The flames of light danced, and the cannonballs staggered like dense rain. In the rear of the combined fleet, the "Saikyo Maru", which was converted from a merchant ship, had already abandoned the robe behind it and rushed to seize the road.

The Japanese sailors on board the "Saikyo Maru" were all farmers who had been temporarily conscripted into the army, had not undergone systematic training, and shrank and stumbled when the battle had just begun, so that the four 120 rapid-fire guns equipped on the ship had consumed less than 30 shells until now. Sitting on the "Saikyo Maru" and watching the battle, the head of the Kayama Shikiki Military Command was often furious because of the efficiency of these sailors, and personally roared to supervise the battle.

Now the Beiyang Fleet is only 1,000 meters away from itself, and at this critical moment of life and death, the potential of these Japanese sailors suddenly burst out completely. A group of people frantically shook the fans just to be able to deliver more air to the boiler room; Due to the pervasive and unbearably hot soot, the boiler room, which no one usually wants to go to, is now overcrowded. The Japanese sailors on the "Saikyo Maru" only hated the designer for what he had done at the moment to equip this merchant ship with so many boilers, and the speed of 12 knots was too slow and too slow!

Shiki Kayama sat in the luxurious exclusive cabin in despair, looking at the elegantly decorated home wallpaper around him, his eyes were empty and his thoughts were lost. This voyage was originally intended to witness a magnificent naval battle in the style of a great victory on Toshima, but I didn't expect to collide head-on, and it would actually make a large fleet that gathered all the main forces of the entire Qing Navy! That's just it, the other party actually abandoned the main force of the combined fleet and went straight to his side!

A few hundred meters away, the Hiei was still stubbornly floating on the surface, but a series of catastrophic ammunition explosions and severe tilts of more than 20 degrees had already signaled the end of the life of the ironclad ship, which had once been one of the three musketeers of the Japanese Navy. Although the "Hiei" is old and has weak guns and light armor, it is still a useful ironclad ship after all, but I didn't expect that after being pulled to the sea, it couldn't even withstand a round of fire from the main gun in front of the German battleship!

The "Hiei" is finished, but what about the "Saikyo Maru"? Originally a merchant ship, the ship it was on was temporarily requisitioned due to the outbreak of war, and with only a few pitiful small-caliber guns, it appeared on the combined fleet's operational sequence list as a "cruiser." Although the displacement is larger than that of the "Hiei", more than 2,900 tons, the structural strength is far from the standard of a warship, and there is no armor protection; Once hit by the main guns of the German battleships, that ......

As soon as he thought of this, Huashan Shiji suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold. The only thing to be thankful for is that the "Saikyo Maru" has already completed its turn, and its speed at 12 knots is also higher than that of the "Fuso" and "Akagi" behind it; I just hope that the Qing fleet will not look down on this pseudo-cruiser converted from a merchant ship, and treat itself as a fart!

"Amaterasu bless...... Amaterasu blesses ......" Shikiri Kayama folded his hands and murmured; Due to the extreme nervousness in his heart, even the sentences were mixed with a bit of vibrato.

"Boom!" There was a sudden violent vibration from the hull of the ship, and Shiki Kayama seemed to be pushed vigorously, and a dog eating from the sofa fell to the ground, and the pain was so painful that he was about to crack. Shocked left and right, he hurriedly helped the military commander who was over sixty years old from the ground, and said hurriedly: "Learn anal, embarrassed (general, nothing to do)?" ”

"It's embarrassing." Shiki Kayama shook his head slowly, indicating that he was fine, but the pale face showed that he was in great pain. A short time later, a sailor came to report that a shell had hit the aft deck, and the entire rear bridge had completely disappeared, but fortunately, the "Saikyo Maru" was not slowed down by this shell.

"Quick, help me to see!" Shiki Kayama, who was slumped on the sofa, suddenly struggled to stand up, didn't dare to slack off left and right, and slowly walked out of the cabin located in the bow of the ship; The Japanese sailors in a panic saw that the Minister of Military Orders came out, and they suppressed the fear in their hearts and saluted Kayama Shiki.

On the back deck, more than a dozen Japanese sailors were engaged in intense fire-fighting operations. Because this shell was filled with old-fashioned black powder, although the momentum was amazing, the power of the explosion was far less than that of the Japanese Navy shell filled with picric acid explosives; With the fragile hull of the "Saikyo Maru", it was actually carried down. Seeing that the fire was suppressed by the water dragon at a speed visible to the naked eye, and gradually became exhausted, a smile appeared on the face of the dead tree for the first time in a few minutes.

But when he thought that it was all because of Ito Youheng's brainless command, the Qing fleet had a chance to take advantage of it, and the entire rear team was in danger of no return, and the anger in his heart began to burn again. Shiki Kayama made up his mind that when he returned to China, he would write to the emperor and immediately dismiss this old thing from his position as commander of the Combined Fleet, so as to eliminate the hatred in his heart!

"Old Ito, you wait for me, Lao Tzu will pick your skin when I go back!"

