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Human misfortune has not subsided yet. Although you can see far away at this time, it is still impossible to survive until the arrival of the main French and American fleet.

The situation is very clear now. Tan Fenglin still has another difficult task. According to his own recollection: "The decision I had to make at that time was to order the entire fleet to expand to the port side or to the starboard side. My first reaction was to starboard, so that I could fight the enemy in the shortest time. However, after such smoke, it was obvious that the opponent was close to him. Now it was spreading to the right, and the entire ship might be attacked by the opponent's battleship, which was tantamount to suicide; of course, there were also disadvantages to spreading to the left. First of all, the French had two warships, so they had to knock out these two warships first. And it was impossible to determine whether it could be eliminated. Once the goal was not achieved, I would not be able to expand my formation, and I would be beaten up by the US and French fleet behind me."

To left or right, this is the problem. The pressure the parties are under is unimaginable to historians. Tan Fenglin took 5 minutes to check the direction of his way, and suddenly heard the commander-in-chief's quick and unique footsteps. He walked to the compass and looked quietly. I looked at the weather-beaten face and thought to myself what he planned to do?"

Five minutes later, Sampson raised his head and ordered the signal officer in his usual cold tone: "Go forward at a constant speed and go southeast."

I suggest: Is it a sutra dot to the left, so that everyone knows it is to expand to the port side.

"Very good, raise the corner flag that is moving forward at a constant speed, and the direction is southeast and east."

In this way, the Pilao and the Frankfurt were only expelled and not sunk. Before the war, Tan Fenglin did not want to take risks, and he believed that victory could be achieved by relying on strength.

At 13:15, the Zhili raised three signal flags: the pennant flag of _., indicating a uniform speed of progress; other flag words notify: starting from the left, the battleships turned to the port side in turn, and as the team flagship followed up. Headed by the Zhili, the Chinese battleship fleet lined up in a row, gradually forming a ship with a total length of 6,800 meters.

The Chinese Navy is now moving towards the "Second Battle of the Yellow Sea". In that great naval battle, Tan Fenglin was wearing a full dress to command the battle. Now everyone on the bridge of the Zhili rechecked their instruments: a dark blue waterproof cap, a double-breasted top and a white scarf surrounded by the collar. The captain of the Shaanxi-Gansu ordered the hype flag to be raised:

"The US and French fleet cannot win!

More than ten minutes later, the Chinese fleet was facing each other with the US fleet. Hundreds of smoke from the ground made the field of vision blurry. A few years later, at a lecture at the US Naval Academy, Sampson placed a dust duster next to the model of the three battleships in China, saying that this was the Tan Fenglin fleet I saw. In a letter to the First Minister of Maritime Affairs after the end of the naval battle, Sampson said: The situation was so difficult to grasp at the time, and there was no shadow of the enemy. There were only flashes of muzzles, and the falling shells fell and the explosion of warships.

The battleship fleet led by Sampson was at the forefront of the entire fleet. The French realized that the fleet was too late to reach the forefront and simply ranked at the end (the French always did it). Now the US and French ships are 3,800 meters long. The armored cruiser in front of the battleship suddenly rushed out, opening the prelude to the decisive battle of the main team.

Many war historians cannot understand the behavior of Rear Admiral Carnere, and evaluate it as personal aura and impetuous and aggressive. In fact, the same is true. Originally, his mission was to lead the First Fleet as a vanguard, but when he saw China's second-class battleship, he might be stimulated (China's second-class battleship was modified from the same type of US first-class armored cruiser)

At 1347 points, Carnell led Brooklyn and strike, but this action did not disrupt the deployment target of the Chinese fleet. At 14:10, the rangefinder calculated the American cruiser's main gun.] adjusted the main gun. Fired at these reckless bastards. At 1416 points, the second shot hit the target, the huge smoke column rose, and the ammunition depot exploded. The second cruiser was also hit and turned around and fled."

