Chapter 215: The Unsinkable Flagship

Just when the entire Japanese fleet was getting carried away, a fire broke out on the deck of the Matsushima ironclad, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, followed by a series of explosions. The same thing happened to the Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info another battleship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the Itsukushima.

Japanese soldiers emerged from all corners of the battleship, blaring to extinguish the fire. The heavy machine guns on the battleship Xuanwu began to return fire, and many Japanese soldiers died on the way to extinguish the fire, and there was no chance to stand up at all.

At the same time, more than a dozen torpedoes fell above the Matsushima, most of them fell into the sea, and only two fell on the deck of the Matsushima. A loud explosion overturned the Matsushima's 105 mm secondary gun turret.

Such torpedoes also fell from the sky over Itsukushima, and the front and rear decks of Itsukushima were surrounded by fire, and Yokoo didn't understand what was going on, and he had to get out of the control tower to see what was going on.

But he was stopped by an officer, and Yokoo pushed the officer who was blocking him, and when he came outside, dense glass bottles fell from the sky, and these bottles fell to the ground and shattered.

It was filled with gasoline, and now the fire on the Itsukushima was even bigger. At this time, Yokoo Daoyi looked up at the sky and found the reason, and there were two airships almost the size of the battleship Xuanwu floating in the sky.

The airship was suspended just five hundred meters above the cruiser Itsukushima, and the other Matsushima was also given special care, and there was also an airship above the cruiser Matsushima.

After seeing such a scene, Yokoo said; "Whoosh Disnes!"

At this time, an officer in the back dragged Yokoo Daoyi into the command tower, and at the same time, dozens of glass bottles fell on the place where Yokoo Daoyi was standing just now. These bottles are filled with "Tianfu Cola!" "The bottle.

Because now this kind of bottle in the Chinese Empire is the best to find, although it is a little smaller, but it can only be used improvised!

The sailors of the Japanese Combined Fleet saw the airships in the sky and began to attack the two airships with weapons that they could use. But at this time, the airship immediately rose a lot higher because of the ammunition it carried.

Therefore, Japan's attack weapons can aim at light and heavy machine guns and other weapons of airships, because of the short effective range, they cannot hit airships at all. Other artillery fires that can inflict damage on airships are useless because the elevation angle is not enough.

After dropping all the shells, the two airships swung their huge butts and flew away towards the west.

At this time, the Japanese fleet began a difficult process of extinguishing the fire, but their real nightmare was just beginning.

About 20 ten minutes after the airship flew away, flags were waved at the same time on the lookouts of the Matsushima and Itsukushima, and the warships of the Chinese Empire appeared in the east and north at the same time!

Ito raised his binoculars and looked northeast, and the first thing that caught his eye was a red cyan naval battle flag, which was the flagship battle flag of the Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire. It was Ito Yuhiro who knew that he had underestimated the enemy.

The battleship that was now surrounded by him in the middle was not equipped with an airship, why didn't he find out at that time!

Could it be that this battleship is the naval flagship of the Chinese Empire?

When Ito saw clearly that it was not the Blue Dragon battleship, he felt hopeless again. The flagship of the Third Combined Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, the ironclad ship Zhenyuan commanded by Lin Zengtai, appeared in the telescope!

At this time, the voice of Omoto knew sounded in Ito's ears! One! Two ships! Three!

With the voice that Omoto knew, three ironclad ships appeared in Ito Youheng's eyes, and they came out of the Zhenyuan ironclad ship commanded by Lin Zengtai, as well as the Zhiyuan ironclad ship commanded by Sa Zhenbing and the Liyuan ironclad ship commanded by Ye Zugui.

But at this time, Ito Yuhiro did not stop when he heard the voice of the moto, four! Five! Six!

Ito Yoheung is furious! Yell; "Yaga! There are only three of them! ”

But when Ito Yuhyung looked at Omoto and knew, it turned out that Omoto knew that he was not looking in the northeast direction, but in the direction of due north. Ito raised the telescope at one point, and three more warships of the Chinese Empire appeared in the telescope.

These three warships formed a zigzag formation, and in front of them was also the flagship of the Thang Long period with a blue blue on the bottom of the red base, and the fleet was the second combined fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. Led by the flagship of the Second Combined Fleet, the Dingyuan ironclad ship commanded by Deng Shichang.

Behind are the Yiyuan ironclad commanded by Qiu Baoren and the Xinyuan ironclad commanded by Lin Luzhong.

At this time, Ito knew that the time for the final decisive battle was coming, so he ordered all the battleships to start formation, form a two-line column formation, and fight to the death with the navy of the Chinese Empire!

At this time, the warships of the two sides began to separate very tacitly, and each returned to his own team and began to arrange the battle formation.

The sound of shells on the sea gradually subsided, and the smoke was still burning. The two Japanese cruisers, the Meishin and the Daikanemaru, were already badly wounded, and while extinguishing the fire, they left the battlefield.

The Zhiyuan and the smallest tonnage Pingyuan were also seriously injured, and dragged the already tilted hull to the side of the battleship Xuanwu!

When the two ironclad ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan gathered on the two sides of the Xuanwu battleship, the two ships each lowered their flagship flags and raised the blue Shenglong battleship flag!

