The work of hunting Japanese transport ships was nothing at all in front of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet, which had many ships and many guns and a fast rate of fire. In just over 20 minutes, as long as they did not retreat, they were either sunk to the bottom of the sea as artificial reefs (such as the Maruyama) or blown to pieces (such as the tragic ammunition carrier). Of course, this is not all due to the guns of the Beiyang Fast Fleet, the Japanese mine arrays and ammunition on transport ships also played a great role!!

Striking Japanese transport ships in the Uraga waterway was an appetizer for the Beiyang Rapid Fleet. Destroying artillery batteries that threaten you, and then approaching some indirect shots at the Yokosuka military port and shipyard is the most important combat objective of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet. Of course, some more mines will be laid when you leave.

THEREFORE, 14 10-INCH NAVAL GUNS AND 9 8-INCH NAVAL GUNS FIRED AT THE 10 240MM CANNONS ON THE JAPANESE BATTERY, ORIGINALLY BOTH SIDES HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF 6-INCH GUNS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MINES AND 240MM CANNONS, THE BEIYANG FAST FLEET DID NOT DARE TO GET TOO CLOSE, SO THE 6-INCH RAPID-FIRE GUNS ON THE BEIYANG BATTLESHIPS, AS WELL AS THE 6-INCH RAPID-FIRE GUNS AND 11-INCH SHORT HOWITZERS ON THE JAPANESE FORTRESSES CHOSE TO BE SILENT. The former is not enough because of the range and power, and the latter basically can't hit the target!!

THE JAPANESE 240MM GUNS WERE PLACED IN TWO CONFIGURATIONS, EITHER DIRECTLY IN THE OPEN GUN PIT OR IN A CONCRETE FORTIFICATION WITH A FIRING PORT. The former is undoubtedly fragile, but the shooting world is large, and the latter is undoubtedly strong, but the shooting world is sad!

The roar of heavy artillery grew louder and louder as the Beiyang Fleet approached. The thunderous sound of cannon resounded throughout the Uraga waterway. In order to ensure the accuracy of shooting. The Beiyang Fleet deliberately slowed down. WITH THE HELP OF A RANGEFINDER, FIRING AT 240MM HEAVY ARTILLERY POSITIONS ON THE HIGH GROUND IN THE DISTANCE BEGAN. The first is to concentrate on bombarding those exposed artillery, because there is basically no protection, so the Beiyang ships use high-explosive shells with picric acid charges.

Hitting stationary targets at low speeds obviously will not be low in accuracy. SOON, A 240MM SHORE GUN WAS HIT BY A 10-INCH SHELL, AND THE 227KG SHELL SMASHED DIRECTLY INTO THE MEDICINE ROOM OF THE 240MM HEAVY GUN LIKE A DIVINE HELP. The huge explosion directly blew the artillery into two sections. The gunners who operated the guns were instantly burned to charcoal. The propellant, dyed with picric acid, then caused two explosions, blowing half of the barrel out of the cannon pool and rolling down the mountain. The steering mechanism of the gun mount was also completely destroyed.

Another 240 gun, which was fired by concentrated fire at the Guiyuan class, also quickly fell silent. **!Book. BAR* Although the power of an 100KG 8-inch shell is significantly inferior to that of a heavy 227KG. However, the burning effect of the picric acid charge turned the gun pit where the gun was located into a sea of fire. The first wave of gunners was reimbursed by the scattered shrapnel and flames within 3 minutes of the start of the battle. Although the firefighters tried their best to extinguish the fire, the fire quickly got out of control in the face of the attack of six 8-inch turret guns. Not only could the gunner not work. Even firefighters couldn't get close. Finally, there was a tooth-aching sound of metal scaffolding twisting and breaking. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF BURNING, THE GUN CARRIAGE WAS FINALLY OVERWHELMED AND BROKEN, AND THE 240MM HEAVY GUN, WHICH WAS STILL MAJESTIC JUST NOW, CRASHED TO THE GROUND, SMASHING A DEEP PIT IN THE HARD CEMENT GUN POOL!

As the distance closer, the shelling of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet became more and more accurate. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT FINALLY HAD AN EFFECT, AND THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE LUSHUN, WHICH WAS IN SECOND PLACE, SUDDENLY BURST INTO A LOUD BANG, AND THEN THE ENTIRE BATTLESHIP SHOOK VIOLENTLY, AND A 240MM SHORE ARTILLERY SHELL WEIGHING 140KG DRILLED INTO THE BRIDGE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEN EXPLODED. A bright yellow fireball mixed with debris and green poisonous smoke poured out of the breach. Then another 6-inch shell hit the Suiyuan ship behind. Fortunately, it was bounced off by the sidestring armor and did not cause any damage.

"Attention ships, keep a distance, and concentrate their fire to clear the 240 shore guns in those bunkers." Xu Jie looked at the open-air cannon pool that was already billowing with smoke in the distance and said. Of the 6 240mm guns placed in the open pool, 2 were destroyed, 3 were suppressed, and 1 was poor due to smoke. HALF AN HOUR AFTER THE START OF THE ARTILLERY BATTLE, THE ONLY THREAT TO THE BEIYANG FAST FLEET WAS PROBABLY THE FOUR 240MM GUNS PLACED IN THE GUN ROOM. …,

"I was aiming for the flagship of the Rapid Fleet in the North Seas, the largest and most powerful warship, at this very moment. A shell hit the roof of the gun room, and the whole roof shook, but fortunately it wasn't too much of a problem, some of the rubble fell from the top, and the cement roof also shattered, but fortunately we withstood it. A Japanese gunner wrote in his diary.

"The power of an 8-inch shell is not enough." Lang Weili turned to Xu Jie and said.

