'Whoosh ......'

'......Boom'

The 305 mm shell was reluctantly ignited by the gunpowder at the bottom of the shell, and the intense high temperature and strong power made it constantly rub against the gun chamber, and the huge pressure finally pushed the 330 kg projectile out of the gun chamber. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the cannonball was unloaded, the speed was even more rapid, and it tore apart the body of the air very domineeringly, making the air let out a miserable scream, and the huge humidity did not affect the determination of the cannonball to continue the attack, and about half a minute later, with a huge explosion, a huge column of water rose from the sea.

The diameter of these water columns was tens of meters wide and nearly 100 meters high, and the scene was very spectacular, and the nearest Japanese warship was a little caught off guard by this sudden attack.

The cruiser Izumi, which had a displacement of only 2,950 tons, was almost overturned by this huge column of water in an instant, and its weak hull kept swaying from side to side, and it was possible to sink at any time. And those who walked out of the battle position to see the excitement of the Japanese Navy are not in a good situation now, and those who are lucky are naturally dizzy and bloody, while those who are unlucky are directly knocked unconscious, and some fall directly into the sea.

The cruiser Izumi is only a third-class protection cruiser, which was a battleship urgently purchased from Chile by the Japanese government in response to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.

Construction began in 1881 at the Armstrong shipyard in England, was completed in 1884 and delivered to the Chilean Navy, and ten years later, it was sold to the Japanese Navy in 1894 and classified as a third-class cruiser in 1898.

Today's cruiser Izumi has gone through twenty-nine years, for a human being, twenty-nine years old is the prime of life, but for a battleship, it is a little old.

The speed of the factory is only 18 knots, after 29 years of vicissitudes, it has been less than 15 knots, and all aspects of the hull have also been seriously aged, the Japanese Navy originally planned to arrange for the retirement of the Izumi in the near future, but before it was the turn of the Izumi to retire, it was sent out to continue the mission.

The fluctuations in the sea water caused by the explosion of two 305-millimeter shells alone made the nearly 3,000-ton battleship a little unbearable, and this result seemed to be somewhat beyond expectations.

"Huh?" Although he saw someone falling into the water on the Izumi in front of him, Togo Heihachiro's first reaction after seeing this scene was not to arrange to save people, but to express great doubts about it.

Will the other party be able to see them? Otherwise, a single shot hitting the vicinity is considered normal, but what about the massive attack that follows? Almost all ten shells fell into the Japanese formation, and although they did not hit the warships, they also embarrassed the warships of smaller tonnage.

Is it stupid again? It seems that this is possible, but Heihachiro Togo always feels that things are not so simple.

Regarding the equipment of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Japanese side does not know much, at best it only knows the approximate number, the configuration of artillery, etc., and even some detailed data, and what is even more terrifying is that so far, the Japanese do not even know how many Chinese Navy there are?

They only know that the Chinese are constantly building warships, and they also know that the shipyard is in Lushun, but not a single Japanese spy has ever entered the shipyard and seen a warship under construction, and what about these newly built warships?

The Japanese are not lacking in experience in the manufacture of warships, although they still cannot be compared with Britain, France, the United States and Germany in terms of technology, but they are much better than the Chinese, and what the Japanese lack most is resources.

What the Chinese lack most is technology and experience, these two things can not be solved overnight, so almost all the top Japanese naval leaders believe that even if the Chinese Empire has the ability to build its own warships, the performance of warships and other aspects will not surpass all current warships.

Some staff officers of the Admiralty even gave the Chinese Empire about 10 to 20 new warships, most of which should be warships of less than 10,000 tons, and even so, the Japanese Navy still has an absolute advantage.

But according to the current situation, how can Heihachiro Togo always feel as if something is not quite right?

Immediately after that, another salvo was fired, and this time the ten shells did not fall into the formation of the Japanese Navy, and deviated by about a nautical mile, which was an absolute shame and an unforgivable sin for the Japanese Navy.

"Baga, expand the distance of the formation and move forward at full speed!" Heihachiro Togo subconsciously ordered.

Although the second round of shooting did not hit the formation, it also made Togo Heihachiro realize the seriousness of the problem, the Chinese can definitely see them, otherwise, their artillery would not be so accurate.

Although the evidence is not so solid now, as a naval commander with rich combat experience, Heihachiro Togo can still judge the current battlefield situation with his intuition.

