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A few minutes ago, on the cruiser "Yaeyama".

Captain Tojiro Hirayama's bold move forward made the young sailors and officers enthusiastic, and they felt the heroism and fortitude of His Excellency Osa.

But the deputy captain Tanaka Shaosa couldn't stand it a little, and when he forced to about 8 kilometers from the "Laiyuan", he couldn't help but remind: "Dazuo, we have entered the range of the enemy's main guns!" It's dangerous to go on like this! ”

The officers of the Japanese Navy were familiar with all the capital ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, and they were even more familiar with their various parameters. The twin 210mm 35 times diameter Krupp breech gun of the "Laiyuan" has a maximum firing range of 8,300 meters. If the fire is fired, the "Yaeyama", which is stuffed with thin skin, will not be able to bear it at all.

Tojiro Hirayama pointed into the distance with disdain, and said with a pout: "Tanaka-kun doesn't need to be nervous at all!" Our opponents will never dare to fire the first shot! Our intelligence officers have already known them clearly! Hmph, maybe it won't be long before I can personally attack that military port and capture all the battleships! Such a powerful battleship is in the hands of a group of cowards who dare not fight, what a waste! ”

He's not talking nonsense. As early as six years ago, the construction of the Weihai Fort began, and Guan Wenbing, a naval captain under the pseudonym Ji Shensuke, infiltrated Weihaiwei to reconnoiter for more than 70 days. After returning home, he wrote the "Opinion on Weihaiwei and Rongcheng Bay". The Japanese described his reconnaissance situation as follows: "Liver and gall were broken, and it was a great deal of hardship. ”

Knowing all the important circumstances, Tojiro Hirayama looked down on these completely outdated enemies all the more.

Tanaka Shaozao felt unsure. That's right, the speed of "Yaeyama" is fast. None of the Beiyang Naval Divisions could catch up. But after all, this is the sea area of the Qing Kingdom, what if there is an accident? Don't be careful!

He insisted on his opinion: "We are here to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The commander's side did not agree to provoke the opponent. Dazuo, don't spoil the big thing! ”

Tojiro Hirayama scolded impatiently: "Long-winded! Don't talk nonsense. You're waiting to see! ”

Next, the "Coming Distant Ship" approached forward, and Tojiro Hirayama commanded the "Yaeyama" to increase its speed and go around in circles, blatantly stimulating the other party, but it didn't attract a warning!

When "Laiyuan" turned back to shoot the target ship, he laughed proudly: "See? This is the cowardly Shina man! The Empire has always treated them as giants, afraid to go to war! In fact, there is no need to be afraid, they are just a herd of seemingly powerful sheep! ”

Tanaka Shaosa was puzzled: "How can this be? Don't they have any blood? It seems like we're all hired British instructors, right? ”

Tojiro Hirayama snorted coldly: "Although they are all British, they are completely different!" They learn how to defend. Make the military discipline neat, so that they can perform for their emperor and queen mother! What we learned was the strongest offensive tactics in the world! The only goal is to defeat a powerful enemy! Tanaka-kun, just wait patiently and see, the day of the rise of the empire is not far away! ”

"Hay! I understand! Thank you for your teachings! ”

Tanaka Shaozo had a suddenly realized expression on his face, and respectfully bowed his head and saluted.

Tojiro Hirayama nodded with satisfaction, and continued to pay attention to the distant "Laiyuan" with a pout and a telescope. Seeing that one of the opponent's shells did not hit the target. He laughed loudly: "Such a terrible archery, you should really tie that artilleryman to the mast and whip it!" ”

Other officers and soldiers also ran to the side to look over there. At this moment, suddenly. A strange scream came from far and near, followed by a column of water rising next to the "Laiyuan". Looking at Yaeyama, it looks as if the other party has been hit and missed!

Tojiro Hirayama's hand trembled. I almost lost my telescope!

He glared around and made sure it wasn't his own people who fired it. Immediately scanned with a telescope, within a radius of 10 km. Still haven't seen any other ships!

"Yaga! Which bastard hit the cannonball?! ”

He was in a daze, and Tanaka Shaozo exclaimed: "Dazuo, look! The enemy ships began to turn. Ahhhh ”

Everyone immediately focused their eyes on Tojiro Hirayama's face! Didn't you just say that the other side didn't have the courage to go to war? Well, now someone has fired the shell, and it seems that it is clearly suspected that we did it. What to do? Fighting?

Tojiro Hirayama gritted his teeth with hatred! He really wanted to rush over and fight, but he just thought about it. The other party is a guy with 9.1-inch armor, and those two 210mm guns are not vegetarians, as long as one shot, the "Yaeyama" can be seriously injured!

However, it would be too humiliating to withdraw like this. Or, take a bet to see if the other party dares to fire?

Two ideas in his head fought, but he finally did not make a mistake, and ordered the battleship to speed up immediately, while continuing to circle around, slowly closing the distance away from the range of the opponent's main gun.

