Under the cover of smoke and thunderbolts, the main fleet of the Russian Navy turned to withdraw. As time passed, the smoke from the smoke canisters quickly dispersed, and the main Russian fleet ran several kilometers away, but the auxiliary fleet in charge of the broken rear did not have a chance to evacuate safely. In particular, those thunder ships that rushed up to organize the pursuit of the Huaxia Navy were beaten into a sieve by the powerful secondary artillery fire of the capital ship's side chord like a storm! The interweaving of hundreds of rapid-fire guns turned a certain range of Haimen into mortal enemies, and the Russian mine-striking ships and light cruisers that had no time to retreat had no effect other than turning into huge fireworks.

After destroying nearly 10 mine-striking ships, the Huaxia Navy Fast Fleet broke away from the main force under the command of Ye Zusi and began to pursue the Russian main fleet, two light cruisers also wanted to rely on smoke and their own torpedoes to interfere with the pursuit of the Huaxia Fast Fleet, but he obviously chose the wrong opponent, in the face of the powerful Longtai-class fast battleship, the two 4000-ton light cruisers were hit by two 12-inch shells, the first one was directly penetrated through the power compartment, and the violent explosion made the battleship completely lose power and paralyze on the sea, The other was directly penetrated through the ammunition depot, and the explosion of more than a dozen tons of shells and propellants tore the small boat to pieces. And with the lessons of the past, no Russian auxiliary warship dared to block Ye Zusi's actions.

"If it goes on like this, it will definitely not work, the battleships behind us will be caught up and eaten in one bite." Looking at the Huaxia Fast Fleet, whose speed was at least about 3 knots higher than his own, Makanov couldn't help but shudder. His own fleet is now advancing in a single column, and the other side is also pursuing in a single column. Because of the angle and distance, most of the warships in the front and middle of the fleet could not attack the Huaxia Fast Fleet at all, and only the three battleships in the back had a firing range. And not all artillery has a firing range. The situation of 3 against 5 is already a clear disadvantage. On the one hand, the effect is limited, without the fire support of the main battleships, and the auxiliary warships will only be sent to death, and on the other hand, Makanov must leave these precious warships to leave a way back for himself.

Judging from the current situation, excluding the quasi-dreadnought with low combat effectiveness in long-range battles, the 6 Borodino-class battleships in Makanov's hands did not have much advantage over the 5 Huaxia fast battleships. In terms of firepower, there are only 5 more main guns than the opponent, although the protection is much stronger than the Longxu-class battlecruisers, but they don't plan to fight with you. In the battle of the guerrilla rather than the battle line, although Makanov's losses will not be very large, once he is entangled, then it may not be easy to get out. The number of auxiliary warships and smoke canisters is limited. Can't stand up to constant attrition.

"Since you can't run. Let's fight to the death! Makanov thought in his heart, looking at the Huaxia fleet that was getting closer and closer, Makanov suddenly ordered that the 6 Borodino-class battleships turn to the fast fleet of the West China Navy! The huge Russian fleet quickly turned 240 degrees to the right, and the battle line, which was not too long, instantly crossed, if the Huaxia Navy continued to pursue, then Ye Zusi would directly crash into this huge T-shaped crosshead!

"There are no creative options." Looking at Makanov, who suddenly turned, Ye Zusi sneered. If Makanov can make the Huaxia Fast Fleet helpless with a T-shaped crosshead, then he might as well crash to death. Sudden cross-cutting is too easy to break for Ye Zusi, as long as he can grasp the opportunity, it is very easy to oppose the first army! "They turn right, then we turn left!"

"Ordered the fleet to turn 60 degrees to the left. We cut their tail cross-cut from behind! "The Huaxia fleet, which had the advantage in speed, did not escape, but followed the opportunity to approach itself in the opposite direction, and attacked the opponent's several battleships that fell behind the most in the opposite direction, and if this was the case, Makanov was completely in a dilemma, several battleships in the front of the fleet completely lost the firing range, and if they wanted to regroup, then they had to turn 180 degrees, and two consecutive turns and fleet adjustments would definitely waste a lot of time. However, it is clear that the Yezusi fleet cut diagonally from the rear has left Makanov with no choice but to change the formation!

When Makanov decided to change the formation and did not complete it, this became the time period when Ye Zusi could give full play. At this time, Ye Zusi needed to face two Borodino-class battleships, they were the Glory and the Retvizan, although because of the high-speed navigation and the rapid change of the course of the twin engines, and only some of the main guns of the fast fleet of the Chinese Navy had a firing range to attack, but in just ten minutes, its pouring firepower was still enough to give the Russian Navy a headache.

