readx; In the first round of attacks, China's mine-striking units had already achieved three torpedo hits, not to mention that these were only three of them, but each of them was enough to inflict fatal damage on the enemy ships. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info and said, "My performance is also good, in the previous wave of attacks, I have hit a torpedo of the Yellow Emperor, and now I said, "Ben's lightning ship has launched a new round of lightning operations."

Despite the large number of artillery interceptions, there were many five-inch secondary guns on the two battleships, as well as the main and secondary guns of the two large cruisers, plus the numerous six-inch and five-inch secondary guns of the light ships, it can be said that dozens of guns of various calibers were aimed at them, thus forming a dense barrage, especially the five-inch guns firing at a rate of up to more than ten rounds per minute, and even more like machine guns, there was a column of water around these ships.

The dense artillery fire also brought a lot of damage to the ship, and the Ligon was hit by two 12-inch shells in a row, in addition to being hit by many five- or six-inch shells, so it can be said that the fire of the explosion flashed on the Tone, and the other destroyers were also shot continuously, but this did not stop the attack of the Tone's lightning strike force.

After a beautiful turn, he said, "This lightning strike unit fired more than a dozen torpedoes, and these torpedoes went directly towards Fuxi and Shaohao."

At this time, the Tone was also severely damaged again, and a twelve-inch shell penetrated the weak side armor of the Tone, and then penetrated deep into the internal compartment of the Tone.

If the five-inch guns could not penetrate the armor of the Ligen, and could only continue to hit the Ligen's superstructure in a deck-sweeping mode, these twelve-inch shells were not something that the Tone could resist.

The explosion shook almost the entire Tone!

The Lipson is nothing more than a treaty-type heavy cruiser, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and it is nothing to take five or six inches of shells, but eight inches of shells can bring fatal damage to it, and twelve inches of shells are enough to severely damage them, and its power is no less than the sixteen-inch shells of the Kaohsiung just now.

After the explosion of the internal compartment on the Ligen, several internal power compartments were directly damaged, although it was not able to completely lose power on the Ligen, but it also greatly reduced the power output of the Ligen.

And for a treaty-type heavy patrol that relies on speed to eat, the drop in speed almost means that nearly half of its combat effectiveness is abolished, and in such a fierce battle at this moment, once the speed drops, it is not as simple as a heavy blow, but it will be concentrated a lot of firepower in a short period of time, and then it will be sunk, just like the Kaohsiung.

However, at this time, the Shaohao and Fuxi did not have time to concentrate their fire on the Ligen, because they were now facing multiple torpedo attacks, and a large number of secondary guns had already fired at the water, trying to directly destroy these torpedoes that were constantly being considered at them.

At the same time, the lookout on the mast constantly scanned the sea and kept a chance of passing the enemy torpedoes, and according to the torpedoes found, the battleship began to make an emergency maneuver to avoid it.

Due to the need to carry out anti-lightning operations, the Shaohao and Fuxi did not care about the light control at this time, and the searchlights on the ships had been turned on to strafe back and forth on the sea.

Even though they had carried out a full range of anti-torpedo operations, they still couldn't dodge all the torpedoes, and soon Shaohao was hit by a torpedo, and the huge power of the torpedo explosion made a big hole appear in the underwater position of Shaohao, and then it was poured into many seawaters.

Designed in the early thirties, and as the only capital ship in service with the Chinese Navy during the thirties, the Shaohao was much better designed than the Yandi class designed at the end of World War I, and also had a special underwater protection design.

Although these measures kept Shaohao stable, it was still inevitable that the speed would drop.

On the other hand, after being hit by the twelve-inch shell, part of the power compartment was damaged and the speed was reduced, and then it was hit by concentrated fire from the Chinese Navy, and finally although it barely escaped from the hunt, it was already unrecognizable, several main guns were overturned, the island was almost a mess, even the bridge was blown up, and all other peripheral equipment such as sighting equipment and communication equipment were destroyed.

Even if the Tone is not sinkable, it will lose all its combat effectiveness.

The heavily damaged Tone did not dare to stay, but directly departed from the battle.

The capital ships of both sides continued to fire their guns, and the way was also mixed with the lightning strikes of the lightning strike ships, saying: "This side always wants to break through the interception of the Chinese Navy and continue to go south, but the Chinese Navy is desperately blocking it."

The battle continued to change with the course and speed of the two sides, but they always maintained contact, and the main guns of both sides began to hit one after another, and even if the hit rate was low in such a long night, some hits would be obtained.

