(One hundred and sixty-two) J Feng

Under the terrified gaze of the Germans, the Chinese battleships soon pursued closely from the left side of the German fleet.

Probably in order not to be seized by the German ships with the "T" prefix, the Chinese battlefleet, after catching up with the four "Byrne" class battleships, did not immediately open fire, but continued to advance at full speed, all the way past the four "King" class battleships that "changed from the rear to the front".

Vice Admiral Barnke, commander of the German detachment commanding the four "King" class battleships, realized the Chinese battleship's attempt and immediately ordered the German ships to open fire to prevent the Chinese ships from turning, and the "King" was the first to fire, followed by the "Elector", the "Border Count" and the "Crown Prince Wilhelm" also opened fire, and the four German battleships concentrated their artillery fire on the battleship "Republic", which was turning. For a time, the sea around the battleship "Republic" boiled like a boiling pot

After the "King" opened fire, the four "Byrne" class battleships also opened fire, directing their guns at the Chinese battleships at the tail of the queue, and at this time all the Chinese battleships did not fire and were still moving in full force, apparently trying to complete the turn at all costs.

Watching the huge enemy ships pass by in front of him, Scheer's heart was clenched by great fear.

If the Chinese battleship had completed the maneuver to seize the "T", he would probably have become the second Rozhtestvensky in the Battle of Tsushima

At this time, Scheer had already made up his mind and was ready to sacrifice light ships to save his main fleet from total annihilation.

Scheer tried to calm his head, he thought about it, and immediately issued another key order to the Straight Guard Fleet in this naval battle:

"All cruisers and destroyers charged the enemy ships"

And just as Scheer gave this order, the Chinese battleships in front of him opened fire one after another.

“…… At that moment, I saw a red glow in the sky in the distance, and the figure of the Chinese battleship resembled a fire-breathing 'Xudra' against the red light of the gun's muzzle flame. Brauninghouse, the captain of the battleship King, recalled, "All the Chinese battleships began to strike, and the sky was dyed red. Immediately after that, the shells fell from the sky, and the sea exploded not far from the 'King', and the Chinese's wheel Qi shè was all lost, and a high column of water was raised on the sea surface, without a single hit, but very, the Chinese started the second round of Qi shè with unimaginable degrees, and this time the accuracy was obviously very high, because our ship was hit. ”

"The 'King' was directly hit by a 46-millimeter shell, and the huge explosion shook the whole ship, causing the battleship's hull to shake violently in the seawater, and the 'Anna' turret was directly reimbursed, fortunately the flames did not extend to the bomb magazine below, otherwise, this blow would have killed us."

The Chinese battlefleet completed five times in a short period of time, the large-caliber shells exploded in the ranks of the German ships like a landslide and tsunami, the "King" was hit again, and the entire hull was surrounded by flames, and then the "Border Count" and "Crown Prince William" were also hit, the "Border Count" was hit by two shells, and the two main turrets were scrapped; "Crown Prince William" was hit by a single shot, and the ship was pierced with a large DN.

At this time, the Chinese battlefleet had completed the cross-cutting of the German fleet by virtue of its height, and the curtain of the death of the Germans had been completely opened at this time.

Seeing that the German battleships were in trouble, the German light ships ordered by Scheer fought hard in an attempt to interfere with the hellish shelling of the Chinese battleships, but the direct guards of the Chinese battlefleet saw through the Germans' attempts and rushed forward to stop the Germans from attacking their own battleships, and the light ships of the two sides once again started a hún battle.

Since the German light ships were not able to stop the maneuver of the Chinese battleships, very, at a distance of 11 yards from the "King", the "Republic" opened fire again, and the 6 continued to drive the entire ship column to starboard, and the Chinese battlefleet carried out 15 rounds of Qi shè in less than 1 minute, and the firepower was mainly concentrated on the four "King" class battleships in front of the German fleet array, when the "King" was hit by two more shots in succession, the fire on the ship spread further, "like a burning haystack", Even the commander of the detachment, Vice Admiral Barnke, was wounded, and the battered "King", which did not wait any longer for the order of the flagship, began to turn around under the command of the captain Brauninghaus and broke away from the array alone. ,

The second to suffer from hellish fire was the "Border Count", which was hit by three 46-mm shells one after another, and all three main turrets were rendered useless, and the gunners in the turrets were either killed or wounded. The "Elector" was hit by a cannon shot, and it was also on fire. The "Crown Prince William" was hit by as many as four guns, and it was also full of fire, the sailors and gunners on the ship were badly wounded, and the infirmary was very overcrowded, and there were wounded people with missing arms and few tuǐ everywhere, but unfortunately something happened, a 46-mm shell hit the infirmary, killing all the doctors and most of the wounded.

