Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Yoshinori Shirakawa, who were standing on the bridge, could see the appearance of the opposing fleet in the telescope. What caught their eyes was the golden dragon floating on the warship, and the two of them "chuckled" in their hearts. As the two fleets got closer and closer, the two also saw the appearance of the other fleet. But what in their eyes made the two of them shiver, and what news could be worse than the situation in their eyes.

Hasegawa cleared the empire's intelligence department in his heart: damn it, a waste of the empire's funds. Why is there no news at all that China has such a navy. Damn, why is there such a powerful battleship in China, it looks even more powerful than the Nagato class, and there are two of them, and even the warships next to the battleships are not small, at least larger than the warships of their own Third Fleet. The other side does not even have a single battleship of less than 3,000 tons. Now how can his Third Fleet compete with the other side, even the medium battleships that resemble cruisers are larger than their own flagships. How will this battle be fought?

Shirakawa Yoshinori is not a navy, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand the navy. At this time, he also saw that the other party's fleet was not only a branch, but also very powerful, even if the two Nagato-class ships were here, they might not be able to compare. If the Third Fleet is wiped out by the other side, what will happen to the Army. When the time comes, they will be attacked by land, sea and air, and they will only be greeted by destruction.

At this time, the carrier-based aircraft of the Chicheng and Kaga also began to take off urgently, just when the distance between the two sides was still twenty nautical miles. The battleship detachment began to adjust its battle formation, forming a horizontal formation.

As soon as he finished changing formations, Chen Shaokuan ordered the battleship to open fire. Without stopping for a moment, the naval guns of the Kunlun Mountain and the Taishan roared.

Knock knock!

Eighteen guns of both battleships opened fire at the same time. The thunderous sound of artillery resounded throughout the strait in an instant.

It was announced that the battle of the first super-dreadnought-class battleship in Chinese history broke out.

This was only the first round of test firings, but the pressure on the Third Fleet was enormous. The battleship, equipped with the latest optical fire control device, hit a cruiser in the first round of test firing, and in the face of the 420mm powerful main gun, the cruiser was directly blasted into a big hole, and the sea water continued to pour in, and the entire warship tilted up, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi's heart sank, and he immediately ordered a quick evacuation, which was a helpless move, and in the face of battleships, only battleships could compete. It is by no means something that its own Third Fleet, which has no battleships, can deal with.

For Hasegawa Kiyoshi's order, the soldiers of the Third Fleet breathed a sigh of relief, and when they received the order to retreat, they even ignored the soldiers on the cruiser that was hit, turned their heads and increased their speed, and they could be hit even a second late.

There is nothing to say about the retreat of Shirakawa Yoshinori, now is not the time to fight hard with the other side, and the only way to regain the decline can only be achieved by joining up with the fleet that has come to support. But what about the land army? If the other side does not pursue the Third Fleet and directly bombs the army, how can the army resist?

Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't have so many ideas, the Third Fleet could not be destroyed in his own hands. Retreat is the only way, and only if you can come over at the Nagato level can you compete with it.

The Third Fleet acted quickly, but not as fast as the battleship detachment. A minute later, the battleship's naval guns began the second round of firing. Chen Shaokuan also saw that the Japanese navy was about to run away, and the speed of the detachment had reached its maximum speed. Although it could not exert maximum firepower, it was the only way to pursue enemy ships.

Although the warships of the Japanese Third Fleet were leaving in a hurry, the speed of the battleship detachment was faster than theirs, especially the speed of the provincial cruisers, which was not comparable to that of the Japanese cruisers.

The battleship squadron split into two and left two groups and rushed towards the Japanese, trying to encircle the Third Fleet on both sides. This terrain is not an open sea, but a strait, with Chongming Island on one side and the mainland on the other. The battleship detachment came in again through the entrance of the strait, blocking the way out of the Third Fleet, although the Third Fleet could circle around Chongming Island or run out. But the strait will become very narrow at the back, and warships can pass through. However, it is obviously difficult to run out of the fleet that is pursuing behind. Hasegawa Kiyoshi also thought of this at this moment, but at least there was a slight chance to run out.

It was fortunate that the second round of shelling of the battleships did not hit, but the naval guns of the provincial cruisers also began to fire at the Third Fleet, and their targets were Japanese destroyers. Although the cruiser's naval guns were only 220mm, the rate of fire was much faster than the battleship's main guns, while the Japanese warships ran in front and only the tail guns could return fire, and it was difficult to hit a high-speed moving warship without a certain number of range shelling.

It seems that God feels that the atmosphere of the battlefield is not enough. Smoke was specially prepared for both sides as a background to render the atmosphere.

Bang bang bang!

