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Text Chapter 193 Jeju Island Naval Battle 5

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    While the Queen of Hawaii was turning around, Vice Admiral Witgeft also ordered the fleet to turn around. At this time, there were still seven warships available on his side. Although more than half of the crew of the Lopavlovsk was killed or injured, there were still two ships left.  The main gun is operational.  Although a failure to check allowed the Chinese to succeed in a sneak attack and sink two battleships at once, which had a great impact on morale, after all, there are still seven battleships on our side, and they still have an advantage in number and tonnage, and they still have the strength to fight.  .  When he was about to complete the turn, he unexpectedly discovered that the Honolulu and Pearl City dared to sail towards the fleet heading towards him at full speed. At this time, he had already formed a "T" horizontal advantage over the two fast cruisers.  Full broadside firepower can be unleashed.

    "Seeking death!" Witgeft cursed, and then ordered all the firepower of the fleet to hit the two cruisers seeking death. I can't penetrate the battleship because of its rough skin, but these two cruisers must be crispy.  of.

    When the flag signal was sent out, all the firepower of each ship was concentrated on the two Wahu-class cruisers that were constantly approaching. Water columns of large and small sizes continued to explode near the two cruisers. Occasionally, some small-caliber shells hit, but due to the kinetic energy  Too small and will be bounced away without exception.

    ??The continuous explosion of water columns around the two ships caused water mist to fill the vicinity of the two ships, and the optical rangefinder lost its function. The observers could only report data to the fire control room based on subjective judgment.  Liu Buchan calmed down a lot at this time and knew that he had made a mistake that he shouldn't have made, but he knew that there was no regret in the world.

    "Full starboard rudder!" At this time, the starboard main gun (the stern main gun) cannot function, and the firepower suddenly becomes much weaker. Moreover, at this distance, the 77mm single-mounted gun on the side can also be used to kill personnel.  effect.  However, as a cruiser, it is obviously wrong to want to take a horizontal position parallel to the opponent, because the dealer is too fragile, and exposing the side of more than 100 meters long obviously increases the opponent's hit rate.

    "Full right rudder!" Wittgeft also directed the fleet to turn right, hoping to occupy the "T" horizontal position as much as possible.

    "Bang!!" A 203mm shell hit the protruding turret of the Honolulu's No. 2 turret. It exploded without penetrating. The impact shook everyone in the No. 2 turret and fell down. There were also many pieces of glass on the bridge.  Shattered.

    With a "pang bang", Liu Buchan instinctively closed his eyes, and then felt that his body was pierced by sharp knives in many places. Li Dingxin's situation was slightly better, but half of his right ear was cut off by glass fragments, and his left hand was also penetrated by glass.

    "Zixiang! Zixiang! Medical soldier! Medical soldier!" Li Dingxin knelt down next to Liu Buchan and shouted.

    "Report to the command room! This is the No. 2 turret. The turret seat was hit. Now the turret cannot rotate!" the damage control officer of the No. 2 turret reported as he wiped the blood from his forehead.

    Seeing the medical soldiers bandaging Liu Buchan, Li Dingxin stood up and said: "The captain is seriously injured. Now I take over all the command! Go to the No. 1 and No. 3 turrets of the fire control corps and attack as many as possible.  Target fire!¡±

    The Honolulu was damaged, and the Pearl City was also hit by a 305 shell. However, the shell hit the front of the No. 1 turret and did not penetrate. Although the armor of the protective cruiser was not thick, the front armor of the turret was thick.  275mm.  Although there was no penetration, the explosive power of the 305mm shell stunned several people in the turret. The hydraulic press in the turret was also damaged. Although the turret could still rotate slowly, the left barrel could not be raised.

    "Hurrah!" cried Witgeft.

    "Hurrah!!!" Seeing the enemy being shot and injured, the morale of the officers and soldiers on each ship suddenly increased a lot.

    Just when the officers on the ship shouted "Ula!", a 77mm broadside gun of the Honolulu hit the torpedo tube on the cruiser USS Vinok, instantly triggering a chain explosion, proving in one fell swoop that its ability is not only to deal with torpedo boats but also  Ants on the shore, although no one knows that the cruiser USS Winok was sunk by a 77mm shell.  After several explosions, the cruiser Vinok raised a black mushroom cloud, and the earth-shattering explosions reached the ears of the Russians and Chinese.  The Russian soldiers shouting hurrah seemed to be celebrating the sinking of the cruiser Vinok.

    After nearly eight minutes of turning, the Hawaiian Queen finally completed a 360-degree turn and began to move at full speed toward the battlefield more than 17,000 meters away.  A large area of ??the Hawaiian Queen's starboard armor was blackened because the Russian fleet's artillery shells used black powder, and a lot of debris from the explosion of the shells adhered to the armor.  In contrast, the port side armor is still pure white because it has not received any attack, which is in sharp contrast to the starboard side.

    "Bang!!" The four main guns on the bow of the ship fired four shells at an elevation angle of 20 degrees. Although the hit rate at such a distance is like scum, it is normal to rely on luck to win a naval battle.

    "Bang!!" The crippled Lopavlovsk fired another round of fire at the Honolulu with its stern main gun.hit.

    "Howl~~~~~" The captain seemed to hear a whistling sound, and then he saw a violent explosion in the gun turret of the main battery turret on the bow of the destroyed ship.  With a "Bang!!" sound, he was knocked over by the shock wave of the explosion, his ears buzzed, and he stood up holding the compass, as if he heard some very harsh sounds.  He shook his head vigorously to wake himself up, and the harsh sound became more obvious.  "Squeak~~~squeak¡ª¡ª", he sounded and looked around, and found that the bow of the ship was breaking away from the gun base!  It turned out that the shell hit the turret ring at the bow of the ship at an angle from a high altitude, and exploded when it was about to penetrate the bottom of the ship. The power of the explosion tore the armor apart, and there was no gunpowder in the detonated turret, so the hull was broken.  !

    "Abandon the ship!!" Feeling that the battleship had begun to tilt, the captain ordered.  But it was too late. "Creak~~~" the hull broke into two parts, and the bow quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.  The water poured in faster and faster, and soon the broken ship tilted up. All the unfixed things on the bow of the ship fell into the sea. The rotating propeller was exposed out of the water, which seemed to prove that it was still working hard, but it didn't.  After a few seconds, it made the battleship sail even faster to the bottom of the sea, which is 20,000 miles away. Well, the bottom of the sea.

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    Party, I came back late.

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