"Lightning strike! The people of China launched a lightning strike. Turn the muzzle of the gun and focus on hitting the destroyers of the China. Takashi Ando yelled loudly.

All the main and secondary guns of the heavy cruiser "Kaohsiung" began to turn rapidly, aiming at the destroyers of the Chinese Navy attacking at high speed. The other six heavy cruisers also apparently felt the imminent threat. So, they began to turn their guns and prepare to attack these destroyers. After all, these destroyers are undoubtedly a greater threat to them than the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The 203-mm main guns, 127-mm secondary guns on the heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy, began to roar. A dense rain of bullets enveloped the six 'D-class' destroyers of the Imperial Navy's 1st Destroyer Formation. However, the destroyers of the Imperial Navy increased their speed to 35 knots. They quickly rushed left and right through the fire of the Japanese Navy's heavy patrol formations, like petrels passing through a storm. Six 533-mm heavy torpedoes were loaded into the torpedo tubes in the bow and ready to attack. These heavy torpedoes, for heavy cruisers, will pose a mortal threat.

The Japanese Navy's 'Kaohsiung-class' heavy cruisers and 'Myo-Advanced' heavy cruisers were already very weakly armored, and if they were hit by a torpedo, the consequences would be even more serious. Therefore, in the face of the lightning strike formation of the Imperial Navy, their reaction will be so fierce.

"Good opportunity! Order the ships to quickly close the distance between them and the Japanese heavy cruisers, and sink as many of their heavy cruisers as possible. Brigadier General Lin Xiangjin, commander of the Imperial Navy's heavy patrol formation, ordered. The Japanese Navy now aimed all its artillery fire at the destroyers of the Imperial Navy, and this gave the Imperial Navy heavy patrol formation an excellent opportunity. When the heavy patrol formations of the Japanese Navy launched an attack on the lightning strike formations, they simply did not have the extra firepower to take care of them. They could close the distance and inflict unimaginable blows on the heavy patrol formations of the Japanese Navy.

"Yes, General." The communications officer immediately went to give the order.

Subsequently. The seven heavy cruisers of the Imperial Navy began to take the initiative to close the distance between them and the heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy, and fiercely shelled the heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy with their main guns, intending to inflict greater damage on the heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy in the shortest possible time.

"Yaga! Damn the Shina people, it's too insidious. "Seeing this. Takashi Ando gritted his teeth hatefully. But there was no other way for them. After all, the top priority now is still to thwart the lightning strike formations of the Chinese Navy. As for the heavy patrol formation of the Chinese Navy, it can only be put aside for the time being.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The eight heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy, as the distance continues to close, the hit rate of the main guns has also begun to rise in a straight line. And this also put great pressure on the heavy patrol formation of the Japanese Navy. After all, the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy are armed with 50 times the caliber 210 mm guns. The power is also quite strong.

"Boom!" The destroyer "Ding 4", which was charging at high speed towards the heavy cruiser "Haguro" of the Japanese Navy, was violently shocked. An orange-red fireball rose from the bow of the destroyer Ding IV. A 203-mm shell fired by the heavy cruiser 'Haguro' hit the destroyer 'Ding 4', destroying not only the twin 105-mm guns in the bow, but also the entire bow deck. The 'D-class' destroyers are nothing more than light warships with a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons. After being hit by a 203-mm shell, it already constituted serious trauma. Not to mention the secondary artillery shells of the heavy cruiser 'Haguro', which also continued to pour on the destroyer 'Ding 4', and the superstructure of the destroyer. Hit a thousand holes.

At this time, the destroyer 'Ding 4' should abandon the attack. Retreat immediately so that you can save yourself as much as possible. It's just that the power system of the destroyer Ding 4 was not damaged at the moment. Therefore, the captain still gave the order to attack.

"Damn, there's five minutes at most to be able to get into the launch position. You can't give up like that. The captain of the destroyer Ding 4 gritted his teeth and said. Although, the closer you get to the heavy cruiser 'Haguro', the more intense the fire will become. However, the destroyer 'Ding 4' of the Imperial Navy remained unmoved.

"Yaga! Sink that damn destroyer for me. Be sure to sink! The captain of the heavy cruiser 'Haguro', Keitaro Hara, yelled with a hideous face. As the destroyer 'Ding 4' continued to approach. The threat to the heavy cruiser Haguro was also growing.

With the passage of time, although the destroyer 'Ding 4' was more and more traumatized, the distance between them and the heavy cruiser 'Haguro' was constantly narrowing. Soon, the distance was about two thousand meters.

"Torpedo launch!" The commander of the destroyer 'Ding 4' gave the order.

