The bow of the dreadnought "Belleluofeng" was flooded, and the hull lost balance. Coupled with the vibration caused by the explosion, the power output dropped sharply, and the speed was reduced in a crooked manner.

The "Magnificent" quickly accelerated and snatched over to help as a meat shield, but only crossed the hull less than thirty degrees. Suddenly, a group of volleys shot from the diagonal piercings came, and two heavy armor-piercing bombs from the two German ships hit their separate parts and tails respectively!

"Bang!"

The entire warship shook twice in succession, and the steel immediately collapsed and flesh splattered!

The weak side main armor could not stop the Chinese-made armor-piercing bomb. Under the fierce high-kinetic bombardment, he could not even resist at all. He directly surrendered and was poured into the central cabin.

The tail shot was slanted into the slant, destroying a group of propellers and spindles. The subsequent violent explosion tore open two huge holes in the warship, and a turbid thick smoke and volcano erupted, sweeping across the entire ship!

A main turret on the starboard side of the "Magnificent" was completely destroyed, and the stern rudder was not good. Not only did it lose its speed, but its firepower also plummeted.

This was a life-threatening death. The ship's damage manager rushed to put out the fire and rescued it like crazy, for fear that one would cause a bad explosion, so he played with it. However, the constant bombing around and the violent rolling of the warship made them unable to stand firmly, let alone serious work.

The two iron armored ships that were originally following behind were going to take the opportunity to catch a pair of iron, but at this time they had to bravely rush up, mixed between the two dreadnoughts, and bombarded fiercely with forward artillery. Because the optical range measurement and fire control were not smooth enough, in the face of the overwhelming artillery fire, they simply ignored the update of the shooting elements at any time. The members of the turrets played freely, relying on visual estimation, and kept loading and launching based on experience.

In this way, by accident, the main gun of the warship almost squeezed the speed of fire to the limit, and combined with the auxiliary gun, it fired a dense barrage. Occasionally, a shot could force into the opposite battleship and exploded a magnificent water column.

But that's all.

Relying on speed and flexibility, the two armored cruisers rushed forward desperately, using their main guns to fire and blew them up, while trying to force them into and release the torpedoes for life, creating chaos.

Major General Spe stood steadily in the combat command room at the top of the bridge and ordered lightly: "Tell each ship to choose the target enemy ships on their own and attack with all their strength without any difference! Well. Try to keep a distance of more than 8,000 yards from them, and don't let them seize the opportunity to release the torpedo."

In any case, the four battleships are responsible for the great tasks of the rise and fall of the empire and cannot be easily consumed in such a degree of naval battle. On the premise of ensuring their own safety, it is the wisest way to hunt enemies as much as possible and obtain military merits.

After issuing the order, the Major General gently stroked the chart table with a little love, and praised Lei Ran: "What a great guy, you can play the advantage of high-speed maneuvering. Compete with the cruiser. Who is her opponent with such performance?"

He felt a little regretful. Such an excellent warship. The imperial shipbuilding industry is still not available. Even half a year ago, the battleship models and drawings obtained from the Chinese were secretly sent back to the local area and analyzed by excellent engineers from their country. The results made them frankly admit that the Chinese designs were too exquisite. In contrast, they were recognized by Europe as superb and excellent German warships in industry, and they were clumsy and seemed to be an elderly woman.

There are countless gaps in it. To calculate roughly, the main aspects are all-round gaps.

For example, the hull structure, the internal space utilization rate of Chinese battleships is at least 20% larger than the "Bavarian-class" designed by Germany. Although the length of the Bavarian ship is ten meters shorter, compared to the living and passing space, movement space and comfort level of the Chinese warships, it feels like a wooden warship of the last century. It is frustrating, cramped, and there are unsmooth corridors and corridors everywhere, and the air is turbid and suffocating.

At the same time, the Chinese-made ship, which has three triple main guns, has a much smaller full load displacement than the Ba Ship, which has four double main guns! The main turret, commander tower, horizontal armor and so on are even more dominant. After comparing the two, we can see how big the gap between the two is.

