Chapter 47: The Battle of the Yellow Sea (5) The giant ship fires cannons

Seeing that the Second Fleet of the Naval Division Academy rushed towards the four newly appeared giant ships, all the personnel of the Beiyang Naval Division and the Naval Academy focused their attention on the Japanese Combined Fleet again and continued to bombard the Japanese ships fiercely.

At this time, the distance between the two fleets was shortened again, less than 2,500 meters apart, the old ironclad ship of the Japanese ship Chao Wu fired a shell from the 400 mm front-loading rifled gun, and actually hit the bow of the Beiyang Naval Division's iron-waki-hulled cruiser Guangjia, this 400 mm front-loading rifled gun takes nearly half an hour to fire each shell, and this 400 mm front-loading rifled gun shell, although the caliber is not small, but the power is not too great, but unfortunately the armor of the Guangjia ship is even weaker, after a huge explosion, The entire bow of the Guangjia ship was blown up, and the bow sank into the sea, and the stern of the ship was arched out of the water, and it disappeared into the sea in less than 3 minutes, becoming the second warship lost by the Beiyang Naval Division.

Wu Jingrong and most of the officers and men on board sank to the bottom of the sea along with the Guangjia ship, and only a few officers and men escaped.

Immediately, the good luck of the old ironclad ship Asagiri was gone. At the same time as the Guangjia ship sank, a 305-mm cannon shell from the Dingyuan ship, a 260-mm main gun shell from the Zhenhai ship, and a 260-mm main gun shell from the Xinghai ship hit the old ironclad ship of more than 4,000 tons one after another, and these three shells not only detonated the boiler on the Chaowu, but also hit the ammunition compartment of the Chaowu and detonated the shells in the ammunition compartment.

The Asagiri slowly sank to the bottom of the sea amid a series of explosions, becoming the fourth warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.

In the fierce naval battle, Lin Daxin's father Lin Yongsheng commanded the Jingyuan ship 210 mm main gun shells hit the Japanese gunboat Akagi, the displacement of 600 tons of gunboat has been hit by more than a dozen small-caliber naval artillery shells before, casualties nearly 20 people, the hull also began to enter the water, now the 210 mm shell is hitting the middle of the Akagi ship, and drilled into the hull before exploding, blowing the Akagi in two.

The Maya-class gunboat, built at the Kobe factory of the Onohama Shipyard in Japan, quickly sank into the sea. None of the more than 100 Japanese naval personnel on board survived. Became the fifth warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Seeing that the Chicheng was sunk by his own Jingyuan ship, Lin Yongsheng waved his arm excitedly and said to Chen Rong, the first mate of the Jingyuan ship: "Finally have a result!" Otherwise, I, who is a father, will not even be able to raise my head in front of my son! Sue sΓΉ brothers, just beat Lao Tzu like this! Fight to sink one more Japanese ship! When I go back, all the brothers will be rewarded! ”

Chen Rong, the first mate of the Jingyuan Ship, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Lord Guanjiao!" Brothers, you must fight for the face of the pipe belt! Sink one more Japanese warship! Waiting to receive your reward! ”

Lin Yongsheng took the telescope and looked at the Japanese ship from the window of the bridge, and then ordered: "Let the brothers aim at the Fusang and fire!" ”

First mate Chen Rong immediately received the order, and the Jingyuan ship began to concentrate its firepower on the Japanese ship Fusang.

The 9 warships of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy rushed to the 4 Italian ironclad battleships without hesitation with the flag of "death", and at a distance of 5,000 meters from the 4 Italian ironclad battleships, Jiang Hui, the commander of the Second Fleet, gave an order: "The Great General, the Second General, the Third General, and the Fourth General fired at the enemy ship's No. 1 target!" The Unhae, Changhae, and Zuihae fire at the No. 2 target! The Moon Sea and the Star Sea use their high speed to fight with enemy ships No. 3 and No. 4 targets! ”

Jiang Hui took Italy's "Dulio" as the No. 1 target, "Enrico" as the No. 2 target, and "Italy" and "Lepanto" as the No. 3 and No. 4 targets.

Although the Second Fleet was ready to fight to the death against the four Italian warships, Jiang Hui still formulated a plan to concentrate four large armored cruisers to deal with the enemy ships one by one, and the other warships of the Second Fleet were used to contain the enemy ships, which was also the only tactic that Jiang Hui could think of to fight.

Among the four Italian ironclad battleships, in the bridge of the Italia, Admiral Pirlo, the commander-in-chief of the Italian mercenary fleet, and the liaison officer of the Japanese Navy, Admiral Osakai Kameda, stood in the bridge together, drinking red wine, watching the Second Fleet of the Sailor Academy rush towards it violently.

Kameda Hongwei took a sip of the Italian red wine in his hand and said, "Mr. Admiral, now our Great Japanese Combined Fleet is currently at a disadvantage in the war with the Beiyang Naval Division!" I hope that the admiral will do his best to support the combined fleet! ”

Italian Admiral Pirlo took a sip of red wine and said unhurriedly: "Don't worry! We must destroy these children in front of us before we can support your Japanese Combined Fleet!" ”

Pirlo was very dissatisfied with the Japanese, he led four ironclad battleships after more than a month of sailing, in order to achieve what the Japanese called the concealment tactics, the Italian officers and men for more than a month only crossed the ship, did not go on land. Even the coal replenishment of warships was obtained from supply ships at sea.

It was not easy to reach the Far East, but the Japanese wanted to hide four Italian warships as a killer feature, and at the same time, Japan was also afraid that the four Italian warships would scare the Beiyang naval division into leaving the port, so they let the four Italian warships hide on an uninhabited island.

This caused a great deal of grumbling among the 2,600 Italian officers and men who, after more than a month at sea, were full of hope to enjoy wine and women, but the Japanese arranged for them to hide on an uninhabited island, and the entire Italian mercenary fleet was very unhappy with the Japanese arrangement.

Kameda Hongwei frowned, glanced at the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy in the distance, and secretly prayed in his heart that the Italian Navy would quickly solve the blocked Qing Dynasty warships.

Kameda Hongwei bowed to Pirlo: "I hope that the admiral will do his best to defeat the warship that is blocked!" Please! ”

Pirlo glanced at Kameda Hongwei, who was bent at 90 degrees, and thought: If you Japanese let us let 4 Italian ironclad battleships act together with your fleet, how could such a result happen! If you follow our 4 ironclad battleships, you can directly crush the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty!

As a result, the troops are now divided into two places, and Pirlo thinks that some unexpected plan made by the Japanese is simply stupid!

At this time, the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy and the Italian mercenary fleet were 5,000 meters apart, and the Second Fleet fired first, and Pirlo immediately ordered the Italian 4 ironclad battleships to seize the "T" prefix and return fire with the powerful firepower on the side of the side!

A total of 8 450-mm guns, 8 432-mm guns, and 16 huge shells fired in a salvo from the four Italian ironclad battleships, enveloping the armored cruiser of the Second Fleet of the Second General, forming 16 huge water columns at a distance of several hundred meters around the Second General.

As long as such a giant shell is hit by one shot, it is either sunk or seriously injured!

The secondary guns of the 4 Italian ironclad battleships also fired non-stop at the warships of the Second Fleet!

The 4 large armored cruisers are the latest warships, all of which are equipped with rapid-fire guns, and their firepower is super powerful, with a total of 8 330 mm guns, 16 260 mm guns, 96 200 mm guns, 24 155 mm guns, and 8 100 mm guns.

Four large armored cruisers of the Second Fleet rained down shells and first threw them at the Dolio ironclad battleship.