After receiving the order from Kerr, the captain of Abukier, Xiangte, smiled bitterly, sighed, and said, "It's too late." As he said, he pressed the wound on his abdomen hard and said, "Reply to the flagship, Abukier will always be with the glory of the Royal Navy."

It turned out that in the previous round of artillery bombardment, Xiangte's abdomen was penetrated by a shaking iron piece, and a small pointed tip was exposed on his back. It was unnecessary to think that the injury was extremely serious. If it was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in the UK or Europe, of course it would be a great chance of survival. But now it is on a warship thousands of miles away from Europe, and it is impossible to deal with such serious injuries with simple medical means and equipment on the warship.

What's more, the Abukir was seriously damaged now, and the entire bow was almost blown up by the People's Army fleet. A large amount of seawater poured into the ship. Although the damage officers on the warship tried hard to rescue them, they still could not stop the influx of seawater. Moreover, Xiangte also knew that even if the damage was effective and the influx of seawater was controlled, the damage of the Abukir was so damaged that it would not be possible to drag it back to Britain, because as long as a storm was encountered on the way, it would be enough to sank the warship. Therefore, since neither he nor the warship could be saved, it would be better to fight another fight at this last moment and hit the enemy's warship to win the fleet with the final strength.

Of course, the British navy will not always play with jade and serve the country like Japan, but at some specific moments on the battlefield, it will also choose a way of fighting with the enemy. This is the case with the Abukier now, so you can hold the wound with a towel to minimize blood flow as much as possible. You can support your body without force, and order the warships to ventilate and accelerate, while the target is aimed at the flagship Akura, the People's Army fleet.

Although the power of Abukir was not damaged, due to the destruction of the bow and the influx of sea water, it still had a certain impact on the speed of Abukir, so it might not necessarily hit the Red Tu. However, as long as it can rush within 1,000 meters of the Red Tu, it can launch ** to attack the opponent. Even if it cannot hit the enemy ship in the end, ** will still shoot in the air. However, if it can force the Red Tu to change its course and dodge, it will be considered a success. After all, the Red Tu is the flagship of the People's Army Fleet. Once the rhythm is disrupted, it will have a significant impact on the entire fleet.

After receiving the reply from Abukir, Kohl was speechless for a while. Of course, he knew that this reply actually meant that Xiangte decided to go to the battlefield to die. Although before the battle, he had the mental preparation to sacrifice Abukir, now it was Abukir who took the initiative to die and died with the other party, which still caused a considerable shock to Kohl. He felt a little guilty in his heart, because to a certain extent, Abukir was indeed sacrificed for Cresey.

But Kohl was a soldier after all, and now he was on the battlefield, so he didn't have much time to be sentimental. So Kohl took off his military cap and drew a cross on his chest to express his tribute to Abukier and Xiangte, and then ordered all artillery that could open fire in the entire ship to open fire to open fire at the second warship of the People's Army, Jueying.

At this time, as the Cresey completed its turn, the British fleet finally began to gradually enter its own combat steps after paying the necessary price.

At this time, the other British warships were turning, but only the Abukier was still rushing forward. The Kunming ship had issued a warning to the Chitu and sent the simulated Abukier route to Lukai's tablet computer, and updated it every 10 seconds. The Abukier's navigation route can be seen very clearly from the tablet computer. He was coming for the Chitu, obviously trying to hit the Chitu.

According to the computer simulation of the Kunming ship, the straight-line distance between the two sides is about 3,300 meters. Since the Abukir is traveling at a certain angle, the actual distance is about 4,200 meters. Now the Abukir's speed is about 18 knots. According to this calculation, the Abukir will hit Chitu within about 6-7 minutes. If you enter the distance that can be launched, it will take about 5 minutes.

Since the People's Army Navy is equipped with all the equipment on the battleships and armored cruisers, once the Abukier breaks within 1,000 meters of the Red Tu, it will pose a great threat to the Red Tu. Of course, with the Red Tu's maneuverability, it is not difficult to avoid the Red Tu, but this requires a large-scale maneuver change. However, the Red Tu is the flagship of the entire army. Once a large-scale maneuver change is carried out, it will have a great impact on the battle of the entire team, because now when the British warships are turning.

Lu Kai was also a very decisive person and immediately ordered the fleet's command to be temporarily transferred to Jueying, because the contact between the People's Army ships could be communicated directly through walkie-talkies, so the transfer of command was very easy, so that the Chitu could fully respond to the impact of Abukier.

