The Anhai and the Dongfang were more confidently engaged in the fight, and Shao Jie was still very satisfied with the improved Anhai, at least not weaker than the armored cruisers similar to the Guiyuan. The asymmetry of information directly led to a further widening of the gap between the two sides in the battle.

If the Vostok main gun uses armor-piercing shells, there is still hope to penetrate the opponent's 3-inch hardened armor, but unfortunately, in order to increase the "ignition" efficiency, the Vostok uses all high-explosive shells! The rapid-fire guns of the two battleships sprayed a deadly rain of bullets at each other.

"Boom." With a violent explosion, a shell hit the side chord of the Anhai, but the 100kg shell did not penetrate the hull plate of the side chord of the Anhai and then exploded in the hull as the Russians expected, causing a series of fires, but was blocked by the armor up to 3 inches thick.

"Damn the Qing people must have added sidestring armor to the Anhai!" At this time, the Russians also reacted. After a closer look, the Russians suddenly found that the dry strings of the Anhai were much lower, if before the battle, the Russians understood that the Anhai was overloaded, then now, the Russians finally know what the "overloaded" Anhai is loaded on! It's all armor!

Because of the shadow left by the battle with the Japanese armored cruiser back then, in the face of the Anhai, which suddenly "transformed" from a protective cruiser to an armored cruiser, the Dongfang was a little frightened when it fought each other! And at this moment, the accurate shelling of the Anhai shook the fighting spirit of the Dongfang!

In the case of finding that the other side could not pose an effective kill to himself, Shao Jie ordered the battleship to approach quickly, and then use the numerous 12-pounder guns on the ship to increase the projection, in fact, the difference between the firepower of the two sides above the medium caliber is not large, if you really want to see a victory, then only the 12-pounder rapid-fire artillery and artillery skills will be known.

The distance between the two sides was quickly reduced to less than 2,000 meters, and at this distance, the Nanyang guns, equipped with new sighting equipment, could easily send a lethal shell to the Vostok not far away. The 4 8-inch guns were even more powerful at this distance, and with a banging and the sound of metal breaking, an 8-inch shell hit a chimney on the Vostok! The billowing smoke of the chimney exploded in two with a loud bang, and one of the falling sections swept across the deck below, along with debris and flames, before the massive chimney smashed a rapid-fire cannon into the air. After crushing several gunners next to him into a ball of pulp. before jumping off the deck. Before falling into the sea, he also took away a few damage management team members who were being rescued! Just when a group of damage management team members wearing asbestos fireproof suits were stunned by this sudden disaster, the overwhelming debris and flames that followed came at the Russians who survived the catastrophe again, and several Russians could not dodge and were swept away by the debris flying at high speed. And then fell in a pool of blood!

After a chimney was unloaded by the Anhai, the originally smooth power system on the Dongfang immediately had problems, and a large amount of exhaust gas could not be dispatched in time, which directly led to the poor operation of the power system, and the exhaust gas containing a large amount of dust poured into the power compartment. The Russian soldiers who were playing in the boiler room were smoked enough, and a few of them were slow to react and even fell to the ground directly due to lack of oxygen! With such a toss, the Vostok was forced to slow down.

The loss of the hull is only one aspect, and the genius stroke of the half-chimney just now made the Russians, who were already a little shaken, have the idea of retreating, looking at the fire that gradually spread on the deck, looking at the comrades who were smashed into flesh just now, coupled with the smell of blood and the stench produced after the burning of **, which made some Russian soldiers who had just experienced the battle array vomit, after a series of battles. The number of veterans of the Russian Far Eastern Fleet has plummeted, and now only some soldiers who could only serve on the shore have been transferred to warships to serve, and the quality of these second- and even third-line soldiers naturally cannot be compared with the beginning, not only in terms of proficiency in the operation of armaments but also in terms of will to fight.

That's it. Originally, the difference in strength between the two sides was not large, but it changed as the will to fight gradually collapsed on one side, and the Russians were more concerned about how to escape from this battle than to win this war, whether it was the captain or the officers and men below. It's no wonder that they are all beginning to have an inexplicable fear of this sea. Going deep into the opponent's depths and withdrawing in the face of unfavorable combat seems to be the right choice, and even Essen can't blame the Vostok for making the decision, after all, the Vostok is mainly for reconnaissance and dealing with merchant ships, and does not say that it has to defend itself against the attack of the opponent's capital ships! This task is a bit excessive and unrealistic!

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, it is understandable that the East chose to retreat, and after a short hesitation, the Vostok finally decided to release the smoke screen and then turned around and retreated, running in the direction of the Essen fleet. But from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, the decision of the Vostok directly led to the shock of the Russian Navy as a whole!

The news of the defeat of the Vostok soon reached Essen and Falk Hill, for Essen, his right flank had lost his eyes and ears, the fog of war in front of him was further expanded, and the Beiyang Fleet was very likely to take advantage of the weakness directly from the right flank, once more than two main detachments entered the battlefield, Essen would have to face the danger of being flanked by both flanks! This situation is what any general fears, the potential threat and the unknown of the battlefield situation are so terrible that even Essen, who likes to fight fiercely, will never dare to take it lightly! What's more, a battleship from the South Seas has already broken into the battlefield, and the situation and prospects of the entire war have become blurred!

And for Colonel Falk, the situation was so terrible that when he received the telegram from the Vostok, Colonel Falk threw the telegram on the ground in anger and scolded the other party for being a coward! And clamoring to send the captain of the Vostok to court-martial! After the worst, I still felt angry, and I stepped on the newspaper twice! The actions of the Dongfang undoubtedly also shook Colonel Fokker's determination to continue fighting, looking at the Zhenhai that had been hit by high-explosive bombs in the distance, and the Jingtai, which had returned to the battlefield after self-rescue, Colonel Fokker hesitated. If the Dongfang can hold on a little longer, he has every chance to send both warships to the bottom of the sea, although the Zhenhai is violent, but it will not work with one dozen or two. But now, victory seems so lost and ethereal. The Vostok was defeated, and an improved Anhai would soon come to the battlefield, if he couldn't expand his advantage as soon as possible, in the face of the three battleships of the Nanyang Fleet, Folk Hill really had no confidence at all!

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