- In the bulkhead aisle of the Astar Antarctica, Cao Jie frantically pushed away his partner, and the members of the artillery crew behind him also ran forward desperately, when he passed through a narrow hatch and boarded the deck, the scene in front of him suddenly made his mouth open wide, and his whole body trembled!

I saw that the fleet lined up in a row gradually formed a parallel to the Russian [***] ship, and the fire dragon on the side of the Polaris that took the lead in front flew, and a cluster of sparks exploded from where, and when the dense bullet rain continued to smash into the enemy ships shuttling by, his own hull was also full of fire.

Cannonballs kept shuttling between the two fleets, and countless black dots in their pupils leaped out of the exploding fire, and then disappeared into the hull of the opposing ship, leaving only faint afterimages.

Firelight, explosions, gunsmoke and flying blood, Cao Jie only felt that the blood rushed straight to his brain, this is the real artillery battle!

It's so enjoyable!

With a loud shout, he rushed to the 37-mm twin-mounted cannon he was responsible for with the artillery team, and while Cao Jie quickly sat in the gunner's seat, the deputy gunner had also begun to desperately turn the shaker and began to adjust the direction of the gun.

It stands to reason that in this kind of artillery battle, Cao Jie's artillery crew will generally act as a backup, hiding behind thick armor, ready to replace the wounded main and secondary artillery crews, because their 37-mm twin guns are too small to play a role at such a moment.

But now it's different, the captain has given the order to all enter the station, because the fiercest artillery battle is about to begin!

Cao Jie knew that entering the gun position at this time did not mean that the fleet was at a disadvantage, and that small-caliber rapid-fire guns were needed to resist desperately, nor did it mean that the captain thought that he could penetrate the opponent's armor, but because it was necessary for these little guys with an extremely fast rate of fire to prevent the enemy ship from taking the opportunity to launch torpedoes when they were rubbing their bodies, protect the side of the ship, and knock out those guys who might be running around!

Cao Jie's artillery crew has a total of six people, in addition to him and the deputy gunner, there are two loaders and two bombardiers in the ammunition depot under the gun mount, the gun mount is located behind the front bridge, and the large-caliber cannon is different from the large-caliber guns that are fired one at a time, and the five consecutive magazines used by the machine gun can fire five rounds at a time, and the two guns together can shoot more than 50 shells per minute, like splashing water.

After many actual battles and improvements, the current cannon is perfect in Cao Jie's eyes, but he heard that those guys in the equipment department don't seem to be satisfied, and they are engaged in a kind of ammunition chain loading, which can not only reduce the number of artillery crew members, but also say that rapid fire can be increased several times!

Cao Jie didn't know what the concept of several times was, but the shout of the deputy gunner made him wake up immediately, and his eyes immediately focused on the cross iron ring in front of him, and pressed the muzzle of the cannon on the intersection point in the middle.

Immediately following the roar of the secondary cannon below, Cao Jie's eyes suddenly burst into a ball of fireballs, and the distance of two thousand meters did not need to be aimed at all, the gunners only needed to keep stuffing the shells into the barrel, and then fire at the big guys that were staggered around them.

Suddenly, a shell exploded behind Cao Jie's artillery crew, and the artillery crew hurriedly lowered its head and hid behind a baffle that was only 20 mm thick. "The Russians of the dog!" The reloader on the left stood up again and pressed the magazine, and the scolding provoked everyone's laughter, and Cao Jie also laughed, and continued to widen his eyes, for fear of missing the torpedo in the smoke of gunpowder.

But soon, the main gun that fired again avenged Cao Jie's comrades, only to hear a huge roar, the middle of the Russian ship on the opposite side suddenly exploded, after the firelight, more than a dozen Russians in the gun frame could not even see the slag, and the armor in the middle of the hull was also torn open a huge crack.

The artillery crew shouted excitedly, but unfortunately the time passed by was only a minute, otherwise Cao Jie believed that his main gun could completely tear apart the other party!

The first ship passed, but the second one came very quickly, and the two formations staggered by, even if they both remained at thirteen knots, it was very fast. While Cao Jie turned the muzzle of the cannon forward, the corner of his eye was suddenly attracted by a big black hole!

