Chapter 879: Main Battle

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"Although their report is not very detailed, one thing is for sure, the war has begun."

"Before this, the warship was refueled and loaded with a lot of various materials, and we were full of confidence, and we were in a very high mood for war. The Japanese people have made us understand that they are not great people. Now, through the information obtained, all the crew is told that the battle is not far off. ”

"In addition to raising the vigilance of the crew of the 'Longwei', His Excellency Lin Yiqing's encouraging speech played a magical role in stimulating the morale of the crew. Due to the regular exercises and studies, the crew was a little tired, and the usual daily activities became monotonous, and even the sailors, who had been working very hard, were looking forward to the battle. The news of the appearance of the Japanese lifted their spirits, and like a hunter saw the trail of his prey, his pulse raced. ”

"On December 6, long before dawn, all the men on board were awakened by the sound of battle sirens and rallying calls, and immediately moved into battle positions. We always run the battle alert sooner or later, but now we are not just in case, but on our own initiative to attack the enemy, which is decisive. ”

"There was not a single land in sight, and the warships were speeding on the undulating seas. The sailors had already begun to make all kinds of preparations for the upcoming battle, the gunners were preparing in the cabins or in the gun emplacements, and some officers had breakfast in the conference room. ”

"Yesterday it rained heavily all day, and the fog at sea was so heavy that the fleet was forced to temporarily anchor near a small island to shelter from the storm, and it was not until the second half of the night that the heavy rain gradually stopped. So the fleet began its night voyage. For the navies of the world. Night flights are a very dangerous thing. However, due to the fact that the Qianguo Navy had made a detailed investigation of the hydrological situation in this area in advance, the night voyage did not encounter any danger. ”

"It's dawn and we're approaching Incheon Bay. Soon, the lookout spotted soot in the distance and immediately raised the alarm, and due to the curvature of the sea, we had not yet seen the hulls of the ships of the Japanese Navy. Judging by the amount of smoke alone, there are not just one or two ships. Judging by the thick black color of the smoke, it is clearly not the British fleet. Captain Deng Zhengqing hurriedly boarded the bridge. After observing the enemy's situation, he saw a large amount of soot and said to His Excellency Lin Yiqing: "There must be so much soot from the Japanese fleet." His Excellency Lin Yiqing immediately asked him to attack immediately, but Captain Deng Zhengqing said that if we attacked, we would be the provocateurs, and the news would be transmitted back to China, and the conservative officials of the imperial court would be impeached and convicted, whether they won or not. His Excellency Lin Yiqing replied. The enemy's landing in Korea is a very clear act of war. The war has in fact begun, and there is no such thing as who provoked first. He then gave the order to fight. Captain Deng Zhengqing complied with his order and ordered the flag of the Minister of the Navy to be raised. ”

"The Japanese did not expect this attack, and when they saw our battleship, they woke up from a dream and let out a scream that shook the sky."

"We found this coast to be a busy place. Everything from cruisers to rafts is there. Barges are transporting troops and equipment from troop carriers to shore. We saw more than ten troop carriers, and one of them was at least three thousand tons, and the others were one thousand to two thousand tons. ”

"On the 'Longwei', both officers and sailors excitedly went to change into new clothes. The fleet, from the commander down to the non-commissioned officers and briga-non-commissioned officers, wore sapphire blue Imperial Navy uniforms and long knives, and the sailors wore overalls. Everyone was eager to repeat the glory of the Battle of Langqiao again, and Captain Deng Zhengqing himself prepared a white kapok handkerchief and binoculars, and began to wait for the battle horn to sound. ”

"As the distance between the two fleets approached, it turned out that the two main cruisers of the Japanese fleet appeared in front of our fleet. At first, I only saw soot, then I saw the top of the ship, and then I got closer, and I saw the hull of the ship...... The enemy was an escort fleet, which included six warships. ”

"At 6:40 a.m., the 'Longwei' signaled to the other warships with a signal flag: 'Enemy escort fleet and troop convoy have been spotted!' Repeated incoming information caused tension to spread across the calm waters of Incheon Bay. ”

"When the two Japanese capital cruisers saw us, they immediately rushed towards us, and the 'Longwei' immediately opened fire, and two huge shells of 305 mm caliber flew over the Japanese warship, and on its port side fell into the sea and exploded, and the sea water suddenly rose several feet high, and the Japanese ship 'Tsukushi' fired at the 'Longwei' almost at the same time, and a 254-mm shell flew over, and it exploded on the sea surface at the starboard side of the bow of the 'Longwei', and a high column of water was also raised. The sea water fell to the deck of the Longwei, wetting some of the sailors' clothes, but no one seemed panicked. After a while, the 'Longwei' opened fire again. ”

The other ships followed suit and fired at the Japanese warships, and the shells fell in close proximity to the Japanese warships, forming jets of water all over the sea. It makes people feel that the skills of the gunners of the Qianguo cannot be underestimated. In particular, the artillery shells that approached the starboard side of the Tsukushi were already difficult for the Japanese warships to dodge. ”

In the command tower of the "Tsukushi", Inoue Yoshishin looked at the huge turret of the Qianguo ironclad ship that rotated rapidly and the huge cannon barrel with the black smoke that had not dispersed pointed at him, and the shock in his heart was difficult to describe in words.

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