PS: Sorry, it's a little late

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12:55 p.m.

The "Boom, Boom, Boom, ......Boom" Seventh Patrol flagship Daijiang fired the first shot, and the Huaihe, Tarim, and Nujiang also fired on the flagship.

Their target, however, was not the six shore defense battleships that the Dutch considered to be their main force, but the six Dutch-class protective cruisers that escorted them.

The Obijiang is the third ship of the Huaihe class and is named after the main river in the province of Korea, "Obijiang". The name Obijiang may not be known to many people, but its other name, Hanjiang, is more well-known. After the establishment of a province in Korea, the name Han River was not very appropriate, because it was the same name as the Han River in Hubei Province. So the Chinese government renamed it Daijiang, which also has a history, and in the early period of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms of Korea, it was called "Daishui", which is equivalent to restoring its ancient name.

Of course, the Dutch would certainly not care about this issue, especially the officers and men of the few Dutch-class protective cruisers that were beaten, and they only wanted to scold their mothers now.

I saw that four Huaihe-class 60 155-mm main guns and 32 100-mm secondary guns were firing at a rate of fire of 8-18 rounds per minute, and the orange-red 1≤ fires sprayed from the muzzles almost enveloped the entire hull, and every minute, 480 rounds of 45 kg and 576 rounds of 14 kg high-explosive incendiary bombs flew towards the opposite Dutch-class cruiser.

"It's so fast!Chinese how can the six-inch and four-inch guns be so fast......" Worcester said incredulously. The Chinese moved too fast, they barely test-fired, or the interval between test-shot and potency shot was too short for him to distinguish.

Worcester hurriedly ordered: "Hurry, turn quickly, and immediately reinforce the Dutch!

Yes, although the Huaihe-class light cruiser is only a light cruiser, but the firepower is extremely fierce, and the main gun it is equipped with is the latest 1915 type 155 mm 50 times the diameter of the high-level dual-purpose naval gun, because it has to take into account the air defense, the rate of fire has been vigorously worked, reaching 8 rounds per minute, and the limit rate of fire is 10 minutes per minute. Its secondary gun is also the latest 1915 model 100 mm 55 times diameter high-level dual-purpose gun, which adopts a large number of later designs, and the rate of fire reaches 18-20 rounds per minute.

Its five triple main turrets are in a knapsack layout with two front and three central axes, one of the seven twin secondary turrets is behind the No. 2 main turret in a knapsack layout, and the other six are arranged on both sides. That is to say, its broadside firepower can reach 15 155 mm guns and 8 100 mm guns, and its firepower delivery capacity has reached almost 30 tons per minute, which is a well-deserved rain of bullets.

And their current opponents, the Dutch-class, are pitiful, and this old cruiser, built in the last century, has long been obsolete. With a displacement of only 3840 tons, it is only a little larger than a large Chinese destroyer, and there are only 2 5 weapons of the same class. 9-inch (150mm) 40x radial rapid-fire gun and 6 4. 7-inch (120mm) 40x radial rapid-fire guns, despite their name, these old goods from the last century had half the rate of fire of their Huaihe-class counterparts.

Well, this is not the most fatal, the most fatal range. The effective range of the Huaihe-class 100-mm guns can reach 18 kilometers, the effective range of the 155-mm guns is 22 kilometers, and the effective range of the Dutch-class guns is less than 14 kilometers.

Now the distance between the two sides is 17 kilometers, and the Chinese cruisers can pour fire together with the main and secondary guns, and the poor Dutch-class can't even fight back. Of course, it's not that they don't want to close the distance so that their guns can also be useful. But their speed is too slow, the maximum speed at the time of design is only 20 knots, after the modification in the previous years, replaced with a new type of engine, but after all, the foundation is limited, the current maximum speed is only 23 knots, while their enemy Huaihe class has a speed of 33 knots.

The four Huaihe-class light cruisers frantically spewed tongues of fire, and kept spewing out an astonishing number of bullets, and the shells that split their heads and shells were fired at the Dutch cruisers.

Dense shells exploded around the Dutch cruisers, and the continuous splashing of water columns and mist almost completely covered the four Dutch cruisers. Although the hit rate of the Chinese fleet is quite touching due to the environment, no matter how low the hit rate is, it can't stand up to the large number. In the terrible rain of bullets, the Dutch warships were shot one after another, and the rain of high-explosive incendiary bombs continued to explode on their hulls, and clusters of orange-red fireballs and white gunpowder smoke continued to rise on the hull.

