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The Boldness in the distance lost a steam engine, and its speed gradually slowed down, but its firepower remained undiminished. Suddenly, a rear main gun at the stern spit out flames, and a 5-inch shell went straight to the command tower of the Fuyuan .

"My lord, be careful!" Li Zhong, Xiang Zhongjie's adjutant, jumped forward. At this moment, the shell hit the conning tower, and the huge explosion knocked everyone present to the ground.

Xiang Zhongjie pushed Li Zhong away, stood up and took a look. Fortunately, the 8-inch thick armor of the command tower effectively protected the safety of the officers in the command tower. The shells only exploded outside the armor and did not cause much damage to the people in the command tower. , but a few officers who were close were stunned.

Xiang Zhongjie commanded several soldiers to carry the injured officer down, and the other three ships saw the damage to the Fuyuan, and sent semaphores to inquire about the situation.

Xiang Zhongjie thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Notify all ships that Fuyuan is safe and sound. Old Xiang is still in command. Fuyuan, Ganjiang concentrates all its firepower on Boldness. If he is not sunk, he must be disabled first."

"Yes!"

"Aim at the main gun of the Boldness, and hit me hard." Following the order of the captain of the Ganjiang, Lu Zhonglin, the advanced hydraulic turret on the warship moved slowly.

"Boom, boom." The front and rear main guns made loud noises one after another. After a puff of thick smoke, four 5-inch bullets flew out of the barrel, and along with the Fuyuan shells that shot obliquely, they went straight to the Bold.The surface of the sea around the Boldness was suddenly filled with water, and the explosion of the shell set off a wave of turbulence on the calm sea, causing the Boldness to shake from side to side.

"Go one to the left, reduce the scale by two, and fire." Lu Zhonglin issued an order to adjust the firing angle. Known for his rigor, he can be called an excellent commander of the Imperial Navy.

"Boom..." Four 5-inch guns roared one after another.

Lu Zhonglin picked up the binoculars and closely observed the Boldness which was 3400 meters away.I saw that the hull of the Bold was slightly tilted to the left, and suddenly violent flames shot out from behind the ship's main gun.

"Hit, hit." The gunner reported excitedly.

Just when Lu Zhonglin commanded the officers and soldiers to beat the dog in the water, the Boldness, which had just been hit in the distance, suddenly flashed with fire, and then the entire bow of the ship was lifted out of the water by some unknown force, and then fell heavily back to the water. A long crack was formed, and the waves rolled and poured.Lu Zhonglin quickly got up and picked up the binoculars again. He couldn't believe his eyes. The front of the bridge and the front main gun of the Boldness suddenly disappeared, leaving only the soaring fire and the mushroom cloud after the explosion. The Chinese officers and soldiers outside felt a dull pain in their ears.Judging from the power of the explosion, it must not have been caused by the four shells fired from the Ganjiang. Lu Zhonglin guessed that it was the ammunition depot of the Bold that detonated.

In fact, the four shells just now did not hit the front main gun of the Daring, but hit between the front main gun and the bridge. Although this is also an important part of the cruiser, generally speaking, this position is adjacent to the bridge. A few shots are not fatal, because the bridge and turret are relatively well protected.The truly deadly shot came from a 7-inch high-velocity armor-piercing projectile fired by Fuyuan. With a full 60 rounds and a large launch pack, this gun had disastrous consequences for the Daring.The soaring flames and the slowly rising mushroom cloud could even be seen by people ten thousand meters away.Half a minute later, after the explosion, the Boldness was surrounded by a sea of ​​flames and began to sink rapidly. After 10 minutes, the sea water had submerged the Mast of the Boldness, and the warship ended its journey at sea and sank forever In the ocean of Vladivostok.

At this time, the Xeniawen, which had been under the care of Luyuan and Weiyuan, was also in trouble. Although Bridge's superb command ability allowed the Xeniawen to avoid many shells, it also made his own hit. The rate dropped to a pitiful situation. With the successive sinking of the Angara and the Bold, the Xeniawen inevitably became the first target of the Fuyuan formation.

I am busy with work, so I decided to keep the number of words updated every day at more than 5000, and I hope everyone will understand.

Soaring Front: The First World War Chapter 267 Raging Seas 4

Heavy shells continued to explode around the Senyavin, and Bridge commanded the warship to shuttle through the spray caused by the explosion. Every explosion made Bridge feel a little lucky, but also anxious. Dodged a shell, the anxiety is that the firepower of the Fuyuan formation is getting more and more fierce, and the counterattack of the Xeniawen is indeed getting weaker and weaker. The two secondary guns and the front main gun have been damaged, and now only the The main gun and a 2-inch secondary gun fired from time to time to show that they were still fighting.

