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"Ordered, 'Huashan' and 'Hengshan' formed a mobile formation, turned to the periphery, and were responsible for guarding the battlefield and preventing torpedo attacks by the enemy's destroyer fleet. Left rudder 9 of the other ships, full speed! Catch up, the main gun is ready! Qiu Baoren's order expressed his combat intentions. That is, while getting close to the enemy battleship, quickly adjust the battle position and seize the T-shaped prefix, so as to be able to better play the full firepower advantage of your own battleship.

Of course, when Qiu Baoren was commanding the fleet to maneuver, the commander of the Japanese Navy's 5th Sentai Squadron, the captain of the "Mikasa," Juntaro Hirose, also issued the corresponding combat order. His task was to contain the main fleet of the Chinese Navy here, and then wait for the smooth arrival of the main force of his own fleet. However, if you want to completely contain the enemy, then there will definitely be no shortage of real battles.

In this way, almost at the same time, the fleets of both sides began to accelerate to their maximum speed and strive to seize the T-head.

While maneuvering at high speed, the distance between the two sides is also getting closer. Although the previous distance was not a problem for the main gun range of the KPA Navy battleship, it was also very difficult to get a hit at such a long distance. 14000 yards, this is the artillery bombardment distance that the capital ships of the Chinese fleet usually train. So, you have to get close to 14,000 yards before you can fire, so Qiu Baoren has been waiting until now!

"Fire!"

With the order issued, the battleships "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan," which were at the head of the battle line, took the lead in starting the first round of salvo shelling. At this time, on the sea 13 kilometers away, the 5th Sentai of the Japanese Navy was still starting with the "Mikasa" and carrying out the maneuver of turning right into a single-line battle column.

Shuntaro Hirose looked at the huge column of water that was constantly being blown up by shells five hundred meters away on the left side of the battleship, shook his head disdainfully, and said: "Hmph, the tonnage of their battleship is very large, the speed is very fast, the caliber of the main gun is also large, and the range is also long, but this artillery skill...... Hum! ”

It has to be said that although the main warships of the People's Army Navy occupy the advantage of range and can be the first to open fire, their artillery skills are really quite a long way from being a naval power. Therefore, this first round of salvo, not to mention a hit, a close miss, even if it is a straddle shot, it is very difficult. Therefore, this first round of salvos, not to mention damage, did not even bring a splash to the "Mikasa".

Qiu Baoren looked at the vague column of water in the distance, but he didn't feel too surprised. He knew much better than the Japanese what the level of artillery skills of his own officers and men was. Although he didn't expect his side to be able to shoot in the first three volleys, the first five rounds should always be okay, right? A few more rounds, a few more shots should be hit, right? Don't do much, just let him hit even one main shell, don't say that the old warships of the Japanese with weak armor and backward performance are their cutting-edge battleship "King Kong", even if they don't die, I'm afraid they will be seriously injured.

Qiu Baoren knew that with the excellent performance of his own warships, excluding the main battleships of the Japanese Navy of the "King Kong", not to mention the four "Dingyuan" class battleships driving in front of the array at this time, even the six "City" class heavy cruisers following behind could confront them.

"Target, Mikasa, ships ready to fire a salvo!" Qiu Baoren issued a new order. With the passage of time, the People's Army Navy, which even had a speed of 24 knots on battleships, has gradually grabbed the T-word. Now, he has absolute confidence to fight these Japanese to the end.

At this time, on the "Mikasa", Juntaro Hirose, who was facing the second salvo of Chinese warships, was not moved in the slightest, but continued to discuss the battle plan with a large group of officers in the war room.

"Captain, we have to break within 10,000 meters before we can fire. Otherwise, our main guns could not pose a threat to the warships of China. A staff officer said: "Moreover, if we continue to maintain this distance of more than 10,000 meters, then we will not be able to pose a threat to the Chinese army, but the Chinese army can constantly threaten us!" ”

"Your Excellency, I don't think so. You must know that the main battleships of the China Navy, regardless of tonnage or gun caliber, are not something that these old warships of our 5th Squadron can deal with. The task given to us by the commander is only to contain the other party, not to rush forward and fight to the death and make senseless sacrifices. ”

"Roar! That's a good point. "Juntaro Hirose never thought that he would be able to sink the main fleet of Shina with eight old warships. In fact, just as the staff officer said later, his task is only to be responsible for containment, not to fight with all his might. Don't look at the long distance, the naval artillery skills of China are not good, but this does not mean that they are not good after the distance is shortened. The unilateral death was not what he wanted to see, and if he really wanted to sink them, he had to meet the "Settsu", "Hanoi", "Anyu", and "Satsuma" of the 1st team, and the "Kurama", "Tsukuba", and "King Kong" of the 3rd team.

