The gunners on the 120-mm main gun emplacement of the "Mt. Fuji" were obviously under tremendous pressure under the constant fire of the enemy ship's guns, and when they saw that the enemy ship had entered the firing range and there was still no command to open the cannon from the flybridge, the gunners were also very anxious and kept looking in the direction of the flybridge.

A 75-millimeter shell fired from the "Asama" entered the water and exploded on the port side of the bow of the "Mt. Fuji," and for a time shrapnel flew and hit the hull of the "Mt. Fuji," making a terrifying sound, and some tiny shrapnel even hit the flybridge.

A tiny piece of shrunny flew over Togo Heihachiro's shoulder, cutting a hole in his uniform.

"Sir, are you alright?" An officer couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the shrapnel "hit" Togo Heihachiro, and immediately ran over and asked with concern.

"It's okay." Heihachiro Togo shook his head, his gaze still on the Asama in front of him.

"Notify the main gun position that it's time to fire." Heihachiro Togo said.

The officer ran to give the order, and Lin Yiqing saw the 120-mm cannon on the bow of the "Mt. Fuji" and began to aim. At the gunner's command, the thick barrel spewed out a dark red flame, followed by a loud thunderous sound.

Lin Yiqing stared intently ahead, and with the piercing whistling sound of the cannonball breaking through the air, he saw that the cannonball fell from the sky like a meteor and exploded in the water very close to the starboard side of the "Asama".

The gun of the "Mt. Fuji" can be said to be extremely powerful, because the impact point was very close, the huge explosion caused the waves to hit the "Asama", and several government sailors on the deck were caught off guard, and they were actually swept down by the waves and almost fell into the sea.

At about the same time, the 120-mm cannon on the "Electric Maru" also began to bombard.

Although the artillery fire of the government fleet was very fierce, the gunners of the Satsuma Navy were obviously superior in combat skills, and when the combat distance between the two sides shrank to 2,000 meters, the "Mt. Fuji" hit the starboard side of the "Asama" with one shot, and Lin Yiqing saw that the hull of the "Asama" rose a flash of fire, and then the black smoke that rushed into the sky covered the whole ship, and there seemed to be a flash of fire in the thick smoke.

At this moment, the artillery fire of the "Asama" suddenly weakened, and three of the five cannons on one side were dumb.

Seeing that the salvo of the 75mm gun of the "Asama" was successfully suppressed, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but nod secretly.

Although Heihachiro Togo was defeated by the Qianguo Navy in the Battle of Langqiao, judging from the fact that he ordered to charge at the rain of bullets fired by the enemy ships, and did not give the order to open fire until the enemy ships entered the effective firing range, and soon after the battle began, he was the first to take the lead and successfully suppressed the artillery fire of the enemy ships.

Since Heihachiro Togo became the captain of the "Mt. Fuji," he has always instilled in the gunners the idea that "a cannon with 100 shots is better than a cannon with 100 shots and 1 shot." The results he has just achieved can be said to be the best interpretation of this thinking.

Seeing that the enemy ship had been hit, the officers and men on the "Mt. Fuji" were greatly boosted and continued to fire fiercely, and at this time, the "Denamaru" also achieved results, hitting the bow of the "Tokiwa" with one shot, shattering the transmit, and shrapnel swept across the deck, causing many casualties among the sailors on the deck of the "Tokiwa".

The "Mt. Fuji" and the "Denamaru" soon approached the government fleet, because the distance was relatively close, and the melee weapons equipped on the ships - the Haqikes machine guns also opened fire, Lin Yiqing saw a series of shells sweeping across the deck of the "Asama", and several government sailors were beaten to the flesh and blood, and his heart was also surprised by the power of this weapon, although such a scene was not the first time Lin Yiqing had seen it.

The "Mt. Fuji" and the "Denamaru" rushed while firing their guns, getting closer and closer to the enemy ships, and Lin Yiqing noticed that Togo Heihachiro was just quietly observing the battle situation at this time, and did not give the order to slow down, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.

Seeing the two Satsuma warships rushing straight towards them and assuming a striking posture, the "Asama" and the "Tokiwa" both looked panicked, and the two ships desperately turned to dodge, and the three gunboats behind them were also worried about a collision, so they turned to evade, and the formation of the government fleet suddenly became chaotic.

The two Satsuma warships rushed straight through the formation of the government fleet, and Heihachiro Togo said in a deep voice: "Order the 'Denamaru' to attack the enemy's troop carriers!" ”

Hearing Togo Heihachiro's order, an officer looked puzzled, he hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Sir, can we fight against five enemy ships alone?" ”

"Do as I command!" Heihachiro Togo roared angrily.

The officer did not dare to ask any more, but ran to give the order, and soon a series of signal flags were raised on the mast of the "Mt. Fuji".

At this time, the "electric power pill" had already relied on its rapid turn, and used its 120-mm cannon to attack the three government gunboats. Because they were going against each other, the distance between the three government gunboats and the "Electric Pill" quickly widened, and the "Electric Horse" soon disengaged from the range of the guns of the three government gunboats, while the three government gunboats were still within the range of the 120-millimeter cannon of the "Electric Pill" and could only be beaten passively, but could not hit the "Electric Horse."

Kazuo Takagi, the captain of the "Electric Maru," apparently discovered this "convenience," so he deliberately kept his ship out of the range of enemy gunfire and calmly bombarded it with a 120-mm cannon.

Probably because of the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield, it was only after the "Mt. Fuji" sent the signal of "attacking the troop carrier" for a while, and the "Denimaru" saw the signal flag of the "Mt. Fuji," and after reluctantly bombarding the three government gunboats for a while, it turned around and headed straight for the direction of the troop convoy.

"The 'Denamaru' is playing very well!" Lin Yiqing couldn't help but praise loudly when he saw that a small gunboat of the government army had been hit and caught fire, and it had tilted, showing that it was about to sink.

Listening to Lin Yiqing's admiration, a trace of anger flashed in Togo Heihachiro's eyes, at this time the "Mt. Fuji" was in a stern facing enemy posture, and the gunners of the 120-mm cannon in the stern of the ship were struggling to fire at the "Asama", and hit one after another, so that the artillery fire on the other side of the "Asama" was also half dumb, and Togo Heihachiro immediately ordered the "Mt. Fuji" to turn around, and the "Asama" was in a parallel situation.

The gunners of the "Mt. Fuji" knew what to do, and the two 75mm guns on the port side roared angrily, and then the 120mm cannons in the direction of the head and tail also turned their muzzles and joined the salvo.

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