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"Torpedo alert."

"Right full rudder."

"Go to the deck."

"Machine guns, machine guns."

Four distinct white shockwaves kept Kurama as busy as clockwork. The shrill sirens sounded across the deck, and the Japanese sailors, who had been brutally trained by the day, showed astonishing efficiency, and when the bow veered violently to the left in an attempt to avoid the torpedoes, the anti-torpedo rapid-fire machine guns mounted on the side had already fired a barrage of barrage. At the same time, the naval guns on the Kurama showed no signs of stopping, especially the rapid-fire secondary guns that kept attacking the two Changfeng-class destroyers, making up for the gap in the gap between their main guns and their own main guns that were too fast to shoot over.

The bow of the Kurama deflected slightly, and even Bingwen stopped breathing, looked at the four white wakes, and clenched his fists. But before the torpedo could get closer, a 120mm shell accurately hit the Sea Breeze behind it, exploding so violently that even standing in the bridge of the North Wind felt like it was close to your ears.

"It's the aft deck that's on fire, it's the deck that's on fire!"

"Flag, Sea Breeze Flag! The aft deck was damaged, and the water mist on turret 3 could not be used, and the speed could be maintained. ”

"Captain, be careful!"

Without waiting for the official communication to report all the flags, the first mate slammed in front of Bingwen. At the same time, the shells also landed on the deck of the North Wind, and the explosion made the 2,200-ton North Wind tremble, and the inside and outside of the bridge suddenly staggered. After the explosion was over, everyone found that the secondary gun position at the second chimney was in shambles. Not only was the chimney blown open, but several of the deputy gunners there were also killed!

"Duck into God's City Island at full speed!"

After eating two shells in a row, Bingwen and the officer realized that the Kurama had basically locked onto him, so they accelerated towards Huangcheng Island without taking revenge, and a sigh was also heard in their ears at this time. It turned out that the four torpedoes fired by their own side in a row all passed by the Kurama. Although I didn't think that I could solve the problem with four torpedoes, I still had some regrets after missing it. And in the later summary, Bingwen also realized that he had made a big mistake! Because at that time, each of the two destroyers had two sets of triple launchers, with a total of 12 torpedoes. Based on the Kurama's maximum speed of 22 knots, if it did not spare all the torpedoes in a fan shape in one go, the Kurama would never be able to escape this wave of attack.

Also because of this lesson. Later, the Navy's destroyer unit summed up a set of torpedo assault tactics called "you die and I die," and this is the training and experience brought to the troops by actual combat. No one knows what this tactic will end up with, but Yang Qiu is very happy and praises it. Because of the relationship that he had little contact with in his previous life, the navy was the only branch of the military that he couldn't help, so it was no problem for him to grit his teeth and save up a bunch of aircraft carriers and battleships, but to say that naval tactics were completely blind.

Seeing that the destroyer was defeated, it went crazy and retreated at full speed in the direction of Huangcheng Island, for Bingwen and them, the flames had already been provoked, and the rest of the things could not be done by relying on two destroyers, so it was better to obediently retreat and wait for the main force to clean up the situation.

"Smoke, they can't escape!"

The destroyer, which was covered in fire and rushed towards the island, had obviously become a magnet for cannonballs, making the Kurama, which had just escaped the torpedo, go crazy like a chicken, and piles of cannonballs poured in the direction of the island. A 305-mm shell even passed by 300 meters away from the Bore, but by this time the destroyer had already used its speed to pull up to 20,000 meters, and it was impossible for the old armored ship to eat by luck at this distance.

"Pursuit, speed up!" The Kurama, which had also eaten a few shells, had no big impact, and Yoshioka Fanze had already red-eyed. Drawing his saber, he gave the order to pursue. The staff officer looked at the chart and hurriedly reminded: "Your Excellency Dazuo, that is the Miaodao archipelago, and we are now in the territorial waters of China, isn't it?" ”

"Yaga, this is a good opportunity to strike at the China Navy! Their battlecruisers will arrive in at least 2 hours. We can enter the Miaodao archipelago and retreat from the sea off Yantai after sinking them. Confidently drawing an arc on the chart, Yoshioka Fanzer persuaded the officers and staff officers to pursue the destroyer. But he didn't know that two steel swords, which were almost simultaneously powerful, were rushing towards here.

55 nautical miles to the southeast, two Kongo-class battlecruisers crashed through the murky waters and rushed towards the strait with three destroyers.

"Report! Your Excellency, we have received a telegram in clear code. In the bridge of the advanced navigation ship, the communications shozo handed the telegram to the cold-looking captain of the Kongo Kojuro Nozaki: "The telegram meant to warn passing ships not to pass through the strait, they said that war had broken out between Japan and China, and the fleet was fighting fiercely at the entrance of the strait. ”

"Huh?" Nozaki Kojuro was also a decorated officer who participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Battle of Tsushima, and was also awarded the Golden Bird Medal of the Fifth Degree by the Emperor, but he was also confused by this telegram. What does it mean that war has broken out? What is a fleet battle? Can an ordinary conflict be called a war?!

