The battle between the behemoths quickly heats up, time becomes extremely important for anyone, the Russian needs to save the Rurik who is already in a desperate situation, and the Taipei rushes up again after wiping a little scar, and never stops. Come on,.! The Kaohsiung and Fuzhou continued to rain deadly bullets on each other frantically. Living like a year, it can be used to describe the feeling of officers and soldiers on both sides, fighting under the shroud of artillery fire and poisonous smoke, even the iron-clad men will be afraid.

"The medical pod has been destroyed, and the poor wounded have not been treated as imagined but have been sent straight to the door of death. The aisles were full of stretchers, and the dying wounded were lying on them, not moaning or cursing, as if there was no fear or pain in their consciousness, which was not a good sign. When a person gives up everything, then death is not far off in him. I have to say that the officers and men on the battleship on the opposite side are really excellent, the opponent's firepower is not as fierce as ours, and the tonnage difference is more than 2,000 tons, but in the 1-on-1 engagement, we can't drive the opponent out of the battlefield, and it has been 45 minutes of fighting, but the opponent still maintains this high fighting spirit and accurate shooting. Afterwards, the captain of the Russia, Ossinov, wrote in his diary.

It is true that the officers and men of the foreign fleet are very brave and tenacious. For an hour after firing the first shell at the Taizi, the officers and men of the Taipei held on. The rain of bullets and flames poured by the other side did not make the officers and soldiers succumb, and the blood under their feet stained the Xisha that had been paved in advance. The damage management team members wore gas masks and water hoses and rushed to the fire again and again, fighting against the bright yellow flames and green poisonous smoke. From time to time, comrades-in-arms were torn to pieces by the sweeping steel storm, and there were also those who were crushed under the collapsed steel beams and burned alive by the flames. But no matter how bad the situation is outside, there are still people who come forward to fulfill their mission. The brothers of the reserve artillery team moved the bodies of the dead and continued to operate the blood-stained cannon, while the damage management team and the medical team shuttled through the artillery fire, doing their best to save the ship and the lives on board.

Both ships paid a heavy price in the engagement. One of the King's twin main turrets was hit, and the huge shock destroyed the hydraulic pitching mechanism of a gun, so that the gunners could only manually operate the pitching of the gun, and the waterline part of the hull was also torn open, and the sea water poured in from time to time, and the surface of the ship was beaten into a red sea by raindrops of picric acid high-explosive shells, and the brave soldiers were busy shuttling in the sea of fire.

As for the Russia? There was also very little left of the side-chord artillery. All the 120 guns and 8-inch guns have been destroyed, and only 2 of the 6-inch guns can continue to fight, but fortunately, the most powerful 274 guns can still be used, and the advantage of firepower is still in his hands, but the water on the side of the ship is very serious, I have to say that the armor-piercing shells in the North Ocean are still very powerful, even if they can't completely penetrate the opponent's armor, but at least they can tear a few holes, the influx of seawater makes the originally vigorous Russia stagger, and the huge vibration makes the power system of this battleship inevitably have problems, Cracks in steam pipes and boiler failures occur from time to time. A drop in speed is inevitable.

Time passed minute by minute, and the tide of battle inadvertently changed. Just when the Taipei and the Russian were fighting for their lives, an 11-inch shell from the Fuzhou officially pronounced the fate of the Rurik! This shell passed through the 6-inch armor belt in the stern and blew the Rurik's wheelhouse to pieces! At this point, the Rurik, which had lost two-thirds of the firepower on the flanks of the battle, was completely out of control, like a dead fish slowly floating on the surface of the sea under the action of its own power and ocean currents! He couldn't go back, and even if the Kaohsiung and Fuzhou let it go, it would be sent into the depths of the ocean by the torpedo boats that arrived later.

The defeat of the Rurik did not mean the end of the war, just when the foreign fleet was preparing to concentrate its firepower on the Russia, the three warships that appeared from the northeast made Lin Taizeng and others nervous. "It's the Prince and two cruisers of the Sea of Azov!" An officer recognized the other man's identity.

"It doesn't matter, the brothers from Beiyang also came up, let's retreat first, after the fleet formation is completed, we will go up again, ready to transfer the flagship, let the Taipei follow behind to extinguish the fire and save itself, and then follow after covering the torpedo boat to destroy Rurik. Now with the Kaohsiung as the flagship, get ready for battle! "Lin Taizeng is still full of fighting spirit. The heavy losses did not make him give up. However, at this moment, the Taipei is no longer suitable as a flagship, not only is it scarred, but more importantly, the radio room is destroyed, so he must replace the flagship in order to have a better fight. 2 Kings plus 2 PISA. Lin Tai was not afraid of the enemy in front of him.

