The most important thing in naval warfare is to open the battle line as soon as possible and give full play to the firepower of the battleship, whether it is a capital ship or an auxiliary warship, everything is to serve this goal. In terms of battleship design, the final use of the side-chord engagement layout instead of the bow to meet the enemy is to deploy more heavy artillery and exert firepower, while in actual combat, the capital ship needs to seize the T-shaped crosshead in order to exert its full firepower as soon as possible, and the auxiliary warship also needs to release smoke screens or launch lightning strikes at the necessary time in order to interfere with the opponent's firepower. Used to interfere with the opponent's attacks.

Obviously, the Russians did not start well in this battle, and were beaten by the Chinese Navy before they turned into a state of firefight, and after finally entering the range of the 12-inch main gun, the Russians suddenly found that this distance was not suitable for the Sealand Province. The fact that the air has a strong paper projection capability and cannot be fully exploited is why the Russian fleet was suppressed in terms of superiority in numbers and tonnage.

Fortunately, Essen adjusted his tactics in time, allowing the Sealand Province to break away from the battle column and quickly approach the opponent, suppressing the Huaxia fleet with high-rate guns at close range. "Boom!" Another loud bang came from the Peter the Great, and a 12-inch armor-piercing shell once again hit the flagship of Essen, and this time the attack caused more damage to the Peter the Great than the previous ones, this shell cut a huge hole in the waterline in the front of the hull! The thin 4-inch frontal armor simply could not stop more than 380 kg of shells, and a large hole of 3 square meters appeared at the waterline, and the shells seriously damaged the mechanisms inside after the explosion in the bow of the ship! With a loud bang, the explosives shattered into a storm of metal that swept through several chambers and watertight chambers. The broken bracket and the broken partition completely blocked the road of the damaged pipe team. In addition, there is no dome armor in the bow. Serious flooding of the Peter the Great was inevitable.

With hundreds of tons of seawater pouring in, Peter the Great had a noticeable first tilt, and the waves crashed onto the foredeck. The entire battleship also tilted a little to the right. Plus the hull breakage. There has also been a noticeable drop in speed. "Sink Peter the Great!" Seeing the enemy ships sailing with difficulty in the wind and waves, the battle cruiser Longxu burst into cheers! If this battle can be reimbursed for a fast battleship, then it will definitely be a very big victory for the Huaxia fleet. Don't forget, there are only 4 really fast battleships in the Russian fast fleet!

Suddenly, the sound of a high-speed object streaking through the air came from behind him. didn't even wait for Lin Yongsheng and the others to react. A string of shells has exploded around the Longxu! After less than half a minute, another round of shells flew towards the Longxu who was fighting! "It's Sealand! What a high rate of fire! Lin Yongsheng glanced at the slender battleship behind him that was spitting a rain of bullets.

As the strongest second-class capital ship in the world today, the Sealand Provincial Warship can be described as the product of the peak. The 9-inch main armor belt, the steam turbine crew and fire control equipment provided by the British made the battleship unscrupulous in terms of protection and speed. But the most prominent thing is its artillery. The 10-inch 50L main gun can hit a 227KG shell with an initial velocity of 850 meters per second! And the maximum rate of fire reached 3 rounds per minute! Purely in terms of transmittance, it is not much worse than 8 12-inch guns! In addition, the distance between the two sides at this time is only 6KM. With its high rate of fire and straight ballistics, Sealand Province has put a lot of pressure on the Longxu!

In less than 5 minutes, the side chord of the Longxu was hit by 3 shells. One shot was blocked by an 8-inch armor belt due to the angle of fire. Another shot penetrated through the upper deck of the Longxu and ignited a fire in the middle of the hull. There was also a shot that concentrated the rear turret of the Longxu. The saddest thing is that this shell smashed directly on one of the barrels like a dog's luck, accompanied by a muffled sound, completely destroying this cannon!

"The fleet accelerates, turns 180 degrees on the right side!" Lin Yongsheng couldn't help frowning as he looked at the flames rising from the middle and rear of the hull. Naval warfare is not the same as land warfare, when both sides are fully deployed and in an unfavorable situation, it is better to withdraw early than later, of course. If you can go! Once the formation of the two sides is fully deployed, then it is the quality of equipment and personnel that fights. And it is clear that in the case of an extra capital ship on the other side. Lin Yongsheng suffered a lot, since he suffered a loss, he had to find a way to reverse it, the other party was not crispy, and he couldn't do it in seconds, so he could only re-establish his advantage through maneuvering again.

"Release the smoke." With the order of an officer, the smoke canisters equipped with the two Longxu-class battlecruisers began to spit out thick smoke, and the two battleships also began to accelerate, and with the help of heavy oil boilers, the speed of the two battleships increased to 24 knots! Then the two battleships turned to the right at a large angle!