"Knock, knock, knock!" Two triple 533mm torpedo tubes in the bow fired six torpedoes at high speed towards the heavy cruiser Haguro. The destroyer 'Ding No. 4' hurriedly turned around and prepared to flee.

"Torpedo! Six torpedoes on the port side! Circumvent! "On the heavy cruiser 'Haguro', the heart-rending roar of the Japanese Navy sounded. Six torpedoes swooped down at high speed in a fan shape, and if they were not careful, they could be hit. And this will undoubtedly be a fatal threat to the heavy cruiser 'Haguro'.

"Boom!" At this time, a 210-mm shell also hit the heavy cruiser 'Haguro'. This is a main gun shell fired from the heavy cruiser 'Yinhu' of the Imperial Navy. At this time, the heavy cruiser "Yinhu" had already closed to a position only seven kilometers away from the heavy cruiser "Haguro". With the cooperation of advanced sighting equipment and fire control systems, the accuracy of the shelling of the heavy cruisers of the Imperial Navy is naturally getting higher and higher.

The heavy cruiser 'Haguro', which was quickly evading the torpedo, shook violently, and the huge impact force made it shake. And this, when it comes to circumventing torpedoes, is completely deadly.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Two loud explosions came from the side of the heavy cruiser 'Haguro'. These were two heavy torpedoes that hit the amidships and stern of the heavy cruiser 'Haguro' almost at the same time.

The force of the impact was so great that the heavy cruiser 'Haguro' was almost lifted out of the water, and then fell the surface. The keel of the battleship was broken at this moment. Subsequently, the battleship quickly sank into the sea.

The heavy cruiser 'Haguro' became the second heavy cruiser sunk by the Japanese Navy. The Imperial Navy, on the other hand, only paid the price of a heavy damage to a destroyer.

In addition to sinking the heavy cruiser "Haguro", the destroyer "Ding Four" of the Imperial Navy can also withdraw from the battlefield without regrets. After all, the entire superstructure of the destroyer Ding 4 was blown up.

"Boom! Rumble! "The Imperial Navy's destroyer 'Ding II' was hit by two 203-mm shells in succession during the rapid charge against the Japanese Navy's heavy cruiser 'Ashigara'. A 203-mm shell hit the bow of the destroyer Ding II, cutting off almost half of the bow. Another shell hit the side of the destroyer 'Ding 2', and a large hole was blown out near the waterline armor, and seawater frantically poured into the hull. With no choice but to abandon this attack, the destroyer 'Ding II' had no choice but to abandon this attack and attempt to retreat. However, because there was too much water and the leak plugging failed, the destroyer 'Ding II' finally fell silent. Fortunately, most of the sailors on the ship were safely evacuated, and the losses were not very large.

The heavy cruiser 'Ashigara' sank the destroyer 'Ding II', which made all the officers and men of the ship breathe a sigh of relief. However, the heavy cruiser "Ugly Bull" of the Imperial Navy took the opportunity to shorten the distance between the two sides to 5,000 meters. Three triple 50x caliber 210 mm guns were firing frantically at the heavy cruiser Ashiga. After two shells hit the heavy cruiser 'Ashigara', the heavy cruiser was immediately damaged. The captain of the heavy cruiser Ashiga, Yaichi Ono, had to ask to withdraw from the battle.

At this time, Takashi Ando did not stop it anymore. The main fleet of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet was soon to arrive, and there was no need to let the battered Ashigara continue to hold on. If it were to be sunk again because of this, the consequences would be serious.

These were not the only heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy that were sunk and heavily damaged by the lightning strike formations of the Imperial Navy. The heavy cruiser 'Chokai' is the fourth ship of the 'Kaohsiung-class' heavy cruisers. However, in this battle, he was first hit by a heavy torpedo by the destroyer "Ding Yi" of the Imperial Navy, and then was approached by the heavy cruiser of the Imperial Navy, and suffered four 210 mm shells. In the case of heavy damage, the heavy cruiser "Bird Sea" was sunk again, which directly caused the heavy cruiser "Bird Sea" to be sunk.

The heavy cruiser "Atago" is the second ship of the "Kaohsiung-class" heavy cruisers. During the lightning strikes of the Imperial Navy, the heavy cruiser "Atago" narrowly escaped the lightning strike. However, it was not able to escape the shelling of the heavy cruisers of the Imperial Navy. The heavy cruiser of the Imperial Navy hit the heavy cruiser 'Atago' twice in succession at a position of 5,000 meters, causing serious damage to the power system of the heavy cruiser. As a last resort, the captain had no choice but to order a retreat and withdraw from the battle. If you continue to hold on, there will only be one result in the end, and that is to be sunk by the Imperial Navy. (To be continued.) )

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