"Damn it." Just when Yang Yonglin was thinking about the plan of the Russian fleet, two huge figures that suddenly rushed out from the right side of the smoke shocked Yang Yonglin. Navarin and Poltava suddenly came out of the smoke and seized the T-shaped head of the Beiyang Fleet, and Yang Yonglin's flagship Pinghai bore the brunt of the lock-up by the opponent's 8 12-inch guns, and the distance was only less than 4km, and the ghost knows when the Russians pulled the fleet so close!

Before most of the people on the Pinghai could react. The artillery fire of the two Russian battleships has already been cracked! The roar of eight 12-inch guns instantly resounded throughout the battlefield, and from the beginning to the present, the first fierce exchange of fire between the two sides officially broke out. Faced with this sudden situation, the Pinghai quickly switched the front main gun and the middle main gun to counterattack, and the Ninghai, which was in second place, also used the middle main gun to support the Pinghai.

But after all, the Russians had the upper hand, the distance between the two sides was approaching, and the Russians finally achieved the hit before the Beiyang Fleet. A 12-inch shell landed on a twin 6-inch turret on the starboard side of the Pinghai, the fragile turret simply could not withstand such a powerful blow, the entire turret was like an iron box hit by a heavy hammer, and it was instantly blown to pieces, and the two Armstrong 6-inch guns were pushed away from the gun position by the shock wave generated by the explosion. The debris from the turret explosion struck the Pinghai's hull.

"The ships spread their distances and followed the capital ship to turn the rudder to the right. Draw the front. Yang Yonglin ordered with a gloomy face. Wait, after opening the distance, each ship can freely choose to maneuver in an emergency. Repeat, in case of emergency, the ships are free to choose to maneuver. Suddenly, Yang Yonglin thought of the Russian torpedo boat formation that had been hidden all along, the two sides were very close, and under the sudden attack of the Russian fleet, the formation might be chaotic, and in this case, the situation of torpedo boats fishing in troubled waters was very likely to happen. Therefore, Yang Yonglin ordered the ships to distance themselves and gave them the right to act independently when necessary. He was not afraid of the shelling of the Russian fleet, even if he took a few more shots. The Dante-class battleships, which had a huge advantage in themselves, could still regain the initiative in the ensuing artillery battle. So Yang Yonglin is worried about only one, that is, the Russian thunder strike ship!

Surprisingly can obtain a temporary advantage, as for whether it can win, it depends on the difference in strength between the two sides, the Russians did it by surprise, but because the difference in strength is too large, so after the Beiyang Fleet reacted, the advantage obtained by the Russians came to naught. Even at the turning stage, because of the proximity, the hit rate of the Dante-class battleships was okay.

After the Pinghai completed the turn, the three twin-mounted 12-inch 40L main guns made their debut as a deadly fire snake. Like Hades's three-headed dog of hell, he declared his anger at the two Russian battleships that dared to challenge it in the distance. All 6 guns were aimed at the Navarlin, the flagship of the Russian fleet. Accompanied by a constant half-salvo comparison and correction. In the third round after the formation of the straddle fire, a 12-inch 40-gun shell hit the chimney behind the Navarin's conning tower, and a huge explosion directly cut the chimney in two, and then flames and debris raged in the flue. Some debris even broke the flue walls, and flames and smoke spread on the upper deck near the flue. Due to ventilation problems, the speed of the Navarin began to decrease, and the Russian damage control team was forced to wear gas masks to repair the flue in the flames. In order to restore speed as soon as possible.

Just when the Pinghai was fighting against the two Russian battleships with the support of the Ninghai, the situation on the battlefield had quietly changed, and the damaged Petropavlov had already completed its turn and rushed towards the Jinghai, the third ship of the Beiyang Battlefleet, which was turning. The cruiser Pearl with three torpedo boats had already moved to the port side of the Beiyang Battlefleet (the two Russian battleships were on the starboard side of the Pinghai) to form a situation of encircling the battleships of the Beiyang Fleet, but the Pearl with the torpedo boats did not dare to launch a surprise attack, because the two Guiyuan-class armored cruisers had already been attached and did their best to drive the Russian fleet away.

But at this moment, 5 torpedo boats suddenly sprang out of the smoke behind Petro Paplov, and under the cover of smoke and Petro Paplov, this hidden arrow was only discovered at a distance of 3km! At this time, 5 torpedo boats rushed towards the Ninghai in the middle at a high speed of 24 knots, the Ninghai was in the middle, the maneuver was limited, and it was the easiest to hit! In the face of this sudden situation, Yang Yonglin had no time to react and give orders, and everything could only be handled by the captains of each ship!

The Ninghai and Jinghai moved at the same time! In the face of the sudden blow, the Ninghai quickly turned its right rudder and began to evade the torpedo attack, and after just a dozen seconds, the Jinghai also broke away from the queue and went forward to the left front under the command of Lin Guoxiang, and ordered the battleship to move forward rapidly, and all the artillery attack torpedo boats to cover the Ninghai to avoid!

