Under the cover of smoke and torpedo ships, the main fleet of the Russian Navy turned to evacuate. As time went by, the smoke emitted from the smoke cans was quickly dispersed. The main fleet of the Russian Navy ran several kilometers away at this time, but it was responsible for the interception.

The auxiliary fleet had no chance to safely evacuate. Especially those who rushed up to organize the Chinese

The torpedo strike ship pursued by the navy was beaten into pieces by the powerful secondary battery firepower like a storm on the side of the main ship! The fire net formed by hundreds of various rapid-fire guns turned the sea gate within a certain range into a mortal enemy. The Russian torpedo strike ship was too late.

The retreating light cruisers had no effect other than turning into giant fireworks.

After destroying nearly 10 lightning strike ships, the Chinese Navy's fast fleet broke away from the main force under the command of Ye Zusi and began to pursue the Russian main fleet. Two light cruisers also wanted to rely on smoke and the torpedoes they carried to interfere with the Chinese fast fleet.

pursuit, but he obviously chose the wrong opponent. Facing the powerful Longtai-class fast battleship, two 4,000-ton light cruisers

The warship was hit by two 12-inch shells respectively. The first one was directly penetrated through the power compartment. The violent explosion caused the warship to completely lose power and collapsed on the sea, while the other one was directly penetrated into the ammunition depot. More than a dozen

The explosion of tons of shells and propellant tore the small boat into pieces. After learning from the past, no Russian auxiliary warship dared to block Ye Zusili's actions.

"This is absolutely not going to work. The warships behind us will be overtaken and eaten one by one." Looking at the Chinese fast fleet that was at least 3 knots faster than his own, Makanov couldn't help but shudder.

Cold War. Our own fleet is now advancing in a single column, and the opponent is also pursuing it in a single file. Because of the angle and distance problems, most of the warships in the front and middle of the fleet cannot attack the Chinese fast fleet at all.

, only the three battleships at the back have a shooting range. And not all the artillery has a shooting range. The situation of 3 vs. 5 is already obviously at a disadvantage. At this time, it is obviously not possible to use the auxiliary warships to delay the time. On the one hand

The effect is limited. Without the fire support of the main battleship, the auxiliary battleships will only die if they go up. On the other hand, Makanov must leave these precious battleships behind to leave a way out for himself.

Judging from the current situation, excluding the quasi-dreadnought with low combat effectiveness in long-distance battles, the six Borodino-class battleships in Makanov's hands do not have much advantage over the five Chinese fast battleships. Firepower

It only has 5 more main guns than its opponent, although its protection is better than that of the Longxu-class battlecruiser.

He is much stronger, but he has no intention of fighting you head-on. In a roaming battle rather than a battle on the battle line, although Markanov will not lose much, once he is entangled, it may be difficult to escape.

It's not easy anymore. The number of auxiliary battleships and smoke canisters is limited. They cannot withstand continuous consumption.

"Since you can't run away, let's fight to the death!" Makarnov thought in his mind. Looking at the Chinese fleet getting closer and closer, Makarnov suddenly ordered six Borodino-class battleships to turn across the West China Navy.

Fast fleet! The huge Russian fleet quickly turned 240 degrees to the right, and the battle line, which was not too long, turned sideways in an instant. If the Chinese navy continued to pursue, Ye Zusi would directly hit this huge T-shaped horizontal head.

!

"There is no creative choice." Looking at Makanov who suddenly turned around, Ye Zusi sneered. If Makanov can make the Chinese fast fleet at a loss with a T-shaped head, then he really might as well hit it head-on.

Forget it. The sudden crosscutting strategy is too easy for Ye Zusi. As long as he can seize the opportunity, it is very easy to counterattack an army! "If they turn right, we will turn left!"

"Order the fleet to turn 60 degrees to the left. Let's cut across the rear of their formation from behind!" The Chinese fleet, which had the advantage in speed, did not escape. Instead, it took the opponent's opportunity to approach it and attacked the opponent's tail from the opposite direction.

Several battleships, and if this is the case, Makanov will be completely in a dilemma.

Several battleships at the front of the fleet have completely lost their range of fire, and if they want to re-form, they must turn 180 degrees. Two consecutive turns and fleet adjustments will definitely waste a lot of time. However, it is obvious that diagonally from the rear

The overcoming Yezusili fleet has given Makanov no choice but to change his formation!

When Makanov decided to change the formation but it was not completed, this became the time period for Yezusili to give full play. At this time, Yezusili had to face two Borodino-class battleships.

It was the Glorious and the Letwezan. Although due to high-speed sailing and rapid changes in the direction of the twin engines, and only some of the main guns of the Chinese Navy's fast fleet had a range of fire to attack, in just ten minutes, the others

The outpouring of firepower was still enough to give the Russian Navy a headache.

The three Longtai-class battleships captured the target first, and more than 20 large-caliber artillery were aimed at the Glorious and Letwezan respectively. It was not because Ye Zusi did not want to concentrate firepower on the other side, but because the three battleships were all at the same time.

