Just when the secondary capital ships of the two sides were being corrected after a round of bloody battles, the battle between the front teams, which had been tepid, suddenly became fierce. Except for New York, which has a standard row of 8,200 tons, the other three warships are nearly 10,000 tons. These war machines, which concentrate the most advanced human skills, are extremely valuable, so their users should also try to choose a more secure method of warfare in battle.

Yang Yonglin hoped to give full play to the advantage of heavy artillery to attack the opponent from a distance, but the American warships did not dare to come up because of their fragile armor, so both sides maintained this combat distance since the beginning of the war. This situation did not change until an 11-inch shell of the King hit the Brooklyn amidship.

This 11-inch shell easily tore through the Brooklyn's only 3-inch waterline armor, and then smashed directly above the Brooklyn's dome armor! Because of the angle of fall, this shell did not penetrate the 3-inch horizontal armor, but this high-explosive bomb had a serious impact on the Brooklyn, the shock wave generated by the huge explosion instantly swept through several nearby cabins, not only completely destroyed a 5-inch gun bomb machine, but also directly destroyed the flue of the middle chimney, the bright yellow flames and smoke instantly spread everywhere along the breach, the entire battleship amidships gas fire, and the speed of the Brooklyn was also reduced by about 2 knots.

And just when Yang Yonglin took the opportunity to accelerate and then cut the opponent's route, the detachment led by Majifen suddenly rushed towards the Jericho fleet, and the entanglement between the two sides made Yang Yonglin hesitate, for fear that there would be some problems in the rear team, resulting in some irreparable losses. At this time, an 8-inch shell fired from a distance also smashed near the Pisa-class control tower, and the huge explosion made Yang Yonglin even more uneasy, so before verifying the situation, Yang Yonglin gave up the attack.

When the battle between Magifen and Jericho ended, Yang Yonglin found that the American fleet, which relied on its tactical superiority to suddenly attack, did not cause much damage in the face of the Spanish detachment, which had a large advantage. In other words, if there are no major surprises, then Jericho is enough to deal with the enemy in front of him. And the shells that landed near the Pisa's conning tower did not cause much damage, and the Pisa's combat effectiveness remained basically unchanged. And Yang Yonglin also felt that such a long-term artillery battle that could not distinguish the winner was very unfavorable to the fleet that went deep behind the enemy, so Yang Yonglin decided to take action!

The King and Cologne are starting to accelerate! The speed was increased from 15 knots to 18.5 knots. This is already the speed that the King can reach now! At this time, because of an 11-inch shell from the King, Brooklyn was in the process of completing the damage management. The maximum speed is 15 knots! And it is impossible for the New York to surpass the flagship operation in the back, so the US fleet has no way to face Yang Yonglin's actions. What's more, Dewey hasn't seen Yang Yonglin's plan yet!

The Spanish fleet, which was nearly 4 knots fast, began to overtake its opponents, and the distance between the two sides gradually widened, and soon, the New York, which was in second place, found that the guns on her ship had no firing range, and the front main gun and some of the secondary guns also reduced the hit rate because of the distance. "What are they doing?" At this time, Dewey looked at the Beiyang Fleet that was gradually moving away, with a gap of nearly 4 knots, he could run an extra 1KM in less than 10 minutes. "Are they going to evacuate? It's absolutely impossible. Dewey immediately dispelled this idea, and it was impossible for the opponent to withdraw with a large advantage. In this way, more than 20 minutes passed. At this time, even Brooklyn's rear main gun has no firing range!

"Okay, the right full rudder, diagonal to the opponent's course!" Estimating that the distance was almost there, Yang Yonglin ordered. Half a minute later, the King made a sudden big turn. Turn up to about 120 degrees diagonally to the course of Brooklyn. After adjusting the course, the two sides approached at high speed, and the distance between them, which was originally less than 5KM, was quickly shortened!

"God, what do they want to see?" Looking at the King approaching at high speed, Dewey's mind was a little foggy? Impact? Impact? Impossible. Just when Dewey was a little stunned, the distance between the two sides was quickly shortened to 3,000 meters. At this time, due to the problem of course, the Brooklyn only has the front main gun and the left main gun that can be used, while the main guns of the two opposing ships can almost be aimed at the Brooklyn! The gap in firepower between the two sides has been widened to an unprecedented extent! …,

"The whole fleet shoots rapidly and attacks the opponent's flagship!" The fighter plane is a little inferior! Under Yang Yonglin's order, two 10,000-ton armored cruisers aimed at the USS Brooklyn, which was less than 3,000 meters away, and erupted tongues of fire! In an instant, all the large and medium-caliber guns of the two battleships were in full swing! 4 11-inch guns, 6 10-inch guns, and 9 5-inch guns spewed out fire dragons and flew towards the enemy ships not far away!

