Yang Haiwei looked cold and ordered: "This broken ship is no longer a threat for the time being, attack the next target." ”

The hull of the ship moved forward, and all the main guns were aimed at the "Yashima", which was gradually approaching the flush position, and after a short rest, immediately opened fire.

The captain of the "Yashima" Shichiro Kataoka saw the battle clearly from beginning to end, and he shouted and shouted to order the rear main guns to fire desperately, but he could not smash the shells on the "Tianjin", and in vain he poured ammunition all around, smashing out spectacular columns of water, but he failed to form even a close miss.

There are only two main guns, and there are only a few secondary guns for side attacks, and the density is really poor. And with the break of the "Fuji", only one of his battleships was left to open fire alone, and the already not ferocious bombardment looked messy and weak.

This really can't be complained about the officers and men on the ship for not doing their best, but the difference in technical level is too much!

The "Yashima" did not have an optical ranging or advanced firing command system, and relied entirely on visual estimation of the distance between them, and under the smoke and shaking of the hull, the "Yashima" was estimated by the water column blown up by the shells, and the error was frightening.

Although its turret can fire two guns at once, it is a thing that can be set back after all, and the maximum is only that it can shoot out the eighteen rounds of ready-to-fire shells in the pear-shaped turret within twelve minutes, which is equivalent to the theoretical speed of one round in 80 seconds, which is still under the premise that the propellant can keep up in time.

If it is at a distance of 3,000 meters, the exact position of the enemy ship is determined, and the artillery is reset quickly enough, such a firing speed can indeed achieve good results. But now, they can't even aim at the enemy ships, and rely entirely on luck to get unreliable results. It is conceivable that he must be doing useless work.

In fact. After firing 18 rounds in one go. The back of the fire was raised one by one, and the speed was much slower, and there was no guarantee that it would be launched once every two minutes. In the case of the constant change of positions of the two sides, all the shells fired backward by the "Yashima" can only play the role of interference.

Now, they have to face the terrible blows of the "Tianjin"!

Advanced 203mm gun with a theoretical maximum rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute! In battle, you can shoot 3 shots per minute, and a nine-door salvo is the delivery of four tons of steel! It is 27 times the rate of fire of the opponent and more than ten times the amount of delivery. Greater accuracy and not weak lethality, the cumulative combat effectiveness of geometric progressions is simply disproportionate.

The nine main guns of the "Tianjin" and the five 127mm secondary guns fired together, and the almost non-stop shells bombarded at a speed of more than 100 rounds per minute.

The officers and men behind the "Yashima" looked out from their respective positions, and a cloud of smoke rose in the distance to cover the monster-like hull, followed by head-on shells, and the ears were full of screams like ghosts crying, followed by rumbling explosions in front of the front and left. The spectacular water column that rises from the ground like a dense forest, and the endless crazy impact of the air waves. Fragments of steel swept across the sky and struck, and the raging fire ...... that suddenly pounced on his body.

A blow so fierce that they could never have dreamed of was sent out from a battleship, and this terrifying scene alone was enough to make the shocked brains of the Japanese troops up and down the whole ship numb!

Including the captain of the ship, Shichiro Kataoka, for a while, he thought that he had entered a dream. If this is not the case, how can such an enemy ship appear?

The ensuing explosion woke them up and realized that this wasn't a nightmare, it was a bloody reality!

The vicious 127mm artillery shells, with a semi-automatic loading rapid-fire of more than a dozen rounds per minute, without worrying about accuracy, continuously fired a dense barrage of explosions, completely obscuring the sight of the "Yashima". However, the nine main guns can maintain the due accuracy with radar and optical ranging, and after a series of rapid fire, they can resume a steady strike of two rounds in one minute.

Even so, the hit rate of the secondary gun is still not something that the Japanese dare to think, but the shells falling in a large angle arc can bring enough penetrating kinetic energy to threaten its horizontal armor, and the continuous explosions are sweeping the superstructure and flattening the superstructure little by little!