No, it wasn't a hole, it was a hatch on the bridge that didn't close!

Grandmother!

As a nautical center, the bridge is second only to the conning tower in the superstructure, and the portholes are narrow, and the distance of two kilometers is not much bigger than dried tofu, making it difficult to enter.

So once the hatch is closed, it is generally difficult to bite unless it is a caliber of more than 152 mm, but what do you see? These Russians actually forgot to close the hatch!

Almost without any hesitation, Cao Jie shouted at the deputy gunner, who also had blood-red eyes, and quickly turned the shaker to shift the muzzle, aiming at the big hole in the black hatch, and when he saw that the hatch was pressed into the cross, he pulled the bolt sharply and pulled the trigger.

The two tongues of fire sprayed almost without pause, and the bombloaders didn't care whether they hit or not, they only lowered their heads and took the magazine from the bombloser behind them, pressed the shells and then continued to turn around and repeat, in just a minute of rubbing shoulders, Cao Jie didn't know how many shells he had fired, and from his position he could only see a cluster of sparks bursting out on the bulkhead wall.

It wasn't until the massive battleship staggered past and lost the angle of fire that he let go of the trigger and re-aimed at the sea. Cao Jie and his artillery crew didn't know that the battleship was the Sinop, which was ranked third, and they didn't know what the consequences of their shooting were.

Countless shell fragments swept across the bridge of the Sinop, and almost instantly, more than a dozen officers on the bridge, including the captain, were killed, and the rest of the Sinop did not even know that the warship had lost its command.

After more than ten minutes of rubbing shoulders, dense shells shuttled between warships like shuttles, especially the 152-mm secondary guns of four 45-kilogram armor-piercing shells per minute installed by the Pacific Army, which was simply the nemesis of the Russian [***] ship.

By the time the Russian main formation finally crossed the death zone, it was already on fire, and compared with the tried and tested veteran gunners of the Pacific Army, the Russian gunners were obviously not very accustomed to this kind of close-range bayonet, and many of them even closed their eyes when firing their guns.

More importantly, almost none of the Russian warships had turret protection, and the open turret almost became a nightmare for the gunners, countless shrapnel swept away, cut through the middle of their bodies, and the stumps and severed arms were scattered on the deck, and the blood gathered along the deck into small rivers and rolled into the sea.

When the Russian formation left the firing range, the superstructure of the leading Russian ships, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Imperial Guard, seemed to have been gnawed by dogs, and the hull was full of flames, and large scorched black holes exploded inward from the surface of the hull, almost losing its combat effectiveness.

And the Chesma and Sinop were no better, although the conning tower was not shot through, but the front main guns were completely ineffective, although there were still two twin main guns in the back, but under the focused care of the secondary guns of the Pacific Fleet, they also suffered heavy casualties.

As for the Sinop, it was even worse, the bridge had even been on fire, and after losing the command of the bridge, although the warships could still remain in formation, the guns were all fighting separately and completely lost their command.

Similarly, the Pacific Fleet also suffered a lot of losses, especially the heavy patrol that lacked heavy armor protection, flames broke out on the deck, and a large number of bullet holes appeared on the side of the battle, but the Russian shells did have problems, and the power of the explosion was even less than half of the Pacific Fleet's standard shells.

"The Spirit is on fire."

Hearing Tan Xiaozeng's words, Long Guozhang, who was checking the situation of the Russian ship, suddenly pinched his heart and quickly turned the telescope, and in the middle of the Courage, smoke was already billowing in the middle of the shot, and a big hole had been blown out in the position of the front main gun, which seemed to be unusable.

Fortunately, the hull looks fairly intact and has not been flooded, so as long as the fire can be controlled, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Order the Spirit to leave the formation, the Tenacious Tenacious to block the Russian light cruisers behind, and the rest of the ships to turn and pursue with the flagship, and drive the formation to block them for me!" Looking at the Russian fleet that was still rushing forward and preparing to flee, Long Guozhang looked at the Spirit again, and decisively gave the order to pursue.

At eleven o'clock, the Pacific Fleet was divided.

The Tenacious and Tenacious were the first to break away from the formation and meet the last two Russian light cruisers and three destroyers, while the Spirit was the first to break away from the formation and put out the fire with all its might.

