Chapter 214: The Lonely Flagship

Longyou Shoal was played by shrimp, and the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs!

The battleship Xuanwu was surrounded in the center by the remaining thirteen Japanese battleships, large and small, because of the depletion of ammunition and fuel. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info to the point where there is no way to fight back. The soldiers and officers of the entire battleship had prepared for the worst.

Jia Zhongshan also felt that he had done something wrong at this time, and the Japanese shells smashed on the conning tower, and suddenly the top deck of the battleship Xuanwu caught fire. Because the deck of the battleship Xuanwu was too thick, the Japanese battleship fired hundreds of shells, and there was no way to inherit the battleship Xuanwu.

At this time, the Japanese battleships came up with an idea, that is, there were battleships that knocked the Xuanwu over, and then shot at the soft bottom of the battleship Xuanwu. Rushing up was the Saikyo Maru, a Japanese merchant ship reconstructed.

There are many differences between merchant ships and warships, because when the merchant ships are redesigned, they are very wide in order to carry more cargo, which allows the Saikyo Maru to have more contact area when it collides with the battleship Xuanwu. The Saikyo Maru rushed towards the battleship Genwu. A loud bang resounded across the sea.

When the Saikyo Maru learned of the impact and the attack of other Japanese warships, the battleship Genwu began to shake violently, and when it was in danger, even Moses felt desperate. When the Saikyo Maru rammed the battleship Genwu again. A huge series of whistles sounded on the sea.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of April 7, 1895, the ironclad ship Renyuan of the Third Combined Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, under the leadership of Captain Lin Yongsheng, took the lead in appearing in the Yellow Sea battlefield, but his two frigates were seriously injured and could not sail far, so the ironclad ship Renyuan also rushed into the battle group like a lone wolf.

The target of the Renyuan ironclad ship is the Songdao ironclad ship, at this time, the guy who makes Lin Yongsheng hate it so much, the Huaxia Empire has not yet attacked you, you actually dare to go to the mainland of Huaxia to make trouble, which makes the Chinese Empire's navy lose face.

Ito immediately raised the flag and ordered the two light cruisers, the Kamoto and the Nakasheng, to attack to block the attack of the ironclad ship Renyuan. The cruisers Gaben and Chung Sheng were both warships with a displacement of only 2,875 tons, so the speed quickly stopped in front of the Renyuan.

But the Renyuan has no intention of turning or stopping at all, you little Rolls still want to block the route of my heavy ironclad ship and seek death!

Lin Yongsheng ordered me to speed up directly, and the whole ship was ready to crash into the past. Seeing the surging attack of the ironclad ship Renyuan, the commanders of the cruisers Gaben and Zhongsheng have entered the game of cowards, and whoever gets out of the way is a coward.

Just as the three battleships were about to collide, the Gamoto chose to adjust its direction. This made the cruiser Zhongsheng bear all the anger of the ironclad ship Renyuan, and the armor plate at the front end of the cruiser Zhongsheng was seriously deformed, like a person with a crooked nose, but there was no blood.

Because of the impact, the speed of the Renyuan ironclad has slowed down. This was the fighter, and the other Japanese warships rushed over and began to attack the ironclad ship Renyuan in groups.

At this time, Moses, who was in the command tower of the battleship Xuanwu, spoke; "General! We burn everything we can on the ship, and we'll be out of the battlefield, so let's get out of the woods! Otherwise, when the boiler is completely cooled, we will have no chance! ”

Jia Zhongshan said; "We can't go now!"

Moses and the other officers in the conning tower all looked at Jia Zhongshan in puzzlement!

Jia Zhongshan said; "You don't see that the battle flag of the current Renyuan ironclad ship is still the blue battleship flag, while ours is the red flagship battleship flag. As long as the battleship Xuanwu is not sunk, and before other warships raise the flagship, we are the flagship of the Royal Navy of the Huaxia Empire, how can we leave at this time! ”

At this time, the cruiser Sulang, who was about to die, under the command of Heihachiro Togo, fired two more shells at the battleship Xuanwu. The sailors on the battleship Xuanwu also used the remaining weapons to return fire.

The Chinese Empire, which did not have the upper hand, had a total of two warships facing off against the Japanese Combined Fleet.

At about 7 o'clock on April 7, 1895, in the second year of Guangming, after nearly an hour of maneuvering with Japanese warships, the Renyuan began a difficult battle of the left and right branches under the encirclement and interception of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

At 7 o'clock, four cruisers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire arrived at the battlefield.

Arriving from the northern seas were the Second Combined Fleet, the cruiser Zhiyuan under the command of Xia Weishan, and the cruiser Jingyuan under the command of Yu Jinqiang.

Rushing in the eastern seas were the Third Combined Fleet, the cruiser Pingyuan commanded by Ye Fusha, and the cruiser Jiyuan commanded by Huang Ze.

The displacement of the four cruisers was between 2100-2300 tons, and because of the newly replaced boilers and the use of high-quality fuel, the four cruisers were faster than the other ironclads. For the sake of the fighters, they rushed to support at full speed and broke away from their respective command flagships.

