"Cannons! Could it be that the Japanese ships opened fire?! ”

Fang Boqian was shocked in his heart, if this was the case, then his face was a little unsightly! Just said that it was impossible, and the Japanese slapped them in the face, which is too much of a bastard!

Ten kilometers away, a puff of smoke came out of the front main gun of the "Yoshino", showing the traces of its just fire. But no shells fell. Anyone who knows more details from the "National News" will know that the 152mm rapid-fire gun it is equipped with has a maximum effective range of only 8,600 meters. It's so far away, there shouldn't be any threat.

Fang Boqian was sure that no shells fell, and laughed happily: "It turned out that the Japanese ship saluted us with a cannon!" Hmph, Er, ignore him and move on! ”

Shen Shouchang frowned again, he always felt that things were a little not simple. In today's world, which navy inexplicably fires a salute to others? Besides, what's the deal with only one ring? Not to mention, how can you use a 152mm main gun? This is obviously not normal!

He reminded loudly: "My lord! Don't be careless! Japanese people are used to using shady tricks, so you have to be careful that they are cheating! ”

"Enough!" Fang Boqian finally got angry, and again and again, this young boy who thought he was a little level in the United States was born as the first officer, and he couldn't help but take himself too seriously, and he couldn't help but take his pipe belt too seriously!

Pipe belt, that's the length of a ship! According to the training requirements of the British Navy, the authority of the captain cannot be questioned by anyone at will! As a subordinate, the first mate, if you don't seriously carry out orders, you always talk nonsense, which is not qualified!

Shen Shouchang's chest swelled violently, but after all, he was limited to his identity and responsibilities, and he couldn't sneer at each other.

That's when it happened. In the rear, five kilometers away, on the "Dongming". Yang Haiwei ordered the alarm to be sounded. The whole ship is in a wartime emergency! At the same time, the signalman was ordered to warn the remaining ships: "The enemy ships have an attempt to exchange fire, and they must be careful and vigilant!" ”

The "Flying Whale" felt inexplicable and did not react for a while. The escorting "Guangyi" and "Weiyuan" also did not know how to deal with it because they were far away, so they had to keep an eye on the "Jiyuan ship" in front.

But from the "Dingyuan Ship" escorted on the right flank, Liu Buyun looked at the flag, and his face changed immediately. Resolutely shouted the battle flag, and at the same time the power was fully opened, straight ahead! If there is an enemy, then someone will definitely intercept it obliquely! In order to give full play to its unique artillery arrangement, the Japanese army must seize the T-shaped horizontal route!

The "Coming Far Ship" followed, with the help of a slightly higher line of power, drove full horsepower and overtook forward! At this time, every kilometer of advantage is crucial!

The sirens sounded on the "Dongming" were extremely harsh. When he boarded, he startled several of the bands in the cabin. Jiang Zikang, who was in the camp of Renzi, hurriedly rushed out of the comfortable and spacious first-class cabin, grabbed a passing sailor and asked, "What's the matter?" What an alarm sounded inexplicably, wow! ”

The sailor replied coldly: "The enemy situation has been discovered ahead." A battle is highly likely! Your lord, you'd better restrain your men to stay in the cabin honestly. It's thick enough to cover it with steel plates, and it's very dangerous outside! The power of the naval guns is great! ”

Jiang Zikang's eyebrows were upside down, his old face was full of hideousness, and Sen Senran bared his teeth: "Phew! Lao Tzu has killed a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in his life, what scene have you never seen? Little guy, you have to scare grandpa, the road is still far away! Lead the way immediately, Lao Tzu wants to see with his own eyes, what kind of battle is this naval battle! ”

This old guy is a real fighter! Fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Pingjindan Sect uprising, and the war achievements, I never knew what it meant to be afraid!

Although the sailors were not happy to deal with these Qing soldiers, they also understood that now was not the time to make trouble, so they agreed sullenly, walked quickly to lead the way, turned a corner, and came to the command room on the top of the bridge.

It was a large room protected by multiple composite armor on the outside, and it was meant to be seen by outsiders. The surface of the four walls is a hardened modern armor steel plate; The interlayer is ceramic, the third layer is high-strength aluminum alloy, and there is a layer of steel plate with extremely high tensile strength, and a Kevlar lining at the innermost. Overall, the armor thickness is more than 254mm. If you count it with contemporary steel surface armor, it must be at least 500mm or more!

Safe, absolutely safe!

Not only is it high, but it also has a wide field of vision, and there is a thick bulletproof glass to ensure that even if you are hit by a gun, you will not die.

Jiang Zikang came up to take a look and found that Yang Haiwei had already arrived in advance, and was grabbing the phone and steadily issuing orders one after another. He didn't understand the Navy's words, but he was surprised to see that the front of this supposed ordinary cargo ship actually undisguised itself and revealed a cannon!

"I said, what's going on! Merchant ships are also loaded with cannons? ”

Jiang Zikang felt that something was wrong, but this was an American ship, and he couldn't care about it. Seeing a group of sailors rushing forward, they dismantled the cover with all hands and feet, wrapped the whole person in a cannon shield, and only exposed the slender barrel of the cannon to rotate flexibly, pointing obliquely to the right front, and a tense atmosphere of imminent battle arose!

Not long after, several other pipe bands were led to the command room one after another. The first time I saw such a novel place, a group of officers who were not small were amazed, and then they were attracted by Yang Haiwei's fierce and murderous military taste!

