Chapter 76: Fierce Battle at Sea

"Boom!" A cannonball hit the Nishikyo Maru, and the explosion shook the hull violently, and the Japanese Navy's commander Shikinori Kayama fell to the ground unprepared.

"Baga Ya Road! Fight back now! Shiki Kayama roared angrily.

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten that the Saikyo Maru was converted from a merchant ship, and there was only one 120mm rapid-fire gun, which had been destroyed in yesterday's naval battle. We can't fight back! Captain Yuki Kano shook his head and said.

"Yaga!" Shiki Kayama said angrily, "Then what are you waiting for, retreat quickly!" ”

"Boom!" A cannonball hit the Saikyo Maru again, and a fire broke out in the stern. Yuyuki Kano said to Shiki Kayama with an anxious face, "Your Excellency General, the situation is in a critical situation right now, just in case, do you have anything else to explain?" ”

"Hey!" Shiki Kayama looked at the columns of water that were blown up near the Saikyo Maru, and sighed helplessly, "Inform Ito-kun, I~!" ”。

At this moment, Yuyuki Shikano's face couldn't help but change, "Chirp! The whistling sound of the cannonball piercing the air accompanied by the howling of the sea breeze reached the ears of Yuyuki Kano, and with his experience, Yuyuki Kano must have landed very close to him.

"Boom!" A violent explosion suddenly sounded, and a 320-millimeter huge bomb hit the command room of the Nishikyo Maru, and the fire generated by the explosion instantly engulfed the command room, and the bones of a group of little devils, including Shiki Kayama, were directly blown up. The hull of the Saikyo Maru shook violently, as if it was about to fall apart at any moment. The Saikyo Maru was just a merchant ship, and its weak armor could not withstand the bombardment of a 320-mm gun. What's more, in yesterday's naval battle, the Xijing Maru was hit 12 rounds successively, including 4 305-mm shells, 1 210-mm shell, 2 150-mm shells, and 3 120-mm shells, but due to the limited power of the Beiyang Naval Division's shells (the combat warheads equipped by the Beiyang Naval Division include flowering shells, solid armor-piercing shells, and trainer shells, and the flowering shells are still filled with traditional black powder, and the preparation for war is not sufficient, and the amount of ammunition carried is not sufficient), so that the Xijing Maru escaped. And the cannonballs equipped on the Celestial Empire are not the old-fashioned cannonballs equipped by the Beiyang Naval Division, but the new high-explosive shells, which are extremely powerful!

The Saikyo Maru was hit by three shells from the Celestial, and the ship burst into flames, and thick black smoke billowed up, obscuring the vision, making it impossible for the Celestial to aim again, and could only temporarily stop attacking the Saikyo Maru, but the Saikyo Maru, which had been damaged by the Hiei, was the same as the Hiei, and finally failed to escape the doom of sinking, and sank to the bottom of the sea about half an hour later, even faster than the Hiei.

"Baga Ya Road!" Seeing that both the Saikyo Maru and the Hiei were on fire and exited the battle sequence, Ito Yuheng angrily scolded, "Surround it, you must sink it!" Ito Yuhiro guessed that it should be a new ship newly purchased by the Beiyang Naval Division, and this time the Beiyang Naval Division's secrecy work was very good, and the Japanese never got the news. But these are not the most important, the most important thing is that once this giant ship and the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division are allowed to reconcile, it will inevitably become a huge threat to the Japanese Combined Fleet, so this battleship must not be allowed to return to Lushun.

"Captain, the Akagi fled south. The five ships Matsushima, Itsukushima, Chiyoda, Hashidate, and Fuso had already turned and outflanked me from the left and right flanks. The first mate pointed to the Japanese ships on the surface of the sea and reported loudly.

"Yes!" Yu Kun nodded slightly, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "Since the little devils want to play, let's have a good time with them!" The herald turns to the left! ”

"To the left?" The first mate glared and asked, "Isn't this a self-defeating trap?" ”

"What nonsense? Execute the order! Yu Kun said with a stern face, "If you throw yourself into the net, even their broken net can stop us!" Hum! ”

The Celestial Empire turned to the left, which was equivalent to getting into the pocket of the Japanese five ships, and the Japanese five ships quickly surrounded and surrounded the Celestial Empire.

"Now Matsushima is directly in front of us, Chiyoda is on the left, Fuso is on the right, and Itsukushima and Hashidate are around behind us! We are already surrounded! The first mate introduced the current shape with a worried face.

"Besieged! It doesn't hurt to be surrounded, so that all our artillery will come in handy! Command, each gun position is free to attack! Hit Matsushima with all your might! Yu Kun said with a stern face.

"Yes!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, they are coming at us!" The adjutant on the Matsushima pointed to the Celestial Empire with a look of disbelief and said.

"Yo Xi! I thought that after the sneak attack, they would definitely take the opportunity to escape, but they didn't, and their bravery deserves our respect! Tell all ships, concentrate firepower, and be sure to sink it! Ito said with excitement on his face. The giant ship in front of him was much bigger than Dingyuan Zhenyuan, and it would be a glorious thing if such a giant ship could be sunk.

"Hay!"

"Boom! Rumble! Although the battlefield was besieged by five Japanese ships, the Celestial Empire was not afraid and gladly met the battle. After a great battle, the Celestial Empire was hit by more than ten shots, but none of them could cause fatal damage to the heavy armor of the Celestial Empire. In the fierce battle, Chiyoda was killed by being hit in the ammunition room, and the fire ignited and temporarily withdrew from the battle sequence.

"Concentrate your fire on Matsushima!" When the Celestial Empire and Matsushima staggered, Yu Kun did not hesitate to give the order to set fire to Matsushima.

In yesterday's naval battle, all the guns on the left side of the Matsushima were destroyed, and the only 320 mm main gun was also completely unusable due to malfunction, and there was little power to fight back in the face of the Celestial Empire's concentrated fire attack. For a while, the bombs on the Matsushima rained down, and the shells continued to explode on the Matsushima, and soon a fire broke out on the Matsushima. One of the shells hit near the command room, the fleet commander Yuhiro Ito was wounded, and the Matsushima was forced to temporarily withdraw from the battle sequence.

The five Japanese ships besieged the Celestial Empire, but in less than half an hour, the Celestial Empire damaged two Japanese ships in succession, and such a result made the Japanese side angry. Itsukushima, Hashidate, and Fuso are still biting the Celestial Empire, and the two sides are coming and going, and they are having a lot of fun!

"Hey! We are alone, if we can have two warships to help, we will definitely be able to fight the little devils! Yu Kun said unwillingly.

"Captain, what are we going to do next?" The first mate asked with a frown.

"What should I do?" Yu Kun looked at the Japanese ships on the sea, "It's better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers!" Turn to the left now! ”