The Japanese battleships opened fire, and this was the first time they began to counterattack since the beginning of the naval battle, but they could not find where the enemy was at all, so they could only use blind fire, hoping to be lucky, and one or two shells hit the enemy, at least not to let the enemy be so rampant.

The huge cannon barrel ** flames, the huge kinetic energy shook the sea surface showing a semi-circular ripple, and the sea water was pressed down a few centimeters, so you can know the power of these cannons.

More than a dozen huge ships and dozens of huge guns fired at the same time, the scene was really spectacular, but these huge cannons were fired in all directions, and it was probably the most bizarre shelling of the Japanese Combined Fleet since its establishment.

However, such an artillery bombardment could not stop the pace of torpedoes, after the loss of seven or eight destroyers, the main fleet was exposed, the first to be hit was the battleship Hizen, first a torpedo hit the side side, a big hole was opened in Hizen's body, the battleship directly lost kinetic energy under the huge explosive force, and the boiler was destroyed, but this is not the end, more than ten seconds later, another torpedo was along the footsteps of the predecessors, directly along the hole into the interior of the Hizen, this time the explosion was fatal, Let the already precarious battleship directly split into two sections, the Hizen is finished, there is no help, and the disconnected battleship falls in both directions, thinking about the sea together.

This Japanese trophy in the Russo-Japanese Battle of the Yellow Sea, the former dreadnought battleship of the Tsarist Russian Navy, formerly known as the battleship Retvizan, with a displacement of 13,000 tons, was captured by Japan in 1905, renamed Hizen, and was incorporated into the First Navy sequence, and now he has finally come to an end and completed the process of burying the battleship in the sea.

Kanji Kato stood at the porthole, looking at the battleship that had been blown in two, and could only clench his fists tightly, purse his lips, and let the blood drip in his heart.

But is this the end of it, no, this is just the beginning, and immediately after that, Kurama, Tsukuba, Settsu, Kawachi, and Kashima were torpedoed one after another. Originally, when they were in the bay, they were basically injured, and many warships were barely able to get out, but now after receiving a second blow, they are even more devastated. , explosions and fires, battleships entering the water and turning over, breaking and sinking into the sea, this is the fate of these battleships.

In just a few minutes, the fleet was sunk 6 battleships, Kato Kanji suddenly felt an incomparable sadness and fear, yes, he was afraid, if the frontal enemy fought, no matter how tragic it was, this iron-blooded soldier would not feel afraid, but in the face of such an enemy now, he was really afraid.

Unable to fight back, he felt that he had no means to defeat his opponent now, he was forty-eight years old, he was really in the prime of life, he was one of the candidates for the next commander of the Combined Fleet, his status in the navy was not low, and he also had a wealth of combat experience, but he had never encountered such an enemy, an enemy that made him fearful.

Originally, he had laughed at Vice Admiral Yashiro Rokuro, the commander of the Second Fleet, and felt that it was a shame for the Navy for Yashiro to be defeated by an enemy who appeared out of nowhere, but now he finally understood how Yashiro felt at that time, that is, powerlessness, a sense of powerlessness that the enemy was invincible.

However, the Huafu fleet will not give them time to sigh, Lin Haichao stood in the command room, and after reading the report submitted by the staff officer, he walked up to Guo Yu and said: "Your Majesty, the results of the first stage have been counted. ”

Guo Yu threw the pencil in his hand on the map of Japan on the table, and said with interest, "Oh, the results are out, tell me how the harvest is." ”

At this time, Lin Haichao's mood also relaxed, and his face did not have the feeling of tension before the war, and said with a smile: "Originally, according to intelligence, the Japanese Combined Fleet gathered a total of 22 large battleships, and dozens of other auxiliary ships, just now after our first round of strikes, some of the injured warships began to break out, and the radar showed 12 large warships and 22 small destroyers, so the statistics of the first round of strikes against us were 10 warships that sank or completely lost their combat capability, The rest are estimated to have some injuries. ”

"Just now, the submarine force carried out the second round of attacks, and the newly formed Japanese fleet was torpedoed down by submarines, and lost 6 large warships and about 10 small destroyers. Lin Haichao said happily.

Guo Yu also said with a smile: "Those young men in the submarine have good teeth, and they have eaten a lot of fat, so they should be commended." ”

At this time, a call came from the communicator: "Makino 2 ship calls the commander, Makino 2 ship calls the commander." ”

Lin Haichao picked up the communicator and said, "I'm Lin Haichao, please have something to say." ”

The words of Liu Wendong, the captain of the Makino No. 2 battleship, came out of the communicator: "Commander, you can't let the submariners' gang fight, they will be surrounded by the Japanese fleet in the fight, commander, let's do the rest." ”

"The giant deer ship, please fight, commander, let's do the rest."

