Chapter 666: Bombardment of Etajima (Medium)

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Taiwan's Sword-class battleships arrived at Etajima about several kilometers away, and the Japanese cadets and teachers of the Naval Academy on Etajima also ran out one after another, apparently hearing the whistles of the five battleships and coming out to watch the battleship. And the students and instructors of their naval academy pointed at the huge battleship in the distance, as if they were very excited.

They saw the Japanese flag and the naval flag on the battleships with binoculars, and they began to wave and cheer and start shouting loudly. They didn't know what was going on, they still considered this battleship to be a battleship of their own country.

"Great, is this the battleship of our Great Japanese Empire?" "Yes! This is also the battleship of our Great Japanese Empire, and it is wonderful that such a huge battleship is so huge. "It would be great if I could serve in this battleship after I graduated!" "Yes! My biggest dream is to be the captain of a battleship, and if I can be the captain of a battleship, then I will not be in vain. "Yes! It is a great honor to be the captain of our battleship, and that is a person with an unlimited future prospect! ”……

The cadets of the Japanese Etajima Naval Academy began to shout excitedly, and it was the first time they had seen five battleships coming together. Even the Japanese naval instructors rarely had the opportunity to see battleships, and they were not familiar with these battleships, so they tried to look with binoculars, but they couldn't see anything.

"Huh? What the hell is going on with these battleships? How was this battleship designed? It seems that it is not quite the same as the battleships currently in use? An instructor who was more familiar with battleships muttered.

However, as soon as Kawahara, who was the principal of the Japanese Naval Academy, saw these five battleships, he also frowned. Because as a rear admiral of the Japanese Navy, he naturally knew the current situation in Japan. At present, the Japanese Navy no longer has battleships, and he already knows that Japan suffered a crushing defeat in the Second Battle of Daidonggou, and there are no more battleships. At present, although the high-level officials are concealing information, the middle and low-level naval officers and men are not aware of this period, but as a high-ranking general, he already knows about it.

Emperor Meiji also sent him telegrams repeatedly, hoping that he would be able to teach the officers and men of the naval academy well. We will strive to train a number of qualified officers as soon as possible, and then prepare for the reorganization of the navy in the future. So he knew the news, but now there were five battleships flying the Japanese flag here, and then he immediately began to send telegrams to inquire. He sent a telegram asking what was going on, how there were five Japanese-flagged battleships here, and they came all the way.

Kazuya Kawahara doesn't know much about this at the moment, so he waits for a reply from above. In fact, this is also the luck thinking in Kawahara's heart, and he subconsciously still hopes that Japan will have a few more battleships. You know, many people can't help but think about things in their hearts. Therefore, Kawahara was looking forward to a few more battleships in his country, so he didn't react at the first time, so he naturally took the initiative to send a telegram to ask. But he didn't know, because he wasted time by sending a telegram to ask, and made him miss the best opportunity to lead the school officers and soldiers to retreat in time.

About ten minutes later, the Japanese Navy Command sent back a telegram.

"Headmaster, the Navy Command Department once again declares that we really don't have battleships in Japan. These battleships flying the Japanese flag are definitely not our Japanese battleships. This is 100% certain. ”

As soon as Kawahara heard this, his face immediately turned green and he began to shout: "Order the teachers and students of the whole school, retreat immediately, organize the students and teachers immediately, retreat immediately!" These battleships were not from our Great Japanese Empire. They are enemies, battleships of the Chinese people, go! ”

However, it was too late for Kawahara to give the order, and the battleships in Taiwan were already ready for battle.

"Lower the Japanese flag. Then change into our yellow tiger flag on a blue background. Each gun emplacement immediately began to count the elements and prepare for the attack. This time we bombarded them with high-explosive shells, and we gave them a good pot to drink! Chen Fa said.

