The combat effectiveness of fleet combat depends on two aspects. One aspect is naturally the performance and personnel quality of the warships in the fleet, and the other aspect is complete formation and efficient command. Now, Sheli rushed to the Japanese fleet with a total of 5 protective cruisers, and there were only 4 Japanese protective cruisers! And he was in a state of evasion of maneuvers and was at a disadvantage in formation. Taking advantage of the sacrifice of the Liurik, the Americans seized the opportunity to launch a powerful counterattack after the outbreak of the battle!

A group of dome-armored cruisers holding sharp blades and wearing only iron shorts collided directly together! At close range, both sides tried their best to use high-explosive bombs to suffocate their opponents. The picy acid shells easily tore open the hull that lacked protection. The flames generated by the explosion of high-energy explosives quickly spread around. Flying shrapnel and poisonous gases ruthlessly hunted all the lives exposed to the deck. In just a few minutes, a raging fire was ignited on the eight battleships! All attempts to control the fire became very futile under the dense rain of bullets!

Just when the battlefield was getting hot in a short time, the 8-inch cannon on Liurik finally made a contribution! An 8-inch shell successfully hit the servo cabin of the Kasumi protective cruiser! It instantly exploded the entire cabin! The Kasumi protective cruiser, which was originally evading at high speed, suddenly lost control like a wolfdog with a broken backbone, and the Santiago protective cruiser, who seized the opportunity, shot three torpedoes 700 meters away from the opponent!

"The Japanese are so lucky!" Looking at the two torpedoes passing by the Kasumi and a third torpedo that kept spinning on the water, Sheli was so angry that he vowed that if he could go back, he would definitely sue the profiteers who produced the torpedoes!

However, before Sheli could finish complaining, the Philadelphia protective cruiser decisively stepped forward and finished shooting. Three more torpedoes drew a white track and shot at the target. This time the distance was closer! 500 meters! In this case, even the Japanese Aunt Amaterasu could not save the warship! A huge water column exploded on the side string of the Haruki instantly, and the 18-inch torpedo successfully tear a large hole more than 3 meters long on the side string of the Haruki! In addition, the warship has lost control, and the ending of this warship is already destined!

When Sheli turned his attention to the other two second-class protective cruisers, the latter was very agile to avoid the two protective cruisers. The two protective cruisers fully utilized their speed advantages to avoid this deadly counterattack. In a very short time, the Americans successfully sunk a first-class protective cruiser and drove the other two out of the battlefield. The situation seemed to be very good!

But the efforts of the US and Russian navy were soon proved to be a mirror, because just as the Americans were cheering for killing a first-class protective cruiser, a loud bang from the American battle line made the American heart that had just been put down again to his throat!

"It's Brooklyn! Oh my God! There was a series of explosions!" A series of explosions came from a distance. The Russian officers and soldiers on the Bayan could clearly see a series of explosions in the side string corridor of the US Navy's most powerful armored cruiser. Raging flames and thick smoke blew out from the side of the hull. Accompanied by the violent explosion, the entire warship also tilted to a certain extent.

A 227kg shell hit the dome armor in Brooklyn. Although it failed to penetrate the 6-inch dome armor, the violent impact still caused the dome armor to deform. Countless flames entered the lower ammunition warehouse from the gap and ignited the launching medicine bag that was transporting upwards! The so-called disaster did not happen alone. Another shell was transmitted from the dressing room at the lower part of the side string 8-inch cannon, directly detonating more than a dozen packs of ******* and a large number of shells accumulated in it! A cloud of mushrooms soared out from the cannon position, lifting off the dozens of tons of turrets halfway!

After this blow, Brooklyn's internal structure suffered heavy losses, and the violent explosion caused countless cracks and holes to appear on the side strings of the hull. A large amount of sea water broke through the water-tight compartment and poured into the hull, flooding the cabins one by one. The boiler compartment was extinguished in an instant, and a steam engine was also destroyed by scattered shrapnel!

"The Brooklyn is over. After Liurik returns, the remaining time is probably calculated in minutes. Then there is the entire American fleet!" Schell, who was watching the battle in the distance, said to the two colleagues next to him. Brooklyn began to slowly float away from the battle line, and his ending was destroyed by the Japanese lightning strike ship. At the same time, the Japanese who came to their senses began to redistribute firepower, Yashima helped Fuji to deal with Iowa, and the remaining four Asama-class armored cruisers began to torture the American cruiser formation behind!

"Ants are ants after all!" Looking at the Liurik who was destroyed by the concentrated firepower of the Izumo, Shimamura Soo said contemptuously. The Liurik was indeed cruel when he rushed up. The 8 6-inch cannons on the side string cannot be said to be weak in the firepower, but the stern of the Izumo ship has complete 3 to 4-inch anti-explosion bomb armor! A bunch of shells was thrown over, which really caused some trouble. The rear deck caught fire. But soon at such a close distance, the Izumo's counterattack caused greater damage to the Liurik!

At a distance of less than 1,000 meters, two 227kg 10-inch shells hit the crazy Russian warship almost at the same time! One shell pierced through the rear armor belt, directly blowing a transmission shaft into two pieces. The violently shaking transmission shaft hit the next door of the cabin, smashing the temporary hospital at the stern and the wounded inside into a pile of debris. Another shell pierced through the engine compartment of Liurik, directly reducing a steam engine into a pile of parts. The violent explosion even made the entire ship seem to have jumped. Rolling smoke and flames quickly spread out from the bomb.

Then, countless high-explosive bombs made the warship even worse. The fierce flames almost swallowed the entire hull, and the ending of the Liurik was destined. The Japanese torpedo boat will be the final executioner of the other party. "Let's go up and help the Russians." Earl Spee solicited the opinions of the other two people. After the two expressed their support, Earl Spee decided to be a good person to see if he could get some valuable information from the Russians.

In a short time, the US and Russian fleet lost two main battleships in a row. With the battle sinking of the Brooklyn and the Liurik, there were only 4 main armored ships in the entire US and Russian fleet. Although the other side lost Kasumi, it was not a big deal. In addition to the Fuji, the other five battleships were in good condition. The main turret of the Rijin was also repaired, and they were waiting to start a massacre!
Chapter completed!