It is never a good choice for a crispy battleship to attack a well-protected battleship with the same number of battles, because in a short period of time you may not be able to destroy the enemy by shooting the opponent, but once the enemy is not attacked, if you are idle and slowly run to attack you, it is possible to kill in seconds, and it is precisely because of the problem with the distribution of firepower in the British battlecruiser formation in the Battle of Jutland that a German battleship attacked the British battlecruiser without interference, and then successfully lit one of them with firecrackers, There are also such examples in World War 2, for example, Hood in the Danish Sea, Hood and the Prince of Wales wanted to concentrate their firepower to attack Bismarck, but who would have thought that Bismarck was not ranked first, in the case of bad lighting, did the British distinguish the difference between Prince Eugen and Bismarck, and the result was not only because of the error in the judgment of the ship type, but also let Bismarck blow up the Hood.

However, everything has to be discussed on a case-by-case basis, and the outer armor of the Longxu-class battlecruisers is indeed thin, but with the protection of the iron pants of the dome armor, it is still impossible to get into the soul with one shot. In addition, Lin Yongsheng needed to repel his opponent immediately, so shooting with fire in a short period of time became the best way. This is a bet, if you win the opponent and retreat, Lin Yongsheng will leave safely, if you lose, once the Long Xu level is seriously damaged, then defeat will be inevitable!

"Let's get started!" With Lin Yongsheng's order, the remaining more than ten main guns of the two Longxu-class battlecruisers pointed at the Amsterdam that was fighting, and because of the smoke and fire, the Dutch battleship did not notice this change. The only feeling was that the opponent's rate of fire suddenly slowed down. But then, the scorching aura that suddenly erupted from the two battleships instantly filled the field of vision!

With bursts of vibrations, the sound of a salvo of more than a dozen guns pressed everything on the sea. Soon after the first shell had been fired, the second had already been lifted, and the gunner opened the hot bolt and, with the help of the loader, fed a high-explosive round into the chamber, followed by a cartridge pack, and then closed the bolt. At this moment, the high-quality officers and men of the Chinese Navy played the highest rate of fire beyond the theory! The average rate of fire of each gun of both ships reached a staggering 2.4 rounds per minute! In less than 25 seconds, a shell was fired from the chamber, in a short time. From the 2 Dragon-class battleships to the Amsterdam fast battleship, the space between them is covered with countless dazzling red dots at the same time!

Just a few seconds later, a series of explosions suddenly resounded throughout the battlefield, unlike the explosion of armor-piercing shells. The dull explosion sound of the high-explosive bomb instantly overshadowed all the sounds, and the charge of the high-explosive bomb of the Chinese Navy was about three times that of the ordinary armor-piercing projectile, and the energy released by the picric acid explosive weighing 36KG was not comparable to the armor-piercing bullet! In just a few minutes, the Amsterdam was hit by several high-explosive shells. Successive explosions spewed flames that quickly swam between the surface of the ship and the cabin. If the dragon is swimming, the flame of the opponent will expand to the whole ship.

Unlike high-explosive shells in the traditional sense of the word. The high-explosive shells used by the Huaxia Navy still use a quilt cap design, although the armor-piercing ability is much weaker, but it is not something that the fragile non-key protection part of the seven-provincial fast battleship can resist. The shells pierced the upper armor belt, pierced the head and tail armor belts, and the raging flames roamed and burned on the upper deck, the upper part of the propeller shaft, between the steam lines and the auxiliary gun emplacements, and the violent vibrations from the explosion of the shells no longer struck the Seven Provinces all the time. Many Dutch sailors were so close to the next door that they were shaken by the violent tremors. Or beaten into a sieve by a broken neighbor.

At this moment, braving such heavy artillery fire makes any damage management action a luxury. Whether it is to take the emergency passage or clear the obstacles on the road, it becomes impossible in the dense rain of bullets, and a damage management team preparing to go to the secondary artillery delivery channel, just after passing through a compartment and entering the emergency channel, was blown to pieces by a 12-inch shell that pierced the upper armor belt. No, this statement is not objective, it should be said that there is not even minced meat and blood left in the fried! Dozens of kilograms of picric acid explosives evaporated 8 Dutch officers and soldiers in an instant! Only a few carbonized materials remain, proving that there was once a living creature here!

Even if it can't penetrate the armor box, but the successive hits will still make a battleship lose buoyancy until the battle sinks, and the raging fire can destroy the vulnerable points on the battleship, which is why in the Russo-Japanese naval battle, when both sides did not have armor-piercing shells, the Japanese Navy could destroy Russian warships by relying on high-explosive shells alone, and even in World War 1, the sinking of the German battlecruiser Ryutsov was also because the bow part was completely destroyed and hated the North Sea. So such a continuous intensive attack of medium-range high-explosive shells soon made the Amsterdam unbearable!

