When the direction of the combined fleet was determined, in the vicinity of this battery, the news was transmitted to several other batteries through the radio waves, and the commanders of several batteries sighed at the good fortune of this battery, and at the same time announced that this battery would become the commander of the entire operation, with him as the center, all the batteries in Qingdao, all the submarines in the coastal waters, and the planes at the airfield would act according to his command, forming a three-dimensional attack network, and striving to keep all those ships.

Of course, at Yang Yuanzhao's request, the aircraft can be used without use, but if necessary, for example, if some of the capital ships of the Combined Fleet want to escape, they can be used on a small scale, and there is another one that Yang Yuanzhao took the initiative to add, that is, if the British and French warships do not take the initiative to provoke, they can be let go.

At present, in the world, radio signals have just started, and they really occupy the frequency band, and there are very few noises, but in China, under the development of the northwest, radio has been very deep, and many frequency bands have special radio waves, and this big war involving the sea, land and air is not the largest after the establishment of the northwest, but it is the most complex, involving the most units, and it is necessary to have a special channel for unified command.

After confirmation and commissioning of the tongguò, a quiet band was chosen, the command was unified, various orders were given along the way, and the batteries on the road already knew the location of each unit. Radio signals, for a short time, staggered between the two sides, without the feeling of the Combined Fleet, whether it was the sea wolves below. Or the turrets above, all are ready. 36 submarines have lurked on the periphery of this fleet. Faintly surrounded, all the torpedoes were already loaded in place, ready to go.

At this time, the commander of the combined fleet, Yamaya, still felt good about himself, the weather was good today, the visibility was okay, he glanced at Qingdao, and casually ordered: "Ready, test firing!" Troop carriers are always ready to strike. Storm the landing! ”

The 14-inch Kongo-class, as well as several other capital ships, quickly turned their guns, and the Japanese navy was still relatively well-trained at a certain level, and they all went through at least five years of training, and many of them also participated in the First Sino-Japanese War and fought against Russia, and they were really gunners who had gone through the war. Although it was only a test shot, it was already very close to the turret above, and if you adjusted it, you could attack accurately.

Naval gun. In particular, the large-caliber naval guns of the battleships, every time they were fired, were quite amazing. Not to mention that the sound is earth-shattering, more than 20 kilometers away from Qingdao. It can still be heard, on the face of the diplomat. Suddenly changed color, and the attack had already begun, that is, neither the Japanese, nor the British and French, had notified their fleet, and in such a public view, they attacked Qingdao, which was the sovereignty of the northwest.

At this time, Yang Yuanzhao on the stage, calmly looked below, the handover was completed, but the next thing to do, sure enough, the red telephone rang, Yang Yuanzhao took the phone, his face changed slightly, and when he put down the phone, he called people from all over the world together again and made a small-scale public release.

"A disappointing thing has just happened, Japanese warships attacked our ports and fortresses for no reason, this is a provocation of war, in this case, the northwest officially declared war on Japan, and from today, the northwest and Japan have entered a state of war." Yang Yuanzhao's words were calm and insightful, and he almost said his purpose.

The declaration of war, just like that, the declaration of war, so light, shocked everyone, Japan wants to occupy Qingdao, many people know that there were a lot of incidents about Qingdao before, Germany wanted to exchange to Beiyang, but Beiyang refused, wanted the United States to change hands, the United States did not agree, and finally formed such a situation. In this case, Germany handed over Qingdao to the northwest, this point in time is too coincidental, although the fleet attacked, so it is not enough to explain the misunderstanding, there is no need to declare war.

Among them, the British and French ministers did not consider this, but in the declaration of war in the northwest, they did not mention the names of Britain and France, they knew very well that there were their warships with them, but the northwest did not mention this, what does this mean, deliberately, or do not know?

Mumo's mind also turned wildly, it was clear that the Northwest was not ready to confront Britain and France head-on, and their target was only a Japanese one. But this is also good, a blow to Japan, it is also to weaken the strength of the Entente, and it is really necessary to beat Japan hard, Britain and France will naturally come forward, whether it is the Anglo-Japanese alliance or the Entente, there is a certain joint relationship, the northwest has this strength, Mummer and Germany are very clear, the German army is under the guidance of the northwest, it has such a powerful power, and the airship force, this air force that Germany has not noticed for a long time, but it has played an unimaginable role on the European continent, The Northwest is the strongest country in the airship force, and the production capacity of airships is extremely strong.

