Chapter 767 West Wind 13

Ye Zugui tidied up his collar and seriously brushed off the wrinkles on his sleeves, which looked like a pilgrimage.

Four Hebei-class battleships were lined up, and 48 L50/356mm heavy guns were all aimed at the "black cloud" in the northeast. Heavy low-speed armor-piercing shells weighing 680 kilograms lay quietly in the gun, and three pieces of propelled with silk were then stuffed in.

Except for the roar of the engine under my feet, I couldn't hear a trace of noise.

The sea seemed to hold his breath at this moment!

For Ye Zugui, who has been on standby in Singapore with four Hebei-class ships in recent years, his goal is the Indian Grand Fleet! More than half a year ago, the battle of the Octave Strait of the Minkoi Islands was not complete, which was the biggest regret in his heart for him and the officers and soldiers on the four battleships. So when they heard that Campbell finally came out, they all held their breath and almost kept at full speed after departure.

But when they heard that the two most powerful Pennsylvania-class battleships and two Northampton-class patrols in the Indian Grand Fleet were injured by the torpedo attack of the 72nd Fleet, everyone was a little sorry, because all their previous hard work and efforts were to deal with four American capital ships and Campbell's flagships. Malaya, because the 15-inch/381mm heavy artillery installed on them is the most eager opponent.

When everyone felt disappointed and thought that after rushing there, it would be a battle of planes, torpedoes, and the battleships finally cleaned up the mess or cover the interception, a new order came!

Two of Britain's most powerful prestige-class battlecruisers at present, two Avenger-class battleships updated by the Malaya, a total of 28 L45/381 mm (as introduced above, the British body was not counted as a gun room during World War I, so the British L42 caliber is actually an L45 double body. Pipe) Heavy artillery.

As for the two Spanish-class battleships carrying four double L50/305 mm, the captains automatically ignored them intentionally or unintentionally. This is not arrogance, but this kind of mini pocket battleship with a full load of no more than 15,850 tons. It is hard to say whether the Jilin class, which has been relegated and used, can be fought.

"28,000 meters!"

"Floage to the southeast, 5 degrees to the left, and start to calculate the shelling of Zhuyuan."

"The order of arrays, Sichuan vs. deterrence, Jiangxi vs. Roar, Jiangsu vs. Monarch, Fujian vs. Resistance!"

"The first three rounds, the target deterrence!"

After the gun staff arranged the shelling plan, he stood in front of the stage holding the phone and quietly waiting for the final order.

Ye Zugui picked up the telescope. The first wave of carrier-based attack aircraft has left. The second wave will depend on the outcome of the naval battle. There will be an interval of at least 2 hours in the middle. In addition, the 74 fleet is far away from 270 nautical miles, so he has enough time!

This is a real battle that he and everyone have been looking forward to for a long time. The only thing he didn't expect was that the two Spanish-class battleships entered the port of Seychelles first and were not here.

The four British capital ship guns in the distance also rotated slightly, and this small change made him raise his eyebrows. Obviously, Britain has learned the shelling technology of the Imperial Navy, and is actually ready to give itself a blow after the war!

This is a battle of equal force. Although on the surface, the 356mm naval gun is far less than the 381mm heavy gun in terms of caliber and projectile weight, which can be seen from the huge gap between the Guam class and the Hebei class. However, considering the protection, tonnage and speed balance, it should be said that this is almost equal force. The battle of the enemy.

More importantly, although the Hebei class is faster than the Avengers-class battleship, it is not as good as the prestige-class battle patrol, so it is difficult to grab the T-position, so he has never thought about this kind of tactic from the beginning. And Hill also ordered the order to turn the rudder parallel from 30,000 meters away, because even if he could rely on the prestige level to grab the T position, the two Avengers would be cut off, so he simply fought this hard battle!

Parallel.

The speed is 20 knots, and the bows of the two fleets are tilted 5 degrees inward at the same time, starting to approach at a distance of 200 meters per minute. The course is the same, pointing to the southeast.