Not to mention the power system, it is a steam turbine that introduces Chinese technology. The weight of Germany is at least 20% larger, but its output efficiency is more than a quarter lower than that of others. The same heat pipe high-pressure boiler is a big difference in the outlet steam temperature and the working stability of the impeller.

To give a simple example, these four Chinese-built battleships dared to stop from Saipan, then cross the Pacific Ocean, forming 8,000 nautical miles without stopping! Although two groups of hosts work in turn, the voyage is real. If we add from Lushun to Saipan, from Chile's public port to the current combat waters, we will run nearly 15,000 nautical miles!

After such an exaggerated range, all the mechanical systems of the four ships were operating normally. Since the beginning of the two battles, no host lost its chain!

What an amazing and superior performance! It is an epic voyage, an unprecedented first since the world warships entered the steam power era.

On the other hand, the Germans' own "Bavarian-class" have half the power difference. The range is only 5,000 nautical miles and the maximum speed is 22 knots. This is not a small margin!

Because of his understanding, he sighed. Major General Speer became more and more reluctant to let the four warships be damaged. He made up his mind that no matter what difficulties he encountered, he would definitely bring these four warships back intact, so that his country's engineers could thoroughly study them from the inside out, so as to greatly promote the country's shipbuilding level and raise it to a new level.

His additional order was set for this.

The rigid and dogmatic German captains carried out his order without hesitation, and immediately regarded the two British armored cruisers trying to rush into as dangerous elements. First, they used flexible single-mounted secondary guns to fire a dense rain of blocking bullets, and used grenades with long range and high accuracy to blast the steel of their superstructure. Then, at least two-thirds of the main gun was taken out, aimed at the two ships in two waves, and fired violently!

Maybe it was God's blessing, maybe it was the German gunners who were trained so well, or maybe they had two consecutive battles that made them heat up, just like an unexpected three-point storm on the basketball court. Without a few volleys, they hit two British armored cruisers one after another!

The heavy armor-piercing bomb roared and rammed on the narrow British ship. The hull weighing thousands of tons could be seen shaking on the spot. Then the explosion blew up the thick fireworks column, which was so brilliant!

A British ship was blasted into the commander's tower from the front of the scalp against the front turret. The weak armor was unstoppable and actually penetrated from the back, smashing the chimney one after another. The terrible kinetic energy almost disintegrated the commander's tower on the spot. There were only a few people inside, including the captain, who were killed or injured.

The other one was shot at a relatively inch, and was directly hit by the turret and penetrated downward into the cabin. First, the shell exploded, followed by ammunition, and a loud noise that shocked the earth. Half of the hull seemed to be pulled up by the giant's big hand of the prehistoric giant, and it disintegrated and broke down quickly, and the crew of the ship sank rapidly.

Not long after, the previous armored cruiser was spinning around like a headless fly, hitting several shells that followed one after another. Three explosions from front to back, twisting and deforming the keel of the hull. Then the boiler exploded, and the entire stern was broken into pieces and the bow of the ship was raised. It also began to slowly fill water.

Major General Cradock saw this scene and closed his eyes in pain. After a long time, he ordered helplessly: "Let the 'Soul' and 'Ireland' immediately withdraw from the battle and move towards Uruguay. This ship and the 'Magnificent' gather all the artillery fire together and fired at the last enemy ship with all their might. At all costs, he would seriously injure her!"

He dared not think about sinking or something. Now he has no possibility of getting close. Outside the precise strike range of this ship, he always plays kite tactics, and his hopes are too slim.

There is no doubt that such an order is a thrill to the officers and soldiers of other warships. The commanders of the two armored ships refused to obey this order that was equivalent to escaping. It would be humiliating to let them leave their flagships and leave!

Major General Cradock was moved and helpless, so he had to send a telegram to the British mainland, claiming: "This fleet has launched all-out fire with the enemy ships. We will do everything we can to attack the enemy. I hope the main fleet can come in time and encircle and annihilate it."

