PS: I'm sorry, I was too busy the first two days, now make up for the first one......

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February 25 at 9:50 a.m., Kissira Strait.

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

As the distance approached, both fleets were desperately trying to send the strongest greetings to each other. However, now because the distance is still about 20 kilometers, the fire is fired by the super dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts in the queues on both sides, and the dreadnoughts and the patrol ships can only stare dryly because of the lack of range and elevation angle.

At this time, the state of affairs on both sides was that the Entente lined up the battle line slowly to the north at a speed of 3 knots, forming a blockade line. The Allied fleet, on the other hand, was a horizontal formation, charging at maximum speed towards this line of battle, trying to conflict the blockade of the opposing side.

There is no way for the Allied fleet to charge with a horizontal formation, and the Duke of Abruzzi is an old navy, of course, he will not line up the battle line at this time to let the other party naturally occupy the T-shaped horizontal head, so the loss will be even greater. It is better to charge with a horizontal team, so that the opponent cannot concentrate fire, so that there is a chance to rush over.

Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to charge with only the capital ships, and he soon discovered in the crossfire that behind the enemy battle line were weaker dreadnoughts. At this time, he immediately ordered all his light ships to charge at this weak point, disrupt the opponent's position with lightning strikes, and increase his chances of victory.

The light cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats that had been following them immediately charged at full speed, and soon they overtook their capital ships and charged at the rear of the Allied battle line.

At this time, at the head of the Entente battle line was the Chinese fleet, followed by the French fleet, and finally the British fleet. And light ships are also distributed according to nationality. The focus of the Allied charge was now on the British pile of dreadnoughts, while the French fleet, being in the middle, was less affected.

After discovering that the opposing light ships rushed up, the British light ships covering behind also launched a counter-charge without showing weakness. Led by two fast-class armored cruisers, they cut through the gap in their battle line and headed up for the opposing light ships.

It should be mentioned here that these two fast classes were originally intended as battleships. At the end of the 19th century, when the arms race in South America was in full swing, Argentina, Chile's old rival, ordered four Garibaldi-class armored cruisers from Italy, and became the leader of the South American navy. In response, Chile ordered two battleships from Great Britain to deal with armored cruisers in the Argentine Navy, which were the fast-class ex-dreadnoughts.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, relations between South American countries have eased, and various countries have sold new and under-built ships in order to alleviate the financial pressure caused by the arms race, and Chile has also put up for sale two battleships built in Britain. In order to prevent Chile from being sold to a rival Russia, the two ships were purchased by the British government on December 3, 1903.

But it was only named a battleship, and its main guns were only two twin 10-inch (254mm) 45-gauge guns, and the secondary guns were 14 7s. 5-inch (190mm) guns, as well as 14 14-pounder rapid-fire guns and 4 6-pounder guns. The main armor belt is only 178 mm, and it is still a poor "belt" with a height of less than 1 meter, most of which are only 76-152 mm. That is, neither firepower nor armor, this parallel cargo could not be considered a real battleship. Compared with the traditional British battleships, it was more like a first-class high-speed heavy armored cruiser, and the armor protection was very weak compared to the battleships, but it had powerful secondary guns and high speed.

However, Britain also has a bit of a headache with this kind of chicken rib like a specification, such a crispy skin into the battle line must be looking for death, but as a cruiser, the speed of 19 knots is obviously not enough. Originally, it was only placed in the Mediterranean Fleet to make up the numbers, but after the disastrous defeat of Jutland, the home fleet was completely wiped out, and the dignified British Empire was actually left with only one dreadnought, and had to rely on these outdated former dreadnoughts to support the façade. By the way, the dreadnoughts against the Allies, many of their newer former dreadnoughts have been modernized.

As an old naval power, the British do not know that it is not as cost-effective to refit old ships as to build new ships, but it takes too long to build new ships, and it is faster to refit old ships. In doing so, they were perhaps inspired by the Germans, who also modernized their family's dreadnoughts and survived the Battle of Jutland.

However, not to mention, after the transformation of the British at any cost. Before that vote, the dreadnought was equipped with a new type of shooting commander, a modified turret, and a steam turbine power, and its combat effectiveness was indeed greatly advanced. Although it can't be compared to a real dreadnought, it's not completely powerless.

