1825 My New Daming

Chapter 243 Victory escapes and victory sinks (please subscribe, please collect)

"Colonel, the bow of the Waterloo was shot!"

Colonel Jervis on the Blake heard the last thing he wanted to hear in his life!

He led three Blake-class ships to pass in front of the Ming Navy's line, just to fight for a few rounds of concentrated fire to grab a favorable position.Because his Blake class is fast, as long as he grabs a good position, he can always occupy it, and then concentrate 9 9.2-inch cannons and 15 6-inch secondary guns to attack the Ming army's Guogong class one by one.

What kind of armored cruiser is the Guogong class? It is too slow to be able to pass 16 knots.If you are not careful, you will be captured by a large armored cruiser like the Blake class.

If you catch it, you should be able to sink it!

But I didn't expect that it would be a bad thing to "catch" too much at once!
Although the armor protection of the national level is not good, but the three 3mm guns of others are worthwhile!

In addition, since the design of the Guogong-class happened to be popular in the world with the face of warships, the Guogong-class also followed suit a little.Not only were two ear mounts repaired on both sides of the dual-mounted main guns, but also two 155mm cannons were installed.

Moreover, when their bow main guns fire forward, the hull can remain relatively stable, so these two cannons are particularly accurate when firing forward.
As a result, the Blake class, which was supposed to be the hunter, is now the prey.

But Colonel Jervis did not withdraw, and it was impossible for him to turn back with Blake and Blenheim to block the shells of Waterloo. Didn't he put himself in it?
"boom!"

At this time, with a loud noise, another fireball suddenly shot up from the midship of the Waterloo.

"Sir, the midship deck of HMS Waterloo is on fire."

Jervis hurriedly turned his head to look, and he found that one of the four large funnels of the Waterloo seemed to have been blown off—this means that the power system of the Waterloo has now been damaged!
Seeing this scene, Colonel Jervis had no choice but to grit his teeth and ordered: "Sign the Blenheim and order it to follow the flagship closely and maintain speed."

The meaning of his order is to temporarily abandon the Waterloo, which has a damaged power system, and let the ship attract the enemy's firepower, so as to cover the Blake and the Blenheim to return to its position.

"Yes, sir!"

"Sir, the enemy's No. [-] ship seems to have been dropped!"

Chen Jian on the Wei Guogong armored cruiser also noticed at this time that the two Blake-class ships had given up on the third Blake-class ship that had slowed down after being shot in the chimney, and was still rounding to his right flank at a very fast speed.

"Damn it," Chen Jian cursed in a low voice.

He knew that his right wing was going to be in trouble soon!
But he couldn't do anything, he could only continue to concentrate his firepower to bombard the Blake class that was singled out and injured. If he could sink it, even if he damaged two or even three Duke class ships, it would be enough.

"boom boom"

At this moment, a string of shells landed 200 meters in front of Wei Guogong.Chen Jian looked up and saw that the single Blake was firing.In order to maintain high speed and stability, it moved forward with its head covered and did not fire at Da Ming's ship.

Now this 9000-ton ship was hit by a bullet and caught fire, and the power system was also damaged, and its speed has dropped to fifteen or sixteen knots.With its displacement of more than 9000 tons, it is already possible to maintain such a speed while concentrating on the three 3-inch guns and five 9.2-inch guns on one side to fire together.

Seeing the 8 shells fired by the "Dajia Patrol" in one volley, Chen Jian really hated and greedy!What I hate is that my formation will soon be damaged.And the greedy one is of course the "body" of the "Da Jia Xun".

Daming also has such boats, including the "Junwang" class and the "Hero" class. Looking back, I will definitely ask Zhuge to "ask" for one to enjoy myself.

But the enemy's "big armor patrol" in front of him must be killed!
"Send the order," Chen Jian said loudly, "the target remains the same, continue to focus fire, and hit me hard! Even if you rush up to release the torpedo, you must sink it!"

"Yes!"

Another wave of shells flew towards the armored cruiser Waterloo, and soon shot many water jets around this "Dajia patrol".Suddenly, another huge fireball appeared on the stern deck of this more than 9000-ton ship!It seems that the 210mm shells penetrated the thin deck armor and set fire to the sailor's compartment or the officer's room at the stern of the ship—now the armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells of the Ming army have a certain arson effect. picric acid.Once it breaks into any flammable compartment, it is easy to cause a fire.

Although the burning of the officer's room and the sailor's cabin will not cause the battleship to sink, or even cause serious damage.But if the fire keeps burning, things will still happen.So it has to be extinguished as soon as possible, but the problem is, the Indian damage management team of the Waterloo, which should have played a role quickly, doesn't know what it is doing?
The fires in the midship and stern of the ship are getting hotter and hotter, and there is no intention of extinguishing them at all.
Just as the fire on the Waterloo was getting hotter and hotter, its two sister ships finally completed the detour and ran to the right side of the eight-level formation, that is, the right side of the Cao Guogong.

Lu Benwei, who was staying in the mast plate of Cao Guogong, also found that two Blake-class armored cruisers like beasts had arrived on his right side, and it was over!
He hurriedly grabbed the phone and reported to the bridge: "The two Blakes have detoured to the right wing of our ship, a distance of 5000 meters."

"boom boom"

As soon as his words fell, the six 6-inch cannons and ten 9.2-inch cannons of the two Blake-class armored cruisers roared together and sent a wave of shells directly.

The shells landed on the front, back, left, and right sides of Cao Guogong—this was also a straddle shot!
No way, the distance is too close!Moreover, the observers, gunners, and calculators of the Royal Indian Navy are all experienced England veterans, and the guns they shoot are equally accurate.

In addition, once the 9000-ton hull slows down, it is stable enough and is a pretty good firepower platform.It took only a few rounds for the 9.2-inch and 6-inch guns mounted on this platform to hit Cao Guogong.

"Send a signal to the flagship. Our ship is under attack. Please leave the team to avoid bombing." On the bridge of Cao Guogong, Captain Lei Teng was already steering the helm himself, while giving orders to the communications officer next to him.

After giving the order, Lei Teng didn't wait for Chen Jian's reply, and ordered: "Forced ventilation, full speed. Let's lure the enemy away!"

Draw away or run away!

In this situation, for Cao Guogong, being able to escape is a victory!

The steam engine of this 3000-ton armored cruiser suddenly roared, and then began to output power crazily, and the speed quickly soared to 18 knots!
But it was too late to escape now, because the cruiser was faster than the shell.Just as Cao Guogong's boiler room was trying to accelerate the coal-fired furnace, a 9.2-inch shell slammed into it!
This is a solid armor-piercing projectile, just a lump of iron.However, it is enough to deal with the 3000-ton "Little Jia Patrol" of Cao Guogong.The shell directly tore through Cao Guogong's thin armor belt, crashed directly into the boiler room, and finally hit a burning coal stove.The burning coal stove suddenly shattered, and the fragments of the stove and the burning coal were scattered in the narrow boiler room. It's useless, the firepower of this Blake class is indeed fierce.

Cao Guogong, who had just increased its speed, lost most of its power in a blink of an eye, and could no longer escape from the muzzles of the two Blake-class guns.

Victory escape is now out of the question, but victory sinking is still possible—struggle a little longer before sinking!

(End of this chapter)