【Second update】

The Yinzhou Commander Tower was in a mess. The explosion fire ball swept through the narrow observation window directly turned Huang Hengdong's military uniform into ashes. Fortunately, the air wave pushed him down under the table behind him. The officer next to him promptly covered him with a layer of fire blanket. When he got up, except for a large burn on his left arm, the rest were all sound.

Compared to his luck, the second deputy and the chart soldiers were hit hard on the wall in the violent shock of the command tower, seriously injured. Other officers had some colors. At this time, Sun Yigong, who had just run out, had already rushed in from outside with the medical soldiers. Seeing the chaos in the bridge, his nervous appearance when he came in was a lot more relaxed.

"Mom... tsk... It's so dangerous, Lao Huang, I thought you all were glorious now... The situation outside was not good. The left armor belt was shot 3 times, but fortunately it didn't hit the waterline. One big guy on the tail was hit. Now our gunboat is 30 cm away from the second half of the gunboat and soaked in the sea!"

Sun Yigong turned around and went out to supervise the battle, but he saw that the bridge was shot. After hitting it, rolling black smoke rose directly on the bridge, causing subsequent combustion, which scared him. You know, the commander's tower's armor was only 2 inches long, which was more than enough to deal with pirates, but the defense of the British cruiser with a 200mm main gun opposite was really similar to tofu.

However, now it seems that my luck is still good. The hit should be a small-caliber shell, otherwise how could you survive your armor of less than 2 inches? It’s just that the commander tower was not taken down, which does not mean that the war has reversed...

"Do you see clearly what kind of ship it is?"

"British cruisers, looking at the twin terrace cannons in front, I guess they should be a new type of rugged class cruiser. It is said that there are 3 ships in the Far East Fleet, with a displacement of 2800 tons, a standard configuration of 210mm main gun and 120mm secondary gun... If we continue to attack like this, our Yinzhou will be done!"

Huang Hengdong ignored the wound on his arm, jumped up and threw himself into the observation window. However, the fire caused by being hit just now was still emitting black smoke, and he couldn't see the situation outside clearly, which made him a little annoyed... He just got involved in the confrontation with a large cruiser. Isn't this bullying?

He pulled Sun Yigong over and said, "Old Sun, please stay here for command. I got the artillery position and went up to see. The British boy was bullying people like this. We can't lose the Chinese Navy's people. We have to give them some colors..."

Before he finished speaking, the Yinzhou Ship was shocked suddenly, and something suddenly rumbled on the front deck. Huang Hengdong had already jumped up and rushed out of the commander's tower. Sun Yigong was not surprised by his old classmate's behavior, and gave this guy the best position. In fact, it was still to command the turret and let him command the battleship, which was not necessarily a good idea... However, since this guy was going to fight barely, he had to take the job in the command room for him.

"Bottom cabin, report the power situation... can it be accelerated!" He immediately shouted at the sound tube. The Yinzhou didn't even have torpedo, and it was relying on those two 60mm guns to deal with the cruiser... This is really unreliable. Now, it's also a technical job to slide fast!

"Report... has been fully pressurized and ventilated, and the boiler is full of pressure!" The report from the officer in the bottom cabin left him helpless. He turned to the British warship that was chasing him closely. Fortunately, his boat was small, and the horsepower of the ponytail 86 water pipe boiler was not small at all, at least it seemed. The British warship did not bring the distance closer... but this also shows another problem, he could not get rid of the other party at all!

Boom boom boom... Just before him, the two black holes in the head of the British warship suddenly spit out black smoke, and then, on the back ear of the opponent's warship, the flames of the muzzle were ripped up one after another, which made him feel his heart twitching in his throat... This really tests his determination. It is only more than 2,000 meters away. For the era of giant ships and cannons, it is completely comparable to close-fitting fighting!

This bad premonition was immediately fulfilled, and suddenly... with a loud bang, the entire warship seemed to be hit by a huge force, and a momentary pause occurred...

"The right ear turret was shot, causing a death-death explosion...it is on fire..."

"The rear deck was shot, the shells were hit into the bottom cabin and were on fire! It may threaten the power cabin!" In the sound tube, officers and sergeants from various positions reported and conveyed bad news.

