Further back, there are two small ships, the notification ship Tatsuda and the shallow gunboat Atago.

These two small ships only have a displacement of more than 600 tons, although the Atago carries a 210 mm diameter cannon, but the hull is all made of ordinary steel plates, and there is no armor, so the defense is extremely poor, not to mention the twin 100 mm caliber naval guns on the Xiangyang ship, even the 76 mm naval guns on the Yueyang ship are more than enough to deal with these two small ships.

As a result, the Yueyang ship first attacked the Longtian with a round of artillery, and the dense artillery fire almost sifted the Longtian into a sieve, and the sea water poured into the gap frantically, seeing that the Longtian would not be able to fire without the Xiangyang ship.

To be honest, in the three rounds of artillery bombardment just now, it was the Xiangyang ship that really achieved substantial results, and this also made the officers and men on the Yueyang ship feel very stubborn, because in the Chinese Navy, the Yueyang ship is the main frigate and is the main participant in most military exercises, and it can even become a member of the aircraft carrier formation to escort the aircraft carrier; while the Xiangyang ship has gradually retreated to the second line, and its main role is to cruise in the middle and near seas, and it is generally not required to participate in high-level military exercises, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Yueyang ship is a generation ahead of the Xiangyang ship, and the officers and men of the two ships usually meet, the soldiers on the Xiangyang ship have to keep their heads down.

Now, although they have been given the opportunity to participate in the actual battle, it is an old-style naval artillery duel battle, and as a result, the performance of the Yueyang ship is obviously inferior to that of the Xiangyang ship, so how can the officers and men on the Yueyang ship be convinced? However, the sinking of the Longtian this time can be regarded as a little relief for the officers and men.

However, after sinking the Longtian, the remaining Atago will of course be given to the Xiangyang ship, and the victory will be won, but Wang Hailong still has this mind, not to mention that this is only the first battle after the crossing, and there will be a chance to correct the name of the Yueyang ship in the future, and when the battleship of tens of thousands of tons is the time for the Yueyang ship to show its talents.

After receiving the order of the Yueyang ship, Xie Fuzhan, the captain of the Xiangyang ship, couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that Captain Wang didn't call it a solo meal, but he still left us a copy." ”

Deputy Captain Jin Kewen said: "Since Captain Wang left the Atago to us, then don't live up to Captain Wang's kindness, let's show a good performance and see how many cannons sink the Atago." ”

Political Commissar Li Chao put down the binoculars and said with a smile: "How awkward do I listen to the sinking of the Atago, before the crossing, our Chinese Navy was the only one who could compete with the Atago, and we were not the opponent of the Atago when we were tied to the Yueyang ship." ”

Although in this era, the Atago was only a shallow gunboat with a displacement of only 615 tons, which was not conspicuous at all, but in the 21st century in another time and space, the Atago is very famous, and it is a type of missile destroyer built by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces on the basis of the Kongo-class missile destroyer and using the Aegis system of the American Arleigh 61 Burke Class II destroyer. The Aegis destroyer, thus known as Japan, is also one of the most advanced missile destroyers in the world and the main adversary of the Chinese Navy in Asia. Before the fleet crossed, only the Type 052D missile destroyer, known as the second generation of the "China Aegis", that is, the flagship of the crossing fleet, the Kunming, could compete with it.

Xie Fuzhan said: "It is a naval tradition for new ships to use the name of the old ship, in fact, there is also a warship called Atago, which was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The No. 2 ship of the Kaohsiung class. And before that, Japan also built an Atago, which was the third ship of the Amagi-class battlecruiser that Japan planned to build after World War I, but due to the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the ship was dismantled before it was built, so Atago is the most used warship name in Japan. ”

Jin Kewen said with a smile: "No matter how many Ataways he has, as long as it is not the Atago of our time, we can destroy the other Ataways in minutes, starting with this Atago." ”

In the midst of the conversation and laughter of several people, the guns of the Xiangyang opened fire again, this time the guns of the Xiangyang were fired in a single shot mode, with two cannon salvos, and the first round of shells fell to a distance of 10 meters on the port side of the Atago, stirring up two water columns more than 10 meters high, and in the second round of shelling, one shell hit the stern of the Atago.

At this moment, the 210-mm main gun on the Atago opened fire, but the shell only fell more than 300 meters away from the Xiangyang ship, stirring up a column of water more than 10 meters high. At the same time that the Atago opened fire, the Xiangyang opened fire again, this time hitting both shells. One hit the bridge and the other to the side of the ship, as a result of which the Atago was badly damaged and the hull was noticeably tilted.

Immediately after that, the fourth round of shelling of the Xiangyang ship hit the Atago again, and the hull of the ship toppled at a large angle, and the Japanese soldiers on the ship jumped into the sea one after another to flee for their lives, like dumplings.

