Chapter 777: The Fall of the Rising Sun - The Great Siege of Sea and Air

Blocking the combined fleet in the Tsushima Strait was still Li Gen's First Detachment in the Yellow Sea, who had just finished their rest in the port of Busan, and then ran into an old enemy as soon as they went out. In the naval plan formulated by Botun and Bian Changdi, the Japanese interception was not considered at all, and no one expected that Japan would be able to let the Fuso sail again so quickly, so everyone thought that the Japanese navy had been completely wiped out, and naturally there was no need to arrange a large-scale escort.

The 1st Detachment in the Yellow Sea was not here to escort the ship, they were going to Hiroshima and then provide naval artillery support for the landing force. As a result, as soon as I went out, I met my old enemy, which was purely due to providence. Li Gen won the battle last time but lost the adult, and he already had a big fire in his heart, and this time he had the opportunity to be ashamed, of course he would not let it go. After discovering that the Japanese ships were approaching, Li Gen did not hesitate to command the fleet to meet them, and once again used the outflanking formation. Li Gen made up his mind that this time he would definitely sink the Fusang no matter what, and he would never let him run again.

"Please be ready to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" When Ito saw the enemy ships, he knew that there was no way for his fleet to escape back to his home port.

The Fuso had a maximum speed of only 12 knots, while the Longxiang had only 10 knots, so it could not escape the pursuit of the enemy and would soon be besieged. The speed of the five small boats such as the Saikyo Maru could reach about 15 knots, but the endurance of these small boats was extremely poor, and without the support of the Fuso, they could not even sail to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Moreover, the speed of the Manchurian fleet was all above 20 knots, and a random warship could easily destroy them. After all, the firepower of small boats such as the Saikyo Maru is very limited, and the addition of a piece is not an opponent of a Manchurian destroyer.

"Aim at the enemy flagship, concentrate all artillery fire!" Heihachiro Togo, who had just been promoted to captain of the Fuso, gave the order to take the initiative to attack.

The Japanese had no hope of victory, but they still had the courage to show their swords. Two of the Fuso's four main guns were damaged in the last naval battle, and despite their efforts, only three are now available. After hearing the order, the three main guns of the Fusang immediately opened full firepower and aimed directly at the Lenglu, the flagship of the First Squadron in the Yellow Sea. The Japanese army's training was insufficient, the artillery was also damaged, and the speed of the Leng Lu was extremely fast, so naturally it was only terrifying.

Although it was missed, the effect was still some, and Li Gen, who had lingering fears about the 304 main gun, did not dare to let his warship get too close to the Fusang. In fact, luck also accounts for a large proportion of naval shelling, and no one dares to guarantee that the Japanese will not take shit luck. If it is blinded by a shot of 304 caliber heavy artillery, even if the * power is limited, the battleships of the Manchurian Army, which are weakly armored, may not be able to withstand it.

"Chaoci and Leng Lu entangled the Fusang, and the other ships cleared the miscellaneous fish first, and finally took the Fusang together!" Li Gen also gritted his teeth, their mission to go to sea this time was to support the shore, and the * medicine belt was less than last time, and it was really not easy to take the Fusang.

The rate of fire of the guns of the Chaoci and Leng Lu far exceeded that of the Fuso, and although the two ships besieging the Fuso did not have a big pipe that could pass the final word, they could also force the Fuso to constantly turn to avoid the artillery fire. After the Fuso was entangled, the remaining Japanese ships were unlucky. Their tonnage and performance are far behind the Manchurian warships, and they can't fight and run, so they can only choose a handsome shape and be brave.

The wooden warship Longxiang was the first to be unlucky, his speed was slow, his hull was brittle, and his firepower could only comfort himself, but he was the largest except for the Fuso, and the Manchurian destroyer was naturally the first to look for him. First, a 158 mm* shot from the Yunri pierced the stern of the Longxiang, causing the Longxiang to stop in place, and then there was a brutal group fight. The Dragon Horse did not remain silent in the end, as he was blown into a pile of debris floating on the surface of the sea.

After taking out the Ryuchamp, the destroyers began to clean up a swarm of mosquitoes, led by Saikyo Maru. Warships such as the Saikyo Maru are indeed very similar to mosquitoes, and their guns of less than fifty millimeters caliber have no meaning at all in a battle of this magnitude. However, these little guys are not inferior, and the spirit of focusing on participation is causing chaos everywhere. When the destroyers surrounded the Longxiang, they were making trouble on the side, and they were also around the Leng Lu and Chao Ci, as annoying as mosquitoes on a summer night.

After the mosquito campaign began, everyone found out that something even more depressing, catching mosquitoes was too hard. The small ships such as the Saikyo Maru were too small, and the speed was not fast but they were very flexible, and the destroyers fired hundreds of shells, but they didn't even hit a single hair. All the ships became agitated, and the Yunri and Jianglin, two of whom had a great enmity with the Japanese, rushed directly to a group of small boats and came straight into the enemy formation.

