The genuine battleships were entangled together, but the "Dongming" quietly gave up its position, turned its rudder to the left and deviated from the course, and made a gesture of withdrawing to the periphery.

It seems that such an action is very much in line with its true nature as a transport ship. "Guangyi", who had finished extinguishing the fire, didn't know what happened to him, so he immediately stepped forward and duly assumed the duty of a shield. In any case, it is of utmost importance to protect the more than 2,000 Huai officers and men on board.

It's just that the previous series of tables made them and several other warships feel quite complicated. You say that you are a merchant ship, but you are better than a group of our warships, who is the main force in the battle!

The two main guns of the "Dongming" are the powerful arm power they value. When it is impossible to resist the overwhelming firepower of the Japanese ships with high rate of fire, large range, and high speed, those two guys with ultra-long range and ultra-high accuracy are particularly important.

Now, the ship is going to pull away, and in their hearts, they are a little reluctant.

But it's just a matter of thinking, and no one really expects a freighter to win the world. This kind of self-esteem and discipline is still there, not everyone is as shameless as Fang Boqian.

The general speed is more than a dozen knots, the acceleration is slow and the maneuvering and clumsy steam warship, and the low efficiency of changing formations is terrifying. It took more than ten minutes for the Japanese "Akitsuzu" on the right and "Naniwa" on the left to complete the complete barrier of "Yoshino".

Coupled with the "Gao Chiho" who was being pursued and killed behind, the anti-bow semi-encirclement arc of the three battleships blocked the front of the Beiyang battleships that came up. Especially inexplicably took a shot, and "Gao Chiho", who ran like a rabbit, finally plugged the gap in the back. Crazy with secondary artillery fire to intercept "Chaoyong" and "Guangyi".

Heihachiro Togo looked back at the layout of the battlefield. OK at the current rate. At least for half an hour, it is impossible for the "Dingyuan Ship" to approach to a killing distance. He turned around suddenly, stared through the monoculars, and stared at the "Dongming", which had withdrawn to about 14 kilometers outward, and pulled the corners of his mouth down fiercely, and shouted to the ship: "Catch up with that armed freighter and sink him!" ”

The "Jiyuan Ship", which was fiery against the "Qiujinzhou" on the right side, did not pay attention to it at all. A white flag has been raised. It is impossible for a cowardly ship that has escaped from the battle to fight desperately. Over there, there won't be much pressure.

Heihachiro Togo's pride would not allow him to be injured by a freighter, but he would not fight back. That would be a stain on his naval career, and it would not be washed away.

During this time, it was enough to complete the temporary repair of the blast damage, especially the power compartment, which still maintained a speed of more than 16 knots. With the full work of all the crews, the combat effectiveness of the entire battleship. Still well preserved.

Impact!

The "Naniwa" cut straight through the front end of the "Guangyi", and the broadside guns fired a series of explosions. Rushed straight to the "Dongming", which was already in front.

It had been more than an hour since the battle broke out, and it was dark and the view was beginning to be limited.

After several twists and turns, the "Dongming" finally drove to the center of the sharp edge of the Japanese army's oblique attack. The graceful hull of the ship is just in front of the sharp corners of the Naniwa. It's just that this distance is a little far.

13560 meters. The numbers obtained by radar ranging and optical ranging are basically consistent, and the two naval guns have locked onto the target many times, but neither has fired. Yang Haiwei is waiting for a chance to make a final decision.

From the first shot to the present, the two turrets have fired hundreds of shells. Various minor deviations in various sea conditions, speeds, and ship attitudes are recorded in the fire control computer, and corrections are made for the next shot.

When he withdrew from the battlefield, he wanted to complete the entire correction work, and along with the formation that contained the Japanese army, he was looking for an opportunity to attack. In any case, this ship is not a battleship, and it cannot be done to rush up to the melee.

As a result, it was the "Naniwa" that took the bait. Such a result, Yang Haiwei believes, is more ideal.

He was not for this battleship, but for the people above - Heihachiro Togo.

It is a name that was held up to the altar by the Japanese, and was called "Nelson of the East", and together with another army general, Oyama Iwa, it was called "Onshore Daishan and Sea Togo". Moreover, it is also the source of a series of rumors and materials to slander the Beiyang sailors. And in his own right, he is also an excellent admiral.

This is an important goal from every point of view.

However, Yang Haiwei still does not take these reasons in particular. The real reason was the murderous practice of this person who ordered the shooting of the soldiers who fell into the water of the "Gao Sheng".

In this era, the Navy still has a conscious noble sentiment. For example, many generals of the Beiyang Naval Division could die when the battleship sank and die in their bodies. This approach may seem silly to outsiders, but for the current generation of soldiers, they die a glorious death.

Also in battle, the two sides can fight to the death and not give up an inch of land. But the battle is over, and the rescue of those who have fallen into the water is enough to show how su zhì of an army is.

Heihachiro Togo chose the most despicable approach. He ordered the sinking of the "Gao Sheng" and fired at the soldiers who had fallen into the water with guns. Of the more than 1,000 Huai officers and soldiers in a boat, only 200 survived! With this one, Yang Haiwei will definitely not tolerate him!

