With a loud bang, a large Asama-class fast armored cruiser sailing on the left side of the Fuji, the flagship of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, was unfortunately hit by a 406-mm armor-piercing shell, and this Asama-class large fast armored cruiser was indeed a little unlucky, and the target aimed at the two super dreadnought battleships of the Heilongjiang and Yalu River was not it at all, but a 406-mm armor-piercing bullet that missed a long distance accidentally fell on its head.

This 406-mm armor-piercing bullet lightly penetrated the waterline armor of the large fast armored cruiser of the Asama class, and only exploded after drilling directly into the power compartment, detonating many boilers in the power compartment at once, and the combined explosion power of the shells and boilers made the entire bottom of the hull of this large fast armored cruiser of the Asama class blow up, and there was no other possibility except sinking.

In the bridge of the Fuji, the flagship of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, the captain of the ship, Jiro Takahashi, said to the commander Heihachiro Togo in shock: "The Akiun is finished, this huge shell seems to have detonated the boiler of the Akigumo, there is no hope!" ”

At this time, the expressions of horror, shock, and frustration on Togo Heihachiro's face converged, he stood next to the observation window, looked back at the transport ships that were being chased by the warships of the Northeast Navy, and the American fleet that had fallen far behind, and the white flag had been raised at this time, and said with a wry smile: "Maybe the Northeast Navy will not pursue our combined fleet too far, I hope that Amaterasu will bless us and make the Imperial warships hit by the shells of the two Northeast Navy dreadnought battleships be less." ”

As for the army forces that came with the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, Heihachiro Togo had no way to take care of it at all, so he could only let the officers and men of the Japanese army ask for more blessings. The Japanese Navy is really powerless now, and it is unknown how many warships it can escape.

Except for the large fast armored cruiser Akiun, which had just been sunk. The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, as well as 1 Kongo-class all-steel battleship Uji and 1 Kumano-class all-steel battleship Oi, had been sunk by 406-mm shells, and Oi had splashed a large steel plate when it exploded. It also smashed and sank a Japanese torpedo boat at least 400 meters away.

The commander of the American fleet, George? Although Dewey turned around and ran away one step ahead of the Japanese Navy, the warships of the United States this time were really too inadequate, and the three Indiana-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 11,523 tons could only be regarded as a kind of shore defense battleship, and the maximum speed could not even reach 16 knots, and the other two large fast armored cruisers, four fast protection cruisers, and four destroyers of the US fleet had a faster speed, all of which were more than 20 knots, but in order to cooperate with the three battleships, they could only escape at a speed of a little more than 15 knots. As a result, the American fleet soon fell behind the Japanese fleet.

Fortunately, the two super dreadnought battleships Heilongjiang and Yalu River concentrated their firepower on the Japanese fleet, and even if the American fleet fell behind, the desperate 406-mm giant shells still did not let the American fleet taste for the time being.

But U.S. Navy Commander George? Dewey knew in his heart that this situation would not last long, and the two dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy were pursuing the Japanese fleet and his own fleet, because of the speed of the three battleships of his own fleet, the two dreadnought battleships would get closer and closer to his own fleet. The two dreadnoughts will eventually aim their cannons at their own fleet.

Seeing the power of the giant shells, and the long range and amazing rate of fire of the 2 dreadnought battleships, George? After a little consideration, Dewey ordered the warships of the American fleet to shut down. Raise the white flag.

Anyway, this time the U.S. fleet is only here to fight soy sauce, and the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy has obviously been defeated, so the U.S. fleet that is playing soy sauce might as well simply surrender. The province's own 3 battleships were patronized by such huge shells, and that was no joke. It's going to die.

And with the industrial power of the United States, it doesn't matter if these warships are lost. In particular, the three Indiana-class battleships that have fallen behind in performance, but the experienced US Navy officers and sailors on the warships are valuable to the United States, which is vigorously developing its navy. As one of the bigwigs of the US Navy, Dewey knew very well about this, even if he gave all the warships he led to the Northeast Navy, as long as he could bring all the US Navy officers and sailors back to the United States, it would be the best result.

And the U.S. transport ship with 500 troops on board had already raised the white flag before the navy, so only the Japanese were still stubbornly resisting, oh, more precisely, it was the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, and the Japanese navy's combined fleet could only take care of its own escape.