At the same time, the remaining four battleships and the Heavy Cruiser Determination made a huge arc on the sea, chasing the Russian Far East Fleet, which was still preparing to escape.

In the face of the interception of the two heavy cruisers, the Russian light cruisers and destroyers, who had long been frightened by the artillery fire from the front, scattered in all directions and prepared to use their speed to escape.

In the face of two heavy cruisers that are much stronger in tonnage and firepower, the first unlucky one is the Robber, this protective cruiser of more than 2,000 tons originally wanted to use its speed to cross the Tenacious to catch up with the main fleet, but was hit by a 203 mm main gun, the shell directly penetrated the aft deck, drilled into the ammunition depot, the huge explosion tore the hull, the sea water suddenly poured into the hull, and after just a few minutes, it sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming the first victim in this naval battle.

The violent explosion in the rear caught Witheft's attention, and he shuddered at the fire in the stern of the Bandit and the soldiers on the deck who had leapt wildly into the sea.

What made him even more nervous was that at this time, the five capital ships of the Pacific Fleet had already completed their turn, and the waves that the bow crashed into showed that they were chasing them at full speed!

"These damn it, order the Peter the Great, the Kremlin and the Admiral Nasimov to block them and buy time for the main retreat!" Witherft blushed and shouted, but the order made the staff officers and adjutants behind him stupid.

Although the three warships are barely able to keep up with the formation, they have basically lost their combat effectiveness, so let them intercept it, isn't this a death sentence?!

"Why don't you go, do you all want to die here!"

Seeing that his subordinates were in a daze, Withoeft became even more angry, pointing at the adjutant and staff officers with bruises on their foreheads, and suddenly frightened everyone to hurriedly convey the order, at this time they all knew that the commander of the Far East Fleet had been frightened, and all he was thinking about was how to escape.

On the Polar Star, seeing that the last three Russian [***] ships suddenly slowed down, Tan Xiaozeng smiled slightly: "The Russians are not ready to fight." ”

"Hmph, I want to run away with three broken ships?" Long Guozhang's eyes were slightly cold, and he ordered: "Let Xiao Tianzhi block them for me." ”――

Looking at the three warships that turned to meet the enemy, the Russian [***] officers were silent, everyone knew that they were almost sending them to death, but in the face of the angry commander, and the unapprehensive confrontation just now, none of them could think of any other way to stop the approaching Pacific Fleet.

The fierce cannon sound sounded again, although the Pacific Fleet needed to complete the turn first, but relying on the average speed of more than three knots per hour, it still quickly caught up, and now it depends on how long the three broken warships can resist.

Just when everyone was anxious, suddenly two huge flames exploded from the stern of the Kremlin, and the heavy cruiser, which had only completed half of the turn because of the flooding of the bow, was thrown into the sea of fire, and the violent explosion caused the stern of the ship with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons to break directly, and the sea water swarmed in, and soon it turned around on the sea surface, completely losing its combat effectiveness.

"Damn it! Hurry up! Hasten! ”

This scene made Withoeft even more nervous, and he kept urging the voyage to speed up, and at the same time hoped that the remaining two warships could hold back the pace of the Pacific Fleet.

But he didn't expect that another scene that made him even more shocking happen, after seeing the Kremlin being destroyed, the already seriously injured Admiral Nasimov immediately hoisted the white flag and withdrew from the battle!

Withoeft was stunned, he didn't expect the captain of the Admiral Nasimov to hoist the white flag and withdraw from the battle, and when he stared at the approaching Pacific Fleet with a pair of bloodshot eyes, he cursed the timid Admiral Nasimov frantically.

Before he could come to his senses, another shout shook him.

"Report, four warships have been spotted ahead!"

Due to the general low speed of Russian [***] ships, even if they are heavy cruisers, they are only 17 knots, and they are not at all opponents of the Pacific Fleet. Although theoretically the two Catherine II-class battleships could still keep two twin 305mm guns in their tail when they fled, the previous artillery battle had reduced the speed of the two ships to 12 knots, so Witheft had to sacrifice the three ships.

