Debris floated, and a few oil stains slowly floated from the scattered whirlpool, reflecting the dazzling glow of red, yellow, blue and purple. Tsuboi looked at the large piece that was missing from the queue behind him, his face distorted, as fierce as a ghost; His hands were clenched into fists, his nails digging deep into his palms; The green tendons on his forehead were beating, and he wanted to break through the skin.

As Kozo Tsubori was looking behind the crowd with his back to the crowd, no one in the Yoshino's conning tower could see the commander's distorted face. An adjutant saw that Tsuboi Kozo was staring at the rear for a long time and didn't say a word for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "General, the Takachiho has sunk, what should we do now?" ”

Tsuboi Hangsan's body moved, and he suddenly turned around, and after everyone saw his face clearly, including the captain Kawahara Yoichi, they couldn't help but shudder. He stared at the adjutant who had touched his moldy head just now with a murderous gaze, and after a while, he suddenly said loudly: "What can I do, what else can I do?" At this point, we can only continue to fight, either kill all the Qing people, or we will go to hell! The order goes down, the remaining 3 battleships of the 1st Guerrilla Fleet continue to give me all the fires of this Qing battleship! ”

Seeing that the commander had a tendency to be carried away by anger, Kawara hurriedly said, "General, do you want to continue to fight that battleship?" Its waterline armor is 300 mm at the thinnest, and with the artillery of our 1st guerrilla fleet, it cannot penetrate it! If you can't penetrate its waterline, you can't let it get into the water, and even if we beat its superstructure into a hornet's nest, that battleship won't sink! ”

Being reminded by Kawahara like this, Tsuboi Kozo's mind regained a trace of clarity, and his distorted face gradually became calm. Smoke filled the air, and artillery fire roared. Under the cover of the firelight, Tsuboi Kozo's face gradually slowed down, and then a trace of firm calmness floated again, and said, "Kawahara-kun, do what I just said." I did this not only to avenge the officers and men of the Combined Fleet who were shattered by Takachiho, but also for the fate of the First Guerrilla Fleet today, and for the sake of our Combined Fleet being able to win the next naval battle. Our goal today is not to sink him, but to dumb all his main guns! ”

With a wave of his three hands, Kawahara looked awe-inspiring when he boarded, and a herald had already quickly informed the signalman of this order through the microphone. Looking at the battleship covered in fire 2,000 meters away, Tsuboi Hangzo's eyes showed a complicated look, and he said in a tone of joy and hatred: "This battleship has now been abolished by us with the front and rear main guns, and only the main turret of the amidships can barely shoot. It was originally Germany's latest battleship, and it only joined the lineup of the Qing fleet a month ago, like the main gun damage caused by the explosion of the propellant, such a key component was so seriously damaged, the Qing people would definitely not be able to repair it! If we can do more and get rid of its main turret amidships, it will be a tiger without claws and teeth, and it will no longer pose any threat to our combined fleet. And judging from the previous battle process, its main gun is definitely a weakness in defense! ”

Perhaps it was Tsuboi's order that aroused the blood in the hearts of the Japanese sailors, and in the face of the sinking of the "Takachiho", after a short period of panic and escape, the Japanese sailors showed a fierce face and threw themselves into the attack on the "Kaiyuan" even more fanatically. Roaring legatos, firebombs poured in the face, and all the broadside guns on the three Japanese cruisers were storming the "Kaiyuan" like a sea of mountains. In this dense rain intertwined by barrages, the superstructure of the battleship "Kaiyuan" burst out one after another, bursting with purple waves of red light. Colonel Claude was also powerless about this phenomenon; Due to Germany's lack of experience in the construction of large warships, the "Kaiyuan" was built with a lot of reference to the design of the battleships of France, which was a long-cherished enemy, and the superstructure was quite tall, which improved the flexibility and set up an excellent target to attract hatred!

After the explosion of the Japanese shells, the crimson flames burned tenaciously on the steel, and the thick black smoke was mixed with a large amount of poisonous yellow-green miasma; Billowing smoke rose upwards, not only causing great inconvenience to the officers and men fighting the fire on the deck, but also blocking the view of the only main turret in the amidships. As far as the gun commander could see, there was almost nothing but thick black smoke and burning flames. Although the damage control forces were already trying their best to extinguish the fire, the flames formed by the explosion of the Shimose gunpowder were extremely hot at the center, and they could burn for a period of time even on water, and it was difficult to be extinguished by ordinary water waves. In the process of extinguishing this blazing fire, a large amount of water vapor will also be steamed, and these water droplets can also interfere with the gun commander's vision. For a time, the battleship "Kaiyuan" was in flames, and the poisonous smoke was pressing; In the faint atmosphere, the gun commander could not accurately observe the position and distance between the enemy warship and his own side with his own instrument, so he could only rely on his own feelings to adjust the shooting parameters, and the accuracy was naturally greatly reduced!