"The official declaration of war documents, we will send them to Japan later, and now, this is about to become a war zone, I hope everyone will leave." The press conference ended like this, Yang Yuanzhao also sent everyone away, but the war in Qingdao did not stop at all, those diplomats left in a hurry because of the relationship between the northwest and the declaration of war on Japan, they had to go through their secret channels, and send the news back to their respective countries, the northwest and Japan, both are influential and powerful forces in East Asia, the war between them will have an immeasurable impact on the relations in East Asia, the future will be like this, no one can say, diplomacy is no trivial matter, Preparing early is a good thing for any country.

The declaration of war has been spoken, when this order was transmitted to the position of the battery through the guò radio, the counterattack of Qingdao also began, more than 100 ships, all within the range of 15-inch naval guns, these naval guns are basically arranged at a height between 100-150 meters, such a height is enough for the range of naval guns, more than when installed on the ship, because of the land-based relationship, they can even fire a salvo without scruples, in order to increase the hit rate, without worrying about the relationship of reaction force.

The constantly suppressed thoughts in their hearts, coupled with the passive beating, the Northwest Army has long squeezed infinite anger, and now the anger finally has a channel to vent, that is, to pour out these anger on these invaders.

The battery, which had already completed the preparation and aiming, made a slight adjustment when it received the order to fire, and began the first round of salvo fire, more than 60 15-inch naval guns, and under the accurate firing and preparation, the first salvo hit the target area and even hit.

Japan's largest Kongo, Satsuma, Hizen, the three largest warships, are the focus of their attacks, respectively, a third of the artillery aimed at them, a distance of 15 kilometers, is the best hit range of the naval guns, finally, the first round of volleys, fired 7 close misses, hit two armor-piercing shells.

These two were large-caliber armor-piercing shells, one hit the No. 2 battery of the Satsuma, a huge bomb of almost one ton, with high-speed kinetic energy, directly overturned the battery of the Satsuma, and the other shot hit the tail of the Hizen, tearing a huge gap in the deck of the Hizen, which looked extremely terrifying.

The sudden attack suddenly blinded the Japanese, doesn't it mean that this battery only has some 210 mm guns, and there are only 2 guns, the old-fashioned artillery, the caliber is small, and the firing range is much closer, according to reason, there should not be a threat to them at all, and now not only has it been, but it is also a huge threat, under one face, two ships are damaged, and the number of artillery that has just attacked is at least more than 50, and the sound and landing point of large-caliber artillery are not deceiving.

Quickly pull up the speed, S-shaped maneuver, no matter what, the mountain house is a qualified commander, at this time, facing an unknown artillery fire, stay in place, absolutely passive beating, must pull up the speed, otherwise it will be a nightmare. However, it takes time to go from slow to high, and the artillery on the turret is not only first-class fast, but the 15-inch naval gun, and the skilled gunners in the northwest can guarantee three rounds a minute, which is far faster than ordinary large-caliber artillery.

In one minute, for the start and acceleration of the battleship, there is not much change, even the power is provided, the speed cannot be raised at all, at most the distance can be moved, the mountain house and others are endlessly remorseful, why should the speed be reduced, isn't it just a little accuracy, but they put themselves in danger.

For a full 3 minutes, the Japanese battleships were passively beaten, 3 minutes, 10 rounds of shelling, almost 700 rounds of large-caliber naval guns were fired, and the final hit rate was almost 24 shells, and the hit rate reached almost 3%, of which 12 of the five major capital ships were hit, Hizen and Satsuma were the focus of the attack, especially the Satsuma, unlucky enough to hit a total of 5 shells, one of which happened to drill into the edge of the deck, this is the biggest problem of the Satsuma, and the following is the ammunition room, Satsuma did not do a good job of the safety of weapons separation, this shell was directly ignited the weapons depot, a violent explosion sounded, the fire began to burn, Satsuma directly lost all power.

A lucky shot, but also completely dispelled the resistance of the Japanese Combined Fleet, before there was a fleet looking for direction, the land-based battery counterattack, now disappeared without a trace, escape is important, the other side is not only accurate, but also powerful, even ships like the Satsuma, as soon as they go down, they lose all power, what about them, especially those small boats, directly flee to the back, what array, what attack, run away first. (To be continued......)