The "Cresey" battleship has now lost half of its firepower and can only rely on the B turret at the stern of the ship to resist tenaciously. However, after the firepower density has dropped by half, the probability of hitting will naturally decrease. On the other hand, the damage to the power cabin has also reduced the power of the warship. A warship has lost half of its firepower, which is called a fight and cannot be beaten; and then it loses power, which means it cannot be run away. It can be said that if nothing unexpected happens, the loss of "Cresey" is a foregone conclusion.

"Continue to get close, concentrate your firepower, kill him as soon as possible, and then we go to support 'Caesar'." Admiral Brees issued such an order.

Admiral Bryes made such a decision, because just when "Turazin" beat "Cresey", a crisis occurred on "Caesar".

Before this, "Caesar" and the others were almost fighting against "Poitiers". "Poitiers" were scarred and smoked everywhere. However, neither "Caesar"'s 150 shells or the 127 shells of the super cruiser who helped him could bring a real and decisive blow to "Poitiers".

However, "Poitier" took the time to punch and punch after holding his head for a while, and actually hit the Caesar.

This is a shell fired by the B turret of the "Poitier" during the fifth round of volleys. Before that, the deck of the "Poitier" had been washed over and over by various shells, and all the rangefinders had been destroyed. His two turrets were already fighting against the numbers he had estimated.

But it was no wonder that I was blindly confused, and I was actually blinded by them.

This 305 shell easily penetrated Caesar's armor and exploded in the power bay. The 305 shell was powerful and killed nearly half of Caesar's power in an instant.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the shooting, the Frenchmen had just left the minefield carefully and had not had time to increase their speed. So at this time, the speed of both sides was actually neither fast, and the speed of both formations did not exceed ten knots. Among them, the French formation was slightly faster, about 9 knots, while the British were slower, about 8 knots. Half of the power was lost, at least for the time being, there was no problem that "Caesar" could not keep up with the formation. But after a long time, there must be problems.

"Turajan" began to shorten the distance between "Cresey" in pursuit of higher hits. In the process, they scored another hit, breaking one of the "Cresey" chimneys.

However, "Cresey"'s counterattack also hit. This time they hit the defenseless area near the stern of the ship, and the shells penetrated directly from one side to that side, without causing much damage to "Turajan". Because the distance was closer, "Turajan" got a hit again.

The hit position this time was "Cresey"'s secondary artillery ammunition depot. "Cresey"'s secondary artillery ammunition depot was not well protected as the main artillery ammunition depot, so it was directly ignited.

However, the British still did some work in terms of safety. It would be better to say that the secondary gun ammunition depot is separated. Each secondary gun corresponds to a small ammunition depot. Therefore, the secondary gun ammunition depot explodes and will not send the entire ship into the sea. In addition, this secondary gun has already destroyed a lot of ammunition before, so it will further decline for you.

However, the explosion of the sub-aircraft ammunition depot triggered a fire and cut off the power route of the B turret.

The B turret, together with the two 305mm cannons above him, can also be rotated entirely by hand, but in this case, the speed of its rotation is comparable to the rotation of the earth. In this way, the turret is almost ruined. Of course, the British quickly went to troubleshoot the fault and repair it urgently, but at least for the time being, the turret is useless.

However, the French did not see that the British's B turret could not be used for the time being, because the problem of the B turret is different from the A turret, and no problem can be seen from the appearance. So the French did not dare to get too close at this time. However, the British knew that the things that the B turret was not right for a long time, because if under the current situation, the B turret did not fire for a long time, even a fool could see that the B turret was wrong. At that time, the French would definitely force them up and ride the face directly, and then the entire battle could end.

However, the British bomb lifting machine was not affected much, so the B turret can still be fired, but it was just that it could not aim. In other words, the biggest function of the two cannons in the B turret is to scare people. However, considering that the hit rate of the cannons in naval battles is not high, even seven or eight rounds of volleys failed to hit a shot, well, that can only be considered a bad luck.

So even though we knew that under such circumstances, the two cannons of Fort B would not hit any target, the British still fired at a fixed pace. Although they could not hit anything, they could at least intimidate the French.

This approach really worked. Although there was no shooting at the B turret since then, it did deter the French from the French. Moreover, the less beneficial the situation when the B turret was ineffective, the more it was, the more it could completely ignore the need to exert firepower when controlling navigation. In other words, "Cresey" could avoid the French shells more freely without destroying the battle line.

However, the situation of "Cresey" being beaten unilaterally has not changed. After avoiding the five-round volleys of "Turajan", she was shot again.

Fortunately, the shot was not a particularly critical place this time. Although the shell caused more than ten casualties, the damage to the "Cresey" was limited. After all, the battleship was generally a very strong warship. It would not be easy to destroy it by relying solely on shells. If a battleship cleared out all the things that could cause fire or explosions, and then let another battleship bombard it with a cannon, it is probably because the battleship had completely destroyed the shells, and it was not possible to send it to the bottom of the sea.

After another six or seven rounds, the French gradually discovered that the "Cresey" battleship seemed a little wrong.

"Captain, look at the B turret of the enemy ship. The two guns are obviously incorrect in their direction and are not aimed at us at all. I suspect there is something wrong with their aiming and steering system." A combat staff member first discovered something wrong with the British and reported to Captain Colonel Alstom.