"Yes, that's it, hit them with deflagration shells, wash their decks, and keep the armor-piercing shells for those iron turtles!" Shen Honglie shouted with interest.

The medium ** ship did not wash the deck with armor-piercing shells, but with high-explosive incendiary bombs. This is because Shen Honglie is ready to paralyze the opponent's firepower first, and then think about sinking, no matter how terrifying the Huaihe-level firepower projection is, it is only a light patrol, and it takes a lot of time to rely on 155 mm artillery to sink the opponent. Besides, even if you get the six cruisers in front of you, the other side still has six shore defense battleships.

However, although it is not an armor-piercing shell, the defense of the Dutch-class cruiser is very poor, the hull only has the dome armor to protect the core compartment, and the conning tower and the main gun and gun frame are protected by armor, and there is no main armor belt at all, even high-explosive incendiary shells can penetrate its hull as long as they use a delay fuse.

The Dutchmen were still tenacious, and although they had little counter-attack at the moment, they still fought their way to their opponents. From the Obie, if you only use the naked eye, you can only see the vague figures of those Dutch cruisers staggering in the rain of bullets.

For this almost tragic scene, Shen Honglie was not moved at all, but said disdainfully: "I just don't understand, is there still a need to go to the battlefield like this kind of broken ship that requires speed but no speed, firepower and no firepower, that is, it can't be beaten and can't run?"

At this time, the Chinese cruisers lined up in a column and faced the enemy with the port side, while the six Dutch-class cruisers did not have time to dissolve the formation at all, and could only charge in two irregular horizontal formations. As the distance closes, the hit rate is rapidly increasing. Under the terrible rain of bullets, soon there was the first victim.

13:11.

A 155 shell from the Tarim River hit the starboard side of the Zeeland, just above the hull of the Zeeland's gun profile, and the fragile hull steel plate could not stop the shell with a muzzle velocity of more than 800 meters, and was directly pierced. In order to reduce the center of gravity of the Dutch-class cruisers, the side side guns were not arranged with one gun profile per gun, but in the simplest gun gallery style. That is, a "corridor" was opened on the side side, and then all the guns were piled on this "corridor", without any gaps between the gun emplacements.

This design is very unsafe, so it was gradually abandoned after entering the 20th century, but these Dutch products are products of the last century, so they still maintain this original design, so it is a tragedy.

Under the effect of the delayed fuse, the shell did not explode until it burst into the gun gallery, and the powerful shock wave generated after the explosion swept across the entire gun gallery, countless shrapnel ejected in the narrow space, and the gunners inside died instantly. And that's not all, and then the high-temperature flames produced by the thermite fill the entire artillery gallery, and the inside becomes a hell of flames. At the same time, the high temperature of the thermite caused the ammunition to detonate, and the powerful shock wave blew countless holes in the hull of the Zeeland, and several cracks were blown open in the underwater part of the port side, and a large amount of seawater poured into it. The speed of the Zeeland suddenly dropped to 16 knots.

13:13. The Gerdland, which had already caught fire, could no longer withstand the heavy rain. Dozens of holes had been punched into its hull, and the superstructure had been burned beyond recognition, and once the thermite burned, not even the rain could extinguish it. At this time, two shells had to hit the part of his chimney, and the chimney, which was already crumbling to the ground, could no longer support it, and after a few convulsions, it collapsed. The collapsed front chimney hit the bridge right now, and then the bridge crew fell into bad luck, and the captain and most of the crew were either killed or injured. Almost at the same time, several shells blew up the steering gear room, and the warship immediately lost control.

In the next few minutes, the North Brabant and Utrecht were also cleaned of their decks and superstructures, killing and wounding the entire hull, completely shrouded in hot flames and toxic smoke, completely incapacitated.

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"Hurry, hurry, reinforce the cruisers immediately......" Worcester urged several shore defense battleships to reinforce the cruiser group in the bitter battle. But these warships were only 16 knots, and by the time they finally turned around and turned around, the four cruisers that had been set on fire had already been beaten into torches.