On a transport ship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, not only was it loaded with some heavy equipment of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, but also 3,000 officers and soldiers of the 15th Division were on this transport ship, and the division headquarters of the 15th Division was also on it, so that this transport ship could only escape from here at a maximum speed of 12 knots.

With such a slow speed to escape the pursuit of those warships of the Northeast Navy, even the division commander of the 15th Division, Okihara Mitsufu, thought it was impossible, but Okihara Mitsufu would never surrender to the Northeast Navy, and Okihara Mitsufu ordered the officers and men of his division to pull several mountain guns with a caliber of 100 mm to the deck of the transport ship, and when the Northeast Navy's Second Fleet a fast protection cruiser was about 4,000 meters away from the Japanese transport ship, Okihara Mitsufu ignored the fast protection cruiser and waved the flag for them to stop the ship and surrender, brazenly ordered several 100-mm mountain guns pulled to the deck to fire at the pursuing fast protection cruisers.

Although a few 100-mm shells did not hit the fast protection cruiser of the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, they made the officers and men of the fast protection cruiser startled.

Since the Japanese are so ignorant of lifting, then what else is there to say, bomb him to the bottom!

Then the six main guns of the fast protection cruiser of 210 mm of 40 times the caliber, and the four secondary guns of 155 mm of 40 times the caliber on one side of the ship, began to fire fiercely at the Japanese transport ship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons.

Soon after, the transport ship was hit by several shells, and it did not last long before disappearing into the sea, and most of the 3,000 Japanese officers and men on the transport ship sank to the bottom of the sea with the transport ship, including the commander of the 15th Division, Mitsumi Okihara. Only a small number of Japanese army officers and soldiers who jumped into the sea to escape were floating on the sea, of course, these are all water-savvy, and there are also landlubbers Japanese army officers and soldiers who also jumped into the sea, but they disappeared into the sea after a few struggles.

None of the more than 150 transport ships of the Japanese Army took the initiative to raise the white flag and was willing to surrender, and as long as the transport ships were loaded with army artillery, they all pulled their guns onto the deck and fired at the warships of the Northeast Navy that were approaching.

Moreover, this kind of shooting at warships with rifles is not an isolated phenomenon, but the vast majority of Japanese army officers and men on transport ships do this, and I really don't know whether to say that they are brave or stupid.

Of course, not all Japanese officers and soldiers were dead-eyed, but the top officers of the Japanese Army on each transport ship did not give the order to surrender, and even the Japanese officers and soldiers who had the intention of surrendering had to follow the bad luck.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Lushun, the flagship of the Second Fleet, Jiang Chen, the commander of the Second Fleet, sneered and ordered: "Since the Japanese are so ignorant of lifting, then don't blame us for being ruthless, convey my orders to all ships, and sink all Japanese transport ships for me." ”

Subsequently, the Japanese transport ships that refused to surrender were sunk one after another by the warships of the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, and a large number of Japanese officers and men paid the price of their lives for their bravery, and only a small number of Japanese officers and men drifted on the sea.

The two super dreadnought battleships Heilongjiang and Yalu River did not pursue the remaining warships of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet for much far, not because of the kindness of the captains of the two super dreadnought battleships, but after a long period of fierce fighting, the main guns and shells carried by the two super dreadnought battleships were running out, so that some warships of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet escaped with their lives.

However, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was also uncomfortable, and in the end, 1 Kongo-class all-steel battleship Uji, 1 Kumano-class all-steel battleship Oi, 1 Shiraro-class all-steel battleship Saien, 3 battleships were sunk, 1 Asama-class large fast armored cruiser and 1 torpedo boat were also sunk.

In order to prevent the Shiraro from falling into the hands of the Northeast Navy, the captain of the Shiraro, Iwamatsu Daiyo, ordered the watertight door at the bottom of the hull to be opened, allowing the seriously injured Shiraro to sink by itself.

The remnants of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, who did not care about the Japanese naval officers and men who fell into the water and were waiting for rescue, let alone the 100,000 army forces, saw that the two dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy no longer fired their guns and no longer continued to pursue.

In the spirit of humanitarianism, the warships of the Northeast Navy began to salvage the officers and men of the Japanese Navy and Army who had fallen into the water, but what was surprising was that there were still a small number of officers and men of the Japanese Navy who were floating on the surface of the sea and refused to be rescued by the Northeast Navy, preferring to sink to the bottom of the sea themselves and swear to die rather than be taken prisoner, so that the officers and men of the Northeast Navy did not know what to say. (To be continued......)

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