"Commander, it's too dangerous to go on like this, please allow this ship to temporarily withdraw from the battle column to extinguish the fire. ~~.~~”

On the bridge of the "Pinghai" surrounded by fire, Sa Zhenbing ignored Ye Fei's persuasion and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Then please transfer the commander to the command tower for the time being......"

Sa Zhenbing is still as immobile as a mountain.

In the most difficult 20 minutes before, the "Pinghai" was surrounded by the battleship "Orion" and the three Lion-class battlecruisers that were suddenly inserted, and under the continuous salvo fire of the opponent's three main guns, it successively withstood the direct hit of 17 13.5-inch huge bombs: first, a bomb near the waterline of the bow of the ship slanted in, blasting a large hole with a diameter of more than four meters, and the sea water poured into it, and more than 600 tons of water had been flooded into it before the damaged compartment was completely isolated; At 15:02, the starboard side auxiliary gun deck was hit by two huge shells at the same time, and the five 150-mm auxiliary guns and a number of 90-mm rapid-fire guns and anti-aircraft guns on them were all wiped out in an instant, with more than 100 casualties, and the deflagrated auxiliary artillery ammunition aggravated the fire. To make matters worse, a shell that hit the lower part of the forward A turret caused the slide to deform, and the aft D turret was also stuck by the edge of the turret that rolled up the deck, which directly caused the "Pinghai" to use only half of the main gun fire for the next 30 minutes.

Although the appearance of Yuan Feng's column led Betty away, the "Orion" on the opposite side still fired round after round of salvos at fixed intervals, but the water column raised each time was reduced from 10 to 6, and the accuracy was much worse.

On the deck of the bridge, which was visible from above, the fire was still fierce, and from time to time ammunition crackled and exploded. But they can't stop the sailors who carry hoses and sledgehammers like ants whose nests have been flooded. Scrambling to rush onto the deck, spraying seawater, spraying foam, hitting rails, knocking on decks. He didn't care at all that in the next second, he might be blown up into unrecognizable pieces by an enemy bullet that hit the surface of the ship in an instant.

"That doesn't work...... Should I do step B in advance? Ye Fei was still unwilling.

Sa Zhen looked at the deck and said without emotion: "You talk too much nonsense. ”

Ye Fei bowed his head in panic: "Yes...... I'm just worried about the safety of the chief......"

"Compared to this pointless thing, you still look around for me, especially keep an eye on the avant-garde battle situation for me." The Sa Zhen ice is as plain as a waterway.

"Yes, I must be watching."

Before Ye Fei's words fell, there was a cheer like winning a million-dollar jackpot from the speaker: "It's exploded!" It's a blast! It's the enemy No. 2 ship on the opposite side of Ninghai, it's so powerful that it's broken in two! ”

Ye Fei impatiently raised the telescope and looked behind the starboard side. Sure enough, the "Orion"-class battleship, which was located in the position of the second ship of the enemy's main column and had been firing a volley of dragons and tigers two minutes earlier, was now shrouded in horror under the huge pillar of smoke that reached into the sky, and only the bow of the monumental and towering and the stern of the propeller were still faintly visible

Sa Zhenbing's head was not biased, he only raised his finger and flicked the handrail, and his tone was still shockingly indifferent: "Don't be too proud...... The big drama has just opened, don't even watch it, and immediately order the Ninghai to transfer firepower to the enemy No. 1 ship. ”

A lone "Haiyundian" warship fighter jet burst out of a column of smoke that was five or six hundred meters high in an instant, as if it were a volcanic eruption. Then he hovered sideways, searching for something in the sea covered by ethereal flickering smoke and rising waves.

"Xiaoice, it's all my brother's fault...... It's all my brother's fault...... If I can't find you, I'll go with you...... Brother won't sacrifice in vain, definitely not...... Don't be afraid. Brother is here...... Just find that ...... Right. There, we can fly freely. The whole sky is our ......"

In the cockpit, the pilot, half of his face covered by goggles and cap ears, muttered to himself like a prayer. Until the view directly in front of the nose of the plane was completely engulfed by a gray-black shadow bathed in the water column

"The Conqueror exploded...... Break...... Sunk! ”

On the bridge of the USS George V, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Jericho gestured to himself on the chart with a folding ruler amid the shouts of the loudspeaker.

"Commander-in-Chief, ...... Conqueror"

Adjutant Captain Anson thought Jellicoe hadn't heard.

"I know it." Jericho didn't look up, apparently unsurprised.

"Do you want to ...... Temporary retreat? Colonel Brown, Chief of Staff, worried.

Jericho held the chart table with both hands, raised his head, squinted, and said in a frighteningly calm tone: "No, turn two compass points to the left and move closer to the enemy." ”

Brown was taken aback: "Moving closer to the enemy? In that case......"

"In this way, there is a chance to enter the melee and win in the chaos." Lieutenant Colonel Willie closed his eyes and smiled lightly, "At a distance of 10,000 yards, it is luck for everyone to fight the ground, the armor is paper paste, the cannon can be hit with the eyes closed, and the torpedo can also be effective." At the end of the day, if we can't escape, then we lose both, and for every one boat they launch, we can finish two or more better. ”

Brown stared at Jericho in surprise: "Commander-in-Chief, do you really think so?" ”

Jericho's eyes widened slightly, and his face seemed to say "whatever you want".

"Execute the order."

As soon as the order was conveyed to the signal post of the ship by the staff officer of the execution place, a sharp air defense alarm suddenly sounded from the loudspeaker: "Enemy aircraft has been detected at 9 o'clock, and the single plane is diving towards me!" ”

Before everyone could react, there was a loud noise, sparks around the portholes, and shards of glass flew in all directions, and then they stumbled to the ground with a push, push, push, and shove.

The anti-aircraft guns on the full deck instantly shot out a large seemingly airtight fire net, and the ping-pong was so lively that within a minute, the incompletely complete result came from the loudspeaker: "The enemy plane emitted black smoke and broke away to starboard." ”

Everyone in the bridge just got up left and right, and suddenly someone in the middle exclaimed: "The commander-in-chief has been shot, doctor, call the doctor!" ”

20 nautical miles north of the main ship column of the East Asian Army, the temporary flagship of the mobile force "Golden Falcon".

The dense and muffled sound of cannon could be heard from the misty smoke that filled the entire southern sea antenna, and Bi Lingbo, with his hands on the back of his head and his back to the terrace of the air bridge, was listening with his eyes closed, as if it were the supreme sound of music that surpassed all the music in the world.

"Sir, Former Chief Liang said that I must see you."

Bi Ling took a breath of the warm and humid sea breeze, and nodded generously to Jiang Ye, who was black and swollen with half of his face on the side: "I didn't lock him up, if you want to see me, you can come over at any time and ask him to come up." ”

With half a cigarette, Liang Shuming, the former commander of the mobile unit with a gloomy face, climbed onto the terrace with his hands and feet, two steps at a time, and stood in front of Bi Lingbo with his hands down.

"Is the chief looking for me?" Bi Lingbo asked in the most respectful tone possible.

Liang Shuming looked solemn: "I'm not your commander now, I just came to ask you, why didn't you launch the third attack wave?" ”