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He was terrifying, so he directed the fleet to turn and fight for 501 points. Carneel ordered to move northward and enter the range of Chinese battleships. Two shells hit the Texas at the same time. Flames spewed out of many compartments, and splashed shrapnel cut off many fire hoses. Carneel had to order to turn northwest again.

However, the American battleships did not realize the need for steering. They did not think they were at a disadvantage and were still driving north. While several other heavy cruisers began to turn around, preparing to regroup behind the battleship! 440. When Carnell began to turn, the Thomas fleet received a flag-tongued signal 8 nautical miles behind: 16 prayer points on the starboard side. But this command did not repeat with a searchlight.

They continued to chase Wen Dingyu's fleet. Until 7 minutes later, the battleship formation and the armored cruiser fleet passed by. Carnere ordered the battleship to be turned in flags. At this time, the precious few minutes had passed. The Chinese fleet was catching up with the relative speed of 40 knots. When the ships began to turn one after another, Tan Fenglin ordered to concentrate firepower to bombard the steering point.

The timing was well grasped. Behind the American fleet was a light yellow sea line, which completely exposed the ship shadow; while the Chinese fleet hid under the dark sky in the east, and only the sunset with clouds occasionally exposed could their shadows be revealed. The mast of the Iowa was shot at 4:50, and the flag language could not be used. It was also an interesting coincidence that the flagships of the squadron participating in the outpost battle could not be issued. Indiana, Massachusetts, and Oregon successfully completed the steering, and were lucky to not be shot. The ground armored cruiser formation was left far behind and could not join the battle in a short time.

The Chinese fleet approached the Central and Earth quickly gathered all the artillery fire on Oregon, the weakest formation. In fact, except for Iowa, the other three ships were all the same model, but Oregon was in a relatively high position: from 5 to 5, the Northeast opened fire at her, 508 Zhili joined, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gansu-Gan

One of the officers above recalled: "As long as a shell hits the appropriate part and reduces the speed, everyone will be dead. The gunners are not worried at all. They pray for each shell and fill it into the barrel. One of them asked me, 'How many Chinese ships are left floating on the sea?'"

Soon she was shot again and again. One round of 520 shells was on the starboard side. The shrapnel cut off the steam pipe, and the white steam spread out. The communication function of the entire bridge was temporarily paralyzed. After 7 minutes, another shell hit the top of the turret, and the rangefinder lost its function. In despair, the captain asked the starboard secondary gun to shoot at the sea surface and cover the retreat with a water column, but the order had not been implemented yet. Two rounds of shells accurately hit the starboard gun seat, and all the secondary guns were destroyed one after another. The officers and soldiers were either killed or injured in the four-run flames.

535. Two shells hit almost the same place, a big hole was torn under the starboard waterline, and the right was 4th, and Oregon was hit by a total of 7 shells. Although the Chinese people had a construction cost of $30,000, under the attack of a 300 gold shell, the Chinese people completely disarmed her for only $2,000 under the attack of a 300 gold shell.

This made the Americans start to concentrate firepower to attack the flagship Zhili of the Chinese fleet. Unlike the Chinese, Americans believe that they need to sink the ship that poses the greatest threat to the other side. Unlike the Chinese, Chinese believe that they need to sink the first-class battleship with the best position of the other side. Moreover, once they shoot, they must completely eliminate the other side's local ships and never easily change the shooting target unless the other side escapes.

527 points, the battlefield situation is: six battleships against four, and 16 cruisers 4, the Chinese have an absolute advantage. The Americans began to fully develop the range advantage of the 330-meter cannon and strive to keep the distance. Iowa simply fired with only one turret to save ammunition.

"Obviously, the opponent's shooting is not accurate enough. The surface of a round of shells is roughly within the 300-domain area. The ship has hit two to three large-caliber shells, each steel plate is trembling, and a low explosion sound comes from every call tube."

Texas' injuries were even worse. A 280-meter shell passed through a turret, causing the main gun on the right to lose its function; another shell hit the paralyzed left turret, causing another fire; only a few secondary guns remained with combat power.

Despite losing all the main guns, Captain Zenker decided to stay with him.

"It seems we need to be careful of the French taking advantage of troubled waters!" Tan Fenglin said to himself. He believed that as long as the artillery fire was concentrated, American warships would be sunk one by one, which he did not consider that the flagship was already scarred.

