to turn and became a direction with the battle line of the British and American navies. In an attempt to forcibly occupy the T-prefix again, and to repeat the tactics just now, once again send a battleship of the British Navy to the bottom of the sea.
At 12:30 p.m., the Chinese Navy turned again and headed southeast, and the fleet sailed at high speed at 22 knots, preparing to penetrate from the front of the battle line of the British and American Navy, and take advantage of this opportunity to besiege the battleship 'Zhuang' at the beginning of the battle line of the British and American Navy.
Admiral Edward Seamo gave the order to turn in time, so that the entire battle line remained parallel to the Chinese Navy and did not give them the opportunity to forcibly occupy the T-shape. At the same time, the direct distance between the two sides remained at 15 kilometers, which gave the British and American navies no chance to counterattack. The naval guns of the British and American navies are 305 mm, 45 times the caliber, and the maximum range is only 14 kilometers. For the Chinese Navy, which is 15 kilometers away, there is nothing to do. The firing range of the main guns of the Chinese Navy, however, reached 16 km. However, firing at this distance, the root will not be able to hit the target, it is a complete waste of shells.
The Chinese Navy is bent on trying to slowly reverse its current disadvantage by forcibly occupying the T-prefix. However, the British and American navies did everything possible to avoid such a thing. The two sides kept turning and chasing at sea, but they did not find the right opportunity. Naval battles, in a stalemate! It's just that the Chinese Navy is still in an advantageous position by virtue of its high speed!
"Those yellow-skinned monkeys are so shameless, can't they fight us in a dignified manner?" Admiral Edward Seamo couldn't help but curse. This tactic adopted by the Chinese undoubtedly made the British and American navies very aggrieved. They have no numerical advantage, but they cannot make use of it, but they have to be careful everywhere to avoid falling into the trap of the Chinese. This made all the British and American naval officers and sailors very angry!
At 1 p.m., the Chinese Navy once again grabbed the T-prefix. Although, the British and American navies reacted quickly and began to turn desperately, closing the distance between the two sides in an attempt to launch a counterattack. However, the Chinese Navy still received a valuable opportunity to fire three salvos.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells slammed into the British Navy's battleship 'Solemn', and columns of water burst out on the sea around the 'Solemn'. This time, the battleship "Solemn" learned the lesson of the battleship "Discord" and did not turn around, still fighting the enemy with the bow of the ship. However, the eight battleships behind the battle line of the British and American navies began to turn around and quickly pressed towards the Chinese navy.
"Boom!" A 305-mm main gun shell hit the front main gun of the battleship 'Solemn'. The armor-piercing projectile, under the action of huge kinetic energy, tore through the turret armor of the front main gun, overturning the entire main gun. Fortunately, the fire door under the main gun was not penetrated, and the dozens of shells below were not killed. Otherwise, the battleship "Solemn" would have followed the footsteps of the battleship "Discord".
However, in the ensuing battle, a shell destroyed the chimney in front of the battleship Solemn. This suddenly reduced the speed of the battleship 'Solemn' to 10 knots, and it was no longer possible to follow the battle line!