Colonel Fokker's last chance is to annihilate the Zhenhai before the Anhai arrives.\\ Sinking both warships is obviously a tight time and a heavy task, and it is simply impossible. Therefore, after the temporary withdrawal of the Jingtai, the two armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov concentrated all their firepower on the Zhenhai. As many as eight 8-inch guns and a corresponding number of 6-inch guns fired high-explosive shells on the Zhenhai hull continued to explode. Under such intensive firepower, not to mention a refurbished cargo like the Zhenhai, even a battleship like Garibaldi will definitely not be able to withstand the approaching attack of two armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov!

It is true that the largest possible protective area can indeed be effective for the attack of hell high-explosive shells, but there is a limit to everything, most of the side area of a battleship is unprotected or weakly protected, such as the bow and stern, for example, the upper deck and the superstructure on the deck, these places are extremely fragile, and there are inevitably some flammable materials! And the flammability of picric acid charge is really good, not to mention teak boards and other things that can be caught at a point, even some iron sheets or even thin steel plates can't withstand the burning of picric acid explosives. Coupled with the paint and other flammable materials on the surface of the hull, once the opponent's high-explosive bomb projection reaches a limit, no matter how well protected the battleship is, it will not be able to survive in the sea of fire!

And the Zhenhai encountered this problem! The hidden disease that had fallen in the previous battles broke out in this fierce battle, and the damaged internal structure continued to break and break under the blow of high-explosive shells! Even the back plate of a piece of armor broke after repeated blows by the opponent's shells, the supporting structure of the armor plate finally collapsed, and a whole armor plate was torn off the hull by the whole rush under the heavy blow! Then a huge hole appeared at the waterline of the hull, and a large amount of seawater flowed down the hole into the already slightly inclined Zhenhae!

The firepower of the Zhenhai has been completely suppressed. The twin 8-inch turret in the bow of the ship was hit at least 5 times, and after the 8-inch gun began to be concentrated, the huge vibration directly caused the hydraulic pitching machine of one of the guns to malfunction, and it had to be operated manually. However, they continued to fight back, but soon, a series of hits destroyed most of the equipment inside the turret, although the 8-inch thick steel armor protected the personnel inside. But the turret was useless, and the barrel of an 8-inch gun in the stern was hit directly, and then cut in two!

As for the loss of power, it made Zhenhai lose the opportunity to evacuate after the last moment. A chimney was completely destroyed, and a breach in the side chord allowed a large amount of seawater to melt into the internal chamber. Part of the power compartment has been flooded. The officers and men of the Nanyang Navy, who were working hard at the bottom, desperately pumped out the seawater, but as the breach became larger and the power was insufficient, the water level in some cabins was still rising at a speed visible to the naked eye. In desperation, the officers in charge of damage management had to order the evacuation of part of the cabin and close the watertight door! For a time, unwilling roars and painful cries resounded throughout the power cabin. "The ship is hopeless, even if it survives. The ship is no longer worth repairing! ”

At the same time, Ding Zhuqian, who was sitting in the control tower, had also realized that the end of the Zhenhai had finally come, and this meritorious battleship, which had participated in three major battles in the First Sino-Japanese War, had finally ushered in its own end. But Ding Zhuqian found that he was not afraid at this time, and he didn't even think about what was behind him! This change is simply too big for Ding Zhuqian, who was once timid and greedy for money! "Maybe there are too many times when you have experienced the line between life and death, right? Get used to it! Ding Zhuangqian laughed self-deprecatingly.

At this time, Ding Zhuangqian constantly ordered the battleship to avoid the other party's blows as much as possible, and at the same time issued orders according to the reports of various departments, at this time he did not feel fear, did not feel tired, and the whole person seemed to have become a machine. According to different situations, give different orders, and do your best to save the battleship. The officers and men of the Nanyang Fleet on the Zhenhai were running at full speed like parts of this machine. But even so, if nothing else, it was only a matter of time before the Zhenhai was eventually sunk!

"Work harder. The Zhenhai sank! A slight smile appeared at the corner of Falk Mountain's mouth. But at this time, the colonel's heart was already so excited that it couldn't be more excited. "I'm afraid that after this war is accepted, I can replace it with a general star on my epaulettes, right?" But soon, the sound of rapid fire guns came from the rear of the Russian fleet. Disturbed the colonel's dreams!