But he didn't expect that first Peter the Great was hit and exploded in just a few minutes, and then Admiral Nasimov raised a white flag, losing the face of the Slavic warriors, and now four warships of the Pacific Fleet appeared in front of him, this series of changes made him completely helpless, and he could only watch the four small warships flying the blood cloud dragon claw flag in the distance getting closer and closer.

Jiang Dao stood in the bridge, listening to the distant cannon sound directly itching, the gun mount on the deck was already full of officers and soldiers ready to go, they pricked up their ears, but their eyes were fixed on the mast of the Sky Survey in the distance.

Although the Swordfish is only a small destroyer in the establishment of the Pacific Fleet, no one dares to despise it, because this is a meritorious ship, and it was in the limelight in the last naval battle, and even the captain of the battleship Sirius walked out of this destroyer!

As Fang Jin became the captain of the battleship that everyone envied, most of the original veterans also followed him away, but even if the rest were some new recruits, Jiang Dao was still confident to take over the shift and continue the majesty of this meritorious ship!

The sound of artillery in the distance became more and more intensive, Jiang Dao's nose was panting hard, and he had just taken out a cigarette from his pocket to breathe, when the corners of his eyes flashed red, and he looked up suddenly, only to see that the observation post on the mast of the Sky Survey was already desperately waving the red flag!

"Go, full speed, all guns ready, torpedo ready!"

Almost at the same time as he saw the waving of the red flag, Jiang Dao threw away the cigarette that was usually precious to life, rushed to the captain's seat and shouted, and raised the telescope at the same time.

Having remained cruising on the edge and the pressure on the boilers never decreased, the four warships reached their top speed almost instantaneously and rushed towards the sound of the cannon at sea level.

I see the black smoke!

See the fire!

Russian battleships!

Fuck, they want to run!

As the intensity got closer and closer, Jiang Dao kept shouting in his heart, looking at the fire that was rising in the smoke in the distance, and the whole person trembled!

"Fifteen degrees to the left rudder, keep up with the Sky Survey!"

Jiang Dao commanded the navigator to ask him to follow closely behind the Sky Survey, and his eyes were fixed on the large Russian armored cruiser running at the front. The shells exploded around him, and the water column rose from the side of the ship, but this did not seem to stop the pace of the patrol formation.

Seeing that it was about to rush to the front of the Russian formation, the observation post on the mast of the Sky Survey suddenly raised two flags, and the flags crossed over, which was the signal for the attack!

With the signal, the Sky Survey that took the lead turned sharply, and in the rapid deflection of the bow, the hull of the ship began to tilt violently, and even a propeller in the tail was half exposed!

This was followed by the Swordfish, the Cruiser and the Sailfish!

"Left full rudder, No. 1 and No. 2 torpedoes fire!"

When the four warships were about to rush into the Russian formation, they suddenly drew a huge arc in front of the opposing formation, and in the inclined hull, Jiang Dao grabbed the handrails beside him to keep his body stable, and shouted.

The sharp turn produced a huge habitual surname, and the two torpedoes on the side that had long been on standby were like darts that had been thrown out, and they slammed into the water, and the fierce combustion of gas caused the small propeller in the tail to rotate rapidly.

Four warships, twelve torpedoes, were thrown out at the same time! Twelve white wakes slid out of the sea like twelve arrows from the string, and once fanned towards the armored cruiser at the front.

This is the latest torpedo tactics of the Pacific Army!

"Russians, try grandpa's torpedo!" As the sharp turn was over, and the hull gradually regained its balance, a torpedo launcher immediately let go of the handrail, rushed to the side of the ship, stared at the white wake, and suddenly raised his hand and shouted, which attracted a burst of laughter from the gunners on the left and right, and also brought the order of the captain Jiang Dao.

"Fire!" ――

Thundered.......

Thundered.......

Balls of gunpowder smoke erupted from the muzzles of the guns, and columns of water rose from all around the Russian fleet, and although the largest caliber naval gun in the patrol formation was only 150 mm naval guns, the Russian fleet, which had already been frightened, was suddenly in chaos.

"Fire, fire!"

The explosion, the water jet, and the rushing white wake woke Witheft, who pointed to the four small warships that were approaching quickly and shouted: "Order the cruisers and torpedo ships, intercept them!" ”

"Report, cruisers and torpedo ships did not follow!"

