The smoke of the gunfire and the smoke from the burning of the battleship reached into the sky, seriously affecting the shooter's vision, and the gunners desperately cleaned the barrel with a wool rod, loaded the shell, tamped it, and then fired. The cannonballs www.biquge.info pen "Fun" Pavilion fell on the sea, smashing up thick water columns, like fountains. Some of the shells hit the target, and the round shells, propelled by huge kinetic energy, drilled through the hull, wrapped in wood chips, and penetrated deep into the hull, destroying everything in their path before the energy was gone. Sawdust flew, flames began to burn, and a muffled explosion sounded like a thunderous explosion, wafting across the sea.

"Drop the sails!"

"Fight the fire!"

"Ready to shoot!"

Shouts like this came and went, and neither formation could be maintained, and the sea was littered with broken planks, canvas, and navy on lifeboats waiting for the rescue of friendly troops.

More than a dozen soldiers looked around desperately on the lifeboat, and a warship flew in the distance, excited sailors waving their shirts, hoping to attract the attention of the other party. However, when the warship got closer, they realized that it was not their own flag flying. The sailors stopped moving, with a look of despair in their eyes, and the soldiers on the deck of the warship, having seen the lifeboat, shouted excitedly.

The tall warship pulled its sails and ran over the lifeboat. The flesh and blood mixed with wood chips spread little by little on the surface of the sea, adding a bit of color to the surrounding sea surface.

Outside Port Arthur, the contest between Fuso's encircling fleet and Tieler's breakout fleet began. Under the management of Tieler, Lushun was built into a permanent fortress city, and within Tieler, it was known as a fortress that could never be attacked. However, Makarov, as the new commander of the Navy, was categorically opposed to passive resistance and did not believe that victory could be achieved by defense alone. If you want to win, you have to take the initiative.

He had concentrated the capital ships of the Tiele Pacific Fleet, and although some of the ships had been damaged in the previous attack, this loss was not enough for the huge fleet. What he has to do now is to get rid of his opponent as soon as possible and restore Tieler's sea communications.

The commander of the Fuso Navy, Heihachiro Togo, had also anticipated a large-scale counterattack by the Tiele people, and was fully prepared for this naval battle. When Makarov led the team into battle, he encountered the Fuso fleet, which was waiting for the battle, and the war that decided the dominance of the sea in this war broke out.

The number of ships of the Tiele army was far greater than that of the Fuso army, but in terms of the proportion of losses, it was almost one to one. This is not a question of the commanders, in terms of the level of command, Togo is slightly inferior to Makarov.

But Makarov's naval officers were not as good as the Fuso, and the sailors of this fleet were seriously undertrained and in poor physical condition. In the fortress of Arthur, there was an epidemic of disease, and most of the naval soldiers were infected, and their physical strength was poor, and they were not as fast as the Fuso army in carrying out orders.

On the other hand, the shooting level of the Fuso fleet was also superior to that of Tiele's side. This is due to the almost extravagant training of the Fuso army, which consumed half of his own naval ammunition for his shooting training before facing Makarov. And the result of this kind of gold-sapping training method is that in the naval battle, the level of artillery bombardment of the Fuso army is more than a step higher than that of Tiele.

The firing accuracy of the Fusang army's artillery was much higher than that of Tiele, and the Tiele people could only make up for it by numbers, and the accuracy gap was offset by the rain of bullets. Rao is so, in the artillery battle, Tiele is actually at a disadvantage, except for the lost battleships, Tiele side of the wounded ships compared to the Fusang side far surpassed. One warship after another, waving the flag of being unable to fight, and more and more people were shot and caught fire.

Makarov could not do much about this except sigh helplessly. He was only an imperial admiral, with limited power, and he was powerless about all this. The reason for this situation, in addition to the poor artillery skills of the Tiele army, is also to blame for the rotten and slow reaction mechanism of the empire, and those old men who are always high.

The so-called cutting-edge ships in Port Arthur have already been seriously eroded by the sea, and some of the cannons marked as new cannons on the books are actually very corroded inside. Using them to fire cannons is taking a risk, as long as you don't blow up the bore, God forbid, and you can't mention it at all. The hull of the battleship was not as strong as the battleship ordered by the Fuso people in Albiang, and even if they hit each other, it was often Fuso's ship that was unharmed, and Tieler's ship had already been blasted open.

This situation is not unexpected, and the only way to trace the fate of the navy's funds is to ask the ballet dancer who had a good relationship with the commander of the naval fleet in Arthur. What she wore was Tieler's fleet and cannons.

