Several enemy ships inside the encirclement were in a state of confusion because of the impact just now, and the bow of their Sea Shark-class No. 2 ship was leaking, and they were trying to save themselves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship in the outer ring is also in a crisis.

When the two armed merchant ships that had been targeted by the No. 1 ship before made a panicked and emergency turn under the blow of artillery fire, the No. 1 ship, which was parked in place, fell under the muzzle of an enemy professional warship that appeared on the left.

Previously, this warship was blocked by armed merchant ships, and now, the enemy who suddenly appeared in sight really caught the No. 1 ship a little off guard.

When the professional warship, which was loaded with more than 40 guns, used more than 20 smoothbore guns of different sizes on one side of the ship, and fired with all its might, the hull of the No. 1 ship was constantly smashed with wood chips, and blood was splashed everywhere.

Several chain shells smashed into the mast of the No. 1 ship, and although they failed to break the steel mast, they also dented the lower end of one of the steel masts.

Hundreds of stones, nails, and lead bullets of various sizes were fired into the deck of the No. 1 ship by the short-barreled guns, and several unlucky sailors were beaten into a sieve. The buildings on the deck were also almost completely pierced.

Of course, the No. 1 ship is not a soft persimmon, and the crew of the No. 1 ship, which has entered the state in a series of actions just now, is also struggling to fight back.

Previously, in order to rescue the second ship in the encirclement, Kan Shu ordered the artillery to be dispersed to both sides.

Now on the left side of the ship there are only 1 105mm howitzer and 2 88mm cannons, as well as 4 40mm flat-firing guns.

The guns were firing at their maximum rate of fire, and the two sides were constantly exchanging bullets, and there were casualties at every turn.

Moreover, most of them died directly, and even if they did not die on the spot, they were basically hopeless.

After all, even the smallest caliber 40mm shell is the size of a palm, and when it hits a human body, the powerful kinetic energy will instantly break the person in two. Larger caliber shells cause even greater damage.

The medical team on the No. 1 ship was already busy, but the wounded still died one by one, which made the doctors and nurses on the ship very helpless.

During the mutual bombardment between the two sides, the gunners of the No. 1 ship found that this time they could not use the downward firing ability again to directly penetrate the enemy's waterline position.

Heavy artillery had to be placed on a heavy gun mount because of the recoil, which also limited the gun's firing angle.

The current downward firing angle of the artillery is only minus 5 degrees, and the angle is fixed, so that the artillery can only bombard the enemy's waterline position at a certain distance.

And the distance between the enemy's ships and the No. 1 ship is now less than 50 meters, and at this distance, at an angle of minus 5 degrees, there is no way to shoot at the enemy's waterline.

Although the damage effect of a solid bullet that cannot explode on a wooden ship is still powerful, it is impossible to sink the opponent in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the armor belt of the No. 1 ship has a strong defense against the enemy's scattered shells and spherical shells, which greatly protects the position of the ship and the safety of the crew inside.

23 guns on the enemy's side, firing at a rate of 2 rounds per minute, were able to deliver 46 shells in a minute.

The three large-caliber guns on one side of the ship had a rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute, and the four flat-firing guns had a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute, which combined was capable of projecting 58 shells per minute.

The projectile delivery ability surpasses that of the opponent, and the defense power also surpasses that of the opponent.

So, within a minute before the No. 1 ship reconnected the steam engine and the transmission, the two sides were engaged in a close fire battle, which ended in a crushing victory for the No. 1 ship.

By the time the No. 1 ship retracted its tail anchor and started moving, the enemy ship that had surrounded it from other places had not yet been able to move into place, and the warship that had been bombarded with the No. 1 ship for a minute had no strength to pursue because of heavy losses.

In the frantic minute of mutual fire just now, the biggest credit was not the 105mm howitzer, nor the 88mm cannon.

These two guns, although inflicting a lot of damage on the enemy's hull, destroyed the enemy's ability to counterattack next.

However, a few 40mm flat-firing guns, in just one minute, 40 small-caliber shells, plowed the superstructure of the opposing ships.

Not only did the sailors on the deck of the ship, but also the fighters who were ready to go in gangs, carry out a complete sweep, and the solid pointed bullets could pierce any building on the enemy's deck, leaving the enemy with nowhere to hide.

And what incapacitated the low-burning ships were these 40mm solid pointed shells, which also broke two wooden masts of the opposing side.

When the No. 1 ship went against the wind and went around the encirclement that the enemy had not yet formed, the warship was still in place, unable to move, and it was very likely that for a long time, the other side would not be able to move.

And in order to encircle the No. 1 ship, the enemy also withdrew the encirclement of the No. 2 ship.

In the minds of everyone in Peter's fleet, the No. 1 ship, which has been chasing them at close range, can be regarded as a big problem, as long as the No. 1 ship can be eliminated, the No. 2 ship can be completely abandoned.

In this way, the No. 2 ship also successfully broke through, and the tactical goal of the No. 1 ship to rescue friendly forces was achieved.

While ships 1 and 2 were covering each other and heading upwind, the remaining ships of Peter's fleet were unable to pursue them because of their speed.

Peter's fleet was also very decisive, and when he found that the first and second ships did not seem to intend to entangle, he immediately made a decision and immediately began to reorganize and retreat to the west.

They discarded the immobile professional warship and an armed merchant ship with a broken mast, and took the remaining nine ships with them and disappeared without a trace.

The situation of the 101st formation is very bad now, and of the three Sea Shark-class battleships, the third ship escaped.

The second ship was damaged and could no longer fight, and they did not even dare to open fire, for fear that the shock would crack the hole that had been initially plugged again.

Ship No. 1 also lost almost a quarter of its crew, including gunners and some of the sailors on the upper deck.

The most important thing is that the person in charge of this operation, the commander of the 101st formation, the captain of the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship, Kan Shu, was shot in the body by an iron nail in the crazy close-range artillery battle just now, and was seriously injured, and at this time he was no longer able to command the battle.

The first mate took over the command, but after statistics, it was found that there were not many shells left, and it could be said that the No. 1 ship had no strength to fight again.

Therefore, the 101 formation at this time can be said to be already a fleet that is unable to pursue the enemy.