"Boom!" Another earth-shaking roar of wind and thunder broke out, and the main battery of the "Kaiyuan" battleship burst out in red light, and two fiery red shells roared like comets, instantly crashing into the sea area 100 meters away from the "Naniwa," the last of the guerrilla fleet, and the water column soared into the sky. Seeing that the design of the opponent's main gun was lost this round, Tsuboi Hangzo couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging was finally a little relaxed. What he feared the most was the accuracy of the opponent's 283 mm cannon at a distance of 2,000 meters, if it hit, it would be an unbearable blow to his own cruisers, and the "Takachiho", which was sunk in an instant just now, is the best example!

"They've fired, they've fired! The whole army will fight me to the death now! When the water column stirred up by the cannonballs collapsed, Tsuboi Hangzo Huo Ran came back to his senses and said loudly in the command tower.

Without the order of Tsuboi Kozo, at this critical moment of life and death, the Japanese sailors had already begun to move quickly, carrying the shells and equipment as quickly as possible. For a while, the light exploded, the fire bombs spewed, and looking at the raging flames rising from the "Kaiyuan", Tsuboi Kozo's face also showed a fierce and happy smile. Even if you are a battleship, the part of its side that focuses on armor protection is limited to that small waterline, and large swaths of freeboard and superstructure have only a thin layer of shipbuilding steel; Once these unarmored areas are hit by shells, they will still cause good damage!

The sea of fire is rushing, and the water column is soaring into the sky. Due to the thick smoke of the fire produced by the explosion of the shells, the main battery of the battleship "Kaiyuan" was suddenly missed, and five rounds of fire in a row failed to hit. At the same time, the secondary artillery fire of the "Kaiyuan" was also heavily damaged: its 105 mm guns and 88 mm guns were opened in the upper windows of the main armor belt, without any armor protection, and they were able to show off their might when they bullied the rear of the combined fleet, which also had few rapid-fire guns, but now they were besieged by the First Guerrilla Fleet, revealing their weak true colors. Inside the armored conning tower, Colonel Claude's brow showed a look of worry for the first time. Although the Japanese can't penetrate their core cabin, it is obviously not a matter of being beaten so passively; On the entire battleship, only a few important areas such as the control tower where they are located have heavy armor protection, and Japanese shells hitting the unprotected area will also cause attrition and casualties! And the number of shells of the Japanese is obviously much more than the number of sailors on their own ship!

"It can't go on like this! The order was given, the battleship turned left 3 compass points, increased the speed to 15 knots, moved closer to the center of the team, and handed over these damned Japanese to the Qing people to deal with first. Wait until we have extinguished the fire, and then launch the worst attack on the Japanese. There's no reason why we should fight to the death for our people! Feeling the vibration of a cannonball explosion coming from the soles of his feet, Claude, who was dressed in white, thought for a moment and said aloud.

Due to the style design of the French battleship, although the "Kaiyuan" has a large bomb area and its stability can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, its steering flexibility is first-class; With its top speed of 16 knots, it is as fast as a strong wind to escape and turn in. The steering gear was offset, the blades were spun rapidly, and the massive battleship, with a nimble not inferior to that of the cruiser, quickly turned and spewed soot, with a raging flame, and headed quickly away from the 1st guerrilla fleet. Seeing this scene, Liu Buyun on the "Dingyuan" and Tsuboi Hangzo on the "Yoshino" were both stunned by the changes in front of them, and in their subconscious, they didn't seem to expect that this 11,000-ton Huanghuang ship would also take the most esoteric strategy in the art of war, to escape!

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"Alright, German, you've done a good job, let's do the rest!" In the command tower of the "Dingyuan", Liu Buyun gave an order in a slightly heavy voice. After accelerating the cutting of the Combined Fleet array, the Beiyang Naval Division gained a numerical superiority over the combined fleet at the cost of abandoning the right flank; Except for the first 20 minutes, the three warships "Dingyuan", "Zhiyuan", and "Jingyuan" were hardly hit by Japanese shells, and their combat strength basically remained intact. Under Liu Buchan's order, the three battleships began to slowly turn and turned their bows to meet the first guerrilla fleet that came from the cross-cutting.

Tsuboi Kozo looked at the "Kaiyuan" battleship that was speeding up, and the muscles on his face began to twitch uncontrollably, if this battleship really chose to retreat, there was no way to take her by himself! She had 300-400 mm thick armor around her waterline, and even the 260 mm cannon on the Naniwa couldn't penetrate it, and it was impossible to slow her down by the traditional way of causing her to enter water. And the probability of hitting the propeller is very small, Yiyou just hit the propeller of the "Chaoyong" half an hour ago, such a good thing, Tsuboi Kozo thought that it would not happen a second time!

Catch up? Are you kidding! The other 3 Qing warships are next to her, and although the 305-mm cannon of the "Dingyuan" is slightly less powerful, if it is fired, it will be peeled off if it does not die!

"If all the main forces of the combined fleet are gathered today, and I have 2 more cruisers in my hands, the result will definitely not be what it is now!" Tsuboi Hangzo roared angrily in his heart. He looked at the three Qing warships that gave up their firepower to support and ran to carry the line, and cheered up his subordinates, "That battleship has been scrapped by us, and there is no longer any threat to our combined fleet." The order was given, the fleet turned to the right and turned to the port side to meet the enemy, and the victory of the combined fleet was in sight! ”

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