"The other party wants to evacuate?" Looking at the two battleships looming in the smoke and moving away. Essen was confused. By studying the information of the many battles of the Huaxia Navy, as well as his own cognition, Essen did not think that there were such "good escape" generals in the Huaxia Navy, no matter how difficult the situation was, they would put their tasks first! Whether it was in the Battle off the coast of Izu, Xu Jie commanded 3 cruisers to fight against the 5 capital ships of the Japanese Navy, or the old Beiyang battleship that did not leave the battle until the death in the Battle of Gunsan Bay, or the subsequent Dingzhen who fought to the death in the face of the armored cruiser Rurik, and in the last war, he used a light cruiser to rush the Russian main fleet of Sa Zhenbing. This time, the performance of the leader of the fleet opened Essen's eyes, and he immediately flashed when he saw that the situation was not good? What's going on?

Faced with the smoke that had not yet dispersed at sea, Essen was a little puzzled, because he didn't know what to do next. Are you going to chase and fight? If people really want to run after you? But if you don't chase it, what's next? Essen really hadn't thought it through. In this way, the two Russian fast battleships did not take any targeted action for 5 minutes because of Essen's hesitation, and the most taboo thing on the battlefield was indecision, and Essen made this mistake just right.

The two Russian fast battleships did not move, but it did not mean that the Sealand Province did not act, he was the closest to the Longxu-class battlecruisers, and when he saw the two Longxu-class battlecruisers release smoke and turn, the Dutch subconsciously thought that the other party planned to retreat, after all, the Sealand Province hit the opponent's 3 guns in just a few minutes, and the situation was unfavorable, of course, it was natural to choose to retreat. As for whether the opponent has a rear hand, the Dutch, who have limited knowledge of the Chinese Navy and have no actual combat experience, do not think so much. Therefore, following the two Longxu-class battleships, the Dutch also began to turn, but in order to catch up with the opponent as soon as possible, the Sealand Province took the inner circle! And although this shortened the distance with the Huaxia fleet, it was also farther away from Essen!

"Turn another 90 degrees." Glancing at the shadow of the ship looming behind the smoke curtain, Lin Yongsheng smiled proudly. In this battle, Lin Yongsheng used high speed and smoke screen and deception to stop the Russian main fleet, but the Dutch kept up, and now, it is Lin Yongsheng's turn to do it, and this sharp return pistol will definitely make the Dutch remember it for a lifetime!

After turning again, the two battle cruisers, the Longxu and the Longwei, were parallel to the Dutch armored cruisers that had just passed through the smoke screen, but they were in opposite directions, approaching at speeds of more than 30 knots. At this time, the Dutch finally found out that the two dreadnoughts of the other side did not escape! Instead, they rushed at themselves! In the face of the Longxu-class battle cruiser like a giant beast, the Sealand Province did not have the courage to fight at all, and immediately released the smoke screen and turned to evacuate!

But it's a pity that the release of the smoke screen also takes time, although the attack angle is not very good, but the two Longxu-class battlecruisers still have more than 10 main guns with a firing range! At this moment, the Sealand took more blows than Peter the Great! With a roar! The sidestrings of the two Huaxia giant ships erupted with dazzling red light, and orange fireballs erupted one after another, flying towards the Sealand Province that was struggling to turn and flee not far away!

At this time, the distance between the two sides is extremely close, less than 6 kilometers, and the 12-inch heavy gun can almost attack the target through direct fire! There is no need to shoot at all, even if there is a smoke screen to cover, but the looming figure in the thin smoke screen is enough to provide target indication to the Chinese Navy, there is no more shooting, directly tilting the bullet rain at the highest rate of fire, in an instant, the Sealand Province that is turning is wrapped by the water column, and at the moment when the hull side chord is completely exposed, a 12-inch shell smashed on the gun mount of the No. 2 turret of the Sealand Province!

Unlike the side chord, the turret is round, and if it is round, the shells fired from that direction are perpendicular to the striking surface, so there is no need to consider the angle, how much depth the shell hits the vertical steel plate, and how much depth the turret penetrates, and the distance is extremely close, and the angle between the shell and the horizontal plane does not need to be considered! Looking from Lin Yongsheng's position, he only saw a flash of red light in the smoke screen, and a red ball the size of a teacup appeared in it, and then in less than 2 seconds, an earth-shattering sound came from the smoke screen, and a huge object was protected on the sea, and then a long thing was blown up and flew up, even over the top of the smoke screen! Even from a few kilometers away, Lin Yongsheng could feel the power of this blow!

At this time, the foredeck of the Sealand Province was almost a mess, and the armor-piercing shells, after concentrating the gun mount, directly penetrated the dressing room under the turret, and ignited the shells and propellants stored inside. Fortunately, in the battle just now, the Sealand Province opened fire at the highest rate of fire, and there was not much ammunition in the dressing room, but even so, the huge explosive force still pushed the shell weighing hundreds of tons fiercely, and then smashed heavily on the gun ring, and the steel plate near the No. 2 turret was directly deformed under this huge impact. The huge amount of force was transmitted between the steel plates and even transmitted to the turret of the first turret, accompanied by a sound of metal breaking, the gun ring of the first turret let out a burst of wailing, and then the rotating turret was stuck!

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