This provocative behavior was severely punished

Brooklyn and all 593 sailors exploded under the fire net of revenge. Nashville's engine room was torn apart under the water, and thick smoke came out under the command of Captain Molteno, retreating backwards. The Iowa, located at the end of the American ship, witnessed all this:

"The two cruisers endured the artillery fire that was originally aimed at us, and the defense exploded on the spot. The bottom of the ship flew into the air exactly 50 feet high. Nashville and Philadelphia were also injured, and we called that place the Storm Corner. At this time, Charlie Martel in the rear suddenly approached, and everyone clasped their helmets and prepared for a collision. Our steering device had already had problems in the previous battle, and now it was just stuck. So the ship turned to starboard and approached the seriously injured Nashville, and Chinese artillery fire turned towards us one after another."

In fact, the Iowa revolved twice. The captain barely made up for the first mistake through engine reversal, but accidentally connected the emergency steering device to the rudder, so the battleship struck the starboard sideways again. These big moves were completed in front of the Chinese. In a very short time, they were hit by 13 large-caliber shells:

"In the whole 30 minutes, more than 30 Chinese warships landed on the deck, the sound of a company forming a colander. The main mast was twisted and not decent. A main turret was reimbursed. The secondary gun seat on the side was hit and the ammunition exploded one after another. The priest dragged out the wounded from the fire until every piece of cloth on his body was burned, which won him the medal of high-quality service. Finally, when we returned to Los Angeles Port, there were still 7 places in the ship that caught fire. The seawater flooded the rear deck, and only two main guns and two secondary guns could still be used."

At this time, the US and French fleets had been adjusted. After the Chinese fleet was deployed, the Chinese battleships and cruisers that had emerged from the smoke screen suddenly found that they were 3,200 meters ahead, so that Tan Fenglin believed that 810 battleships appeared in front. The US and French local artillery bombardment would reach its climax in the next few minutes!

The long-term expectation ended, and the opening time finally arrived. Armored steel vs. Armored steel, rifled gun vs. rifled gun, competition of economic strength, industrial level, technical level over the years, countless spy and planning by intelligence personnel and commanders, training by thousands of sailors, three

Fate and honor. Everything will be verified in just a few hours.

A young lieutenant on the Neptune noticed: "In just 10 minutes, the words and flags rose from the masts of each ship, large, small, triangular, square, silk, linen, all celebrated in their costumes for several months. The depression finally came to an end."

He glanced around: "It's really interesting to stand on the top of the mast to observe the long-distance artillery battle. Seeing the enemy ships' muzzles flashing a few miles away, and then waiting for more than ten seconds with breath. It felt like if centuries were so long, imagined that there were two or three tons of steel and explosives rushing towards you with malicious intentions in the dark void. Finally it fell. The near-battery splashed huge water columns and wet your whole body like a waterfall. Some fell too early and some fell into the distance. The enemy's battlecruisers seemed to rush forward than other warships, and we hit at least two shots. Every time we watched the bright orange flames suddenly rise over there. Then the groundmen on the deck shouted "Hit!" and cheered and whistled everywhere. It was a rare festival in their lifetime."

"The sea in the northeast is full of flames, and countless muzzles flashed through the mist and black smoke." Tan Fenglin was shocked when he stood on the bridge of the Zhili. Although the firepower of his fleet was stronger than that of his opponents, the Chinese fleet suffered such a strong shelling for the first time.

The US fleet in front had already set up formation and fired with all side fire, and the Chinese warships were not willing to show up and fought back desperately, which was a reappearance of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Indiana battleships were at the forefront of the US military, "When the Carneland armored cruiser passed, the smoke gradually dispersed and the opponent appeared. The head was the 3 Governor's battleship, followed by 3 provincial (second-class battleships). "At 14 o'clock, Iowa opened fire on the Chinese battleships at 110 yards from starboard 110; 6 o'clock, 24 Indiana's 413-inch main gun fired at the battleships at 3,200; then Indiana, Massachusetts, all 8 battleships opened fire one after another.