On the "Coming Far Ship", Yang Hao quietly wiped a cold sweat and said secretly: "Dad, you really dare to do it!" I was so far away to hit the shell so close, and I was not afraid that it would go wrong and fall on my head! ”

That shot was undoubtedly fired from more than a dozen kilometers away by the X201 torpedo boat piloted by Yang Haiwei. The AK176 naval gun has a maximum range of 17 km, and in order to conceal his whereabouts, he must keep a sufficient distance. So, this shot is risky! If it falls on "Laiyuan", it will definitely cause a serious injury!

Even if Yang Hao stays in the command tower, the forged steel armor that is not enough for 6 inches thick may not be safe!

The purpose of firing this cannon was to cause an early clash between the fleets of the two sides. If he didn't do so, with Li Hongzhang's hesitation, he would definitely be fooled by the Japanese and British to complete the preparations for war. When the time comes, Beiyangqing will wait to suffer a loss, so it is better to give it a try and see if he can force them to fire first.

In addition, there is another reason for this, which is to disgust the Japanese!

In 1894, the Japanese Navy used the means of discharging empty cannons to induce Fang Boqian to be deceived. And then to attack, and the excuses are ready. You say I'll fire first? I'm going to salute you. If you shoot back, it's a foul, and if I hit you again, it's a matter of course!

Now, with Yang Haoye, he also gave this hand. I gave it to the "Laiyuan" side, and you said that you didn't fight it, who can prove it?

There is another important condition, that is, Liu Buyun, who is staying on the "Laiyuan Ship" at the moment, belongs to the kind of person who has a strong temperament and dares to act. He can swear that "if the ship is lost, it will be self-defeating", and then he fulfilled his promise, which shows his heroic and fierce.

Now he was staying outside with a lone ship, no one was restrained, and he was suddenly attacked, and he was made angry by Yang Hao's series of stimuli, so he naturally couldn't hold it back.

Qiu Baoren, the pipe band of the "Far Ship", is also a tough guy! In the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle in this world, he commanded the battleship to fight bravely, and the ship was shot and caught fire, and the fire almost turned into a light shell, and he could bring it back.

All kinds of conditions diverged, so that when the cold artillery attack came, Liu Buyun was furious, and the order was issued, and the battleship immediately entered the combat state!

If at this time, "Yaeyama" turns around and leaves when the situation is not good, there may be a possibility of redemption. But Hirayama Tojiro is arrogant and arrogant, and he actually slowly let the battleship continue to maneuver with speed, which is simply provoking Liu Buyun's tolerance limit!

The "Laiyuan" had just finished turning, and the twin 210mm main guns in the bow were aiming at the fastest speed. After the warhead and propellant were loaded, Liu Buyun roared: "Fight!" ”

"Boom!"

The 2,900-ton hull trembled! The bow of the ship was shrouded in billowing smoke, and two 109-kilogram armor-piercing shells rushed into the distance with the sound of the wind!

"Ahhh The enemy ships opened fire! ”

Tanaka Shaosa let out a scream, his eyes widened in horror, looking at the fireworks rising from the opposite side, and not long after, two shells fell into the water hundreds of meters away from the ship, smashing a large splash!

Tojiro Hirayama's heart is like a hammer! He's not worried about getting hit – at more than 7,000 metres, the opponent's hit rate is only 12 percent at best. As long as it's not too bad luck, with the speed of the ship, there will be basically no problem.

What he cares about is, why did the other party suddenly and boldly open fire? Hasn't their Prime Minister been trying to avoid war?!

It seems that there is a problem with my judgment! It's not good, in this way, it is equivalent to confirming the responsibility of the Japanese battleship to fire first, so can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' fooling strategy still be effective? But I can't guarantee it.

Although it is said that the reputation of provoking the two countries to officially go to war will definitely go down in history. Tojiro Hirayama didn't have the slightest confidence to guarantee that it would be infamous through the ages!

"Hurry up! Disengage from each other! Damn, we've got to find out who fired the gun! It's so damning! ”

He decisively gave an order, and then "snapped" and slapped the panicked Tanaka: "Yaga! Don't panic! Don't disgrace your Tanaka family! The terrible gunnery of the enemy ships simply couldn't hit us! ”

This slap really worked, Tanaka immediately vigorously "hi", gritted his teeth and hid to the side to see how he calmly commanded the battle.

The acceleration performance of the "Yaeyama" is still good, and it has been maintained at a speed of about 15 knots, and after a little mention, it began to increase the distance from the "Laiyuan". By the time the next shelling came, they had already completed the diagonal maneuver, and between the two, they began to draw a line that was getting farther and farther apart.

"Want to run? It's not that easy! Order the secondary guns to fire together! ”

Now that the fight has started, don't keep your hands, Liu Buyun has a cold face, staring at the target and not relaxing!

The two 150mm Krupp secondary guns of the "Laiyuan Ship" originally ensured the function of firing a salvo forward, but this time the number of shells hitting the target was doubled by adding a strike. More critically, the Type 1880 Krupp gun has a firing range of up to 11000 meters! That's 8 kilometers more than between us and the enemy!

"Bang bang!" Two large splashes of water splashed from the front, and although they were far away, they made the Japanese troops on the "Yaeyama" ship tremble! The other party is forming a straddle shot?! (To be continued......)