"General Spey, Scharnhorst's mission is to use absolute firepower superiority at close range to achieve victory in the shortest time! We cannot be afraid of casualties, otherwise if we hesitate, the entire fleet will be destroyed!

"Before the war, Liu Guanxiong repeatedly said to Count Spee. It can even be said that this layout was prepared for the Scharnhorst. If the Scharnhorst was allowed to directly confront the Armstrong

, even if they can persist for a while, after the five old-fashioned cruise ships were taken care of by the Russians, the Chinese Navy's capital ships will definitely not be able to stop it. Therefore, Cheng Biguang and others decided to take a risky move and let Taipei, whose main armor is relatively thick,

The Scharnhorst replaced the Scharnhorst, and then allowed the Scharnhorst to destroy an enemy cruiser as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, due to a strange combination of circumstances, the Scharnhorst faced the Russian-Dutch fleet again.

The weakest battleship in the world!

So after destroying the opponent's torpedo boat, under the leadership of Scharnhorst, a total of five armored cruisers moved a compass point to the left and quickly moved closer to the opponent, and locked the combat distance at 5 to 6km! At this distance

The Chinese Navy and the Russian armored cruiser formation engaged in a fierce exchange of fire. Nine 10,000-ton warships sprayed hot rain towards each other!

It has to be said that the Russian Navy, which has fully adopted the new 10-inch 50l main gun, has made an astonishing improvement in transmission. There are 32 10-inch guns, each gun is fired twice per minute, and one gun is 227kg. So the main gun of the Russian cruiser alone

The artillery firepower can fire more than 16 tons of explosives! Although the Chinese Navy has one more warship, the scene is still

Suppressed. Don't look at the last two Garibaldi-class armored cruisers 2 vs 1. But for the rough-skinned and thick-skinned Dutch cruisers, the already outdated 10-inch 40l main gun cannot defeat its 10-inch thick main gun.

The armor belt caused too much damage, but Zealandia's main gun could easily penetrate all other positions of the Garibaldi class except the main armor and main turret!

At a distance of 5,200 meters, the Sealand Province first concentrated fire and shot at the armored cruiser Lushun facing it! A 227kg gun was ejected at close range, with high muzzle velocity and a relatively close distance.

The relatively good fire control allowed the Dutch to have a very high hit rate at close range! In just two minutes of exchange of fire, the Port Arthur was hit by two main gun rounds. One of them was easy.

A 6-inch artillery gallery was torn apart. The 6-inch artillery weighing more than 5 tons was blown to pieces. The flying fragments not only killed all the officers and soldiers in the artillery gallery, but also penetrated the next door. The fire spread smoothly.

It spread to the surroundings along the dilapidated corridor. The too dense arrangement of gun emplacements affected the adjacent gun galleries. Another shot hit the bow of the Lushun, wiping off a piece of the beautiful flying shear bow!

The Weihai tried its best to support its friendly ships. Four 10-inch guns, three 6-inch guns and two 47-inch guns fired wildly at the rear deck of the Zeeland. Except for the 10-inch guns, which used armor-piercing, the rest were all

The secondary guns all use high-explosive attacks. You must know that the most vulnerable armor belt of the Zealand Province is 4 inches! The 6-inch guns are difficult to penetrate.

, so it is better to use the secondary battery to fire high explosives to suffocate the opponent! At this time, the armored cruiser Sealand Province, which was attacking the Lushun with all its strength, did not suppress the Weihai. Even the secondary battery lost its range of fire due to the angle problem. Full text of Super Brain

Reading. Without interference, the Weihai achieved results that were no less than those on the shooting range![

In the second salvo, a 10-inch gun hit the rear deck of the Zeeland. After successfully penetrating the upper armor belt, it was blocked by the dome armor above the steering gear. Although the thick dome armor blocked the

This blow. However, the huge vibration still caused the back plate to loosen, and the flames of the explosion began to spread on the upper deck, and red fire

Tongues and smoke of gunpowder came out from the breach from time to time. A group of damage control team members ran along the corridor towards the middle. This shot did not damage the vital parts and caused no water intrusion. It was just a fire, Holland

People are not nervous. Some people even light pipes for themselves. In their opinion, it is just a matter of spraying them with a water hose and a fire extinguisher.

But a disaster that fell from the sky turned this easy task into an impossible one! A 10-inch gun fired from the Weihai once again hit the stern of the Zealand Province! And it was the Dutch damage control team that had to pass by.

On the road! "At that time, I only felt the floor beneath my feet shaking as violently as an earthquake.

Jumped, and then a huge weapon came in from the front, and the entire damage control team was instantly smashed into a ball of flesh. When I walked over with a shudder, I found a cannon more than half a meter long.

