"How so? After only a few rounds of test firing, the people of China formed a straddle shot. "On the armored cruiser Kasuga, Rear Admiral Yamaya's face turned pale all of a sudden. The battleship Longhui has already formed a straddle shot, which means that it is only a matter of time before the armored cruiser "Kasuga" is hit.

Rear Admiral Yamaya suddenly felt that he used two armored cruisers to challenge a battle cruiser of the Chinese Navy, no matter how you look at it, it looks like looking for death! It's just that it's only now that I've come to my senses, it seems to be a little late.

As the second ship of the Chinese Navy's 'Longyao-class' battlecruisers, the 'Longhui' battlecruiser not only has strong firepower and high speed, but is also much more powerful than the British Navy's thin-skinned battlecruisers in terms of armor defense. In addition, in terms of soft power, the 'Longyao-class' battlecruisers also have a great advantage. The battleship has adopted the most advanced optical sighting instruments from Germany, plus advanced rangefinders, etc., which have already constituted a preliminary fire control system. Compared with the old battleships of the 'Kasuga-class' armored cruisers and the 'Longyao-class' battlecruisers, they are simply one heaven and one underground.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The four twin 305-mm guns on the battlecruiser 'Longhui' began to fire at the armored cruiser 'Kasuga' at a rate of 1.5 rounds per minute. This rate of fire is far faster than the 254 mm guns and 203 mm guns on the Kasuga armored cruiser. The naval guns produced by the Krupp factory use the latest gun loading system, which greatly accelerates the rate of fire of the main gun.

For a while, shells continued to fall around the armored cruiser Kasuga. Although no shells had yet hit the armored cruiser Kasuga, the jets of water that splashed high on the surface of the sea had completely enveloped the armored cruiser Kasuga. Let it be dangerous.

"Damn, fire! Fire on me. "Ignoring his previous order to approach 4,000 meters before firing, Major General Yamaya directly ordered the main guns to fire. If you don't fight back after being beaten, I'm afraid that the morale of the battleship will fall directly to the freezing point.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The 254-mm guns on the armored cruiser Kasuga and the twin 203-mm guns in the stern opened fire. But. At a distance of more than seven thousand meters, the level of shelling of the armored cruiser 'Kasuga' was simply miserable. Compared to the battlecruiser "Longhui", it is simply garbage.

At 9:58 a.m., a shell fired from the No. 2 turret of the battlecruiser 'Longhui' hit the armored cruiser 'Kasuga'. The armor-piercing projectile, weighing more than 300 kilograms, easily tore open the front deck of the armored cruiser "Kasuga", and after penetrating the deck, a violent explosion occurred. The deck armor of the armored cruiser "Kasuga" was only about 20 millimeters, and naturally it could not withstand armor-piercing shells of 305 millimeter caliber.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded. The entire armored cruiser 'Kasuga'. There was a violent tremor. The entire bow of the ship was in flames. The 254mm gun has been completely lifted off. The cabins below deck, all blown up, caused a raging fire at the same time.

Rear Admiral Yamaya on the bridge was slammed to the floor. However, he then got up, regardless of his embarrassment. Immediate order for loss control.

"Put out the fire quickly, turn to evacuate immediately." Major General Yamaya ordered. Right now. He realized how big the gap between the two sides was. The battle cruiser "Longhui" suffered heavy damage to the armored cruiser "Kasuga" with one shot, and if it continues to fight, I am afraid that it will soon be sunk.

It's just that it's not too late to retreat at this time? The battlecruiser "Longhui" has already achieved a hit. Of course, I won't let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs.

At 10:06, the battlecruiser 'Longhui' fired another salvo. In this salvo, two shells hit the armored cruiser Kasuga. A shell hit the amidships of the armored cruiser Kasuga, causing direct damage to the power of the armored cruiser Kasuga. Originally, the speed of the battleship was still 16 knots, but now it began to decrease continuously. Another shell. Directly asked for the life of the armored cruiser 'Kasuga'. This shell hit the side of the armored cruiser 'Kasuga', and with only 150 millimeters of waterline armor, it could not withstand an armor-piercing shell weighing more than 300 kilograms. After the armor-piercing shell tore through the waterline armor, an explosion occurred. The great power tore a big hole directly near the waterline of the armored cruiser 'Kasuga'. The sea rushed into the battleship frantically, causing the armored cruiser Kasuga to gradually tilt.

"General, the side side has been penetrated, the battleship is flooding, and the damage management personnel are working on it. However, the water inlet is too big to be blocked. Please also ask the general to leave the Kasuga and go to the Nishin to continue commanding the battle. "The captain of the armored cruiser 'Kasuga', Kujuro Yamaguchi, asked. After all, from now on, there is a good chance that the 'Kasuga' will not be saved.

