Chapter 216: The End of the Japanese Combined Fleet

Like guarding their own tower defenses, the two fleets walked opposite each other, without cowardice, without intrigues, without deception and concealment, and everyone met with such a frank encounter, and the moment the two warships met, they used all the weapons they could use. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Japanese fleet was badly wounded by three ships on the first turn. Two of these three warships were the Saikyo Maru and the Daikyo Maru, which were converted from merchant ships. The other one, which was already seriously damaged, was already seriously damaged.

At this time, Deng Shichang sent a flag message to the Japanese warship Ito Youheng, explaining that Lun had a personal friendship with our classmates, and that the two countries had diplomatic relations, a sea belt, and a neighbor for thousands of years. The Japanese fleet could have rescued the Japanese sailors who had fallen overboard first, and now the Japanese fleet could surrender!

But Ito Youheng didn't give Deng Shichang face at all, not only did he not give Deng Shichang face, but he also took special care of the Dingyuan ironclad ship during the second round of shooting. Two successive 305-mm howitzers hit the battleship Dingyuan.

Liu Buyun knew that Deng Shichang and Ito Youheng had both studied in Germany, and the two were still very familiar and good friends at that time, but now that things are different, the two of them can never go back to the past.

Liu Buyun ordered the Dingyuan ironclad ship not to contact the Songdao battleship without permission, and to concentrate on combat. At the same time, all warships were ordered to go all out to sink the Japanese warships as the root goal. And also published the flag to say; "There are not many shells left for these Japanese battleships!"

Now the matter in front of Ito Yuhyung is like this, because the current Japanese warships have been out of the military port for nearly two months, and in the past two months, they have almost reached their strategic goal, and there are still five hundred nautical miles ahead to return to the port of Incheon, but it is such a short distance.

These 500 nautical miles were the distance between life and death for the entire Japanese fleet, and the Matsushima and Itsukushima led the other warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet to rush towards the battleship Seiryu again. Outwardly, the battleship Blue Dragon had a total of three layers of batteries, and the top fourth layer was equipped with heavy machine guns.

Therefore, what can cause damage to the battleship is the lower three layers of batteries, and the battleship Qinglong has a total of four 305mm howitzer main turrets, two in the front and two in the rear, divided into two layers. The battleships Ito Yuhiro and Itsukushima gave up the entanglement with the Dingyuan and Jinwon, and they now concentrated their firepower on the battleship Seiryu.

In the second battle, the main guns of the Matsushima and Itsukushima concentrated their artillery forces to attack the main battery of the battleship Seiryu. But they underestimated the thickness of the armor of the battleship Qinglong.

The thickness of the base iron armor of the main turret is 180 cm, which is enough to bear the weight of more than 30 tons of the main gun, and the thickness of the protective deck of the main turret is 80-125 cm thick iron armor. The 305mm howitzers of the Matsushima and Itsukushima were not lucky enough to overturn the batteries of the battleship Seiryu.

However, the two battleships, the Zhenyuan ironclad and the Dingyuan ironclad, felt very angry about the rudeness of the Songdao, so in the second battle, they both used the largest caliber weapons, and fired 305 mm howitzers at the time of the meeting.

The Dingyuan hit the Matsushima ironclad, and the Zhenyuan also hit the Itsukushima ironclad with the flow to run. The other main battleships went up together, and the five battleships Yiyuan, Liyuan, Zhiyuan, Xinyuan, and Yongyuan were the same sister battleships as Renyuan.

This time, the ironclad ship Renyuan participated in the battle for the longest time, and also received the most blows, and when the whole ship was finally counted, it was hit by more than 1,000 large and small shells. Therefore, in order to avenge their brothers, the firepower of these five battleships was tilted towards the Japanese battleships.

After three rounds of firing, 50 minutes passed, and the time came to about 15:20 on 7 April, and there were only eight Japanese warships left that could fight. The battleships Saikyo Maru and Daikyo Maru have been completely sunk. The three battleships of Sulang, Xinsang, and Zhongsheng have been seriously tilted, and it is only a matter of time before they sink.

The Japanese battleships that were still able to stand still were divided into two columns, and the battleships that followed behind the Matsushima were Hiei, Honshinsu, and Kamoto. A column of four warships, among which the Ben Xinzhou and the Kaben also tilted, apparently caused by the fact that the hull had been flooded, after the isolation compartment was closed.

The Itsukushima ironclad ship was followed by the Honwa, Meishin, and Fuso. The second column consisted of four warships, and two of the Japanese warships had not yet extinguished the fire on the deck.

At this time, there were only eight warships left in the Huaxia Empire that were still fighting, and even though the hulls of the Zhiyuan and the Pingyuan were already only the propellers behind them, there was no way for the battleships to be dragged back to the port for repairs.

Therefore, the two battleships Jingyuan and Jiyuan broke away from the battle and came to the vicinity of these two battleships to rescue the naval soldiers and officers who had fallen into the water.