He was lying in the aisle, but fortunately he didn't explode!" said a surviving Dutch navy petty officer.

Faced with this extra-large dumb head, the Dutch couldn't clean it or not clean it. The weight of 227kg was very difficult to carry, and God knows when the dumb hair would explode! However, after seeing the damaged head, the Dutch still had the courage to do so.

Go up and clean it up. Generally speaking, the fuse is on the head. Since the fuse has been destroyed, 80% of the cannon will not explode.

When the Dutch demolition crew boldly went up to dispose of the gun, a piece of shipbuilding steel fell from the ceiling and hit the rear of the gun. Then in the shocked eyes of the Dutch, another damage control team and demolition crew accompanied them.

The regiment exploded violently and turned into ashes! The head was indeed broken, but this gun had an old bottom-trigger fuse. The fuse of the gun was not in the front, but in the back!

The Sealand Province, which had taken two consecutive heavy shots and several medium-caliber cannons at its rear, could not help but calmly maintain its full attack power on the Weihai. This time, it was good luck that these two cannons did not cause too much damage.

It's just that the corridor leading to the rear deck is completely broken. But if the Port Arthur continues to attack, one shot will really destroy the wheelhouse.

If so, the Sealand Province would have already entered the gate of hell with half its life. The Dutch would not dare to use their rear dome armor to compete with the Chinese Navy's cannons to see who is stronger! In desperation, the Sealand Province was forced to move the rear.

Her four main guns were used to suppress the Port Arthur. After the firepower was dispersed, the Zeeland almost tied with the two Garibaldi-class armored cruisers.

Just when the battle between the three cruisers behind reached a stalemate, the armored cruiser Rotterdam bravely moved up and started a close battle with the PS-type armored cruiser Dalian. Silent Jack! This is what later generations of naval enthusiasts gave the Rotterdam.

The title of the first captain. This person is usually silent.

The insight and decisiveness shown by Captain Yan during the war have always been talked about by future generations. At the same time, he was also one of the few truly outstanding generals on the Dutch side in this battle for maritime supremacy in Southeast Asia.

He was the first officer besides Essen to see the hidden crisis in the Dutch fleet!

The Zeeland did not destroy the Lushun when it first gained the advantage. Under the threat of the Weihai, the Zeeland was forced to engage in a long artillery battle with the opponent. The Russian battleship Varyag in front of it,

How can I put it, it actually gives people a feeling that they are not doing their best! The Varyag tried to keep the distance from the Tianjin, and all attacks were

Under the premise of self-protection, the hull constantly changes its direction slightly to avoid the cannons coming from the opposite side. It is no wonder that the Varyag only has 6 inches of armor. Can it withstand the 10-inch 45l main gun at a distance of 6km?

The shooting is really inaccurate! So in the opinion of this Russian captain, if there is no problem on his own, waiting for others to open the gap is the best option!

"Now we can only rely on ourselves." He looked at the Zeeland, which was in a bitter battle, and the Varyag, which was "cruising around without attacking", and then looked at Ruri, who was beaten up by the Scharnhorst.

The silent Jack suddenly felt that a great responsibility was about to be handed down from heaven! At this moment, the silent Jack made the first important decision in his military life, which was to rush forward and get close to the Dalian.

fight!

Relying on the super penetration of the 10-inch 50L main gun and the 10-inch-thick main armor belt, the Rotterdam successfully suppressed the Dalian. What's more, the Dalian had no secondary guns.

There were so many people! Facing the oncoming Sealand, the Dalian was forced to turn half a compass point to the left to keep distance. At this time, the rear

The battle is developing into a chaotic direction. Some warships want to get closer to the opponent, and some warships want to stay away from the opponent. The battle line has become crooked, and the two Dutch torpedo ships sprinting with the Sun Rotterdam made the Dalian unstoppable.

Do not use maneuvers to dodge the coming attack! The battle formations of both sides were instantly disrupted!

The 16 10-inch guns of the two battleships exchanged fierce fire. Facing the two Dutch torpedo ships, a light cruiser of the Chinese Navy stepped forward and cut into the battlefield from the flank to attack the torpedo ship to provide cover for the Dalian.

Entering the opponent, it fired violently with the seven 6-inch guns on the ship, while the Dalian, after stabilizing its position, used the fire control system to

With the help of the commander, the firing of the six main guns gradually became more accurate. Both sides hit their opponents almost at the same time. One of the Rotterdam's guns successfully penetrated the Dalian's upper armor belt, opening a large hole in the middle of the hull.

The Dalian also turned a 6-inch gun of the Rotterdam into scrap metal. The two sides were in a draw for a while.

