"Boom!"

In the explosion, a steam boat shattered its bones, and fragments of wood flew one after another, spilling on the surface of the sea with a diameter of 100 meters. The churning fireworks only stretched into the air for about a dozen seconds before they were swallowed up by a cloud of intense water vapor.

Yang Hao counted boredly: "It's two." Little Japan is really persevering. ”

He commanded the X201 torpedo boat, hid in the rear of the battle fleet, and came out at the time of the outbreak and circled around the rear of the 1st Japanese guerrilla group.

In this position, he turned on his radar to monitor the surrounding sea area and ensure that none of the Japanese communications ships could return. As a result, as long as the main forces of the Japanese fleet in the rear did not receive a specific report, and did not enter a distance where they could see the smoke and hear the sound of explosions, they would not know that the battle had broken out.

In the era when there were no shipboard radios, fighting on the sea was more like hide-and-seek. Neither side knows where the opponent is, when it might appear, and what position it will pose. Therefore, the search fleet is all the more important.

The Japanese army received accurate information from Tianjin, estimated the speed of the troop transport fleet, and lined up the guerrilla fleet led by the Yoshino in advance to block the passage to the waters off Asan.

If the Qing army wants to reinforce Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao in Asan, it must land here. So this is the most likely area to find the target. Undoubtedly, they were right. But if you want to pass these messages to the main fleet, you have to pass Yang Hao's level first.

However, in this way, Yang Hao did not have the opportunity to board other ships and experience the fierce battle firsthand. This is a hot-blooded young man in his twenties, and he can't touch it. What an ordeal!

He had to endure boredom. The survival of him and the X201 ship is crucial. Once it was discovered that the main force of the Japanese army was heading north. He had to inform the "Dongming" as soon as possible. And if necessary, take the initiative to attract enemy troops, and even open fire to drag it.

He preferred the fierce naval battles in the north to such uncertain tasks. It's just that with his two brushes, it's enough to watch the excitement, command the fleet? No kidding.

Forty kilometers apart, as if two worlds.

On the "Jiyuan ship" that was shot. It took Fang Boqian a full two minutes to wake up from his confusion. His ears vaguely heard Shen Shouchang's shout, and with the help of several people, he stood up straight. Touching the blood on his face, looking down at the casualties, he couldn't help but shudder, and shouted loudly: "Shen Shouchang!" You take over the command of the battle! I'm going to deal with my injuries first! ”

After saying that, he stumbled towards the lower cabin. It's too dangerous up there!

Shen Shouchang was stunned! Until Fang Boqian's figure completely disappeared, he suddenly burst out with an angry roar: "Coward! This is a disgrace to our navy! ”

What generation of famous generals, what is the best learner. It's just a floating literati who can just play tricks!

They have all studied abroad and have been in the Beiyang Navy for so many years. Write some flowery official articles, who the fuck wouldn't! On paper, the head of the army is the way, and it seems that the professional quality is extremely high. But when it came time to see the real chapter, the eggs were all retracted into the stomach, something!

The corners of Shen Shouchang's eyes almost cracked, how could he be on an errand with such a thing! Gritting his teeth, he turned his head suddenly, and yelled at the second deputy He Guangcheng and the second deputy Ke Jianzhang: "The life of the master is expensive, and we have to do this kind of murderous work!" Colleagues, can you feel that together with Shen, fight to the death? ! ”

"Fight! War! War! ”

Looking up and down the tower, there was a roar!

Not many people are soft-footed shrimp! At this time of crisis, rushing forward, the left is just a death. But when you can be a navy, you can die in battle, and you can get what you want! Become a coward, survive in humiliation, we don't take it!

All the officers returned to their posts one after another. Ke Jianzhang personally stood behind the main gun, staring at the "Yoshino" with his eyes fixed on aiming and firing. Let the cannonballs from the opposite side explode at five or six times the density around without blinking an eyelid!

He Guangcheng stubbornly guarded the rudder, and was not afraid of the killing that could come at any time!

The design of warships in this era has great deficiencies in nature. Similar to the "Jiyuan Ship", the armor of the command tower is weak, and the driving position is almost the same as being exposed! As long as you are hit by a naval gun, there is almost no chance of survival.

Even the main gun in front of it is only 254mm thick. For the Japanese 152mm guns, the blocking ability can be called weak. It can also resist a grenade, and if an armor-piercing bullet hits, it will hardly be spared!

United, but that's it. Smoke and fight the fire while rushing forward! Two main guns, fire hard, threaten the opponent!

The speed of the "Yoshino ship" is too fast! Just after two head-on bombardments, a dexterous right-turn rudder shook off the front and struck diagonally into the right side of the "Jiyuan Ship." In the blink of an eye, he cruised to a position only 5,000 meters away from the opponent, and fired rapid fire in two artillery pieces obliquely, and the continuous explosion almost covered the figure of the "Jiyuan ship".

On the other side, the "Guangyi" only had the first confrontation with the "Naniwa", and before it had fired twenty shells, it was seriously injured by the first shot!

