The battleship is still very solid, and it takes a lot of effort to sink it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was the case with the two Hanoi-class battleships, which represented the last dignity of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and Ito was determined to take out at least one of the main battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy before it was shattered.

Otherwise, the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy would have been wiped out without sinking a single enemy ship, which would have made the whole world laugh.

However, the ideal is full, and the reality is cruel.

The two ships, the Hanoi and the Settsu, held their thick black smoke tails and charged towards the battleship Fury.

When they were about 20 kilometers away, Ito ordered a salvo of the main guns.

The fifteen-foot American-made naval guns are very powerful, and in normal times, the Fury will be afraid of three points.

But at this moment, on the rage, Li Weijun was not afraid at all.

From the moment when Li Weiguo ordered the use of smoke bombs to create sea fog and "stealth" for the fleet, it also gave Li Weijun a new idea of naval warfare.

"Release the smoke bomb!"

At the sound of an order, smoke bombs loaded into gasoline drums were ejected from several sets of deep-water egg-smashing catapults from the stern of the four antisubmarine destroyers, and they landed on the surface of the sea, quickly starting to fog up.

In the blink of an eye, a smoke barrier rose from the port side of the battleship Fury.

This smoke barrier not only cut off the firing sight of the Japanese ships Hanoi and Settsu II, but also cut off the firing sight of the main guns of the Fury.

However, the 12 406 mm guns of the Fury were raised one after another, and the shells were loaded.

"Azimuth 170, distance 19,800 meters, elevation angle 20!"

"Two rounds of rapid fire ready!"

"Ready—"

"Fire!"

Knock knock......

The 12 406-mm guns of the Fury fired a salvo, and the huge muzzle of the guns instantly spewed out dozens of meters of gunsmoke, and one shell after another shot out of the smoke barrier, whistling and flying into the sky.

Similarly, the battleship Fury was doing the same thing as the Fury at the same time.

The fire salvo of 12 406 mm main guns, even if the Japanese ship in sight has been blocked by the smoke barrier that has just risen, it still does not affect the firing of the gun.

It turned out that there were still several seaplanes of the Imperial Chinese Navy circling in the sky, and it was they who reported the position of the Japanese ships Hanoi and Settsu to their own fleet, guided their own fleet to concentrate fire, observed the position of the projectile impact point from the air, calculated the error and the amount of advance, and fed back to their own fleet, so that when their fleet fired a salvo of fire the next time, it would be more accurate and have a greater hit rate.

This is a condition that the Japanese Navy does not have, and they are destined to be beaten.

Hearing the dense whistling, Ito looked up at the sky, and in just a dozen seconds, a cannonball hit the battleship Kawachi and the battleship Settsu accurately.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Huge and fiery mushroom clouds rose into the sky, and the Kawachi and Settsu were shot one after another.

The 1.2-ton armor-piercing blasting shells instantly pierced the horizontal armor protection of the strongest battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy and exploded inside the hull.

In an instant, the battleship shook violently, like a twelve-magnitude earthquake.

Ito Yuhiro flew up in an instant, and then fell down again in an instant, and smashed on the floor, suddenly confused, I don't know if he was stunned or stupid.

One word has been muttering in his mouth - Bakana! (Impossible)

Bakana!!

Bakana!!!

Ito shouted frantically, he couldn't believe this fact.

Why is it that the line of sight is also blocked by smoke, and the target cannot be seen at all, but the opponent still accurately shoots dense shells on his own battleship.

It's not scientific!

Bakana!

Ito got up and shouted again.

Poof......

Boom ......

Ito Yuhiro vomited three liters of blood and threw his head up, so he became the first naval commander in the history of human naval warfare to be to death, and he went down in history with glory.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Explosions continued on two Japanese ships, the Hanoi and the Settsu.

This steel giant ship with a displacement of nearly 40,000 tons represents the last glory of the Great Japanese Empire.

The second ship was built very strongly, and the Japanese Navy sacrificed speed for this, and more displacement was given to armor protection.

Although the second ship was hit by at least a dozen 16-inch shells, the entire superstructure was blown to pieces, and there were many shocking huge black holes on the side of the hull, billowing black smoke, it still did not sink.

In a way, this was the pride of the Japanese Navy, because so far no battleship in the world had been able to withstand such a fierce attack from the Fury-class battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

However, this was also the sorrow of the Japanese soldiers on the two Japanese ships.

It was precisely because the two Japanese ships were so sturdy, strong enough to withstand more 16-inch shells, that the Japanese troops on the two Japanese ships were constantly ravaged, ravaged to the point of vomiting blood, and being ravaged to the point of falling to their knees and crying.