"Damage pipe...Damage pipe...Immediately put out the fire in the cabin!" Sun Yigong naturally understood the most important issue at this time. He hugged the sound tube and issued an order loudly, and he didn't even have time to consider whether the guy Huang Hengdong who ran out just now would have been knocked down by the right ear platform cannon position just now...

Just as he issued the order, bad luck seemed to have come again. The Yinzhou gunboat had maintained a speed of 17 knots before slid down at a sensible speed. The commander tower officer shouted and responded to the bottom cabin. Half a minute later, the mechanical sergeant came to report that although the 210mm heavy artillery had not destroyed the gunboat's power, it exploded a large hole in the bottom cabin, which directly caused the right drive shaft to malfunction and was being repaired.

Losing the power to push the shaft, although the gunboat will not lose half of its speed, it will definitely not run more than 12 knots. What does this mean? The speed difference of 5 knots can allow the opponent to narrow the distance to the counterattack within 10 minutes. The opponent's 210mm gun barrel can directly push the gun against his forehead!

"It must be repaired within 10 minutes!" Sun Yigong's eyes were about to pop out, and he shouted orders at the sergeant!

What a mess? They were hit by the opponent one after another. Although they were not directly exploded, there would obviously be no surprises in this situation... Of course, I would not make it so easy for the British to succeed. At worst, I could detonate the big guy in the ammunition depot...

Thinking of these big guys, he suddenly had some inspiration and immediately rushed to the already messy table. Then he stood at the lookout and looked at it. He slapped the table and now he could only do this. It depends on his performance this time. "Turn the left rudder 30 degrees and headed towards the minefield No. 1 that he had completed before..."

Then he turned his head and pointed to the logistics officer Qin Tian next to him, "Person Qin, go and see Captain Huang there and let him come back immediately!"

Second Lieutenant Qin ran out of the commander's tower, without any need to look for it. He immediately saw Captain Huang Hengdong on the cannon position on the right that had just been swept by the opponent's artillery fire. The major captain's military cap had long been flying where it was, and the officer's uniform was soaked in blood, but it looked unscathed!

"Captain...Lieutenant Sun asked you to immediately..."

Before Qin Tian finished speaking, he was caught by Huang Hengdong. "Qin Tian, ​​come and help load. Damn, he has lost 4 gun teams. If he continues to shoot like this, no one will fire!"

"captain……"

"Recharge quickly, why not..." Huang Hengdong had already entered a state of rampage at this moment and had already taken action in person. He shook the high and low aircraft left and right in his hand, pointing the 60mm naval gun at the distance. At this distance, the two heavy artillery on the head of the British man were really visible, and the 120mm rapid-fire cannon on the other side's ear gun was also spitting out flames for a moment, which made him very unhappy in the captain of the 60mm cannon!

He had just run out and supervised the battle himself. As a result, he was knocked away by a gun when he left the door. It was a small-caliber cannon that hit the side string, but the violent explosion still made his head buzz for half a minute... And just in the half-minute interval, when he stood up, he saw a red cloud rising from the right ear turret, and all four artillery teams disappeared from the turret at that time.

Half of the firepower was lost, so he could accept it. He immediately brought a No. 4 gun team up. After only a few minutes of shooting, all four of the gun team were dead. He was still jumping around in the rain of bullets like a help from God. When he was short of people, he happened to catch Qin Tian to report.

Boom...boom...

Huang Hengdong pulled down the cannon rope suddenly, and a white smoke suddenly spit out from the right ear turret, and a 2.8 kilogram high-explosive bomb flew into the air. He rushed to the British warship less than two thousand meters away. Almost at the same time, the 60mm cannon on the left ear turret also launched this round of counterattack, and a series of fireworks shining on the opposite British warship also detonated one after another!

I was going to die on the fort. Huang Hengdong saw the cannon point on the opposite side that was several times more than him, and he shouted in his stomach unwillingly. Under his attention, the shell just now was obviously good. A small cloud of explosion rose from the head of the warship opposite, mixed with red flames. Obviously, the explosion also caused a fire.

