Kiyoizumi Mingfu's exclamation alarmed the captain of the battleship "Ise" "Ise", who happened to pass by the door of the radar monitoring room, and Omori Sentaro Osa, who walked in and asked, "Kiyoizumi, what happened?" ”

"Your Excellency, it's not a good thing, there are enemy ships approaching!" Qingquan hurriedly bowed, said anxiously, and stretched out his hand to point at the radar monitoring screen after speaking. Omori Kazuzu took a closer look, and his face became serious. He walked out of the monitoring room and ran to the stern of the cabin, picked up the binoculars and looked over - in the lens, several small ships were speeding over in the wind, and the military flags on the boats were fluttering, and it was vaguely discernible that it was the flag of the Cadet Army, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, pull the alarm!" ”

The whistle sounded, and in the captain's room of the "Ise", Arima Masafumi raised his head from the chart and said to the adjutant next to him, Haruyoshida Shaosa, "Go and see what's going on?" ”

"Hello!" Haruyoshida responded loudly and ran out. A few minutes later, he and Omori ran in in a hurry, and the latter shouted, "Your Excellency Arima, an enemy fleet is rushing towards me at high speed. ”

Arima's brows furrowed, with a skeptical look, and said, "Enemy fleet? You read that right? The fleet of the Chinese people? As he spoke, he walked out of the captain's room, walked up to the lookout on the left, picked up the binoculars, and looked in the direction of Omori's finger. The Japanese regard the South China Sea as their own back garden, and Arima Masamune is no exception, and when he said that just now, there was a subtext that was not said - "Do the people of China have a fleet?" ”

At this time, the torpedo boat in front of Qi Minghao's department was less than twenty-five kilometers away from the enemy fleet. Masafumi Arima raised the binoculars and looked over, and the second lieutenant changed his perspective and caught a torpedo boat that was speeding forward in the water. The little devil was taken aback and shouted: "Bage, it's a torpedo boat!" ”

The first country in the world to build a torpedo boat was Britain, and the first country to put a torpedo boat into actual combat was Russia. In 1878, Russia used a torpedo boat to sink a Turkish 2,000-ton gunboat "Intiba", thus creating a miracle of small boats beating large ships. Affected by this, European countries began to develop torpedo boat units on a large scale. Although Japan did not follow suit, it seems that there are experienced admirals such as Ma Zhengwen, but they all know about the existence of such ships.

I can't figure out when the Xuebing Army has developed a huge force of torpedo boats, and judging by its speed, its performance is relatively advanced, which makes Arima Masafumi very surprised-now is not the time to explore this, he quickly gathered his mind and shouted in a deep voice: "Inform the escort fleet to turn around immediately and protect the landing ships and troop carriers!" After seriously thinking about the combat characteristics of the torpedo boats, he then ordered: "Spread out the formation, and all ships should pay attention to avoiding torpedoes!" ”

Only five minutes passed, and the Japanese ship made a U-turn. At this time, the torpedo boats at the forefront were already less than fifteen kilometers away from the Japanese ships. "Bang bang—" A Japanese ship began to fire cannons. The cannon rumbled, and the hearts of the devil soldiers calmed down a lot.

The sudden killing of the torpedo boat unit of the Cadet Army frightened the devils a lot. Almost instinctively, the first reaction of several captains after receiving the order was to look at the southwest sky, fearing that a group of dark shadows would appear there. I was really scared of "sinking it", and even many Japanese captains thought that the Cadet Air Force was coming again when they heard the word "attack" - the Cadet Air Force has now become a nightmare for the devils of the Combined Fleet.

There was no dark shadow in the southwestern sky, and the enemy ships that entered the horizon were so small that the devils who did not understand the characteristics of torpedo boats settled down. By the time the cannon was fired, the fear in the hearts of the devils had completely dissipated.

The Japanese fleet began to disperse under the command of Arima Masafumi, and almost at the same time, Qi Minghao also gave the same order: "Spread out and go at full speed!" Attack freely as a squadron! ”

Qi Minghao looked very excited. Not only him, but also the cadets who went out to the torpedo boat unit were inexplicably excited - this was the first battle of the cadet army and navy since it was formed! Regardless of the outcome of this battle, it will surely be recorded in the annals of the army and navy. And if you can make a difference in this battle, then your name will be immortal, right? As soon as they thought of this, the students couldn't help but straighten their waists, and their eyes became more and more determined.

The closer you get to the enemy ship, the more dense the shelling will be. In the earth-shattering explosion, the sea where the torpedo boat unit was located rose a lot higher, and in this man-made giant Lang, the "swordfish" really rushed towards the tip of Lang like swordfish, gradually making those devils who were optimistic at the beginning become silent and grim.

"Boom!" A "Swordfish" was hit directly by a shell, and the explosions and monstrous giants turned into fragments. Qi Minghao's 001 was following behind this "Swordfish", he slammed the steering wheel to the left, and shouted into the fixed microphone at the same time: "Brothers, now is the most critical time, and the devil will have nothing to do with us." Speed, speed! ”

The Japanese ship's cannon has a minimum firing range, and there is also a blind spot for firing, so if you get close, you can turn it into an ornament. There are two advantages of torpedo boats and small boats against large ships: one is that the target is small and difficult to aim; Second, the speed is fast, and the calculation of the advance amount of shelling is very demanding. As for the disadvantages, it is because of the limited range of the torpedo, it must be close to a certain distance to be a threat.

The "Swordfish" can reach a maximum speed of about 45 knots, and looking at this time and space, it has already left behind the ships of the same type in European countries. When the Japanese artillerymen fired their guns, they clearly set the target in the center of the crosshairs, and the shells shot out, but they flew over the target's head.

The 15-kilometer to 3-kilometer journey was the most difficult time for Qi Minghao's troops, with the Japanese ships' large and small naval guns firing wildly, more than 20 "Swordfish" being hit by flying shells or being overturned by the huge Lang set off by the explosion, and more than 400 young cadet officers and sailors were buried in the cold waters of the South China Sea before they could complete their first combat experience. The side lost nearly half of the torpedo boats that had gone out to fight without firing a single shot, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the officers and men of the Dongshan Fleet. Some students couldn't hold their breath anymore and shouted in the public channel: "Commander Qi, the devil's artillery fire is too dense to get close!" ”

Qi Minghao was furious when he heard this, and shouted angrily: "What? Scared?! ”

"No, I-"

"Don't say anything! Brothers! This is our first battle! Do you understand the meaning of the first battle? Our Navy, is it really an idle meal? ”

"No!"

"Meritorious service is now! Brothers, a lot of enemy ships are right in front of you, what are you waiting for?! ”

"Kill!"

"Brothers, for the glory of the Navy, fight!"

"Fight!"