"What!"

Only then did Withoeft understand why the Pacific Fleet would exclude two valuable capital ships from intercepting the small warships he had dragged behind, and without a faster and more flexible small warship, he could only watch the other party get closer and closer.

Although the order to open fire was given, because it was the bow of the ship against the enemy, and the main guns in front of each ship were damaged in the previous body gun bombardment, even some intact ones could not be fired because the gun crew was exposed.

After Witheft gave the order, only the Chesma and the Imperial Guard, which were in better condition, fired two shells each, and the rest of the ships failed to fire.

Looking at the shells that had fallen far away, Wittheft was a little desperate, pointing at the twelve rapidly approaching wakes, and forgetting to give the order.

"Full rudder on the left, dodge the torpedo!"

The captain of the Duke of Edinburgh, who rushed to the front, was the first to see the torpedo, and the twelve white wakes had already frightened him into a cold sweat, and he shouted nervously, the rudder turned rapidly, and the bow began to shift little by little.

The deck under the bridge became a hornet's nest, full of sailors running around like headless flies, their eyes widened as they watched the torpedoes get closer and closer, everyone sweated nervously and shivered down their spines.

One, two, three, four .......

When the torpedoes passed by the hull of the ship, the sailors began to secretly rejoice, seeing that the hull was about to completely avoid the torpedo attack, there was a sudden shout from the direction of the stern, and several naval guns fired desperately at the same time, but the slow rate of fire could not deal with the rapidly approaching fish that slipped through the net.

Everyone saw that in front of the white track, a pitch-black torpedo slammed into the stern, and the explosion exploded from under the water, and the powerful shock wave of the nearly 10,000-ton warship moved dozens of meters away, and the violent shock swept several unstable sailors directly into the sea.

When the smoke of the explosion cleared, the sailors found that a hole several meters had been broken in the stern of the ship, and the sea water began to pour in, and in just a few seconds, the warship seemed to become an old man with a heavy load, and his steps were staggering.

The captain of the Duke of Edinburgh immediately ordered the loophole to be plugged, and at the same time continued to turn the rudder to avoid the formation behind, but what no one expected was that when a two-ship companion crossed it and continued to move forward, the Sinop in the back seemed to go crazy and collided head-on with the stern of the Duke of Edinburgh, which was turning.

The huge impact was accompanied by the tooth-souring sound of steel rubbing, which made the Duke of Edinburgh, which was hit in the stern, turn directly on the surface of the sea, and this scene suddenly made Witheft stunned, staring blankly at the deformed bow of the Sinop and the bridge that was still burning, and watching the Duke of Edinburgh's completely festering stern slump to the deck of the conning tower.

This sudden impact was something that everyone didn't expect, and Long Guozhang didn't expect it, looking at the completely disrupted Russian formation, he was also slightly stunned, but he quickly knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Immediately shouted: "Disband the formation, and the ships will attack freely." ”

"Kill it!"

After disbanding the formation, the ships seemed to have taken off the reins, and the faster Resolve was the first to rush out of the formation and rushed towards the nearest Peter the Great.

How could the sieve-like Peter the Great, who had been beaten a long time ago, be the opponent of the Determination, coupled with Liu Haitao's earnestness, he ordered a salvo of the main guns until he approached a thousand meters, and at such a close distance, almost without any aiming, several 203 mm shells drilled into the body of the Peter the Great at the same time.

Although the 203-mm armor-piercing shell was only filled with 15 kilograms of explosives, the swept shrapnel still directly opened four large holes in the hull, especially the one close to the water, which not only tore a large hole with a diameter of two meters, but also directly announced the death sentence of Peter the Great.

The sea frantically poured into the ruined hull, forming a huge whirlpool in front of the big hole, and after a few moments, the hull of Peter the Great began to tilt a little after a few struggles.

But Liu Haitao didn't seem to feel like it was enough, and waited until the main gun fired another volley and opened a few big holes in the opponent's hull again, and then patted his ass and rushed towards the chaotic battle group in front.

At eleven forty-five a.m., the Peter the Great sank.