Because of the modification of the automatic reload firing system, which made the firing speed of the shells more than twice as fast, the addition of four warships greatly relieved the pressure on the Renyuan ironclad ship. The two main battleships, the Matsushima and Itsukushima, which began to attack Japan with all their might.

This made Omoto know that these four book cruisers were all frigates of the Huaxia Navy, and their appearance meant that the other main warships of the Huaxia Empire were nearby, so he told Ito Youheng; "Commander! Let's retreat! Otherwise, if you fight the navy of the Japanese Empire, I am afraid that you will be buried in the sea today! ”

Ito didn't pay attention to Omoto's knowledge, but looked at the battle situation in front of him.

The ironclad ship Renyuan commanded by Lin Yongsheng is a newly built battleship that has not been equipped for a long time, and the white paint painted on the battleship has not yet turned yellow because of the passage of time. There are two levels of turrets in the entire ironclad ship, and the color rate of each gun is about thirty seconds.

Such a speed must be equipped with an automatic reloading operating system driven by an electric motor, and at the same time, it is equipped with an unlimited amount of ammunition, and the training in peacetime is also live firing at any cost. Originally, these were Japan's strengths.

Just two years ago, Japan's advantage was still so obvious, I didn't expect that the Chinese Empire quietly completed the upgrade of the entire navy in a short period of time, which seemed to be also very difficult, but it is obvious that the current Chinese Navy is obviously different from before.

Fairy A's Japanese battleships still have an advantage, Japan has a total of thirteen warships, but the current Chinese Empire only has five warships, of which the Xuanwu battleship as the flagship is a target ship, and there is no strength to fight back at all.

The other Chinese warships simply could not form a complete formation and fight against the entire Japanese fleet. Among them, the cruiser Hiei, commanded by Sakurai Norijo, led the cruisers Meixin and Isho to intercept the Pingyuan, which had a displacement of only 2,100 tons and the weakest combat power.

Ye Fusha commanded the Plains, taking advantage of the speed and the Japanese battleship Zhou Xuan.

The Itsukushima commanded by Yokoo Dorishi and the Awa under the command of Heihachiro Togo, the two main battleships led the cruiser Honshinsu and the cruiser Honwa, and the four battleships launched a siege on the ironclad ship Ninto.

Omoto knew that the flag signal corps commanding the tower was ordered, and he gave the order to start an effective assembly of the fleet, but at this time, the warships of the Japanese fleet were already carried away by the rage.

In particular, the ironclad ship Renyuan and the battleship Xuanwu are too deceitful, and they must be sunk in this sea area, otherwise I will be sorry for the dead soldiers of my lord's empire. So the commanders of these angry Japanese battleships simply did not pay attention to the orders that Omoto knew.

Seeing the chaos in front of him, especially the Saikyo Maru commanded by Yuyuki Kano, when there was only one battleship, he actually chased after the cruiser Jiyuan. Huang Ze wanted to get rid of these Japanese battleships entangled with him, and approached the battleship Xuanwu that was surrounded in the center.

But this Saikyo Maru, like a fly, was close behind the Jiyuan cruiser commanded by Huang Ze. At present, the battleship Xuanwu is still flying the red Thang Long naval flag. As long as the battleship Xuanwu is not sunk, it will still be a flagship.

At this time, Huang Ze felt a forward thrust inertia in the control tower, and he hit the steering wheel in the center. The other officers and staff officers tried to keep a balance, for it was an overnight voyage. All the officers looked like they had pink eye, and their eyes were bloodshot.

Huang Ze knew that he still hadn't completely gotten rid of the Xijing Maru behind, and a commercial warship was also so rampant, if it weren't for the rear tail gun of the Jiyuan battleship that was only 150 mm, it would have sunk you a long time ago.

But now Huang Ze couldn't care less, he ordered the battleship to turn around and attack the Saikyo Maru with a torpedo first, while the main gun was ready to sink the damn fly at any time!

At this time, Omoto knew that he looked at Ito Yuhiro and said; "Commander! We still have a chance, so let's evacuate now! ”

Ito Yohei held the binoculars and spoke slowly; "You see that this Pingyuan and Zhiyuan have been hit, and our results are still there, but if we don't collect it, we won't get anything!

Jingyuan and Jiyuan are also being chased by our warships! ”

Ito put down his binoculars, then grabbed the placket of Omoto's shirt and told him to see that the battleship Genwu in the left rear had begun to tilt under the attack of the cruisers Itsukushima and Shinsang.

This is Omoto knows that looking at Ito Youheng, he feels unfamiliar like never before, although Ito Yuhyung's expression is very excited, but his seriousness is not only red due to fatigue, but also faintly visible traces of tears and wetness.

Ito let go of the placket that Omoto knew, and then smashed his hands on the dashboard on the control tower, and then spoke loudly; "The Imperial Japanese Navy is invincible, we won, we won, long live the Imperial Japanese Navy! Banzai! ”

At this time the Japanese officers and staff officers, soldiers on the entire conning tower. They all began to cheer with Ito, Omoto knew that Ito had lost his mind at this time, but he also had to raise his hands and cheer after the excited unknown Japanese officers and staff officers!