"25,000 meters!"

"Fire!"

In the silent turret, a harsh electric current suddenly passed. The sound made Meng Fei, a fire control officer in the Jiangsu No. 2 turret, feel a burst of numbness in his spine, and then the whole turret suddenly burst!

"Boom."

15:21 points, four Hebei-class ships made the first round of volleys. Almost at the same time, the four British capital ships opposite were also flashing flames, and 28 L45/381mm heavy guns roared at the same time!

The silence, depression, tension and uneasiness over their respective fleets were all torn apart by the wind in an instant. Whether it was 28 381mm heavy guns or 48 356mm naval guns, there was only one thought left in their hearts.

Kill each other!

The narrow turret reading fire control room is located at the highest above the back of the turret. The four enemy ships on the opposite side can be clearly seen through the reading rangefinder and periscope. Meng Fei's eyes clenched the head deterr.

Before departure, he was told that Britain had comprehensively improved the problem of insufficient fire control exposed in Delan, and installed the latest ladder fire control system for all capital ships. At the same time, the prestige class is the first new capital ship in the United Kingdom to install centralized fire control.

One has been used for a long time, and the other has just been equipped. The gap is obvious, but the other party's naval gun caliber is larger and the projectile is more powerful, so the Hebei class does not have a significant advantage.

More importantly, the waves in the Indian Ocean are obviously larger than those in the Pacific Ocean, and the ships are more bumpy. Both fire control calculation and aiming need to be more accurate.

The three barreles have begun to level, the second armor-piercing shell is being filled, and Meng Fei is silently calculating the time.

Xinhua uses a low-speed heavy bullet, and the first-speed bottom projectile is heavy. Although the opposite Britain does not have the special high-speed light bullet of World War II, it also has some rudimentary shape. The 780 kg armor-piercing bullet used is much worse than the 850 kg of the Guam class, but because of the larger caliber, the barrel multiple is limited, and the speed The degree is not fully exerted.

So it takes about 30 seconds from the opening to the landing.

Suddenly, several black spots swept through the retina, and the starboard side of the Sichuan suddenly rushed dozens of columns of water. At the same time, the starboard side of the deterrent on the opposite side was also rolling waves. The churning sea water mixed with the impact of the naval gun made tens of thousands of tons of steel involuntarily bumpy.

While Meng Fei accurately captured the bullet point, the lookouts everywhere on the ship also reported the observation at the same time. However, at this time, Meng Fei will not provide any information to the running group. The ladder fire control requires continuous bullet point calculation, so it must wait until three rounds to recalibrate.

"The second round, fire!"

A minute later, the two sides made a second round of s shot at the same time, and it was another close match.

Although in theory, the smaller the caliber, the faster the rate of fire, but in actual combat, once the caliber of the naval gun exceeds 305 mm, the speed is the same, because it takes at least a minute for the naval gun to be loaded and then raised again after firing. In the past, in order to solve this problem, Li Mo also thought about the bomb loading system used in France in World War II, but after the rapid rise of the naval aviation, the development of this technology gradually slowed down.

Round after round.

When the three rounds of shooting at a target were completed, Meng Fei and his two comrades immediately calculated the new shelling elements according to the three rounds of bullet points. After a while, a new target parameters also came from the fire control module. After the combination of the two, a new coordinate was immediately formed!

Although the three front wheels are not dealing with the battleship Monarch, the battle line that no one can leave provides the best fixed reference. Since neither side has achieved any results, when the naval guns turned back to their opponents, the artillery battle returned to the most exciting, the most dangerous and hot-blooded one-on-one!

The fourth round, the fifth round, the sixth round.

There is still no harvest.

"20,000 meters!"

"Stop turning the rudder, maintain balance, speed 20 knots, three-level sea conditions, wind speed, ballistic correction!"

