Jiaozhou Bay, once was the home port of the Beiyang Fleet in the late Qing Dynasty, the same naval battles and artillery sounds, almost 20 years ago, also appeared, when the Qing and Beiyang Fleet, was completely defeated, the Beiyang Naval Division, which was in the forefront of the world's tonnage, was broken in the Dadonggou battle, and actually did not dare to go to sea to fight, when the Japanese army outflanked the harbor, many warships were actually captured, some of which also participated in the Russo-Japanese War in 1906.

In this battle, the Japanese Combined Fleet sent all cutting-edge warships, and there were no captured warships during the First Sino-Japanese War, which made the Navy's idea of retaliating a tooth for a tooth frustrated, especially Fang Wenshan, the orphans of Beiyang, were even more regretful, once the pride of Beiyang, Zhenyuan was captured by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, and participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the Russo-Japanese War. Participated in the Battle of Tsushima from May 27 to May 28, 1905. On April 1, 1911, it was decommissioned and converted into a target ship. It was sold the following year and dismantled as scrap iron. The proceeds from the sale were used to build the auditorium of the Etajima Naval Academy. Some parts such as anchors, anchor chains, and cannonballs were moved to Ueno Park in Tokyo for display.

These are deep wounds in Beiyang's heart, almost 20 years, and now there is finally a chance, and there is an enemy with one arrow, submarines cannot capture Japanese warships like surface ships, but what they can do is to leave the Japanese fleet as much as possible.

On the sea of Qingdao, smoke billowed again, and the sunken Japanese ships that caught fire, the Japanese ships that kept fleeing, and the submarines that kept chasing underwater, this was a road flowing with blood, and the Japanese Combined Fleet, which had already lost a large number of capital ships, faced a submarine force like a wolf and a tiger. It is also possible to leave quickly with the help of the speed. They hesitated to rescue the landers in less than 20 minutes. Leaving them with their last chance, the airship set its sights on the remaining ships, and under the command of the radio, they had no chance to escape, and the entire Japanese fleet embarked on the road of no return, no matter which direction he went, no matter where they fled, they were eventually caught up by the submarine forces one by one, and died one after another.

Qingdao Port. After receiving the main force that defeated the combined fleet and a large number of fleets were sunk, 3 sea-class light cruisers, 6 destroyers and 12 mine-strike boats, which had been prepared for a long time, left the port of Qingdao, they are currently the only force of the Chinese Navy, and before the Battle of Qingdao, they may not even be able to hurt the skin of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but now. The Japanese army was defeated and fled, and the British and French navies had retreated in the direction of Shanghai, and only those left were left in the entire Yellow Sea. Half-crippled more than a dozen warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, almost all of which were of more than 4,000 tons were sunk, and most of the rest were wounded. Flee in a hurry.

Cheng Biguang stood excitedly at the bow of the boat, at his feet. It was familiar to him, the cruiser Haiqi. This battleship, which has been completely outdated in the world, will make his roar today, although it is said that in the Qingdao shipyard not far away, the battleships built for him are being built at an accelerated pace, but with the fantasy class and the use of the Haiqi, it is completely two concepts, he will use the Haiqi that once belonged to the Beiyang to avenge his former comrade-in-arms Paoze, and after that, it is to open a new chapter.

The strength of the northwest lies in the engine, the power of the Haiqi, maybe ten years ago, it was still good, but in this era of getting faster and faster, he has fallen behind, in order to keep up with the shape of the Haiqi, a large-scale modification of the Haiqi has been carried out, the biggest operation is the power system, although based on the previous design, it is impossible to make the power of the Haiqi too amazing, but it also makes the speed of the Haiqi, from the maximum speed of 24 knots at the time of design, It was raised to 25.6 knots, and the rest of the Japanese combined fleet at this time, most of them were wounded, and in order to take care of the larger injured ships, their overall average speed was only a little more than 17 knots.

The speed of 5 knots is a grade, just like a battleship of about 22 knots and a battle patrol of about 27 knots, not to mention seven or eight knots, Sankai leads destroyers and mine strike boats, all of which are extremely fast, passing through the sea in an oblique plane, listening to the command of the airship, the battleship that is chased by the flight, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the airship, and even the airship above occasionally falls, attacking these battleships to slow them down, what small bombs, grenades and other small things, dropped from hundreds of meters in the air, It has little effect on the battleship itself, but it can make them evade and lose speed. With one increase and one decrease, the navy led by the Haiqi still caught up with the remnants of the combined fleet.

Yamaya sat in the cabin in a daze, this is a cruiser of the Combined Fleet, Kasuga, when the King Kong was torpedoed, he was already desperate, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is, to sink into the water with the King Kong, but his staff, his subordinates, did not allow him to do this, yes, if the Yamaya others did this, it would be a decisive death, no matter how big a mistake he made, he could be partially forgiven, then the responsibility for the defeat of this war would fall on them, Unless they also jade crush together.