However, although two small ships were sunk, the other three cruisers, the Akitsuzu, Akashi, and Suma, all staggered past the Yueyang and Xiangyang, and gradually widened the distance. Although these three cruisers suffered varying degrees of damage, they were all within the range of bearability, and at this time, they were all at full speed, heading in the opposite direction of the Yueyang and Xiangyang ships, obviously intending to leave the battlefield.

Although Iwasaki Tatsuto has the heart to make a contribution, but after all, he is still a sober-minded captain, after a round of firefighting just now, Iwasaki Tatsuto understands in his heart that these two strangely shaped warships do not seem to have strong firepower, but the rate of fire of the artillery is extremely fast, and the range is long, and the accuracy is ridiculously high, so there is no way to fight this battle at all, and when the two sides are staggered now, they will not flee the battlefield and wait for when. As for the sunken Ryuta and Atago, they could only give up in pain.

At the same time, Tatsuto Iwasaki was also a little lucky, fortunately, there were not many guns on these two warships, and if there were a few more, the three cruisers of his own might be dangerous in the round of engagement just now.

Temporarily out of the battlefield, Tatsuto Iwasaki breathed a sigh of relief, while the Japanese soldiers of the three cruisers were busy in a hurry, hurrying to repair the damaged battleship.

Although the Akitsuzu was the first to be beaten, the damage to the hull was not great, and although there was some water seepage, it was all controlled by the soldiers who were damaged at the very moment. The damage to the Akashi and Suma was much more serious, and the foredeck of the Suma was almost completely destroyed, but the power was not damaged, and the damage to the soldiers blocked the water seepage in the ship, and it was not too much of a problem.

However, one of the Akashi's boilers was damaged, the speed was greatly reduced, and a large amount of water was flooded into the ship, and it was estimated that dozens of tons of seawater had poured in, so the captain Ota Morimi Osa had to order that thirty tons of seawater should be put in on the other side to keep the hull balanced, but this time the speed was even slower, and the fastest speed of the Akashi was originally twenty knots, and at this time it could only travel at a speed of about twelve knots. And Ota Morimi personally led the soldiers to step up the repair and plug the leakage.

But at this time, Tatsuto Iwasaki has gained some spare time, and he can think about the battle just now. Although we do not yet know who our opponent is, our attitude toward Japan is very clear, and the opponent has obviously mastered some advanced technology that can improve the effective range and accuracy of artillery. And now among the world powers, most of the countries have good relations with Japan, and even if they are bad, they are not bad enough. Only Russia has a very serious conflict of interest with Japan in China's northeastern region and the Korean Peninsula region, and the contradictions are quite deep. Could it be that these two warships were built by Russia, and Russia has already developed an advanced artillery technology? If this is the case, then it will be too disadvantageous for Japan.

It should be said that Tatsuto Iwasaki is indeed a naval officer with considerable quality, and his inferences also have a certain logical truth, but because the times are too different, his inferences are far from the facts, and he goes further and further along the wrong path. Therefore, Iwasaki Tatsuto first made up his mind in his heart, and after escaping back to Dagukou, he must immediately report to Japan, so that the country can prepare early. Of course, we must first escape safely back to Dagukou.

However, although Iwasaki Tatsuto thought well, the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship would not easily let go of these three Japanese ships, Wang Hailong immediately ordered the two ships to turn around and pursue the Japanese ships, and they must all sink or capture them, and they must not be allowed to escape back to Dagukou.

At this moment, Wang Zhenqing, a lookout on duty at the lookout, reported: "Captain, there are still some Japanese soldiers in the sea, what should I do? ”

It turned out that although the Tatsuda and Atago, which were sunk in the previous round of fighting, were only ships with a displacement of more than 600 tons, each ship was equipped with more than 100 soldiers, and although most of the soldiers sank with the warship, and some soldiers died under artillery fire, some soldiers escaped from the cabin and jumped into the sea at the extreme time. At this time, there were about thirty or forty Japanese soldiers struggling in the sea.

Wang Hailong didn't speak, and political commissar Cai Ning said: "Captain, I think we should still go and save these devil soldiers, firstly, it is a humanitarian spirit, and secondly, the headquarters also has an order to capture as many enemy soldiers as possible." ”

Although the vast majority of modern Chinese do not have a good impression of Japan, their education and ideological concepts do not allow them to see death like this, just like Wang Hailong, although he repeatedly called the Japanese soldiers "little devils", and when he heard that he was going to war with the Japanese fleet, it was like fighting chicken blood, but he had no objection to rescuing the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water, so he nodded and said: "Okay, put two lifeboats down to save people, we still go to chase the three Japanese warships, and the business cannot be delayed." ”

At this time, the deputy captain Chen Xiaojiang said: "Captain, political commissar, I have no objection to saving people, but we also have to remind our soldiers who save people to be careful, the little devils are cunning! We are kind-hearted, but we must prevent the little devil from seizing the boat and escaping after getting on the lifeboat, so put more people on each boat, bring enough weapons, and send a soldier who can speak Japanese to go up and tell the little devil to be honest, if you find a devil who wants to play tricks, you will immediately kill him on the spot, and you must not be soft." ”

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