From the time the Izumo launched the attack to the time it was sunk, it was only twenty minutes. An armored cruiser with a displacement of more than nine thousand seven hundred tons was sunk in this way. The power of the dreadnoughts of the Chinese Navy can be imagined.

The sinking of the armored cruiser 'Izumo', the battlecruiser 'Ryuhui' did not cost much. Although, from the looks of it, it seems a little miserable. But the superstructure has only suffered some damage. For the combat power of the battleship, it did not have much impact.

When the battlecruiser "Longhui" frantically fired at the armored cruiser "Izumo". The battleship Iwami was also firing frantically. It was equipped with two twin 305 mm 40 times caliber guns, and constantly poured fire on the "Longhui" battlecruiser. It's just that for as long as twenty minutes, the battleship "Iwami" has been doing useless work.

After the armored cruiser Izumo was sunk, the battlecruiser Ryuhui quickly turned its guns and opened heavy fire on the battleship Iwami. At this time, the duel between the capital ships of the two sides has become four to four. Although the number was the same, the Japanese Navy was already completely suppressed. It seemed only a matter of time before their battleship was sunk.

"Yaga, the opportunity that the 'Izumo' created for us with its own sacrifice, we didn't grasp it, it's really undeserved." On the bridge of the battleship Iwami, Yushiro Hanabo was very angry.

"Boom!"

As soon as Yushiro Hanabo's voice fell, the situation changed. The battleship Iwami fired the first hit in this volley. A shell hit the bow of the battlecruiser 'Longhui'. Although, the armor-piercing ability of a 305-mm gun of forty times the caliber is far from being able to compare with a 305-mm gun of fifty times the caliber. But the bow deck armor of the battlecruiser 'Longhui'. It's just over 60 millimeters. Even the new armor could not withstand the bombardment of armor-piercing shells weighing more than three hundred kilograms.

This shell penetrated the foredeck of the battlecruiser 'Longhui', and then exploded, completely destroying the medical compartment below deck and several adjacent compartments. Meantime. A raging fire was ignited. Thankfully, before the war, every ship was cleaned and the flammable materials were removed. Otherwise, the fire would have been even more intense.

Both Admiral Sa Zhenbing and Admiral Cheng Biguang participated in the First Sino-Japanese War. In the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the battleship of the Beiyang Naval Division caught fire after being hit, and a large part of the reason was that there were many flammable materials on the ship. The same mistake they certainly won't make a second time.

The ship's damage management personnel, wearing gas masks, rushed to the fire with a water dragon in their arms. The attempt was made to extinguish the fire in the shortest possible time so that the damage could be contained. Despite the fact that the fire was very hot and there was poisonous smoke inside, there was a danger of poisoning even if you were wearing a gas mask. But the damage management personnel of the Imperial Navy didn't care at all. In the critical moment, the sailors showed the spirit of seeing death as home. The Japanese were able to fight the war without fear of death. Sailors of the Chinese Navy. Again, no worse than them.

"Damn, fight back. Hit me hard! Be sure to sink the battleship 'Iwami'. Brigadier General Liu Ziying roared angrily. It was the first time since the battlecruiser Longhui entered the war that it had suffered such serious injuries.

"Hooray! We hit the battleships of the Hitchinans. Long live His Majesty the Emperor. "On the bridge of the battleship Iwami, the officers and men of the Japanese Navy cheered. For the first time, they hit a warship of the Chinese Navy.

"I really hope that this cannon can hit the vital point of the battleship of the people of China and destroy this battleship directly." Many Japanese naval officers prayed secretly. In that case, then they may have a chance to turn the tables. But. The hopes of the Japanese were doomed to fail. Even if it was hit, the battle cruiser "Longhui" did not suffer any losses in combat power. The four twin 305mm guns were still frantically tilting shells at the battleship Iwami.

Just five minutes after the battleship 'Longhui' was hit, they took revenge. In a new round of salvo fire, a 305-mm shell hit the starboard side of the battleship Iwami. A 152-mm secondary gun was blown away, killing several Japanese sailors.

And that's just the beginning. After hitting the battleship Iwami, the battlecruiser Longhui hit the battleship Iwami one after another in the next few salvos.