"Admiral Lin, if I can, I want to go to Tianjin to coordinate the participation of two battleships in Beiyang in the battle." A moment later, a somewhat weak voice came from behind him, and Deng Shichang, who hastily bandaged his wounds, appeared in front of Lin Taizeng again.

"It's good." Lin Tai hesitated for a moment but agreed. The battle is brutal, and if the two are separated, they can avoid being killed by their opponents. It is impossible to say that the cannon of the Russian just now is not afraid, if it is in the middle, I am afraid that the people who can run out of the entire conning tower can be counted with one hand!

The Russian fleet converged first, but did not move immediately. "Is it to cover the Rurik or to evacuate?" The two options were constantly fighting in Essen's brain. Glancing at the Rurik struggling to catch up in the distance, Essen's heart was wrenched. This 10,000-ton battleship is the pride of the Russian Navy, the most powerful armored cruiser in the Russian Navy before the Russous entered service, but today it lies half-dead on the surface like a leper dog with a broken backbone. Evacuation is the best choice, and your own 4 warships do not have the slightest advantage in the face of the opponent's 4 cruises.

"If we can lead them into the encirclement, then it will be a good result." Essen muttered to himself after a brief silence. Then under the leadership of the Prince, the four battleships of the Russian Navy turned in turn and prepared to leave, but their speed was not fast, they needed to take into account the Russo, which was also scarred in the battle just now, and several cracks were also opened in the side of the Russian ship in the battle just now, and a large amount of seawater poured into the strongest Russian cruiser was forced to slow down. In addition to this reason, Essen also needs to introduce the opponent into his own encirclement, so he can't escape too quickly!

In this way, the two sides entered a combat state again after a short adjustment, the Russian fleet withdrew to the southeast, two Azov-type armored cruisers sailed in front, and the Prince and Russia, which had recovered their strength after repair, while the foreign fleet was Kaohsiung Fuzhou in front, and two PISA-type armored cruisers rushed towards each other at the highest speed that the formation could reach.

The Taipei, the former flagship of the foreign fleet, slowly headed towards the Rurik, and the Rurik, which had been unable to control and had lost most of its firepower, was still fighting back in vain with 1 10-inch gun and 1 6-inch gun, but at this time it was impossible to pose any threat to the other party, just like a lone wolf trapped in a trap in the face of the hunter's spear constantly making a terrifying roar, which could only threaten, but had no practical effect. The Taipei is followed by three torpedo boats who will finally put an end to the Rurik behemoth.

Ten minutes later, the Rurik's two guns were dumbed down by the Taipei. Immediately, three torpedo boats rushed up to prepare to fire torpedoes. But at this moment, the Andrei flag on the Rurik was slowly lowered, and the whole ship slowly sank into the water, the Russians opened the sea valve and sank themselves, while the remaining Russians boarded the survival boat to escape, and then were rescued by the torpedo boat formation in the North Ocean. Rurik's combat career is over, but the real battle has not yet begun!

"The most boring thing in naval warfare is the pursuit battle." Lin Taizeng said to himself dissatisfied, 4 Russian warships are walking in front of them not far away, the distance between the two sides is about 6km, it is said that the state of the battleships under Lin Taizeng's command at this time is better than the other party, but Lin Taizeng did not dare to close the distance too much, because he didn't know where the Russian main fleet was, if the two sides were too close to each other once entangled, Makanov's main fleet would come out of a certain hole, then Lin Taizeng would really cry! Therefore, it would be best to keep your distance and fire from a distance with the main gun.

Two King-class armored cruisers aimed at the Russian, which was in penultimate position, while two PISA-type armored cruisers aimed at the very last, the Prince. It is really difficult to attack targets that are not changing course at such a distance. Eight 11-inch naval guns of the two Kings class rarely hit. But the two Beiyang battleships behind made use of more pipes to achieve a good result, just now, a 10-inch shell hit the stern of the Prince, and lit a fire on the back deck! ，。

On the other hand, the Russians with backward gunnery had no accuracy at all at such a distance, and the scarcity of main guns made it impossible to hit. The shelling of the Russians was more like a demonstration or a lure. Both sides were waiting for an opportunity, the Russians were waiting for the appearance of their main fleet, and Essen sent Makanov his position and the situation of his opponent by telegram over and over again. Pray for your reinforcements to arrive soon. And Lin Taizeng was also waiting, he needed Yang Yonglin or other comrades-in-arms to inform them of the location of the main Russian fleet. The main fleets of both sides did not show up, this situation is really abnormal, and there are countless cases of calculating others but being calculated by others. So Lin Tai didn't dare to be careless.

"Where is the opponent's main fleet?" Both Lin Taizeng and Essen are thinking about this question!

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