The fierce sound of the cannon obviously startled many Japanese sailors, even Jiro Matsuura and Hikaru Maeda, who never thought that the firepower of Zhang Feng's warships was so fierce. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Fight back, fight back!!"

Matsuura Jiro shouted loudly, and as he shouted, he ran to the command room of his warship, and stayed on the bow deck of this ship, so that he would not be blown away by a cannon.

"Suzhou" ironclad ship.

Zheng Chenggong held the telescope and looked ahead, now Zheng Chenggong has been proficient in using the telescope, and he also likes this thing, holding the telescope, Zheng Chenggong saw that a Japanese warship was hit by several shells one after another and was on fire.

"This cannon is powerful!" Zheng Chenggong nodded, comparing the familiar Furlong machine guns, it was obvious that the guns on his warship were more powerful and more advanced.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came, the bow of the "Suzhou" ironclad ship was filled with gunsmoke, and the 150 mm main gun in the bow was finishing firing a shot, Zheng Chenggong felt a slight shock from the ironclad ship, and then saw a Japanese warship not far away was shot, and the 150 mm caliber flowering shell exploded violently, blowing out a big hole in the hull of the Japanese warship.

"Beautiful, that's fun!"

Zheng Chenggong shouted happily, this kind of naval battle is enjoyable, although his own ships are inferior in quantity, but the quality is obviously superior, although the number of Japanese warships is large, if you count the total tonnage, it is estimated that it is not as large as the warships of the Second Fleet.

"Seeing that Japanese warship is not, sink it for me."

Zheng Chenggong had already seen that not far away, a large Japanese warship, estimated to be 2,000 in size, had adjusted its angle, and its hull was facing the "Suzhou" ironclad ship, and it was about to open fire.

The hull of the Japanese warship was a row of gun ports, and behind each gun port was a gun, and some of the guns flashed with fire, and the shells hit them, and some of the shells hit the "Suzhou" ironclad ship.

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly looked over and saw that on the deck of the "Suzhou" ironclad ship, there was a solid stone bullet, which was obviously the Japanese warship that had just hit.

Zheng Chenggong smiled, the stone is a solid shell, this old-fashioned shell, the Japanese are still using it, after Zheng Chenggong smiled, he saw that the "Suzhou" ironclad ship began to fire back.

First of all, the 70-mm caliber guns returned fire, and the muzzles of several 70-mm guns flashed, and the shells flew out at high speed, because the target was not far away, the shells hit the Japanese warship directly, and explosions sounded one after another.

The Japanese used solid stone shells, and the "Suzhou" ironclad ship returned fire with flowering shells, and it was an improved and strengthened version, and the charge was increased, even if it was only 70 mm caliber, the power was not bad, and it caused a lot of damage to the Japanese warship.

Immediately afterwards, the main guns of the "Suzhou" ironclad ship began to return fire, and the 150 mm caliber main guns were much more powerful, aiming at the target, the shells hit over, and the Japanese warship exploded violently, and suddenly, the Japanese warship was even worse and suffered heavy damage.

Looking at this dilapidated Japanese warship, with several big holes in the hull, and the fire on the ship had already burned, Zheng Chenggong knew that this Japanese warship was scrapped.

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Songjiang Province, General Headquarters.

In the hall, the old god Zhang Feng was there, looking very calm, looking strategic, and Wang Chaoyong next to him was a little different, a little uncontrollable.

Wang Chaoyong said: "Commander-in-chief, at this time, it is estimated that the Second Fleet has arrived in Hirado, and the war should have started, should we also set off." ”

Zhang Feng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea gently, and said slowly: "What's the hurry, wait for two more days." ”

What, wait two days!

Zhang Feng glanced at Wang Chaoyong and said with a slight smile: "Chief of Staff Wang, what are you anxious about, it's really that the emperor is not in a hurry eunuch, wait patiently for two more days." ”

Wang Chaoyong naturally wanted to go to Japan to participate in the war as soon as possible, as the chief of the General Staff, Wang Chaoyong knew about this huge plan, this is to do a big vote, the largest vote in history, just thinking about it is enough to make people inexplicably excited.

A few days ago, when Zhang Feng told everyone about his plan, Wang Chaoyong was stunned, not only Wang Chaoyong was stunned, but many staff officers of the General Staff were stunned, and everyone never thought that since the commander-in-chief was playing such a big game of chess.

Now, everything is in place, just waiting for departure, the entire Shanghai port is full of a large number of steam-powered ships, and even the steam-powered ships of the Oriental Ocean Trading Company have been mobilized, and some of the large sail ships that have been repaired and renovated in the Shanghai shipyard have all been used.

These sailboats, after repairing and remodeling, have been transformed into steam-powered ships, 31 ships, more than a dozen have been renovated, and these dozen ships have all been used.

All the 3,000 material transport ships are used, all these modified ships are used, and even the navy's transport ships are used, so many ships are used in one go, naturally they are used to transport troops, and Zhang Feng has a big plan.

The First Infantry Division, a whole division, nearly 20,000 people, all dispatched, using so many troops and so many ships in one go, how could Wang Chaoyong not be excited.