"Order, left rudder 10, in two columns, break away from ......"

It's a pity that before Juntaro Hirose's order was given, he felt the entire "Mikasa" jump. Then, after waiting for about ten seconds, another more violent vibration began to strike, and in the flash of orange fire, the sheltered conning towers on the entire bridge, including the front main guns, all rose into the air and split from the hull.

The four "Dingyuan" class battleships, under the unified command, all regarded the "Mikasa" as the first target of attack! I don't know if it was shit luck or what, but a 380mm armor-piercing blasting bomb drilled deep into the foredeck of the "Mikasa", causing a large explosion in its central ammunition compartment, and dividing the "Mikasa", which was only more than 15,000 tons, into two large parts.

At 6:43 a.m., nearly an hour after the battle began, the Mikasa, including its captain Juntaro Hirose, and 860 officers and men, disappeared into the sea.

However, the doom of the Japanese Navy did not end there. In the special fleet of the Chinese Navy, which had completed the overall turn and had formed a standard T-line formation against the 5th Sentai Squadron, six heavy cruisers aimed their respective 305-caliber main guns at the "Fuji".

Soon, every forty-second salvo was sent round after round of shells around the "Fuji". In the end, only one shell hit the target, but this shell strangely blew the bow of the "Fuji" apart. As a result, the speed of the Fuji, which was flooded by a large amount of seawater, was reduced from 18 knots to 8 knots in an instant, and it became a live target floating on the surface of the sea.

At 7:12, in the third round of salvo fire of the "Dingyuan" class, the front main mast of the "Fuji" was hit, and the high mast smashed on the bridge, resulting in the death of its captain Shizugo Hara.

The burning "Fuji" began to slowly stop moving, and in the binoculars of the remaining captains of the 5th Sentai team, the front deck of the huge battleship showed no signs of life, and the raging fire was inevitably sweeping towards the middle and tail of the battleship. Everyone knows that the "Fuji" is finished!

"Get out of the way! Full speed, stay in formation, and fire at 11,000 yards! Asahi Captain Asano Masaki Osa, who took over the command of the warband, gave the order with red eyes and a roar. Apparently, the new commander, who had not received orders from his predecessor, had been carried away by hatred.

Of course, Qiu Baoren also wished that the Japanese would be like this, the so-called indiscriminate punching of the master to death, he is now convinced of this sentence. After refocusing his gaze on the "Asahi" that was emerging in the Japanese army, he viciously ordered: "Concentrate all your firepower, target the 'Asahi', and shoot continuously!" ”

Although the order was quickly carried out, unfortunately the shelling was not very lucky. Except for a shell that blew up the secondary gun on the port side of the "Asahi" into a pile of scrap metal, it did not cause any further damage.

As time passed, the distance between the two sides was reduced to about 11,000 yards. At the same time that the Japanese Navy warships could finally start firing, a new round of shelling on the Chinese warships began!

The 380 caliber and 305 caliber main guns gave the Chinese Navy a great advantage in terms of range and power of the artillery. In addition, at this time, it completely ignored the "Hizen" 800 yards to the left of the "Asahi", and the "Asahi" was soon overwhelmed by the artillery fire poured down by the Chinese warships. Obviously, it wasn't as lucky as last time this time.

At 7:42 a.m., the Japanese Navy's battleship "Asahi," which was on fire, slowly fell into the sea.

"The left rudder of the whole team is 10, and get out of contact with the Shina fleet as soon as possible!"

In just two hours, the Fifth Sentai of the Japanese Navy changed three commanders, and in a sense, this cannot but be regarded as a kind of sadness. Fortunately, the new commander of the "Hizen" Kawa Lang Yasukatsu is a person who understands. He knew that regardless of the artillery skills, but under the correct tactical conditions, the current 0-3 record had already made the people of China take advantage of it. Although it has lost three warships, it has been nearly two hours since the start of the war, and the fifth team has completed the task, not to mention, but also in exchange for a new understanding of the China Navy, right?

Immediately, the remaining five Japanese warships, after gradually changing their course, disengaged from the Chinese warships that were gradually distancing themselves.

At this time, the 1st and 3rd Sentai of the Japanese Navy, which were driving at high speed, finally arrived at the periphery of the battlefield.