Chapter 642: Naval Battle (2)

Although the confrontation has been going on for so long, Qin Zhonglin didn't expect that the little devil would really dare to risk the world's condemnation and start a war with Feiyuan Company. However, when he heard the rumbling cannon and saw the "fireworks" flying everywhere, he did not have the slightest timidity and nervousness, but an inexplicable excitement rose in his heart. It's as if his life is for this fateful battle.

"Order the ships to maintain battle formation, accelerate their advance, and not to open fire without my orders." Qin Zhonglin ordered loudly.

Almost everyone in the Japanese shooting fleet was puzzled why the little devil's shells hit their heads, and Qin Zhonglin also ordered that they were not allowed to fire. However, the order is like a mountain, and no one dares to disobey it. So the fleet braved the rain of artillery from the R fleet and quickly pressed towards the other side.

At this time, the R's fleet fired another volley of firepower, and the overwhelming flying cannonballs stirred up countless huge water columns, and once again burst countless mushroom clouds on the battleships of the Japanese fleet. As the distance between the two fleets continued to shrink, the accuracy of the shelling also increased considerably. The various warships suffered losses of varying degrees, and there were casualties among the personnel. However, the fleet always obeyed Qin Zhonglin's orders, and only drove towards the R's fleet at high speed, but did not fire.

Seeing that the Japanese fleet did not return fire, the officers and men of the fleet immediately laughed loudly. In their opinion, these two rounds of massive artillery bombardment were enough to make the crews of the Japanese fleet frightened into fear, otherwise why would they not even dare to fire a single shot?

However, when Ueno Daiki saw this abnormal phenomenon, he did not have a trace of joy. He frowned, looking at the sun-shooting fleet opposite, but the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

He didn't believe that shooting his opponent really scared him into battle. If that's the case, then they can run away in all directions, and even if they surrender, they don't have to risk being shelled to get caught in the net, right? What's more, it has always maintained a battle formation.

"Keep shelling and watch out for the other side's attacks!" Daiki Ueno ordered.

Just when all the officers and men of the R Ben Navy had just received the order, there was a dull sound of "knock knock" in their ears, but it was the Japanese fleet that counterattacked.

Braving the dense firepower of the Japanese fleet, relying on its own greatly strengthened armor protection, and paying the price of dozens of casualties and many damage to the hull, the Japanese fleet successfully approached less than two thousand meters away from the main fleet. With the issuance of Qin Zhonglin's attack order, the various warships that had been preparing to attack and had long been full of fire in their hearts suddenly launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese fleet.

"Boom!"

The frigate "Shimazu", which was closest to the front, was hit several 356-mm heavy shells one after another in just a few minutes, and other small-caliber shells were even more numerous. The "Shimazu," which had only more than 100 people, suffered more than half of the casualties in an instant. However, these little devils still stubbornly used the front and rear main guns to fight back.

The other ships also suffered varying degrees of damage.

A huge column of water rose into the sea around the destroyer "Mt. Fuji," the flagship of the main fleet, causing the destroyer's hull to shake for a while, and huge waves fell on the ship, causing a faint pain on Ueno Daiki and the officers and men nearby.

"What a lot of firepower!" Daiki Ueno couldn't help but exclaim.

Based on this cannon alone, Ueno Daiki concluded that the main guns of the Japanese fleet were in no way inferior to those of his own destroyer, which could be called the most advanced destroyer of our time, and that the shell charge and power of other warships were not inferior to those of other warships. He really couldn't imagine when these warships, which had been eliminated and retired from country M, E Ross and China, had such strong protection and sharp artillery fire?

However, the battle was in full swing, and Ueno Daiki didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly commanded the fleet to sail irregularly to dodge and launch a more fierce attack.

In an instant, hundreds of cannons from each ship on both sides were fired together, the muzzles of the guns were deafening, the sky was filled with gunsmoke, and the sea was boiling before the waves were turbulent.

Huge columns of water rose from the surface of the sea, intertwined with the black smoke in the air, as if a summons to the end of the world, announcing that the naval battle between the two sides had entered a white heat.

Seeing that the sun-shooting fleet under his command and the R naval fleet on the opposite side did not fall behind in the slightest, Qin Zhonglin had mixed feelings in his heart. When people think of Asian naval powers, the first thing that comes to mind is R. In addition to the superiority in the number of warships, China, a big country, seems to have a big gap in all other aspects. Once upon a time, we could play so freely?

When he came to Feiyuan's escort fleet, the Sun Shooting Fleet, with a glimmer of hope, Qin Zhonglin didn't expect that those so-called decommissioned warships were just a cover. The warships of the Sun-Shooting Fleet do not look very good on the surface, but in fact, their performance is extremely superior. This is also Feiyuan's company's huge investment in specially customized warships through various channels, sacrificing part of the speed in exchange for stronger armor protection, anyway, for Leng Binghan, these warships are mainly used for defense rather than offense. At the same time, the configuration of artillery fire is second to none among the world's warships.