Colonel Alstom raised his telescope and looked at it carefully, then said, "It's true that it's not very accurate. Let's speed up and further change the relative position between us and them to see how they react."

In this way, the problems with the British's B turret were naturally exposed. Judging from the situation where they fired, there must be something wrong with their rotation and aiming systems.

Captain Alstom immediately informed Admiral Brees, who was staying in the commander's tower.

"Are you sure?" asked Admiral Brees.

"Yes, I'm sure, of course they must be repairing..." Colonel Alstom still left a way out for his judgment.

"That is to say, if we don't take advantage of this opportunity immediately, we may let go of the victory." Admiral Brees's focus is obviously different from Colonel Alstom. "What are you hesitating about? Get closer to it from a safer perspective, the closer the better, and completely destroy the enemy ship!"

"The enemy ships suddenly accelerated and reached our side, and they obviously noticed the problem with our turret B." On the side of the British, the combat staff officer Bill reported to Lord George Kirkburn.

"I saw it." In the bridge, Lord George Kirkburn put down his telescope. "They are approaching us, and our secondary guns are not threatening them. However, it is actually an opportunity for us to approach like this..."

The "Turajan" approached less than a thousand meters away from the "Cresey". At this distance, her six 203 guns had a very high hit rate. The "Turajan" shot six consecutive volleys at the "Cresey" at this distance. In no round of volleys, she obtained nearly 50% of the hit rate. She smashed up to 17 shells on the "Cresey".

The "Cresey" ignited a fire, and the fire seemed to have lost control. So Admiral Brues ordered to continue approaching so that the British turret was accurately shot and completely destroy the combat power of the enemy ship. He knew that it would take time to sink the enemy ship. If the combat power of the enemy ship could be destroyed as soon as possible, he could completely abandon the warship first and join Caesar and others in the back. This is the most reasonable way of combat.

"Turazian" continued to approach the "Cresey", and at the same time, it poured firepower towards the "Cresey". Finally, a shell hit the B turret.

"Okay, it's successful! Now the enemy ship on the opposite side has become a threatless eunuch." Admiral Brees said proudly, "Now let us divert our target and attack the 'Poitier'!"

"Turajan" began to slow down to get herself closer to the Poitiers behind. At the same time, her six 203mm main guns also turned to the Poitiers.

At this time, the "Poitier" had just scored a hit. A 305 shell hit Caesar's B turret, completely destroying the turret. Moreover, because the B turret was lifting ammunition at this time, the fire door leading to the ammunition depot was opened. As a result, the explosion flames went down the passage and almost directly detonated the ammunition depot. However, in order to extinguish the flames in the ammunition depot, the French had to release water to submerge the ammunition depot of the former main gun. Fortunately, the turret A did not share the ammunition depot with the B turret, so Caesar still saved half of the firepower. However, this guy also made Caesar, who had been very excited just now, restrain a lot. He even took the initiative to widen the distance and protect himself.

As "Caesar" retreated, the other two super cruisers naturally retreated. Their ability to resist strikes was not as good as "Caesar", so they naturally had to stay away. Anyway, the British's naval guns were low at the beginning of the initial speed, and the distance was longer, and the hit rate was touching.

Just when "Poitiers" breathed a sigh of relief because he forced his enemy ship to retreat, six 203mm shells hit him with a roar.

Of course, this round of volley did not hit, and it even deviated far away. However, this round of volleys was huge for everyone in the British army's morale. Because it meant that the French won a comprehensive victory in the single-handed battleships and now they could support other warships. The French's victory was almost unshakable.

But at this moment, the lookout post of the "Turajan" exclaimed: "I found the British warship on the starboard side 600 meters!"

On the starboard direction of the "Turajan", there is the "Cresey" that has lost all its main guns and most of its secondary guns, which are burning.

However, two small boats suddenly emerged behind the burning "Cresey". The bows of these two small boats were supported by a long pole, and a large trigger mine at the top of the pole. This is the secret weapon of the British - the pole mine boat.

The mineboat is made of wooden structure, without armor and no other weapons. It is equipped with a steam engine that wants to displace it quite hugely, so it can reach 22 knots at the fastest, and more importantly, because it has a small tonnage and high horsepower, it accelerates very quickly.

Of course, the disadvantages of this kind of ship are also very obvious, that is, they basically have no ability to resist strikes. Even the 75mm secondary gun of "Turazhen" can be directly destroyed as long as it hits a shot.

If it was a normal battle, both sides had enough distance, and ships like this would not be dead enough. But now, the hull of the Cresey covers them, and the French knew nothing about their existence, so when they appeared, they were already very close to the Trajan.

The French actually reacted quite quickly. Because at this time, the 75mm secondary guns on the Trajan were still firing at the Cresey. So the direction of their gun barrels did not turn much. At this time, just turn a little, you can fire at the two mineboats that were hedged.

However, the appearance of these two ships was too sudden and the distance was too close. So although the French did not react slowly, they only had time to hit one mineboat. The other mineboat had rushed to the side of the "Turajan" and entered the dead corner of artillery shooting.

The long pole in front of the mineboat begins to be lowered. The mine in front begins to sink into the water. The long pole in front of the mineboat is movable. When it is about to hit the target, the long pole will be lowered so that the mine at the top can be immersed in the water to attack the underwater part of the enemy ship.
Chapter completed!