Although it avoided a lot of shells in the S-shaped route, the Xenia Wen did not suffer less shells. The main reason why the hull itself did not suffer major losses was that most of the hits came from the 120mm deputy Ganjiang. However, with the sinking of the Angara and the Bold, the Fuyuan formation took the Seniavin as its primary attack target. Even if God protected this "magic" warship, it would be doomed.

A 6-inch shell from the Weiyuan passed through the lower part of the chimney of the Xeniawen very calmly, blowing up the ventilation and exhaust device. For a while, the deck of the warship was filled with black smoke, and several sailors in the lower cabin of the chimney Choked to death by the smoke.Immediately afterwards, the Luyuan, which had made outstanding achievements in previous battles, hit the mast of the Xeniawen again.Soon after, two secondary artillery shells from the Fuyuan hit the stern of the Xeniaven one after another.However, when the Fuyuan formation was fighting smoothly, the Aprak, which was overtaking at high speed, immediately announced to the enemy ship with a 6-inch Armstrong rapid-fire gun that the battle had not yet reached the point of unilateral massacre.

If it is said that using a 6-inch rapid-fire gun to deal with the Yuanzi-class battleship is a bit like a mosquito biting an elephant, then it is perfect for dealing with the Ganjiang, which has thinner armor and smaller tonnage. The rate of fire of up to 7 rounds per minute makes up for it. The disadvantage of the Plaque's low hit rate during high-speed navigation.The Ganjiang with a displacement of more than 4000 tons is a circle smaller than the nearly 6000-ton Aprak.Moreover, the Aprak has 160 guns above 7 mm on the starboard side, and the Ganjiang has only 5 120 mm rapid-fire guns on the side. In particular, the Aprak is equipped with the latest Armstrong rapid-fire guns, which are faster than The rapid-fire guns produced by Ganjiang's Kaohsiung Arsenal are nearly twice as high.If you change to a Yuanzi ship, with its heavy armor and 1-inch main gun, it has enough strength to make the Aprak fearful, but at this time, including the Fuyuan formation, the main firepower will be concentrated on the Xeniawen, The Aprak appeared more relaxed and calm.

At 10:53, nine 6-inch and eight 160mm artillery shells hit the hull of Ganjiang successively on the Aprak, causing multiple breaches on the port side of the hull of the Ganjiang, and the water intake reached 600 tons. Sufficient energy was provided to the water pump, and the speed had dropped to 11 knots. More than 130 officers and men were killed or injured on the ship. The rear main gun was destroyed, and most of the side guns were destroyed. Fierce artillery, trying to block the damaged part of the hull.

Xiang Zhongjie on board the Fuyuan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. According to the deployment of the commander-in-chief Lin Jianzhang, the task of the Fuyuan formation was to lure and annihilate this formation in the shortest possible time, because the four ships of the Russian army The warship is the most powerful and fastest ship among all the cruisers in the Far East Fleet. If these four high-speed cruisers join the main force, it will cause unpredictable troubles to the coastal defense fleet. Four warships is victory, but Xiang Zhongjie, who is full of enthusiasm, wants to completely defeat this formation, and then join the main camp. In this way, he must protect his own vital forces. One more cruiser may change the victory of the naval battle. At this time, the Ganjiang was already in trouble, and it might even become the first cruiser sunk by the Chinese Coastal Defense Fleet after the war.

On the other hand, the situation of the Russian formation can be described as terrible. Half of the warships were sunk, and the remaining command ship, the Senyavin, was under artillery fire. Not much speed was lost.Bridge, who has always been flexible, chose the most brilliant strategy among the 36 strategies at this time: escape.

"Don't make unnecessary reckless fights. I ordered to turn to the left immediately, and at the same time activate the power acceleration system." Bridge made a decisive decision, and the huge hull of the Xeniawen began to turn to the left, and at the same time, a huge sound came from below the deck. roar of the motor.

If the dying Xeniawen is to be sunk, Xiang Zhongjie must order the formation to follow the enemy ship and turn left. In this way, the Ganjiang, which has been cornered by the Aprak, will certainly not be able to keep up with the formation. May be sunk by pursuing enemy ships.And Xiang Zhongjie has seen that although the Xeniawen is still sailing at high speed, it has been hit by at least 6 shells near the waterline. Even if the power plant is intact, can the violent seawater poured in keep the ship alive? Escape back to Terney is still unknown.

"Do you want to follow the enemy ship to turn?" The chief engineer asked Xiang Zhongjie for instructions.

