"The Japanese probably never imagined that we would still have such a new weapon." Tang Qianming said with a smile.

"That Yang Zhen Guard can be regarded as a person with a heart." Li Dingxin said, "Submarines are actually not a new thing, but we, the old men of the navy, have never thought of this method." And he, Yang Shuoming, not only thought of it, but also turned them into reality. ”

"Look at his young age, although he said that he had studied in Japan, it was impossible to know so much." Tang Qianming said, "I really don't know where he learned these things." ”

"There are some things that you can't learn by learning." Li Dingxin said, "And the mine, it's also a pretty unbelievable thing." ”

"Did you notice those current maps he sent?" Tang Qianming remembered the thick stack of drawings, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with surprise again, "Think about it, how can he have such a thing as a layman who has never read the navy?" ”

"I don't understand it at all." Li Dingxin shook his head, "However, this method of using the sea current to lay mines to attack enemy ships is very reasonable, and it is indeed worth trying." ”

"If there is a real fight, it is better that the Japanese ships can come more often, so that we can have more fun." Tang Xiangming cupped his eyes and said with a smile.

As soon as Tang Qianming's words fell, gusts of wind suddenly blew on the sea, and the sea fog began to dissipate little by little, although the sky still looked gloomy, but the sea surface quickly became clear.

"Look over there!" An officer suddenly pointed into the distance and exclaimed, "That's ...... Enemy! ”

Li Dingxin and Tang Qianming followed the prestige, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

There were a few small black dots on the surface of the sea, but with a faint plume of smoke, and they seemed to be growing in size at a rapid pace.

The piercing siren sounded immediately, Li Dingxin and Tang Qianming turned around and left the fort quickly, and came to a command post, where he stood in front of the observation window, raised his binoculars, and carefully observed the situation on the sea.

The outline of the Japanese ship on the sea soon became clear, and Li Dingxin couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the behemoths that gradually appeared.

"The Japanese really sent the big guys." Tang Qianming said, "They came really fast!" He turned his head and asked helplessly, "Is it too late to arrange that kind of drifting thunder now?" ”

"You can only rely on artillery and those mines, and then torpedo boats." There was a hint of sadness in Li Dingxin's words, "I can't count on anything else." ”

"Yes, just these cannons can't withstand it at all." Tang Qianming smiled bitterly and said.

After the devastating "Gengzi National Change", China was forced to sign the "Xinchou Treaty" with the great powers, which humiliated the country, and under the persecution of the foreign powers, the Dagukou Fort, which had caused heavy casualties to the Eight-Nation Alliance, was demolished. The gateway to Beijing has since opened. After the establishment of the Republic of China, although the defense of Dagukou was strengthened, it was still not enough to prevent a large-scale attack by the enemy.

Li Dingxin looked at the Japanese battleship that drove over unscrupulously, and his eyes were almost spewing fire.

At this time, on the bridge of the Japanese battleship "Settsu", Vice Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, commander of the Japanese First Fleet, was holding a telescope and was observing the Chinese batteries and various fortifications on the shore.

"The batteries of the people of China are all rubbish." Staff officer Koizumi sneered on the side, "Such a fortification, under our powerful naval artillery fire, will not take more than ten minutes, and there will be nothing left." ”

"Yes! If the stupid guys of the army were willing, they would be able to hit the city of Tianjin today. Another staff officer, Nishimura, also said.

"I don't understand why the government has so many concerns about this." Koizumi continued, "The empire is now in a state of war with China, and we can choose our offensive targets at will, so why should we listen to the British and Americans? ”

"The government is afraid of causing collective interference from European and American powers, after all, Tianjin has many national concessions." Nishimura said, "Have you forgotten the history of the Sino-Japanese War?" We could have occupied the Liaodong Peninsula at that time, but the government did not expect that Russia, Germany, and France would unite to intervene, and as a result, we were forced to spit out most of the fruits of victory and return the Liaodong Peninsula to China. This time, the government is worried that the same thing will happen. ”,

"This time the government gave us the task of destroying the Chinese fortifications, showing them our great strength, and forcing the Yuan Shikai government to surrender." Koizumi said with some dissatisfaction, "This is simply a waste of our shells." ”

"Concentrate your energy!" Listening to some chatter from his subordinates, Yuzaburo Kato said with some annoyance. Listening to the commander's reprimand, Koizumi and Nishimura closed their mouths and began to fulfill their duties wholeheartedly.

On the orders of Yuzaburo Kato, the Japanese fleet began to form attack arrays, ready to fire a salvo to the shore.

