Once you get into the potency shot, it means that the opponent will theoretically be hit in a row in future battles, and the current situation is exactly what the textbook defines it in. Because of the angle and distance, the Lone Pull blocked the Caraccino's fierce blow, but the accidental survival did not mean that the battleship could survive the baptism of up to 20 14-inch guns, and soon, just when Tycho was not able to break through the turret armor and sighed, a series of shells fell on the Lone Pull!

"The Italians struck with ferocity and precision, and the Lone was hit in succession at a distance of 12 kilometers. First came the No. 2 turret, and in less than 3 minutes after that, the Lone Pull was hit at least 5 shots! A French officer recalled afterwards with lingering apprehension. Two shells hit the Lone Pull, which was counterattacking almost simultaneously, and one shell pierced the upper armor belt of the ship's amidships, exploding between the two gun galleries, and the shock wave formed by the powerful TNT explosives destroyed the armor of the two gun galleries from the side, and the secondary guns, weighing more than 5 tons, were withdrawn from the gun carriage, and the French naval personnel next to them were smashed directly into flesh by the bent barrels.

Another shell hit the main armor belt, which was only about 11 inches thick but not as strong as the turret, and with a piercing crash, the hardened layer of the armor and the shell were shattered almost simultaneously, and the sharp warhead rushed into the hull with a large number of fragments. After penetrating the main deck, it eventually exploded in the upper part of the power compartment. At this time, the upper part of the power compartment was nothing more than a layer of fragile structural steel, and the powerful impact of the explosion knocked the ceiling of the power compartment into a sieve. Large swaths of steel plates broke and shattered, and a rain of bullets swept through a boiler room with a small tooth-sore sound. The stoker was swept to one piece, while several steam pipes were ruptured, and high-pressure water vapor spread through the chamber at temperatures of up to several hundred degrees.

The same situation was repeated on the France, which was attacked by the Roma and Saint-Martin, and the Guba-class ship was also heavily damaged, with two shots at the waterline, and although no important equipment was damaged, the opening of several square meters still caused the ship to tilt slightly. With a large amount of seawater pouring in through the gaps, the French officers and men in the power room began to drain the water while burning the boilers, and the inevitable drop in the speed of the two battleships caused the entire French fleet to move more and more slowly. And if this continues, the Ito-Austrian fleet, which has an absolute advantage in long-distance engagements, can slowly send the entire French fleet to the bottom of the sea!

"France needs every one of its children to do their job." Facing the main fleet, which had just been in decline as soon as the battle, George Legge sent a report in clear code. And this telegram also kicked off the fiercest and bloodiest scene of this naval battle! A whole 12 warships of more than 10,000 tons with dozens of light cruisers and torpedo boats of various types launched a charge against the Italian Navy not far away! Two Dandong-type pre-dreadnoughts took the lead, followed by four Freedom-class pre-dreadnoughts. The six battleships turned left and quickly rushed towards the battle line of the Italian Navy. And behind them are 6 armored cruisers!

"Sure enough, it's a trick!" Look at the fleet that is rushing towards you like a swimming dragon. It is impossible to say that it is not afraid, and the French Navy finally showed the courage to challenge a strong enemy once again after the Battle of Trafalgar! (Well, the French navy was also passive in the Battle of Trafalgar, because it really couldn't run away.) The French quasi-dreadnought is the real quasi-dreadnought, not only in terms of tonnage and projection, but also in terms of fire control, historically the French installed two sets of fire control solvers on Danton-class battleships, one set to provide parameters for 12-inch guns. A SET IS USED TO PROVIDE PARAMETERS FOR THE 240MM GUN, IN THIS CASE. This class of battleships can engage the opponent at a distance of about 10KM, and now it seems that the distance between the two sides is very suitable for the sprinting French fleet!

"Although I am very reluctant in my heart, I have to say that the victory of the battle at this time depends on whether the Dante-class and Radetz-class quasi-dreadnoughts can hold back the menacing French!" The quasi-dreadnoughts of the French were cannon fodder in the face of the dreadnoughts of the Italian-Austrian fleet, and the quasi-dreadnoughts of the Italian-Austrian fleet were also cannon fodder. Tycho's goal was to sink a few of the opponent's warships before his side of the Quasi-Dreadnought was destroyed! In his opinion, the French are trying to break through, and if they don't fight, they won't have a chance!

The French 6 quasi-dreadnoughts with 6 loading cruisers and the 6 quasi-dreadnoughts and 7 loading cruisers of the Italian-Austrian fleet collided together without any fancy words, although the number of the Italian-Austrian fleet seems to have one more, but the quality is a lot worse, the firepower of the Dand-class is completely inferior compared to the 4 12-inch guns and 6 240MM guns of the Danton type before the dreadnought, the armor thickness of the Dante-class is 10 inches, and it is only the original Krupp armor, and the Dandong front dreadnought sidestring is a genuine 11-inch thick new armor, Artillery is also almost 8 years behind! THE FIREPOWER OF THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE RADETZ CLASS IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THE LIBERTY CLASS ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THE ARMOR IS ONLY 230MM! In the face of the new artillery and armor-piercing shells after 1905, although it is not a sticker to sell the head, it is definitely not enough! Maybe it's okay to just start fighting, but as the distance gets closer, something will happen!

