Chapter 156: Sinking an Enemy Ship

Zhang Xiao scolded angrily: "This group of turtle grandsons actually dare to come here to spread wild. ”

Liu Junguo was also very angry: "They did it on purpose, this is the only waterway to return to Diaoyu Shrimp Island, and they did this to buy time for the Japanese Navy." ”

Zhang Xiaobing said: "This group of guys has made it clear that they want to support those little dwarfs and widows. ”

Liu Junguo turned his head to the signal soldier and said, "Send a signal, just say that this is the sea area of the Lanfang Empire, and ask them to withdraw immediately, otherwise we will open fire and expel them." ”

After a while, the signalman reported: "Commander, they said to leave immediately, but their 'Majesty' has a power failure and needs to be repaired before we can leave. ”

Zhang Xiaobing said: "The waterway here is so narrow that you can't go around it, or let's shoot and sink them." ”

Liu Junguo stopped: "No, if we fire first, we will be at a loss, and it will be easy to cause trouble for the lord." ”

Qu Jintao, who was sitting on the 'Tongshan', had red eyes and looked at the Sahr warship in front of him that was deliberately blocking the road, and at this time he seemed to have made up some kind of determination, only to see him grit his teeth, slam his fist on the chart table and order: "If you can't pass any further, fishing shrimp island will be in danger." This group of nasty white devils, Lao Tzu fought with you, and ordered the bow of the ship to aim at the 'Majesty' and move forward at full speed. ”

The first mate exclaimed, "Captain, what are you going to do?" It's dangerous. ”

Qu Jintao raised his eyebrows and said: "Clean up the waterway, since they don't leave, I will help them leave and send a flag signal to the Sahr people." ”

"What signal?" The first mate asked.

"Our ship's steering gear is out of order, we can't turn around, and we ask them to get out of the way." Qu Jintao looked ahead with cracked eyes, and squeezed out this sentence from between his teeth.

Before Liu Junguo could figure out a way, he heard Zhang Xiaobing exclaim: "Lao Liu, look at it, what is Lao Qu for?" ”

Liu Junguo raised his head and found that the battleship 'Tongshan' was playing "Our ship's steering gear is out of order and cannot turn." The signal flag rushed forward quickly, aiming directly at the 'Majesty' that was stopping and blocking the fairway.

"This kid is still so impulsive." Liu Junguo shook his head with a smile and said, although Qu Jintao's move was quite impulsive, it helped him a lot, so that they could use the failure of the warship to prevaricate, even if Saar protested afterwards, it would not have any effect, and this kind of thing would be the most unresolved.

Colliding with a warship is not only a test of the courage and skill of the sailors, but also what part of the warship should be used to hit the opponent, and where it should be rammed so as to minimize its losses.

Although Qu Jintao, who has served in the navy for many years, has never done such a thing, he is skilled in business and is familiar with every aspect of the warship, and now he is ready to use the hardest bow part of his own side to ram the side near the weakest first chimney of the opponent.

Seeing the huge hull of the 'Tongshan' rushing over, and the Saar sailors on the 'Majesty', they never thought that the other party would make such a decisive move. The sailors of Thar were very similar to the warship to get up and running to avoid the attack, but the warship had already stopped, and in order to get started, it needed to accumulate steam, which could not be done in a moment.

The speed of the 'Tongshan' did not decrease in the slightest, and it crashed towards the waist of the 'Majesty' without hesitation, and several warships of the Saar Empire on the side scattered in fright, no longer caring for their companions.

With a loud bang, the bow of the Tongshan penetrated into the hull of the Majesty and stopped, and the sailors of the Majesty were all knocked to the ground by the heavy impact.

The 'Tongshan' soon began to reverse and retreat, and the huge hole in the 'Majesty' was instantly filled by the raging water. The chimney is the most vulnerable part of a warship, because the chimney needs to penetrate several decks, which directly affects the structural strength of the warship.

The impact of the 'Tongshan' accurately hit the underside of the first chimney of the 'Threatened', which not only knocked the hull of its side open, but also deformed the keel of the warship because of the excessive force. The keel deformation marked the complete disintegration of the warship. How could this cruiser, which had a displacement of only 3,100 tons, afford to be rammed by a 14,000-ton heavy armored battleship, and if it didn't crash into two sections on the spot, it was already going to praise the quality of the warships of the Saar Empire.

Despite all his reluctance, the warship was irretrievable, and the captain of the 'Majesty' had to give the order to abandon the ship. The Sahr sailors retreated and retreated, and in just ten minutes the cruiser, which was more than 3,000 tons, sank to the bottom of the sea. The huge suction force formed a whirlpool on the surface of the sea, sucking in hundreds of Sahr sailors who had not yet fled far, and became the best burial object for this warship.

The interception of the 'Majesty' was cleanly solved by Qu Jintao in such a strange way, but fortunately, although the channel here is narrow and deep, it is enough, otherwise Qu Jintao is so brutal, the channel will be completely sealed by the shipwreck.