After the "King" turned, the "Border Earl", "Elector" and "Crown Prince William" behind it also began to turn.

Scheer, who was on the "Byrne", saw that the four "King" class ships were all on fire in an instant, and for a moment he couldn't help but be worried, while the six Chinese battleships were still advancing, cutting deep into the front of the German fleet, and constantly suppressing the German fleet with overwhelming artillery fire.

In the distance, the guns of the Chinese battleships, which were much larger than his own ship, continued to spew flames, and the piercing whistling and explosion of shells made Scheer's heart tighten for a while, and his body was full of powerlessness.

Just as Scheer was feeling desperate 6, an inexplicable thing happened.

The battleship "Republic" suddenly began to turn in the other direction, and after a while the shelling stopped. The other five Chinese battleships, which were firing non-stop behind the giant ship, also followed in the direction of the flagship.

At this time, Scheer, seeing this extremely surprising action made by Hua Jian, opened his mouth for a while, not knowing what to say. And his subordinates were also surprised

Scheer had already made up his mind that if he could return to Wilhelmshaven safely this time, he would never take such a risk again until he had a warship to match the enemy.

The unexpected maneuvering and altitude of the Chinese battleships gave the German fleet a precious opportunity to escape, and the German fleet desperately fired back while trying its best to sail in the opposite direction of the Chinese fleet, trying to distance itself as much as possible in this short period of time and disengage from contact with the Chinese ships.

And Scheer still could not have imagined that there was another person on the Chinese battleship who was as shocked and annoyed as he was.

"What's going on? Where are we going? Betty asked in shock and anger as she put down the binoculars in her hand.

"I don't know." Captain Schneider and Deputy Captain Colonel Shen Honglie glanced at each other, each seeing the same surprised and inexplicable expression in each other's eyes.

"Could it be that we have relatives of the Germans on our ship?" Betty's voice unconsciously widened.

"The helmsman could not have done this without our orders." Xu Zhenpeng thought calmly for a moment and said, "I think that our servo failed. ”

"Hurry up to find out the situation" Betty looked at the German ** ship that was gradually moving away, and shouted anxiously, and several middle ** officers rushed out.

"Signal the 'Democracy' not to follow us and immediately pursue the enemy," Betty commanded loudly.

At this time, as the distance between the German ships was getting farther and farther away, the Chinese battleships all stopped the shè attack. After receiving the order of the "Republic", the "Democracy" took the position of the flagship of the fleet and led the other four Chinese battleships back to the correct course and pursued the German fleet.

In fact, just as Xu Zhenpeng estimated, the steering gear of the "Republic" broke down at this juncture.

At this time, a team of mechanics and sailors were busy sweating in the wheelhouse, which was filled with white steam and the heavy smell of oil smoke.

Because the "Republic" class battleships were a major project ordered by China in the United States, and out of concern that the Japanese Navy might invade China at any time, the Chinese government asked the United States to produce the "Republic" class battleships in accordance with wartime production standards, so as to strive to complete them in a short time and achieve full combat strength to meet the threat of the Japanese Navy. The Americans adopted a variety of methods, such as "assembly line operations" and "standardized spare parts," and sure enough, in less than two years, all six "Republican" class ships were completed and passed the Chinese side's acceptance, demonstrating the strong production capacity and excellent technical level of the US shipbuilding industry.

The battleship "Republic" was built at the New York Navy Yard on May 1, 1916, and was launched on March 11, 1918. Before it officially entered service, in order not to make people say that it had cut corners and delayed the construction period, the "Republic" had undergone many tests and performed well, winning unanimous praise from foreign observers, and even Dr. Lin Yujing, the shipbuilding supervisor of the Chinese side, was extremely satisfied with the excellent performance of the "Republic" in the tests. ,

Despite this, it is an indisputable fact that the six "Republica" class battleships are, after all, warships that have just been launched and can no longer be put into the water, and not only the machines on the ships need to be run-in, but also the sailors of these huge ships need to be run-in with them, but it is a pity that the British, who urgently need the defense of large warships on their homeland, did not give the Chinese sailors the necessary time to run in with the warships they were riding.

Although there was help from the British and American navies, Vice Admiral Xu Zhenpeng, commander of the Chinese Navy's European Dispatch Fleet, questioned the British side about the short run-in time, and expressed concern about possible accidents in the battle, but Betty, who was bent on reporting the revenge of the Battle of Jutland as soon as possible, told his Chinese comrades-in-arms: "The battle is a good run-in." ”

At this moment, Betty, who was eager to fight, also felt a faint regret in her heart for the sudden appearance of the battleship "Republic" at the critical moment of the battle.