At the same moment, under the frantic interception of the opponent's four small warships, and the formation was disrupted by the collision, and the speed was not as fast as the opponent's, Withoeft sat on the deck and gave the final order to fight separately.

At this time, the Antarctic Star led by Ji Weishan and the Sirius led by Fang Jin also surpassed the Russian formation for the first time, completely blocking the other party's continued escape route.

The two fleets began to fight each other.

The first unfortunate thing was the retreat of the second only to the Duke of Edinburgh's Imperial Guard, this and the determination class of the same tonnage of heavy patrol in the face of the sudden impact of the unprepared, although in the end narrowly avoided the two ships, but was surrounded by the Sky Survey and the Cruise, first by the two light cruisers fire attack hit the bridge, after losing command, and was hit by three consecutive torpedoes, although the second officer led everyone to hold on for thirty minutes, but in the case of unable to block the water, finally chose to abandon the ship, and at the same time opened the bilge of the sea valve.

Fifteen minutes later, when two 305-mm shells hit the stern in succession, Dmitry Donskoy hoisted a white flag and temporarily withdrew from the battle when the steering gear was damaged and the water was badly flooded.

However, the Sirius was not comfortable, and was hit by the opponent's main gun at close range into the bow main turret, although it failed to penetrate the armor, but the huge shock and explosion fragments still caused the death of more than a dozen sailors, and the bow main gun was temporarily unusable.

Ji Weishan had already aimed at the Chesma, but the smoke of the sea also affected the gunner's line of sight, and it was not until the twentieth minute that the Antarctic Star accurately hit the bridge of the Chesma at a distance of two thousand meters, although the shell did not penetrate the thick conning tower because of the angle, but the shock wave of the explosion stunned Witheft, and the adjutant had to send someone to hoist the white flag after seeing this.

After the loss of the flagship, the remaining Russian warships were even more chaotic, and an hour later, the unluckiest guy finally appeared, the Russian battleship Netren-Menya was pinned by the combined forces of the Daystar and the Polaris, and a 305-mm shell drilled into the ammunition magazine on the lower deck, and the violent explosion caused the rear deck of the battleship with a displacement of eight thousand tons to be disconnected, and it was thrown high and smashed on the water, tens of thousands of tons of seawater swarmed in, and after a few minutes it sank into the icy water.

After the sinking of the Netron-Menya, it meant that the four main battleships of the Russian Far East Fleet, the main firepower, were completely destroyed.

With the Swordfish shuttling between the main warships, Jiang Dao was not idle at all, with the weak guns of the ship small, but relying on the flexible maneuverability, he could often find the opponent's vacancy, or interspersed with the back of the enemy's butt that was bombarded with the capital ship, or simply used the soldiers running on the deck to practice point shooting, and while he was busy, the cracks at the corners of his mouth were getting bigger and bigger.

But just then, an accident happened!

"Captain, Russian torpedoes!"

A Russian light cruiser unexpectedly burrowed into the battle group with a large fire, and as soon as this guy rushed in, he fired two torpedoes at the stern of the Venus, which had just sunk the Nerent-Menya!

Due to the smoke of gunpowder at sea, the Venus did not find the other party, and the destroyer Hercule, which was chasing after the Russian cruiser and entered the battle circle, did not have time to inform its partner, and saw the torpedo rushing towards the Venus with a wake, Jiang Dao took a sharp breath.

"Machine guns! Shoot with all your might! Ten degrees on the right rudder, rush up! ”

"Ten degrees on the right side? Rush up! ”

The helmsman looked at the course of the torpedo and suddenly understood in his heart what the captain was going to do, he was just going to block the torpedo's path with the Swordfish! Almost subconsciously, the helmsman jerked the rudder dial, and the Swordfish rushed forward with the torpedo!

"Shock Prepared!" The shouts of the bridge were carried along the telephone lines to all parts of the ship, and the sailors grabbed the nearest fixture, and the 37mm machine guns on both sides fired wildly with all their might, and the shells rained down from below to the deck, colliding together with a clanging sound.

Suddenly, only a boom was heard, and a column of water exploded not far from the hull, but before everyone could experience the joy of hitting the torpedo, another torpedo had already arrived in front of them and plunged into the bow of the ship.

Rumble!