A Japanese soldier with broken legs crawled on the deck, he couldn't survive, but he couldn't die for a while. He wished that a cannonball would kill him and save him from suffering.

In the front main gun turret, several Japanese soldiers were even more pressing, they wanted to fire back, but unfortunately the shells ran out.

This time I went to Edo Bay to participate in the parade, but the fleet did not carry ammunition supplies, and the shells were already very expensive and could not be used, so the daily reserves were also small, and the shells were quickly exhausted.

So, several Japanese soldiers rushed out of the turret and fired into the distance with rifles.

It's a pity that the bullet didn't fly that far.

The next moment, a cannonball blasted over, instantly blowing up several of them to the point that only bones remained.

As the Japanese counterattack became weaker and weaker, Li Weijun also removed the smoke barrier, joined up with Deng Shichang's fleet, and surrounded the Japanese navy on all sides.

At this time, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, except for the two ships Hanoi and Settsu, the other Japanese ships were either sunk or sinking, and one by one they were beaten like turkeys and had already lost their combat effectiveness.

The destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy quickly approached, released Fish Radium, and sank the Japanese ships that had lost their combat effectiveness.

At 1:45 p.m., the sea breeze stopped, and the billowing black smoke from the Japanese ships enveloped the entire battlefield in the blink of an eye, obscuring the sky and the sun.

The Settsu couldn't run, and it seemed that the power system had malfunctioned and stopped at the sea.

The Hanoi is still moving slowly, but not fast, with less than 3 knots left.

The two destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy carefully avoided the main guns of the two Japanese ships, and approached and fired Fish Radium.

Boom!

With a few loud noises, the battleship Hanoi and the battleship Settsu were attacked by fish and radium one after another, and several large black holes were blown up near the waterline of the hull.

Ten minutes later, with the sinking of two 40,000-ton Japanese battleships into the sea, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was completely destroyed.

This is the third time that the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has been wiped out by the Imperial Chinese Navy.

As for the Japanese sailors who fell into the water, Li Weijun issued an order to kill, because he could feel Li Weiguo's hatred for the Japanese, so he showed no mercy to these Japanese sailors.

On the mainmast tower of the Fury, Li Weiguo's mind also calmed down with the sinking of the last Japanese ship.

Won the victory in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle and completely annihilated the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Coming down from the tower, Li Weiguo was extremely relaxed and happy.

"Your Majesty, the Japanese Combined Fleet has been wiped out by us, how the fleet should act next, please advise Your Majesty!"

Li Weijun came to ask Li Weiguo for instructions, but he did not get carried away because of the destruction of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

"You are the commander of the fleet, you decide the next military operation!"

Li Weiguo did not have the idea of overriding the command of Li Weijun's fleet, and it was a taboo for soldiers to skip the command, and it was not a good thing for the country or the people.

Li Weijun then said: "Thank Your Majesty for your trust, and the minister suggests that you immediately return to Pearl Harbor and prepare for a decisive battle with the main force of the American Navy!" ”

Li Weiguo said: "After the US Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, it should return to San Diego for supplies, it is estimated that it can meet Lin Jiyun's fleet, send a report to Lin Jiyun, and ask him to be careful, if he can't do it, stop the sneak attack on San Diego, and after the fleets converge, they will find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle." ”

"Your Majesty is thoughtful!" Li Weijun said: "The minister will lead the fleet to reinforce, but the minister will send His Majesty back to Beijing first." ”

Li Weiguo said: "It's been so long, I should really go back to Beijing, otherwise it is estimated that there will be a ruckus over there!" Just go ahead and give me a destroyer!" ”

Li Weijun wanted to send a battleship to Li Weiguo, but Li Weiguo refused, the battleship was still used on the blade, and the next decisive battle with the American Navy would affect the situation in the entire Pacific theater, and even the situation of the entire world war.

As for the way back to Beijing, the Japanese Combined Fleet was completely wiped out, and there was no longer a threat.

What's more, who would have thought that Li Weiguo would return home on a destroyer, so there were almost no problems with security.

There were priorities, but Li Weijun did not insist, so according to Li Weiguo's wishes, he sent a destroyer to escort him back to China.

As a result, Li Weiguo left on the destroyer Tiger Heron, while Li Weijun led the remaining capital ships of the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor to replenish ammunition and then pick up Lin Jiyun.

At the same time, the news that the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was attacked by the main forces of the Chinese Imperial Navy also spread all over the world.

Although this is not the result that Li Weiguo wants, he hopes that the news will be blocked for a few more days.

But after all, the war was starting off the coast of Japan, and before the battle, Ito had already sent a communication ship to the nearby Kumano Prefecture of Japan to release the news.

With the end of the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Japanese submarines near Kumano Prefecture also saw the battle and quickly transmitted the news of the total destruction of the Combined Fleet back to the Edo Imperial Palace.