Although the 'Tongshan' had a huge advantage in armor and tonnage, and at the same time chose the impact position quite accurately, it was not comfortable. The bow was partially damaged, and a long opening was made on the port side, but fortunately it was not in the underwater part, and the sailors quickly repaired the hole, but the 'Tongshan' also had to go into the shipyard for overhaul.

Seeing the ferocious battleship 'Tongshan', the stunned Saar Empire fleet didn't even leave a word to say a word, and retreated after rescuing the remaining sailors on the 'Majesty'. The channel was cleared, and Liu Junguo didn't bother to talk to the Saar people anymore, and the main fleet of the Chinese leader immediately headed for Diaoyu Shrimp Island at full speed.

"Captain, it's not good, I've found the main fleet of the Chinese Lord." A lookout panicked and reported to Heyuan, who was commanding the warship, which was exhausted. As soon as Heyuan heard the news, he was like pouring cold water, and he didn't expect that the Sahr people's interception was so weak, and he was rushed by the other party in such a short time.

In fact, the Japanese Navy thought that fishing Shrimp Island might be a trap, so they turned to the Saar Empire for help. The Sahr Empire also did not want to see the defeated Chinese fleet of the Cossack Empire grow bigger in the Eastern Ocean, so it was naturally willing to help the Japanese State, so it performed a play that blocked the shipping lanes today, but it was unexpectedly solved by Qu Jintao in such a strange way.

Originally, he knew that the people of the Saar would help, and he thought that he could destroy the other party's remaining fleet without hurry, and robbed the huge amount of supplies on the shrimp island, but all the plans came to naught.

First of all, Heyuan Yuichi did not expect that the small torpedo boats of the Chinese Territory would be so difficult, and then he found that the opponent's main fleet had returned from raising it, at this time he had already regretted that he should not have disobeyed the order and raised the flag of the Japanese Navy, but now it was too late to regret it, in order not to be sunk by the other side, he had to order the remaining three cruisers to speed up the retreat.

The full speed of the torpedo boat was 25 knots, and the fastest 'Yoshino' of the Japanese cruisers was only 23 knots, but the torpedo boat force had been exhausted and could no longer deal a fatal blow to the Japanese cruisers, so they could only cling to the opposing warship and interfere with the actions of the Japanese army with the 76-millimeter guns on board.

The speed of the 'Tongjiang'-class cruisers was not slow, and just as the three Japanese cruisers turned to retreat, the five 'Tongjiang'-class cruisers had already rushed into range, and the 203-millimeter twin-mounted main guns in the bow began to roar angrily, and a column of water suddenly rose around the three Japanese cruisers.

The speed is the slowest for the warship on the battlefield when it turns, and because it is a turn, the ship's body will expose its side in front of the enemy, and the suddenly increased exposed area is easy to attack.

Sure enough, at the very moment when the Japanese warship turned around, a 203-millimeter shell accurately hit the stern of the 'Yoshino', blasting its rear main gun into the sky. However, after such a delay, the five cruisers of the 'Tongjiang' class had already caught up closer.

The tail gun of the 'Yoshino' was gone, and it was even more like it was fleeing, always facing the other side with the stern of the ship, and there was no way to fight back. Although the 'Yoshino' was three knots faster than the 'Tongjiang'-class cruisers of the Chinese Consulate, it had to avoid the enemy's shells from time to time and always sail in a serpentine evasive maneuver, and its travel distance was naturally lower than that of the 'Tongjiang'-class cruisers sailing in a straight line.

For this reason, the Yoshino had not escaped from the tail pursuit of the "Tongjiang" class cruisers, and endured rounds of intense shelling from the other side, and even when the warship was nimble, it was hit, and finally after half an hour of chase, the "Yoshino" was finally hit in the stern again, and this time the shell penetrated the power compartment and caused a large explosion.

The pride of the Japanese navy, the proud high speed of the fastest warship of the entire Japanese Combined Fleet, suddenly came to a halt. The speed gradually decreased to zero, and the 'Yoshino' had become a dead target, and the 'Tongjiang' class cruisers did not have much mercy, and they beat the water dogs one after another, and the dense shells came to beat the 'Yoshino' to the hull of the ship with sparks.

After such a dense bombardment, even a warship of greater tonnage could not resist it, and after the rescue failed, the "Yoshino" slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, but the Japanese sailors did not abandon the ship and fled, and they stuck to their posts until they sank with the ship.

It was not only the hundreds of Japanese sailors who accompanied the Yoshino, but also the cruiser Tsukushi, who had been wounded in the previous battle with the torpedo boats. This cruiser, with a tonnage of just over 1,000 tons, had been wounded and its speed had been reduced to eight knots, and in the face of the Chinese Territory cruiser that was rushing at high speed, there was no other way for them to resist stubbornly.