~Date: ~November 08~

At the beginning of the war, Zhenyuan was unfortunately hit by a 10-inch cannon in the bow first, and the smoke from the bow directly affected its operation, so Makanov did not pay too much attention to this battleship with a great reduction in combat effectiveness for the time being, but went to destroy the flagship of the Beiyang Fleet first. However, although it was hit by a 10-inch gun, it hit the ship's hospital, not an important part, just put out the fire. So when Rurik stormed the Dingyuan, Zhenyuan followed and struck this blow!

"God, what kind of armor is this?" The distance between the two sides is only 2,000 meters, and a 12-inch 35 heavy artillery shell did not penetrate it! This made Lin Taizeng a little stupid. And at this time, the Rurik rushed towards the Zhenyuan like a mad lion! "What should we do with the military gate?" An officer next to him asked.

"Go, meet the enemy, cover the retreat of the Dingyuan!" Lin Tai had never been able to defeat the monster in front of him that was nearly half bigger than himself! Even the most powerful 12-inch guns could not seriously damage it. However, the opponent's 12-inch 40 heavy gun can cut through the protection of Zhenyuan...... As for the amount of projection, the two sides are not of the same grade! But he didn't have a choice, because if he avoided it, it would be the general flagship of the Beiyang Fleet! Even if Zhenyuan is sunk. The general flagship of the Beiyang Fleet must not sink here either! Even if his sacrifice can only last for dozens of minutes of Dingyuan's life! . …。

Two battleships marched opposite each other. It is an unfair contest between one side and the other side ♀. A battle between a wolf and a tiger. A battle between an infantry man in chain mail and a short sword in his hand, and a heavy cavalryman in plate armor and a spear in his hand! If the character is hard enough, the opponent can take out the infantry in front of him with one shot, but the infantry's short sword, no matter how high the brocade is, cannot penetrate the opponent's plate armor.

"Captain Lin is a hero, and he deserves the respect of each and every one of us. If I could, I would have survived this war. "Look at the 7,000-ton battleship in the distance, which is rushing towards him. Makanov wiped a handful of blood from his head and said solemnly, "A righteous warrior deserves anyone's respect."

Shells from both sides streaked through the air. Fly to the enemy ship. Soon, the Zhenyuan was surrounded by large and small water columns. At such a close distance, in the face of the Rurik, whose firepower projection was more than twice as high as his own, the firepower of the four 12-inch guns and a few 6-inch guns in Zhenyuan seemed so insignificant.

Soon, the high-rate 6-inch guns and 12-pounder guns were successful, and in 10 minutes, at least four more 6-inch shells and seven 12-pounder guns hit the side of the town. One 6-inch gun and two 12-pounder guns were destroyed. Although the Russians did not have picric ammunition, the dense rain of bullets still caused the town to ignite a large fire. However, fortunately, the 6-inch artillery could not penetrate the main equipment of Zhenyuan, and the core area was still safe ..........

"Hit." Zhenyuan's two 6-inch guns hit Rurik almost simultaneously, and one shot was spread out on the main belt. The other successfully ignited one of Rurik's dinghys. The wooden hull burned violently in a fire caused by picric acid.

"Shall we put out the fire first?" Toyarev asked.

"No need. It is not a big deal to sink the town first and ignite the fire far away ♀. Makanov shook his head. Time was of the essence, and as long as he could destroy Dingzhen in his plan, his strategic purpose would be achieved, as long as it did not affect the battle. Then leave it alone. Under Makanov's order, the Rurik got a little closer, and at this moment, a 10-inch artillery shell accurately hit the chimney in Zhenyuan, and the violent explosion directly broke the chimney into two sections, and the scattered shrapnel and the shock wave generated by the explosion directly destroyed the smoke exhaust equipment in Zhenyuan. As a direct result of this cannon, half of the flue in Zhenyuan was destroyed, and the smoke was not smooth, so Dingyuan had to shut down half of the boilers. Plummeting speed!!

"Work harder, Zhenyuan will be finished!" A sneer appeared at the corner of Makanov's mouth.

But there is a saying that happiness is sorrowful, and just when Makanov was full of ambition, the sound of shells cutting through the air aroused his alarm! Just a few seconds later, Makanov felt the hull being struck by countless heavy hammers! Although the force was not great, the dense sound of impact and explosion made him shudder. …………。

"3 enemy ships found on the starboard side!" "The starboard side was hit by several shells! The fire is out of control! "The sudden bad news and the fire on the right side of the hull made Makanov feel bad all of a sudden!" Qing fleet reinforcements are coming! Makanov's heart sank. A thought popped through his head.

Just as Makanov was running towards the sideline observation window, the Rurik was hit by 2 more shells, one hit the bow of the ship, and the smoke directly blocked the view of the main gun in the bow of the Rurik, and the other hit the conning tower.

"Retreat, turn to retreat, retreat with the whole fleet." Makanov quickly gave the order, he knew that even if the other side was Lin Yongsheng's 3 armored cruisers, it was not Rurik that could withstand it. Now the Bayan is saving itself, no matter how strong Rurik is, in the face of nearly 30 rapid-fire guns of various calibers, such as 9 inch turret guns and 12 6-inch guns, Rurik is waiting to be swept off the deck! Once the fire is completely out of control, it is not impossible to burn down!