While the captain quickly adjusted the posture of the ship, Meng Fei also completed the second ballistic correction. If he was a novice, he would start to be anxious if he didn't hit the six rounds, but Meng Fei was not in a hurry, because he knew very well that an artillery battle of this scale could not solve the problem with one or two shells. As the eyes and brains of the artillery squad The more you are at this moment, the more you need to keep calm.

The seventh round of s shot was fired again, and 48 armor-piercing bullets roared at their respective targets. When a fiery bright spot appeared on the ship Monarch, Meng Fei clenched his fist fiercely!

"Hit!"

In the turret, there is thunder.

This armor-piercing shell accurately hit the port side of the battleship Monarch. Although the hit part was not the focus of armored defense, it still tore a large crack above the port waterline, resulting in the death of three British sailors.

It didn't have the kind of beheading as expected, but it made a good start!

However, Meng Fei's face changed slightly. The report of the mast came from the headphones. Three of the eight 381mm shells fired by the Monarch flew over the mast and landed on the starboard side of the Jiangsu, straddling! It means that the opponent has also completed the proofreading and aiming, and the only difference is luck.

And this cross-shoot really made Hill sigh.

After the eighth round failed, it was the 21st Fleet that took the lead again in the ninth round of sipation. According to the report of the rear bridge lookout of Fujian, two of the three armor-piercing shells fired by the ship's No. 4 turret hit its opponent's resistance battleship, one disappeared after penetrating the weak stern armor, while the other hit The rear chimney. .

A violent explosion rose from behind the chimney, and the upper half of the chimney in the fire was pierced into a big hole. If the Avenger-class battleship had not used strong pressure and auxiliary flue ventilation and exhaust, this injury would have killed the battleship.

The tenth round of slamp arrived as scheduled. This time, luck seemed to have turned to the enemy. One of the shells of the Monarch landed on the Jiangsu, and the shell accurately hit the front of the No. 4 turret. Although it did not penetrate the armor, it made a deep mark on the front of the turret, and The explosion also broke a main gun, and the four gunners in the turret were shocked to death in the shock wave of the explosion. Although they were sent to prepare the top in time, the No. 2 turret did not hit a shell in the next five minutes.

After Meng Fei heard the news from his headphones, his lips were bitten!

Must take revenge!

While he focused all his attention on biting Monarch, the first ship Sichuan had avenged its sister ship. A 356mm armor-piercing shell accurately hit the tall rear bridge of the deterrence, and the explosion occurred from the bridge. Although the shell finally failed to continue to penetrate the horizontal deck, it still swept the whole rear. The bridge removed the air defense command post arranged here, resulting in the death of more than 20 British officers and soldiers.

It's still evenly matched!

Ye Zugui took the lead in finding the problem. Although his L50/356mm naval gun is a little worse than his opponent, he still has a slight advantage because of the numerical advantage, but the distance is a little far away! If the strength of the naval gun can be exerted at this distance in the Pacific Ocean with less wind and waves, it will seriously affect the accuracy in the Indian Ocean with more wind and waves.

He has two ways to slow down or get closer!

When Ye Zugui considered that method, Hill also scratched his head. His biggest problem was not that the shells were not enough to kill, nor that the fire control was much worse than that of his opponent, and that the sailors were not as good as the other party, but that there was a big hidden danger in the guns of the prestige-class battlecruiser.

A hidden danger that the navy has long known but has not been able to solve it!

It has been more than a dozen rounds so far, and the two prestige-class have almost no gains. You know, in order to ensure that the prestige-class can have ready-to-war ability, the British navy has pulled out a large number of veterans who have participated in the Battle of the German Sea, and this level of war patrol is also the first capital ship equipped with a new and improved ladder-level fire control system, which is being tested. At the time of the fire control system, Queen Elizabeth accurately hit the target ship 22,000 meters away.

Now it is less than 20,000 meters, but the two warships, which are claimed to be the strongest at present, have wasted more than 100 shells. This is no longer a problem of gunners and fire control, but a problem of the gun itself!