3 Longtai-class battleships first captured the target, and more than 20 large-caliber guns were aimed at the Glory and Retvizan respectively, not that Ye Zusi didn't want to concentrate firepower on the other side, but because if the 3 battleships fired a salvo at the same time, the dense bullet impact point water column could not distinguish which battleship hit it at all, so the Huaxia Navy would only let the two battleships concentrate fire on one target at most, even so, after a long time of shooting, it would still cause confusion in the observation, as for putting dye in the shells, Because adding extra things to the shell will reduce the strength of the shell, so for the sake of armor-piercing effect, this plan is temporarily shelved, anyway, the situation of one more hit rarely occurs, if the design and production of armor-piercing shells are changed, some of the gains outweigh the losses.

But even so, the two capital ships still paid a heavy price, especially the battleship Retvizan, which was ranked at the back, was fired at least 15 main guns at the stern, and a huge red fireball continued to explode around the battleship, of which at least 4 shells hit the Retvizan that was fleeing rapidly, and one hit the gun mount of the No. 3 turret, and hit the weakest part of the armor of the gun mount, after tearing the outer armor, this shell exploded at the delivery channel, A huge shock wave mixed with shrapnel and flames poured into the turret and the ammunition depot at the bottom, and the entire turret was covered in flames that escaped from the bomb delivery shaft, and the explosion of the propellant pack inside turned the entire turret into a burning iron box, and the Russian officers and soldiers on the gun position were torn to pieces by shrapnel and flames before they even reacted!

What was even more unfortunate was that the fire door connecting the ammunition depot at the bottom of the bomb delivery channel was smashed through by a huge fragment, and part of the flames rushed into the ammunition depot, but fortunately, the ammunition in it was not immediately ignited, and the Russians successfully filled the ammunition depot in time. Martyrdom was avoided, but even so, the Retvizan was like hundreds of tons of seawater! In peacetime, these few hundred tons of sea water are nothing to a 18,000-ton warship. But in the case of 3 shells hitting the weak zone of the stern defense, a large amount of water in the rear of the hull could not be avoided, which posed a great threat to the battleship!

"In addition to the shell that destroyed the No. 3 turret, the Letvizan was hit by two shots in the stern of the hull, one shot in the upper part of the propeller shaft, more than four rounds in the near future, and about 1,400 tons of water in the rear of the hull. The freedling of the rear deck is less than 1 meter or so left! The situation is critical. The Glorious was also hit by two shots, and the damage was not very large," a staff officer reported to Makanov worriedly.

"Knowing the word, order the fleet to continue to maintain a state of strong pressure and ventilation, and we will drive them away." Makanov said calmly, but at this time, those who were familiar with him knew that Makanov's heart was not as it appeared on the surface, his right hand was constantly trembling, and he could not even complete the simple action of putting the tobacco into the pipe. At this time, Makanov even had a trace of despair in his heart, which was different from the situation in the first Sino-Russian war that year, that war was just a local war for Russia, even if it was lost, it would not break the bones, but this time it was different, the Russians had pressed almost all of their family resources! If this fleet is lost, then the Russian Navy will not be able to reach the ocean in 10 years. This is not only the loss of warships, but also the loss of the last batch of naval officers and sailors who have been trained for many years!

After all, because the strength of the main fleet of the Russian Navy was too strong compared to the Huaxia Fast Fleet, when Makanov completed the turn, Ye Zusi chose to break away, and then continued to keep track not far away, and looked for an opportunity to approach the rear of the opponent's fleet to take advantage. In order to cover their rear battleships as much as possible, the Russians turned the column into a horizontal formation, so that the rear main guns of at least 6 battleships could attack the vanguard fleet of the Chinese Navy. Finally, I was able to ensure my safety in a short period of time.

"The 4 battleships of the Huaxia Navy have followed." Not long after Makanov had stabilized the situation, an officer pointed to a clear figure in the distance. It turned out that while the fast fleet was entangled with the opponent, the 4 battleships directly under Yang Yonglin followed up again. If this continues, it will not be long before the Chinese and Russian fleets will fight again. After losing a number of auxiliary warships, it was exchanged for the opportunity to evacuate, and if the two sides met again, it would not be so easy to leave!

In the face of this towering giant ship in the distance, from Makanov to ordinary sailors, his heart was more or less full of fear, and in less than half an hour of fighting, the Russian fleet lost a capital ship! And now, once they collide again, if there is no accident, I am afraid that the Russian fleet will only be able to raise the battle flag and fight to the last moment!

"Send a telegram to Essen, and the whole of Russia wants to know where your fleet is!" At this time, Makanov could no longer be calm, at the most critical moment, Makanov desperately hoped that the Essen fleet could converge with the main fleet before the battle again, and in this matter, the god of war still helped the Russians, and soon after the telegram was sent, Makanov saw columns of smoke appear in the northeast direction of his fleet, and several huge battleships finally appeared!

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