It is precisely because of this that Leng Binghan dared to send this fleet to engage in an armed confrontation with the R navy so fearlessly, and he didn't even care whether the R side would go to war or not. And Qin Zhonglin dared to take risks, approached the other party and opened fire, and severely damaged the "Shimazu" in one fell swoop, which is not unrelated to the fact that these warships are specially customized and sturdy armor.

Ueno Daiki was also kept in the dark, and he always thought that his opponent was just an inaccessible fleet, which would be so careless. Otherwise, before the start of the war, notify the other "Nineteenth" fleet in advance, and the two fleets will be combined into one, then even if the armor protection and artillery of the battleships of the Japanese fleet are very good, they will not be able to please the slightest.

The officers and men on the warships may have been a little apprehensive and nervous at the beginning, after all, this is a war with the R side navy, which is known as the "No. 1 Asian Navy", and their hearts are somewhat uncomprehensible. But after these few rounds, I felt that Xiao R's navy was nothing more than that, and the original nervousness and anxiety gradually disappeared, but it was full of fighting spirit, and I couldn't wait to beat this little devil of the dog day.

At the very beginning of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, the "Mutsu" frigate exploded inexplicably, and now that the war has begun, it has been discovered that the enemy is far from being as vulnerable as originally thought, but on the contrary, it has fought with a clear eye and rules, and its own side has not been able to take advantage of it at all, so its morale has gradually declined.

After some careful observation, Qin Zhonglin suddenly discovered that the frigate "Qiujin" of the R's fleet had gradually deviated from the main force in the course of the fierce battle, and immediately boldly ordered the fleet to make an emergency 90-degree turn, and the whole fleet accelerated, and rushed towards the "Qiujin" frigate in a right-angle situation with the R's fleet.

Ueno Daiki also seemed to have discovered the purpose of the Japanese fleet, and hurriedly ordered the frigate "Akitsu" to move closer to the large force. However, the captain of the frigate "Akitsu" informed that the battleship had a mechanical failure and that it was not powered.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ueno Daiki had just ordered the nearby battleships to go to cover, but it was too late, and the Japanese fleet had already concentrated its firepower and launched a fierce bombardment on the unlucky "Akitsu" frigate.

Knock knock!

Dense shells fell on the left and right sides of the "Akitsu" frigate like a torrential rain, stirring up smoke and rain in the sky.

The fierce artillery fire instantly smashed the armor protection of the "Akijin" frigate to pieces. The frigate "Akitsu," which had just finished firing one round of shells, was hit by dozens of shells before it could fire the next round of shells, and the debris of the explosion flew everywhere, causing a large number of casualties among the officers and men of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The explosion was so violent that almost the entire superstructure of the battleship was leveled to the ground, clouds of fire and smoke billowed from the ground. The entire battleship was shrouded in smoke and fire, and in serious places even the steel was burned and deformed. The disgusting smell of burnt corpses wafted through the air.

Explosions rang out one after another, flames spread everywhere, and sea water spilled down.

Boom!

Several high-explosive armor-piercing shells hit the "Akizu", and the powerful energy did not explode inside the island until it penetrated several layers of armor. In an instant, the entire hull of the "Akitsu" could no longer withstand the impact of the violent energy, tearing, shattering, and then bursting, like fireworks blooming in the air, splashing and sliding all around, and the scattered fragments even flew to Ueno's side.

Looking at the frigate that broke in two from the middle and was sinking rapidly, Ueno Daiki was shocked and angry.

Unexpectedly, it was not long after the start of the war, and before he had made any gains, he lost a frigate and more than a hundred heroic soldiers on the battleship, which was really difficult for him to accept. I can't understand what happened to the fleet, which has always been diligent in overhauling and never failing, today? In front, the frigate "Mutsu" exploded inexplicably, but fortunately, the hull and casualties were not heavy. But now the battle is fierce, and this "Akitsu" frigate has problems again. Otherwise, how could the opponent sink it so easily if they maintained a tight battle formation?

And the sinking of the "Akijin" made the already somewhat low morale even worse. Watching some of the comrades-in-arms who had escaped by chance struggling and wailing in the sea, everyone's hearts sank into the bottomless abyss.

Is this the punishment of the god of sunshine for our wrongdoing?

The sinking of the "Akizu" was a great joy for the Japanese shooting fleet. You know, sinking and wounding are two completely different concepts in naval warfare. This is the first time that the Japanese fleet has sunk the opponent's warship, which is indeed a great encouragement to everyone for this special fleet, and the fighting spirit is doubled.