The Amsterdam, which had been transformed into an extra-large torch, swerved desperately to avoid the fatal blow. But the flames and vibrations had obviously made the hull of this huge battleship not so flexible, and the battleship Amsterdam, which had suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment, struggled to run towards the open sea, and the situation changed suddenly, the Dutch fleet, which had the upper hand just now, was reversed in less than 15 minutes, and the Seven Provinces, which was not attacked by the main guns, was also obviously disorganized, and when the Amsterdam tried to return fire, it could still ensure that the attack on the Longwei was carried out in order, but soon, when the friendly ships gave up the attack and began to evacuate with all their strength to save themselves, the seven provinces were also cowardly. Pull the smoke and prepare for evacuation immediately!

"Let's go, let's go." Lin Yongsheng looked at the Amsterdam like a mountain of flames and the Seven Provinces looming in the smoke, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile. This blow was very risky, if it were not for the close proximity of the two sides, the rate of artillery hit would have increased a lot, and it was also due to the damage to the fire control of the Amsterdam, and the inappropriate handling of the Dutch Navy. Otherwise, in the face of such an attack, the Dutch would have only had to quickly release the smoke and then re-open the distance to engage the battle, but unfortunately, the Dutch navy was a little slower, and if the distance was opened, the combat effectiveness of the Amsterdam, whose rangefinder was destroyed, would be greatly reduced.

After two consecutive wars, Lin Yongsheng's fleet can be said to be the aftermath of the catastrophe. The constant blows left the two new fast warships scarred. The sides of the ships on the warring side were covered with holes left by the piercing of large-caliber shells, and although they were roughly repaired, they were still somewhat damaged by the impact of the waves and flooded. The damage to the outer armor plate is not a big problem, the damage to the area outside the dome armor inside the hull, the damage to the nearby equipment caused by the crack of the dome armor and the water ingress of the boiler compartment are the biggest problems, at this time, the most seriously damaged Longxu has 3 boilers with water and has to shut down, and the maximum speed is about 23 knots. At the same time, the water injection carried out to extinguish the fire and balance the hull also left some of the ship's cabins under sea water.

This is the case at the waterline of the hull, and the superstructure is not much better, after being constantly hit by the Russian-Dutch navy equipped with picric secondary guns, the steel plates and metal parts of the upper hull have been damaged and broken to varying degrees. The teak deck is even more dilapidated, and the traces left by the hull after being scorched by smoke and flames are everywhere, but although it looks miserable, Lin Yongsheng estimates that in about a month and a half, the Longxu will be able to complete the repair and replacement of related parts, and the Longwei will be faster in the same class.

The war was even more devastating for the Russian-Dutch fleet, and Essen's flagship, Peter the Great, was slandered. It is inevitable to go back to the dock to plug the loopholes and change the bow or something, because of the death of a secondary artillery bomber, the amount of internal work is large. It is estimated that it is not much better than the Longxu. Not to mention the Sealand provincial number, the boiler room was scrapped, and one-third of the boilers had to be updated, not to mention the amount of work, where to find 6 boilers is a problem! Don't say a month and a half, it's good to fix it in three months. By the way, there is also the turret, the two twin 10-inch gun turrets are completely unavailable, even the dressing room and lifting equipment below have to be replaced, and even the protective door under the ammunition bilge has to be replaced. Although it barely blocked the flames and impact, it was deformed and damaged, so it was necessary to replace it. Not only the turret and accessories, but also the gun mount and the bearings inside were completely destroyed, which was too much work.

As for the Amsterdam, this big guy deserves to be the pride of the Russian-Dutch Navy and the top product of the European shipbuilding industry. Although the superstructure was burned to a pulp, the core part of the entire hull was not seriously damaged, and although the damage to the non-key protection area of the hull was relatively serious, the fire extinguishing of the key compartments was still very timely because of the optimized compartment distribution and the water pump of sufficient power. There are not too many hidden dangers left, after returning to the dock, clean up, repair the superstructure, the loss of artillery and power equipment is very small, and it is estimated that the repair time will not be longer than that of the Longxu.

When he finally got out of the battlefield, Lin Yongsheng suddenly remembered a question, that is, he was fighting to the death here, what are Deng Shichang doing? He has carried 2 waves of the opponent's main fleet, and the battleships have suffered heavy losses, so what about Deng Shichang? Even if the distance is farther, it should have arrived at this time, what is the Longtai battle group, the most powerful in the Huaxia Navy, doing on the ground? Thinking of this, Lin Yongsheng suddenly flipped through the telegram records, and there seemed to be something mentioned on it. And when he saw the record, Lin Yongsheng found that Ye Zusi and Deng Shichang seemed to have found a piece of fatty meat, so they went to eat meat, and then they were left here to gnaw hard bones! Lin Yongsheng was really a little depressed in his heart.

At the same time, he was also thinking, what good things was Ye Zusi's fleet eating? All 4 dreadnoughts of the Russian-Dutch fleet are on their own. There is also an armored cruiser of the Sealand Province that has also been crippled by itself, so the only thing that remains is 2 of the Rurik class and 2 of the Bayan class, and perhaps the Rotterdam. "I hope you'll catch the big fish." Lin Yongsheng hoped that Deng Shichang could catch 2 Rurik-class armored cruisers, in this case, the Russian Navy's fast fleet would be really crippled!

Thank you for the light reward ~~~. (To be continued......)