If you shoot a target, the dense water column at the impact point will be impossible to distinguish which warship fired it. Therefore, the Chinese Navy will only allow two warships to gather at most.

Even if you fire a target, it will still cause confusion in the observation after a long period of shooting. As for putting dye into the shells, because adding extra things to the shells will reduce the strength of the shells, so for the armor-piercing effect, this plan

It has been temporarily shelved. Anyway, it is rare to have more than one shot. If the design and production of armor-piercing bullets are changed because of this, the gain outweighs the loss.

But even so, the two rear battleships still paid a heavy price, especially the battleship Letwezan at the end. The stern of the battleship was hit by at least 15 main guns, and huge red fireballs were fired at the stern.

There were constant explosions around the battleship. At least four of the shells hit the fleeing Letvizan. One shell hit the gun mount of the No. 3 turret, and it happened to hit the most armored gun mount.

At the weak point, after tearing apart the outer armor, the shell exploded at the bomb delivery channel. A huge shock wave mixed with shrapnel and flames poured into the turret and the ammunition magazine at the bottom. The entire turret was removed from the bomb delivery well.

Covered by the bursting flames, the propellant pack inside exploded and turned the entire turret into a burning iron box. The Russian officers and soldiers on the gun emplacement were torn into pieces by shrapnel and flames before they even reacted!

What was even more unfortunate was that the fire door connected to the ammunition depot at the lower part of the ammunition transport channel was smashed through by a huge fragment, and part of the flames rushed into the ammunition depot. Fortunately, the ammunition inside was not ignited immediately, and the Russians filled the ammunition depot with water in time.

Successfully avoided being killed in an explosion, but even so, Letwei praised the

Like hundreds of tons of seawater! If it were normal, these hundreds of tons of seawater would be nothing to an 18,000-ton warship. But when three consecutive shells hit the weak defense area at the stern, the rear of the hull

A large amount of water intrusion is unavoidable, which poses a huge threat to this battleship!

"In addition to the shell that destroyed the No. 3 turret, the Letvezan was hit by two bullets in the rear of the hull, one in the upper part of the drive shaft, and more than four near-misses. About 1,400 tons of water entered the rear of the hull.

There is only less than 1 meter of dry string left on the deck! The situation is very critical. The Glorious was also hit by two bullets, and the damage is not great," a staff officer reported to Makanov worriedly.

"Understood, order the fleet to continue to maintain forced ventilation, and we will drive them away." Makarnov said calmly, but people who were familiar with him at this time knew that Makarnov's heart was not as it appeared on the surface.

His right hand was shaking constantly, and he could not even complete the simple action of putting tobacco into the pipe. At this time, Makanov even felt a trace of despair in his heart. This was the same as the situation in the first Sino-Russian War.

The situation is different. For Russia, that war was just a local war. Even if it lost, it would not be broken. But this time is different. The Russians have already put down almost all their family assets! If they lose,

If this fleet is lost, the Russian Navy will not be able to enter the ocean within 10 years. This is not only the loss of battleships, the Russian Navy will also lose the last batch of naval officers and soldiers who have been trained for many years!

After all, because the strength of the Russian Navy's main fleet was too strong compared to the Chinese fast fleet, when Makanov completed the turn, Ye Zusi chose to leave, and then continued to follow the opponent at a not far and near distance, and looked for opportunities to get close to the opponent.

The rear of the fleet has an advantage. In order to cover their rear warships as much as possible, the Russians turned the column into a horizontal formation. In this way, the rear main guns of at least 6 warships can attack the Chinese Navy's vanguard fleet. Finally

Guaranteed your own safety in a short period of time.

"The four battleships of the Chinese Navy are following up." Not long after Makanov stabilized the situation, an officer pointed at the figure that was clear again in the distance and said. It turned out that while the fast fleet was entangled with the opponent,

4 battleships directly under Yang Yonglin

The battleships followed up again. If this continues, it won't be long before the Chinese and Russian fleets will fight again. After losing a group of auxiliary battleships, they got the opportunity to evacuate. If the two sides met again, I think

It’s not that easy to leave!

Facing this majestic giant ship in the distance, from Makanov to ordinary sailors, their hearts were more or less filled with fear. In less than half an hour of fighting just now, the Russian fleet lost a battleship! And now!

, once they collide again, if there are no accidents, I am afraid that the Russian fleet will have no choice but to hold the battle flag high and fight until the last moment!

"Send a report to Essen, the whole of Russia wants to know where your fleet is!" At this time, Makarnov could no longer calm down. At the most critical moment, Makarnov desperately hoped that the Essen fleet could

Before fighting again, he rendezvoused with the main fleet. On this issue, the God of War still helped the Russians. Shortly after the telegram was sent, Makanov saw plumes of smoke appearing in the northeast of his fleet.

Several huge battleships finally appeared!
Chapter completed!