Six battleships fought against one Zhiyuan, and the tonnage of each of these six battleships exceeded that of Zhiyuan. If they could not win in this comparison of strength, then they would probably have to be hanged in a military court even if they returned home!
For the French, failure in this battle is absolutely not allowed, because the result of failure will definitely be death, either on the battlefield or on the execution ground of the French Emperor!
But the Zhiyuan's skin is too thick, and the four-and-a-half-inch armor cannot be penetrated by artillery of these calibers!
All the shelling seemed to be tickling the Zhiyuan. Although it caused a large number of casualties to the Chinese sailors, and although it caused damage to some components of the ship, there was no problem with the main structure. The Zhiyuan seemed to be wearing a Like a capable knight in medieval plate armor, I let the enemy fire thousands of arrows, but I remained unmoved!
But those French warships were like watermelons with thin skin and big filling. Basically, every time the Zhiyuan successfully hit, it could tear bloody wounds on their fragile armor.
The firepower is not as powerful as the Zhiyuan, and the armor is not as thick as the Zhiyuan. What advantages do these warships have?
Perhaps the proud French navy will say that our battleships have great endurance! We can cross the Atlantic without supply ships! Our battleships are cheap to build!
These were really some consensus among the European naval theoretical community at that time. It was these messy ideas that caused the chaotic era of hundreds of ghosts walking at night!
In Xiao Letian's eyes, these ideas are bullshit! The only purpose of a battleship is to defeat the opponent, which is to crush the enemy on the ocean!
Winning the battle is the only goal, and fighting is the only destiny of the battleship!
What cruising distance are you thinking about? What are you thinking about the cost? As long as you win a wild victory, none of this will be a problem!
Short cruising distance? I don’t want to use it as a cruiser. The purpose of my battleship is to use it in the decisive battle at sea!
Are you saying that my battleship is too expensive and uneconomical? Damn, your battleships are cheap, but if you lose the war, you have to pay war reparations!
No matter how expensive my warship is, as long as it can defeat you, all the costs, including the principal and profit, can be paid for by poaching your flesh and blood from your body!
This is the fate of the battleship, this is the true meaning of naval battle!
It’s not that cruisers are useless, or that high-quality and low-priced cruisers are bad, but you have to ensure that you win first!
After you have the confidence to win a decisive battle with the enemy's main force on the high seas, you can then develop light cruisers to cruise the ocean. This is the most correct way!
Xiao Letian's paranoia finally paid off, and all those who opposed him shut their mouths after the naval battle. This legendary naval battle that dazzled the world shattered the era of Hundred Ghosts at Night, and suddenly The world's navies have entered the era of big ships and big guns.
After the war, Xiang Ying once said excitedly, "What is the driving force for victory in the war? It is not a well-trained army, nor is it the country's strong industrial strength. These factors are very important, but they cannot be ranked first!"
"The first thing is thought! Only thought can crush opponents, and only thought that is ahead of the times can create miracles!"
"The battle between the Zhiyuan and the French Combined Fleet is actually a confrontation between two naval ideas! The French chose the wrong technology, and our Chinese navy has officially risen from this moment on!"
Rumble... Suddenly there was a muffled sound of thunder in the sky, and the storm that had been holding back for most of the night finally came!
Xiang Ying looked at the strange behavior of the Banshee like a sculpture. When he saw the Banshee closest to him starting to leave the formation, he understood what the other party wanted to do!
"Haha... Firepower and protection are no match for me. Do you want to rely on the most primitive impact now? I'm sorry, you have no chance!"
"Maintain speed! Channel! Continue bombardment! Prepare to penetrate the enemy's formation!"
"Want to knock me down? Let's see if you have the strength to rush in front of me first!"
The twin 210-caliber cannons on the bow began to rotate slowly, and the black muzzles were aimed at the Banshee, which was turning around!
Hof's order was completely random. The French warships used a T-shaped formation, and all warships used port guns to respond to the enemy. If a warship with such an attitude wanted to hit the Zhiyuan, it would have to make a 90-degree U-turn first.
It's not that easy for a huge warship to turn around, not to mention the wind and waves stirred up by tonight's storm are so great that the height of the waves has exceeded two meters at this moment!
Waves as high as a person hit the Banshee, making his steps extremely difficult!
On the other hand, the Zhiyuan's shooting accuracy is much higher than that of the French warship because it has been moving forward with the wind and it has been a straight channel from beginning to end.
When the main guns breathed flames at the Banshee, the distance between the two battleships was already less than 400 meters!
With such a short distance, Lin Zhen and the others did not have to consider the issue of accuracy at all. The 210-caliber cannon was so powerful and had extremely fast muzzle velocity that they basically did not need to consider ballistic issues.
It’s only four hundred meters, and it can be easily solved by shooting directly with your eyes!
Boom...boom...with two dull cannon sounds, the high-speed rotating shells cut through the rain curtain and shot directly at the Banshee, and these two guns were really fatal.
The first method hit the position of the bow gun, and a large hole was opened in the entire bow of the Banshee, directly exposing the cabin below to the storm.
Another shell directly hit the Banshee's cockpit. There was a loud bang. Although the armor of the cockpit was not broken, all the glass was shattered!
Broken glass and lasing shrapnel shot into the cockpit. The captain, helmsman, first mate, second mate... a total of eleven warship officers were shot into a sieve by the torrential rain of shrapnel!
With just these two shots, the Banshee completely lost its brain and turned into a living coffin at sea without anyone to command it!
Four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters... The Zhiyuan was getting closer and closer to the French fleet. Hoff looked at the Zhiyuan with horror in his eyes, like a noble plate-armored knight, fearlessly charging towards them. Come on!
All of his attacks were like scratching an itch, but all of this knight's counterattacks were so sharp!
Although the Banshee was still moving forward, it lost the control of the helmsman. It was obvious that it began to deviate from the channel. He actually watched the Zhiyuan rush to his port side twenty meters away, but there was no sign of impact.
At this time, the Banshee had already protruded 150 meters out of the formation, and alone, he was unable to withstand the Zhiyuan's fatal blow!
The moment the two ships crossed each other, the two 210mm cannons on the bow of the Zhiyuan and the one on the bow simultaneously turned their muzzles towards him, and the black cannons were aimed at the dying Banshee!
Hof closed his eyes subconsciously. He couldn't bear to look at the scene behind him. He heard three loud bangs suddenly coming from a hundred and fifty meters away. The Zhiyuan raised its butcher knife at the nearest distance!
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