On one side, Essen, who had just escaped and ascended to heaven, was still preparing to make a comeback, while on the other side, the battle situation was completely different from what Essen thought. What is there a saying? It is called ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel! At this time,

Not to mention the tragedy of the Russian fleet, it is not even a tragedy! The Russian fleet’s subsequent four battleships not only failed to shoulder the heavy responsibility of severely damaging the subsequent four ships of the Chinese Navy, but instead put themselves in a desperate situation!

If time could be turned back, Essen would have seen how miserable the remaining Russian warships were when the Yekaterina was beaten. When the low-speed Yekaterina was attacked by concentrated fire

, the seven provincial numbers and Ah in the second and third digits

The Amsterdam was not ignored by the opponent. When Admiral Harvey was about to command two warships to rescue Essen, two huge figures rushed out of the smoke screen, and the diagonally arranged turrets amidships clearly told

The Dutch, two Longteng-class battleships are coming!

According to the data analysis of the Second Java Sea Battle, when the two Longteng-class battleships were able to fully utilize the firepower of their main guns, their dispersion and hit rates were the highest in the Chinese Navy, and were not even weaker than those equipped with 12 main guns.

Longxing-class battleship. Faced with these two behemoths, the Dutch naturally did not dare to neglect and prepared to fight with all their strength.

The distance between the two sides was also very close. The two Longteng-class battleships immediately concentrated their fire on the Amsterdam, which was in second place. This combination of firepower made the Dutch very puzzled. Ordinarily, when the number of battleships was equal, the Chinese Navy would

They should be catching and killing each other one by one. How could it be two against one? But at this time, the Dutch obviously had no time to think about this problem. At a distance of 6km, 20 12-inch artillery had already begun to spray deadly fire at the Seven Provinces.

Rain of bullets!

The performance of the Seven Provinces is better than that of the Yekaterina, and the firepower of the three Longtai-class battleships is also stronger than that of the two Longteng-class battleships. Therefore, the situation of the Seven Provinces is stronger than that of the Yekaterina.

.You won’t be defeated directly as soon as you fight, but it will only

It's just better! The two Longteng-class battleships quickly took the initiative on the battlefield. At a very close distance, the God of War was more inclined to the side with more barrels and thicker barrels. The Chinese fleet immediately outnumbered the opponent.

More than double the projection volume achieved an overwhelming advantage.

The seven-provincial fast battleship, which participated in two major naval battles and was seriously injured both times, was in very bad condition. Various mechanical failures and hidden diseases reduced the battleship's combat effectiveness by about 20%. The eight 274mm main guns fired back very hard.

It was soon suppressed, within a distance of 6km. View of the main gun of the Chinese Navy

The sighting equipment can already lock on to targets the size of turrets, so right after the fight, the seven provincial-level main guns were taken care of. The probability of hitting the turret is indeed not high. However, at least 30 shells flew towards the target in one minute! So before the war started

In the next two minutes, the No. 3 and No. 4 turrets of the Seventh Province were hit.

A 12-inch armor-piercing projectile from the battleship Longteng in the third battle position penetrated the No. 3 turret of the Seven Provinces from the side. At this time, the turret was loading shells and propellants. The armor with a thickness of only 6 inches was basically useless.

Can't reach it at such a close distance

It blocked a 12-inch hardened capped armor-piercing bullet. With a dull impact and the sound of steel plates being shredded, the shell hit the breech of an artillery piece. Under the action of the fuse, more than ten kilograms of TNT explosives in the shell were

Ignite. High-temperature flames and countless artillery pieces

The fragments instantly killed almost all the Dutch officers and soldiers in the turret, and the burning fragments and flames ignited the powder packets sent up from the propellant lifting channel! With a violent explosion, more than a dozen propellants

One after another, the entire turret was destroyed.

It was directly destroyed as if it were sitting on the top of a volcano, and the turret wreckage weighing several hundred tons was shaken out of the gun mount. The No. 3 turret was completely destroyed! However, because the Dutch battleship bomber had two fire doors, the ammunition depot did not

Being ignited can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.

Then, the No. 4 turret could not escape its misfortune. A 12-inch shell hit the vulnerable spot of the No. 4 turret's mount from the side and rear (the thickness of the mount's armor is not equal. Some places are thicker and some are thin.

). After the shell penetrated the armor of the gun mount, it smoothly blew the internal lifting equipment into pieces. At the same time, it destroyed the turret rotating equipment, and the entire turret was immediately stuck. Thick smoke billowed out from the gun mount.

gushes out, covering the entire stern of the hull.

In addition to losing half of its firepower, in just about ten minutes of fighting, the superstructure of the Seven Provinces was also washed by various artillery shells. The Chinese Navy's main gun fired armor-piercing shells, and the secondary gun used high-explosive shells. Even though

The secondary battery shells cannot penetrate the armor and gun gallery, but they can still light up balls of flames on the hull of the Seven Provinces! The entire upper part of the hull

The gun gallery deck where the secondary battery gallery is located has been riddled with holes by armor-piercing shells. Except for a few 12-pound anti-mine cannons and machine guns that were not directly hit, all medium-caliber artillery over 100mm have been destroyed. Although

Relying on excellent quality, the Seventh Province can continue to maneuver, but in terms of combat effectiveness, there really isn't much left of the Seventh Province.