If the former dreadnought battlefleet of Italy and Austria can still "spar" with the other side. Then the armored cruiser formation of Italy is not even able to "communicate"! 4 PISA type patrol is better, and 3 Garibaldi-type armored cruisers were in service earlier than the Spanish-American War! It's been in service for almost 18 years! actually has to participate in the largest and most brutal naval battle in the world so far, it really makes people can't help but say, "Grandpa, it's not easy for you!" ”

If it takes a while for the battleship to have an accident, then now the 7 armored cruisers of Yida have an accident as soon as they fight! There is no need to mention the 6-inch L40 such an old antique, and the 3 Garibaldi-class armored cruisers in the back use 4 240MM guns against the 4 240MM guns and 4 7.6-inch guns on the Edgar Quint, which can be described as Alexander! With the approach of the two sides, the two Garibaldi at the end of the team couldn't beat one of them! No way, although the tube is better. There are a lot of them. But the turret mechanism was too backward. The rate of fire can't go up! THE GARIBALDI CLASS IS TOO OLD, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW TYPE OF ARTILLERY, BUT THE SERVO CANNOT KEEP UP, THE OPPONENT'S 240MM GUN IS ABOUT 3 ROUNDS A MINUTE, AND GARIBALDI IS ABOUT 1.5 ROUNDS A MINUTE AFTER CHANGING GUNS! So if you really fight, 2 ships can't fight for one!

And the distance between the two sides is definitely a bayonet from the perspective of 1 battle! 5KM DISTANCE! THE ORIGINAL 8-INCH KRUPP ARMOR REALLY COULDN'T WITHSTAND THE BLOW OF 240MM HEAVY GUNS AND AMERICAN-STYLE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS. (That's right, the French not only referenced the design of the battleship from the United States, but also directly copied the armor-piercing shells!) THE BATTLE LASTED ONLY 3 MINUTES, AND THE MAIN ARMOR BELT OF THE GARIBALDI, THE LEAD SHIP OF THE ITALIAN 2ND ARMORED CRUISER FORMATION, WAS PIERCED BY A 240MM SHELL WEIGHING 220KG! Although Garibaldi was a classic when he first came out, but now? Well, it's a classic from 18 years ago!

This shell easily tore through the armor of the gun mount at the lower part of the main turret of the Garibaldi, and exploded directly on the ammunition lifting channel, when Xu Jie designed it, the 7-inch hardened armor was enough to block the 12-inch gun, and naturally did not consider the problem of the double-layer fire door, so after the explosion of this shell, the ammunition that was being raised was ignited, and a series of explosions came out on the foredeck of the Garibaldi, and the two fire dragons rushed to the top and the other went straight into the ammunition depot! The massive impact of the successive explosions made the fire doors of the ammunition depot unable to stop the raging flames and bullets! And so, the first battleship to sink in the whole battle was born! That is the Garibaldi-class armored cruiser that once created an era!

The water column and flames up to dozens of meters high pressed all the sounds on the battlefield, the bow of the Garibaldi was completely blown away, most of the hull was broken, and in less than 2 minutes, the pride of the former Italian Navy disappeared into the rolling waves of the Mediterranean, and the two ships of the same class began to maneuver in order to avoid the shrapnel produced by the explosion, which made the whole formation even more chaotic. "Long live France!" Looking at the sinking of the Garibaldi, the French naval officers and sailors cheered excitedly, this is the first capital ship of nearly 10,000 tons sunk by the French Navy in the past 50 years, and today, they are going to destroy more enemy ships!

Tycho had already made a mistake in this battle, the fleets of the two sides were somewhat close, the distance between the main fleet had been oscillating between 12 and 14KM, and the former dreadnought fleet sandwiched between the main fleet was even closer! The destruction of the Garibaldi was just the beginning, and it didn't take long for the group of quasi-dreadnoughts of Yio to have an accident!

WITH THE TEARING SOUND OF SHELLS HITTING THE METAL, A HUGE FIREBALL SUDDENLY ERUPTED FROM THE SIDE CHORD OF THE RADETZ, AND THE TURRET OF A 240MM SECONDARY GUN WAS PIERCED BY A 12-INCH 45L MAIN GUN FIRED FROM A DISTANCE. THE 432KG SHELL WAS FIRED AT AN INITIAL VELOCITY OF NEARLY 800 METERS PER SECOND, AND FINALLY EASILY SHREDDED THE ARMOR OF THE GUN MOUNT, ALTHOUGH THE ARMOR OF THE RADETZ WAS MORE ADVANCED, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY UNABLE TO STOP THE OPPONENT'S NEW ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 8 KM BETWEEN SIDES. A huge column of smoke rose from the right side of the battleship. And this was only the beginning, and it didn't take long for another 12-inch shell to penetrate the armor of Radetz's main gun. Within minutes, a former dreadnought had lost most of its combat effectiveness.

The Dante-class dreadnought at the head of the team can still maneuver with the opponent at a long distance, but at close range, the powerful projection of the Dandong quasi-dreadnought makes this battleship with a displacement of less than 15,000 experience a real baptism of steel. EVERY MINUTE, NO LESS THAN 6 12-INCH SHELLS AND 12 240MM SHELLS WERE FIRED FROM THE BREECH. And in addition to the 6 12-inch guns, the Dante class only has 6 6-inch guns! The results can be imagined.

Thanks to the book friend Kong Chen and zhouyu1976 for their tips~~~~. (To be continued......)