Knowing that the emperor received the news of the total annihilation of the Japanese Combined Fleet, he immediately vomited blood and fainted.

The Japanese cabinet was in chaos, and the military repeatedly confirmed the news, and even sent Kumano offshore patrol ships to the area where the accident occurred, and what they finally saw was a piece of wreckage and the corpses of countless Japanese soldiers.

After learning that the news was true, the Japanese military fell silent en masse.

Hirobumi Ito became a centenarian in seconds, bleached his temples, but had to convene an emergency meeting of the cabinet.

"In this battle, the combined fleet of our Imperial Japanese Navy was completely annihilated, from Vice Admiral Ito to Yuheng down, 31,000 orders and 72 people were all loyal to the emperor, and we have not yet received news of survivors, but we will not give up the search and rescue, and have sent more than 20 patrol ships to search in the warring waters."

"According to the Admiralty, the capital ships of the Combined Fleet were all destroyed, of which ten battleships were lost, namely Kawachi, Settsu, Shikishima, Asahi, Hatsuse, Mikasa, Katori, Kashima, Satsuma, and Yaku; The loss of six battle cruisers, Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima, Kurama, Ibuki, 12 armored cruisers, Tsukuba, Asama, Tokiwa, Yakumo, Bante, Izumo, Iwami, Hizen, Tango, Iki, Shubo, Sagami, etc., another fleet of 12 frigates, 8 submarines, 12 Oni Ray, 400,000 tons of total tonnage, only the communication ship Yaeyama and four submarines survived. ”

At the end of the report, the entire cabinet fell silent, and everyone was in deep mourning.

However, after two minutes, some Japanese officials suddenly began to scold.

"The Navy is a bunch of rubbish!"

"A bunch of bastards, all the battleships that the empire has worked so hard to accumulate have been destroyed!"

"That's the money saved by the empire tightening its belts for more than ten years! It's all gone in just two hours! ”

"His Majesty the Emperor is frugal, and now he has fed the dogs!"

"Damn Ito Yuhyung, it's hard to apologize even if he dies, kill his entire family, and pay tribute to the undead of the empire!"

……

"Enough! You bastards, do you still think that the empire is not chaotic now? ”

After Ito Hirobumi became angry, the conference room suddenly fell silent.

"Yoshiichi Tanaka, immediately send a telegram to the United States, telling them that they did not destroy the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and it was precisely because of their stupidity that our combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was attacked by the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy and was completely annihilated."

Yoshiichi Tanaka hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, I will convey it immediately!" However, now is not the time to blame the United States, and we must cancel the original plan of attack on the mainland of the Chinese Empire and immediately change it to a comprehensive defense plan. ”

Originally, after receiving the news of the US Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese cabinet unanimously agreed that the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy had been wiped out by the American Navy.

Therefore, the Japanese military planned to take advantage of the destruction of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy to launch a full-scale war against China, attack the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, and Sakhalin Island, attack the mainland in three directions, and attack the mainland in one go, so as to realize the mainland dream of the Great Japanese Empire for thousands of years.

If the Imperial Chinese Navy is really completely wiped out, then the plan formulated by the Japanese military may indeed become a reality, at least without the support of the naval forces, it will be difficult for the Imperial Chinese Army to resist the flanking attack of the Japanese Navy and Army in the direction of the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, and Sakhalin Island, and it will be a matter of time before it is lost.

However, the situation is now the opposite, and the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy was not only not destroyed, but also successfully attacked and annihilated the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Japanese military's previous operational plans had to be canceled, because those plans were based on the existence of the Combined Fleet.

Now, the Japanese military must guard against the Chinese Empire's attack on the Japanese mainland from the sea, and the army not only cannot attack, but needs to defend with all its might.

"To be exact, it was passively beaten!"

Yamamoto Gonbei said with a bitter face: "Right now, we have lost our navy, and the major coastal cities are directly exposed to the attack of the Chinese Imperial Navy, so we must immediately evacuate the population and industrial equipment of the coastal cities, and it will be destroyed in one fell swoop!" ”

Hirobumi Ito nodded and said, "You're right!" Immediately telegraphed to all coastal towns to defend their mansions and prepare for defense and retreat! ”

He glanced at Yoshiichi Tanaka and said, "As for the American side, you can do it!" We need military assistance from the best of America's capabilities! ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka said: "The American Navy also has an Asian fleet in Yokosuka, which can be temporarily used for the defense of the Empire's coastal waters, and I will find a way to win it over!" ”

Just when everyone in Japan was panicking, news of the collapse of the Combined Fleet reached the United States.

Fack!

When Roosevelt saw this, he cursed and fainted to the ground. (To be continued.) )