However, in addition to the destruction of the main gun turrets of two battleships, the weak firepower of the US Navy was not successful in the next few rounds of artillery bombardment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 On the contrary, the four main battleships of the British side, with a tonnage of more than 20,000 tons, scored hits one after another.

One of the intrepid shells exploded just ten meters from the USS Connecticut, and a large amount of shrapnel swept through the stern of the USS Connecticut, killing and wounding some American sailors and even destroying a secondary gun.

Two shells from the Reckless, a Bellerophon-class ship, hit the side of the Massachusetts, hitting the ammunition depot of the Massachusetts' secondary gun, killing the ammunition and causing a serious fire.

Again, the Dreadnought, this time with its 130-mm secondary gun, reaped the benefits of hitting the bridge of the enemy flagship. Although the medium-caliber shell did not penetrate the conning tower, it caused the entire bridge to shake violently, injuring several U.S. Navy officers and men, including the U.S. Navy's fleet commander.

The magical Dreadnought hit the Connecticut's rear mast tower with the next shell, this time directly destroying the optical ranging instruments on the Connecticut, making the Connecticut's fire control completely scrapped, unable to launch accurate attacks again, and relying on the gunners' hands.

At this time, the British Navy cruiser formation, which had not fired its guns, successfully bypassed the US Navy's battle line from the right side, forming a situation of flanking the enemy from the battle line of the capital ships on the left and right.

The British Royal Navy's heavy cruisers immediately struck, and a number of 8-inch shells hit the USS Connecticut, the flagship of the US Navy, which suffered huge losses, and in multiple rounds of firing, the British heavy cruiser hit the US Navy flagship many times, and the USS Connecticut was shot in many places from the deck to the bridge, and the British heavy cruisers knew that their shells might not be able to penetrate the horizontal armor of the USS Connecticut, after all, it was a battleship, and the thickness of the armor could be imagined. However, they can effectively kill and injure the enemy by attacking the opponent's decks, guns, and bridges.

A shell from the British Heavy Patrol Crown hit the bridge of Connecticut, the bridge suffered heavy casualties, and the combat capability of the Connecticut was rapidly declining, until today a shell of the invincible Dreadnought directly tore through the center of its side side, the Connecticut boiler exploded, the speed dropped to 5 knots, and completely lost its combat ability, slowly began to sink.

The sinking of the flagship of the U.S. Navy has taken a toll on the morale of the U.S. Navy, but at the same time, the U.S. Navy has also burst into a stronger will. The formation, consisting of American light cruisers and frigates, rushed madly towards the British battle line. These ships were all equipped with torpedoes, and if they got close, a single shot could inflict heavy damage on the battleship.

Nelson had to order the secondary guns of the capital ships at this point to start firing at the attacking American light cruisers and frigates, and at the same time the British frigates immediately came into play, ready to act as a shield for the guns.

The American light cruisers and frigates were immediately enveloped in dense artillery fire, and they were sunk faster than the battleships, and in just ten minutes, three American battleships began to sink after being heavily damaged, and most of them were killed by the British before they could get within the range of the torpedoes.

But there were also fish that slipped through the net, and more than two dozen torpedoes were launched, sinking four British frigates with special gun-blocking eyes. At the same time, several torpedoes crossed the "frigate armor belt" laid by the British, but only one hit the British battleship.

This time it was the British ironclad ship Sovereign, this already very thin armored old ship, survived the previous Tangying sea battle, but did not survive this time, only one torpedo sounded the death knell of Sovereign.

After the failure of the decisive lightning strike launched by the US Navy, another battleship of the US Navy was drawn with a focus on ship's life. The sunk was again the newest Connecticut class of the Americans, and the Vermont was besieged by the British, and after eating 11 305mm shells and 7 203mm shells in a row, the zombies resisted and began to sink.

The British cruisers also achieved success, several frigates were sunk by British cruisers, and the whole situation was seriously unfavorable to the US Navy.

It was at this time that the slow formation of the US Navy, the Chishaji-class battleships, arrived with fresh troops. But before the Chishaji and Kentucky could attack, the Kentucky was destroyed. I don't know when, the British submarines were already lurking in these waters, and they did not touch the vicinity of the local battle line to attack the Connecticut-class and Maine-class, but hid in this place to ambush the slow formation of the US Navy.

The Kentucky-class, which was an ironclad like the Sovereign, immediately lost its weight and bowed into the water, and the tremendous force ripped the battleship apart, causing it to sink in a twisted manner.

And the Chishaji did not escape the fate of being sunk, the two torpedoes concentrated the waterline armor, and the Chishaji, who did not have too strong resistance to torpedoes, also began to enter the water in large quantities, although it was not as miserable as Kentucky, but the damage management ability could not keep up, and the fate of the ship must have been abandoned in the end.

However, after the attack, these submarines of the British also became the target of the US Navy, and three of the four submarines were directly sunk, and only one was lucky enough to escape under the cover of their own warships.

The U.S. Navy knew that it had lost the possibility of victory, and the fleet began to smoke and prepare to escape, and the remaining frigates and cruisers again attacked the British ships under the cover of smoke. This time the Reckless was also torpedoed, and the damage was so bad, completely lost the ability to pursue, and even more unfortunately, a shell fired by an American cruiser hit the foredeck of the Reckless, causing the ammunition depot to explode and the fire spread to most of the battleship. In the end, the British had no choice but to abandon this important capital ship.

The British cruisers also tried to pursue the enemy, but the frigates of the US Navy desperately covered the retreat of the capital ships, using torpedoes to sink two British cruisers as well.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that the Battle of Newfoundland finally ended. The British Navy won a big victory, sinking 4 of the six battleships of the US Navy, sinking 6 cruisers and 5 frigates. The British, on the other hand, lost 2 battleships, 4 cruisers and 8 frigates.

It's just that the British only laughed for a day, and when Nelson was preparing to lead the fleet to control the mouth of the St. Lawrence, he found that the Americans had laid mines in this sea area. During this period, the Bellerophon was struck, and at the critical moment, an officer advised Nelson to rush the stall to avoid the sinking of the battleship, but Nelson could not accept that the battleship was occupied by the Americans and turned into a battery on the estuary against the British.

Eventually, the Bellerophon sank in the shallow sea.

The British had a tactical naval victory, but were still strategically unable to cross the estuary, ensuring that reinforcements and relief supplies could be brought to Canada. (To be continued.) )