"Full speed ahead!" Worcester was about to command six shore defense battleships to kill the battlefield, when he suddenly felt a huge earthquake under his feet. The floor jumped hard, and he was immediately thrown diagonally by the tremendous force, and then fell back to the ground, and then rolled into the corner like a bowling ball.

While the others were still in the air, they heard a low muffled sound outside, and then another after they landed. Then I heard the tooth-aching cracking sound of metal under my feet.

"What's going on?" he struggled to get up on the wall.

At this time, the captain shouted in panic: "General, we have been hit by a torpedo! We have hit two torpedoes! It should be a submarine of the Chinese!"

"Bastard!" Worcester looked out of the bridge, and he was horrified to find that the entire formation of shore defense battleships was in disarray.

It was not only the Seven Provinces Soyuz that was torpedoed, but also the nearby Duke Hendrick, Harpertsun-Tromp, and Jacob van Hermskork. The worst of all was the Jacob van Hermskork, which had been cut in two, one end and the other high. The second was the Duke Hendrik, the bow of the ship was gone, and I don't know where it had been bombed, and at this time it had already tilted. The Harpertsson-Tromp had a big hole in its butt and lost all its power, slumping on the surface like a dead fish.

"Your Excellency General, please leave the ship quickly! This ship can no longer be saved......" The captain said with an ugly face: "The keel of this ship is broken, the power compartment is completely destroyed, and the flooding can no longer be stopped......

The Druith and Marten, who were still relatively intact, were also overwhelmed, watching the surrounding sea warily and shooting at suspicious-looking places.

At this time, in the sea about seven kilometers away from them, two submarine "Seal-class" ocean-going attack submarines were quietly levitating.

"It's a good feeling to rob while the fire is on......" Captain Wu of submarine 053 threw a piece of chewing gum into his mouth with a smile and continued to lie on the periscope to watch his results.

The two submarines had been following the Dutch fleet for a day and a night, and had not found an opportunity to attack in front of them. It wasn't until the Dutch fleet divided its forces and the remaining light ships of the second column were pinned down by the roundabout Seventh Patrol that they finally waited for their chance.

Because the sea conditions were not very ideal, they had just reached a position of seven kilometers before a torpedo salvo came and emptied all six launch tubes in the bow in one go, and three torpedoes against one, a total of nine of the twelve torpedoes hit, two were sunk, and two were seriously damaged, and the results were quite good.

He was now waiting for his men to reload the torpedoes, and when the torpedoes were loaded, he would also take out the two remaining shore defense battleships. Although these coastal defense battleships are relatively watery and do not live up to their name, they still have the name of battleships, and they can still boast of it.

"Well, this torpedo is very useful, but it is too slow to reload...... "Captain Wu muttered.

Torpedo reloading is much slower than loading shells, especially this Fish-2 wire-guided passive acoustic torpedo, although the hit rate is extremely high, but the reloading speed is slower than the traditional direct torpedo, because it needs to be rewired, and some debugging is required, which is quite troublesome, and it takes at least an hour. At this time, they still have two torpedoes in the tail launch tube, but they are the bottom of the box that is only used in emergencies, and they are generally not used, so they should be kept to prevent accidents, such as the sudden killing of an anti-submarine ship or something.

At this time, the communications officer suddenly reported: "Captain, 062 is calling, and they have found a Dutch fleet coming from the southeast......"

"What? Plane ......" Captain Wu hurriedly turned the periscope and looked to the southeast. Sure enough, a swarm of biplanes is flying in this direction, and the distance will not exceed 30 kilometers.

The Seal-class submarine is also equipped with radar, but it is installed on the bridge and can only be used when it surfaces, and at the moment both submarines are in a periscope state, so naturally they cannot be used, or the group of aircraft would have been discovered long ago. Fortunately, No. 062 has sharp eyes, or I'm afraid that it will fly overhead, and even start attacking to find out.

"Damn, dive down and maneuver to dodge...... Why aren't these guys coming late!" Captain Wu hurriedly ordered, and immediately lowered the periscope. Submarines are very vulnerable to aircraft, they have little way to fight back against aircraft, and if they are detected, they can be easily killed. Even a very advanced submarine like the Seal class is very dangerous, even in the face of old biplanes.

Captain Wu's task is to track and monitor, attacking enemy ships is just an extra fast, he doesn't want to put himself in for extra money.

At this moment, the third cruise, which was going around in circles with the Dutch dreadnoughts, was also attacked by a submarine......