Not to mention, the other party is still a Japanese soldier. For them, even a Chinese soldier, there should not be any doubts, yes, just kill them.

Yang Haiwei waited for more than ten minutes to open fire. He is constantly adjusting the hull to ensure that it is smooth and even, and the radar locks on to several targets, constantly calculating the exact number jù. Finally, the "Naniwa" rushed out of the formation and rushed in a straight line with great momentum. Just as he reached a coordinate point that had been determined in advance, he steadily pressed the switch.

The strengthened and modified hull trembled slightly, and a puff of green smoke came out from the front and rear guns, which looked particularly dazzling in the dim twilight of the sea and sky.

Heihachiro Togo's cold face was stimulated by the magnified light of the telescope, and he blurted out: "Shelling!" Beware of circumvention! ”

The next moment, his front was completely obscured by a boiling flame!

A 152mm armor-piercing projectile swept across a space of more than ten kilometers, like an arrow piercing through the Yang in a hundred steps, and poured into the top of the front turret! This time, without any incident, the explosion not only destroyed the entire gun emplacement crew from the inside, but also triggered the ammunition rack. So an earth-shattering loud bang erupted!

"Boom!"

Over the rough sea, it was like a thunderbolt suddenly exploding! The bow of the "Naniwa" was completely engulfed by a ball of flames with a diameter of tens of meters! The fierce flash of light swaggered the sea surface for miles in a magnificent and splendid manner! The huge fire ball surged up sharply from below, and the magma-colored black and red fire cloud soared straight into the sky more than 100 meters away!

Most of the bow, the original position of the front turret, was completely dismantled into scrap iron pieces!

The command tower in the rear was torn apart from the roots, and with a radial burst of shockwaves, all the crew members inside were killed in an instant! Tens of tons of steel fragments, endowed with terrifying kinetic energy, in a brief moment of milliseconds, fiercely smashed the weak armor on the surface, and stirred the flesh and blood inside into slag.

From a distance, the Naniwa actually jumped up from the sea, and was immediately swallowed up by the raging fireworks. Just a dozen seconds later, the front mainmast actually began to collapse crookedly. And at the far point of the explosion, an extraordinarily spectacular fire was ignited!

Yang Haiwei was quite surprised by such a result. He thought it was just a matter of inflicting a heavy blow on the ship. Unexpectedly, the explosion caused was so violent.

But when I think about it, I am relieved. In these days, the Japanese Navy used to pile ammunition racks in the turret, and once the armor penetrated, the consequence was a super explosion! What's more, the Japanese army may have used smokeless medicine, or even Shimose gunpowder. That kind of extremely unstable thing, but it is a good hand at sabotage, once it is triggered, it is difficult to clean it up!

The entire command center was destroyed by the bow explosion, and most of the sailors on the "Naniwa" were also shocked, with hundreds of casualties! The entire forward and even the middle deck was swept away by debris and flames, and several small boats were torn to pieces and sprinkled into the sea!

However, its attitude of rushing up has not changed much, and it is still advancing forward under inertia.

On the "Dongming", there was a cheer!

A group of landlubber officers and soldiers may not understand naval warfare, but they can still distinguish between friend and foe. The explosion of such a strict zhòng looks like it blew up an ammunition depot, and it doesn't seem to be half-disabled! Now, it's your own people who have got a big advantage!

Jiang Zikang laughed: "Good fight!" His grandmother's, the Oriental dwarf, is comfortable this time! can't rest angry, and then smack this group of kings and bastards! ”

Yang Haiwei didn't even move the corners of his eyes, and calmly continued to stare at the number of sights, and just as the "Naniwa" entered the next coordinate point, he fired again!

"Boom! Boom! ”

Three consecutive double cannon shots, again two shells hit the "Naniwa", which was slowly decelerating. An armor-piercing bullet underneath its swollen tribe penetrated the deck deep into the power compartment, exploding and destroying two boilers, killing a dozen people inside.

Another 120mm armor-piercing shell pierced through the bridge and blasted out a transparent hole through the opening at the other end!

At this moment, everyone knew that the "Naniwa" was finished.

Yang Haiwei did not stop, always locked on the ship, fired alternately with two guns, and steadily bombarded more than 20 shells in a row, almost sweeping the upper deck of the ship. Even if there were any remaining soldiers before, they would definitely die clean now. The blow did not stop until the boiling fire, which flowed from the front to the back, burned into a stout torch.

At this time, the remaining two Japanese ships began to panic. "Akitsuzu" decisively gave up the entanglement, and the right-turn rudder chased the tail of the "Yoshino" and rushed to the periphery.

Fang Boqian saw that it was cheap, and loudly urged the pursuit, but he was bombarded by the other party coldly! The whistling debris and the rush of heat sprayed him all over his head and face with flesh and blood. The square pipe belt exclaimed and changed color, and decisively ordered to turn his head to avoid!

This time, even the sailors below couldn't see it. Huang Zulian, the second co-pilot, said angrily: "Lord Fang! We'd rather fight to the death than be cowards! (To be continued......)

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