The Japanese army was unable to fight back at all, and watched the sea of fire devour the hull, and occasionally a 203mm shell rushed in, piercing through the rest of the buildings except the main turret in one fell swoop, and the explosion of various pieces of steel and wood was tens of millions, forming countless pieces of killing and wounding that spread to the surroundings.

The "Yashima" is like a sand building, constantly blown by the twelve-level wind, and quickly cut off layer by layer, but it has no ability to resist at all.

No matter how Kataoka Shichiro roars, after all, it can't be converted into combat effectiveness, and he must still maintain the siege of the "Dingyuan" in the inner circle according to the order, and the result of looking ahead and backward is to catch blind at both ends!

"Ahhh I've had enough! ”

Finally, His Excellency Osa, who had a strict style and a violent temper, let out a terrible scream, and ordered the battleship to immediately nod its head and form a lateral position against the enemy ship, in an attempt to aim with the two main guns in a maneuver to form the largest strike density on one side.

Unexpectedly, when boarding, the complete column was pulled out of the middle of a big gap, and the cruisers behind the guide were at a loss, and there was no smooth communication with each other under the smoke and dust, and the landing caused a fatal mistake - the coalition ships behind thought that this damn guy was going to escape!

How important the two "Fuji-class" battleships were to Japan, the great powers knew very well. Therefore, when formulating tactics, not only the routes and places of rendezvous were carefully designed, but also the roles to be played in the operation were planned. The two ships must be in the middle of the cruiser formation, as the main combat power to form an effective supply to the enemy. When the arc column is formed, its eight main guns should be the main force against enemy ships - the main guns of the cruisers of various countries are too small to penetrate the terrible main armor of others.

Similar to the situation in which they were facing a two-sided battle after encountering the enemy, they had already foreseen that their plan was to put aside unimportant targets and concentrate on killing the enemy's capital ships first. The decisive role of the heavy artillery of giant ships in battle is clearly understood by all countries. As long as the two battleships of the Chinese Navy are eliminated, the remaining small ships will be enough to be swept away with armored cruisers alone.

Such a clear tactic requires the two ships of the "Fuji" to be regardless of the situation. It must be accurately and unmistakably oriented as the core combat effectiveness and oriented to the goal. That is, the "Dingyuan" in front of you. In the middle of the target has de facto formed a semi-encirclement. No matter which direction it breaks through, it will inevitably suffer a series of bombardments, and after interception, it will face the fatal blow of eight long-barreled 305mm guns, in this case, it must hold on to the end!

Don't you see, the "Fuji" has been abolished in half, and they are still gritting their teeth and insisting on the capture of the "Dingyuan"? The position in the battle can't be shaken casually!

Shichiro Kataoka doesn't see it that way, he thinks it's better than the "Dingyuan" that he already knows enough. This unknown strange battleship that suddenly appeared is even more threatening! It turns out that the opponent's weird triple main gun has more than two Dingyuan or even more terrifying combat power! The top priority is to kill this guy!

The fatal consequences of poor communication were obvious, and the Japanese navy, which had always been not very skillful, had been in trouble since the time of Ito. On the side of Shichiro Kataoka, his bravery and determination brought a fatal counterproduct!

"Yashima" turned to maneuver, surrounded by an arc and sharply turned the rudder to get out of mode, giving way to the position of the armored cruiser in the rear, and the Russian cruiser in front of it thought that the guy was going to run away and stopped doing it. He decisively ordered his battleship to speed forward, trying to dodge in the space ahead. Let the sturdy Japanese ship act as a meat shield.

After all, the cruiser has a streamlined body, and if the power is not weaker than that of the battleship, the acceleration must be more efficient. As soon as the "Yashima" finished turning its right rudder and set it up, the cruisers behind it rushed up to fill the position.

Kataoka Shichiro thought that the Russians had found out their conscience and automatically came up to ensure that the queue was complete, and then saw that the other party not only did not slow down, but accelerated and continued to run towards the front, and even crossed the rear of the burning "Fuji" and ran towards the distance!

Nima, what's going on?! Looking at the other warships behind them who are also doing such things, the arc encirclement queue was pulled out of a big hole, and the tight encirclement was torn apart, and the front and back were disjointed!