Because Britain has built 10 main battleships equipped with 15-inch guns in a row, and the demand for Hood-class and army guns is increasing, few people know that in fact, Britain's own manufacturing capacity has reached its limit. In order to put the prestige-class service as soon as possible, the Admiralty has to go to the United States. For help, after sharing the 15-inch naval gun technology with the United States, 32 heavy guns of this type were ordered.

Originally, everything was going well, but after the Battle of the Gulf of Panama, in order to re-arm a new fleet as soon as possible, the United States misappropriated British customized naval guns to several warships such as the new Pennsylvania-class and Northampton-class. Finally, when the four Prestimonious-class ships were about to be built and needed to be installed, it was found that eight guns missing. The United States had no time to build it at this time, so it had to install only three double main guns for the time being.

In the test, there are also some problems with this American-made naval gun, that is, the outer sleeve and inner fit of the body tube are not tight enough, and it must be played several rounds at a time. After the barrel is heated, the sleeve can be completely tightened, and the rifle is also four less than before, because the precision manufacturing capacity of the United States is not comparable. Britain!

For this matter, the British navy once thought about refusing to accept this batch of guns, but due to the urgency of the war and the navy's full efforts to attack the 18-inch super cannon, it could only be used first, and at the same time placed an order to re-make the barrel. Now, this kind of It's killing me!

"What should I do?"

Hill already wanted to leave at this time, but he knew that it was too expensive to leave rashly, because even if the two prestige levels could leave by speed, the two Avengers could not do anything about it, so he had to find the last way to get closer!

"General, they are leaning over!"

Just as Hill ordered to approach again, the four Hebei-class ships also began to lean in at the same time. Ye Zugui on the opposite side made a quick move and took the lead in choosing to continue to approach to increase the hit.

"Rumble."

"Rumble."

The four opponents who fight each other are like two strong men who slamming their axes to each other in the dark. They fight for who has great strength, who has more blood, and who dares to play with their lives!

21 rounds!

After hitting several more indeadly shells, the first major result finally appeared!

The No. 2 ship Jiangxi has made great achievements.

Three of the 12 armor-piercing shells hit the Roar. The first one passed through the bow that had been damaged by the "fish bone" before the Roar, and added dozens of tons of seawater to the ship and hit the bottom of the ship. The explosion came from under the bow, making the warship suddenly hit something, as if it suddenly stagnated.

Before the officers and soldiers of the Roar could figure out where the damage would cause this feeling, the second armor-piercing bullet roared down from between the two chimneys. Although the armor was strengthened, the horizontal armor of the 152mm carburized armor in this part could not stop the 650 kg shell that fell almost vertically. The bomb went all the way down, not only penetrated the horizontal armor, but also drilled through the protective wall of the No. 3 boiler chamber and two layers of steel plates, and finally exploded in the boiler chamber.

From the perspective of the watchman of the Jiangxi mast, an orange flame was raised at the explosion, followed by a white fog, which was the characteristic of the destruction of the boiler chamber.

The lookout did not make a mistake in judgment. According to the memory of the first roaring damaged pipe sailor who arrived at the boiler cabin later, the shell should have had a big explosion in the cabin. The shrapnel swept 8 boilers and steam pipes, causing a large amount of high-pressure steam to leak, causing more than 27 sailors here to be burned to death, even Many of the emergency repair pipe soldiers who rushed in afterwards were burned to death or burned.

The loss of a boiler chamber made the already injured Roar unable to exceed 18 knots even at full speed. Before the news was reported to the bridge, the third armor-piercing shell was even more deadly, because it hit the shelling command tower at the top of the bridge and swept through it, making the six main guns on the Roar pause. The loss of unified command is equivalent to directly abolishing the expensive ladder fire control system!

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!

This is the favorite saying of the battleship gunners. In the next 22nd round, the Jiangxi sounded the death knell for the Roar!

Britain once again paid a heavy price for the weak horizontal armor.