There was only one round of test firing, and it was only two shells, and then a formal attack was launched, which was not the norm in naval operations, and it was already very doubtful, plus the first round of firing all went into formation, and the second round of firing came in less than half a minute, what does it mean?

To put it simply, these two rounds of shooting were done by two different battleships, and the first round of shooting was carried out by the battleship that had just started the test firing, and there was no problem with their coordinate parameters, so the shells could accurately hit the formation, and as for not hitting, it was because the distance was too far and it was difficult to control.

The second round deviated so far, it is likely that the first battleship had some deviation when telling them the coordinates, or the opponent had a slight deviation in calculating its position with the enemy, so the second round of shooting was about a nautical mile off.

As for why these two rounds of firing will not be carried out by the same battleship, the reason is very simple, the 305 mm naval gun is just a projectile at 300 kilograms, just loading the projectile into the gun chamber, even the best Japanese Navy to carry out, it will take about 40 seconds, and then it will be divided into primer ammunition or something, under normal circumstances, the two rounds of firing will be separated by about 20 seconds to two minutes.

And now the two rounds of attacks are only about thirty seconds apart, which is definitely not something that a single warship can do.

Since the enemy dares to do this, then there will definitely not be only two battleships, Togo Heihachiro guessed that there may be four or five battleships, so as to ensure that there will be a round of artillery fire every half a minute to attack the Japanese naval fleet, and strive to be able to disrupt the formation of the Japanese Navy before the head-on fire, and seek victory for the next battle.

There may have been a serious mistake in intelligence, but Heihachiro Togo has no choice, if he escapes at this time, with the speed of the fleet, he may have some advantage in terms of terrain, so as to avoid the pursuit of the Chinese navy, but those troop carriers are about to suffer, so they must go head-on, if they can defeat them, it will naturally be the best.

Zhiyuan-class battleship Liu Buchan, as the first self-developed dreadnought ship of the Chinese Empire, can be described as a big leap forward in the imperial shipbuilding industry, before the Liu Buchan ship was put into service, no one could even believe that they were able to rely on the existing technology to build their own dreadnought battleship, in terms of performance is not even weaker than the dreadnought battleship bought from the United States named Deng Shichang.

According to the pre-determined attack formation, the first round of attack missions was carried out by the Deng Shichang ship, and the second round was carried out by another domestic dreadnought, which is also another Zhiyuan-class ship, the sister ship of the Liu Buchan ship, the Ding Ruchang ship.

"Prepare for each position!"

"Ready!"

"The enemy forces are spreading in formation, the core remains the same, and it is spreading around."

Just as Shonan was about to give the order to open fire, the lookout on the mast suddenly shouted loudly. The coordinates were obtained from other ships, and the lookout would report on previous events based on their own observations.

Yu Xiangnan is the commander of the main guns of Liu Buchan's ship, but his battle position is not near any of the main guns, but is located in the center of the battleship, under the watchtower, and his responsibility is to be responsible for directing and coordinating the firing and coordinate adjustment of the five main guns, mainly when shooting in a unified manner.

And his equipment is a microphone, as well as two loudspeakers in the bow and stern of the ship, there are many such equipment on warships, and the application of loudspeakers also makes the officers on the ship more handy when directing operations, and orders can be issued to the officers and men of the ship faster.

"Gun No. 1, move to the right one degree! Gun No. 5, move one degree to the left! Yu Xiangnan immediately adjusted the coordinates, although it doesn't matter if the adjustment is not adjusted, and the impact is not big, and even after the adjustment, it is possible that the bamboo basket will be empty, but with intuition, he still adjusted the position of the muzzle.

A few seconds later, the red flags at the positions of guns No. 1 and No. 5 were raised high, and at this point, all five red flags were raised.

"Prepare for each position!"

"Ready!"

"Fire!"

'Boom! With Yu Xiangnan's order, the five main guns erupted with an earth-shattering sound almost at the same time, and the bow and stern of the ship were shrouded in a white smoke, and the entire hull was slightly tilted to the right, but soon returned to its original state.

"Hit an enemy warship, visually about 3,000 tons, the enemy ship exploded violently, breaking into two knots......"

ps: From the early hours of yesterday morning (although I said it at six o'clock) to the current 13 monthly passes, the reward is 2588, according to the rules should add four chapters, I try to complete the update as soon as possible, there will be a change later, about eight or nine o'clock. (To be continued.) )