Chapter 371: Raid on Weihaiwei!
At the moment when Ding Ruchang led the Beiyang Fleet to begin urgent preparations for war, Japan
of the naval fleet came.
The Japanese Combined Fleet, Commander Ito Yuheng sat on the flagship Hurricane, which was one of the three ironclad cruisers ordered by Japan from Britain at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, these three battleships are the most advanced warships in the world today, even if they are placed in the British Navy, they will be the capital ships in the forefront, this time the Japanese Combined Fleet poured out, that is, to eat the Beiyang Naval Division in one bite, and completely destroy the Chinese Navy, so that the Japanese Combined Fleet can crisscross the waters of Northeast Asia at will. It can arbitrarily invade any of China's ports and land them, and at the same time cut off China's sea transportation routes, so that its troops can no longer carry out large-scale deployment in a short period of time.
Ito Yuheng said coldly: "Now, the lighthouses on Liugong Island are already in sight, order all the warships to increase their horsepower and advance at the fastest speed, once they enter Weihaiwei Military Port, they can open fire at will and attack the Beiyang Naval Division in an all-out way!" ”
The Japanese Combined Fleet sent 15 main cruisers, more than 10 gunboats and other ships, and more than 30 warships rowed out a huge waterline and sailed towards Weihaiwei in the vast Yellow Sea.
Just when Ding Ruchang was nervously preparing for battle, suddenly, the senator next to him shouted: "Look, Dashuai, our lighthouse!" ”
Ding Ruchang looked up, only to see a signal coming from the lighthouse: there was an unknown fleet, approaching quickly, and it was less than five kilometers away.
Ding Ruchang's heart was shocked, and he shouted: "Signal, all warships."
Prepare for battle, quick, the Japanese fleet has arrived
! ”
At this time, the Beiyang Fleet was far from being ready for battle, and this battle was too hasty!
The pipes of each ship are now a little panicked, and the battle is going on now, and the boilers of the major ships have not even burned yet, and Ding Ruchang also knows that the battle will definitely not work now, and the ship that has lost its mobility is a live target, and can only passively accept the baptism of artillery fire of the Japanese Combined Fleet. [ran]
Ding Ruchang shouted: "Let all the gunboats meet the battle, no matter what, we must win the time for the main battleship to light a fire and anchor, and immediately send an order to the major batteries on the shore, immediately adjust the firing of Zhu Yuan, and lock the Japanese battleship for a comprehensive artillery bombardment!" ”
The more than a dozen gunboats of the Beiyang Fleet all started to sail towards the outside of Weihaiwei Harbor, and the officers on the gunboats were extremely reluctant, so they met the Japanese Combined Fleet with more than a dozen gunboats. This is pure cannon fodder! Cannon fodder!
It's just that Ding Ruchang's military order has been issued, and the military order is like a mountain, no matter how afraid you are, you have to rush forward, otherwise Ding Ruchang will pick off their heads on the spot. (good-looking)
As soon as the gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division sailed out of Weihaiwei, the Japanese fleet had already arrived, and Ito Yuhiro looked at the dozen or so small ships in front of him, with a cruel smile on his face, gunboats? Yo West! That's our appetizer.
Ito Yuheng ordered: "Order, the Yoshino, the Kuril ship, and the Akitsu Zhou ship are full of firepower, and in the shortest possible time, all the dozen gunboats in front of me will be sunk for me!" Quickly rush into Weihai Weijun Harbor and don't give it to Qing
The main battleship of the army left time to breathe! ”
The four main battleships quickly rushed forward, and the main force of the battleship ran and fired at the gunboat, firing at the gunboat, and now the world and a gunboat, seeing such a huge Japanese combined fleet, the generals on it have long been frightened, and they can still meet the battle normally, and even the maneuver and evasion actions are a little unable to do it.
It was only when the shells in the sky came that they reacted, and the pipe bands shouted again and again: "Hurry! Dodge, dodge! ”
It's just that at this time, it's too late, huge shells, one after another fell on the gunboats, the tonnage of the gunboats is too small, even only a few hundred tons, under the huge shell saturation attack, there is not even a point of return fire, in an instant, four gunboats were hit, the gunboats were filled with fireworks, the weak armor was not vulnerable at all, the turbulent sea water, instantly poured in, the naval officers and soldiers who were still struggling in the sea of fire were suddenly shocked by the influx of water, and became a mess
。
A huge amount of seawater poured into the gunboat, and in just a few minutes, it sank to the bottom of the sea, and hundreds of officers and soldiers on the gunboat were buried in the belly of the fish!
The other ships around were a little speechless when they saw such a powerful firepower of the Japanese army, although the four cruisers in front of them were not as good as the Dinghai ship and the Zhenhai ship, but the powerful firepower on it was still too strong compared to the flagship of the Beiyang!
and a gunboat was so frightened that it turned around and ran, only three gunboats stopped there and began to fire back by relying on the small size and flexible movement of the gunboat, but the caliber of the shells on the gunboat was too small and the power was limited.
It was difficult to threaten the main Japanese battleship led by Yoshino, but in more than ten minutes, two more gunboats began to sink, and the officers and soldiers on the gunboats jumped into the water to escape, only one gunboat remained, because the hull was lightly damaged, and it still maintained its combat effectiveness, but it no longer dared to fight, and it was evacuated towards the Weihai Weijun harbor at full speed.
In Weihaiwei Harbor, the Zhenhai ship has not yet been activated, Ding Ruchang held a telescope, and saw from a distance that more than ten gunboats had been beaten and fled in all directions after only holding out for less than ten minutes, and there was no way to fight back, and the Japanese combined fleet had already rushed towards Weihai Weijun Harbor.
Ding Ruchang sighed secretly, today's battle is only afraid that it will be more than auspicious, why is there still any movement in the fort on the damn shore?
On the fort of the male North Gang now, the two commanders were also so anxious that they were sweating, these two people actually entered the brothel with a few pipe belts who came to Weihaiwei for recreation, and they were red and leaning on Cui, and they didn't know anything about what was happening outside, and when their subordinates found the two of them, the two of them were already drunk, and the other pipe belts were not good enough to get there, and at this time, Ding Ruchang's order arrived. Several people were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, and several pipe bands hurriedly got up and rushed to Liugong Island to report, and the two commanders also rushed back to the fort respectively, but now it is the peaceful season and there is no battle to fight, and the defense of the two battery groups has long been a mess, not to mention the shells, that is, nearly half of the officers and soldiers on duty are not there, and they don't know where to go for recreation. The two commanders hurriedly mobilized people and immediately transported the ammunition,
Adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan, summon the sergeants in place, until the cannon over Weihaiwei rumbled, their batteries were still not ready for battle, and the two commanders had the heart to die, if Weihaiwei and the Beiyang Fleet were lost, the imperial court had to kill them alive! You can search for "Crossing the First Sino-Japanese Special Forces King RAN" in Baidu to find the latest update of this book!
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