The Japanese warships did not send warships to rescue the sailors who fell overboard, and at this time the Japanese sailors showed a very strict and restrained attitude. Even though the entire battleship was almost about to sink, the Japanese sailors did not show any signs of panic, let alone any signs of panic, let alone a shouting gaffe.

On the contrary, these naval soldiers of the Chinese Empire were constantly waving their clothes, scrambling to board the lifeboats, and swimming desperately towards the Jingyuan and Jiyuan who came to the rescue. The whole rescue process was very chaotic and disorderly.

Although the battleship sank, the Chinese sailors did not lose many people. The lack of order of these sailors made the two captains, Yu Jinqiang and Huang Ze, have to go to the deck and use force to make these sailors be honest.

Xia Weishan and Ye Fusha, who were rescued in the end, arrived on the deck and watched their battleship slowly sink towards the bottom of the sea, the final destination of the battleship. Ye Fusha lit three cigarettes, and Huang Ze next to him thought that he was going to pay tribute to the Pingyuan that was about to sink!

Unexpectedly, Ye Fusha actually gave three cigarettes to the first mate and the third mate next to him. Then lean on the line and smoke a cigarette! When Huang Ze came to him, he found that the captain had fallen asleep.

The sailors of the Pingyuan, who were rescued from the sea, left their combat posts and relaxed all of a sudden, when sleepiness hit, and many of them just thought about where to take a break, but they fell asleep unconsciously.

The entire deck, where people could lie down, was full of sailors from the Chinese Empire.

Huang Ze and Yu Jinqiang ordered the warships to move closer to the two battleships, the Xuanwu and the Renyuan, and at this time, Cao Zhongshan saw the fourth confrontation between the navy and fleet of the Chinese Empire and the combined fleet of Japan.

The earth-shattering sound of artillery fire and the explosion of torpedo armor to the armor of battleships spread throughout the sea area. Cao Yat-sen gave an order; "Burn everything you can on board! Order the three battleships Renyuan, Jingyuan, and Jiyuan to escort the battleship Xuanwu out of here! ”

Then Moses spoke; "Commander! Where do we go? ”

Cao Zhongshan said; "Go to Lianyungang Port, where is there coal!"

Moses spoke; "Obey the general!"

The chimney of the battleship Xuanwu once again lit black smoke, and this time there was a very fragrant smell in the black smoke, because this time the kitchen was unlucky. The soybean oil in the three major oil drums was all removed by the bearded old man.

The old fellow seemed to have premeditated, the books in the captain's room, and all the seamen's quilts, even the rice and flour in the pantry. The moment Moses gave the order, what was like a raid began.

Thirty minutes later, the speed of the battleship Xuanwu actually reached ten knots!

The battleship Xuanwu withdrew from the battlefield with three ships, leaving behind eight more battleships. When the battleship Xuanwu left, the huge roar of the internal combustion engine woke up Ye Fusha, who was on the battleship Jiyuan.

Ye Fusha looked at his watch, the hands on it showed that the time was 15:41, and the two cruisers Pingyuan and Zhiyuan had completely sunk, leaving only two huge whirlpools still spinning on the water.

Ye Fusha's eyes were moist, maybe the sea breeze was too strong, maybe the flying salt particles splashed into his eyes, and tears still flowed out of his eyes. The sailors next to him were almost asleep, and Ye Fusha slowly squatted down, making a sound that could barely be heard whimpering and sobbing.

After the fourth duel of the Japanese fleet, the two main Japanese battleships were completely on fire, and they had been hit by several torpedoes, and the hulls were already crooked.

But none of these perverted Japanese battleships escaped from the battlefield, as long as the power was not completely lost, as long as the battleship did not completely sink to the bottom of the sea, as long as the batteries could still fire shells. They will fight until the last minute.

Liu Buyun admired this very much, and sent a signal to Ito Youheng for the first time, now that the Japanese combined fleet has surrendered, our combined fleet of the Chinese Empire can accept it. In the hands of the United Fleet of the Chinese Empire, you are not ashamed!

But Ito Youheng rejected Liu Buyun's advice, and he told Liu Buyun in flag language, "Death is death!" ”

At 15:55 on April 7, the second year of Guangming, the sea breeze in the Yellow Sea carried a strong salty smell into the noses and throats of all seafarers. The battle had been going on for two hours, and during that time, all the people had not drunk a sip of water, but they did not feel that they should drink a little water.

In addition to the battleships that followed the Matsushima, which were able to sail normally except for the Hiei, the two battleships of the Honshinsu and Kamoto had been tilted badly and had lost power. The Japanese sailors on the battleship again used various tools to start draining water, but it was all in vain.

The front chord of the cruiser Honwa, which was following behind the Honshima ironclad, had been warped, and the items on the foredeck were trying to slip off the rear end, and as the cruiser Honwa leaned more and more, the items on board were not slipping, but falling.

At this time, the Japanese crew on the battleship Honwa actually abandoned the ship, and they did all kinds of useless actions. There was no phenomenon at this time, could it be that the Japanese officers on the cruiser Benwa were all dead!