Shichiro Kataoka understood what was going on and yelled, "Bastard! We are fighting a bloody battle against a powerful enemy ship, and you actually escaped?! Sure enough, a qiē foreign devil is unreliable! ”

He didn't realize that he was the one who caused such a terrible consequence!

The terrifying combat effectiveness of the "Tianjin" was seen by all the battleships, and they were all stunned and trembling with fright when they saw the two battleships that they relied on as their main combat force falling into the sea of fire and hell!

Where did this monster come from! With the agility of a frigate, the speed of a torpedo boat, the rate of fire of a destroyer, the lethality of a battleship, incredible accuracy ....... An unimaginable combination of the best qualities is simply the perfect weapon of war!

But the problem is that such weapons are in their hostile positions, and they obviously have more than a dozen warships, but none of them can come up with a way to deal with that guy. This means that their hunt is not only meaningless, but also an incredible trap!

Hit, can't fight, can't fight. Escape, I guess I can't run away from others, how can this Nima still play?!

Under the floating thoughts, the battleships were a little uncontrollable, but they did not waver just by watching the Japanese flagship grit their teeth and insist. When Shichiro Kataoka made such a move, everyone thought that they couldn't hold on, so the Russians ran first, and the people behind followed suit.

Who is more stupid than whom, and they fly separately when disaster comes!

Without saying a word, the two cruisers that were outflanking the tail of the "Dingyuan" accelerated and rushed forward, apparently to row in front of the group of light ships and escape.

Later, the vacancy vacated by the Russian battleships that had left the battlefield exposed several British cruisers. As soon as they saw that things were not good, they did not want to have a face-to-face confrontation with the "Tianjin", so they resolutely maneuvered to the left, passed by the "Dingyuan", and fled in fear. However, the position was very tricky, and it was guaranteed that the two Japanese ships would form a protective cover on the right side for them.

The whole formation is completely out of order!

Yamamoto Gonbei looked at this result in his busy schedule, and the seven orifices of the time were smoking! He desperately waved the flag and greeted, but the chaos had formed, and no one refused to cooperate. In desperation, he had no choice but to order his ship to fight the fire while maneuvering and turning, cooperating with the "Yashima" to outflank the rear road of the "Tianjin", and using his front main guns to contain the attack.

Liu Buyun laughed wildly when he saw it, pointed to the chaotic enemy ships and shouted: "I just said that the devils can't work together." Drop the chain at a critical time. I want to join forces and bully people. Hehe, as long as we are tough enough, don't think about it on a dog day! Grandchildren, it's our turn to strike! ”

At the sound of an order, the "Dingyuan" changed its forward insertion to a left-turn rudder maneuver, and the front main gun opened fire unhurriedly, forcing the enemy ships in the cross-section to get out of the way, and converging all the way towards the middle point.

Meanwhile. The "Tianjin" changed its hedging attitude and continued to turn the rudder to the right, outflanking the left rear of the "Yashima", and did not forget to continue firing and bombarding in the middle until the fire on the right half of the "Yashima" was completely paralyzed!

The speed of the two Japanese ships was knocked down, and half of the force was abolished, and while extinguishing the fire, be careful not to explode the ammunition, I don't know how hard it was.

Comparatively speaking, the cruisers of various countries that were basically undamaged rose to speed, desperately rushed out of the periphery, and got rid of the bad fate of being flanked. But because of this, it was broken into four pieces and displayed in a messy manner on the sea surface with a diameter of more than ten kilometers. In front of them. There was only a group of a few Chinese warships, but with superior speed and maneuverability, they rushed straight to the Russian battleships with the smallest number of escapees!

This melee lasted for more than ten minutes. The "Fuji" had just turned around, and was stunned to find that the target had run out of the range of their main guns, but the "Yashima" was circled by the "Tianjin" to the right rear, and the debris of the shells flew all over the body, the flames rose, and the wolf fled towards the front in a terrible way.

Turning his head to fight a decisive battle or something, he didn't dare to think about it at all, Kataoka Shichiro was full of only one thought, that is, to make peace with the flagship as much as possible, and then find a way to escape back to the mainland and keep the two battleships!