At 15:52, in the 22nd round of shelling, a shell fired from the turret of Jiangxi No. 1 made the Roar withdraw from the battle first. The shell hit the horizontal armor on the left side of the No. 3 turret on the stern. The shell went straight down the thick 203mm turret base. Although it did not penetrate the well in the end, the explosion led to the destruction of the No. 3 turret. A large hole with a diameter of 2 meters was opened on the left hull, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured into the hull. Only the ammunition chamber and the launch chamber were flooded, and one power chamber was flooded, and three steam turbines were scrapped.

Water was entered at the same time, and a power module and a boiler module were lost, causing the Roar to continue to drop to 12 knots! If this speed continues to stay on the battlefield, it will really become a survival target.

As a last resort, Hill had to order the Roar to withdraw from the battle and evacuate to the port of Seychelles not far away.

But just as the Roar raised the white flag to deflect the bow, there was an unimaginable tragic scene on the battlefield.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to 17,000 meters. After Britain's weakness in fire control gradually narrowed due to the shortening of the distance, Monarch finally showed the prestige of the battleship. Two of the eight 381mm armor-piercing shells hit the Jiangsu where Meng Fei was located.

If Britain still uses the old shells of Delan, perhaps these two shells will not cause so much damage to Jiangsu. However, after Delan, Britain realized that its shell fuse was too **, and urgently provided a batch of new shells for the battleships, and the Monarch came out to carry this time. Cannonballs.

After solving the fuse problem, the British 381mm armor-piercing bullet finally exerted its last energy. The first one was not bad and hit the rear mast of Jiangsu, causing serious damage to the mast. The second one passed straight through the Luojing bridge above the navigation bridge. The explosion not only killed more than a dozen officers in the navigation bridge below, but also directly destroyed all the buildings above the Luojing bridge, including the artillery command tower, which disappeared, and the bottom conning tower was also affected. The captain and staff officers who commanded the battle also exploded violently, with heavy casualties.

Finally, it was confirmed that 13 officers, including the captain of the ship, died on the spot. Captain Yan Feng was also unconscious in the brain by a broken steel plate in the explosion. Finally, he died that night because of the ineffective rescue, becoming the first main battleship captain to die in wartime!

Because the No. 2 turret is in front of the bridge, Meng Fei is the one who saw the big explosion with his own eyes.

"Fuck you grandma!"

The violent explosion and thick smoke made the turret also shake. After maintaining calm for a long time, it disappeared from everyone's faces. At the same time, the water dragons quickly rushed to the bridge. At the same time, the blue veins on the back of Meng Fei's hand suddenly protruded!

"Come again!"

Meng Fei shouted loudly and woke up his comrades-in-arms next to him. The depressing atmosphere in the turret was enough to make anyone collapse. You don't need to look carefully. Everyone knows that the gun commander and other officers must have sacrificed. Also, after losing the centralized command, whether they can take revenge depends entirely on Meng Fei and other turret fire control non-commissioned officers.

"The direction is 180, the speed is 20 knots, the angle is 17, the wind speed, the correction is completed, launch!"

"Boom."

9 armor-piercing bullets, with the anger of revenge, hit the enemy outside 17,000. Except for the loader, everyone turned their heads and waited for Meng Fei's voice.

"I hit it! We hit it! I'm your British grandma. Wash your ass and come again!" In Meng Fei's shout, an armor-piercing bullet hit the proud battleship Monarch almost at the same time.

This is a perfect round of revenge interception!

Meng Fei seemed to be able to hear the screaming British sailors in the fire! A kind of revenge makes him wish to fly over and have a look in person, and then raise his glass and drink!

The lightning revenge of the Jiangsu caught the Monarch off guard. As an improved battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class, the armor and protection of the Avengers class have not changed much, and it is not as modified again with the situation of Delan as the reputation class built later, although It is said to be a pure battleship, but the level of armor protection is only a little higher than that of the prestige level.

The most lethal armor-piercing shell was hit by Meng Fei's No. 2 gun squad. Because the smoke from the explosion of the front bridge also affected the sight of the mast lookout, the armor-piercing shell was fully observed and recorded by a hummingbird reconnaissance aircraft hovering over the fleet.