After the cruiser's main guns fired, shells from the secondary guns of the two battleships rained down on the two cruisers of the Japanese fleet.

Numerous artillery pieces, the hit rate is greatly improved. In the distance, I saw that the two Japanese cruisers were rising one after another, and the fiery mushroom clouds rose one after another. Sparks are shooting around the explosion site. Flames rolled and smoke pooled across the strait.

At this point, the Japanese had already lost three cruisers, but the Izumo was not among the three, but it was also the last cruiser.

The remaining warships of the Third Fleet returned fire as they ran, but they didn't look very effective. At this time, the Third Fleet was already half-crippled, with only two aircraft carriers and three larger warships left on the Izumo.

On the bridge of the battleship Kunlunshan. Chen Shaokuan was still standing there.

"Commander. Go to the Command Tower and command the battle! The captain of the battleship Kunlun Mountain said.

I saw Chen Shaokuan wave his hand and said, "I'll stay here and watch the battle." You and the Chief of Staff go in with the other bridge staff officers and take command. It is enough to leave the herald staff here. ”

"But. You are dangerous here! The captain asked anxiously.

"It's okay. Once the war starts. There is no place for the soldiers to hide. I'm going to stand here and cheer these lads on. Only then will they exert hundreds of percent combat effectiveness! You don't have to worry. Execute the order! Chen Shaokuan ordered very calmly.

After speaking. Chen Shaokuan picked up the binoculars again to observe the battle situation. He didn't care about the splash of water caused by the shells falling on his snow-white military uniform.

At this time, the battleships did not press too hard, and the current Third Fleet no longer had much combat effectiveness.

The carrier-based planes of the two aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet rushed to the battleship detachment even more desperately, and in the face of the fleet air defense forces, which had been abused by their own carrier-based aircraft for several years, those two-winged wooden carrier-based planes were looking for death. At this time, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft did not have any room to play at all, and they were shot down from a distance, and finally the last batch of carrier-based aircraft gathered together and wanted to attack in a group, but in the face of the cruisers that emphasized emptying, there was not much effect at all. If the Japanese carrier-based aircraft were replaced by the KPA's own carrier-based aircraft, the situation would be different, but it was only erected and did not exist.

Kiyoshi Hasegawa was still on the bridge of the Izumo, and when he saw through the telescope that it was raining, the downed carrier-based plane was dripping blood. Those are the brains of the Empire, can it be said that the lethality of carrier-based aircraft to warships is zero? Why is it not effective at all, but its own carrier-based aircraft are so vulnerable. He thought unwillingly.

Looking at the few warships left around, there are already three cruisers slowly sinking, and all four destroyers have also been severely damaged, and the speed has slowed down. That is, their own flagship and two aircraft carriers are quite complete.

At this time, after Hasegawa Kiyoshi saw that the other side had destroyed all his planes, the fleet was divided into two, and a small group with two cruisers and two destroyers headed for Baoshan, with obvious intentions, for the troop carriers and the army of the Third Fleet.

I saw it, I saw it, but he couldn't do it now, the main force of the fleet was about to be wiped out, where could he take care of so much.

A shot of naval guns exploded five meters next to the Izumo, and the impact of the explosion caused the Izumo to sway a few times, and the splash of sea water soaked Hasegawa's clothes. At this point, he didn't care about these things at all. The other party has been forcing his fleet unhurriedly, as if he is not afraid of running away by himself at all, which makes Hasegawa Kiyoshi a little puzzled.

"Bang!" A loud bang was heard, and a destroyer not far from the Izumo was directly hit by the battleship's main guns, and it was instantly broken into two sections.

Seeing that another warship was destroyed, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's heart became even heavier. I thought unwillingly: the speed of my three destroyers had slowed down, and at this time I had been entangled by the other party's cruisers and destroyers, and I had lost the opportunity to escape. The Izumo and the two aircraft carriers under him were also within the range of the opponent's main guns, and it seemed that it would be difficult to escape intact. The opposing battleship is also very fast, not at all slower than the Izumo, damn it, who the hell is the cruiser. And the cruisers of the opposing side are also faster than the destroyers, what is the matter. What the hell is going on, why has China suddenly become so powerful, whether it is the army, the air force and the navy, it has completely surpassed Japan, why is this happening, is it possible that the nearly 100 years of the imperial empire's efforts are not as good as the development of Chen Shao in the southwest for more than ten years?

Just when Hasegawa was clear, three destroyers of the Third Fleet were also sunk by provincial cruisers, but only two aircraft carriers and the Izumo remained of the Third Fleet on the sea. An aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft is a pile of scrap metal, and this is the case with the Chicheng and Kaga at this time, and they can only blindly escape, and there is no chance to fight back at all. The Izumo has been fighting back, but it has no real effect.