Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 296: Iron Blood Ocean (2)
King Kong has a displacement of 3350 tons and a speed of only 170 knots. The main guns are three 150mm guns, and three 37mm guns are installed on the two sides. The [-]mm gun with the Green rotating tube is a new type of fast gun.Captain Jiuganov is also a newcomer. When he first learned that he was going to be a captain, he was very excited. It wasn't until he came to his ship that he discovered that this King Kong-class cruiser had been around for more than ten years. Compared with other warships of the Russian Navy, they are already considered grandparents.

Seeing the leading Haitian rushing straight towards his own ship, Zyuganov quickly ordered the main gunner to open fire, and the three 170mm mortars struggled to eat the shells, waiting for the fuze to burn before spitting out the projectiles.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three waves splashed in front of the Haitian. As the main battleship of the Haizi class, the firepower of the Haitian was much stronger than that of the King Kong. There are six standard 5-inch guns on the bow and stern, and six standard [-]-inch guns on each side.A series of shells were fired, and the Russian soldiers who were charging and loading ammunition on the front deck were immediately blown out.The violent explosion of the cannonballs blasted through the wooden hull of King Kong, and the damaged deck struggled to support the heavy cannons. Everything should be blamed on the greedy designers. The three main cannons were placed on the front deck, making the entire hull look a bit top-heavy. After being hit by a round of artillery fire, this tendency became even more obvious.

The Sea Lion, which had detoured to the flank of the King Kong, fired three white-headed torpedoes at the King Kong, which was on its side, while firing at the Takayama.

"Full speed forward! Full speed! Torpedo!" Accompanied by Zyuganov's hoarse shout, the side guns tried to hit the torpedo whimsically. Heading has no effect at all.

"Two hundred yards to speed up! Steer full rudder!" Zyuganov judged the distance, trying to flick his tail to get rid of the torpedo attack.This trick really worked, as the King Kong made a sharp turn, the hull drew a wonderful arc on the sea surface, the torpedo swished past the stern, and continued its course, everyone couldn't help it Close your eyes and wait for the trial of fate is only a thread away!The chief helmsman wiped off his sweat and secretly thanked the captain for his wise command.All the [-] crew members on King Kong are the same as him, thank the captain, thank the tsar, and thank God for his blessing.

Zyuganov wiped his sweat, but he didn't have time to rejoice. He suddenly found the tracks of the second and third torpedoes, which were also not far away. Although it escaped the torpedo, it gave the weak flank to the oncoming Haitian.

At this time, the Haitian was only less than [-] yards away from the King Kong. Giving the broadside to the well-trained Chinese gunners at such a distance was tantamount to suicide.

"Allegiance to His Majesty the Tsar!" Zyuganov issued the last order to the megaphone.Two torpedoes and Haitian's main gun hit King Kong almost at the same time, and a 7-inch shell was sent directly into King Kong's ammunition depot. The huge air wave caused by the explosion broke through the upper deck, and dozens of Russian sailors Straight into the sky like a steel wire.With a loud explosion, the steel beam of King Kong's main structure broke into three pieces, and the entire warship collapsed instantly, merging into the dark sea water.However, the King Kong's mixed structure of iron and wood played a role. Quite a few surviving sailors floated on the sea holding the remnants of wood, and wailed bursts of gunpowder smoke.

The next sacrificial object was the Takayama. The Takayama, with a displacement of 150 tons, was originally a merchant ship. During this special operation, it was requisitioned by the Russian Navy for camouflage. Four 350mm rapid-fire guns were temporarily installed as the main body. Combat firepower, in such a close-range duel at sea, the poor Takayama is nothing more than a floating coffin.The entire wooden hull started to catch fire after a round of artillery fire from the Yangfan. The [-] crew members on the ship faced the two lifeboats and had no fighting spirit. Soon the fire engulfed the entire battleship, and the captain ordered to abandon the ship , Completely withdraw from the battle sequence.