But the tie on the scene did not last long. After easily solving the two lightning strike ships, the Chinese Navy light cruiser tried to get close to launch torpedoes, but only one light cruiser struck an ultimate armored cruiser with intact firepower.

really

There was some misfortune. At a distance of about 4km, the Rotterdam suddenly turned its guns and fired several rounds of salvos at the cruiser! During this time, the bow of the sprinting light cruiser suddenly raised a beam of more than ten meters high.

Pillar of fire, a single 6-inch artillery piece was torn apart instantly

It was broken into pieces, and even the artillery gallery and supply equipment underneath were completely dug out and thrown into the sky. Then another cannon shot pierced the prey's abdomen like the claws of a bear and a lion. This was a fatal blow.

This directly paralyzed half of the power of this light cruiser! High

Pressurized water vapor mixed with debris and blood mist spurted out from the breach with an area of ​​up to 10 square meters. Thick white smoke covered the entire battleship. The light cruiser that was just menacing instantly turned into a line.

Dead fish are floating vigorously on the sea surface.

However, in just a few minutes, the Dalian was destroyed. Without interference, this old battleship gave the opponent several heavy blows! Colonel Jack was destroying it cleanly for himself.

When he was complacent about having captured a light cruiser on the other side, the loud noise from the bow made Jack frown slightly. He saw bursts of thick smoke coming from the side of the turret on the bow, and a huge hole appeared in the thick smoke and

It was looming under the package of flames. It was obvious that the armor-piercing round just hit from the side and penetrated the 120mm thick side armor of the turret. Not only did it blow the 10-inch main gun inside into two pieces, but also the lower gun.

The rack and machine turned into a pile of scrap metal. All the Dutch officers and soldiers fighting in half of the turret were killed. Fortunately, the piece was blocked by a 50mm thick steel plate between the two artillery pieces, so there was no damage to the other side.

Another shot hit the turret's mount. This shot did not penetrate because of the angle. However, the violent vibration was transmitted to the mount through the steel plate, and the crane was instantly stuck! The last shot was

Cut off half of the Rotterdam's chimney, billowing smoke rose from it, and the entire conning tower

They were all wrapped in thick smoke. At this moment, the high quality of the Chinese Navy was revealed. In just a few minutes, the firepower of both sides almost reached the same level. Although the silent Jack had a good idea, he did not achieve his goal.

, at least at the beginning, it was not able to defeat the Dalian in a short period of time.

The Varyag was playing Tai Chi with the Tianjin. The captain of the Varyag tried his best to keep the distance between the two sides above 7km, even tearing the entire formation apart. If the Rotterdam-class armored cruiser faced the Chinese Navy on the battle line,

If the PS-type armored cruiser constitutes an absolute advantage, then the remaining

Compared with the PS-type armored cruiser, the Rick 2 armored cruiser has at most some advantages. The artillery is stronger, but there is a certain gap in protection. The thickness of the side armor is 2 inches different. In addition, the 120mm secondary gun is indeed not as good as the 6-inch secondary gun.

Awesome. So the advantages of this class of battleships are very limited.

The two sides kept spitting out tongues of fire at a normal combat distance. With the Tianjin approaching the attack target several times, facing this slippery warship that was as slippery as a loach, the 10-year-old Tianjin was really unable to get close to it.

, but no matter what, with the superior fire control at a distance of 7km, the Tianjin was quite close to the Varyag.

"The training level and quality of the Chinese Navy is significantly higher than that of the Russian and Dutch sides. Although the Tianjin armored cruiser has been equipped with a new 11-inch 45l naval gun, the artillery servo and crane are still relatively backward. The average rate of fire is 175 rounds per minute.

Left and right, and the 10-inch 50l main gun used by the Russian warship opposite is a new design.

Its peak rate of fire is more than 2 rounds per minute. Coupled with the advantage in the number of artillery, the projection volume of the Russian warship is more than 40% higher than that of the Chinese Navy. However, at this distance, the hit rates of both sides are about the same." A German

Naval observers wrote this in their report after carefully comparing the hit data of the Varyag and the Tianjin.

Although the three-ship patrol of the Russian-Dutch Combined Fleet had an advantage against the four-ship patrol of the Chinese Navy, no one was able to break the deadlock in a short period of time. Within 20 minutes before the battle, the two sides basically fought a tie. From the hit

In terms of numbers, the two sides are basically equal. The Russian and Dutch navy, which has the advantage of projection, did not perform better. At least on the big surface, the Chinese navy seems to have stabilized the situation, and what really determines the outcome of the war depends on the battle between the giant beasts in front.

Compete!
Chapter completed!