According to Jiang Zikang's heart, this two devils without braids are not simple!

Except for the turret, there was no sign of people outside the entire cargo ship, and it was empty!

At the forefront, Fang Boqian still took the "Jiyuan Ship" to move forward as it was, and this reaction fell on the "Yoshino Ship", and the commander of the Japanese First Guerrilla Force, Tsuboi Kozo, laughed proudly: "Hee-hee!" It seems that the guy on the other side has been deceived by our strategy! Speed up and cut off their fronts! ”

The "Yoshino Ship", which can be called the world's fastest ship, with up to 15,000 horsepower, two four-cylinder steam engines rumbling and shaking, the bow of the ship split the sea, all the way to 21 knots, and the bayonet-like cross-cutting "Jiyuan Ship" is directly in front!

"It's not good!"

Fang Boqian is not a mediocre hand, although he does not deal with Liu Buyun, he admires the other party's professional ability, and at the same time has the ability to be proud. What is the attitude of the Japanese ship ahead, you can roughly see the clues, this obviously does not look like a harmless pass!

When he saw the back of the "Yoshino ship". There were actually three more battleships trailing behind. I don't think it's good!

But at this time. The distance between the two sides has been drastically shortened from 10 kilometers to about 5 kilometers! The muzzle of the "Yoshino" is clearly visible in the telescope!

Fang Boqian Huo Ran was vigilant and ordered loudly: "All pay attention, quickly enter the artillery position, and prepare to resist the enemy!" ”

The vast majority of officers and soldiers are on their posts! Orders arrived. It's all in place! But even so, they were still a step late, and they saw the fire flashing on the "Yoshino Ship", three guns fired together, three shells, and roared straight towards the "Jiyuan Ship"!

"Boom! Boom! ”

The explosion of a 152mm grenade, not far from the hull! The blazing fire, the columns of water rising into the sky, and the deafening roar, gathered into a terrible impact. Stuffed into Fang Boqian's ears in one go!

Before that, he had been in the navy for many years, and the theory was the way. However, the actual combat experience is extremely lacking, especially the guts, which are really insufficient. As soon as the cannonball went off, the head went big!

However, after all, he was experienced, and reflexively shouted out the correct order: "Fire back with a cannon!" ”

It's easy to say, his front main gun can't be aimed at the "Yoshino" at all because of the angle problem! "And the tail gun is also at an inappropriate angle, and if you want to change the machine, you must turn urgently!

This delay, the opponent's shells continued to fire!

One after another, explosions continued to rise in the front and back of the "Jiyuan Ship", and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen rounds landed, but he was still helpless! It's really that the enemy's choice is too good, and the angle is too tricky!

At this time, "Guangyi" and "Weiyuan" were not afraid of hardships and dangers and began to move forward. In particular, after the addition of a 120mm rapid-fire gun, the "Guangyi" finally has the ability to fight head-on, speeding up and surpassing forward.

But then, they were stunned to find that the other ship had also begun to accelerate! It was none other than the "Dongming" cargo ship that should have been closely protected!

Fang Boqian also saw this scene, and was in a hurry, shouting angrily: "Nonsense! When is this, what is he doing when he is idle and has nothing to do to make a fuss ahead?! Wave the flag, let him go back immediately, and run as far as he can! If there is a business trip, no one can afford the loss of more than 2,000 officers and soldiers! ”

The "Dongming" was the top priority of the fleet's protection, and Shen Shouchang did not dare to slack off and personally went to give the order. But then he saw the scene, but his mouth almost didn't close in surprise!

I saw the bow of the beautifully shaped "Dongming" ship, suddenly rising a puff of green smoke, followed by the rumbling sound of cannons, and then looking at the front of the "Yoshino ship" in the distance, a thick column of water suddenly rose into the air!

Shelling! A cargo ship, actually firing guns!

Shen Shouchang was suddenly messy, what is the situation! Some people use 152mm guns to fire salutes, some people do not declare war, and now even armed freighters have come out to join in the fun, what is more strange in the world?!

This scene frightened the entire fleet of people and the Japanese troops on the opposite side!

The shells fired by the "Dongming" definitely have a range of more than 12,000 meters! This is a little farther than the maximum range of the Krupp 35 times the gun!

At the same time, the explosive power of that cannonball is simply something they have never seen in their lives! Even the 305mm grenade of the Dingzhen Second Ship may not be able to make such a spectacular splash! What the hell is this guy's way of!

On the "Dongming", in the command room, all the Qing military managers were silent and speechless! Staring at Yang Haiwei with wide eyes, he saw his calm remote command: "Correct the firing angle to the right by a secret position, the distance is 11500, a grenade, put!" ”

In the front turret, several artillerymen neatly stuffed a warhead into the barrel, piled up the propellant, closed the bolt, adjusted the elements, aimed, and fired!

The huge hull of the ship just trembled slightly, and the reinforced cannon body made by modern technology sprayed out the shells!

"Boom!" The thick water column exploded on the left side of the "Yoshino" less than 50 meters away! The intense splash even splashed on the conning tower!

This time, the Japanese army finally saw clearly who did the good thing. With a gloomy face, Tsuboi Kozo ordered in an angry voice: "Aim at that hateful cargo ship and kill him!" (To be continued......)

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