"Don't turn around! Order the ships to launch the last salvo on Xeniawen, then Luyuan and Weiyuan turn left 120 degrees to outflank Aprak, and Ganjiang can turn right and withdraw from the battlefield for repairs. Within 30 minutes, the Aprak must be sent to the King of Hades." Xiang Zhongjie said with a livid face.

Fuyuan, Weiyuan, Luyuan, and Ganjiang all concentrated their artillery fire on the Xeniawen. In an instant, the heavy artillery fired together, as if countless ferocious beasts lying on the sea let out a shocking roar. It was so shocking that people's ears and drums were about to burst. Black smoke and flames rose into the sky on the Xeniavin ship, which was already battered with holes. There were continuous huge explosions inside and outside the ship, and the entire upper tower slammed loudly. It collapsed, and a two-meter-wide crack appeared on the deck, and as the explosive force continued to increase, the crack continued to expand. The Xenia was like a lamb that fell into a pack of wolves, and was being dismembered. !

"Idiot! Speed ​​up and escape from this hateful battlefield!" Bridge's voice has become hoarse, and his pupils are full of fear and panic. At this time, the strongest thought in his heart is: I would rather never participate in this war again. A terrible war.

But it was too late. Although the Xeniavin was escaping faster and faster, the explosion on the ship became more and more violent. The warship dragged a long black smoke before running far. It stopped by itself, because the three main steel frames in the ship had broken, and the huge Xeniawen gradually split into two halves, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.

ps: Thank you for the flowers, my friends. According to the situation, it is estimated that this month will be less than 15, but a new month is coming again. I believe that with your support in September, I will definitely surpass it.In addition, I would like to thank my good friend Hong or for his opinions. If you have any good opinions and ideas, you can put them forward at any time, and I will definitely consider them seriously.

Soaring Front: The First World War Chapter 268 Raging Seas 5

At present, in this sub-battlefield, only the Aprak is still fighting the beast. Under the siege of four Chinese warships, the end of the Aprak is approaching.This warship has already begun to turn, and its purpose is very clear, which is to rush out of the water between Fuyuan and Weiyuan.

"My lord, it looks like the enemy ship is going to flee." The first officer reminded Xiang Zhongjie in time.

"Run? It's not that easy. Order all the formations to aim their guns at this warship, and fire when it just accelerates. Be sure to sink it!" Xiang Zhongjie said coldly.

"Yes."

All of a sudden, thousands of guns were fired, and 5-inch to 7-inch shells poured down on the Aprak like raindrops. The warship suddenly burst into flames, and the steel armor near the waterline was beaten into a honeycomb shape. Frantically pouring into each cabin, the captain of the Aprak sat in the command room blankly, crossing his chest with his right hand blankly.In less than 10 minutes, the water had submerged the horizontal deck. Only the tall watchtower was still on the water at the front of the bow. Dozens of Russian sailors on the sea were struggling to swim, trying to board a lifeboat or climb onto something like a plank.

"Order the machine gunners to straf the enemy soldiers at sea, so that no one will be left alive!" Xiang Zhongjie's eyes shot out two frightening rays of light.

"Yes!"

Under the frantic fire of machine guns, the sea was soon stained red by the blood of the Russian sailors, and there were dead bodies and fragments of the Aprak floating in a mess on the water.

The battle on the battlefield is finally over.In fact, during the one-hour battle, the Fuyuan formation suffered a lot of losses. In particular, the Ganjiang was hit with more than fifteen rounds, and twelve rounds exploded inside the hull. The secondary gun that was lost in the middle was less than 30% of the firepower of the Ganjiang, and 4 shells penetrated the waterline armor. The water intake on the port side exceeded 500 tons. In order to maintain balance, at least 200 tons of water must be injected into the starboard side. Ton, luckily the battle was drawing to a close by this time.Xiang Zhongjie immediately ordered Luyuan to assist in the rescue of Ganjiang. Luyuan hooked the hull of Ganjiang with eight iron chains. When Ganjiang only injected 200 tons of water to the starboard side, it used its own weight to help Ganjiang. Jiang barely regained its balance, and then with the efforts of the damage control team members of Ganjiang, it barely blocked the three large water inlets, and discharged 3 tons of seawater on the port side, without completely losing its self-propelled ability. , Ganjiang barely maintained its combat effectiveness.Under Xiang Zhongjie's order, the Ganjiang turned right and left the battlefield. For the captain of the Ganjiang, Lu Zhonglin, not being able to participate in the subsequent battle was more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Order Fuyuan, Weiyuan, and Luyuan to sail to the southwest at a speed of 17 knots, and immediately enter the main battlefield." Xiang Zhongjie gave an order, and the three Fuyuan ships quickly completed their turn, heading towards the main battlefield at a speed of 17 knots. side to kill.