The Zhili fired 7 rounds of 105 shells at Massachusetts in just 5 minutes, with several of them exploding near the bridge, causing a large number of casualties. Then, Tan Fenglin's battleship was injured again in the most difficult minutes, and barely turned to the southeast with its monster-like survival ability.

On his opponent, Massachusetts, the medical room was soon overcrowded, and many wounded were receiving first aid on the deck. The seriously injured simply injected a dose of morphine, and the medical officer's job was to quickly stop bleeding and bandage the splint. The sailors who were poisoned by gas also lifted up from the bottom cabin, breathing rapidly, their skin was pale and vomiting, some had to do artificial respiration, some had to inject cardiotropic agents, and the only few oxygen cylinders were quickly used up. A shell was shot into the side turret and ignited the ammunition in the loading room, and the poisonous gas penetrated into the third boiler room through the hole.

The chorus of more than 200 large caliber naval guns lasted only about a quarter of an hour. The deadly fired cannons and the overheated boiler sprayed thick smoke, mixed with the mist on the sea in the evening and turned into a gray curtain to temporarily separate the two sides. The God of War sang war songs on the clouds, lifting the souls of the dead from the sea.

The living people are still fighting on the stage of iron and blood. In Sampson's words, "Live on the visible time and open fire on everything you can see." If it weren't for the heavy smoke, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the US and French fleet would have to sing the Requiem together. However, the reports of Chinese gun officials began to become vague:

"Zhili No., found gray suspicious at 14:15].

"Shaanxi and Gansu opened fire at Lu Zuo at 14:29, 5,000, and the results could not be determined";

"……..1431 points, with a distance of 2,000 yards to open fire at the enemy battleship, the opponent is fast.

"………,1433, 2, 3 provincial and municipal battleships on the starboard 95-degree battleships, fired at the leading US ship, and the first shot fell on the ship++|disappeared. Fired at the Caesar class, and the results could not be confirmed."

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At this time, Frankfurt was still floating, and the previous shooting swept away all the buildings on its deck. When the Chinese battleships disappeared one after another, many Chinese cruisers also turned their guns and ignored her existence. When the gunner asked whether to shoot, the gun officers replied, "Let's talk about it after asking the captain."

The theme of this great naval battle is that the opponent of the cruiser is naturally the cruiser, not the cruiser with lost weapons. But what is puzzling is that the Chinese cruiser did not look for American cruisers, and they were looking for French battleships, which is somewhat unfair.

Charlie Martel, Cano, Jaureguiberry, Buventry, Charlemagneas

Shijiazhuang was shot again, and a violent explosion completely lifted the front turret. A large amount of sea water poured into the front compartment and the torpedo compartment on the side. The bow sank under the sea, and then a sound of steel breaking sank to the bottom of the sea. This was the achievement of Charlie Martel. At that time, she rushed to the front of the entire fleet, followed by sister ships Cano and Buventry. Lieutenant Colonel Parker, the gun officer of Charlie Martel, recalled that he was at the forefront of the other party at 3,000 yards. The captain shouted in the microphone: "Good job, just keep firing and fire quickly, and you have to find blood!"

At 14:26, Shijiazhuang was shot and sunk.

At 14:31, Shenyang reported to her sister ship and was pulled up to the theater curtain. I saw a warship appearing at the hidden sea level, with two smoke between the masts, and the third smoke behind the triangular mast. Her muzzle was turning to this side, and I ordered the last volley at her, so I saw such a spectacular sight: the flames were wrapped in a series of rapid and violent explosions, the mast collapsed, the shining fragments circling, the middle of the hull broke, black soot and white steam emerged from all directions, and huge pillars of smoke rose into the air, like the color of the shroud. I shouted to the microphone: 'Enemy ship exploded!' Applause and cheers swept every corner of the deck like thunder."

At 14:32, Charlie Martel was shot and sunk, and only 33 of the more than 600 sailors on the ship survived.
Chapter completed!