And the fast class is not up to the bottom, even the embarrassed British do not look down on it, they did not think of using this kind of thing as a battleship, so they simply replaced it with a steam turbine and a new fire control system, and downgraded it to an armored cruiser.

Now that the speed of these two modified fast classes has been increased to 25 knots, they can indeed be considered cruisers. Moreover, its secondary guns were equipped with 14 new 6-inch rapid-fire guns, which greatly increased the rate of fire and was more effective against light ships. And although its armor can only be regarded as scum in a battleship, it is terrible to put it in a light ship, and it can't be touched at all.

The current actual combat has also fully proved that the British transformation plan is still very good, I saw that the two downgraded versions of the front dreadnought rushed to the front, crossed the hull, and used 7 6-inch rapid-fire guns on the side and 4 10-inch guns on the bow and tail to hit the Italian's light ships violently. Due to their own strategic thinking, the light ships of Italy and Austria basically have no armor at all, and the tonnage is not large, and most of their main guns are 4-5 inches, at most 6 inches, and they can't beat these two fast classes at all. And the 10-inch and 6-inch guns of the fast class are unbearable for them.

In a short time, five light ships on the Italian-Austrian side were flareted into torches by the Speedy class. With the active presence of these two fast classes, British light ships also took the opportunity to fight the water dogs. Soon, the light ships of Yiao were suppressed.

However, the good times did not last long, and the two fast class were also noticed by Yiao's super dreadnoughts when they beat elementary school students. Soon, two Queen Elizabeth-class ships and two Andrea Doria-class ships were targeting these two nasty ones.

Suddenly, there was a roaring sound of a train in the air.

"Boom, boom...... Boom, boom, boom, boom ......" On the sea surface around the two fast classes, more than a dozen high water columns were raised.

"Quick...... Hurry up and retreat......" The captain of the Rapid had a white face, how could he not see that this was a 14-inch class heavy gun? They had originally taken advantage of the fact that the opponent's super dreadnought was attracted by their own capital ship, and took the risk to go forward to suppress the opponent's light ship, but now that they have completed the task, the other party has also turned their attention to themselves, and it would be a fool not to hurry away.

He immediately ordered his light ships to go up to lightning strikes, and at the same time informed the Triumph next to him to immediately leave. Their only advantage now is that the Ito-Austrian fleet is now facing them, and only the front main guns can do their job.

But it is not easy to slip away at this time, they have rushed far away in order to suppress the opponent's light ships just now, and at this time they are only 14 kilometers away from the enemy's capital ships, which is already very close for super dreadnoughts. Even if only the front main gun can be used, it is very dangerous.

At this time, not only did the four super-dreadnoughts aim their main guns at them, but even the two combined forces class that were a little farther away also aimed their main guns at them. Large-caliber shells were constantly falling around the two fast ships, and they were turning almost like raindrops.

Just as they were about to complete their turn, someone in the bow of the Swift flew into a fireball.

"......Boom" A 310-mm shell from the Austro-Hungarian Tigerhof hit the bow of the Rapid and exploded under the waterline, blowing up the underwater part of the entire bow, and the Rapid suffered this shot, and it could no longer get up, and the speed suddenly dropped to less than 18 knots.

Misfortune was not a one-way street, and the Triumph, which had just completed the turn, also took a shot. This was an even more powerful 390-mm shell. The United Empire's heavy armor-piercing projectile hit the starboard side of the Triumph in a very straight trajectory, effortlessly penetrating the 152 mm armor belt, and through multiple layers of compartments, exploding near the boiler room. The powerful shock wave destroyed the main steam pipe in the boiler room, and the hot steam quickly turned the surrounding area into a large steamer, killing and wounding the officers and soldiers near the boiler room, and most importantly, the leaking high temperature steam completely blocked the passage, making it impossible for the loss team to approach at all. The Triumph's power was greatly reduced, and it suddenly fell below 10 knots.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Italian's fleet immediately burst into a violent blow, and countless thick columns of water exploded around the two Triumph-class. Germany introduced a "new" sighting and fire control system from China before the war, although these things are more than two generations behind China's own use, but for the international mainstream products at this time it is indeed at least one generation ahead, not to mention, the electric computer used for computing alone is much faster by the current hand-cranked computer, and there is a more sophisticated optical aiming system. At this time, the capital ships of the Italian-Austrian fleet were naturally all replaced with this "new" fire control system, and the hit rate was much higher than that of the British and French warships.

