On one side, Essen, who had just escaped from Ascension, was still preparing to turn the tables, while on the other side, the battle situation was completely different from what Essen thought. What is the saying? It's called the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel! The Russian fleet at this time is not a tragedy, not even a tragedy! The follow-up 4 capital ships of the Russian fleet not only did not take on the heavy task of severely damaging the follow-up 4 ships of the Huaxia Navy, but put themselves in a desperate situation!

If time could be turned back, Essen would have seen how tragic the remaining Russian warships were when the Catherine was blown up. When the low-speed Catherine was fired at, the Seven Provinces and Amsterdam, which were in second and third place, were not ignored by the other side, and when Admiral Harvey was about to command two battleships to relieve Essen, two huge figures rushed out of the smoke screen, and the turrets with diagonal layout of the amidships clearly told the Dutch that the two Dragon-class battleships were coming!

According to the data analysis of the Second Battle of the Java Sea, under the condition that the two Longteng-class battleships were able to give full play to the firepower of their main guns, their walking and hitting rates were the highest in the Huaxia Navy, and even not weaker than the Longxing-class battleships equipped with 12 main guns. In the face of these two behemoths, the Dutch naturally did not dare to slack off, and prepared to face the battle with twelve points of spirit.

The distance between the two sides is also very close, and the two Longteng-class battleships concentrated their firepower at the first time to shoot at the Amsterdam, which is in second place, such a combination of firepower makes the Dutch very puzzled, it is said that in the case of the equal number of warships, the Chinese Navy should be caught and killed one by one, how can two fight one? But at this time the Dutch clearly did not have time to think about it. At a distance of 6KM, 20 12-inch guns have begun to spit deadly bullets at the Seven Provinces!

The performance of the Seven Provinces was somewhat better than that of the Catherine, and the firepower of the three Longtai-class battleships was also somewhat stronger than that of the two Longteng-class battleships. So the situation with the Seven Provinces is somewhat stronger than with Catherine. It's not going to be broken down as soon as you fight, but it's just better! The two Dragon-class battleships quickly seized the initiative on the battlefield, and at extremely close distances, the god of war preferred the side with more barrels and thick barrels, and the Huaxia fleet immediately achieved an overwhelming advantage with more than twice the projection volume of the opponent.

The seven-provincial fast battleship, which participated in two naval battles and was seriously wounded, was in very bad condition, and various mechanical failures and hidden diseases reduced the combat effectiveness of this battleship by about 2 percent. THE RETURN FIRE OF THE EIGHT 274MM GUNS WAS QUICKLY PRESSED DOWN, AT A DISTANCE OF 6 KM. The main gun observation and sighting equipment of the Huaxia Navy can already lock on to a target the size of the turret, so just after the battle, the main guns of the seven provincial levels were taken care of. The probability of hitting the turret is really not high. But at least 30 shells flew to the target in one minute! So two minutes after the start of the battle, the third and fourth turrets of the Seven Provinces were hit.

A 12-inch armor-piercing shell from the battleship Longteng, located in the third battle position, pierced through the third turret of the Seven Provinces from the side, and at this time, the cannon and propellant were being lifted in this turret. Armor only 6 inches thick simply could not withstand 12-inch hardened cap-piercing shells at such a close distance. With a dull crash and the sound of steel plates tearing, the shell hit the tail of one of the guns. Under the action of the fuse, more than a dozen kilograms of TNT explosives in this shell were ignited. The high flames and countless artillery fragments killed almost all the Dutch officers and soldiers in the turret in an instant, and the scorching splinters and flames ignited the medicine packets sent from the propellant lifting tunnel! With a violent explosion, more than a dozen propellant packets exploded one after another. The entire turret was destroyed as if it were sitting on top of a volcano, and the wreckage of the turret, which weighed several hundred tons, was shaken out of the turret. Turret 3 is completely finished! However, because the Dutch battleship bomb loser had two fire doors, the ammunition depot was not ignited, which was a blessing in misfortune.

Subsequently, turret No. 4 was also doomed, as a 12-inch shell hit the weak point of the turret of turret No. 4 from the side and rear (the thickness of the turret armor was not equal). Some places are thick, some places are thin). After the shell pierced through the armor of the gun mount, it blew the internal lifting equipment to pieces with great difficulty. At the same time, the turret turning equipment was destroyed, and the entire turret was immediately jammed. Puffs of smoke poured out of the gun mounts, covering the entire stern of the hull.

In addition to losing half of its firepower, in just about ten minutes of engagement, the superstructure of the Seven Provinces was also washed by various shells, the main gun of the Huaxia Navy fired armor-piercing shells, and the secondary guns used high-explosive shells, even if the secondary artillery shells could not penetrate the upper armor and gun gallery, they could still ignite a cluster of flames on the hull of the Seven Provinces! . THE DECK OF THE GUN GALLERY, WHERE THE ENTIRE AUXILIARY GUN GALLERY IN THE UPPER PART OF THE HULL WAS LOCATED, HAD BEEN RIDDLED WITH ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, AND ALL MEDIUM-CALIBER GUNS OF MORE THAN 100 MM HAD BEEN DESTROYED, EXCEPT FOR A FEW 12-POUNDER ANTI-MINE GUNS AND MACHINE GUNS THAT HAD NOT BEEN DIRECTLY HIT. Although relying on excellent quality, the Seven Provinces can continue to maneuver, but in terms of combat effectiveness, there is really not much left of the Seven Provinces.