"Keep the fire going! Concentrated firing of the Rurik. Lin Yongsheng looked at the Rurik that was on fire on the sea and said excitedly. Just when Dingyuan and Zhenyuan couldn't support it...... The fleet led by Lin Yongsheng has finally arrived! Originally, in bad weather, the accuracy of a 3000-meter hit would have been low. But there is an exception to everything, isn't it? The fire in Zhenyuan made Lin Yongsheng realize that the situation was not good. In the gray sky, the huge figure of the Rurik loomed, which brought great problems to aiming, but suddenly, Rurik was shot in the middle of the body, and a ball of flames rose into the air! Illuminate the entire battleship! With such an obvious target indication, are you still afraid that you can't hit it accurately? So the three ships of Guiyuan opened fire together and swept the deck directly! . …。

As a result, the Rurik, which was carrying the picric acid high-explosive bombs of three Beiyang fast cruisers, had to abandon Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. Then he immediately turned to prepare to evacuate the battlefield◆ The Bayan, which was behind Rick, also turned while suppressing the target with its own 4-inch guns at the end of the day. And the 2 armored cruisers Turquoise and Pearl and the 2 old ships Admiral Korniv and Leda went a little reluctantly.

It was at the time of the bloody battle between the Dingzhen Second Ship and the Rurik and Bayan. The Zhenhai, Laiyuan, and Jiyuan in the Beiyang Fleet also fought with the Turquoise and Pearl. Laiyuan and Jiyuan dealt with the Pearl together.

"The Russians have such a fast rate of artillery fire!" Like Liu Buyun and others, as soon as they fought, Ding Zhuangqian found that the rate of fire of the opponent's main gun was very amazing. Don't look at your Zhenhai ship, it is 6 inch guns and 5 6-inch guns, but in actual fighting, the projection volume is not as much as the 4 inch guns and 4 6-inch guns on the opposite side. In other words, the rate of fire of the opponent's turret gun is at least one and a half times that of its own, which is almost a high rate of fire of 2 rounds per minute!

But fortunately, the Beiyang side has experienced a hundred battles, and the hit rate is relatively high◎ Again, there is also a 10-inch steel-faced iron armor. Although the protection height is not enough, the problem of resisting the inch cannon is not particularly big. Moreover, the shells are all high-explosive picric acid shells ♀, and the thing burns much stronger than the shells of Russian ships! So at the beginning, the Zhenhai and the Turquoise were not at a disadvantage! …。

Over time, though. It's a different story. The gun emplacements of the Turquoise are closely protected by Harvey armor, while the gun emplacements of the Zhenhai are only steel-faced iron armor, and the gap in the protective area is huge. At the beginning, the Zhenhai ship was the first to hit, and one inch shell and one 6-inch shell hit the hull of the Turquoise in one minute. However, after the explosion of the 100kg eight-inch shell, it only left a small pit in its 6-inch main assembly, and the other had no effect, but the 6-inch shell hit the turquoise layer and lit a small fire!

Subsequently, the Turquoise's bow gun sent an inch of high-explosive shells to one of the Zhenhae's gun galleries. The 100kg shell directly smashed through the protection of the 5-inch steel-faced iron armor, and blew the artillery and personnel in the gun gallery to pieces. And as this distance approached, the 12-pounder cannon of the Turquoise swept the shells into the deck of the Zhenhai like raindrops, although it was not a picric acid charge, but even if it was black powder, it could still ignite if it was too much ≮ Half an hour after the battle, the Zhenhai was full of smoke, and there were basically holes everywhere from the overtime to the artillery deck to the bridge. Black smoke and flames erupted from the breach from time to time, and the gun emplacements were also relatively badly lost, and two 6-inch guns were knocked out. But it's okay to persevere. …………。

The fact that Zhenhai can persist does not mean that Laiyuan and Jiyuan can insist. The Laiyuan is 2 inch guns and 2 6-inch guns, while the Jiyuan is 2 inch guns and 1 6-inch gun, which is not as good as the Pearl on the opposite side just by looking at the numbers! Not to mention that your inch gun is still a terrace gun, people's inch gun is a turret gun, and they have hardened armor protection that covers the middle deck, and there is only a small strip of armor in Laiyuan, and Jiyuan only has a pair of pants!!

How do you say this makes people fight? So at first...... The Laiyuan and Jiyuan were crushed to death by the fierce artillery fire of the Pearl. The officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division fought back, but the rate of fire of the terrace cannon was too slow! The Beiyang officers and soldiers need to lift the heavy 100kg high-explosive bomb and propellant pack from the bomb machine, and then four people carefully use tools to feed the shell into the barrel, and then a gunner reloads the propellant, and finally locks it and aims and fires. In order to prevent the gun gallery from being hit and causing the ammunition to detonate. All 2000-ton cruisers were not allowed to place excess ammunition and projectile packs in the main gun gallery. Fire doors must be closed without lifting a single shell or propellant. The result of this move. Saved a life!

A round of artillery shells whizzed and hit the tail twin gun gallery of the Yuan. The huge penetrating power almost came from time to time, and the fragile gun cover of the far number directly smashed a 6-inch gun behind it into two pieces. Then under the action of the fuse, the huge explosive force directly pushed a 6-inch gun from the gun mount! All personnel in the emplacements were killed by scattered shrapnel and flames. For a moment, the back deck of the Far was in a mess, and smoke, blood, and broken artillery told people what a horrible scene had just happened..........

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