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"I can't see where the enemy's battleship is."

Tan Fenglin recorded that

"I decided to turn the ship backwards, or what awaits us at the turning point will be destruction."

Facing the eight battleships, all equipped with new heavy artillery battleships, Tan Fenglin made up his mind to make a gefechtskehrt-wendung, and make a big tactical turn. Starting from the end, each ship will turn 180 in front of the enemy's artillery fire. This action is quite dangerous and is very likely to cause collisions and cause chaos in the ships.

However, this risk must be accepted. After the signal was sent, the Chinese warships began to turn in turn. The repeated training in the Baltic Sea during peacetime was effective at this moment, and the whole process was orderly. The battleships and cruisers turned around with a large rudder, and the mechanics were busy, rolling on white steam and black cinder. At this time, if there was something wrong with the engine or rudder, everything was over. A few minutes later, the Chinese fleet broke away from the southwest, and only the cruiser fleet lost contact with the team during the interference.

At 14:38, the American battleship also began to pursue the south. The French fleet missed the US fleet again due to the flagship problem; the torpedo net had been torn apart by shrapnel and was hanging on the ship +:.two minutes.

The sailors in the turret climbed out one after another and chopped the air with a Pacific axe under the command of the captain. This torpedo net weighing hundreds of tons not only affects the speed, but also proves to be useless in actual combat: it can only provide local protection. French warships rarely park on the offshore, and more seriously, they often threaten the propeller. The United States threw away this set of things shortly before the war. France did not learn a lesson until after the war.

Zhao Gang commented afterwards: When Tan Fenglin decided to turn, the temporary advantage of the US and French fleet collapsed like a house of cards. The Chinese fleet that had just turned around was extremely fragile. But Sampson did not realize what was going on. 1442 points when the enemy was just a barrier of thick fog. The battleship Iowa only fired nine rounds of shells here, and the observer on a mast described it as a "hide and seek game, where the opponent appeared in the smoke from time to time. It disappeared in just a few minutes, just like a rabbit running from one hole into another.

"At this time, the US reconnaissance system was once again paralyzed. The cruisers in front of the ship clearly saw China's major turn, and many battleship observation posts (including Iowa himself) observed this action, but no one remembered the notification bridge, and might think, "Everyone can see it anyway."

It was not until 1444 that the American warships began to grow small and disperse again and moved forward. After 10 minutes, no sign of the Chinese warship was found. The commander-in-chief realized that "there must be some other reason" and ordered the whole person to turn to the south.

At this time, the Nashville, the outermost end of the ship, began to be harassed by large-caliber torpedoes one after another. The earliest was at 1445 points, which may have come from China.|The torpedo was approaching from the rear and was avoided. 654 An explosion occurred in the front of the Nashville bridge, and the entire ship leaned 7 degrees to the right. Commander Major General Clinton reported that it was because of a torpedo or mine. This gave Sampson a feeling that Chinese warships retreated westward was a trap, and those waiting for mines, submarines and destroyers there.

Not long ago, the emergency report of the warships in front: There are submarines ahead of you! So Sampson has been slow to order westward. In fact, the nearest Chinese submarines are also hundreds of miles away. The basic performance of Chinese submarines has made the US Navy scared of talking about submersibles. Now the fictitious submarines block the entire US fleet!

At the front, Carnere was still pushing with 21 sections to search the southwest. At 14:50, he suddenly ordered a starboard turn, and the two armored cruisers turned around and returned. This made the distance between him and the Chinese fleet 5,000-8,000 again. He did not explain the reason for the turnover afterwards. At 14:55, Iowa ordered to ask with a light signal.

"Can you see the Chinese battleship?"

"No." The latter answered briefly.

In fact, China's torpedoes came from several battleships. These operating torpedoes accidentally pressed the shooting button.

"All kinds of shells were falling down beside us, and the scorching waves that hit us were full of deadly toxins. In the end, several people were coughing and vomiting constantly, their faces and hands had turned dark yellow, and their ears were bleeding, and they were deafened." This was the boiler worker Bai Tianle's explanation for the mistaken ejaculation.

Carnere also reported a few minutes ago that "the enemy fleet is in the West." A large group of Chinese torpedo boats reapproved and confirmed this fact. Just 20 minutes after Tan Fenglin successfully implemented the first major turn, the US fleet re-stopped after the second turn, and entered the deadly fire network of Chinese battleships again. In the letter Tan Fenglin wrote to the emperor after the war, he tried to explain the enemy's motivation for doing so:

"It was obviously too early to start cruise off contact and start the cruise. We took the lead and could always impose oppression from the rear, making the United States unable to implement the planned strategic attempt. More importantly, we may block the retreat and prevent the US fleet from returning to the home port. There is only one way to counterattack, which is to turn around and advance east regardless of the consequences and carry out a fast attack with elite battleships. Once this surprise attack is successful, the United States will regain the initiative on the battlefield...

However, a more intense battle is underway far from the main battlefield, five Chinese 7350-ton first-class cruisers are versus four French >.|Look, this is unfair. Cruisers may be able to injure battleships, but they cannot cause fatal damage to them.

China:

Class 1 heavy cruiser 50 tons + 0mm triple gun, 152mm rapid-fire gun, speed of 18 knots! Armor thickness 180mm

France:

30.5cm (45*227cm (45*214cm (45*847mm rapid-fire gun 45cm*

Armor (mm): Armor belt 275-450 main turret 400 deck
Chapter completed!