When he first saw a warship rushing out of Diaoyu Shrimp Island, he was so frightened that Heyuan almost ran away, but when he saw those small boats that were only a few hundred tons, he couldn't help but laugh: "Such a small boat dares to come out to fight?" It seems that the Chinese leadership force is really very empty, and we are going to take advantage of it. ”

The proud Heyuan immediately ordered: "Take down that damn pirate flag, and we will destroy them with dignity under the banner of the Japanese navy." ”

The navigator on the side carefully reminded: "Captain, this is not good. His Excellency the Commander demanded that we must attack the Chinese territory under the pirate flag, otherwise we will be caught by the other side. ”

Heyuan raised his head proudly, pointed to the ten torpedo boats that were approaching, and said: "What is there to worry about such an opponent, it's a big deal that we don't leave a prisoner, and there is no proof of his death." ”

The four Japanese cruisers formed a battle formation, hoisted the Japanese naval flags one after another, and drove quickly towards the group of torpedo boats, and the Japanese sailors on the ships shouted in broken Chinese while waving the flags: "This is the territory of the Japanese state, you must leave immediately, otherwise we will severely punish you." ”

Gao Bo, the captain of the 'Wind', the flagship of the first formation of torpedo boats, scolded when he heard this: "TMD, these Japanese cubs, they are talking nonsense with their eyes open, see if I don't teach you a lesson." ”

"You have entered the territorial waters of the Lanfang Empire, and you must withdraw immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as an act of war." The tweeter of the Chinese collar continued to shout. Seeing that the cruiser of the Japanese Kingdom had changed into the flag of its own navy, the corners of Zhang Haiyang's mouth were slightly raised, and there was evidence now.

"Speed up." Gao Bo commanded loudly. The Wind was at full speed and rushed forward at twenty-five knots.

"Open fire." Heyuan wanted to give a loud order to the cruisers, and in his mind, the 76-mm main guns of the torpedo boats were simply tickling, and there was no threat to himself. Violent artillery fire came and went, and the Japanese cruisers, with their rapid-fire guns, intercepted the road of the torpedo boats with a dense rain of bullets.

With a "boom", a shell from a 76-mm rapid-fire gun hit the tail of the 'Wind', and a piece of shrapnel pierced the deck and entered the power compartment, jamming the power rudder, although it did not destroy the main engine. The sweaty captain Gao Bo ran to the power cabin and asked, "Lao He, how is it?" ”

The person called Lao He was the person in charge of the power cabin, and he shook his head and said, "A piece of shrapnel stuck the servo, and there is no way to use the power rudder." Unless you are at the helm. ”

"Human-powered rudder?" Gao Yuan asked with a solemn face: "Are you sure about the human rudder?" ”

Lao He nodded firmly: "No problem." ”

Seeing that it was already very close to the Japanese Navy, Gao Bo didn't have time to think of other methods, so he immediately ordered: "Okay, steer the helm." ”

Lao He nodded, he took the hammer handed over by his comrades, spit on his fist, raised the sledgehammer and clicked a few times, and the connection between the transmission and the steering wheel was smashed loose. Lao He exerted his arms, and a tooth-sore sound sounded, and the two parts were finally separated. Lao He beckoned: "Come on a few people, let's steer." ”

"Turn left sixty degrees and prepare to launch a torpedo." Gao Bo gave an order, Lao He and several people worked hard with both hands, and the green tendons on the thick arms burst out, and several people exerted force at the same time, and the heavy steering wheel finally began to rotate slowly.

"Launch." The five torpedo boats of the first torpedo boat formation crossed an arc more than 300 meters away from the Japanese cruisers, and at the moment of turning, all the torpedo boats fired the first batch of torpedoes, and the five torpedoes fired by the five torpedo boats were like arrows from the string, and they rowed towards the Japanese cruiser with a larger and larger fan.

"It's a torpedo." Heyuan was about to scream. The Yoshino was also equipped with a relatively primitive torpedo, but it was never used because of its high price and low practical value.

Heyuan never dreamed that someone would build a warship that would use torpedoes, could it be that the Chinese Consulate was already rich enough to spend money? Anyway, the five torpedoes drew a straight line of water and pounced on the four Japanese cruisers.

"Turn the rudder left." Heyuan was about to command loudly. Fortunately, the speed of the 'Yoshino' was fast enough, and the two torpedoes grazed the side of the gunwale, causing all the Japanese sailors to break out in a cold sweat.

The five torpedoes did not hit the target, but the source of the torpedo, who was carefully observing, realized that these torpedoes were faster and had a much longer range than those on his own warship, but before he could react, the second torpedo boat formation had already followed.

"Launch." With the commander's order, the five torpedoes of the second formation instantly slid out of the launch tubes and rushed towards their respective targets. In this kind of close-quarters combat, large-caliber naval guns are useless, and there are not many small-caliber rapid-fire guns on the cruisers of the Japanese country, only two of each cruiser, and they can only rely on these poor guns to shoot desperately at the torpedo boats.

"Get out of the way." The sailors aboard the Katsuragi screamed, their voices turning into heart-rending screams. The helmsman turned the steering wheel desperately, but unfortunately the "Katsuragi" had just dodged a torpedo and had not yet corrected its sailing attitude, and its maneuverability was greatly limited, and it was even more difficult to turn the rudder in the opposite direction.

With a loud bang, the "Katsuragi" finally did not escape the attack, and the huge force of the torpedo opened a hole more than two meters wide in the center of its hull, and the turbulent sea water poured into the hull of the "Katsuragi" frantically, and the entire hull began to tilt instantly.

"Well played." Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but cheer when he saw the results of the torpedo boat formation in the lookout post, he also had experienced this kind of torpedo boat attack for the first time, if it weren't for Fang Xiaoyu's advocacy to use this tactic, he wouldn't dare to do such a dangerous experiment.

Seeing that the torpedo boat had already won the battle, Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but think about the main fleet, he scratched his head and said: "Why hasn't this main fleet returned yet, it's not a way to go on like this, in case the other party's ironclad ship comes, I can't stand it." ”

Originally, Liu Junguo and Zhang Haiyang planned to use fishing shrimp island as bait, once the Japanese came to attack, they would first use torpedo boats to drag each other, and then use the main fleet to encircle them, but time had passed, and the main fleet had not yet appeared, which made Zhang Haiyang's heart inevitably impatient.

At this time, Liu Junguo was blushing and looking at the Sar Empire ironclad ships cruising in front of the fleet. "What did they say?" Liu Junguo asked the signal soldier.

The signalman said: "Report to the commander, they said that the Eastern Continent Fleet of the Saar Empire is exercising and want us to make a detour. ”