On the main battlefield, the total tonnage of warships of all parties exceeded 9 tons, and the intensity of the battle far exceeded that of the western waters.The coastal defense fleet Xiangjiang, Taipei, and Jinsha were on fire, and their hulls had tilted significantly. If they continued to fight, they might capsize. Even the battleship Ningyuan was riddled with holes.However, due to the large tonnage of the two Zhonghua-class warships, their maneuverability and flexibility are relatively poor, so they had to stay in the open sea and use the power of heavy artillery to attack the enemy ships from a long distance. Any warship in the world is daunting.In contrast, the losses of the Far East Fleet were much greater. Three main cruisers, eleven gunboats, and six torpedo ships were sunk successively. Cheap, lost a main gun and three auxiliary guns, and two fires broke out on the rear deck. Although they were all extinguished in time, countless sailors were burned to death.The Supreme Commander Wakqin was furious. The strength of the Chinese navy far exceeded his imagination. Moreover, from the moment the battle began, the Far East Fleet has been under pressure from the opponent, and has never found a good point of attack. Especially after learning that all his fleet formations had been destroyed, his originally high mood suddenly fell down. You must know that those four warships are the main force of the fleet, and the fleet will rely on them to disrupt the enemy's formation. Now these wishful thinking Completely lost.The destruction of this formation has greatly reduced the mobility of the Far East Fleet, which was not strong at all. Now there is only a desperate and powerful coastal defense fleet to attack.

Judging from the current power comparison, with the destruction of the Angara formation, the strength and mobility advantages of the Far East Fleet disappeared.In the coastal defense fleet, only the Ganjiang was severely damaged and withdrew from the battlefield. Among the other warships, the three Xiangjiang suffered heavy damage and lost more than half of their combat effectiveness, but they were still able to barely participate in the battle.Weiyuan and Luyuan each lost a secondary gun, Fuyuan lost two (one on the stern and one on the port side), and Minjiang lost a 5-inch gun on the port side and a 120mm secondary gun However, the Xiangjiang lost a 120mm secondary gun. Calculated in this way, the coastal defense fleet still has more than 40 naval guns above 120mm. Cannons, the Zhonghua-class warships did not suffer any losses at all because they were far away from the battlefield, and the coastal defense fleet still had at least 7% of the shells, enough to deal with an hour of high-intensity naval battles.Although the Far East Fleet still retains three large cruisers with a full load displacement of more than 4 tons, and their armor protection capabilities are much stronger than any warship in the Angara formation, the problem is that the artillery speed of these three large cruisers is relatively fast. Low, that is to say, if the naval battle continues for another hour, the 3-inch naval gun of the Yuanzi warship can fire at least hundreds of shells per minute, while the three Russian warships can only fire 6000 rounds per minute, unless Wacker Qin is confident that the hit rate of the entire fleet will be increased by more than ten times.

At this time, after Lin Jianzhang finished encircling and suppressing the Angara formation, he changed the linear formation and asked Xiang Zhongjie to lead the Fuyuan, Luyuan, Xiangjiang, Minjiang, and Jinsha as the right wing, while he personally led the Wei Yuan, Ningyuan, Ganjiang, Taipei, and Haitian are the left-wing detachments, which use pincer tactics to outflank the main formation of the Far East Fleet.

Lin Jianzhang's purpose is very clear, that is to use the existing force advantage to kill and damage the enemy's remaining cruisers as much as possible, but without forming a closed door to fight dogs, so as to prevent the Far East Fleet from seeing that there is no hope of escape and desperately counterattack, although from the perspective of combat effectiveness , the coastal defense fleet is in an advantage, and this advantage is not small, but as the saying goes, if you kill the enemy three thousand, you will lose eight hundred. If Lin Jianzhang leaves two or three cruisers in the due east direction to face the enemy ships in a pocket formation, then The Far East Fleet may fight to the death, and I am afraid that the Chinese warships will also be severely damaged at that time. This is what Lin Jianzhang does not want to see.From a tactical point of view, such an arrangement does not affect the firepower of one's own fleet. However, for the Far East Fleet, this is fatal. The front main guns of many Russian warships cannot be rotated, except of course the main guns of the flagship Alexander. At the stern.

In addition, unless the Far East Fleet turns around, most of the main guns of the entire fleet will basically not play much role, and the other firepower except Alexander, Nikolai and the other five main cruisers have main guns of more than 240mm , the others are basically 120mm secondary guns, and it has been proved in the previous naval battles that the 120mm secondary guns are not very effective in the face of the large tonnage and thick armored Chinese fleet. Warships can also be hit with about 10 rounds of 120mm shells, and the Far East Fleet, which has most of its main guns on both sides, can only concentrate half of its firepower during the entire process.

