Chapter 689: The Next Target
Woowoo...... The battleships, located at the forefront, began to make way for torpedo cruisers moored behind. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The torpedo boats were small in size and fast, and in less than ten minutes, the torpedo boats that had received the order had already sailed out of the array and began to move towards the waters No. 3 and No. 2 in the distance.
A few minutes later, a dozen torpedo cruisers also began to move out of the array, heading out to clear the mines.
Li He, who was standing on the bridge of the Hongzhang, clearly saw that the torpedo boat on the left, less than three minutes had passed, because it had touched a mine, it was blown to pieces and sank on the spot, but the good thing is that the recent shelling has blown up most of the mines, and now it is just some sporadic mines.
Da Da Da ...... Da Da Da ...... From time to time, there was a roar of machine guns on the surface of the sea, which was the ship heading for demining firing at mines.
After nearly two hours of demining work, the channel was finally cleared, but the losses were not small: three torpedo cruisers were sunk and one was seriously damaged, and only seven or eight of the dozen torpedo boats that went out came back, and almost half of the torpedo boats were folded somewhere.
"Order, armored armored cruisers, attack." Clearly seeing the signal that the cleaning had been completed in the distance, Li He directly gave an order.
There was no need to send battleships, which were large in tonnage and slow in speed. When you get in, you'll be done. The armored cruiser was different, fast and thick-skinned, enough to withstand the fire of the harbor.
Here, Li He estimated that Cai Tinggan had definitely sunk the large ships inside, and the rest were small ships, which were not to worry about.
Whoa, whoa, whoa....... The signal rolled, and in less than ten minutes, the armored cruiser began to accelerate, and the one at the forefront was the most advanced armored cruiser in the Beiyang Naval Division. The Shade Forest, followed by seven armored cruisers, including Bu Toad, Shichang, and others, began to slowly move towards the Sasebo military port.
On the cruiser Yinsen, the pipe belt Sa Zhenbing stood motionless on the bridge, looking at the smoke rising in the distance in a daze.
Squeak crunch...... There was a loud noise, and it was the main gun of the front battery turning, so as to search for the enemy.
Damn, they were so ruthless, none of them were left, Sa Zhenbing who entered the military port put down his weapons speechlessly, he clearly saw that the original Japanese battleship was now sinking and tilting. And the armored cruisers, although there are still two that are not silent, but they are not much better, are billowing smoke. Only in the distance, some torpedo cruisers, were fleeing for their lives.
"Order, all ships aim at the Japanese ships and shoot."
There was no way, the artillery just hit the mosquitoes, and the seven or eight armored cruisers that rushed in could not find the target, so they could only choose the target of attack on the Japanese torpedo cruisers that were almost dead in one round, and as for the torpedo boats, needless to say, one shot into the sky.
The intense shelling lasted almost an hour. Knowing that he would not be able to resist the remaining warships, he hoisted the white flag under the command of the temporary commander Ono.
According to statistics, this time, a total of 16 warships surrendered, all of them torpedo cruisers, and the rest of the large warships have been sunk in the port. Battleships, in particular, have some masts exposed on them.
Sasebo entered the port, and the Japanese army built a military port for more than ten years, because of today's war, it will not make a comeback at all. And as for where to buy warships from the United States, there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Commander, they sent news that the port had been blocked, and that the Japanese army had all surrendered sixteen torpedo cruisers, eleven torpedo boats, three dredgers, five guide ships, and four transport ships. Sa Zhenbing sent a request for instructions, asking what to do.
The night is long and dreamy, the Japanese are a typical treacherous thing for them, such a person can't give him a little respite, otherwise, it won't be long before they have to rebel, thinking of this, Li He raised his head and looked at Yan Fu: "Give them an order, let the surrendered warships sail out of the port, in addition, each ship is ready for battle, once it finds a Japanese attack, immediately open fire." “
Two ships are ready. This is a bit more secure.
Squeak ...... The fleet that received the order began to line up to two hundred, the huge gun muzzles began to rise, the shells were loaded, and they waited quietly outside.
An hour, that is, at about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese Combined Fleet surrendered its ships, and finally the situation came out under the leadership of eight armored cruisers.
On the Yunpan, Ono stood quietly on the deck, staring blankly at the mighty and majestic Liaobei Ocean Naval Division in the distance, fluttering the dragon flag.
When Ito committed suicide, Ono was ready to accompany Ito after giving the order, but he was blocked by his subordinates and forcibly dragged to the torpedo cruiser Yunpan to direct the battle.
In fact, there was no command, not even the shadow of the enemy knew where, the battle had already decided the victory or defeat, and when the really visible enemy came in, Ono was desperate, it was eight armored cruisers, and he didn't have a single one.
However, even so, he still ordered the attack, and in less than an hour, he lost seven or eight warships, and the other party, the Bu Toad, received a slight blow. The chimney was interrupted, and the rest was nothing more than a few craters. Ono, who knew that he could not do anything, decided to surrender to the Liaobei Ocean Naval Division after consulting with the remaining captains, so that the lives of the soldiers could be spared, and secondly, Sasebo would be protected from shelling.
Therefore, under these two brilliant excuses, Ono sincerely surrendered to the Liaodong Navy.
Hahaha...... Hahahaha....... On the deck of the Hongzhang. Li He Yangtian laughed, it has been ten years, and the combined fleet, which has competed with him for nearly ten years, has not existed since then.
Over the years, I have dreamed at any time how to wipe out the huge combined fleet, however, what I didn't expect was that the huge combined fleet was not defeated in the hands of the Tsarist fleet, nor in my own hands, but in the submarine that I originally looked down on.
"Commander, is this war over?" Yan Fu on the side looked at the surrendered ships of the Combined Fleet that had been arranged in two rows, and asked slightly.
Yes, he won this battle, but Li He didn't feel relaxed, because at the beginning, Liu Jun gave him the goal, one was the United Fleet, and the other was the most important thing, this country was Britain that was so strong that it must be strong. And the Tsarist Pacific Fleet, which originally belonged to the target, no longer exists. Not in the battle target.