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While the fleet was in full swing, Sampson's U.S. fleet was still in the back for caution and caution. The Navy won the prize through fragmented radio signals to understand the situation ahead. As early as 2:20, the main force of the U.S. fleet was still 19 nautical miles away from the scheduled position at 3:00. The previous replenishment of fuel inspections of the fishing boats was delayed too much time.

However, according to the report, the Chinese only have some light ships, and the Carnell fleet alone can cut off the opponent's retreat and wipe them out in San Francisco. Therefore, Sampson has been slow to send the Second Cruiser Detachment (Brooklyn, Nashville, St. Louis, Fee>+|ship) according to the scheduled plan.

These big guys are equipped with 8203mm guns, 57mm, 4 37mm 4 Gatling machine guns (for Marines), 23-inch field guns (for Marines) and 450-meter white-headed torpedo launch tubes.

The displacement is 9215 tons, the horsepower is 18769 horsepower, the speed is 21.|.. Tower armor is 5.: inches, gun armor is 203 meters; the cost is 300 US dollars. Compared with the New York cruiser, these more elite warships surpassed him in all aspects, but the Americans who were not familiar with naval warfare ignored the armor of the warships. The 3-inch armor was really unable to show off. The Americans actually wanted to suppress the other party through powerful firepower. Of course, this idea was proved absolutely wrong in the later naval warfare.

The entire fleet still moved forward at a speed of 12 knots! At 343 points, the second report came. Reported that the Chinese fleet appeared, and the US fleet began to speed up to 15 knots. 302 They began to rush straight to San Francisco in the northeast direction, and the avant-garde cruiser increased the reconnaissance range to 16 miles.

315. Sampson found that the distance from the Chinese fleet was only 30 nautical miles. Of course, this number did not disturb Sampson. According to the Galati report, the Chinese fleet was fighting with the First Light Cruiser Detachment and heading northwest, while Carnell was now inserting about 4 to the northeast at a speed of 17 knots. These Chinese "light ships" would be discovered by the avant-garde cruisers of the US fleet.

340. Carnell sent an emergency report, and was biting 17 Chinese light patrols and heading southeast. It seemed that the main fleet of the United States did not need to intervene. 405. Major General Hu Zhong's second battle cruiser team began to leave the main fleet at a speed of 19 knots and snatch support to Carnell.

A more powerful support was behind Carnell. A battleship squad was rushing towards the direction with the most intense gunfire. The first thing they found was the American ship, and soon identified it as the latest type of the USS Bvester battleship. He quickly sent a report to Carnell.

At this time, the American warship began to escape from 12 nautical miles. Carnell ordered to escape at the best speed while boxing. 410. Wen Dingyu noticed Carnell's small movement and ordered to turn southwest, which happened to enter the range of the French battleship.

"Just like the legendary magician, the Americans transformed six powerful battleships to replace the two newly sunk armored ships." This is recorded in Chinese war history. 406 points. The ship's naval gun spoke. Captain Armstrong aimed at the flash of the Chinese warship muzzle and hit the Jilin with an armor-piercing shell at a distance of 3,900 meters. ": Put the tuning fork", and the steering mechanism was also damaged. The damage team and the mechanic worked hard to repair the oil and soot, and eliminated the fault in a few minutes. However, the ship's right-turned 2. The ship's draft increased to 16 points, and Chenyang was also hit. A coal cabin was penetrated, and the shells caused a large fire in the secondary gun armor.

massena

Standard displacement:

speed:

Martial arts: 30.5cm (40?4cm (45ccm rapid-fire gun 47mm rapid-fire gun *14 torpedo 45cm *6

Armor: Armor belt 245-450 Main turret 345-400; deck

The hull is long and smooth, with obvious overturning building, and the bow has a collision angle. When completed, it is overweight and almost sunk by its own main armor when installed.

bouv

Standard displacement:

speed:

Martial arts: 30.5cm (45?4cm (45ccm rapid-fire gun 47mm rapid-fire gun * 14 torpedo

Armor: Armor belt 200-400 main turret 370 deck

Charlie Martel Class: The Navy is the best rated in this level 5. Unlike other ships, the shell details and the main deck of the stern are shortened and the superstructure is reduced. It inherits the advantages of the thick armor of the first ship. The Dardanelles were severely damaged by mines and sunk.

charlemagneas

Standard displacement:

speed:

Military equipment: 30.5cm (40 dual-equipped 4cm (45*10; 10cm45); 47mm rapid-fire gun torpedo

Armor: Armor belt 200-368 main turret 380 deck

Due to the narrow and thin upper armor belts of the main deck, the parts above the waterline are extremely vulnerable to attack.
Chapter completed!