The Fuji ship adopts a twin-mast double-chimney structure, the main mast is located behind the main turret in the bow direction, the highest part of the main mast is the watchtower, and the lower position is the Fuji ship's command tower, inside the command tower, Togo Heihachiro is silently looking at the clouds and mist shrouded in the distant battery.

Togo Heihachiro's heart was at a loss, and he silently thought: "Why did the fog suddenly rise, could it be that the fog was caused by the Chinese lighting a fire on the mountain?" He couldn't help but feel a shudder, Togo Heihachiro was proficient in Chinese culture, admired the Ming Dynasty thinker Wang Yangming, wrote a beautiful calligraphy, he thought he knew China very well, but recent events, made him doubt himself for the first time.

In his mind, a question lingered: How did the Chinese become powerful overnight?

At this moment, the sharp sound of the shell cutting through the air sounded in his ears, and a thought drilled into his mind: "The Chinese shell is coming!" Despite the shells, he did not panic in the slightest, because the conning tower was the most heavily protected place on a warship, especially the conning tower of the Fuji, and the armor was as thick as three hundred and sixty millimeters, almost three times the armor on the side of the ship.

"At the level of Chinese shells, even if it hits the command tower directly, it will not cause any damage to it." Heihachiro Togo thought, but the shell did not explode near the command tower, but exploded next to the mast in the back, and on the back mast was the compass compartment responsible for navigation.

Togo Heihachiro was puzzled when he heard the dull explosion, he had never heard such an explosion before, and at this moment, a bright fireball rose up on the edge of the mast behind him, making a deafening sound, and Togo Heihachiro watched as the compass cabin turned to ashes in the violent explosion.

Immediately afterwards, the mast behind it snapped and fell heavily into the sea, splashing huge Lang flowers, and thick smoke and flames came out of the cabin in the stern direction, it turned out that the main body of the Fuji ship was made of steel, and the same was true for the deck and armor, and there were fewer wooden outfits on the deck, and the cloudburst bombs would not let them burn, but the interior of the cabin was different.

Modern ship design, especially the design of warships, will consider the fire performance of the cabin, and even build a fire barrier inside the hull, formulate a strict fire level, and the living products of the cabin must be made of high-temperature resistant materials, but the ship design of this era does not consider these factors too much, and the daily necessities in the cabin are flammable wood products.

Not only that, but these wooden necessities were painted on the outside to prevent corrosion, which was different from the paint used for the surface of the hull, which had no fire resistance, so the fire ignited under the high temperature of the cloud burst bomb.

Two other cloudburst shells also exploded on the side of the ship near the stern, spreading the oil and gas into the relatively enclosed secondary turret and exploding, instantly lifting the turret into the air.

Togo Heihachiro didn't bother to think, "What is this weird cannonball?" How did the Chinese see through the fog and see their ship", he hurriedly issued an order to each compartment through the ship's microphone: "Quickly report the damage, and the damage control part will be dispatched quickly." ”

Soon, the voices of the various compartments came from the microphone: "the engine room is normal", "the coal bunker is normal, the hull is not damaged", "the temperature of the ammunition compartment is normal, there is no danger of explosion". When Heihachiro Togo heard these reports, his heart relaxed slightly, and if there were no problems in these places, the warship would not be in danger of sinking.

However, the communication cabin did not come with news for a long time, and Heihachiro Togo did not care to think about the communication cabin, and he began to think: "Why are the Chinese' shells so accurate?" ”

Soon, three more shells flew over, and the Fuji ship was miserable, and a cloudburst bomb exploded directly near the tail main turret. At this time, the Fuji ship was in a state of attack on the opposite shore, so the turret was full of shells, and the high temperature detonated the shells, and the tail main turret was lifted up, and then fell heavily.

The main turret did not fall into the sea, but smashed on the deck, the thickness of the deck of the Fuji ship is only sixty-two millimeters, and the hardness is not high, the caliber of the main gun of the Fuji ship is three hundred and five millimeters, the outer armor of the turret is two hundred and sixty millimeters, and the entire turret weighs more than thirty tons. The impact detonated the shell, and the entire part above the ammunition compartment was basically blown up, and Heihachiro Togo was worried at this time, it turned out that the Chinese shells were so powerful, what should the Fuji ship do?

Heihachiro Togo looked at the thick fog and thought: "Fighting is definitely not working, we can't even see the shadow of the Chinese, now the plan, only retreat, no matter how powerful the Chinese artillery, its range cannot be infinite, as long as it escapes the range, the Fuji ship will be safe." ”

Heihachiro Togo asked anxiously, "Engine room, report on the power system." ”

The chief engineer reported: "One spindle has been blown up and has been shut down, and there is still one spindle that can be used." ”

Heihachiro Togo said, "Keep the course and go full speed!" ”

According to common sense, Togo Heihachiro wanted to escape from the firing range, and he should give the next order to turn, but he did not do so, because he still thought that the aiming method of the Chinese artillery was the same as the original, and in the original aiming method, the artillery roughly calculated the speed of the opponent's ship, and then calculated the amount of artillery fire in advance, so as long as the speed of a warship was fast, it was not easy for the opponent to calculate its position in advance.

As soon as he gave the order, the broken Fuji ship immediately began to accelerate, and Heihachiro Togo saw that the acceleration performance was not bad, and his heart relaxed a little, but he was not happy for long, and the shells arrived again.

The shells still exploded near the stern, a coal-fired tank was ignited, and the hull was on fire.

The J-25 airborne radar uses advanced single-pulse angle measurement technology, which ensures that the radar can quickly complete the angle calculation, with the help of high-precision radar, Yao Feng operates the gun, can easily grasp the amount of advance to shoot, just like that, the Fuji ship was hit by several shells after accelerating.

Heihachiro Togo's face was as surprised as earth, and he thought: "How can the Chinese's shells be so evil, they can't hide from it!" He didn't have time to think about it so much, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to start extinguishing the fire, which required the use of a water pump, but at this time it was discovered that the pump had been damaged, so Togo Heihachiro ordered his subordinates to send a message to the surrounding ships, asking them to help extinguish the fire.

Such a message needed to be told to the flag soldier in the communication cabin, so the herald picked up the microphone leading to the communication cabin and called for a long time, but there was no response, and the herald reluctantly reported: "Commander, the communication cabin has no response." ”

Togo Heihachiro just remembered that when he just reported the battle damage, the communication cabin did not respond, it turned out that the suffocation effect of the explosion killed all the people inside in an instant, so no one in the communication cabin reported to Togo Heihachiro, just like that, the fire burned for nearly half an hour, and the Russian warship "Borodino" on the side came over and used a high-pressure water cannon to help the Fuji ship extinguish the fire.