The students at the Shipping School were all going crazy at this moment. Deng Shichang and others felt that their hearts had stopped beating, and the blood flowing throughout their bodies had solidified and stopped.
This is such a violent scene. The lone northern knight penetrates the formation and kills him. Behind him is a sea of fire. The Russian fleet formation is instantly pierced. No one can stop the Zhiyuan's footsteps.
With a single rider, you can kill the enemy in the middle of nowhere! The Diamond, which was still showing off its power just now, was in a mess, and even the armor steel plates of the other frigate were overturned.
Facing the Zhiyuan there was also a small gunboat of more than 400 tons. Because it was too late to avoid it, it directly collided with the Zhiyuan and passed by. There were screams and crunching sounds everywhere on the sea, and there was a loud sound of the armor being broken. All the armor on the side of the small gunboat was lightly rubbed by the giant Zhiyuan, and all the skin and flesh were scraped off.
"This is...our...battleship..." The students couldn't even speak clearly, but within three seconds they were all cheering, "Long live! We will win!"
The fleeing fishermen on the sea were also dumbfounded. Even though they were all short-sighted ordinary people who had never seen the world, they could still tell who was strong and who was weak on the battlefield. The warship flying the dragon flag showed such arrogance and arrogance. It was so strong that they forgot to swim to escape.
"Long live the Emperor! Kill these foreign devils..." The common people don't understand what the Prime Minister is and not the Prime Minister. In their simple consciousness, the only thing that can fly the dragon flag is the Emperor's warship.
Stefanski felt dizzy before his eyes. At this moment, he realized that Molière's intelligence was not exaggerated at all, and even the data in the intelligence was far less terrifying than the real data.
How thick is this armor? Only then could he survive the salvo of thousands of artillery fire. He was hit by more than ten bullets but none of them penetrated the armor. What an iron turtle!
The 210-caliber cannon is already terrifying, but I didn't expect that this battleship actually has so many short-range attack weapons. When the firepower is fully activated, it is like an iron hedgehog suddenly exploding its sharp thorns.
Steel steam-powered battleships in human history, from the very beginning, there were no so-called battleships. At that time, people's design ideas for battleships still considered multi-purpose and all-rounders.
Battleship, as the name suggests, is a main battleship that fights the enemy in a battle formation. This is a weapon system that was formed along with the latest naval warfare ideas.
In fact, to put it simply, the so-called battleships use their numerical superiority to line up on the sea, launch intensive salvos with ultra-long-range large-caliber artillery, and defeat the enemy with the three elements of firepower, precision, and density.
Battleships rely on powerful main guns and thick armor. Their super protection allows them to ignore most small-caliber weapons. The huge main guns can hit children at long distances.
Therefore, battleships generally do not pay much attention to short-range weapons, and people have never thought of letting these oceanic steel giants fight bayonets on the sea. Generally speaking, the battle is over before the enemy can get close, and the main gun salvo is over.
Don't be afraid even if you get close. Those small-caliber weapon systems can only scratch the itch of the battleship at best.
But it will take decades for battleships to truly dominate the oceans. It will take at least thirty to forty years until the British Sovereign class lays the prototype of the steel battleship, and then the dreadnought standardizes this ship shape.
The Zhiyuan at this moment is actually a representative work of the pre-dreadnought era.
The Zhiyuan not only has a powerful 210mm main gun, but also a variety of small-caliber secondary guns. Long-range and short-range attack modes have been taken into consideration from the beginning of the design. From the beginning, Xiao Letian used the Zhiyuan as an all-rounder. .
It is precisely because the Zhiyuan is capable of both long-range and close-range combat that it has such violent bayonet tactics at sea. Xiao Letian knows that such close-quarters naval battles will definitely become less and less in the coming years. Watching such a violent scene One less game.
Bayonet fighting at sea is always more shocking than boring long-range shooting, and such tactics also have another important purpose, which is to make the figures of Xiao Letian and Emperor Tongzhi appear in front of the Russians.
The closest intersection between the two ships was no more than ten meters away. It was impossible for the Russians to miss Xiao Letian and Emperor Tongzhi at such a close distance, with their dazzling dragon robes, crowns, and handsome special Prime Minister uniforms, plus the masts. Flag waving at the top.
Everything proved to the Russians, 'We are here, and the two most powerful people in Asia are here! '
Captain Vinya's hat had long since fallen. He looked at the bright yellow dragon robe like a dumb chicken. Even a fool could know who that little figure was.
"It can't be fake. The Chinese don't dare let a substitute wear a dragon robe! That's the emperor of the Qing Dynasty... My God, what have we done? What the hell kind of war is this..."
"Send a signal! Tell the commander what happened here. We are in trouble! We can't continue the fight. This will trigger global political turmoil!"
When Stefanski saw the semaphore sent by the Diamond, he was petrified without saying a word. The most incredible thing happened so unbelievably.
"Molière...you...what suggestions do you have? Are we really going to kill an emperor today..."
Moliere put his hand on his forehead and sighed in pain, "Why don't you listen to me? Why don't you listen to me! I told you a long time ago that we can't defeat this battleship. Now there is another Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. We have no chance of winning! Do you really dare to kill the king?"
"Divide the troops immediately. Cutting off the gecko's tail is the only option. Our advantage is our large numbers. Let Captain Wennia lead the right-wing fleet to charge towards Taiwan. We will go directly north and watch the Zhiyuan chase over there..."
"Then let our supply ships and troop transports follow the safe side and quickly leave the battlefield... The fleet targeted by the Zhiyuan immediately formed a dispersed formation, surrounded the Zhiyuan from left to right, and engaged in chaotic battles to make them focus on one thing and the other..."
"Time, what we need to fight for now is time... We will fight to lose a few battleships. As long as our main force can break out, our grand strategy will not fail..."
"Now we must take the initiative to exchange tactical failure for strategic victory, and exchange small losses for the final big victory! Captain, don't hesitate..."
Stefanski closed his eyes in pain. As a general of a fighting nation, he was really unwilling to make such a choice, but was there any other choice now?
Just when he was struggling, the battlefield situation suddenly changed dramatically, and something even weirder happened!
Note: Okay, the addition of the fifth layer of cake is complete!