Zhang Feng said: "At this time, the Second Fleet will definitely fight with the other side, and the two Korean legions are estimated to arrive at Hirado Port this afternoon, and this battle will be lively." ”

Of course, before the more lively began, Zhang Feng used so many ships, the First Infantry Division, plus the First Fleet of the Navy, naturally not to Hirado, but to another place.

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On the sea, the battle was fierce.

The ironclad ship "Suzhou" took the lead, and actually rushed to the front, followed by about six or seven warships of 3,000 materials, and three or four warships of 2,000 materials, a total of more than ten warships, while firing guns, rushed over.

These ships were unstoppable, and the sound of cannons on the sea shook the sky, and although they were not at all superior in numbers, they seemed to be overwhelming, sinking or destroying two or three of Matsuura Jiro's ships in a short time.

"Shoot back, fire!"

Matsuura Jiro shouted, and seemed to be excited, because Zheng Chenggong's warship rushed over, and the distance was close, and his own warship seemed to be able to fire back.

"What kind of ship is that?"

Matsuura Jiro saw the leading "Suzhou" ironclad ship, and Matsuura Jiro swore that he had never seen such a warship in his life, and had never seen it.

This is an ironclad ship, naturally different from ordinary wooden warships, Matsuura Jiro has seen it, it seems that he thinks this ironclad ship is very dangerous, Matsuura Jiro shouted loudly, "Open the cannon, sink it!" ”

With Jiro Matsuura, these warships want to sink the ironclad, that's a dream!

"Boom!"

The sailors on the ironclad ship "Suzhou" seemed to have discovered the flagship of Matsuura Jiro, and immediately fired a shot, and a flowering shell hit the bow of the flagship, and the shell exploded violently, and a large crater was blown out of the bow deck, the deck was damaged, and several Japanese sailors were directly blown up or killed.

"Yaga, what kind of cannon is this!"

Witnessing the power of the 150-mm main gun, Matsuura Jiro and Maeda Hikaru were taken aback, and looked blankly at the "Suzhou" ironclad ship not far away, until the "Suzhou" ironclad ship hit another shell, and the two were awakened by the violent explosion.

"Quick, turn!"

At this time, it was obviously too late to turn away, and some Japanese sailors discovered that a number of fleets had appeared on the sea in the distance on the periphery, approaching from multiple directions.

In this battle, Zheng Chenggong was very strategic, until the enemy's situation, he wisely chose to divide his troops, using the speed advantage of steam-powered warships, divided into multiple small fleets, outflanked them from different directions, and even copied Matsuura Jiro's back road.

No wonder, Matsuura Jiro and the others just saw that Zheng Chenggong's fleet only had more than ten warships, and most of the warships had been divided, and now they were outflanking them from different directions.

"Boom!"

In the distance, a Japanese warship exploded violently, the flames soared into the sky, and the smoke billowed into the sky, and then it was torn apart, and the scene was very spectacular.

Matsuura Jiro happened to see this exploding warship, and saw Zheng Chenggong's warships in all directions, especially the ironclad ship was simply unstoppable, and suddenly, Matsuura Jiro still had the pride and ease at the beginning.

"Maeda-kun, you hurt me, you hurt me!" Matsuura Jiro cried out miserably, "Where is there less than twenty warships on the other side, we are finished, we are finished!" ”

Maeda Hikaru also knew that the intelligence was seriously unreliable and completely wrong, and if he continued to fight, he might be wiped out, so he hurriedly said: "Matsuura-kun, we must retreat immediately, and immediately withdraw to Hirado Port." ”

Matsuura Jiro looked at the surrounding situation and said dejectedly: "Retreat? How to retreat, we don't think we can retreat. ”

There must be no way to retreat, because there are Zheng Chenggong's warships on all sides, and in terms of tactical arrangement, it can be seen that Zheng Chenggong is very clever, and he surrounded all of Matsuura Jiro's warships in one fell swoop, with the aim of annihilating Matsuura Jiro in one fell swoop.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The sound of the explosion was so violent that people were stunned, and Matsuura Jiro found that his flagship began to catch fire during the continuous hit of his own ship.

Another 3,000-material warship joined in, and also fired at the flagship of Matsuura Jiro, and several cannons were fired in unison, and the flagship began to disintegrate and began to fall apart.

"Lord Matsuura!"

Someone on the ship shouted loudly, only to see a cannonball hit the command room, and exploded violently next to Jiro Matsuura and Hikaru Maeda, blowing the command room to pieces, and the people inside were either killed or injured.

Matsuura Jiro was killed directly, the flesh and blood were blurred, and he couldn't die anymore, Hikaru Maeda hadn't lost his breath yet, but his appearance was even more miserable, covered in injuries and blood, Hikaru Maeda struggled to climb out.

"Bang!"

A large thick wooden board that was burning fell down and smashed directly on Hikaru Maeda's back, and Hikaru Maeda spat out a mouthful of blood, and then his head was crooked, and he couldn't die anymore.

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Today's two shifts, the second shift is complete. (To be continued.) )