According to the reconnaissance aircraft's post-the-air report, he saw a black spot drilling into the top of the turret of USS Monone. After more than ten seconds, the explosion occurred under the turret and tilted the whole turret from the turret to one side.

The lookout thought that it hit the ammunition depot, but later the navy did not think so after research, because if the ammunition depot exploded, it was impossible that just a turret was tilted, and the whole ship's capital would be directly blown off, so it was more inclined to hit the hoist, and there happened to be shells on the hoist. It existed and was detonated together. The pressure generated by the explosion caused the bottom chamber to be quickly opened, so that the water was injected into the ammunition compartment to avoid the direct sinking.

No one knows whether

is really true, because a minute later, three armor-piercing bullets hit the starboard side of the Monarch again, and this time it was completely the main armor belt of the water line.

After all, the Avengers is a pure battleship. The horizontal armor is weak, but the main armor belt is 13 inches thick, and it is tilted. Theoretically, it can completely protect against 15-inch armor-piercing shells outside 15,000, but the problem is that Britain has not yet realized that the anti-ear-alarms, and the main armor has not extended downward, so the side line The armored belt is still the traditional 3.5 meters.

One of the armor-piercing bullets in this round happened to fall into the water a few meters away from the ship because the hood fell off. Because of the tension of the sea water, it drilled in from under the main armor belt.

This is the anti-toise wall. The armor thickness is only 127 mm, so the armor-piercing bullet drilled in effortlessly, and pierced all the way and finally exploded in the residential cabin. In addition to attracting seawater, the explosion also caused a fire inside the warship. The wooden high and low bed became the best ignition object, plus the residential cabin and electricity. The watertight hatch between the air chamber passages was not closed in time, causing the Monarch to lose half of its power in an instant, and two of the remaining three turrets could no longer rotate the gun.

The Roar was seriously injured, the Monarch was seriously injured, and the other two ships were also seriously damaged.

At this time, Hill didn't want to fight, and he didn't dare to fight!

Even if it hits the Jiangsu, even if it has a larger caliber, its accuracy and shell projection ability are far behind the opponent, so Hill really doesn't want to work hard!

According to the Xinhua Navy after the incident, Hill blinked at the most critical moment. If he had continued to close the bombardment at that time, although the defeat could not be recovered, there might not be anything behind.

At 16:10, Hill ordered the release of smoke and ordered the three cruisers to carry out a torpedo attack, and began to turn the rudder to retreat to the port of Seychelles 30 nautical miles away, trying to enter the seaport, and then blocked the channel with a water mine, waiting for Campbell's fleet to arrive and cooperate with him to break through.

But in fact, Campbell did not go to Seychelles as promised at this time. After receiving a telegram from Tonys and the other party's aircraft carrier aircraft did not appear for more than ten hours, he knew that Hill was finished, so after crossing halfway, he suddenly ventured into the storm sea (South Indian Ocean) ), take advantage of strong winds and bad weather to go straight south of Madagascar.

Afterwards, Campbell said that he sent a telegram to Hill, but Hill actually did not receive it. If he received it, he might not be able to avoid it. Instead, he insisted on waiting for the arrival of the two Spanish-class battleships to find a way to break through.

Unfortunately, there is no if in war!

Ye Zugui and the 21st Fleet naturally will not let their prey escape. It has been learned that the patrol of the Jiangsu was also involved in strangulation at the same time. It took less than 30 minutes for two Yangtze-class cruisers to lead six destroyers to solve their opponents.

At 17:30, the sky gradually darkened. When the port of Seychelles had appeared on the horizon, the biggest injustice in history was born!

====== "General! Look at it!"

In the bridge of Alfonso XIII, just got the news that Lieutenant General Tonis, who had only added half of the coal, rushed out of the harbor with two battleships.

Of course, it took him 20 minutes to make a boiler!