"Machine guns, rapid-fire guns, greet!" Zhang Zhengyuan, Wang Benwu, and others all went to the front line in person, and started to use 12.7-caliber machine guns and 37-millimeter rapid-fire guns, and used the methods of land warfare to fight against Japanese boats.

In the naval battle, there was once again a broadside battle, and the two sides were at great close range, frantically pouring fire on each other. The Japanese also pushed the Gatling gun out, and bullet casings appeared on the decks of both sides. The battle began to heat up, but it ended very abruptly. Yunri and Jianglin are not fools, naturally they will not blindly compete with the Japanese ships for small-caliber firepower, they took the opportunity to get closer, quietly adjusted the gun muzzle, and then turned these small boats into wreckage in an instant.

The mosquitoes were all cleaned up, and the destroyers all returned to the battlefield besieging the Fuso, giving the Leng Lu and the Chaoci, who had just been a little embarrassed, a chance to breathe. However, the situation seems to have returned to more than 20 days ago, when eight warships surrounded the Fuso, and the shells hit like raindrops, and the Fuso was shrouded in smoke and fire, but it just couldn't take it. Chao Ci couldn't help but wanted to rush closer several times, but he was also smashed back by the large-caliber shells of the Fuso.

"Damn, I can't chew!" Li Gen is almost angry, and the * of each ship is almost consumed, and the Fusang is still stable.

"Commander, what do you mean by the Air Force?" Shao Shijie took advantage of the rare gap and pointed to the sky.

"Air Force?" Li Gen raised his head suspiciously, and then he also noticed something unusual, two airships had been hovering near the battlefield.

"They don't want to go to war, do they?" Shao Shijie felt that these two airships seemed to have the intention of participating in the battle.

"Going to war? That's not! The air force's channel bombing moving targets is not effective at all, and the Fuso's slow speed is relative, but in fact, it moves quite fast, and the airship can't bomb them at all. If the Air Force participates in the war, it will not be able to blow up the Fuso, and then blow up our own people! "Li Gen and Cao Meng are very familiar, and when he was on vacation, he also went to see airships, but he didn't think airships could participate in naval battles.

"Didn't you say that this time the transport fleet was escorted by the Air Force?" Shao Shijie remembered this deployment in a trance.

"Air Force escort? Let's protect it? ! Li Gen shook his head, put aside the idea of escorting the air force, and concentrated on studying how to sink the Fuso.

There was a humming sound in the sky, which at first was hard to hear under the cover of the cannonball, but then even the sound of the cannon was suppressed. For a moment, everyone raised their heads and looked at the sky, looking for the source of the sound. Suddenly, many large metal birds appeared in the sky, and they roared with endless coercion, making everyone feel terrified. Even the gunners in the fierce battle between the two sides stopped their task because of these sudden metal birds.

"Airplane!" Li Gen had seen these experimental specimens of these metal birds, and he never imagined that these things had already been put into use, and the Air Force was actually equipped with so many.

"Commander, the Busan dispatch command sent an urgent telegram demanding that our unit immediately withdraw from the battle, and the naval battle against Japan will be taken over by the air force. At the same time, in order to ensure that the secrets of the Air Force are not leaked, our unit needs to complete the task of perimeter vigilance to ensure that no ships in the nearby waters approach. At the same time, we received a telegram from the General Staff Headquarters, asking all ships of our department to complete the propaganda of the secrecy regulations before docking at the port, so as to ensure that the secrets of the Air Force will not be leaked this time! Before Li Gen could figure out how to face these big birds that suddenly appeared, the signal soldier had already found him with two emergency telegrams.

"Okay, all ships disperse, give way to the combat area, and at the same time guard the perimeter, no other ships can approach!" Li Gen's orders to the General Staff Headquarters and the Busan Dispatch Headquarters naturally had to be carried out. At the same time, he also knew that this was a different experimental task. In fact, Guoxinga has many new projects of 100 projects, but most of them are hidden for the sake of secrecy.

After the withdrawal of the First Detachment in the Yellow Sea, the Fuso also got a chance to breathe, and Ito Yuhiro and Togo Heihachiro were all very puzzled why the Manchurians suddenly withdrew again. They were also afraid of airplanes in the sky, but they were used to seeing Manchurian airships, and guessed that this plane was probably similar to an airship. So although they were a little afraid, the Fuso was not very flustered, and they did not believe that the Manchurians could sink them by airship alone.

In the Manchurian War, after the Manchurian airship repeatedly performed miraculous feats, Western countries also began to vigorously develop airships. The British not only developed a similar airship, but also formed their own airship unit. The British, who have always liked to spread technology everywhere, not only equipped themselves a lot, but also began to export them in large quantities. Britain sold a lot to European countries, and Japan was no exception, but the Meiji government had limited financial resources and only bought two airships to study how to deal with them, and did not have the opportunity to form its own air force. Ito and the others had all seen airships and were familiar with the airships of the Manchurians, so they naturally knew how to dodge the attacks of these aerial weapons.

"They...... They ......" Ito steadied for a moment, then let out a frightened cry.

Airships are very different from airplanes, they are slow and can only bomb at a relatively fixed altitude, but airplanes are not like that. With a roar, the world's first dive bombing began.