Because the battleship Xuanwu could no longer effectively participate in the battle, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan escorted on both sides of the battleship Xuanwu, and at the same time, the two ironclad ships protruded slightly forward.

The other battleships that had just arrived and the battleships that could continue to fight were lined up behind the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships, and the other battleships that could not fight were automatically lined up behind the Xuanwu battleship.

Behind the battleship Xuanwu were the cruiser Zhiyuan, the cruiser Pingyuan, and the ironclad ship Renyuan, which had been seriously injured and had been fighting for the longest time.

The first battleship to the left of the battleship Xuanwu was the Dingyuan ironclad ship with a displacement of 7,335 tons and commanded by Deng Shichang. The second battleship was the Renyuan ironclad ship with a displacement of 7,800 tons and commanded by Qiu Baoren. The third battleship was the 7,800-ton Xinyuan ironclad ship commanded by Lin Luzhong. The fourth battleship was the cruiser Jingyuan, with a displacement of 2,300 tons and commanded by Yu Jinqiang.

The first battleship to the right of the battleship Xuanwu was the 7,225-ton ironclad ship Zhenyuan commanded by Lin Zengtai. The second battleship was the Liyuan ironclad ship with a displacement of 7,800 tons and commanded by Ye Zugui. The third battleship was the 7,800-ton Zhiyuan ironclad ship commanded by Sa Zhenbing. The fourth battleship was the Jiyuan cruiser with a displacement of 2300 tons and commanded by Huang Ze.

While they were all in formation, the fires on the Japanese Matsushima and Itsukushima were also extinguished, but at this time, Ito found that the battleship Genmu had begun to lower the flagship flag and raise the blue Thoryu battleship flag.

Soon Ito understood why! Two more warships appeared in the eastern sea, and two warships appeared on the battlefield as if they were strolling.

Ito ordered the battleship Matsushima to lower the flagship flag!

Qinglong looked for the battleship and sounded the whistle, and the huge sound once again broke the unstable sea, and the navy of the Huaxia Empire began to cheer in all corners!

Commanded by Liu Buyun, who has been willing to be under Ding Ruchang all his life, the central flagship of the Chinese Empire, the Qinglong battleship with a displacement of 74,510 tons. led the Yongyuan ironclad ship with a displacement of 7,800 tons and commanded by Cheng Guangbi to the side of the Xuanwu!

At this time, the Japanese battleships all sounded their whistles!

At this point in the Huaxia Empire, almost all the main warships of the three main fleets of fourteen (ten that can fight) have all gathered here, and all the warships have also sounded their whistles. The battleship Qinglong raised the flag of attack. The three columns of the Chinese Empire rushed to the combined fleet of Japan!

Japan filmed two battle columns!

The Matsushima ironclad is the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, with a displacement of 4278 tons, and the captain of this battleship is Omoto Michi. The second battleship was the cruiser Shona, with a displacement of 3709 tons and commanded by Heihachiro Togo. The third was the cruiser Honshinsu with a displacement of 4,178 tons and commanded by Takahashi Prelude. The fourth battleship was the cruiser Honwa, with a displacement of 3150 tons and commanded by Wakuichiro Tanabe in Shimomura. The fifth battleship was the Daikanemaru cruiser (merchant ship reconstruction) with a displacement of 4,100 tons and under the command of Iichi Tamoto. The 6th Sou battleship was a cruiser with a displacement of 3,105 tons and commanded by Keikuro Kokatsu.

The Itsukushima ironclad ship has a displacement of 4,278 tons and is commanded by Yokoo Doritsu. The second battleship was the cruiser Fuso, with a displacement of 3777 tons and commanded by Arai Yusu. The third battleship was the 2,784-ton cruiser Hiei, commanded by Sakurai Norijo. The fourth battleship was the cruiser Saikyo Maru (merchant ship modification) with a displacement of 4,100 tons and commanded by Yuyuki Kano. The fifth battleship was the cruiser Sinsang, with a displacement of 3,709 tons, commanded by Higashiki Gundian. The 6th Sou battleship was a cruiser with a displacement of 3,150 tons and commanded by Yukiza Asano.

At this point, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the thirteen battleships, were lined up and attacked the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and in the Yellow Sea of the Chinese Empire, once again staged a naval battle in which "Japan's disobedient students rebelled against the teacher, and the teacher's family discipline was this disobedient student!" ”

The battleship Qinglong was the first to move, and the other battleships followed behind the battleship Qinglong, and the battleship Xuanwu and the attacking fleet broke away. The warships of the Chinese Empire in three columns were like three strings of arrows, shooting towards the entire Japanese fleet.

In front was a Japanese fleet of thirteen warships, and on the Huaxia side was a fleet of ten warships. Each team's ships accelerated, propeller-initiated waves streaked across the deep blue sea. When the columns of battleships meet on the sea, they look like five straight lines intersecting from the air.

At about 14:20 p.m. on April 7, the battleship Qinglong took the lead in firing at the Japanese ironclad ship Matsushima. Less than thirty seconds later, the Japanese Matsushima returned fire on the battleship Seiryu.

It's an official firefight above!