Rear Admiral Yamaya shook his head: "The 'Kasuga' is finished, can the 'Nisshin' still be able to escape?" ”

Kujuro Yamaguchi opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

After fighting for more than 10 minutes, the damage control personnel declared the damage management failure, and the entire battleship sank into the sea in less than 10 minutes.

Rear Admiral Yamaya and Kujuro Yamaguchi did not leave the ship, but sank into the sea with the battleship. However, Rear Admiral Yamaya finally sent a telegram asking the captain of the armored cruiser "Hishin" to assume the position of commander, and asked him to retreat immediately.

However, the armored cruiser 'Kasuga' has already been sunk, will the battlecruiser 'Ryuhui' let go of the armored cruiser 'Nisshin'? That's obviously unlikely.

In fact, after the fatal blow to the armored cruiser Kasuga, the builder of the armored cruiser Nisshin Yamanaka Shibayoshi Osaku was frightened, and he immediately ordered the armored cruiser Nisshin to turn around and prepare to flee. However, the battlecruiser "Longhui" then abandoned the armored cruiser "Kasuga", which had already suffered heavy losses and could sink at any time, and opened fire on the "Nisshin".

"Damn, how can the warship of the Shina people be so powerful?" Yamanaka Shibayoshi Osa was very angry. Originally, they thought that although the capital ship of the Chinese Navy was a dreadnought, no matter how strong the dreadnought was, there was a limit. The Japanese navy launched a siege with superiority in strength and was always able to win. But now the Japanese Navy is using two armored cruisers against one battle cruiser of the Chinese Navy, and the result is actually like this.

"Let four 'kamikaze-class' destroyers launch lightning strikes on the warships of the Chinese to cover our retreat." A hint of resoluteness flashed in Yamanaka Shibayoshi's eyes, and he gave the battle order.

Four 'kamikaze-class' destroyers are far less valuable than one 'Nisshin' armored cruiser. If the "Nisshin" armored cruiser was saved by sacrificing four "kamikaze-class" destroyers, it would undoubtedly be a good deal.

After receiving the order from Yamanaka Shibayoshi Daisa, although they knew that they were dead, the four 'kamikaze-class' destroyers began to rush towards the 'Longhui' battle cruiser without hesitation.

These four 'kamikaze-class' destroyers, namely the 'Tokiyu', 'Aaro', 'Hurricane', and 'Chasing the Wind', belong to the latest destroyers of the Japanese Navy. But even so, the displacement of more than 400 tons still made these destroyers look like small ones in front of the 'Longhui' battle cruiser. The guns on these destroyers posed no threat to the Longhui battlecruiser, and the only thing that could threaten them was probably the two 450-mm torpedo tubes it was equipped with. Even the battlecruiser "Longhui", once it was hit by a torpedo, even if it did not die, it would be affected a lot.

On the battlecruiser 'Longhui', Brigadier General Liu Ziying gave the order to open fire on the four destroyers. Four twin 305-mm guns, as well as six 155-mm rapid-fire guns and six 88-mm rapid-fire guns on the side of the battleship, opened fire on the four destroyers. At the same time, the destroyer 'O-2' also began to pour fire on the four destroyers of the Japanese Navy. The twin 105-mm guns and 88-mm rapid-fire guns on the destroyer O-2 were also a lethal threat to the destroyers of the Japanese Navy.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Dense explosions sounded on the surface of the sea, and columns of water rose into the sky. The four 'kamikaze-class' destroyers of the Japanese Navy rushed towards the 'Longhui' battle cruiser at a speed of up to 30 knots. These little Japan are not afraid of death at all.

"Boom!" The destroyer Hurricane, which was charging at high speed, shook violently, and then its speed began to drop dramatically. A 155-mm shell fired from the battlecruiser 'Longhui' accurately hit her bow. The armor of the 'kamikaze-class' destroyer is almost equal to zero, and a single 155-mm shell is enough to blow the bow of the destroyer 'Hurricane' to pieces.

Subsequently, two 105-millimeter shells fired by the destroyer 'B-2' hit the destroyer 'Hurricane' again, sending her completely into the sea.

The sinking of the "Hurricane" not only did not frighten the other three destroyers of the Japanese Navy, but made them even more desperate, and launched a similar suicidal attack without fear of death.

"Boom!" A violent explosion came, and under the gaze of everyone, the destroyer 'Shiyu' exploded violently, and the entire battleship disintegrated at once and disappeared into the sea. It was a 305-mm shell that hit her, directly obliterating the destroyer, which had a displacement of just over four hundred tons. (To be continued.) )

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