"Can you repair the number?" From the broken body of Ruojing, who was still smoking, Li He turned around and asked Yan Fu next to him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Yan Fu really didn't know how to answer this question, and only the maintenance engineer above could answer this question.

"I don't know, you can ask the maintenance technician later." Yan Fu spread his hands, and then looked at Ruojing, who was already tilted. added: "It shouldn't be a problem." ”

Is it really not a problem? The boiler of Ruojing was hit by a two-hundred-millimeter shell, and the side chords were torn apart from one to thirty meters long, and tons of seawater swarmed in. If it weren't for the fact that the Navy soldiers closed the quarantine warehouse in advance, I am afraid that Ruo Jing would have sunk to the bottom of the sea by now. Not even a piece of iron will be left.

Half an hour later, the maintenance personnel from the flagship finally came to the deck after being busy for a few hours, and when they saw these people on board, Li He immediately walked up: "How is it, can it be repaired?" ”

There were a total of 25 maintenance personnel who set off with them this time. And the leader is Zhang Yun, director of the Lushun Maintenance Institute.

Zhang Yun is fifty-six years old this year, and he can be regarded as one of the few people who watched the Beiyang Naval Division grow up, suffer setbacks and then rise, and treat warships like his own son. Meticulous.

It seemed that there was no hope, and seeing that Zhang Yun didn't speak for a long time, Li He was prepared for the worst in his heart.

"Yes is yes." Zhang Yun raised his head for a long time, looked at Li He, and then turned around and looked at Ruojing not far away: "But I suggest that Ruojing is not in maintenance, let her sink herself." Zhang Yun, who said this, his voice was already a little trembling, and a trace of tears began to flow from the corners of his eyes.

What's going on? Li He frowned, although he was the commander of the navy, he still didn't know how to maintain.

"With the cost and materials to repair the Ruojing, we can build a Ruojing." Zhang Yun said the ultimate reason heavily.

It seems that it can only sink itself. Heard Zhang Yun's words. Li He lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

Ruojing has been with Liaodong for so many years, and it is already an old-fashioned warship, even if it is in Germany, it has served for so long.

"Commander, look?" Yan Fu on the side saw that Li He didn't speak, so he stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"Dismantle all equipment and artillery, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, all personnel will be evacuated to Buchan, Shichang, and Zhenyuan, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, two torpedo cruisers, Feiying and Feiyun, will fire torpedoes at Ruojing." After saying this, Li He held the gauntlet next to him, he was reluctant to give such an order, but he had to give it. Taking a few deep breaths, Li He took a look: "In the order, the German detachment continues to want to shoot at the No. 3 battery, destroy the No. 3 battery, and then retreat, and wait for tomorrow to attack the No. 2 battery." "It's not good to be a teacher. After saying this, Li He thought depressedly in his heart.

Dismantling the equipment is nothing more than dismantling some of the important instruments on it, and as for the artillery, it is so heavy that it can only sink to the bottom of the sea with it.

At 2:55 p.m., the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division and the German warships that were moored outside the fire range of the shore defense batteries suddenly sounded their whistles together to say their final goodbyes to the Ruojing, which had made great contributions to both the German fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division.

Whining...... The whistle sounds. It spread to the entire surface of the sea.

At the same time as the whistle sounded. The two torpedo cruisers, the Feiyun and the Flying Eagle, slowly moved out of the array, and released two torpedoes from the east and north, about a hundred meters away from the Ruojing.

Boom....... Two earth-shattering explosions, the bow and the middle of the Ruojing, which had served in the Northeast Liaoning Naval Division for nearly seven years, were hit respectively, and the huge impact force lifted the body of Ruojing more than 5,000 tons upward, and then hit the sea surface heavily.

The Ruojing, which was already tilting, couldn't help but meditate on the inflow of the sea, and half an hour later, the last mast part of the Ruojing slowly disappeared into the sea, forming a huge whirlpool.

Whining...... Li He, who had been standing on the bridge watching all this, heard it very clearly, many people were crying, how could he not want to cry, this was the first armored cruiser to be sunk since he mastered the Beiyang Naval Division, he didn't know that in the future, how many ships he was familiar with would be lost in this battle, but this battle must be fought, and only by completely eliminating the threat of the combined fleet. The army on the coast will not be threatened by the time of landing, and in general, this battle will look at its own navy.

"Gunshot." Yan Fu, who had been standing behind him, saw that Ruojing was silent, and shouted loudly.

Boom Boom Boom ..... The main cannon of the Ruojing, which had already been loaded with shells, began to face the place where the Ruojing had fought. The No. 3 battery let out an earth-shattering roar.

Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ...... The cannonballs fired by the Hongzhang were the signals. Almost at the same time as the Hongzhang opened fire, the surrounding more than 30 warships violently pulled the tow rope and sent huge shells. The overwhelming smash was smashed towards the No. 3 battery, which had already been torn apart.

"Open Fire" Li He, who was standing on the bridge, bared his teeth and widened his eyes, pointing to the No. 3 battery in the distance where he had lost his troops. Signaled to continue firing.

With a clang, the sound of the cartridge casing exiting the gun chamber sounded again, and Li He on the bridge took a look at it, and returned to his command tower a little tired.

After a short break, Lee Ho unfolded the map around Sasebo.

From above, the No. 3 battery has been cleared, and the only remaining batteries are No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4.

Once the No. 2 battery is taken, then Cai Tinggan, who is in Tanegashima, can set off and wait for orders in the vicinity.

Yan Fu, who had been commanding outside, picked up his hat and returned to the command tower after ordering another salvo of three rounds, and as soon as he came in, he saw Li He standing in front of the map, constantly gesturing.

"Do you want Cai Tinggan to move?" Yan Fu took a look at it and knew Li He's plan, after all, if he only attacked with ships, there was no need for Li He to think about it for so long in the No. 2 battery.

Li He looked up at Yan Fu and nodded slightly, he really wanted Cai Tinggan to go out as soon as possible, after all, the combined fleet outside the port was really a huge threat to him, if he didn't get rid of it, it would not be smooth to attack the shore defense battery, and he would even lose a lot of ships.

The Northeast Liaoning Ocean Naval Division, just such a little bit of family background, can't be reimbursed here just because of a small combined fleet, these are all used to fight the British in the future.

"Yes, I'm going to use Cai Tinggan, and it's tomorrow." Speaking of this, Li He looked at Yan Fu: "The transport ship is going back today, let him tell Cai Tinggan." It's time to come over. ”