Although the first salvo of the two Kong-class battleships was quite dismal, 8 rounds (the two battleships did not have time to turn to face the Zhiyuan with a side chord, so they launched an attack directly with their two front main turrets. Only one 356mm shell hit the target, but this one achieved a lethal effect comparable to that of hundreds of previous shells

Due to the distance, this giant cannonball, which weighed more than 800 catties, smashed into the first main turret of the Zhiyuan at an almost vertical angle, although it failed to directly penetrate its strengthened and thickened top armor (the armor-piercing ability of the King Kong-class main gun is relatively limited when attacking enemy ships at a long distance). However, its powerful impact and violent explosion after hitting caused the turret to suffer a serious mechanical failure, and the base was completely stuck and unable to rotate, which meant that the Zhiyuan lost at least 20% of its attack ability. With the approach of the two Kongo-class battleships, the next two rounds of salvo fire, the hit rate has been greatly improved, the Zhiyuan has been hit by 7 large-caliber shells, the second main turret is almost completely destroyed, the inclination of the hull is further intensified, if it is not for the officers and soldiers on the ship desperately start the water pump to drain the water, one side of the Zhiyuan is afraid that it has been submerged in the water.

Seeing that the victory was decided, Yamaguchi thought of the excellent naval guns and armor on the enemy ship, and also felt the enemy's courage and tenacity, and could not help but have the idea of persuading him to surrender. However, before persuading him to surrender, Yamaguchi Tabun thought it was necessary to break the enemy's Zuihou with a little psychological support, so he ordered the two battleships Kongo to attack the two rear main turrets of the enemy ship until they could no longer fire back, so that the Zhiyuan completely lost the ability to resist. At that time, it was not too late to persuade the surrender, but in order to avoid accidentally sinking the Zhiyuan, Yamaguchi Tawen still specially asked the two battleships to get closer and aim at the attack, so as not to accidentally hit the auxiliary vehicle and hit the shell into the ammunition depot and other fatal positions

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the two battleships, all 8 main guns of the Zhiyuan were scrapped, and few of the secondary guns on the ship were completed, and the caliber of the 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun was too small for a target like a battleship, not to mention the key part of the battleship, even if it was a superstructure with relatively weak defense. Normally, they don't pose any threat either. Therefore, Yamaguchi Tawen was finally able to safely let the battleship Hiei drive over and make a forced landing. Originally, he wanted to let the flagship battleship Kongo pass, but his adjutant advised that "the Chinese have always been cunning and must not be guarded against." Although Yamaguchi disagreed. But his opinion was respected. Another battleship was sent closer to the enemy ship and demanded its immediate surrender with a flag. At this time, there may not be any usable radio equipment on the Zhiyuan, so this ancient method of sea communication is more suitable.

At this time, there were only more than two hundred people left on the Zhiyuan ship. Among them, less than one hundred and fifty people can still move, and even Shen Honglie died because of his injuries, everyone knew that it was impossible to escape death this time, and they all unconsciously gathered together, after all, no one wanted to die when they were still alone. Although everyone is brave and tenacious warriors, under the pressure of death, the atmosphere is inevitably a little depressing, but at this time, the devil's persuasion is like a spark flying into a gasoline barrel, and it is lit on the spot.

"The devil looks down on people, and grandpa will not surrender if he dies!" , a certain Shandong man immediately shouted angrily.

"I think this is an opportunity, make good use of it, maybe we can pull a devil warship on our backs before we die." , A young officer who was covered with blood but still couldn't stop the bookish breath said, he was Yu Zuwang, the head of the Jishu Department on the Zhiyuan, and he should have been transferred to the Jingyuan to leave, but he thought that if all the Jishu personnel were withdrawn, the combat effectiveness of the Zhiyuan would be too great, so he still insisted on staying with a few comrades, and together with the officers and soldiers on the ship, he gave a major blow to the Japanese in the battle of Zuihou.

"Surrender?" Most of the people left on the Zhiyuan are veterans who have survived a hundred battles, among which there are not a few who have come from the army and fought guerrillas, and they have used all kinds of strange tricks back then, and there will be no psychological burden on the deception, and others can only obey the collective decision even if they have opinions. It's just that the devil sent a battleship with rough skin and thick flesh, and even the 203mm main gun of the Zhiyuan can't help it, not to mention that now everyone only has secondary guns available?

But Yu Zuwang explained very confidently, "The armor of the battleship is thick, but the one is too close to us, only less than 2,000 meters, probably because we have no torpedoes on the ship, and the main guns are all destroyed, so the devil dares to hold it up like this." But they didn't know that at this distance, even a secondary gun with a caliber of only 127 centimeters could penetrate its turtle shell with special shells! ”

"It's the kind of special ammunition that can sink a warship with a few shots? Since you still have it in your hands, why didn't you take it out earlier? Some officers and men who did not know the inside story could not help but sigh with disgust when they heard this.

Now that time is pressing, Yu Zuwang can only explain a few words briefly, "Special ammunition is actually just an incendiary bomb with strong armor-piercing ability, and it must hit important parts such as ammunition depots, boilers, and oil depots to produce sufficient lethality, otherwise it is not as good as ordinary armor-piercing blasting bombs." Moreover, the 127 cm caliber shell is too light, the survival rate performance is very poor, and the armor-piercing ability of this shell is very dependent on the speed of the shell itself, so it is basically useless when the target is far away, otherwise these shells would have been used up before, where can they be left until now? Actually, if it weren't for the devil's warship getting so close, I wouldn't have thought of using it."

Although there are still some officers and soldiers with a relatively low level of education who do not understand, but everyone knows that even a little time can not be wasted now, after helping the few remaining people in the Jishu Department to transport all the 80 rounds of 127mm depleted uranium alloy tail stabilized deshelling armor-piercing shells that have not been used before into the only twin-mounted 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun turret that can still be used at present, everyone has returned to their combat posts, although the use of special ammunition will not cause any damage to the battleship, But even to disperse the enemy ship's artillery fire, so that the secondary guns can have a chance to fire a few more shots, is a haode.

Since the Chinese Navy was briefly equipped with 2 Kongo-class battleships, everyone is very clear about the location of important targets such as ammunition depots and heavy oil boilers on this type of battleship, even if the Hiei is unique among the four Kongo-class battleships, at least the location of the main ammunition depot should be the same, so it is natural that this position has become the focus of the Zhiyuan's attack (to be continued......

PS: I really didn't expect that the homepage recommendation had such a bad effect, but I finally fulfilled the promise of double updates every day this week.,Thank you for your support to me.,The following began to return to the normal update speed.,But it's still two more per day on the weekend.。

PS: I didn't pay attention to the time when I checked the information yesterday morning.,After checking it, I found that it was already 11 o'clock.,After lunch, I can only desperately code words.,Finally completed the task of two chapters a day before 10 o'clock in the evening.,I'm tired T-T.