Generally speaking, if it is a duel between warships, armor-piercing shells are generally used, because the armor of battleships is very thick, and generally high-explosive shells cannot penetrate the armor. The inability to penetrate the armor naturally cannot hit the enemy, so generally speaking, the duel between warships is to use shells with good armor-piercing effect, which can effectively penetrate the enemy's armor before exploding. The charge of armor-piercing shells is generally not much, and it can only explode and injure the enemy after it penetrates the armor. However, high-explosive bombs are different, high-explosive shells are generally used by the navy to bombard land, and have the characteristics of large charge and explosive power. And it is mainly aimed at the enemy's infantry without cover, and it is the cover of the navy for the army or naval landing force, which can strike at the enemy's armament in large quantities. And now what they want to do is kill people and demolish houses, so naturally they need to use high-explosive shells, not ordinary armor-piercing shells.

"Huh? Why did the Japanese flag of those battleships go down? Immediately, a Japanese cadet of the Naval Academy asked suspiciously.

Everyone also began to observe, and it was obvious that the Japanese flag on the battleships had been lowered, and everyone couldn't understand what was going on. However, soon a yellow tiger flag on a blue background was also raised, which made those Japanese naval cadets suddenly blinded.

"Hurry up, this is the battleship of the Chinese people, retreat!" Kawara shouted loudly.

Before those trainees could react to what was going on, the Taiwanese battleships had already opened fire.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Shells began to bombard the land of the Etajima Naval Academy, and the Etajima Naval Academy suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and then many of those cadets were completely blown away.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, and before a dozen Japanese naval cadets could react to what was going on, they were blown up by high-explosive shells, and then they died and didn't know what was going on, why their battleship opened fire on themselves. The caliber of the navy's artillery is as high as more than 300 millimeters, and even half of a football field can be turned into a sea of fire after a single shot, and almost no grass grows. Under such fierce and powerful firepower, even if the accuracy of naval artillery is not high, it is enough to cover the entire naval academy.

"Boom!"

As soon as the cannon was fired, a teaching building was bombed and fell to the ground, and even the teaching and research equipment in the entire teaching building was completely destroyed. The teachers and some teachers and staff inside were also killed, and none of them were able to escape in time.

"Boom!"

There was another loud bang, and a Japanese wooden simulated training ship was completely blown into slag, under the power of this high-explosive bomb, the wooden training ship could not support it at all, and one shot was enough to turn them into scum.

"The people are here, run!"

At this time, the last 120 or so cadets of the Japanese Naval Academy, who were not killed in the first round of bombing, began to run around with their heads in their arms. They had never experienced such a thing at all, they had thought about their future end, and they had even thought that they might die on the battlefield. But they never thought that the day would come so quickly, and that they were killed by the enemy before they could graduate or serve on the ship. It's not strange to die in battle, but if you die in battle without graduating from a military school, it's really embarrassing.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The guns of Taiwan's Sword-class battleships bombarded the Japanese Navy's Etajima Naval Academy without money, and almost every huge shell could take away at least several Japanese students or teachers. Or you can also attack those Japanese teaching facilities, teaching facilities such as teaching buildings, and a large number of teaching facilities and various research data have also been reduced to fireworks.

"Boom!"

A high-explosive bomb hit a house, and this made Kawahara almost go crazy when he had just run out of his office.

"Archives, archives destroyed?"

Kawahara was almost going crazy, and this archive building was arguably one of the most valuable treasures. Maybe in the officialdom, if you are in charge of the archives, it may be assigned, but for the inheritance of a school, the archives department is a department that cannot be ignored. Especially in a military school, a large number of seniors and seniors and all kinds of alumni left behind, as well as various teachers, students' research on scripture, from tactics, strategy, war science and technology, and even the teaching experience of various predecessors, students' notes, and so on. Don't look at these things and they look like they're all pieces of paper, they don't seem to be of much use. However, it is definitely one of the most precious treasures of a school, and it is one of the cores of a school's survival.

Even if it's a military school, it's a school! In particular, the experience left by those predecessors is enough for the younger generations to avoid many detours and develop faster, which is one of the most important assets of a country's navy. But now that it was shot down by Taiwan's battleships, those notes and archives turned into a pile of flames, which was enough to make Kawahara almost go crazy. If you want to re-establish these experiences, if you want to rediscover these experiences, you can't do it in a few decades! With this cannon, what was lost was definitely the essence of the Japanese Navy for decades, a wealth that could not be measured in monetary terms. (To be continued.) )