At this time, on the west wing of the Russian fleet, only the Gregg and the Alps remained.The displacement of the Alps is 5217 tons.And different from other Russian warships, this warship has thick skin and powerful guns. In the fight just now, it has already damaged the Blue Whale and the Seahorse, which were rushing ahead.Seeing that there was no hope of rescuing the King Kong, the Greg resolutely gave up the attack on the Sea Lion, and attacked the nearest Blue Whale with all its strength.Relying on its own excellent protection performance, after the Gregg carried more than 11.00 shells, a shell finally hit the Blue Whale and produced a miraculous effect. This happened to be the [-]th shell fired by the Gregg. The hit rate is only a poor [-]%.

The shell accurately hit the boiler area of ​​the Blue Whale, and after a burst of black smoke, the Blue Whale lost power.However, it was still stubbornly attacking the small gunboats around the Greg, and after firing three more shells, it was finally hit by Greg's 254mm main gun, and the side bottom exited the battle sequence. After boarding four lifeboats, the remaining more than 200 crew members moved closer to the friendly ship.In just 5 minutes after that, the Blue Whale was hit by another shell from the Greg, and finally sank stubbornly on the sea of ​​Manila.

At this time, the massacre on the sea surface on the northern battlefield was not over yet. The Chinese sailors on the lifeboats shot and killed the Russian sailors floating on the sea surface holding a log with their rifles. open.Although a dozen Russian sailors managed to escape the bullets of the Chinese, they ushered in a group of sharks swarming in!
The tonnage of the Alps is not small, and the firepower is relatively equal. The two main guns on the ship are all concentrated in the bow, one with a caliber of 2 mm and one with a caliber of 220 mm.But even the fully armored steel-structured hull was unable to withstand the heavy artillery strikes from Haitian and Haima. The entire ship was hit by more than 195 bullets and fell into a sea of ​​flames. The remaining 126 people on the ship had no time to board the lifeboats. Under the leadership of the chief mate (the captain has been killed), they jumped into the sea and swam to the Gregg. The hull gradually sank after burning for half an hour.

Now there is only one Gregg left on the west wing battlefield.Facing four large-tonnage enemy ships, Greg knew that she was not an opponent, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight recklessly with her opponents.

Within a distance of less than a thousand yards between the two sides, the Chinese warships have formed an encirclement pattern with Greg as the center.

The Yangfan is a fast cruiser. It is not afraid of the huge Greg. Instead, it uses two 6-inch main guns to frequently attack the side of the enemy ship. Cooperating with the release of torpedoes, it uses its speed advantage to skillfully intersperse around the Greg. with.In this situation, none of the five consecutive shells fired by Greg failed to hit Yangfan, which made the captain furious: "Don't pay attention to this hateful warship, and concentrate your firepower on the other three warships!" During the continuous shooting, the 150mm cannon on Greg's side played some role. Two shells hit the port side of Haima. Fortunately, the position was relatively high. Come serious trouble.But the two shells that hit came at the cost of being attacked by six heavy artillery shells.Greg's twin-mounted main guns were twisted into a twisted shape by the opponent's artillery fire, completely losing the ability to attack head-on.However, the firing rate of Greg's artillery fire was slow, and the combat quality of the Russian Navy was relatively low. After dozens of shells missed in a row, they completely lost their fighting spirit. The Great Emperor moved closer.

Unexpectedly, the speed of the four Haitian ships were all above 16 knots, forming a zigzag pattern, chasing after the Gregg, and at the same time, the artillery on the bow continued to fire shells. Number of bombs.But this ship is really durable. Although the speed of the ship is getting slower and slower, it is still moving forward tenaciously, and it is getting closer and closer to the Peter the Great.

The Haima and Sea Lion released torpedoes several times at the same time, but they always missed the target by a little bit.At this time, the battle situation has become more and more chaotic.One of the Chinese flagships, the Rage, was almost uninhabited in the enemy fleet. It had already sunk 6 sailing wooden warships and 8 large and small gunboats.The other main flagship, the Hurricane, was firing fiercely at the Peter the Great, and the thick smoke from the barrel made it hard to breathe!

(End of this chapter)