The two officers in charge of checking the accident went down to the cabin and went to the wheelhouse, where the mechanics, together with the sailors, began to troubleshoot with all their might, and asked the ship to stop. After questioning, the two officers rushed to the bridge and reported to Betty.

"Stop." Betty gave the order to stop the car to facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting. He looked anxiously at the watch on his wrist, then raised his binoculars again and looked out into the sea where the smoke had dissipated.

"The Chinese have one less battleship."

Scheer, who was running for his life, listened to the report of a staff officer, turned his head and raised his binoculars to look, and sure enough, the Chinese battleships that were closely pursuing the German fleet were missing.

"The Chinese are all boats, and there may have been some mechanical failure, otherwise we would not have been able to escape." Scheer put down the binoculars in his hand and said with palpitations, he didn't tell his subordinates at this time that the shirt of his general's uniform had just been completely soaked with cold sweat.

"Our danger is not over yet," Scheer said as he looked at the approaching Chinese battlefleet in the distance, still full of apprehension.

"yes, they're too much."

Colonel Malfoy, the captain of the battleship "Byrne", held up his binoculars, stared at the Chinese battlefleet catching up, and suddenly suggested: "How about we give them a crosscut now?" ”

Listening to Colonel Malfoy's advice, Scheer's brow furrowed, but a pair of deep-set eyes instantly shone sharply.

"If we cut them crosswise, we can give Vice Admiral Barnke's four battleships precious time to disengage, and if we can seize the opponent's 'T' head, we can concentrate our fire on one enemy ship......"

"Needless to say, they're coming up right away," Scheer turned his head and glanced at the enemy ship in the distance, and ordered loudly, "Turn left 9 degrees to stop them"

Malfoy gave the order loudly, and with the sound of a piercing whistle, the "Byrne" turned around and headed in the direction of the Chinese fleet, and behind the "Byrne", the "Baden", "Saxony" and "Württemberg", which had received the order, also followed the flagship and began to turn.

The battleship "Democracy" that caught up suddenly appeared four "Byrne" class battleships out of the array, turned around and blocked their way, the captain Colonel Raines immediately realized what the Germans wanted to do, and loudly gave the order to turn, but because the "Democracy" rushed too much, when his order was given, the German battleship that had used the strength to eat n had already completed the cross-cutting action and opened fire in the first time.

Accompanied by the fire of the German ship Qi Shiè, the "Democracy" was instantly shrouded in a wall of bullets and fire.

In less than three minutes, the "Democracy" was hit by 738-millimeter shells fired by the German ship shè, the surface of the ship was on fire, the superstructure exploded in a thunderclap-like explosion, and countless wreckage and debris flew into the air with the stumps and broken arms of the human body.

Although it was attacked by the concentrated fire of the four German "Byrne"-class battleships, the "Democracy" did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and her strong armor blocked the rain of shells from the German ship, and after a brief hesitation, the "Democracy" 9én 46 mm main gun began to roar.

The huge cannon barrel spewed out long flames and black smoke like a giant dragon's breath, and the air spewed out from the muzzle of the cannon 1N made a huge B pattern on the sea surface, and the battleship "Byrne" in the distance instantly rose high 1nhu, and the "Byrne" shook violently, as if it was about to be flipped over. ,

“…… The firepower of the German ships was inferior to that of our ships, but their tactics were flexible, their guns were high, their fighting spirit was high, and the German ships were solid in their armor, and although they were hit many times by our ships, they still insisted on refusing to sink them......"

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Patriotism is divided into two kinds: "feelings" and "isms".

To say that innate "patriotic feelings" do not need education,

Then, the artificially woven "patriotism" must be used to "educate" the people compulsorily

We are all Yan Huang Sun,

Patriotism is our innate beautiful feeling.

But be vigilant

We should be vigilant against our innate "patriotic feelings" and not be misled by the artificially woven "patriotism" and eventually go astray, and turn into "patriotic thieves" who mislead the country and the people

In a certain type of society, "patriotic education" is surging, and "patriotic flags" are flying all over the sky, and at the same time, the true face of "patriotism" in such societies has also begun to be included in the scope of attention of the "big 1n".

"Patriotism", "hot-blooded people", "national heroes", the connotations behind such simple terms are not so simple and superficial.

In a certain type of society, the core essence of the so-called "patriotic education" is nothing more than "nationalism" and "loyalty to the monarch and slaves". And "patriotism" that takes "nationalism" and "loyalty to the monarch and servitude" as the mainstream connotation to propagate is simply out-and-out "harmfulism"

Without exception, the evangelists of "patriotism" have mixed "patriotism" with the so-called "national feelings, religious martyrdom, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism" and the like, inciting the people's xenophobic sentiments and cultivating the people's slave mentality, with the main purpose of diverting the public's attention from the deep contradictions within their own countries.