Chapter 413: Annihilation of the Escort Fleet
Boom, there was an earth-shattering explosion again, and Li He clearly saw that the main cannon of the Ningyuan was concentrated on the Fusang boiler that was already burning in the distance, and the boiler on the back of the cushion suddenly exploded, blowing off the two huge chimneys alive.
The boiler is the central power of a warship, and if the boiler is destroyed, it will be declared that the warship will be sunk even if there is only one fate.
"Hurry up, we won't go down in history if we slow down." Ten meters below the torpedo room of the Whale No. 3 submarine, Cai Tinggan kept shouting where, two torpedoes were fired just now, and it would take at least five minutes to load the spare torpedo, five minutes, for Li and those extremely powerful warships above, if they didn't get it right, they would lose the Fusang.
Cai Tinggan has always been worried about what Liu Jun said, and in the future, it will be difficult to record his name in the history of the world, originally as an officer, it is already a temptation to leave a mark in domestic history, not to mention leaving a name in the world, that kind of glory, even if it is to give him a general, he is not rare.
"Captain, reloaded." Shirtless, sweaty sailors stood up. "Report the situation out loud."
"Dive." Cai Ting began to shout inside violently, and then quickly ran to the periscope position.
"Launch." Waving his arm violently, Cai Ting's dry voice was like a bell sprinting the entire Whale No. 3.
With a pop, two torpedoes burst out of the sea again and began to run towards the Fuso, which was already dying in the distance.
The bombardment of these two torpedoes completely shattered the Fuso's dream of survival, and no one could plug the gap more than 60 meters wide, which after all had occupied nearly half of the Fuso's hull.
It was only a matter of time before Fuso sank.
"Commander, Itsukushima is speeding towards the North Korean coast." Yan Fu's eyes were sharp, and he saw at once that after the Fuso made a huge explosion and began to tilt, Itsukushima, who had been extinguishing the fire on the periphery, saw that the momentum was not good, and turned around and fled in the direction of Suwon.
"Let the torpedo cruiser catch up immediately and be sure to sink it." Faintly, Li He gave the order to pursue.
Itsukushima, and even any warship here today, can't escape one, otherwise, it will be detrimental to the majesty of Liaodong. After all, it is indeed disgraceful to say this thing of stealing chickens and dogs.
Itsukushima only has a speed of 14 knots, and after being kneaded just now, the speed has dropped to less than 9 knots. Of the three torpedo cruisers in Beiyang, only the Flying Eagle was seriously injured and was fighting the fire in the back, while the remaining two torpedo cruisers nodded and began to pounce on Itsukushima, and Ruojing, who had been incorporated into the Ningyuan formation, also dragged the smoke-emitting hull and began to turn the bow of the ship, struggling to catch up with the fleeing Itsukushima.
The speed of the two torpedo cruisers was 21 knots, and although Itsukushima escaped first, it was stopped by the two warships in less than 15 minutes. And use the main artillery to start the bombardment to stall for time, to buy time for the following Ruojing.
The torpedo cruiser only has an advantage in speed, in terms of firepower, not to mention that the three torpedo cruisers shoot together, even if they add one, they may not necessarily be the opponent of the armored cruiser, so although the Itsukushima was dragged, but in less than ten minutes, the flying leopard and the flying fish were beaten all over the body, and even the tail guns were hit without a trace.
Even so, the Flying Leopard and the Flying Fish did not flinch, but bit Itsukushima to prevent him from escaping in the direction of Suwon, so as to buy time for the following Ruojing.
Iron-hearted, Flying Fish and Flying Leopard are desperate to keep Itsukushima, even if they are sunk.
There was an earth-shattering bang, and the Flying Fish, which could no longer hold on, and the Flying Leopard, which was still firing at the beginning of its slow sinking, finally waited for Ruojing, who was slowly coming.
Ruojing's firepower had 6 210 mm guns, all of which were twinked, four in the bow and four in the stern, and with the addition of 7 unified 150 mm rapid-fire guns on the side of the ship, the tide of the battle was immediately reversed.
Itsukushima was already seriously injured, and after a burst of shelling from the Exocet and the Flying Leopard earlier, the Itsukushima still had the strength to parry, and half an hour later, eleven minutes after the Flying Leopard sank, Itsukushima also sank into the icy waters along with Fuso.
"Commander, the Japanese escort fleet has been sunk completely, you see, do you want to rescue its soldiers who fell into the water." Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were desperately struggling in their hands, Yan Fu took a step forward.
After the sinking of Fuso Chiyoda and Itsukushima, there were at least hundreds of soldiers on the sea who were desperately struggling inside, and Yan Fu knew very well in his heart that without the help of the Beiyang Naval Division, the result of these sailors would be to die at the bottom of the sea in the near future, and then become food for fish and turtles.
Looking at the sky that was about to get dark, Li He knew that once it was night, the temperature here would reach below zero, and at this time, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu would not be able to save the Japanese army in the water. ”
"Forget it, don't save it, let them feed the fish, and it can be regarded as revenge for the army that died in the Battle of Toshima that year." After Li He finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the conning tower.
"The order is that all ships immediately take the Ningyuan as the center, assemble, extinguish the fire, and turn back to Lushun." After issuing the order, Li He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that this mission was completed, and the rest was the matter of Liu Jun after returning to Lushun.
Lushun Headquarters, the time on the wall has entered one o'clock in the morning, and in the office of Liu Jun of the headquarters, the lights are still on.
In the office, the charcoal fire is still burning, and now the ground is rising and crawling with people, and the ground is a huge map of North Korea's sea area.
"Judging by the time and the map, they should have gone to war today." Throwing down the pen in his hand, Liu Jun raised his head and asked Zhong Lin, who was sitting on the ground.
"Head, that's right, judging from the timing, today Li and they will launch an attack on the Lefy Islands in the afternoon or noon." Zhong Lin nodded, indicating that he agreed with Liu Jun's words.
"Okay, don't guess here, even if you think about it, you can't figure out what the result is." Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, looked at the two of them who had been crawling there since dinner, for fear that the two of them would catch a cold like this.
That's right, Liu Jun nodded, patted his hands and stood up, then returned to his place and stood up.
took a sip of the tea next to him, moistened his throat, and then put the teacup on the table next to him, and looked at Zhong Lin next to him: "Lao Tzu explained your affairs, are you ready, don't drop the chain, when the time comes, we will rely on them to play and take the initiative into our hands." ”
Zhong Lin smiled slightly and nodded: "Don't worry, I'm ready, I guarantee that when you hold a press conference, the press conferences of the major newspapers will be inside and outside the house."
"That's good." Liu Jun nodded slightly, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Now in this society, public opinion is everything, when the time comes, as long as he says at the press conference that Japan is despicable and shameless, and openly attacks the patrol fleet of our Beiyang Naval Division, he believes that when the time comes, people with a sense of merit and justice in the whole world will occupy their side, although this is suspected of being framed, but for Liu Jun, there is no psychological burden.
"I really don't know that you have so many ideas in your head?" Zheng Yiqian on the side obviously knew Liu Jun's plan. Smile slightly, and say words that are not compliments but compliments.
This one? Liu Jun couldn't say that this was learned in the society of the later generations, and with a slight smile, Liu Jun began to change the topic, he didn't want to dwell on it: "What, it's dark, let's wash and sleep." Waiting for news from Li and the others. After speaking, Liu Jun took the lead in standing up and ran out like the wind.