He didn't mention that he was trying hard to support him, hoping that the main fleet would arrive in time. If he could support it until then, it would be great. But it would be unreliable after all. Who made him excited for a moment and put into the battle without delaying enough time?

Major General Cradock just hoped that the German guys on the other side would be insatiable and would keep wandering around like hyenas in order to sink their four warships. In this way, he could also gain more time for the main fleet to travel.

With a new goal in his heart, he no longer insisted on fighting head-on with the other party. Through flags and radio telegrams, he invited two armored ships to form a rotating hedgehog array around the hemiplegic "Magic". The bow is aimed at the last enemy ship, and the forward and lateral artillery fire is used to focus on a target. No matter where it can hit, it can hit a shot and count it.

Not only that, he also ordered all ships to sail at full speed and try to keep straight so that he doesn't have to worry about overturning himself inadvertently.

However, the speed of the two dreadnoughts is definitely not much higher. The two ironclad ships are also significantly aging, and even the speed of 18 knots cannot be guaranteed. The main gun performance is one generation lower, and the accuracy is even worse than expected.

This is equivalent to a group fight, facing an enemy that is several times more than you, simply giving up your back and letting others punch and kick it, and only grab one target and hit it to death. Before being beaten to death by someone, try to pull someone to cushion.

This kind of street-rogue-like bastard tactic was suddenly used, which scared Major General Spe!

He was reluctant to sacrifice any warship, and immediately ordered the last battleship to accelerate and rush forward, throw the enemy, and at the same time he ordered the flagship and three other lines to accelerate and pull forward, and then maneuver to seize the t-shaped head for the second time.

To be honest, their achievements in this round of bombardment have been quite good. There has been no better results in the entire history of the establishment of the German Navy.

However, Major General Spe is a bold and greedy commander. He is reluctant to throw away the four big fat pieces in front of him. He hopes to give his four new ships a dazzling hunting mark. After the entire fleet accelerates and throws the enemy ships, he turns around without hesitation and continues to charge!

Major General Cradock no longer mentioned retreating in the last battle! He ordered the entire fleet to remain with the "Magnificent" as the core, adjust the speed and arrange the array in parallel, and rotate slowly, so that the bow of the ship always uses the ship to face the direction surrounding the enemy ship.

At the same time, he also ordered all the usable forward main guns to fire at the distance at the maximum angle. Regardless of whether they can hit it or not, as long as they can cause interference to the enemy ship, they must not stop.

This tactic is actually very disgusting. Major General Spe was worried when he looked at the shells falling from behind. What was terrible came about. When he and the fleet passed through the arc at a position of more than 12 kilometers, the "Wooles" landed at the third position was accurately hit by a shell in the rear!

Major General Spe's heart suddenly lifted up and hurriedly ordered the power generation to inquire about the damage.

Soon, the Wools used telegrams, and the damage was extremely minor and did not affect the battle at all.

The warships made by China are very conscientious, and the waterline armored belts are not short of weight from beginning to end. With the British shells, they hit the target of more than 12 kilometers. The kinetic energy is like a forceful crossbow, barely making a shallow dent on it. Even a piece of armored steel is not scrapped, and then they fall into the water weakly.

Major General Spee then put his heart back in his stomach, and then ordered fiercely: "Concentrate artillery fire and kill them!"

It was almost! Even if he broke a deck, he felt that it was not perfect enough - this was clearly never satisfied, and it was so exciting that he had won the easy victory along the way!

Warships that were sufficient to adapt to the harsh sea conditions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans showed amazing agility when maneuvering at high speed. With just a slight slowdown, they couldn't wait to turn and once again rushed into the enemy ship.

Although Major General Cradock tried hard to speed up the fleet and rotate, it was a little worse. He barely pulled into an oblique arc. When the four warships were connected head to tail, the German warships in the distance had already grabbed the excellent position to fire!

From the high bridge, using a telescope, the British warships seemed to be connected in a long line, and Major General Spee shouted: "Fire!"

From front to back, thirty-six heavy artillery sprayed out thick smoke one after another! Steep bullet marks storm the sea, like an oversized bayonet, slashing hard at the British warship! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!