But no matter what, he tried his best, not afraid to avoid the war, but rushed to the belligerent waters under the guidance of a British seaplane in a port. From this point of view, although Tonis was criticized for the telegram before, the Spanish mater in his veins were still full of spirit, but he didn't expect that he would only come out of the port for less than half an hour to see the tattered roar coming towards him.

On the deck, the Spanish sailors who were ready and rolled up their sleeves to have a big fight couldn't believe their eyes. A few hours ago, they were still envious of Britain's "shameless" behavior of having such a good warships, but they only helped build three small Spanish mini warships, but they didn't expect to see envy and The object of jealousy actually passed by with a disability.

What they can't believe is that the deck of this battle patrol is almost close to the surface of the water. Even if they are idiots, they know that this means that except for a few main cabins that have no water, this big guy with a displacement of more than 35,000 tons has long been a country!

The most powerful battlecruiser in the world, the British masterpiece, the strongest in Europe and so on when they went into the water seem to be sarcastic at this moment. The bullfighters who just wanted to avenge the sister ship Spain, which was sunk by a Chinese plane in Ceylon just now, only felt a pot of ice water splashed down from the head and feet. My heart is cold!

Who is the opponent who can make a battlecruiser with six powerful 15-inch guns and a displacement of 35,000 tons like this? Do Chinese people have more than one aircraft carrier? Or is the news that their Guam class is replacing the gun is fake? In fact, all six Guam-class ships have secretly waited for themselves here?

Lieutenant General Tonis, who had just drunk two cups, sweated coldly in an instant, and the wine dissipated in an instant. He jumped and shouted, "Increase the lookout, pay attention to the situation of the sea, I want to know every detail!"

The appearance of two Chinese planes overhead made the British seaplane that led the way fly back quickly without even saying hello. The angry Spanish soldiers scolded the British for being timid.

At 17:35, a large amount of cigarettes finally appeared on the horizon. At this time, Hill also saw two Spanish-class battleships led by Tonnis, but in the face of the signal from Tonnis, he made a decision that almost let the Ally countries collapse.

According to Hill's later confession, he actually didn't want to be backed by the Spanish. He just wanted Tonis to drag his fleet into port first, because at this time, the three capital ships were seriously damaged, but the last four Hebei class could continue to be maintained at 22 knots.

And everyone knows that the larger the warship, the more troublesome it is to enter the port. In addition, he has to take the lead in arranging the port to prepare for mine closure and other things, so he wants to go first, and he also asked the communications officer to send a signal to Tonis of all this and tell him to line up to return to the port at the end.

But Tonis didn't see any signal!

Afterwards, I learned that, in addition to the chaotic situation at that time, the flagship deterrent signaler did not follow the regulation of "uninterrupted before getting an answer" because he could not see the Spaniards during his hard war, but waved the signal flag lazily with resentment.

Because he was blocked by the smoke of the three British capital ships, Tonis, who couldn't see the situation behind him, had to wait hard for Hill's news and wanted to know what had happened? Who is the pursuer? What should I do? The three British capital ships that escaped together suddenly turned 90 degrees and rushed to the port from the port of the two Spanish-class battleships.

Tonis and all the Spanish soldiers were stunned and stared at the British who left him without even saying hello. When the four Hebei-class battleships appeared 20,000 meters away at a speed of 22 knots, he almost fell down!

"Hill, you bastard, you son of a bitch! I'm going to kill you! Shameless Englishman!" Tonis jumped and cursed, using all the known malicious words, but this was no longer helpful.

20,000 meters, 4 Hebei-class battleships!

No matter how brave Tonis is, he knows that he can't fight if he wants to play a mator. Not to mention four ships, even if there is only one Hebei-class ship, he can only run for his life. Not to mention the cannon, the two Spanish tonnage alone is not as good as one Hebei.

After scolding, Tonis had to consider the reality.