The ants are still stealing life, not to mention people, the navy is a technical branch, the cultural literacy of the officers is high, and they are affected by the spirit of bushido, and they are a little smaller, so they don't want to die, so they can talk about it, and even forcibly get the others in the mountain house here and leave them in the cabin to fend for themselves.

"Commander! Commander! With a hurried voice, one of his subordinates ran to the front of the others in the mountain house, and said breathlessly: "The northwest warship is here!" ”

"Northwest warship!" Originally, there was no focal distance, but a look suddenly appeared on the faces of the other people in the mountain house, and they said loudly: "Where are they!" ”

Returned to the command tower, but this is only a cruiser, not too high, the others in the mountain house looked at the officers in the command tower, most of the generals escaped, except for the captain of the Satsuma who was directly sunk, he nodded slightly, and then picked up the binoculars.

On the road back to Japan, more than a dozen battleships lined up, China's ships, has always been the focus of the Japanese Navy's attention, the three seas have all arrived, and there are a few destroyers, in exchange for yesterday, he will excitedly order his warships to shoot freely, and send these battleships into the depths of the sea one by one, showing the courage and courage of their Japanese Navy, but now, even the better Kasuga cruiser under its feet has lost half of its batteries and at least 5 knots of speed, and the maximum speed is only 15 knots, Facing the three seas, which are also light cruisers, how to fight!

"We have a few ships now!"

The subordinates introduced that in order to escape the lock pursuit of the submarine, they chose the method of dispersion, and at present, there is only another 6,500-ton cruiser, two light cruisers of about 3,000 tons, and four destroyers.

The other person in the mountain house sighed and said, "Leave the Kasuga behind, and leave two more destroyers, and I'll go and entangle each other, and you can ask for more blessings!" ”

On the opposite side, in the Haiqi, Cheng Biguang looked at the battleship that came out of the crowd, and felt a slight feeling in his heart, 18 years ago, whether it was Dadonggou or the last battle, Beiyang encountered, I am afraid it was the same scene, the strong man broke his wrist and used his own sacrifice to protect the other fleets, 3 ships came, if it was Sanhai before the transformation, he could indeed be dragged by him, but unfortunately the current Sanhai is no longer the original Sanhai.

The radio signal was transmitted from the Haiqi to the other warships, and only the Haiqi and the two destroyers came out of the crowd, but it was slightly different from the other party, the Haiqi was in the front, and the two destroyers were obviously pressing in the back.

Just transferred the other officers out, and went into battle lightly in the mountain house, seeing the action on the opposite side, he sneered, and said: "Although I am at the end of the road, I am also a cruiser equipped with a 254 mm battery under my feet, and the displacement of 3000 tons is not a joke, let me meet it!" ”

The confidence of Yamaya others lies in the fact that the Kasuga is much more advanced than the Kaiqi, one was purchased in 1896, and the other was purchased in 1902, with a gap of 6 years, the battleship does not know how advanced it is, and the most important thing is the tonnage difference of 3000 tons, for the battleship, maybe 3000 tons is nothing, in the case of a huge base, it will be saved casually, super dreadnought class, not to mention the difference of 3000 tons, even if it is 5000 tons, it doesn't matter. However, for cruisers under 8,000 tons, 3,000 tons, this is almost a difference between several batteries, absolute protection, although it is not as good as the difference between armored cruisers and light cruisers, and by the standards of later generations, it is also a difference between light and heavy, and it is almost impossible to reverse this disadvantage in a one-on-one situation.

Watching the Kasuga come out of the crowd, Cheng Biguang was also sneering, if it was the previous Haiqi, facing even the half-crippled Kasuga, unless the other party had lost resistance, it would be really not easy to deal with, as far as the protection and naval guns of the Kasuga were a notch higher than the Haiqi, but now, after several modern modifications, in addition to power, the biggest modification is the weapon system, or the twin 203 artillery, but after the modernization of the northwest, the rate of fire can already reach 6 times a minute, The accuracy and armor-piercing ability have also been greatly enhanced, and the most important thing is that the armor used by the Haiqi is the same as the armor used by the Fantasy class, and the key parts are almost comparable to a former dreadnought.

Both sides are full of confidence, two warships with a difference of 3,000 tons, just like two strong fighters, both rushed towards each other, both have full confidence in themselves, Yamaya others rely on the advanced and tonnage of the Kasuga, but the Haiqi relies on the northwest to turn decay into a miraculous effect, the development of materials and power, so that the eyes of the northwest are always focused on the world-class, Japan before the First World War, from the world-class, there is an unreachable distance, and today, It's time for them to fully understand this. (To be continued......)