The other cruiser Mingxin was turned over, and his bottom was the first time he saw the sun. Many Japanese sailors fell overboard, and they were constantly looking for something to save their lives in the water.

At present, only four warships of the Japanese fleet can fight: Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hiei, and Fuso. The four Japanese warships were lined up in a square phalanx, facing off against Liu Buyun's fleet.

Liu Buyun looked at the fleet in front of him and felt an inexplicable sadness!

At this time, a staff officer came to Liu Buyun's back and said; "General! Marshal Li Hongzhang is in a hurry! ”

Liu Buyun didn't look back, but saw; "Read!"

The staff officer said; "Japan! At least three divisions of troops landed in Tianjin in Lushun, and Weihai was also attacked, so return quickly! ”

Liu Buyun was so clever that he was almost about to jump up from the ground, snatched the telegram and looked eagerly, this is really the kind of news on it.

Liu Buyun slapped the telegram on the dashboard fiercely, and then said; "What a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain! Little Japan is really enough for the next book! Use the entire Japanese fleet as bait, good! Good! All right!

Herald! Sink all the Japanese battleships, and we are now beginning to not accept surrender. End the battle here now and return to the headquarters! ”

Be!

The battle order was transmitted to all the battleships, and at the same time the headquarters and the Tianjin Guard were attacked by the Japanese army.

This time, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire formed a V-shaped offensive formation and launched a joint encirclement of the Japanese fleet, and seeing the formation of the Chinese Empire's navy, Ito Yuheng knew that the last moment had come!

Ito turned around, looked at all the officers, and shouted loudly; "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

All the officers shouted along; "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

Just shouting in the combat command room, Ito Yuhiro felt that it was not enough, he came to the deck of the second floor of the battleship Matsushima and took the lead in shouting; "Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! ”

On the remaining four Japanese warships, slogans were heard one after another!

At about 18 minutes on April 7, 1895, the Japanese Combined Fleet conducted the last charge battle against the Combined Naval Fleet of the Chinese Empire.

This time, the main guns of the battleship Qinglong, the main flagship of the Chinese Empire's navy, fired four 305-mm grenades at the Songdao ironclad, and the huge explosion caused the ironclad on the port side of the Songdao ironclad, which was already seriously injured, to be torn apart.

Seawater poured into the hull of the Matsushima ironclad, and at 16:25, the Matsushima ironclad gave up the rescue, Omoto knew that he ordered to abandon the ship, and the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, committed suicide before the Matsushima sank!

Itsukushima was attacked by the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, and it was not able to escape the fate of sinking. After overriding the 305mm howitzer attack of the Zhenyuan, Yokoo wanted to speed away from the battlefield, but was concentrated by the two main guns fired by the Dingyuan in succession.

At about 16:40, the Itsukushima completely lost power. Deng Shichang, the commander of the Dingyuan, hoped that Omoto Daoyi, an old classmate, would surrender. But the Zhiyuan, which caught up from behind, did not give Itsukushima a chance at all.

The commander of the Zhiyuan, Sa Zhenbing, graduated from the Fujian Academy and belonged to the local faction. He didn't have any friendship with this Omoto Daoyoshi, and fired two 305-mm main gun howitzers at Itsukushima in a row!

At 16 55 minutes, the Itsukushima abandoned ship. At 17:14, the ironclad ship Itsukushima sank in the Yellow Sea of the Chinese Empire!

At 16:33, the Japanese cruiser Hiei sank!

At 17:33, the cruiser Fusang, which had escaped the interception of the Yongyuan, was hit by a torpedo fired by the ironclad ship Liyuan commanded by Ye Zugui. The commander of the cruiser Fuso, Arai has for seppuku to cut himself!

At this point, the entire Japanese Combined Fleet was sunk in the Yellow Sea of the Chinese Empire, which was a special sea area, and the entire Japanese navy that had been painstakingly built for more than 30 years was almost completely wiped out. Looking at the Japanese sailors who were still fluttering in the sea.

The chief mate of the Dingyuan looked at Deng Shichang and asked; "General! Are we going to just talk about these Japanese! ”

Deng Shichang was putting down his beret, his hair had grown two fingers long, and because he had worn the hat for a long time, a deep mark had been pressed on his hair! He closed his eyes and rubbed his tired cheeks twice; "It's getting dark!"

At this time, the telegram was sent again, and Li Hongzhang was urging the fleet to return immediately!

At the same time, Ding Ruchang also sent a telegram to a warship, and the Naha officer was also attacked by the Japanese army, and immediately returned to help!

Liu Buyun immediately ordered, and Lin Zengtai led the Third Fleet back to Naha to support. Liu Buyun led the First Fleet and Deng Shichang's Second Fleet to return to the Bohai Sea to support immediately!

As the sun cast its last rays in the sky, the Imperial Chinese Navy split into two teams and headed for their respective destinations, leaving behind a mess in the Yellow Sea and the sailors of the Japanese Navy desperately trying to get a floating board.