Chapter 271: The Death of Heihachiro Togo (2)
In the orange explosion flames, the soldiers who rushed to rescue Togo Heihachiro were all overturned and thrown into the air, some were directly torn apart in the air, some were thrown into the sea, and some were carried by the air waves and hit the bulkhead into a pool of flesh and blood.
Due to the shelter of several soldiers, Heihachiro Togo was not tossed by the air waves, but was pushed down on the deck.
But when Heihachiro Togo struggled to get up, he found that the palm of his left hand had been cut off at the wrist by some fragment.
Tragically, when he looked at the Qixing 2,000 meters away again, he saw that the two torpedoes sent by the Naniwa were easily dodged.
"Ahh Heihachiro Togo, who was in pain, rolled over and over on the deck.
Finally, someone found out that the captain of the ship, Heihachiro Togo, was injured, so he rushed to the rescue despite the continuous explosions.
But just as Heihachiro Togo was being helped up, another shell hit the Naniwa. This time, Heihachiro Togo's legs were blown off from below the knees.
The flames of the explosion burned away his officer's uniform, turning him into a half-dead man with severed hands and feet and a charred body, struggling for a while, losing consciousness and fainting.
The ambulance crew of the Naniwa had corpses and wounded on the deck, and they didn't know where Captain Osa had gone, but they only rescued the wounded one by one in order of distance and proximity, and Heihachiro Togo was ignored like this.
When Heihachiro Togo woke up, he found that he might have been dumbfounded by a shell, unable to hear or make a sound, or unable to receive priority care from the ambulance team.
Those who are familiar with Chinese history must know that in the Western Han Dynasty, there was a very famous "Renbiao" incident in the Lv Hou.
What is Renbi?
At this moment, Togo Heihachiro has broken his hands and feet, his ears can't hear anything, and his throat can't make sounds, this is a typical person!
However, the best descendants of the Yamato nation, who have become humans, are still better than others, and Heihachiro Togo rolled a few times on the deck. It was finally discovered by the ambulance team.
"Captain ......" But let alone the rescue of the ambulance team, Togo Heihachiro just couldn't say a word anymore, let alone command the Naniwa in the siege to break through.
Seeing that the artillery firing power on the Naniwa had dropped sharply, the Qilong and Qixing boldly fired from 2,000 meters away to 1,500 meters. Hit another 1000 meters.
In the explosion of the overwhelming shells, the 260 mm front main gun of the Naniwa was blown up, so far, the front and rear main guns were destroyed, and only 3 of the 6 second-stage 150 mm main guns remained. The firepower was greatly reduced.
The officer acting commander on the Naniwa ordered the torpedo to be fired again, but the soldiers were in a hurry, and the front and rear four torpedo tubes fired the torpedo at the same time.
The torpedo attack from a distance of 1,000 meters was easily dodged by the Qixing and Qilong with a slight adjustment of course, and they returned more fierce artillery fire to the Naniwa.
The Kai Ryu and Kai Hing were in full swing, and even the 7.92mm heavy machine guns mounted on the deck began to rain down on the Naniwa.
Finally, an armor-piercing projectile pierced the Naniwa's armor and burrowed into the ammunition bay and exploded.
The violent explosion of ammunition blew the Naniwa into countless pieces, and also blew the best naval commander of the Wa Kingdom, Togo Heihachiro, into countless pieces of flesh and bones.
The officers and men on the Qilong and Qixing felt that they had just sunk a very ordinary warship, and they were not much surprised by this. On the contrary, it was Hu Zhen who braved the third-level sea breeze in the air and watched the battle in a rickety airship. There was a little thought in my heart: Nima's! What is the god of war of the Japanese Navy Togo Heihachiro, in the hands of Lao Tzu is not the same as a death!
At this time, looking down from the air, Hu Zhen was most concerned about the four battleships commanded by Zheng Dingbang against the five main cruisers of the Japanese Kingdom, the Itsukushima, Hashidate, Ishigaki, Oshino, and Izu.
These five cruisers were the largest warships of the Wa Kingdom, and the largest warships of the Wa Kingdom in the original historical time and space were only Matsushima, Itsukushima, and Hashidate, known as the Sanjing Ships, but stimulated by the butterfly effect of Hu Zhen's appearance in the South Seas to form the Huaxia Military Fleet, the Three Views of the Wa Kingdom became the Liujing Ships.
After the sinking of the flagship of the Matsushima, in accordance with the instructions of Rear Admiral Tsuboi Kozo, the captain of the Itsukushima, Michiyu Yokoo, took over the command and commanded the other four sister ships to break through.
Yokoo Michiyu knew in his heart. The so-called breakthrough is completely impossible, and the only thing the five cruisers under his command can do is to drag the four powerful battleships of the Huaxia Army and cover the other battleships to break out.
But to achieve the task of such cover. It also needs strength to achieve, although the five Liujing ships claim to have a 320 mm main gun, but this main gun is very attached to the stern butt, and the rest of the secondary main guns are all 120 mm rapid-fire guns. Although the total number of five ships reached 60, with these 60 120-mm guns against four thickly armored battleships, it was simply an itch.
What's more. The speed of these six ships is only 16.5 knots, while the slowest battleships of the Huaxia Army have 17 knots, while the latest battleships Chang'an and Changzhi have a speed of 21 knots. This meant that the battleships of the Huaxia Army could always be in front of the Liujing and not let their 320 mm guns play any role.
In this situation of inevitable defeat, the commanders of the five Liujing ships were mentally prepared to fight to the death.
However, the time of death came sooner than anyone on the Rokukei could have imagined.
"First concentrate the artillery fire of our four ships and sink the commanding Itsukushima!" Zheng Dingbang quickly set the principles of operation on the flagship of the Chang'an, and sent it to the other three battleships through the voice radio.
Eight 305-mm guns and 16 210-mm guns of the four battleships immediately adjusted the angle and height of their muzzles to the measured shelling of Zhuyuan, and fired a salvo at Itsukushima, which was 4,500 meters away.
The distance of 4,500 meters is not yet the effective range of the shelling of the Liujing ship, but for the battleships of the Huaxia Army that can carry out effective shelling at a distance of 7,000 meters, this is a very close shelling distance.
In the first round of shelling, Itsukushima was hit by one 305-mm shell and three 210-mm shells.
This 305 mm cannon shell alone was enough to kill the Itsukushima.
In the Battle of Dadonggou, the Beiyang Naval Division had a number of large-caliber shells hitting the Japanese ships, but many of them were solid shells that did not explode after passing through the protective steel armor.
But the shells of the Huaxia Army were genuine ******** loaded shells, and the 305-mm shells with 330 kg of heavy charge exploded, and the location happened to be near the steam power compartment of the Itsukushima, several steam pipes were blown up, and the steam leaked out, which immediately steamed dozens of Japanese sailors nearby.
Itsukushima, all out of power, is like a dead fish floating on the surface. (To be continued.) )