"I'm rubbing, returning the Z-shaped flag, do you want to play a duel to the death? Tell Luang Weili to hang the skull flag for me! Play well with Togo, and be careful with my boat, you can use more shells, but don't hurt the Marauder. Boss Yang looked at the Z-shaped flag speechlessly and said.

The 130 cannon on the Marauder uses Bofors shells, and the maximum range can exceed 15 kilometers, while the farthest 152 guns on the Yoshino cannons can't hit 10 kilometers, although this distance requires a high quality of artillery, but for the Marauder equipped with the latest rangefinder, it should be an acceptable engagement distance.

It's not that Boss Yang doesn't want to get something more advanced, the key is that for Yoshino's level, there is no need to use a centralized fire control system and a mechanical computer, it has to be prepared for the Russian Baltic Fleet, the outcome of the First Sino-Japanese War is actually doomed, although it still depends on the land battle, but the key is that after losing the sea supremacy, the Japanese Army in Korea can be strangled to death whenever it wants, even if it is not in battle, this kind of work can be done by the Beiyang Naval Division.

In this way, a war with Russia is inevitable, and it is absolutely impossible to push it off to 1905 like the Russo-Japanese War, and if there is no way that there will be a Sino-Russian war in 1900, the good things must be kept for the Russians.

Now optical rangefinders are not rare, there is this kind of high-tech on the Yoshino, otherwise how can this guy be rampant on the battlefield, ultra-high speed, the fastest large-caliber rapid-fire gun, the most powerful cannonball charge, the most advanced observation and aiming equipment, at this time, who wants to say that the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated in the original history, Yang Fengneng spat on his face, do you know what the naval battle of Ludao was about? Relying on the sextant and the naked eye, he hit a 5 percent hit rate, and Yang Feng dared to slap him even if he dared to say that the training level of the Beiyang Navy Division was poor, and he didn't know that the Japanese talent was 3 percent.

The herald on the Nautilus immediately informed the Marauder with the flag, and Lang Weili was also very speechless to hang out a skull flag, he was now numb to the bad taste of this boss, so after the Matsushima four ships left the scene gloomily, Yoshino flying the Z flag and the marauder flying the skull flag began a battle of life and death.

Of course, it should be unilateral roulin.

Boss Yang felt sorry for his warship, so Lang Weili directly set the engagement distance at ten kilometers, this distance is the limit of the effective range of the Yoshino's 152 main gun, but it is already outside the range of the 120 secondary guns, because of the firing boundary problem, only three 152 guns can participate in the bombardment, but the Marauder is on the side of the enemy, but there are enough nine 130 cannons, front and rear duplex plus five single guns on the side lugs, although the caliber is slightly smaller, and the use of antimony and antimony charges is not as powerful as picric acid, But the problem is that this is not a high-explosive shell, but the latest type of cap-piercing shell.

The two warships were like the old sail era, walking opposite each other ten kilometers away, just when Yoshino turned to close the distance, the nine main guns of the Marauder roared at the same time, the whistling of the cannonballs crossed the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the exploded water column rose around Yoshino, Togo Heihachiro was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, he didn't expect the Marauder gun to have a longer range than himself, but before he could wipe the cold sweat away, the second round of shells arrived, and then he felt a shock to the deck under his feet, and then an exploding fire ball rose in the bow of the ship.

"Fire, return fire!" The Togo military god immediately let out an angry roar, this feeling of being beaten was not good, at the same time as the three main guns of the Yoshino opened fire and returned fire, under his order, the cruiser, which was known as the fastest in the world, began to press and ventilate, and Yoshino, who had already reached twenty-two knots, accelerated again under the dense artillery fire. But unfortunately, just as it paid the price of another shell, and finally closed to about seven kilometers, the Marauder turned around and drew an elegant arc on the sea, and the two sides immediately became ten kilometers apart, Yoshino desperately approached the Marauder, but unfortunately the two sides always maintained this distance.

On the rough sea, two parallel battleships pulled an inclined track, and kept pouring shells at each other, the whistling of the shells staggered, the loud explosion resounded across the sea, and the rising water columns were like dense forests, only ten minutes later, the Yoshino was already on fire, thick smoke was billowing out, the pitiful thin armor of this protective cruiser could not stop the armor-piercing shells of the cap, almost every shell exploded inside the hull, although the charge of these piercing shells was not large, But it was more than enough to destroy its internal structure, and soon Yoshino, who was sailing at high speed, slowed down.

And its opponent has not hit a single shell so far, and at a distance of ten kilometers, although the shells fired by the Yoshino can barely reach it, it has exceeded the locking distance of the sight, that is to say, it is completely dependent on Meng, and if it wants to hit a battleship moving at high speed of more than 20 knots on the undulating sea, then its luck is too rebellious.