He has only two ways. One is to escape to the sea and run as far as he can. But his coal combustion at this time can only guarantee to sail 800 nautical miles with a maximum of 19 knots. It is hard to say whether he can go to South Africa! And because the fire was just started, the low-quality coal stored in Seychelles has not burned the steam pressure to the maximum, so the speed is only 16 knots. If you don't return to Hong Kong, it's no different from looking for death.

If he can't escape, the only way is to escape back and follow Hill back to the port of Seychelles, but because the despicable British took the lead at this time, he could only drag behind and face the baptism of 48 14-inch heavy guns alone!

Tonis really wants to cry with the pillow in his arms. This is 48 14-inch heavy artillery! Just thinking about it is killing me, and now I have to face it!

"Boom."

When the two Spanish-class battleships began to turn, the 24 main guns of the four Hebei-class bows fired at the same time. Seeing the other side fire first, Tonis could only order a counterattack if he didn't want to fight.

Due to the natural lack of power, the speed of the two Spanish-class battleships dropped to 14 knots after the fire. Coupled with the slow turning action, the distance was shortened to 16,000 meters in just 10 minutes.

"16,000 meters, angle 110, speed 14 knots, wind southeast, speed, correction completed!"

"Fire!"

Meng Fei roared hard. At this time, he and everyone had got the news of the tragic situation of the bridge. What's more, they knew that Captain Yan Feng did not know life or death, so there was only the word revenge in his mind. He was about to catch up with the Monarch. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by two Spanish-class battleships. His anger could be imagined.

The flame of revenge turned to Tonis in an instant.

Around the body of Alfonso XIII, the water column suddenly soared to the sky. The officers in the bridge couldn't help shivering. They knew that the Chinese naval guns were powerful, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful. 16,000 meters was just the maximum range of the Spanish class. The shells fired were outrageous, while the other party was in 4 The cross shot is completed after the wheel!

A minute later, the revengeful Jiangsu account completed the final kill!

Two armor-piercing bullets hit the Alfonso XIII at the same time. The first one hit the No. 4 running position at the stern of the ship. Although the trajectory from this distance began to be straight and did not hit the ammunition depot, the whole turret was swept flat.

The second one directly hit the waterline armor, and the armor belt that only defended against the 12-inch shell was fragile. After the shell drilled from the waterline, it went deep into the middle of the hull and there was a big explosion. The explosion penetrated the 3-inch horizontal armor, which also made a chimney useless, plus The water directly paralyzed Alfonso XIII on the sea.

4 minutes later, Haimei I was also hit, and two turrets lost their function at the same time.

For the overall interests of the Allies, Spain took out its money and handed over three battleships to the British unified command. Unexpectedly, it lost one in Ceylon first. This time, it came from distant South Africa to rescue "ally" Campbell, but after only 10 rounds of 80 shells, they were all paralyzed. In the face of more and more Near, the ferocious 356mm heavy artillery, Tonis simply raised the white flag!

The most surprising thing is that he didn't order to open the sea valve! At 18 o'clock sharp, while the Xinhua sailors boarded the two Spanish-class battleships, Tonis sent the last telegram to Hill, which said, "Dear Lieutenant General Hill, you should pray from now on not to let me meet you in the prisoner-of-war camp!"

At 18:30, when Longya returned to the port of Seychelles, Hill was not only talled by Tonys, but also a long late news.

Campbell, it's halfway!

A mouthful of blood was directly sprinkled on the deterrent chart table. He didn't expect that he would fight hard, and even cause two Spanish-class battleships to be exposed to enemy firepower and hated by the whole Spain. He was thinking about waiting for Campbell to save him and return home together!

The other party took a detour!

That night, under the deterrence of Ye Zugui's ultimatum to shell the port of Seychelles if he did not surrender, Hill ordered the sinking ship to surrender.

Due to the insufficient water depth of the port of Seychelles, the four warships were not completely sunk. Finally, they were towed back to Singapore two months later. The Shock was collected by the Xinhua Naval Museum after the war, while the other three ships were disintegrated and dismantled after the war.

(to be continued)