The officers around them snickered, but the cold eyes kept their mouths shut. Kojuro Nozaki frowned, his gaze returning to the unexpected telegram. It's not funny at all! Since it is a clear code telegram, it means that all the radios that received the signal at this time knew the news. What does this mean? It means that there are already countless pairs of eyes widening at this moment, which means that Japan and China will be on the verge of war immediately!

This was not what the Japanese Navy wanted to see, and although the Navy was confident of defeating the nouveau riche around it, the problem was that the Japanese Empire was not ready for full-scale war.

"Is there any news from Yoshioka Fanzedasa?" Nozaki Kojuro took a deep breath, returned the telegram to the communications officer, and asked, "I need to know if the cargo ship is out of danger, and if it fails, let him retreat to me immediately." ”

"Hey!" When the communications officer turned to leave, there was a sudden commotion on the deck, and Nozaki Kojuro and the officers immediately looked up to see a British-made Schott-184 painted with the Chinese Navy logo appear in the sky. This British-made aircraft was used to provide a large amount of assistance to the Chinese Navy during the European war, and a total of 60 aircraft were delivered. Quite a few 356-mm aviation torpedoes were also delivered. The European war is really a chance to make a fortune. Nozaki Kojuro sighed with envy. At this time, the plane also clearly spotted the speeding King Kong and Hiei ships, and after making a few rounds to confirm it, it hurriedly flew towards the Lushun port. Since both battle cruisers only had a few anti-balloon cannons, Nozaki Kojuro didn't waste the shells, and let the other party leave, looking at the planes that were getting farther and farther away, for some reason there was always a feeling of gloom in his heart.

He is a very superstitious person, and the more bad it is, the more he racks his brains, but he can't get an answer after thinking about it, so he has to give up for the time being and order to be vigilant. In fact, his concern was not wrong. Because the reconnaissance plane did not return to Lushun, but soon flew to the northeast over another fleet.

"The 5 ships are not wrong, they should be King Kong, Hiei and 3 destroyers. We are still 35 nautical miles away. At the current rate, in 20 minutes we discover each other. "The standard displacement is comparable to that of the King Kong class. However, inside the large cruiser Anhai, which was fully loaded with more than 3,000 tons and the naval guns were significantly smaller, Zheng Zuyi handed the news brought back by the reconnaissance plane to Cheng Biguang.

He is a native of Jiangning Province. Graduated from the third navigation class of the Jiangnan Naval Academy, in 1910, he served as an adjutant with Cheng Biguang to participate in the coronation of King George V. Sa Zhenbing's sudden letter saved them, and Yang Qiu's expansion of the navy at any cost was also deeply loved by the navy, the only bad thing was that because he didn't like the Fujian gang, he purged the Fujian officers and men in the navy in 1913, and also built a second fleet to balance the old navy, which once caused a serious decline in the navy's combat effectiveness. Fortunately, through these years of self-cultivation, public study abroad and other means. In particular, the escort operations in the Atlantic in the European war finally trained a group of young people. With Cheng Biguang being reappointed as the commander of the First Fleet, he also rose to become the chief of staff of the fleet.

Cheng Biguang did not receive the information, and his eyes were on the two triple 305mm/L50 naval guns in the bow.

2 large cruisers of the Yasumi class, 1 cruiser of the Tsukuba-class, 1 cruiser of the Qingdao. 7 destroyers. Except for the two former Austro-Hungarian Combined Forces-class battleships that should have been assigned to the First Fleet, but were refitted in Shanghai and were not launched, the First Fleet was elite this time! If then all the efforts of the Navy all these years will be in vain.

The pressure can be imagined.

He understood Yang Qiu's thoughts, and he also understood Sa Zhenbing's plan to train the troops with blood and fire, but he was still reluctant to implement it.

But now it's too late to regret it!

"Turn the rudder 17 degrees to the left and maintain a formation speed of 22 knots. The Qingdao led the destroyer around for protection. "Compared to Bingwen. The experienced Cheng Biguang's order is much more detailed: "The herald flagship is against the King Kong, Zhenhai and Tsukuba Birui." Don't warn after the encounter, aim directly and fire after the sound of artillery must go all out, and those who are passive and cowardly will be killed! The slow, dignified sound made the air freeze, and the First Fleet was noticeably older than the young men of the Second Fleet who had fought in the Battle of Jutland and had been trained in the world's largest steel cannon. Although many officers who had participated in Atlantic escort missions and other naval operations, and even most of the officers of the Qingdao Naval War of the Sino-Japanese War remained in this team, the gap compared to the elite Japanese Navy was unimaginable to outsiders.

The destroyers began to break away from the formation, the thick barrels were slowly raised, huge armor-piercing shells were stuffed into the chambers, 3 cartridges rushed into the medicine room, each sailor clenched his fists, and the skin on his face stiffened.

2 30-knot Anhai vs. 2 28-knots King Kong, 18 American-made 305mm/L50 naval guns against 16 British-made 356mm/L45 naval guns. The 16 120 and 12 76mm secondary guns are exactly the same! The American-style inclined armor box faced the British armor layout, with a 233mm inclined 15-degree main armor belt and a 203mm inclined 11-degree main armor belt.

Who will have the last laugh?

"Report, smoke spotted! The distance is 35 km. ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )