The spring thunder played together, the fire was on the face, and a red flame was like a meteor falling in the sky, angrily rolling in the sky, and the hull of the cruiser Takachiho collided in one place!

"Boom!" The hull of the Takachiho's amidships suddenly erupted with an unbearable purple light, as if a huge blood-colored red flower was blooming in the air. The air waves burst out, the steel armor was shattered, and the metal melted into a liquid state by the high temperature of the explosion, and the large and small irregular shrapnel danced vertically and horizontally, sweeping in all directions, and more than ten people fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

The scorching wind swept angrily, the sea of fire rushed, and the raging flames soared more than ten meters high, reflecting the nearby sea surface in red. At this time, the right side of the cruiser "Takachiho" had turned into a hell on earth: more than a dozen corpses were lying on the deck, bleeding profusely, and mutilated limbs and broken bodies could be seen everywhere. On a 150-mm Krupp gun emplacement in the amidships, a section of intestine hangs diagonally from a twisted barrel; The corpse next to him had its belly open, its brains overflowing, and its lower body was nowhere to be found!

"Boom! Rumble! There were several more violent explosions on the deck, and the hull of the "Takachiho" began to tremble in pain. In order to increase the rate of fire of the artillery, the Japanese naval warships chose to pile up a part of the ammunition next to the artillery, which certainly increased the firing speed of the artillery, but also brought great safety risks; Once the cannon part is hit, due to the active nature of picric acid, the shells filled with Shimose explosives made from it will explode in the first place, and the consequences will be even more severe!

"Quick! Put out the fire! Accompanied by the anxious roar of the cruiser Nagamura Sada, the frightened Japanese sailors trembled and got up from the ground, activated the motors and water valves, and fought the fire with rubber hoses in their hands. The flame of picric acid combustion is claimed to be able to "ignite even steel", which is extremely difficult to extinguish, and will produce a large amount of toxic gas after combustion; Before the war, the Japanese Navy was proud of its own artillery charges, but now it was their turn to experience it.

A short time later, the damage management department reported that a 283-mm Blossom (HE) shell had hit a 150-mm gun emplacement on the starboard side of the amidships, leaving a shocking hole there, killing 18 officers and men on the spot and severely wounding nearly 10 others. Fortunately, the ship's power system did not fail due to the violent vibration just now, and it was still able to travel at a speed of 14 knots without pressure. In order not to worry Tsuboi, Nomura Sada, ordered the flag of "Our ship is safe" to be raised on the signal line, indicating that the "Takachiho" could still continue to fight.

"The Takachiho was hit, but they waved the flag of 'our ship is safe', and it seems that they can still fight with the flagship." The captain of the cruiser "Yoshino", Kawahara, walked up to Tsuboi Kozo and said in a low voice.

Tsuboi Kozo pushed open the gate and walked out of the command tower, and looked back, only to see the "Takachiho" followed by it, and the starboard side had turned into a sea of flames. Under the crimson light, yellow-green smoke was faintly visible, and it was difficult to suppress the water hose no matter how roaring and spraying it was.

"Some of Takachiho's ammunition was killed." Tsuboi Kozo retreated to the command tower, closed the heavy iron door, and his words already showed an unconcealed anxiety, "I have seen the power of that thing, it can burn mountains and seas when it burns, and the horror is boundless!" Damn the Qings and the Germans, they should all go to hell! Hahara-kun, how far is the Qing fleet from us? ”

Kawahara pulled a rope hanging from the ceiling next to him, and after a while, a voice came from the mast: "Report, the Qing fleet is only 3,200 meters away from us!" ”

"Good!" Tsuboi Hangsan slapped the table, a fierce light flashed in his triangular eyes, and roared, "What the hell is the pig, I have beaten Lao Tzu for so long, do you really think that my Imperial Japanese Navy is muddy?" After the order is lowered, after the distance is shortened to 3,000 meters, ignore the two cruisers of 'Laiyuan' and 'Jingyuan', and concentrate firepower on the two small warships on the rightmost flank of the Qing fleet! He licked his lips bloodthirstily, a cruel look on his face.

The distance of 200 meters is only about a minute. In front of the First Guerrilla Fleet, which is composed entirely of cutting-edge cruisers, are the two warships on the far right side of the Beiyang Fleet, and they are also the two oldest veteran ships of the Beiyang Naval Division on the battlefield, the "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei".

"Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" belong to the same class of ships, which were built by the British Armstrong Company, and the rear hull part was subcontracted to Mitchell Shipyard for construction. The ship is 64 meters long, 9.75 meters wide, has a draft of 4.57 meters and a displacement of 1,350 tons. It is powered by 2 reciprocating steam engines and 6 round boilers with a power of 2,600 horsepower. Although the hull is claimed to be made of all-steel, the interior is made of a large number of wooden components. The two sisters, who once attracted the attention of the navy of the world, are now no longer young and have become the warships with the weakest combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Naval Division on the battlefield.

Up to now, the condition of the two warships "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" has reached a shocking point: due to long-term high-intensity use, the machinery and equipment have been seriously aged, and the six boilers are on the verge of being scrapped; No matter how hard the sailors on board tried to add coal to the boilers, the speed of the two battleships would not exceed 6 knots, and in 1882 they could easily run 15 knots! Although before the war, Ding Ruchang repeatedly proposed to the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau to replace the boilers of these two warships, but for various reasons, they did not take action.

What's even worse is that the original intention of the design of these two warships was to quickly approach the opponent with high speed, and used the tactics of launching a ramming angle to defeat the enemy. In order to achieve high speed and heavy firepower, designer Rendall drastically reduced the armor and tried to reduce the tonnage of the warship; The only thing in the ship was the bow and tail turrets with 1 inch (25.4 mm) and armor, and the measly 9.5 mm dome armor that covered the ammunition depot and boiler bays, hoping to reduce the chance of being shot by having a low profile. Having lost the high-speed "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei", the self-defense capability is also quite weak, and the only thing that can be used is the single 26 times diameter 254 mm main gun equipped with the bow and tail of the battleship, and four 120 mm guns. Like boilers, these guns have aged over time and are not as good as they used to be.

"Auntie is big, shoot baa quack! (Now, attack the enemy!) ）”

At 12:55, with the order of the captain of the ship, Kawahara, three 152-mm guns, four 120-mm guns, and 11 47-mm Haqikaisi heavy machine guns began to spray and pour frantically towards the target. These Japanese sailors were already fierce and ruthless, and although they were frightened by the large-caliber heavy guns of the battleship "Kaiyuan" before, they still held back a resentment in their hearts; At this time, it was finally their turn to open fire, and they suddenly burst out with amazing combat power. For a time, the shells roared out of the "Yoshino" as if they didn't want money, and the rising gunpowder smoke never dissipated; Due to the accuracy of the distance calculation, the hit rate of the guns on the "Yoshino" can almost be described as amazing!

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"Boom! Rumble! The light waves exploded, the arrogance flew everywhere, and the "Chaoyong" was hit by artillery fire one after another; The hull shook violently, the crew screamed in surprise, and their faces were full of unbelievable shock!

Huang Jianxun's heart was horrified and shocked at the moment, and he was inexplicably shaken. Although before the war, Ding Ruchang had warned all ships of the Beiyang Naval Division in every possible way to be careful of the rapid-fire guns commonly equipped with Japanese warships, but because he did not have an intuitive feeling, he lacked an intuitive understanding of the power of rapid-fire guns. After the Battle of Toshima, Huang Jianxun was quite disdainful in the face of Fang Boqian's palpitating and colorful description of the Japanese Navy; Fang Boqian's timid and cowardly character is no secret in the top echelons of the Beiyang Navy, and when he said that the Japanese Navy was so terrible, he must have grown the morale of others and put a fig leaf on his escape.

Today, more than a month later, when his battleship was also exposed to the stormy blow of the "Yoshino", Huang Jianxun realized that what Fang Boqian said was true! What made him feel the most palpitating thing was that after the guns on the Japanese battleship opened fire, a new round of fire began again just over 10 seconds later, and the rate of fire was more than 10 times that of the guns of the same caliber on their own ships! Under such dense firepower, how long will this old ship of its own be able to hold out?

Before the thought could be over, there was a loud "boom", and a cannon fire exploded on the starboard deck, the scorching wind danced wildly, and the heat wave was pressing; Several sailors couldn't avoid it, and their clothes and silks suddenly burst into flames, screaming and jumping into the Yellow Sea, the white air was steaming, and no one was seen again.

Seeing that the officers in the command tower were all looking at him with blank and depressed expressions, the fear in Huang Jianxun's heart flashed away, and was replaced by a monstrous fire of revenge, and suddenly roared: "What are you doing with that expression?" Are all the elders of your family dead? As a soldier of the Beiyang Naval Division, Lao Tzu is really ashamed of the way you are now! At the moment of the great enemy, it is time for our generation to fight bravely and fight for the country! ”

Huang Jianxun is usually bold and chivalrous, generous and resolute, and the sailors all admire their pipes; At this moment, listening to his angry reprimand, my heart was shocked, my face was burned with shame, and the fear of death gradually turned into a monstrous anger against the Japanese.

The artillery roared, and a swaying fire erupted on the "Chaoyong", crackling, reflecting in Huang Jianxun's eyes, as if burning with two red flames: "If the husband dies, he will die, but he wants to be vigorous and worthy of his heart." If I can sacrifice my life in the war to defend my home and country, so that the people of my Chinese land will not be insulted by foreign countries, how fortunate it would be! If the battleship is unfortunately sunk, I, Huang Jianxun, will definitely sink with the ship, bury the ocean together, and go to find my brothers in the palace of the king of Hades, and never steal my life! ”

Everyone was full of enthusiasm and pride, and they shouted one after another: "I am willing to listen to the order and fight to the death with the Japanese warship!" The sound was like thunder, and it suppressed the roar of artillery fire.

"Boom!" With a loud and earth-shattering sound, the two 254-mm guns of the "Chaoyong" began to roar......

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