The two battleships "Fuji" were like spiritual pillars for the whole of Japan. Even if there is smoke all over it, as long as it can return to the mainland, then there is still hope for the rise of the Imperial Navy. But if you are killed halfway, no matter how much you lie, it will be useless, and you can't imagine what will happen to the people who have lost their support!

Escape! Desperately flee! Run as fast as you can!

Gonbei Yamamoto came to his senses and ordered the flagship to issue an order for the cruisers to move closer to him, and then the big guys fled to Kagoshima together. As long as the speed is raised, it is considered a success if it can enter the range of the shore defense guns before the enemy ships completely turn around and catch up.

The idea, very beautiful, the result, is terrible!

The maneuverability and speed of the "Tianjin" were something they could never have dreamed of. The two battleships that were hit hard could not even guarantee the speed of 14 knots, on the other hand, the heavy cruiser with 100,000 horsepower, but after completing the rapid turn of a small radius, the two steam turbines roared at full speed, urging the battleship to split the waves, all the way to 30 knots, the last to come, and overtake, in a short period of time fiercely and savagely caught up again!

While fleeing, they did not forget to pay attention to the cruisers of the battlefield, and the foreign devils almost fell to the ground with their eyes! How much power does a battleship the size of Nima have to be to run so fast! The acceleration is so amazing, this thing is really made in China? What about youkai!

The big guy is trying to speed up, and he can be outflanked by the hedged enemy ship, how scary!

So there is no warship to protect bravely, so hurry up and run!

It's like being attacked by a tiger in the forest, I don't have to run faster than the tiger, I just need to run faster than others to survive!

As a result, all the cruisers frantically accelerated to seize the road, and in a short time they all crossed the two damaged battleships and broke out of the encirclement, and they were relieved to see the "Tianjin" re-firing fiercely at the "Fuji", and Nima could be regarded as having a way to live.

Yamamoto Gonbei's lungs are about to explode! But he didn't have any way, the powers couldn't listen to him at all, and they flew separately when the disaster came! In other words, when he faced such a situation, it was probably the best thing to do to save himself!

Thinking about anything else, it was too late, the "Tianjin" rushed up from afar, all the way to the front artillery bombardment, in the course of more than 10 kilometers of sprint, hit the target as many as 100 shells, large and small, before the last lateral position completely swept over, the "Fuji" superstructure was completely swept away, all the artillery fire was paralyzed, but there was no explosion and sinking.

Subsequently, the "Tianjin" left this immobile live target, quickly passed the fleeing cruiser again, and rushed to the front of the two fastest Russian battleships, and blew them up with a heavy cannon!

The "Dingyuan" caught up from the rear, bitten the "Yashima" first, fired from 10 kilometers away in a frantic manner, pursued and killed the enemy ship to a distance of less than 1,000 meters, and blasted the enemy ship through more than a dozen holes with sharp heavy armor-piercing shells, and sank on the spot before it even had time to struggle!

Immediately after, the "Dingyuan" accelerated its pursuit, full of power, and pursued the French cruiser that fell last!

The ships of the great powers only realized at this time that the other party did not give them a chance to escape at all, this is to come to a lore!

But it was too late to wake up, and their formations had long been torn apart, disjointed from front to back, and could not form a joint force. The "Tianjin" first destroyed the two Russian ships, and then accelerated to catch up with the cruisers in front, riding thousands of them, and the artillery alternately hit them, bombing them one by one, and holding them to the ground.

In the rear, the soy sauce frigate finally showed its fangs, and took advantage of the unstoppable harassment of its own small cannons, and held on until the two big ships caught up and cleaned up one by one.

The last few cruisers that were dragged in the middle saw that things were not good, and knowing that they could not return to the Japanese ports, they resolutely maneuvered towards the South China Sea and attempted to escape to the Ryukyus. They didn't know that at this time, the first squadron led by the "Zhenyuan" had already moved quickly in place, and was waiting for them there with its open pockets! (To be continued......)

PS: PS:123 into one big chapter.