With a violent explosion, a bright yellow pillar of fire rose from the tail of the armored cruiser Parada, which was at the tail of the line! A fiery dragon soars into the sky. There was also smoke next to it, giving the impression that the battleship had just been hit by a heavy shell. The sound of the metal brackets collapsing and the cracking of the hull could be heard even on the Samurai. The tail turret, which was still spewing deadly flames a minute ago, was dumbfounded! A tawny smoke screen obscured the situation behind. Colonel Falk Hill had no idea what was going on behind the road! "Could it be that the enemy ships have come to reinforce them?" Thinking of this, Fokker's heart jerked! "Order the Parada, report quickly!" Colonel Falk Hill ordered.

A moment later, when Colonel Falk Hill got the information, he suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, the one who hit the Parada in the back was actually the Jingtai that was seriously injured at the beginning! At this time, the Jingtai, which had just finished extinguishing the fire, was following the Parada with 6 120 rapid-fire guns on the other side and 2 8-inch guns on the bow of the ship! And don't say it, the mighty Parada was actually beaten by the half-smaller Jingtai! At least judging by the telegram, the rear deck of the Parada was almost overwhelmed. In other words, the Parada was kicked in the ass! And the biggest damage of this kick is that the rear of the Parada is unusable! This is entirely due to the twin 8-inch guns in the bow of the Jingtai.

Just as the Parada was frantically tilting its fire on the Zhenhai, the Jingtai, which had not moved for half a day after withdrawing from the battlefield, slowly touched it! Maybe it's been a long time since I've pinched soft persimmons so happily. The Russian officers and men on the Parada were quite attentive! So much so that no one paid attention to the Jingtai when it came up from behind! Because of the angle, the rear of the huge twin 8-inch turret on the Parada was almost completely exposed under the gunn's muzzle! Facing the back of the opponent's turret suddenly exposed, the twin 8-inch main gun in the bow of the Jingtai slowly aimed, and then two 100kg armor-piercing shells were loaded into the breech!

"Boom!" With a loud bang, two armor-piercing shells spun and flew out of the chamber. A few seconds later, one of the shots landed on the starboard side of the Parada, splashing a jet of water! Another shell made a hole in the side of the Parada's unprotected hull! Maybe the Russian soldiers on the Parada were too engaged, or maybe they hadn't reacted yet, but when the twin 8-inch guns of the Jingtai were reloaded, the Russian gunboat, which was almost opened, was still waiting for shells with the big back of its head exposed! At this time, the two sides have approached less than 1800 meters!

The Jingtai's main gun commander will aim the telescopic scope at the Parada's turret, and in the eyepiece of the telescope magnified by 8x, the originally small turret becomes clear. "Fire" was accompanied by an order, and two 8-inch armor-piercing shells were fired again! A few seconds later, one of the shells actually hit the rear main gun of the Parada! With a muffled sound, the armor-piercing shell was shattered by the cap and the armor at the rear of the turret almost at the same time, and then the armor-piercing projectile with the warhead exposed flew into the turret and landed on the gun basket at the rear of the turret! The 4 spare rounds and the pill pack for firing were bumped into it! 1 armor-piercing round and 4 high-explosive rounds plus a 100-kilogram nitrocellulose propellant kit. These explosives explode in a small enclosed space at the same time! With a loud bang, the hundred-ton turret slammed into a slam! The top cover of the turret was directly torn off by a huge shock wave! Smoke and flames poured out of the cracks that had been blasted! The entire battleship trembled in a violent explosion! The entire stern of the boat sank violently, and the aft deck almost went into the water! After dozens of seconds, it gradually floated up!

The reason for this is really not entirely to blame on the Russian officers and soldiers on the Parada, after a long battle, even the superior Parada is exhausted! The long shoot-off still took a heavy toll on the Parada's crew. So some of the artillery crews and personnel on the other side were transferred to the fighting side to fight and assist in the damage management. (After all, a 6-inch shell weighs nearly 50kg) plus the rear mast on the Parada was broken, and the lookout on it had been killed, and the Jingtai was almost touched in the direction directly behind the Parada, and by mistake, the Parada didn't find this assassin! And with the favor of heaven, an 8-inch shell successfully smashed the rear turret of the Parada into a burning iron box, so that the situation of the Parada was quite bad!

The tail main gun was destroyed, and only one or two of the 6-inch guns on the side line could attack the Jingtai because of the firing boundary problem, while the Jingtai had the firepower of 2 8-inch guns and 6-inch 120 guns, plus there was almost no decent protection in the rear of the hull, which was the favorite situation of high-explosive shells! What's even more tragic is that if the Parada and the Samurai want to ensure the intensity of their attack on the Zhenhae, then the Parada can't just withdraw from the battle line and face the Jingtai alone. Will you concentrate your firepower to sink the Zhenhai first, or will you knock out the annoying little tail in the back first? This is a question worth pondering!

Thank you for the reward from the constellations that soar in the universe.

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