Five minutes later, the Rapid was hit three times, two 14-inch shells, one 12-inch shell, and one 14-inch shell formed a water-borne shell, which exploded its chrysanthemum, and the propeller and steering gear were blown up, and the destructive power of the heavy artillery made the 11,700-ton parallel cargo battleship collapse on the surface of the sea. Another 12-inch shell blew up the gallery of its secondary gun, and caused the ammunition of the secondary gun to detonate, tearing a large hole seven or eight meters long in the underwater part of the side of the gun, and the battleship began to roll rapidly as a large amount of sea water swarmed in.

The slower Triumph was even more miserable, receiving four 390-mm shells, one of which directly penetrated the safety door of its front main gun and ammunition lifting channel, and exploded directly in the ammunition depot, and the battleship was suddenly broken in two in a shocking explosion and sank at a breakneck speed.

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Of course, the losses are all relative, and now the two sides can be seen as a "field bogey horse race" like the upper and lower horses. The "Shangsi" on both sides are super-dreadnoughts equipped with 390 mm, but the Entente's Sunwu-class super-dreadnoughts have an absolute advantage over the other party's Queen Elizabeth-class in terms of the number of ships, the number of guns and fire control.

The Entente's "Lower Horse" is also a modernized former dreadnought, and the Essmouth was shot from 26 kilometers by the United Empire, which was purely unlucky. There's no way, when this kind of thing happens, even Yamato has to kneel, it's not that these former dreadnoughts are really vulnerable. And the "subordinates" of the Allies are miserable, just an old-fashioned patrol. What is the fate of the loading patrol against the super dreadnought, far from it, the two fast class that were beaten up just now are the best examples, this is still a strengthened version of the dreadnought downgraded from the previous dreadnought.

When the fast class was flown by car, the Allies also suffered heavy losses. Now the Chinese capital ships are facing the enemy on the side again, and they can exert all their main gun firepower. Facing a bunch of outdated outfits is as easy as shooting a target.

The main imaginary enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Navy before was Italy next door, so they did not attach much importance to cruisers, because they were simply not needed in this small bathtub in the Adriatic. So they had only three armored cruisers so far, namely: Empress Maria-Theresia, Karl IV, and St. George, and the three ships were of different loads. And the firepower of these three ships is very weak, they are all two single-mounted 240 mm guns, with a standard displacement of 5200 to 8200 tons, and the Sun Wu class they are facing is one of the most powerful battleships in the world today.

At 9:50, while the two fast class ships were still bullying a bunch of schoolchildren, China's capital ship made the first hit. The second salvo of the Sun Wu hit the Austro-Hungarian Navy's armored cruiser Empress Maria-Theresia, and the 390-mm shell directly penetrated the front armor of the thickly armored main turret, completely destroying the front main gun with a violent shock wave and scorching heat.

This full displacement of 6,000 tons, the old patrol in the first year of service has long been outdated, this time out of the original just out of a soy sauce, but now it is forced to face the most terrible opponent. It is not clear whether the Duke of Abruzzi has selfish intentions in this arrangement, and he wants to pit Austria-Hungary easily, but there must be considerations for the gecko's tail breaking. Let your own patrol deliberately send to death, in order to contain the opponent's most powerful main force, you can take the opportunity to break through.

But he definitely didn't expect that this kind of Cheng Dù sending death would not even achieve the effect of containment. Because the Chinese battleships not only have a 40-degree elevation angle of the main guns, the firing range can be very long, but also all are equipped with a series of high-tech products such as advanced observation and sighting systems, ballistic radars, and fire control computers, with the support of these advanced fire control equipment and calibrators, the hit rate of the Chinese battleships is extremely high, so high that it exceeds their imagination.