At this time, the distance between the two sides was 23,000 meters in a battle line formation, Xu Zhonglin's five heavy cruisers were slightly ahead, and the other party's flagship was parallel to the third ship of his column, and the third ship happened to be Rena.

In the original world, the commander's flagship was usually the first ship of the column, and in most of this world, it was the exception, but in wartime, it was an exception, mainly to protect the admiral. In the original world, the commander died, and if you go back and change it, maybe everyone will be happier. For example, Halsey accidentally got herpes, and Spruance took over, which was like a celebration of the rhythm of firecrackers, and the national fortune immediately increased by several percentage points.

But in this world, most of the core of the fleet is the secretary ship, and the admiral is hanging, and the core of the entire fleet is basically finished. So Rena was in third place, with Sissi and the Soul Resurrection in front, and Teresa and the Goddess of Wisdom in the back.

"Sissi and the Soul Resurrection Girl set fire to each other's first ship, Rena and Teresa set fire to each other's second ship, and the Goddess of Wisdom fought the third ship." Xu Zhonglin's arrangement was to take advantage of the fact that the other party would completely catch up with the two ships, and if it could cause a situation of five to six, it could be recovered. The other party's choice is different from his, the first three ships are all set on fire, and the latter is attacking the goddess of wisdom, and it seems that the idea is to defeat two ships first, and always maintain a superior force.

The first to start the battle was not the heavy patrols, but the Basa Lisa who was in front of Sissi, and the ten torpedoes silently shot out in one direction, and then Basilisa signaled to Sissi: Sister, I will sail side by side with you in a while, and you follow me. Sissi answered and was busy adjusting the shooting parameters.

Soon after, the distance between the two sides was 20,000 meters, and the first salvo was fired, and the time came for the bayonets to see red!

The Des Moines class still has an advantage in his heart against the Admiral Hippel class, and the Des Moines class has comprehensively surpassed the other party in terms of single ship comparison, tonnage, firepower, protection, and speed.

But it was the other side who hit first, the Goddess of Wisdom was hit by a 203-mm shell in the main armor belt, fortunately not penetrated, she was at the very end of the column, and the pressure of this battle was the greatest. In the previous battle, she had already been hit by three shells from the other side, but she was far away at that time, and the damage was not great.

Immediately after that, Rena and the other ship girls returned the color, and the fourth salvo achieved results, and it was two, hitting the main armor belt of the opponent's first ship and the bridge of the second ship respectively.

The shell that hit the main armor belt pierced through the opponent and blew off a piece of side armor, but unfortunately the Admiral Hipper class still had a layer of dome armor defense, and this shell was not fatal. The shell that hit the bridge also pierced the other side, if this was in the original world, this heavy cruiser would have withdrawn from the battle, but unfortunately the opponent's admiral was not on the second heavy cruiser.

It seems that these two shells frightened the other party, and after the hit, Rena immediately reported: "Admiral, the other party has turned the rudder and is speeding up." ”

At this time, Xu Zhonglin had two choices, follow the other party's rudder to accelerate and maintain the current distance, but then the artillery hit rate will decrease, and the goddess of wisdom will fall at the end, and it will inevitably be set on fire. Another option was to stabilize the speed and take the opportunity to destroy the first two, and he chose the latter.

"Steady, make sure to shoot accurately."

His choice proved to be fruitful, and the next five shipwresses were able to achieve results in every round of firing, and the main guns and superstructure of the first two Admiral-class heavy cruisers were quickly completely destroyed by the stormy shells.

After several battles, Xu Zhonglin also learned about the performance of the Des Moines-class heavy cruisers, the leader of the Deck Washing God Sect is absolutely worthy of his name, 20,000 meters is a line of death, and whoever approaches this line with a warship of the same level can only end up being destroyed.

Admiral Hipper is also worthy of its name, the other side has almost lost its combat effectiveness, one of them has been killed by secondary ammunition, and the other has also ignited a fire, but it is still stubbornly floating on the sea. It's just that the smoke has been pulled out and the smoke has begun to withdraw from the battle sequence.

The two ships on the other side have lost their combat effectiveness, and Xu Zhonglin's side is not having a good time, the goddess of wisdom has endured the most artillery attacks, and it is already in danger, the side side has been broken through in two places, five of the nine main guns have lost their effectiveness, and the hull has a large amount of water, and the maximum speed can only be maintained at 18 knots.

"Minerva withdrew from the battle, and the goddess of astronomy and the goddess of singing immediately assisted her in the loss."

At this time, Xu Zhonglin had already gathered fifteen destroyers around him, which allowed him to fight with the other party with bayonets with confidence and boldness, without worries.

But the goddess of wisdom prayed to him, "Admiral, I can still fight, and if I withdraw, we will become four against six, and then Rena will be in danger." ”

Rena's condition is actually not good, one of the main guns was damaged, the speed was reduced a lot, and even the bridge was hit by the opponent, but fortunately it was not penetrated.

Without waiting for Xu Zhonglin to give another order, a miracle appeared!

The current lead ship of the opposing column is the original third, and it has almost been scrapped by the goddess of wisdom, only two turrets and four main guns can still work, and the hull has also been filled with water, although there is no roll, but the waterline has dropped a lot.

The ship's doom was not over, but a huge column of water suddenly burst out from her sideboard, dozens of meters high, and the entire hull seemed to be a toy in the hands of a naughty child, caught in the air and thrown back to the sea.

Torpedo!

It was Barcelisa's torpedo that worked!

In Xu Zhonglin's previous life, opening the forum, there were many evaluations of oxygen torpedoes, most of which were derogatory, the fuse was unstable, easy to self-detonate, and easy to yaw. But no one can deny the power and range of such a torpedo.

In this world, easy self-explosion will not happen at all, at least Xu Zhonglin has never heard of any accidents such as the ship's artillery blowing up and the hull catching fire, even if he has not heard of the most common electronic equipment damage. After the safety is guaranteed, it is more man-made, and the lightning strike method of Barcelisa is that the depth of the torpedo never exceeds three meters, so that the fuse can work stably, as for yaw, this Xu Zhonglin does not understand, Barcelisa's explanation is somewhat metaphysical.

In short, the little girl has made another meritorious service!

In this way, five against five, the scales of victory have begun to tilt in his favor!

But before he could be happy, a huge explosion came, everything in front of him was spinning, the glass of the bridge was all shattered, and Xu Zhonglin didn't know what happened until he got up.

One of Rena's secondary guns also had an ammunition detonation!

The eyes were full of burning fires, billowing smoke continued to pour into the bridge, and his mind was full of concerned greetings from the ship's ladies, and there was no need for Rena to report it, Xu Zhonglin also knew that her situation was very bad, and the hull of the ship had tilted to the right.

The deadliest, in the dark night, Xu Zhonglin's flagship was lit by fire!

Dangerous, extremely dangerous!