Just when the Seventh Province was being fired upon, Admiral Harvey was also cursing. He now particularly wanted to know what the Amsterdam behind him was doing! But the view behind the control tower was obstructed by thick smoke, so Harvey simply couldn't

I don’t know what happened next. Although the Amsterdam’s situation is much better than that of the Seven Provinces, but what about supporting the Seven Provinces?

The reason is very simple. When the two Longteng-class battleships violently beat up the Seven Provinces, the two Scharnhorst cultivation battlecruisers were also concentrating their fire to attack the Amsterdam. Although because of the two cultivation ships

The battle cruiser's protection was relatively poor and it didn't dare to get too close, but there was no problem with the 12 11-inch guns suppressing the opponent's 8 274mm guns.

At this time, Count Spee finally let out a bad breath. His performance in the second Java Sea Battle was perfect. He directly sank a Russian armored cruiser and even gave the Chinese fleet an advantage on the scene. But then,

When fighting against the Seven Provincials, the Scharnhorst was immediately knocked back to its original shape. If the Essen fleet had not finally had no choice but to evacuate, Count Spee did not know whether the Ninghai-class battleship would sink, but the Scharnhorst

It definitely won’t last long!

But this time it was different. Two ships on our side attacked one of the other side, and at the beginning, the Dutch warship actually dared to allocate half of its artillery to support the friendly ship. As the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die, but now

, the Dutch warship is obviously seeking death! But this cannot be blamed on the Dutch, when the two Dragon Soaring ships

When the battleship concentrated its firepower to attack the Seven Provinces, the two Scharnhorst-type battleships did not rush out of the smoke, so the Amsterdam first planned to support the Seven Provinces. But before two rounds of calibration fire could be fired, two ships

The German battleships rushed out and violently attacked the Amsterdam.

Because of the long distance and the far inferior number and power of artillery compared to the Longtai-class and Longteng-class battleships, the two German warships only have an advantage at best, but it is still somewhat difficult to completely suppress their opponents. At this time, the two German warships have an advantage.

, the 7 warships of the Chinese Navy are already at full fire, focusing on attacking the opponent's 3 warships.

The Russian fleet has a total of 5 dreadnoughts and one armored cruiser. Essen and Harvey both want to know, what are the remaining two Dandong-class battleships doing? The thick-skinned Dandong has high hopes from the Russian army.

At this time, not only did the two Dandong-class battleships fail to show their might, they themselves were in trouble!

The Dandong class was originally built according to the design of the former Dreadnought. It has a 1-stage main gun and a 2-stage main gun. The 240mm gun can also deal with auxiliary battleships such as light cruisers. However, later, the French forcibly upgraded the Dandong and converted the 6-seat

The twin 240mm turret was replaced with a single 12-inch gun, equipped with a fire control system

With the system, the Dandong's long-distance combat capability has been improved. However, the anti-lightning firepower has been greatly weakened. In addition to the 10 12-inch main guns, the Dandong-class battleship does not even have a secondary gun above 100mm! The 12-inch above

It's still possible to hit torpedo boats with pounder rapid-fire guns, but if you want to hit light cruisers, it's still a waste of time.

Originally, this problem was not too serious. After all, the battleships always need some followers when they go out. But the current situation is that basically all the followers in the Russian fleet who can get the scene are dead. The Russian fleet suffered losses in the two Java Sea battles.

The biggest ones are not the main fleet but the auxiliary warships, which can break through the opponent's blockade and delay

Time has to be exchanged for the lives of these warships, and the Russian fleet operating in the ocean originally had fewer auxiliary warships. The result of this unnecessary consumption is that now at the critical moment, the Russians no longer even have the ability to delay the opponent's light cruisers! At this time,

The target of the Chinese Navy's lightning strike happened to be the Dandong class, which lacked the most secondary guns!

Lightning striking the Dandong was not a temporary solution that Yang Yonglin and others thought of. After learning that the Russians would get two Dandong-class battleships, they already had the idea of ​​sinking or severely damaging them through torpedo attacks. The number of Russian auxiliary battleships was already high.

Fewer, compared with main battleships, auxiliary battleships are more likely to be lost, although the Russians have used auxiliary battleships through attrition time and time again.

The battleships have preserved the main battleships as much as possible, but this loss is fatal. When the number drops to a certain level and the auxiliary battleships can no longer provide protection for the main battleships, the losses of the main battleships will suddenly rise. The second time

This was the case in the Battle of the Java Sea. The Russians almost lost a battle with a fleet equivalent to the tonnage of a second-rate naval power!

At this time, the Chinese Navy's Lightning Strike Fleet had almost all the advantages, such as the extremely close distance, the protection of the smoke screen, and almost no interference from the opponent's auxiliary warships. More importantly, the other warships of the Russian fleet were either severely damaged or damaged.

Serious. Or unable to escape. And the two Dandong-class battleships faced by the Chinese Navy lack secondary artillery fire.

force, so in this case, the probability of a successful lightning strike greatly increases! In addition, the Chinese Navy has designed a new lightning strike tactic specifically for lightning strike ships. This will greatly limit the evasive space of the warships. Although the two Dandong

The battleship was not hit by concentrated fire, but at this time the god of death had already begun to wander over the heads of these two legal dreadnoughts!

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