At this moment, he naturally felt the turn of the warship, and seemed to have no need to think about it at all. He immediately realized Sun Yigong's idea... This approach was completely consistent with his idea! The risks also made him very excited and exciting... Although he was completely at a disadvantage at the moment, at least... he still had a turning point to fight to the death!

Boom boom boom boom... A fire rose in front of Huang Hengdong. Of course, it was not that he hit the British, but that the opponent's small-caliber rapid-fire cannon hit the Yinzhou one after another. Several soldiers who were dealing with the fire were ruthlessly swept down by the shells. However, immediately, officers and soldiers rushed out of the cabin, built water pipes on the ground and rushed to the fierce fire point on the rear bridge.

"Recharge..." Huang Hengdong pulled the bolt, and the copper shell mine of the shell fell on the gun position. Qin Tian immediately pressed another shell, inserted it quickly, turned the high and low machine to raise the scale by one tenth, and then pulled the cannon rope violently!

Huang Hengdong stared at the British cruiser gradually approaching from the gap in the 60mm gun shield. This time, he even felt the energy that could kill people in his eyes, and this energy made him even feel the explosion of his small universe power...

Boom... Boom Boom Boom Boom...

The 11th round of artillery fire he stood on this fort finally won a big prize! This high-explosive bomb, less than 3 kilograms, flew up from the Yinzhou, and rushed straight toward the double-coupled terrace cannon position on the head of the British warship opposite with extremely accurate accuracy...

This time, the steel artillery encirclement of the terrace cannon as high as one meter high obviously failed to block the shell. It just fitted to the top of the artillery encirclement and flew into the artillery encirclement from the gap between the two heavy artillery, and finally hit the outer wall of the Iron Armored Fort in the second half of the artillery encirclement. The violent explosion immediately set off a death barrage. More than a dozen British artillery soldiers aiming at the Yinzhou opposite were swept to the ground almost without saying a word.

Fortunately, it was obviously not the hit. The violent explosion caused the fire that ignited a barrel of fire medicine that had just been sent from the bottom cabin on the British 210mm main gun position. In less than 2 seconds after the first round of explosion, the gun position, which was surrounded by high carbon steel and as thick as 6 inches, rose up a black cloud like a big firework.

Now, even Sun Yigong from the commander's tower couldn't help but jump up. This was like a timely rain. Just now, the British warship had discovered the stall of the Yinzhou and began to close the distance at full speed. As a naval officer, the tutorials in Nanyang Military University set 3,000 meters as the naval line of death. At this distance... the elite team in the Chinese fleet can use 120mm, 150mm, and 210mm rapid-fire guns to obtain nearly 60-80% of the hits, and it is said that the British Navy can obtain nearly 50% of the hits.

What's more, there is a deadly torpedo attack within this distance... And now, if my crispy boat is brought closer, even if I want to run to the minefield and find an opportunity to fight for my life, it will be impossible at this speed!

"Report... the enemy ship's fore deck is severely damaged, burning, and the enemy ship is slowing down!"

"Report...we are getting a distance!"

"Report...the bottom cabin damage pipe is completed and water is being pumped!"

The slowing of the British warship finally gave Sun Yigong a precious respite, and the recovery of the warship also made him feel more confident... In the artillery position, Huang Hengdong looked at the British warship with a high spirit of pride with black smoke in the distance, and waved his hand to let the reserve artillery team come up immediately to continue to fight back. His masterpiece seemed to be effective... At least, he can live an excellent opportunity to escape from his opponent!

However, when he walked into the bridge, the situation was beyond his expectations...

"Only 12 knots...how long will it take to fix it?"

"At least 20 minutes..." Sun Yigong curled his lips and stared at his chart!

"If we can't leave within 20 minutes, we will be sieveed by the British!"

"So... I suggest we have to maintain this course and enter the No. 1 minefield... However, the depth of the mine is 1 meter wrong with the draft of the rugged cruiser! We may also touch the mine ourselves!" Sun Yigong also raised the crux of the problem.

"Mom, if you fight with the British, these grandsons will definitely not give up chasing them... Sink the British... I, Huang Hengdong, can't afford to lose this ugly thing, I would rather hit my own thunder!" Huang Hengdong slapped the table and made a decision.
Chapter completed!