The slowdown left Yoshino with no chance, and the battle soon turned into a show of the Marauder, with nine 130 cannons, smashing the dense cannonballs through all the time, although the distance was long and the accuracy was low, but it could not hold up the large number. This kind of artillery rate of fire can exceed ten rounds per minute, nine guns fire hundreds of shells at a salvo, even if it is a percent hit rate, then there must be one shell hit, not to mention Yang Feng's crew, which has undergone almost two years of high-intensity training, although it cannot reach the hit rate of the Beiyang Naval Division, but it will not be too different, Yoshino, who was hit by too many bullets, soon began to tilt because of the water ingress.

However, Togo Heihachiro and his subordinates were indeed very tenacious, and even this did not stop fighting, even the deck was level with the sea, and the 152 guns mounted on the front ear platform were still firing.

Poor Yoshino sank like this, not only took away hundreds of sailors on board, but also took away Marshal Togo, who would have become the god of the Japanese army, and of course took away the most desperate hope of the Japanese navy, Boss Yang asked him to fish out the Japanese military flag, and then returned to the ship satisfied, he had just received a telegram that the two Americans who had gone to Shanghai had poked out the terrible process of how the poor Korean princess died tragically in the hands of the Japanese, and he had to go back to watch the show quickly.

What he didn't know was that at this time, the Japanese cabinet was almost stupid, and a series of thunderbolts in the past two days even forced Ito Hirobumi to vomit blood, first Nagasaki was shelled by Yang Feng, and then the combined fleet was defeated, almost annihilated, and then the Japanese soldiers disguised themselves as Korean rebels to create a palace rebellion in Seoul, and raped, divided, and burned the corpses, and treated the Korean princess with all kinds of heinous deeds, which is simply challenging the limit of people's psychological acceptance.

More importantly, there is a German female citizen who was subjected to the same behavior, and this German female citizen is also the sister-in-law of the Russian minister, and it is said that this news has been transmitted to Europe by wireless telegraph as quickly as possible, and it is conceivable what kind of uproar it will cause, and it is possible to cause a joint military dispatch between Germany and Russia.

"Go, send an order to King Noku, and he will personally lead a brigade and go to Seoul immediately, arrest Keisuke Otori and all the officers and soldiers involved in the operation, and all the ronin, and those who dare to resist will be killed for rebellion. At the same time, a military tribunal was prepared, and journalists from various countries were invited to supervise their trials, and it was also explained to the public that this incident was secretly planned by Keisuke Otori, the minister stationed in Korea, and the commander of the garrison, and the Japanese government did not know about it, and told Otori that for the sake of the empire, please ask him!" Prime Minister Ito, who was lying on the hospital bed, said intermittently while vomiting blood, at this time, he couldn't see the demeanor of a drunken beauty on his knees and waking up to the power of the world.

Okulu Somitsu, who was standing next to him with his waist bowed, looked at the prime minister with a sad face, and there was a drop of blood splashed on his face, Prince Nohisa of Kita-Shirakawa Palace, as the commander of the Fourth Division, had arrived at Samden at this time, and was preparing to launch an attack on Pyongyang, and now it seemed that he could only take a step further. Poor big bird, for the sake of the empire, he can only be sacrificed now, but this guy is too, and he won't pick a few cautious ones to do this kind of work, especially kill it, these are not too challenging to see, but look at what you are doing with those guys? Haven't you ever seen a woman? Does a half-old woman have that heavy taste?

"Your Excellency, will the Empire survive this this time?" After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Alas, the matter has come to this point, it can only depend on the will of God, but at this time the Russians will definitely not send troops, now the Qing people have the initiative on the battlefield, dealing with us is equivalent to helping them, the Russians will not do this kind of stupid thing, what they need is for us and the Qing State to continue to fight, it is better to lose both, he can take Manchuria lightly, and now it is enough to give them some more compensation.

But the Germans probably would not let go of this opportunity, they had long wanted to have a colony in the Far East, and the death of a German was the best excuse for war. Prime Minister Ito lamented.

"And this war?" Okulu said.

"Fight, we must fight, and we must end this war with all our strength and as quickly as possible, we must let the British see our value, if we fail, we will fall into hell forever, we have no way out, we can only continue to use our lives to reflect our value, order the second division, and even the Guards Division, to be ready to participate in the war, and at the same time complete the replenishment of the fifth division as soon as possible, we must go all out to win the land war in Korea." Ito Hirobumi said with a hideous face, and just after speaking, because of his emotion, a mouthful of blood spurted out again.