The main forces participating in the task of shelling the fortifications of the Chinese army at the mouth of Dagu were the four battleships of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy, "Settsu", "Hanoi", "Yasui" and "Satsuma". At this time, the four giant ships slowly moved their huge bodies, lined up in a long battle line, and the huge 305 mm and 254 mm twin turrets were slowly turning, pointing to the shore inexorably.

Seeing this incomparably spectacular scene, Yuzaburo Kato couldn't help but feel the same emotion as his subordinates, "killing chickens with a knife".

Like the four steel beasts he commanded, the vast ocean is their real fighting casino, and using these precious warships to knock out the Chinese's pitiful artillery batteries is indeed a waste to some extent.

The searchlights on the shore suddenly turned on, accompanied by bursts of sirens, only a few muffled thunderous loud noises were heard, and red lights flashed in the gray sky on the shore, and then there was a piercing sound of cannonballs breaking through the air in the sky, and a huge column of water rose on the sea not far from the "Settsu".

The Chinese coastal artillery first fired at the Japanese ships.

Seeing the high waves raised by the distant miss, Koizumi was about to say a few words mocking the Chinese, when a near-missable bomb flew like a meteor, landed on the sea surface quite close to the "Settsu" and exploded, stirring up a high column of water, and the waves splashed onto the bridge, drenching the Japanese naval officers and men on the bridge from head to toe.

"They're so accurate!" Nishimura couldn't help but praise the Chinese gunner.

"Damn Shina bastard! I'm going to give you a taste of what we're all about! Koizumi, who had also been doused with a chicken in the soup, shook his fist at the shore and shouted.

As if to cooperate with Koizumi's words, just as Koizumi's words fell, the main gun of the "Settsu" just began to fire a salvo, watching the huge barrel spit out long tongues of fire, followed by a large ball of flames rising from the shore, ignoring the disgusting feeling caused by the vibration of the air during the shelling, Koizumi and many officers and sailors all cheered.

The officers and men of the Japanese Navy did have reason to be excited, and this should be the first time since the end of the Battle of Tsushima that the Japanese Navy had assembled such a powerful fleet to carry out artillery bombardment.

After the battlefleet opened fire, the Japanese cruisers and destroyers on the escort also opened fire, and for a time the shore was full of sky-high fire and smoke.

Despite this, the Chinese counter-artillery fire did not seem to have abated, and there were still one shell falling in front of the Japanese fleet, and there were quite a few large-caliber shells that should have been very powerful.

"Keep it up! Blow up the people of China! Koizumi roared loudly.

Under the heavy bombardment of the Japanese fleet, the fortifications of the Chinese army were completely reduced to a sea of fire.

"Let's all die! Shina bastards......" Koizumi was still shouting feverishly, and at this moment, with a piercing scream from the sky, the bow of the "Setzu" suddenly burst into flames, followed by a loud thunderous sound.

The hull of the "Settsu" began to shake violently, and Yuzaburo Kato's feet slipped and he fell to the ground, and just as he was about to get up, another loud bang was heard, followed by the sound of shrapnel hitting the surrounding steel plates, and the screams of the people.

A tiny piece of shrapnel hit the armor steel plate of the command tower and bounced, just in time to knock Kato's military cap flying.

Yuzaburo Kato didn't care that he hadn't gotten up yet, he grabbed the military hat that flew to the side, and when he found that the brand new military hat had cracked a big hole, he couldn't help but be very annoyed.

Yuzaburo Kato finally stood firm, and then he noticed that the subordinates who were lying on the bridge were still screaming and scolding Koizumi who had killed the Shina man in a frenzy just now, and there was no sound at this time, Yuzaburo Kato noticed the wound on Koizumi's chest that kept gushing blood, understood what was happening, and couldn't help but shake his head in pain.

He knew that two large-caliber shells fired by the Chinese just now hit the "Setjin", causing numerous casualties.

According to the information provided by the naval intelligence department before the war, the Chinese army's defense at Dagukou was equipped with a 280-mm large-caliber coastal gun made by Krupp in the fort at Dagukou.

After such a devastating shelling, the Chinese were able to launch a counterattack and accurately hit the Japanese warship, and the fighting will and superb combat skills displayed could not help but make Kato Yuzaburo secretly admire.

Yuzaburo Kato tried hard to stabilize his mood, and at this time, some of his subordinates who were less injured stood up one after another and stuck to their posts again, Yuzaburo Kato turned around and entered the command tower and continued to observe the battle situation.

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