Seeing that the Chinese had made adjustments to the formation, Vakchen also quickly arranged the Far East Fleet into a wedge formation, getting rid of the original dual-core lineup of the Alexander and the Nikolai, and changing it to the Alexander as the absolute core. The La, Campton, Cardinal, Torch, Pegasus, Leander, Rambler, and Swift are placed on the two wings respectively, and the large and small gunboats and torpedo ships are placed in front of the main lineup. The intention is also very obvious, that is to sacrifice the weakly armored gunboats and torpedo ships, and concentrate the firepower of the whole team, hoping to cause a powerful blow to the enemy's capital ship.

At this time, the fleets of both sides approached about 6000 meters, and the 280mm main gun on the Alexander opened fire.This world-class naval gun designed by the Frenchman Bai Laoyi is indeed amazing when it fires. The thick smoke when the single turret shoots almost envelopes the entire capital of the Alexander. The hull trembled a bit.Three shells fell into the water about 500 meters away from the Weiyuan with the sound of piercing the air. The violent explosion stirred up a column of water that soared into the sky. Lin Jianzhang could even see the huge shell flying in the air with the naked eye The black trail drawn by the projectile in the air.

"Master Lin, the enemy is firing, what should we do?" Miao Changqing asked Lin Jianzhang for instructions.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer." Lin Jianzhang squinted his eyes at the approaching enemy ships, and listened carefully to the data reported by the observers.

The distance between the two fleets was shortened to 4000 meters, and the Russian Swift also started a tentative bombardment, but at this distance, needless to say, the hit rate, even if it hit the Swift, the damage of the 160mm shell was limited.

At 3500 meters, Lin Jianzhang gave an order, and the main guns on the Yuanzi-class battleship spewed out flames together, pouring shells rhythmically at the enemy ship.

At 3000 meters, Lin Jianzhang ordered the entire fleet to slow down and turn to maintain an effective fire control distance with the enemy ship. At the same time, the artillery fire from both sides became more and more intensive. covered up.

ps: I am asking for flowers from my friends in the new month, and thank you for your support all the time. I am very familiar with the names of many friends. Hehe, I hope you will continue to support me and this book as always.

Soaring Front: The First World War Chapter 269 The Massacre of Wolves

The two shells of Weiyuan and Minjiang hit the right bow of Rambler and No. 1 deputy on the starboard side respectively.The Rambler is currently one of the ships with the best protection in the Far East Fleet. The protection of the key parts is even designed to deal with the 6-inch main guns on the Yuanzi-class warships, but the armor of the secondary parts is not so thick. The shell that hit the bow easily knocked off an armor plate and destroyed some living supplies stored on the bow, while the shell from the Minjiang bombarded a secondary gun of the Rambler.

Immediately afterwards, two 6-inch front main guns on the Luyuan hit the Swift, and the impact points were on the port side of the Swift at one-third and two-thirds of the way. The fire and smoke caused by the explosion seemed to spread all over the place in an instant. With the thin body of the Swift, the soldiers on the Luyuan could even clearly see that a dozen Russian sailors were thrown out of the hull by the violent explosion, and then disappeared into the vast sea.

As the warships of the two sides entered a linear confrontation, the counterattack firepower of the Russian army gradually became more violent. Although the power of the 120mm naval gun was limited, the scene of dozens of guns firing together still made Lin Jianzhang a little worried. Obviously Wakchen knew that the 120mm The 5-inch artillery did not pose any threat to the rough-skinned and thick-skinned Yuanzi-class warships, so they focused their firepower on the Jiangzi-class warships, especially the Xiangjiang, which had been severely damaged in the previous naval battle and seemed to be somewhat difficult to navigate.The artillery shells continued to stir up shocking water columns one after another around the Xiangjiang, and hit the deck, the ship's side, and the gun positions of the Xiangjiang again and again. Except for a funnel, only one twin 120-inch main gun can barely maintain combat effectiveness.Although the firepower of the Russian army is very fierce, due to the change of strategic formation, the most powerful Alexander and Nikolai have gradually been at the edge of the fleet, and it is difficult to organize an effective fire attack on the Xiangjiang, while the other [-] mm There were not many artillery pieces that could penetrate the main armor belt of the Xiangjiang, and the breaches in the previous battles were basically blocked. Therefore, although the Xiangjiang suffered heavy casualties, it was not in danger of sinking for the time being.