Under the strong pressure and ventilation, the speed of Ninghai began to increase, and because of the full rudder to the left, the side of the entire battleship was quickly aimed at the torpedo boat that was rushing towards Ninghai, and all 6 main guns, 6 6-inch guns and a large number of 12-pounder guns fired a dense barrage at the torpedo boat formation of the Russian Navy. The crossfire with the Ninghai's artillery fire was effective in a short time, and one of the torpedo boats rushing to the front was instantly covered by a dense 12-pounder shell. In just a few seconds, the hull of less than 400 tons was smashed to pieces. "We simply can't calculate how many shells hit this poor guy in those dozen seconds. It was like a small tree dismembered by a strong wind, torn to shreds in a very short time. A gunnery chief of the Ninghai recalled.

Subsequently, another Russian torpedo boat was destroyed by a 12-inch missile. The huge shell exploded less than 3 meters away from the torpedo boat, and under the action of more than a dozen kilograms of picric acid explosives, large and small shrapnel passed through the water at a distance of less than 3 meters, and the underwater part of the side chord of the torpedo boat was beaten into a sieve, and there were basically no compartments and no reserve buoyancy, and the torpedo boat did not hold on for even a minute before being dragged into the depths of the sea by the surging seawater.

The last torpedo boat to be intercepted was because the torpedo tube was hit, and in a ball of fire, the entire torpedo boat was blown to pieces, and the flying debris was thrown into the air more than 10 meters high by huge energy, and then fell on the sea surface of thousands of square meters. At the end, two torpedo boats finally hit the lightning strike distance. However, at this time, the side projection of the Pingyuan was already very small. The two torpedo boats were far apart, and the torpedoes fired could not form an effective attack sector. Cause lightning strikes to fail! In this way, a crisis seems to be over, but is it really over?

"No, this is just the beginning." Makanov's eyes were red and he looked at the Ninghai who was trying to avoid lightning strikes, and the Jinghai, which provided cover for the Ninghai, went farther and farther, and because of the full rudder on the right, the distance between the Ninghai and the Pearl and the three torpedo boats under its jurisdiction quickly shortened, and because of the high-speed turn, the speed of the Ninghai had decreased, and under the cover of the Pearl, the other three Russian torpedo boats launched a new attack on the Ninghai! At this time, if you don't count the Guiyuan that blocked between the torpedo boat and the Ninghai, the straight-line distance between the two sides is only 1200 meters!

"Accompany the Ninghai to turn!" Under Chen Rong's command, the Guiyuan only turned against the Ninghai, and used its slender body to protect most of the Ninghai's sidelines! After smashing a torpedo boat to pieces with a rapid-fire gun, 6 torpedoes rushed straight to the Guiyuan!

"Don't dodge, prepare to ram!" Looking at the Ninghai less than 400 meters on the other side, Chen Rong gave the proudest order of his life! Use the body of the ship to block the hidden arrows from the Russians for the Ninghai! The first torpedo passed harmlessly from 70 meters from the stern of the Guiyuan. However, the second torpedo hit the Guiyuan straight in front of the bow main turret. The bow of the Guiyuan sank violently, and then it was lifted out of the water by the huge explosive force, and the powerful explosive force of the 15-inch torpedo was so amazing that it almost cut the entire bow into two sections.

"The ammunition depot is flooded, ready to abandon the ship!" Chen Rong, who was shocked, did not immediately order without the slightest hesitation after crawling out with difficulty. For the 5,000-ton Guiyuan, this torpedo is deadly enough, and in this case, how to keep more crew alive is the most important.

Less than 20 seconds after the first torpedo hit, another torpedo hit the middle of the hull of the Guiyuan, and the huge explosion formed an overpressure bubble in the seawater and smoothly tore apart the side of the Guiyuan, and in a few seconds the boiler compartment of the Guiyuan was flooded, accompanied by the contact between the icy seawater and the high-temperature boiler, and the result of uneven heat and cold occurred in the boiler explosion. The entire battleship lost power in an instant, and a large amount of water mist and smoke erupted from the breach. The entire battleship quickly tilted to the right, with an inclination angle of up to 25 degrees, and it was already impossible to recover! A generation of famous ships will come to an end in a few minutes!

The sacrifice of the Guiyuan was extremely valuable, and Chen Rong blocked the lightning strike of the Russian Navy at the most critical moment, and won a chance for the survival of the Ninghai! At this point, all the Russian torpedo boat units had completed the attack, and after destroying the Guiyuan, they were all destroyed by the counterattack fire of the Beiyang!

The Ninghai sailed out from behind the sinking Guiyuan, ready to rejoin the flagship and marry, but at this moment, a fast figure rushed out from the other side of the Ninghai! While providing cover for Ninghai, the Guiyuan also obstructed the Ninghai's vision, and the smoke and steam generated after the explosion in the boiler room made it impossible for the Ninghai to observe the opposite side. The Ninghai used the Guiyuan to dodge the mortal blow, but at the same time, the Pearl also approached the Pinghai and secretly approached the Ninghai!

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