Lin Yiqing's voice was not loud, as if he was reminding Togo Heihachiro, but to Togo Heihachiro's ears, it was like a huge thunderbolt.

Heihachiro Togo was like an enlightenment for a while, he raised his head suddenly, and looked fixedly at the approaching government warship, as if there was a fire burning in his eyes.

He studied in England and studied the navy, and Nelson's spirit of "attacking the enemy when he sees it" is the most precious thing he has learned!

"Lin Jun, please be optimistic, today I will follow the example of General Nelson." Heihachiro Togo took a deep breath and turned to Lin Yiqing and said.

Lin Yiqing knew that Togo Heihachiro's fighting spirit had been completely aroused by him, so he smiled slightly and raised the telescope again.

"Raise the Z flag!" Heihachiro Togo ordered loudly.

As an old subordinate of Heihachiro Togo, the officers and men on the "Mt. Fuji" all understood the meaning of the "Z-shaped flag" and were all excited, and in an instant, when the signal flag was raised, Heihachiro Togo passed on his will and passion for fighting to all the officers and men of the ship.

Heihachiro Togo gave orders one after another, and the whistle of the "Mt. Fuji" sounded for a long time, and it rushed straight towards the government fleet.

'Sir!' Denamaru sent a signal to ask, what kind of formation to fight? An officer saw the signal flag of the "Current-Maru" mast and asked Heihachiro Togo.

"Tell them! No formation required! Rush straight into the enemy's line! Heihachiro Togo replied loudly.

The officer was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what Heihachiro Togo meant, and hurriedly ran to give the order, and soon, the signal flag was raised, and the "Denamaru" saw the signal, and also followed the "Mt. Fuji" and rushed towards the government fleet at full speed.

The enemy ship was getting closer and closer, and Lin Yiqing could clearly see the nameplate of the government warship from the telescope, which clearly wrote the name of the ship "Asama" in Japanese.

The government fleet was now marching in a single column, and on the other side of the government fleet were eight transports of various sizes.

Lin Yiqing carefully observed the enemy ships that were getting closer and closer, and he had already recognized the identity of the flagship of this government fleet -- the "Quichisa"-class gunboat purchased from the United States: this is a three-masted single-chimney gunboat, with a displacement of about 1,500 tons, with an appearance similar to a "flying clipper", and is equipped with 10 guns. This kind of gunboat is an old warship built by the United States 16 years ago, and it should now be included in the ranks of obsolescence, and it is estimated that the Japanese government urgently expanded its navy in order to prevent the Satsuma uprising, and bought it from the United States at a cheap price.

The old American gunboat, already known as the "Asama", has been completely renovated, and traces of modification can be seen, and it is believed that the artillery and other armaments have been replaced. But from the way it staggered forward in the surging waves, Lin Yiqing could tell that the condition of the "Asama" was already quite bad, and the speed not only did not reach the 12 knots when it was first launched, but it was now moving at full speed, not even 9 knots.

Behind the "Asama" is a ship of the same type, the name of which is "Tokiwa". Like the Asama, the Joban was in poor condition, and although it was closely following the Asama, it was powerless, and the distance between the two ships was significantly widening.

The "Asama" was followed by three small gunboats, named "Izumi", "Fengan", and "Fengrui", and Lin Yiqing quickly recognized their identities: American "Kansas"-class gunboats.

The "Kansas" class gunboats are small gunboats, with a displacement of about 800 tons and are equipped with six guns; this kind of gunboat was built by the United States 15 years ago, and it is a first-class gunboat that has built more after the "90-day gunboat". Like "Asama" and "Tokiwa", these three gunboats have also been refitted and strengthened, but the condition of the ships is no longer optimistic, although they are also advancing at maximum speed, but they can only barely keep up with the team, Lin Yiqing judged that their current speed is about 8 knots.

The two Satsuma warships that charged at them at this time were obviously much faster, and the "Denamaru", which had a relatively new engine, had now even surpassed the "Mt. Fuji".

The government fleet apparently learned the lessons of the "Battle of Langqiao" and the "Battle of the East China Sea," and when it saw the two Satsuma warships rushing straight at them, it immediately turned around and turned into a sideways stance toward the enemy, and soon began firing a salvo.

Lin Yiqing saw that the "Asama" was the first to raise the battle flag and open fire, and the guns on the side of the side spat out one after another, and the cannonballs flew in a whistling manner, landing not far from the bow of the "Mt. Fuji," setting off a high column of water.

Seeing that the first salvo of the enemy ship was very accurate, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but secretly admire.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Moss Bay, the Japanese Navy has paid more attention to the development of the navy and to the cultivation of the quality of naval officers and men.

As the Asama opened fire, the Tokiwa and the three gunboats that followed it also opened fire in turn, and in an instant, the cannon roared, and countless shells flew over like a hurricane, falling into the sea around the "Mt. Fuji" and "Denmaru".

"They've also got new cannons!" On the flybridge of the "Mt. Fuji", a Satsuma naval officer said uneasily.

Lin Yiqing has also seen that the rate of fire of the guns of the ships of the government fleet is obviously very fast, and judging from the sound of shell explosions, Lin Yiqing has been able to determine that these old ships bought from the United States have all removed the old guns they were equipped with and replaced them with new Krupp 75mm breech guns!

It seems that the Meiji government has invested a lot of money in order to prevent Saigo Takamori from rebelling!

"Do you want to fire?" In the face of the fierce salvo of enemy ships, the officers and men of the Satsuma Navy on the "Mt. Fuji" clearly felt the tremendous pressure, and one of the officers asked Heihachiro Togo eagerly.

Heihachiro Togo turned a deaf ear to his questioning, just staring at the enemy ship in front of him.

After the modification, the "Mt. Fuji" dismantled the old Fahuas breech gun and replaced it with two 120-mm Krupp breech-loading guns and four 75-mm Krupp breech guns. Among them, four 75 mm secondary guns are laid out on both sides of the board, and the original "shipside guns" fire arrangement is different in that the two 120 mm main guns have been changed to the head and tail center line arrangement, and the gun position is a mast change type, which can not only fire to both sides, but also to the head and tail direction.

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