"Turn before the battle, turn before the battle again!" Fuso's flagship, once again, completed a pre-battle turn in front of Makarov and seized a favorable position for himself. The cannonballs fired by the Tiele Navy only caused scrapes to it, and the commander of Fuso seems to have had good luck.

Standing on the bridge, Makarov couldn't help but sigh with heartfelt emotion. Shrapnel flew past him, and his body stood still. He didn't believe that his own luck would be worse than the other party's.

This kind of bearing also gave the Tiele soldiers the confidence to grit their teeth and persist in this unfavorable war and fight for the empire until the last moment.

"Our ships advance, pursue the enemy flagship, order all the heavy battleships in the fleet to follow and cover us. The Fuso people are very bold, but this is also their shortcoming, once the flagship is destroyed, they will lose the war. ”

"Your Excellency Commander, this seems to be a bit risky, the Fuso fleet has excellent gunnery, and our army has rushed into the ......"

"It's not in class right now, we don't have time to discuss, this is the only chance, move forward!"

What Makarov seized was indeed an extremely rare opportunity, the flagship of Heihachiro Togo, which was a little far from his own fleet. As long as he can seize this flagship and destroy it, or expel it from the battlefield, the Fuso navy will fall into a state of no command, and he may turn defeat into victory and complete the siege of Lushun.

Of all the warships in Tiele, Makarov's flagship had the hardest hull and the best quality guns. On this ship, there are the most experienced sailors and the best artillerymen, except for their own personal pursuit, no one else is afraid to accomplish this kind of task. His appearance is not only a helpless move, but also the only choice at this time.

As a result, the situation on the battlefield was like going back to the Middle Ages, and a duel was formed between the naval flagships of the two countries. Togo graduated from Albion, and the spirit of the entire Fuso Navy was also influenced by the legendary admiral of the Albion Navy, and he was not afraid of challenges. The flag on the flagship was displayed, "The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom, in this battle, every soldier needs to be loyal!" Then he resolutely met the enemy with a single ship.

The new Fuso ship adopted a hybrid of sails and boilers, filled with high-quality Welsh anthracite coal, and the speed increased dramatically, and the ship's guns hit columns of water on either side of Makarov's flagship.

Makarov's flagship was sturdy and not inferior to enemy ships in speed, and both sides had the best gunners and the best commanders. For such shelling, naturally, there was no retreat, but immediately ordered the artillery to return the color. Two world-class admirals face each other in a face-to-face contest, greeting each other with cannonballs.

The messenger of death drew a perfect arc in the air and landed on the opposing ship, and the fireworks enveloped the battleship, reminding that in war, every participant is the object of death's invitation. A round bullet flew almost close to Makarov, and almost ended the best naval officer in Tieler. The staff officer on the side couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please be sure to change ships, it's too dangerous here."

Makarov, on the other hand, rejected the kindness of the chief of staff: "The interests of the country are far more important than my personal security." I have to stay here so that my soldiers can see that their generals have not abandoned them, so that everyone can have the courage to continue fighting. Ignore that and do your job. ”

Makarov straightened his back, as tenacious as a ship's bow statue, and was inspired by it, and the morale of the Tiele soldiers was greatly boosted, and the artillery played a level far beyond the training, creating a record on the flagship of the Fuso army.

As the distance between the two sides approached, the shells of the Fuso side had fallen more and more frequently, and the battleship shook more and more violently. As the strongest warship in this fleet, after eating so many shells, the damage to the hull is still not great, at least on this ship, the admiralty has the trust of the tsar.

Makarov held a telescope and scanned the past, around the duel between the two flagships, both warring sides, a large number of ships were put into battle. The Tiele side followed the main general to start an attack, but Togo Heihachiro used himself as a decoy, and when the Tiele people came to attack him, he ordered his subordinate fleet to carry out artillery bombardment on the Tiele ship.

Tiele fought with fire and murderous spirit, and simply fought a bloody battle with the Fusang army in the form of redemption, relying on the superiority of troops, and fighting with the Fusang warships to fight for their lives. If a ship is sunk, it will definitely make the Fuso warship pay the price, and even after losing its combat effectiveness, it will shoot cannonballs desperately and die with the Fuso people. At this time, it is almost time for the winner or loser of the battle, who loses and who wins, only fighting for the first line. Heihachiro Togo did not pay attention to the battle situation, but stared at the opponent in the north, and ordered his subordinates to fire cannons, forming a straddle fire with Makarov's ship.

"Shotgun ready!" Tiele reloaded the shotgun and prepared to blast towards the bridge of the Fuso, but the accuracy of the shell was seriously problematic and did not pose a threat to the Fuso. Before their second shotgun was fired, the naval howitzers on the Togo ship were colored with howitzers.