"Changping ship, please fight."

“…….”

Listening to the words in the communicator, Guo Yu, Lin Haichao, and Zong Huaishan looked at each other and smiled, it turned out that these guys were listening in the communicator.

"Look, look." Lin Haichao asked.

"Just let them come, let the submarine force be in charge of perimeter guarding, and let them replenish their guns if they run." Guo Yu said with a smile.

"Okay, let these guys have a good time." Lin Haichao went to give the order.

The surface warships of the Huafu fleet were indeed a little far from the port of Yokosuka, reaching a distance of 15 nautical miles, which was a completely safe distance, even if the Japanese warships fired indiscriminately, they could not hit here, but the missiles could easily cover this distance.

However, after the first round of strikes, the fleet has already penetrated to a distance of 7 or 8 nautical miles from the harbor, and now the distance between the Huafu fleet and the remaining warships of the Japanese fleet is about 4 nautical miles, which is a very good strike range.

"The fleet is scattered, in a semi-encirclement mode, free to attack, or that sentence, just don't have to leave your hands to attack with all your might." Lin Haichao gave the order in a relaxed tone.

The surface ships waited for this moment, and the silos hit the hatch again, "pounce, pounce, pounce," and the missiles rushed towards the remaining large warships of the Japanese fleet with flames. Missiles don't need to clear obstacles at sea, these guys directly pick up the big ones, and the few remaining battleships of the Japanese fleet were hit by Yan zhòng again.

The Izumo's foredeck and bridge were each hit by two missiles, and the violent force of the explosion caused huge cracks in the battleship's hull, which had become distorted and deformed in many places, and repairs were no longer possible, and a large amount of seawater began to pour into the ship's hold.

The Izumo was not very large, only 9,700 tons, but in later generations he was very famous, of course, mainly in the Republic of China.

When Japan invaded China, the Izumo as the flagship of the invasion of China's navy, many times participated in the war against China, and finally the Republic of China government made up its mind to sink the Izumo, dispatched a number of planes to bomb, so that the Izumo was damaged, and later sent torpedo boats to attack, after China suffered heavy losses, it damaged the Izumo again, and finally got mines, sent people to dive to blow up, or did not completely blow up the Izumo, these times were because of the lack of power of the explosives and failed, but the Izumo did become famous in China.

However, now this battleship, which is very famous in later generations, can only be regarded as a little guy in the ranks of this group of battleships, facing the missiles launched by the Huafu fleet, several tons of missiles, and hundreds of kilograms of warhead warheads, directly drilling into the battleship, an internal explosion, fully releasing kinetic energy, and the Izumo has no way to contend at all.

Tilt, if the battleship tilts at one point, it means that the battleship has been injured and some are lucky enough to save it, but the damage to the Izumo is too severe, and he capsized too fast, and he did not give the maintenance personnel any chance to rescue at all, and when the bow sank and the stern was raised high, revealing the ass with the propeller, it was announced that he was no longer saved.

The battleships Kongo, Hiei, Hirado, and Mikasa were not spared, and they were attacked by missiles one after another, and Kanji Kato looked at the battleships that exploded everywhere, and he knew that the Japanese combined fleet was finished, and it was defeated by the enemy without any ability to fight back.

The fire had already burned to the bridge, but Kanji Kato did not make any moves, at this moment his heart became extremely sad, death, he was not afraid, but without the combined fleet, Japan would be completely exposed to the enemy's strong ships, and at that time, Japan would become powerless, he was mourning for the future of the empire.

Even if he is not a master of prophecy, he can see the future of the empire will be ravaged by the enemy, the empire has lost the opportunity to rise, and he can only get such a result, he is really a little unwilling.

"Ahh

"Your Excellency, the battleship has been damaged, please evacuate." A staff officer ran up to Kanji Kato and shouted loudly, and pulled Kanji Kato with his hands, trying to pull him off the bridge, there was a lifeboat outside that would give them a chance to escape.

Kanji Kato shook off the staff officer's hand and said bitterly: "The fleet is over, even if we can escape, what can we do, can we survive in steal, watching the empire sink and be powerless, then I might as well return to the sea with the battleship." ”

"You go, leave me alone, you're still young, run for your life." After Kanji Kato finished speaking, he no longer looked at the staff officer who wanted to save him.

The staff officer wanted to say something, but looking at Kanji Kato's resolute expression, he knew that his captain had already made up his mind, and it seemed that he couldn't persuade him.

The staff officer gave a military salute, then quickly rushed out of the bridge and fled for his life. R1152