When it was, the cannonballs flew by and crashed into the sea around the "Saikyo Maru", and the waves were pouring and the water was rushing to the sky. In this rain of meteors and fires that rained down from the sky, the "Xijing Maru" was coquettish and unconscious, and it actually avoided all the shells, rode in the dust, and rushed towards the sea area far away from the Beiyang Fleet. This situation and this scene made Biryama Ziji's heart go up and down like a roller coaster, with ups and downs. After a few rounds of firing, seeing that the "Saikyo Maru" was never hit by shells again, Shiki Kayama's heart was finally relaxed. He boldly walked to the stern of the ship, and was about to see what was going on with the two battleships in the rear at the moment, when a red-purple flame surging like a mountain suddenly burst into the distance in the east, blazing like a heavenly fire, illuminating himself so much that he couldn't open his eyes!

"Boom!" A thunderous roar like a desolate beast splitting the sky and roaring violently rushed into his ears like a frenzy. Kayama Shiki's eyes darkened, and he only felt that an unimaginable wave of terrifying qi slammed into his chest, and blood sprayed wildly, like a paper kite with a broken line being thrown in the air; If it weren't for the broadside railing holding him up, he would have been playing chess with the Dragon King in the Dragon Palace at this moment.

Faintly hearing the screams of the Japanese sailors in his ears, smelling the strong gunpowder smoke and bloody breath in his nose, Shiki Kayama was in severe pain, and he couldn't help wailing in his heart.

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This starts with the original purpose of the Beiyang Naval Division's operation.

Since the declaration of war between China and Japan, the navies of both countries have actually only done one thing, and that is to escort the transport fleets of their armies. This time, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet arrived at Dadong Port, and its original intention was not to carry out a decisive battle of the fleet, and the final task was to escort 4,000 Ming troops to land and land from here. When they saw the "Akagi" and "Saikyo Maru", which were very different from the conventional warships in the Japanese Navy, all the Beiyang Navy generals subconsciously thought that these two ships were Japanese troop carriers. In order to avenge the shipwreck of the Toshima shipwreck, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division all gave extremely high "care" to these two combat ships that resembled transport ships. Now I see that one of the "troop carriers" is running the fastest, and it wants to escape, and if it doesn't hit you, then who will it hit?

At 13:20, a 283-mm shell fired from the main battery of the "Kaiyuan" accurately hit the "Saikyo Maru", which was escaping at full speed. Although the main gun of the "Kaiyuan" was 35 times the caliber, and the muzzle velocity of the shells was much inferior to that of the first and last main guns, the weight and charge of the shells were not discounted at all. The 240-kilogram bomb smashed through the thin layer of shipbuilding steel of the "Saikyo Maru" without any suspense, and made an explosion that cracked the sky and the earth. In an instant, the entire stern of the "Saikyo Maru" seemed to explode, and the shattered steel armor and countless debris flew all over the sky, and the sea water poured into the crack created by the explosion, and nearly ten Japanese sailors working in the steering room did not even have time to snort, and drowned in an instant.

After such a heavy blow, a large amount of water entered the stern, and the escape momentum of the "Saikyo Maru" stopped, and the speed fell to a pitiful 5 knots; No matter how desperately the Japanese sailors tried to plug the leak, the sea water continued to pour in from the breach in the stern. The "Saikyo Maru" was originally a merchant ship, and the division of watertight compartments was much rougher than that of a regular warship, and after the sea water poured in, it rushed in it, pouring thousands of miles, and in less than five minutes, the aft deck of the "Saikyo Maru" sank half to the ground!

Amid the cheers of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division, the artillery fire became more intense; The heavy machine guns of Habekaisi were as dense as a torrential rain, and most of them were firing at the "Saikyo Maru," which was more than 1,000 meters away. The cabins were bombed, the decks were shattered, and the Japanese sailors were beaten to the ground; or being hit in the back by a blazing beam, and blood spurting wildly; or was pierced into the body by the shrapnel fired by the rushing dance, screaming and falling to the ground; Or was directly hit head-on by the cannonballs roaring with wind and thunder, and the whole body was instantly blown apart, and flesh and blood flew sideways. There were also some clever Japanese sailors who jumped into the sea to escape by holding on to a hatch plank.

So far, Colonel Claude has been fairly satisfied with the performance of his battleship. In the 20-minute battle, the "Kaiyuan" had already hit the "Takachiho", "Hiei" and "Saikyo Maru", of which the sinking of "Hiei" and "Saikyo Maru" was a foregone conclusion. What is ready to deal with now is the only slightly stronger third-class ironclad ship in the rear of the entire combined fleet, the "Fuso". Although the opponent is also fleeing, the 240mm gun is still majestic and powerful, and it is an opponent that should not be underestimated. Looking at the Japanese No. 1 Guerrilla Fleet, which had completely disappeared on the right flank of the Beiyang Fleet, and the rear main gun had lost its target, Claude analyzed the situation on the battlefield and suddenly ordered: "The battleship turns right 2 compass points, and the rear main gun turns back, and attacks the 'Fuso' with all its might!" ”

PS: This is the second chapter of today. Tomorrow the author will become an office worker, and he will not be able to go home until 6:30 p.m., so he can only update between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. after that, and the autumn moon is a slow hand stream, and it usually takes nearly 4 hours to write 3,000 words, which means that except for weekends, I spend all my free time on codewords. But I will choose to persevere, and please give me some recommendations and collections, and give me a little bit of motivation

Bow and thank nkj8084 and Miwa Senpai for the tips of the two highest book friends~~