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Text Chapter 192 Jeju Island Naval Battle 4

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    "This is impossible!!" Wittgeft shouted.

    Regardless of whether it is possible or not, the first step of the target plan has been achieved anyway. The USS Honolulu and the USS Pearl City began to circle to the rear of the Far East Fleet formation at full speed, during which they destroyed the 152mm main gun on the bow of the cruiser USS Askerit.

    At a distance of four thousand meters, within the range of the 57mm cannon, in just 5 minutes, hundreds of 57mm shells hit the Hawaiian Queen. However, apart from ringing the ding-ding-ding music, it had no effect at all.  Not even the armor of the two protected cruisers could be penetrated.

    The two battleships were destroyed instantly, and the current inability to penetrate the opponent's armor made some generals of the Far East Fleet fearful, and many sailors also had low morale.

    At this time, the Hawaiian Queen was already targeting the Far East Fleet flagship, the Prince, which was 5,000 meters away.

    ¡°Bang!!¡±

    Although it was the Prince who wanted to attack, it hit the Petropavlovsk on the right side of the Prince. A total of three shells hit the Petropavlovsk.  The bridge of the USS Sk was blown apart, and the rudder was also blown up. It lost control for a moment. The front end of the bow was penetrated by a shell, but there was no explosion. The superstructure in the middle of the ship blew up a chimney in the middle. In an instant,  Let the personnel on the ship "enough".

    It is not an opponent of the same level at all. Although the number on our side is three times that of the Chinese fleet, but it was suddenly attacked by the Chinese fleet, it suddenly became twice as many, and the rate of fire of the 305 main gun of the Hawaii Queen was also  It's too fast. It takes one and a half minutes at the fastest for my 305 cannon to fire one shot. Another person fires three cannons in one and a half minutes, and they can't hit the target even if they don't fire at a distance of four to five kilometers!  It doesn¡¯t even work if you don¡¯t get pregnant!  Without Wittgeft's order, all the ships in the fleet began to turn left. Since the two sides were facing each other, the personnel in the central fire control room made a miscalculation and fired two rounds of near-misses.

    Since the two sides were facing each other, they quickly became separated. The Honolulu and the Pearl City circled behind the enemy and completed the turn. Chen Zheng also began to order the full right rudder.

    Liu Buchan and Li Dingxin looked excited, as did Lin Taizeng and Liu Buchan on the Pearl City.  Can you not be excited?  They sank two battleships of about 10,000 tons in one fell swoop. The 10,000-ton battleships were something I would have never dared to think about when I was in Beiyang!  But now, it took more than a minute to sink a warship weighing over 10,000 tons!  Not even the British have such a record!

    "Great. I feel that this 210mm main gun is much stronger than the 305 guns in Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, not to mention the 305 guns in the flagship! In the past, in Beiyang, it was possible to carry such a powerful warship. I thought  I don¡¯t even dare to think about it!¡± Li Dingxin said.

    "According to the emperor, the power of the artillery shells we are using now is absolutely No. 1, even" Before Liu Buchan could finish his words, he suddenly felt that the air suddenly became hot, so he instinctively lay down.

    When the sound of twisted steel passed, Liu Buchan stood up, only to find that the telegraph room was on fire. Liu Buchan ran over, only to find that two holes had been pierced by shells in the telegraph room. However, all the communication soldiers were sacrificed, and several telegraph machines were also destroyed.  scrapped.  The fire was very small, so Liu Buchan put it out with his clothes. While feeling sad for the sacrifice of the soldiers, he also felt a little lucky. It turned out that the Russian artillery shells also had parallel imports. If this shell exploded, he might not be spared.

    Liu Buchan returned to his position and said to the observer: "Send a semaphore to the Pearl City. Our telegraph cannot be used!"

    Lin Tai once saw that the bridge of the USS Honolulu was shot, and was immediately anxious. When he was about to ask someone to send a flag message to ask, Liu Buchan actually asked someone to send a message.

    The sacrifice of several signalmen made Liu Buchan furious. He ordered: "Go forward at full speed! Sink the cruiser USS Winok first!"

    Li Dingxin said: "The flagship is turning at this time, should we wait? Anyway, the Maozi battleship can't run at less than 18 knots."

    "I can wait, but the heroic souls of the sacrificed soldiers cannot wait!" The soldiers on the ship were all soldiers trained in Hawaii. The soldiers in Beiyang could not understand the instruments on the ship at all and could only be reduced to handymen. Therefore, Liu Buchan was very interested in  He cherished these soldiers on the ship very much, and he knew that it was not easy to train such soldiers.

    Lin Tai once saw the Honolulu suddenly speeding up and was very puzzled. At a distance of more than 7,000 meters, the hit rate of the main gun was still very good. Why did Zixiang rush up?  With Zixiang's knowledge, he shouldn't make such a mistake. He should wait until the flagship completes its turn before rushing forward.

    The Honolulu rushed forward, and the Pearl City had no choice but to follow suit.

    "What the hell did Liu Buchan and Lin Tai do! Hey, I should have persuaded His Majesty from the beginning and shouldn't have let these two people take over the Wahu-class cruiser!" Chen Zheng scolded after seeing the actions of the Honolulu and the Pearl City.  .

    As the saying goes, a small ship can easily turn around, but conversely, a big ship can easily turn around.It's not easy. Regardless of whether the enemy ship formation is still within range, although the hit rate is only about 2%, you still have to try your luck.  Chen Zheng had not paid attention to the Honolulu and Pearl City before. Liu Buchan and Lin Tai were his old seniors, and he was also the leader of their class. Although it was difficult to adapt to the battleship's high performance and different command methods,  But I thought it wasn't a big problem, but I didn't expect that the two of them rushed forward before he could complete the turn.

    "It stands to reason that the two of them should not make such a mistake." Su Chang said.

    "I just asked them to hold off the enemy ship, but I didn't expect them to charge forward. This is disobedience! I must punish them when I get back!" Chen Zheng said angrily.  Disobeying orders is not a trivial matter. If it leads to a military court, dismissal will be a minor matter. Although Qin Ge has not yet established a military court because there are no ordinary litigation courts yet.

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