"Prepare to circumvent" At this moment, Dewey finally figured out the other party's purpose! The opponent's increased speed is to provide space for maneuver in front of the cross-cutting of the hand, which seems to be the same as when the two armies first met, but it is essentially different. If you turn early and are ready to cross-cut your opponent, then the opponent will also have time to turn and line up a standard line to fight you! Moreover, at the beginning of the war, the two fleets had a large number of ships and different ship types, so it was obviously not appropriate to do this kind of maneuver with a very high grasp of tactical requirements, and the different turning radii of the two sides limited the time for the completion of tactics!

But now it's different, the speed of the American fleet has dropped a little because of the battle damage of the USS Brooklyn, while the two warships of the other side are basically the same size and size, and the maneuvering characteristics are very similar, in this case, it becomes very easy to complete such an oblique cutting tactic! In addition, Dewey did not have a trace of defense against this, and the opponent not only limited the play of his main artillery firepower through oblique cutting, but also quickly shortened the distance between the two sides.

Thinking of this, Dewey couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat! I felt a little dry in my mouth, and I opened my mouth and didn't say a word. But at this moment, the opponent's shells have already hit the head! Suddenly, Dewey felt a thud from the conning tower, and then the debris mixed with flames flew in through the observation window of the conning tower! Dewey saw that there was a sudden bright yellow in front of him, and a tongue of fire suddenly increased, and he didn't know anything.

In just a few minutes, the gunners of the King and the Cologne rained down on the battleship in front of them, and the firepower projection of the two battleships reached an unprecedented level! Within a minute, 8 11-inch shells, and about 12 rounds of 10-inch shells flew towards the poor target of the USS Brooklyn! At this time, Brooklyn seems to have entered the typhoon zone! It's just that it's not a strong wind, it's a storm of steel made of flames and shrapnel!

Two 11-inch shells hit the enemy ship close at hand almost at the same time, one shot directly penetrated the bow, and then, the violent explosion opened a large hole of about 8 square meters in the bow, and the other shot flew directly under the port side turret in Brooklyn, directly hitting the port side twin 8-inch gun loafger! And the propellant in it was also ignited, and a fiery dragon instantly poured out from the left side of the Brooklyn! With a constant bang, the fire began to spread from the amidships. At the same time, the Cologne, which was in the second position, also made a hit, and a 10-inch shell hit a place not far from the breach made by the 11-inch shell, and a huge hole appeared at the waterline. Two shells hit the fragile bow of the ship without waterline armor in succession, making the outer hull plate very fragile. Under the impact of the seawater, the steel plate of the hull not only made a tooth-sour sound!

"Steer, right full rudder, open the distance!" After a short coma, Dewey was woken up by a series of vibrations, and when he woke up, ignoring the blood on his head and ignoring the struggling and crying colleagues in the command tower, Dewey ran over in a few steps and repeated the order loudly into the microphone!

Fortunately, the microphone had not been destroyed, and the Brooklyn made a difficult turn under the stormy blow. And tried to increase the speed to the maximum, but at the same time that the speed was at a disadvantage, and was beaten by the opponent's heavy artillery, the initiative on the battlefield has been all handed over to the opponent! As long as Yang Yonglin doesn't make low-level mistakes, then it is basically impossible for the Brooklyn to throw off the opponent! Just as Brooklyn was adjusting its course, the Spanish fleet was also adjusting to ensure that it sailed parallel to the Brooklyn as much as possible. Due to the significant reduction in the firepower of the Brooklyn, Yang Yonglin firmly controlled the distance between the two sides at about 2 kilometers and continued to suppress the opponent's firepower! …,

In this way, both the American fleet and the Spanish fleet began to rearrange themselves in a standard battle line for artillery battles, but the situation at this time was already very different from the beginning, and the American fleet at this time was at an absolute disadvantage! In order to relieve the pressure on the flagship, the New York suddenly broke away from the formation and rushed towards the Cologne, trying to attract the attention of the other party!

But soon, the Cologne told the New York with its own salvo that the engagement between such behemoths was not suitable for the New York! Although the New York also has a standard displacement of 8,200 tons, whether it is firepower or protection, the difference between the New York and the Cologne is not half a point! Two 8-inch shells hit the Cologne's hull amidships and aft turret, respectively, but the former only left a small pit in the Cologne's heavy armor. The latter was simply ejected by the turret armor, and then this armor-piercing shell landed on the aft deck, setting off a lot of fireworks, and that's it!

At the same time, the Cologne's 10-inch gun taught the New York enough lessons! A 10-inch shell directly smashed a secondary gun gallery on the port side of the New York into pieces, and the huge explosion not only destroyed the gun gallery, but also blew the entire side chord into a large hole, and the dark hole showed the world the force of the blow just now! Another 10-inch shell flew into the bridge, and the flames and debris from the explosion formed a hurricane, spreading through several surrounding cabins, killing everyone on the bridge of the navigation ship by this powerful shock wave! Bright yellow flames were burning, and more 6-inch shells were not leaving fire spots on the hull of the New York. The raging fire made the scarred New York have to choose to avoid!

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