When the Fuso gunner pulled the cannon rope, he never thought about the impact of his own shell. Dense iron beads, scattered over Makarov's head. When the smoke was blown away by the wind, the complete body could no longer be found on the deck of Tieler's flagship. Flames burned on the canvas, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. The Tiele naval chain of command, including Makarov, was reimbursed most of this gun, and the great general himself was also unfortunately resented.

The Tiele fleet, which was originally on a par with the Fuso fleet, fell into chaos after a while, they could not see the flag, they could not get the command of the general, they became overwhelmed, and they changed from excellent soldiers to rookies.

In terms of numbers, the Tiele fleet still has an absolute advantage, and the flagship has not been destroyed, and it still has the ability to fight against the Fuso flagship, but all this is meaningless. Makarov's unexpected death threw Tieler's fleet into chaos, and the commander lost the courage to fight. The warships turned from warriors to cowards, and even braved the fire of the Fuso people to escape, but halfway through the turn, the ships were hit by dozens of shells and caught fire and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Togo Heihachiro, a man who had always been shy and didn't look like a soldier, finally showed a smug smile, "Luck, today is on our side, the whole army, launched a pursuit, and completely sent the fleet of the Tiele people to the bottom of the sea." ”

According to his exploits in this war, it is entirely possible that he will become one of the best naval commanders in the history of Fuso, and even be promoted to marshal, and later enjoy the praise of his naval juniors and become a legend of the empire. But all this must be based on the premise that he has not lost the favor of Lady Luck, and in this dangerous environment of war, any carelessness will lead to all efforts being in vain. The commander ignored that luck does not always fall on a person, and his time on deck, has been too long.

Just twenty-five minutes after Makarov's death, in the pursuit of Tieler's fleet, the remnants of Makarov's flagship, launched a suicidal charge towards the Fuso flagship, and before being sunk, a shotgun successfully hit the deck of the Fuso flagship.

Within a day, two admirals fell, and Heihachiro Togo left only one last sentence "The war continues, please continue to pursue the enemy ships", and he also followed Makarov to hell and continue the unfinished battle.

Also killed in this round of shelling were two assistants, Mayuki Akiyama and Suo Shimamura. A few hours after the end of the naval battle, the emperor received a battle report from the front: we won the naval battle, but we lost our general.

And in the statistics after the war, the Fuso people themselves could not be sure whether they really won the war. Although in terms of the number of annihilation, it was the Fuso people who won completely, but in terms of proportion, they did not see much better.

After all, as an old power, Tiele has far more fleets than Fuso, although the Pacific Fleet in Port Arthur has suffered heavy losses, the remaining fleet has basically lost its combat effectiveness and cannot leave the port, and the fleet of Fuso has also been injured in battle.

More than 30 percent of warships need to be overhauled, and only 20 percent of the warships that can be used are before the war. And in the case of Tieler, although the main fleet of the Pacific Ocean was paralyzed, the main general was killed. However, the 2nd Pacific Fleet, having received the order to go out, was preparing to reinforce in the direction of Arthur.

Compared with Tieler's almost unlimited fleet, the only thing Fuso can do at present is to carry out emergency mobilization and transformation at home, requisition a large number of merchant ships and add arms, and join the war as a special fleet. As a result, the domestic economy was greatly affected, and this battle, which the Fuso people originally thought could be won quickly, turned into a dilemma of riding a tiger.

In the Xinmin Mansion, Xu Juren looked at the battle report, his face was cloudy, and he turned his head and asked Zhao Guanhou: "Guanhou, what do you think of the battle situation." If the people of Fuso can't hold on to peace, it will be difficult for us to be human beings. ”

"Heon, this is naturally not going to happen, they have no way back now. Lose or win, there's no other way to go. Now it's too late to surrender, according to the character of the Tiele people, at this time, as long as Fusang takes a step back, he will be shattered. They can only advance, not retreat, and the winner or loser of this battle has become us. Itanishi Hachiro, you should be more polite to us. ”

Xu Juren recalled for a while, and also felt that since the Battle of Tsushima, Banxi really no longer mentioned the matter of depositing official funds in Zhengjin Bank, and now there is only one thing to care about, that is, how many troops Dajin can use to disguise themselves as Fusang Army to directly participate in the war, and it seems that Fusang's strength is indeed not relaxed.

As on the sea, both sides on land are advancing in the flesh and blood of their comrades and enemies, although Fusang's army has approached Liaoyang, but Tiele is also mobilizing troops and preparing to defend to the end. In the vast world, the soldiers of the two countries fought again and again with their lives. And in this fight, the blood of the two giant heads is gradually drying up, and the originally insignificant power of the Jin Kingdom is becoming more and more important at this time. (To be continued.) )