The sixteen-inch main guns of the Yandi and the Yellow Emperor intermittently fired hundreds of shells at the Shinano, and they have already achieved a lot of hits, but the Shinano is worthy of being said to be the latest in the navy, and it can also be regarded as the world's top two battleships, and the protective surname can make Lu Jian want to scold his mother, although the many sixteen-inch shells hit the Shinano caused some damage, but still could not let the Shinano sink, and even the heavy damage could not be said, until more than four o'clock in the morning, the nine main guns of the Shinano were still firing.

At this time, the No. 1 turret of the Yandi had been overturned by a sixteen-inch shell of the Shinano, and the water armor in the middle of the ship was also penetrated, and a sixteen-inch shell of the Shinano penetrated deep into the interior of the Yandi and exploded, although it did not cause a serious explosion accident such as the explosion of the ammunition depot, but it still caused the Yandi to suffer heavy damage.

It's a battle that drains both sides!

From the beginning of the battle at nine o'clock in the evening until dawn, the two sides have been fighting each other in the most tough way, with the capital ships dueling with their main guns and the lightning strikers constantly looking for opportunities to launch lightning strikes.

"The water ingress of the Shaohao is already very serious, and now it is not just a matter of decreasing speed, according to the estimation of the Shaohao Officer, the water inflow of the Shaohao has exceeded the original design capacity, and after an hour, the sea water will spread to the deck, and the Shaohao will sink in three hours at most!" Lin Yonghai frowned and said, "Now is the time for it to withdraw from the battle, so that there is enough time for the crew to evacuate!" ”

After the Shaohao was hit by a torpedo, the speed of the ship dropped and it was attacked by the navy's concentrated fire, and at about three o'clock in the morning, it was hit by a torpedo to further increase the water intake of the Shaohao, and tonight was a stormy weather, although the storm had stopped at more than three o'clock in the morning, but the wave was still very large, and the big wave further aggravated the water intake of the Shaohao.

Lu Jian sighed: "Could it be that Shaohao really can't be saved?" ”

He asked this question in vain, because he himself knew very well that the situation of Shaohao at this time was very serious, and the continuous flooding of the surname made it impossible for Shaohao to support the surname.

"Since the Shaohao is going to sink, let's say, 'I will stay and be buried with you!'" Vice Admiral Lu Jian said: "Order the 21st and 22nd Fleets to immediately attack at dawn to support the headquarters!" ”

On the other side, Yoshimura Ohno, who had also not slept all night, had red eyes, it was already five o'clock in the morning, he still had not been able to break through the interception of the Chinese Navy and hit the enemy's aircraft carrier formation deeply, he understood that this battle had been lost, in fact, he had understood that this battle had been lost a few hours ago, but he did not have the order to retreat, because he understood that even if he retreated, he would be caught up by the enemy's reconnaissance forces, and he couldn't ask for it at all, and it was a dead word after dawn.

Retreat is death, not retreat is death, it is better to use these last hours to try to inflict heavy damage on the enemy fleet!

It was with these mortal determinations that Yoshimura Ohno did not order a retreat, but had been directing the fleet to engage with the fleet directly under the Second Mobile Fleet, among which he had achieved a number of hits, and the lightning strike unit had once again hit many torpedoes of the enemy fleet, and the large cruiser that looked at the enemy fleet was almost the same as a dead fish, and the two battleships were also full of devastation, several turrets were overturned, and the ship island was also in a mess, and he knew that he had nothing to gain in the battle tonight.

In fact, from the time the two fleets fought until now, neither of them had the upper hand, and basically killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800. Yoshimura Ohno's Takao sank, and the Shinano and Haruna were wounded but still in combat. On the Chinese Navy, the Shaohao was heavily damaged, and there were only a few hours left before it sank, while the Yandi and the Yellow Emperor belonged to the kind that were heavily damaged, and nearly half of the combat effectiveness had been abolished, but the Fuxi did not suffer much damage and maintained most of its combat effectiveness.

The 17th Destroyer Group launched three rounds of lightning strikes, destroyed all the torpedoes in reserve, sank two ships, and all the others were scarred, and the 6th Destroyer Group also sank one.

He said, 'I'm not having a good time, the Ligon was heavily damaged and sank, and the other destroyers also sank two, and the others were damaged in a light or heavy way.

None of the ships on either side of the battle tonight were intact!