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Text Chapter 194 Jeju Island Naval Battle 6

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    Wittgeft never expected that two ships on his side would be sunk at once. There were only five remaining battleships out of the original seven, namely the flagship battleship Prince, the battleship Gromboy, and the cruiser Askerit.  , cruiser Diana and cruiser Liftori.  Although they still have an advantage in terms of numbers, the total tonnage is no longer the advantage, and the warships on our side have suffered some losses. Although the problem is not big, in comparison, the Hawaiian Queen was hit by more than a hundred rounds before, but  But it was unscathed.  The number of large-caliber main guns does not dominate either. The two battleships only have eight 305mm 40-caliber guns in total, while the Queen of Hawaii has eight 305 main guns, and their guns are both powerful and accurate.  Far better than what is on your side.  Therefore, despite the numerical advantage, more than half of our own warships were lost at this time, and their morale was greatly reduced. If the Hawaiian Queen approached in a few more minutes, the entire army might be wiped out.

    Wittgoft was scared, and he said: "Send a signal to other ships quickly! Tell them to sink those two cruisers!"

    When he led the other four battleships and began to pour shells on the Honolulu and Pearl City, Witgeft said: "Full left rudder! Leave here at full speed and return to Vladivostok!"

    The captain of the Prince, Sklivitsky, said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this"

    "Left full rudder!!"

    Sklivitsky understood that this was to abandon several other warships and escape on his own. As the captain, Sklivitsky was unwilling to be a deserter from the bottom of his heart, but the military orders were overwhelming, and he had to keep turning the steering wheel to the left.  .

    Things were turning, and luck seemed to be with the Russians. The USS Honolulu and the USS Pearl City, which were 4,000 meters away from the Far East Fleet formation, began to be hit one after another. A 305mm shell exploded on the front deck of the USS Honolulu, blowing out the deck.  A large hole was created and the Honolulu burst into flames.

    ¡°Quickly put out the fire!!¡± Li Dingxin shouted.

    Fortunately, there were no people on the deck, so there were no casualties. After Li Dingxin gave the order, the damage control officer quickly went to the fire scene to pick up a water gun, opened the valve and started to put out the fire.  One of the Pearl City's steam turbines was destroyed and a propeller stopped running. Lin Taizeng immediately ordered to leave the battlefield.  All this is because they are too close. If the distance is kept at about 7,000 meters, the two cruisers will not suffer such major damage.  Nowadays, the Pearl City has difficulty navigating, with 26 crew members killed and 58 injured. The Honolulu was slightly injured, with 63 crew members sacrificed and 92 injured. Captain Liu Buchan was seriously injured.  This was the biggest loss since the establishment of Qin Ge's navy.

    Seeing the flagship turn suddenly to the left, the captains and sailors of the other three battleships didn't know why. But when they saw the approaching Hawaiian Queen, everyone understood clearly: The commander is telling us to block that perverted battleship.  So that they can escape smoothly!

    The captains greeted all the women in the commander's family, and then began to consider their retreat. The flagship had already completed its turn and began to leave the battlefield at full speed, but it took several minutes for them to turn around. By that time, the perverted battleship had already chased them.  Come up.  Isn't it perverted? A behemoth of more than 20,000 tons, with armor thicker than the most shameless person, can still reach a speed of more than 20 knots. This is definitely perverted!

    While he was meditating, the Hawaiian Queen had already caught up. Chen Zheng looked through the telescope in the command room and saw the mess on the decks of the Honolulu and Pearl City. He was heartbroken. He could have won without any damage.  But in less than twenty minutes, the two cruisers were beaten like this.

    Su Chang put down the telescope, just shook his head and said nothing.

    Chen Zheng turned his eyes to the Russian warships and said: "Right rudder 60! Sink the front cruiser first!"

    The Hawaiian Queen began to turn when it was more than 5,000 meters away from the enemy line. The behemoth that was close to 200 meters was naturally very easy to target. A 305mm shell from the battleship Grombowie hit the Hawaiian Queen, but due to the excessive incident angle  Big, the shell bounced away without exploding, let alone penetrating.

    "Bang!!" When the Hawaiian Queen was about to complete its turn, it fired a salvo at the cruiser USS Liftori at the front of the Russian fleet. One shell hit the bridge of the USS Liftori, blowing the entire bridge apart.  , no one on the bridge survived, and the battleship lost command. The gunnery adjutant, Lieutenant Ludley, immediately asked people to hang a white flag and surrender to avoid being bombarded again.

    Seeing the Liftori hoisting the white flag and surrendering, the captain of the Diana, Morutov, also ordered the white flag to be hoisted.  Because the Diana stopped with a white flag, all the shells originally fired at the Diana flew towards the Ascrit. A total of three artillery shells hit the Ascrit, one of which was under the waterline.  Breakthrough, the explosion created a large hole, and seawater began to pour in continuously. Two external and two methods penetrated the superstructure. More than a hundred people were killed by the captain, including the captain.  The Askerite is not like the Liftori.??Able to quickly raise the white flag, it was hit by the Hawaiian Queen's next salvo and had begun to slowly sink.

    At this time, only the battleship Grombowie was still resisting. Two shells fired from the twin 305 main guns on its bow hit the Queen of Hawaii. The two shells penetrated the Queen of Hawaii.  An explosion occurred when the armor was about 200 millimeters long, blasting out two holes with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters. Two nearby damage control officers were hit by fragments generated by the explosion and died on the spot.

    In response, the Hawaiian Queen began to slow down and fired at the Grombowi. Two shells hit the bow of the Grombowi and blew the bow deck to pieces, scaring the captain Vidnisv.  I quickly ordered the white flag to be hoisted and surrendered. It was normal for my commander to betray his teammates and I surrendered.

    Send a flag to disarm the three surrendered warships, then lower the lifeboats and send personnel to take over the three warships.  As for the Prince, which had escaped tens of thousands of meters away, Chen Zheng could not pursue it. The Honolulu and Pearl City were both damaged, and their combat effectiveness had dropped a lot. If he could catch up with these Russian ships, he would not be able to pursue them.  After the warship left, it launched an attack on the Honolulu and Pearl City, and the consequences would be disastrous.

    There were not many people sent to receive the surrendered warships. There were only a dozen or so on each ship, but they were indeed fully armed, with revolvers and six grenades. If the old man dared to play tricks, they were all ready to sacrifice.

    At this time, less than two hours had passed since the two sides started fighting (counting from the time when both sides discovered each other). Three 10,000-ton battleships and two 4,000-ton cruisers of the huge Russian Far East Fleet had been sunk.  One battleship and two cruisers were captured, and the flagship Dauphin escaped.  A duel between quality and quantity, the winner is quality.

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