The battleship at the forefront of the US fleet was the battleship. Although the battle situation was unfavorable, these giant ships still fought to the death. Their firepower was getting more and more intense. The battleships of Iowa and Indiana in front of them were stubbornly biting the Zhili, despite this

The degree is very poor, Zhili is still hit one after another.

A 305-meter shell hit the No. 1 turret of Zhili, then exploded the turret and caused a death explosion. The huge turret was blown up, and the flames immediately engulfed any object in dozens of meters around. The 14,000-ton giant ship wailed and trembled in the flames.

The Northeastern No. 1 resolutely stepped forward, raised the command flag to cover the troubled Zhili No. 1.

A few minutes later, the USS Texas second-class battleship was hit by a 280-meter large-caliber shell, and the subsequent ignited fire deprived him of his power. In just a dozen minutes, about a few hundred 152-meter shells, more than 30 280 shells patrolled her, ravaging her from the inside out, 555, the USS Texas sank, and all 500 officers and soldiers with the ship were killed.

If the normal war progress is followed, it is likely that the Chinese fleet lost its flagship and then killed most of the American battleships. In the end, all the American fleet was sent to the bottom of the sea at the cost of losing about three battleships. However, all this did not take place

"The weakened sunlight and thicker sea fog, the smoke and smoke from the enemy and us all make long-distance combat difficult. ~c turns to sunset, and the battleships have had a total of 5 short fire exchanges with the enemy. They change their routes again and again to approach the enemy, searching for the gloomy sea surface, and looking for possible targets in the mist and smoke. Every time they find the target, they turn and disappear in the smoke screen after 508 We lose the target; at 5 o'clock, 533 disappears again; and from 5 o'clock to 601, the battle distance this time ranges from 3,000 meters to 5,000 meters."

In this short firefight, the warships of the Chinese fleet had more advantages. At that time, China adopted a range measurement method that was advanced than that of the United States. First, the distance measurement method was calculated by the rangefinder, and then the distance was increased to this reading, and the first shot was fired, and the second shot was fired according to the reading, and finally the third shot was fired based on the reading. The range intervals of the three shots were the same and the time was close, so the ballistics could be quickly corrected according to the bounce point. This method was called hierarchical ranging.

The US Navy still uses the traditional dichotomy method to measure the distance: first launch a shell, adjust the next shot according to the point of the projectile until two consecutive shells land on the other side, and then take the intermediate value. It takes a long time to measure the correct distance in this way, and the optical sights used by China are far better than those of American products, so the hit rate of the midship in the first stage is higher.

What is more advantageous is the naval guns of the Chinese fleet. Before five o'clock, the number of large-caliber artillery in the United States was

82 doors, respectively

330 meters

305 meters

203 meters

Medium caliber artillery

152 meters

127mm

100 meters

There are as many small caliber artillery as cow hair, with a number of about 2,300

The Chinese fleet's artillery is very single

148280 mm

380152 mm

In actual combat, those 75mm cannons cannot bring these warships only medium-caliber cannons to chew the flesh of cruisers, while those battleships can only be the world of large-caliber artillery. It can also be seen in actual combat. The power of the US 203-meter cannon is relatively small (the shell weighs only 120 kilograms), while the power of the 280-meter cannon is not as powerful as the 203-meter cannon. Moreover, the relatively high firing rate makes the number of ammunition projected per minute slightly higher than 305, basically the power of three cannons is as good as two 305.

Excluding technical advantages, Tan Fenglin was also worried about his vision. The wind direction changed from northwest to southwest. The black smoke from guns and smoke made the sea in the northwest blur, and only light ships occasionally appeared in the smoke. Although it was reported that Oregon had been severely damaged and floating on the sea, it never caught up.

The boiler room also began to report faults, and it was accelerating desperately from 1 pm, so that a large amount of cinder did not have time to clean up, and pipeline blockages began to occur frequently. Many sailors did not eat from noon, and some boiler workers gradually showed signs of exhaustion. After the fight, serious overdrafts began to occur, especially in the light patrol formation, many people were tired and fell on the gun position, and the 152-meter shell (weighted fifty or sixty kilograms) became heavier than Taishan.

In the twilight, the French fleet approached and accommodated the American fleet that had been beaten very hard. The two fleets stood silently against each other under the morning glow of the sky.

Inside the commander's tower of Zhili, Tan Fenglin looked at the French-American joint formation several thousand meters away, sighed and ordered

"Stage cover, go back to San Francisco."
Chapter completed!