The Japanese army used all the grenades, and it was like a knife cutting butter against a weak boat of no more than 1,000 tons. A 260mm Krupp shell hit the bow of the ship, and the 120mm rapid-fire gun that had just been installed was immediately restored to a parts state, and a big hole was dug along the way! The fires and smoke that erupted engulfed the entire ship!

"Guangyi" immediately turned around and dodged, desperately trying to put out the fire. The "Dongming", which had already maneuvered to the left, turned again, overtook it from its front, and the bow of the ship was obliquely pointed at the "wave speed", and fired six shells in one breath!

Chaotic explosions erupted one after another around the bow of the "Naniwa" ship, and clusters of water waves and smoke evaporated, forming a dense curtain that obscured the ship's field of vision for a while.

Togo Heihachiro's face immediately changed, and he snorted: "It's really amazing!" With just the first aiming, there is such accuracy. Hmph, I'm getting more and more interested in the people above! ”

He has been paying attention to the movements of the "Dongming". Judging from his previous appearance, he never believed that the ship would be so easy to dodge the battle. The reason for maneuvering and evading is nothing more than the speed of "Yoshino". Not easy to aim. Even more reluctant to venture into the range of its main guns.

Right now. After a few minutes of adjustment, the distance between the anti-reverse mirrors was re-opened. According to his calculations, it is at least about 13 kilometers, not only is the "Yoshino" out of reach, but even his own 260mmm Krupp gun is still a little worse!

The two main guns in the front and rear of the "Naniwa" have a maximum firing range of 12,200 meters, and the power is needless to say. When I got closer. It will not be a problem to bombard most of the armor of "Dingyuan"!

Obviously, the other side is very familiar with the intelligence of its own ships. Even in such a battle, the judgment is still extremely accurate.

"Damn Chinese newspapers! Where did they come from so clearly that they actually leaked all the secrets of the Imperial fleet! ”

Heihachiro Togo couldn't help but think of the report in the last issue of the "Kokuwen Daily". That's an unreserved leak! It is tantamount to exposing the power of the Japanese Navy to the world! The most odious thing is that it actually put forward targeted means and tactics of attack!

"Bang!"

The Naniwa, which was fully accelerating, slammed into the turbulent waves, and the bow of the ship pierced through the mist that fell like a dense rain. The raised muzzle of the main gun, the black hole pointed to the slender and graceful freighter in the distance.

Approach! Approach! The distance between the two sides is shortened in a steady dìng!

A 152mm turret controlled by Yang Haiwei. After cooling for about two minutes, suddenly fire again!

"Boom!"

Whistling shells poured straight into the hull from the port side of the "Naniwa"! Japanese warships in pursuit of the caliber and speed of the main guns. The problem of greatly reducing the thickness of the armor led to almost fatal consequences at this moment. The armor-piercing projectile with amazing speed not only easily tore through the side hull of the ship, but also rushed straight into it to destroy a heavy compartment, and the 150mm secondary gun near the center of the oblique stab exploded!

A powerful high-explosive charge that tore everything inside the cramped chamber to shreds. The force of the recoil teared the crack into the shape of a volcano that rolled outward. The side wall of the secondary cannon that was broken by the impact shattered inward into countless high-speed fragments. The soldiers in that entire gun emplacement were cut into minced meat all over the ground!

Above the deck, a bulge bulged violently, and the shattered planks hula-la-la-la!

Heihachiro Togo's body shook violently with the hull of the ship, and the flames and explosions on the port side almost made him bite his tongue off in half.

He turned his head in disbelief to look at the rising fireworks, and then looked back at the seemingly harmless "Dongming", and a complete sense of absurdity came to his heart—what the hell is going on in this world! Such an impossible thing happened right in front of my eyes!

The deputy captain next to him shouted: "Your Excellency! What are we going to do? That boat is so weird! ”

They're already scared. Subconsciously, I thought of this thing as an incomprehensible ghost or something. Otherwise, there is no way to explain that in such a naval battle, the Qing warships that should be at the right angle continue to suffer, but a freighter is powerful? It's ridiculous!

Heihachiro Togo shook his head coldly: "Don't panic! It was just an accident! The soldiers were ordered to extinguish the fire and check for damage. Let's move on and we must destroy it! ”

He had already seen that the battle had not been normal from the start. The enemy seems to have been prepared for the appearance of his own fleet. Now, they are obviously at an absolute disadvantage in strength, and the two capital ships are injured, but they are still resisting. Then there's only one possibility - they have back!

Despite the base camp's assurances, it is very likely that the Qing State will misjudge the shape and not send the strongest ironclad ships to escort it, at least not in its entirety. Heihachiro Togo also felt that this matter could not be relied on guesswork. If the fight continues as it is now, I am afraid that if we do not wait to destroy these five ships, our four warships may be unlucky!

I was afraid of something, and at this moment, I suddenly heard the deputy captain shouting: "Dazuo! There was a lot of smoke in our eight o'clock direction! Probably enemy ships! ”

After more than half an hour of playing with life, the "Dingyuan" finally approached the battlefield! (To be continued......)

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