After being hit continuously, the battleship Iwami suffered heavy damage. Not only was the main gun in the bow destroyed, but a large hole was torn open in the waterline armor on the starboard side. The damage management personnel are working hard to plug the leak, hoping to plug the leak and save the life of the battleship Iwami. But all this was in vain. How could the battlecruiser 'Ryuhui', which was in full swing, let go of the 'Iwami'?

At 10:24, the battlecruiser "Longhui" played a round of lore against the battleship "Iwami". In this salvo, two of the eight 305-mm shells fired hit the battleship Iwami. A shell hit the shipboard of the battleship Iwami, and the chimney was blown off, which directly caused the poisonous gas to be unable to escape the battleship, killing a large number of Japanese sailors working in the boiler room, and at the same time causing the speed of the battleship Iwami to drop further.

Another shell hit the starboard waterline of the battleship Iwami again. The efforts of the damage management personnel who were originally plugging the leak have completely failed. Not only has the hole that was about to be closed been broken again, but a new big hole has also appeared. The sea rushed into the battleship frantically, and soon filled several nearby cabins.

The Iwami battleship quickly tilted. Seeing this situation, the captain of the ship, Yushiro Hanabo, knew that he was powerless, so he had to order the ship to be abandoned. Most of the more than 700 sailors and men on the battleship were unable to escape, and only a small half got into the escape boat first, escaping with their lives.

"Well done!" In the bridge of the battlecruiser 'Longhui', Commodore Liu Ziying's face was happy. The armored cruiser Izumo and the battleship Iwami were killed one after another, making the battlecruiser Ryuhui once again make a great contribution in this naval battle!

The sinking of the battleship Iwami made matters worse for the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy. From the beginning of the war to the present, it has only been an hour and a half. But they have already lost two battleships and one armored cruiser in succession. Most of the remaining three battleships were also wounded. In contrast, two battleships and two battlecruisers of the Imperial Navy, although they also suffered some injuries. But they were only minor injuries, and they did not affect the continuation of the battle. Therefore, the Imperial Navy has completely grasped the odds of victory so far.

"Yaga, it's over, this time it's completely over." On the battleship 'Katori', the commander of the Combined Fleet, Goro Ijiin, turned pale. At present, only the battleships "Katori", "Shikishima" and "Fuji" remained in the Combined Fleet. Moreover, the battleship "Katori" had already lost one main gun, and only the rear main gun remained. And the battleship 'Shikishima' was also hit many times and suffered heavy damage. As for the battleship "Fuji", it was also hit twice by the battleship "Longyao" and suffered a lot of injuries.

It can be said that by now the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has reached the point of exhaustion. The Imperial Navy, relying on four dreadnoughts, was about to succeed in achieving a victory over more with less, completely ending the hegemony of the Japanese Navy in the Far Eastern Seas.

"That's the charm of a dreadnought! In this naval battle, the Chinese have fully proved with their victory how vulnerable the former dreadnoughts are in front of the dreadnoughts. "In his report to the Admiralty, the commander of the British Navy's Far East Fleet fully expressed his optimism about dreadnoughts.

Although, the war has not yet ended at this point. But almost anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Japanese Navy has already lost. Their capital ship is about to be lost. The remaining light warships are even more of a match for the Chinese Navy. It can be said that from now on, the balance of naval power in the Far East will change dramatically. The Chinese Empire, a nascent country, was on the verge of becoming a maritime power after becoming a land power. This will change the situation in the Far East as a whole.

The observers of the other powers also realized the power of the dreadnoughts in this naval battle, and in the reports submitted to their governments, without exception, they asked the government to build more battleships. Britain and Germany are good to say that they were originally competing in the dreadnought. The French and Americans, on the other hand, were not very strong in terms of dreadnoughts. The French, in response to the German threat, had to throw their main strength on land. The Americans, on the other hand, have a lot of money, but they are technologically inferior to the Western powers. Therefore, in the construction of battleships, they can only take small steps and run quickly, build several more stages, and only build two ships for each stage.

Reinhardt of the German Navy. Rear Admiral Schell, in his report to the German Admiral Tirpitz, claimed that the excellent warships built by the German Navy had already withstood the test of actual combat. Actual combat proved that the attack of the former dreadnought was not a great threat to the German battleships. Even in the face of British dreadnoughts, which valued firepower and speed, the battleships of the German Navy still had an advantage in performance. (To be continued.) )

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