Lu Kai then ordered that all artillery concentrate their firepower to attack Abukir, striving to sink Abukir before Abukir enters dangerous distance.

So the Chitu concentrated 8 200mm main guns, 4 155mm secondary guns, 6 105mm rapid-fire guns, and 6 75mm rapid-fire guns on the side of the Red Turtle, with all firepower and blasting towards the Abukier. Because the distance between the two sides was very close at this time, the straight-line distance was only more than 3,000 meters, and the Abukier did not perform special maneuvers, so there was no need to repeatedly aim. After the shooting unit was set, there was basically no need to change, and the hit rate was extremely high, almost exceeding 50%.

For a moment, various shells hit Abukier like raindrops. Since the head of Abukier was basically destroyed, the 233mm main gun and 152mm secondary gun at the head were also destroyed. The 233mm main gun at the stern of the ship could not be used due to insufficient firing boundaries. Only a few 105mm rapid-fire guns in the middle of the ship. Although they also hit Chitu, due to their small power, the defense of Chitu was quite reliable, so they did not cause much damage to Chitu. On the contrary, the 200mm main gun of Chituer continuously hit Abukier, and each time they hit, it would cause considerable damage to Abukier.

About 2 or 3 minutes later, the Abukier was shot dozens of times, of which more than 10 of the 200mm shells were hit. The command center had been completely distorted and deformed, and 3 or 4 cracks were blown open. The masts in the front and rear were broken, and a chimney was destroyed. However, since the shots were basically concentrated in the middle and front of the warship and above the waterline, the Abukier's speed did not decrease much.

During the bombardment just now, the command center suffered heavy casualties, and Xiangte was lucky enough to avoid most of the splashed iron sheets and glass, and only 2 or 3 wounds were scratched. Xiangte did not care about treating the wound. He gritted his teeth and insisted on standing in front of the porthole with completely broken glass, observing the distance angle between both sides, and organizing the remaining personnel of the command center to transmit the corresponding data to the power chamber and the rudder cabin. Since the front and rear masts of the Abukier were broken at this time, there were no observation distance measurement personnel, and they all rely on the distance measurement with their naked eyes and gestures. Fortunately, the distance between both sides had been narrowed to about 2,000 meters at this time, so the distance measurement of the naked eyes was not strong enough.

Xiangte kept praying in his heart, hoping to give Abukier a little more time, because at this time it was about 1,000 meters away, which was only 2 minutes before the Abukier could launch the **. And at this time, the ** tube of the Abukier was ready.

At this moment, Xiangte felt a huge tremor under his feet, and with a loud "boom", several large gaps were cracked on the floor of the command center, and a huge impact force rushed up from the floor, hitting the ceiling heavily, and then the personnel and affairs were unknown.

It turned out that just now, two 200mm shells exploded into the deck of the ship's head drilled into the cabin and exploded, which not only heavily destroyed the internal structure of the ship's rudder, but also detonated the ammunition depot of the Abukir, forming a chain reaction. The death of the ammunition depot, and the huge explosion sounded throughout the battlefield, completely blew up the middle and rear part of the Abukir. After the explosion was over, the entire warship was beyond recognition and finally slowly sank. The remaining crew and soldiers dived and fled. This was also the first result achieved by the People's Army Navy in this battle.

Although the British fleet's flagship Cresey was fighting with Jueying at this time, when he saw the huge explosion, Captain Cole still silently prayed for Abukier and Captain Hunter in his heart.

After successfully sank Abukir and achieving the first battle result today, the course of the Red Tu has not changed significantly. So Lu Kai took over the command of the fleet again and arranged the fleet's tactics in response to the current situation.

At this time, five of the six warships of the People's Army Fleet had completed the steering, and the sixth Yizhou ship had entered the steering, and the first five warships also fought against the enemy ships and were also shot. Among them, the Jueying and Tianjin each suffered a 233mm shell, but it was not serious.

After being sunk a warship, three of the remaining eight warships in the British fleet had completed the steering and launched fire with the People's Army's warships. The fourth Blake was also turning. Moreover, since the British fleet had arranged an oblique formation from the beginning, some of the warships that had not completed the steering were also fired some artillery to assist their companions in combat. All of the British warships were shot, and the first three armored cruisers were hit by 200mm shells, and some of them were more than one.
Chapter completed!