The violent underwater explosion produced a stronger cavity effect, and the Russian torpedoes were obviously not as undercharged as their shells, and the violent impact directly lifted the bow of the 700-ton destroyer off the water, and then smashed down again, tearing a huge hole in the bow.

Jiang Dao directly attacked with a strong force, and then the whole person flew up, and his head smashed into the corner of the nautical chart table in the bridge, and blood suddenly gushed out, but he didn't care about checking the wounds, got up and patted the officers around him, and ran towards the bow of the ship quickly.

The one-meter-diameter laceration wound made the bow of the Swordfish begin to lean forward, and Jiang Dao, whose face was covered with blood, immediately ordered to inject water into the compartment on the other side to ensure the balance of the hull as much as possible, but the Swordfish was a destroyer after all, and a one-meter crack was enough to kill, and twenty minutes later, when the balance could not be maintained, Jiang Dao gave the order to abandon the ship in tears.

Ten minutes later, the veteran ship of the Pacific Fleet, the meritorious ship, finally disappeared from the sea.

The encounter of the Swordfish suddenly made the Daystar erupt, especially when the other party sacrificed to save himself, Zhou Cheng heard the explosion in the stern at the same time, his eyes were red and he ordered to fire at the Russian cruiser with all his might!

Finally using flexibility to get rid of the Tenacious and Tenacity, the Reckless Man, who rushed into the battle circle in a panic, was originally seriously injured, and after being chased by the Daystar and hit again and again, he had to hang up the white flag, open the sea valve and prepare to sink itself in the strait.

But the captain's actions obviously made Zhou Cheng hate it very much!

Sneak attack on Lao Tzu, sink the Swordfish and want to escape? Forget it about running, even if you raise the white flag, you dare to sink yourself! Don't let Lao Tzu take prisoner yet! What a deal! So he immediately ordered the main gun to fire, and at a distance of less than a kilometer, four consecutive 305-mm shells directly blew up the cruiser of less than 3,000 tons, and the whirlpool generated by the explosion even directly swallowed the four lifeboats next to it, and the corners of the eyes of the remaining Russian captains twitched!

The captain of the Edinburgh directly ordered to stop sinking.

Eventually, the nearly four-hour naval battle came to an end when a 203-mm armor-piercing round of the Tenacious accurately hit a Russian destroyer and caused the ammunition depot to detonate.

Chesma surrendered, Sinop surrendered, Admiral Nasimov surrendered, Duke of Edinburgh, Dmitry Donskoy surrendered. The Russian battleship Netrun-Menya sank, the Peter the Great sank, the Imperial Guard, known as the second-class battleship, sank, and then the Kremlin was torpedoed into the sea by a Pacific Fleet destroyer.

Together with the two light cruisers and three destroyers that had already sunk, the Russian fleet lost a total of eight warships, and the commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, Vice Admiral Witheft, was also captured.

And the Pacific Fleet was not without a price, the Swordfish meritorious ship sank, and although the Spirit stopped the fire, because the flames spread to the boiler room below deck, it lost half of its power, and the hull was seriously damaged, so it was necessary to leave for at least half a year.

In addition, Sirius and Tenacious were also seriously damaged and needed to be docked for overhaul.

In terms of personnel, it was also quite serious, with a total of 176 deaths in the fleet, of which as many as 47 people failed to escape after the order to abandon the ship was issued, and more than 300 people were injured to varying degrees.

But it's all small compared to the big payoffs! Looking at the battleships that were cleaning the battlefield, and the five Russian [***] ships gathered with the hedgehogs, Long Guozhang took a deep breath, and took out a cigar from his pocket with trembling hands.

Seeing this, Tan Xiaozeng lit a fire for him and smiled slightly: "Commander, we have won!" ”

"Won!"

"We've won!"

The sound began to spread outward from the bridge of the Polarstar, and soon the sound was heard from all the warships, and in the sea breeze, the blood-red battle flag fluttered, and the broken sword-like warship under the abrupt dragon claw on the battle flag seemed to be even more bent!

A few hours later, with the ghostly appearance of the two cruisers on the horizon, the fleet abandoned the work of driving them away and continuing to search for the Russian overboard soldiers, and set out on a new path in the sunset......

(To be continued)