Just as the Seven Provinces were being fired upon, Admiral Harvey was cursing, and he was now wondering what the Amsterdam was doing behind the tunnel! But the view behind the tower was obstructed by thick smoke, so Harvey had no idea what was going on behind the tunnel. Although the situation of the Amsterdam is much better than that of the Seven Provinces, it is also a failure to support the Seven Provinces, for the simple reason that when the two Dragon-class battleships beat the Seven Provinces, the two Scharnhorst Xiuzhen battlecruisers were also concentrating fire on the Amsterdam. ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T DARE TO GET TOO CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE POOR PROTECTION OF THESE TWO XIUZHEN BATTLE CRUISERS, THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH 12 11-INCH GUNS PRESSING THE OTHER PARTY'S 8 274MM GUNS.

At this time, Count Spee finally let out a bad breath, and his performance in the second naval battle of the Java Sea was perfect, directly sinking a Russian armored cruiser, and even giving the Huaxia fleet an advantage on the scene. But then, when it came to the Seventh Provincial, the Scharnhorst was immediately beaten back to its original form. If it weren't for the Essen fleet finally having no choice but to evacuate, Count Spee didn't know if the Ninghai-class battleship would sink, but the Scharnhorst would definitely not last long!

But this time it was different, two ships on their side attacked one of the other side, and at the beginning, this Dutch battleship actually dared to divide half of its guns to support friendly ships. As the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die, and now, Dutch battleships are clearly dying! However, this cannot be blamed on the Dutch, when the two Dragon-class battleships concentrated their fire on the Seven Provinces, the two Scharnhorst-type battleships did not rush out of the smoke, so the Amsterdam first planned to support the Seven Provinces. As a result, before two rounds of school firing could be fired, two German battleships rushed out and slammed into the Amsterdam.

Because of the distance, coupled with the fact that the number and power of artillery are far inferior to those of the Longtai-class and Longteng-class battleships, the two German battleships have an advantage at most, but it is still a little difficult to completely suppress the opponent. At this time, the 7 warships of the Huaxia Navy were already in full fire, focusing on attacking the opponent's 3 warships. And the Russian fleet had a total of 5 dreadnoughts, as well as an armored cruiser. Both Essen and Harvey wondered, what were the remaining two Danton-class battleships for? The Dandong, with its rough skin and thick flesh, was pinned on by the Russian army. At this time, these two Dandong-class battleships not only failed to show their might, but they fell into a predicament!

THE DANDONG CLASS WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN OF THE FORMER DREADNOUGHT, WITH A 1-LEVEL MAIN GUN AND A CLASS 2 MAIN GUN, AND THE 240MM GUN TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE USE OF AUXILIARY WARSHIPS SUCH AS LIGHT CRUISERS. HOWEVER, LATER, THE FRENCH FORCIBLY UPGRADED THE DANTON, REPLACING THE SIX TWIN 240MM TURRETS WITH A SINGLE 12-INCH GUN, EQUIPPED WITH A FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND THE DANTON'S LONG-RANGE COMBAT CAPABILITY WAS IMPROVED. However, the anti-lightning firepower has been greatly weakened. IN ADDITION TO THE 10 12-INCH MAIN GUNS, THE DANDONG-CLASS BATTLESHIPS DID NOT EVEN HAVE A SECONDARY GUN OF MORE THAN 100MM! The 12-pounder rapid-fire gun above can still hit a torpedo boat, but if you want to hit a light cruiser, you should wash and sleep.

Originally, this problem was not too serious, after all, there must always be some followers when the capital ships go out, but in the current situation, the followers in the Russian fleet who can get on the scene are basically all hung up, and the biggest loss of the Russian fleet in the two naval battles in the Java Sea is not the main fleet but those auxiliary warships, breaking through the blockade of the other side, delaying the time to exchange these warships for their lives, and the Russian fleet fighting in the ocean has fewer auxiliary warships, so the result of the consumption of not killing is now at a critical moment, The Russians don't even have the ability to delay the opposing light cruisers! At this time, the target of the Huaxia Navy's lightning strike happened to be the Dandong class, which was the most lacking in secondary artillery!

Lightning strikes on the Dandong are not a temporary method that Yang Yonglin and others thought of. As soon as they learned that the Russians were going to get two Danton-class battleships, they already had the idea of sinking or damaging them by torpedo attacks. The number of Russian auxiliary warships is originally small, compared with the capital ships, the auxiliary warships are easier to lose, although the Russians have saved the main warships as much as possible by consuming the auxiliary warships again and again, but this loss is fatal, when the number drops to a certain level, and the auxiliary warships can no longer provide protection for the capital ships, then the losses of the capital ships will rise sharply, and this was the case in the second naval battle in the Java Sea. The Russians almost lost a fleet tonnage equivalent to a second-rate naval power in the First World War!

At this time, the lightning strike fleet of the Huaxia Navy gained almost all the advantages, extremely close distance, smoke screen protection, and almost no interference from the opponent's auxiliary warships. What's more, the other warships of the Russian fleet were either badly damaged. Or you can't get out. And the two Dandong-class battleships faced by the Huaxia Navy lacked secondary firepower, so in this case, the probability of a successful lightning strike increased greatly! In addition, the Huaxia Navy has designed a new lightning strike tactic specifically for mine strike ships. This will greatly limit the ship's evasion space. Although the two Dandong-class battleships were not fired at, the Grim Reaper had already begun to wander above the heads of these two legal dreadnoughts!

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