"The high-explosive bomb is not enough, let Lin Yongsheng save ammunition, and these boxes will be handed over to us." Xu Jie also regrets it now, in order to completely burn down the Yokosuka shipyard. The ammunition Xu Jie brought this time was basically high-explosive bombs, and there were very few armor-piercing shells, and now in the face of these turtle shells, there is trouble!

"Then the density of the fire of the Beiyang battleship seemed to have decreased, and just as we were rejoicing, a heavy artillery shell hit the right side of the gun room, and then we felt the whole gun room tremble. At the same time, a high-speed flying object smashed into the rotating artillery, knocking the main gun off the gun mount! Countless fragments from the impact instantly filled the entire gun emplacement, and the fragments were repeatedly ejected directly from the walls and ceilings, reaping the lives of the gunners. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. "It was the Japanese gunners who wrote down the horrors of the time after surviving the battle.

"The shell pierced but didn't explode. It seems that the fuze is very problematic. Luang Weili said dissatisfied.

"It's easy to blow up early if it's too sensitive, and it's easy not to fry if it's not sensitive, and it's hard to solve it." Xu Jie just smiled bitterly, after all, this thing has reached the 2nd battle, and all kinds of non-bombing still exist.

"Fortunately, such a blow is still useful, at least the cannon should be finished." Luang Weili said. AT THIS TIME, IN A HIDDEN PLACE, A HUGE CANNON WAS SLOWLY STICKING OUT OF THE FIRING PORT, THICKER AND LONGER THAN THE 240MM HEAVY GUN! THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL SHORE ARTILLERY 280MM CANNON IN JAPAN! Because it was very well concealed, and the cannon was never fired, this gun, which was relatively close to the Beiyang Fleet, was not discovered!

"Aim for the biggest battleship." A gunner said excitedly. "No, I'm afraid that the 280MM heavy artillery will not be able to deal a fatal blow to the Garibaldi-class armored cruisers, but it is better for us to concentrate our fire on the light armored cruisers behind, but there is still a chance to sink one." The commander immediately rejected the gunner's proposal. THEN THE 280MM DOOR BEGAN TO SLOWLY AIM AT THE SUIYUAN SHIP THAT WAS SLOWLY SAILING AT THE BACK OF THE ENTIRE QUEUE!

"What's that?" WHEN LIN YONGSHENG NOTICED THE BARREL STICKING OUT OF A CORNER, A SHELL WEIGHING 240KG HAD ALREADY FLOWN TOWARDS SUIYUAN AT A SPEED OF 700+ METERS PER SECOND. This shell happened to hit the front main gun of the Suiyuan, and with a loud bang, two 8-inch guns weighing 15 tons were completely destroyed, the barrels were completely detached from the gun mount, and the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet in the turret were killed by high temperature and shrapnel. But that's not the worst of all, the fire caused by the ignited smokeless powder powder pack passed through the fire door that didn't have time to close, and burned towards the ammunition depot!!

"I felt it up there, and then there was a wave of heat coming from the turrets above. I didn't know that the turret on the aisle had been removed by the pirates, but I immediately felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously closed the fire door of the ammunition depot, and this action not only saved myself, but also the lives of a boatload of people! Afterwards, which officer closed the fire door at a critical moment described it in his memoirs.

The ferocious fire dragon was blocked by the heavy fire door, and the flames mixed with splinters tried to break through the obstacles in front of them again and again, but in front of the heavy steel plates, the flames caused by picric acid explosives could not do anything. All I heard was a crackling sound of metal, and then the flames slowly extinguished as the oxygen in the space ran out. A catastrophe has finally been stopped!! …,

"It's so hanging, it's good that there is no detonated ammunition. The arson measures at the remote level are still very effective. Lin Yongsheng looked at Suiyuan, whose turret was knocked out in the distance. I couldn't help wiping a cold sweat.

THEN THE SUIYUAN GAVE THE SIGNAL TO LEAVE AND WITHDRAW FROM THE BATTLE, AND THE REMAINING 5 BATTLESHIPS OF THE BEIYANG FLEET INVARIABLY AIMED THEIR GUNS AT THE 280MM CANNON THAT FIRED BLACK GUNS! And in the face of the rain of shells, the 11-inch gun and the gunner who operated him finally came to an end.

The 8-inch and 11-inch armor-piercing shells hit the fortress gun bunker at a distance of only about 2,500 meters one after another, and the two 8-inch armor-piercing shells that began to hit hit two deep cracks in the cement cover of the bunker. THEN A 227MM SHELL PENETRATED THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUNKER. Destroy the passage where the Japanese army retreated from the deepest. And the Japanese troops trapped in the gun emplacements could only sit and wait for death. Under such intensive artillery bombardment, there was absolutely no chance of survival even in the concrete fortifications! In the end, I don't know how many shells were hit in the tunnel, and with a loud bang, the entire fortification collapsed, completely burying everything inside.

With the destruction of this hidden 11-inch gun, there was no longer a threat to the existence of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet in the Uraga waterway. After knocking out a few more 6-inch and 4.7-inch naval guns, the sea surface that had been roaring just now had returned to tranquility. After clearing away all threats, the minesweepers of the Beiyang Fleet began to move forward to clear the mines in the preset artillery positions. And the Beiyang Fleet also seized this rare intermission to recuperate. After all, it took so much ammunition to get a valuable cruiser hit. Knocked on the fortress outside the Yokosuka shipyard. It's really embarrassing not to blow it up.

After paying the price of a minesweeper hitting a minesweeper, the minesweeper detachment of the Beiyang Fleet finally opened a safe area, and then the 6 warships of the Beiyang Fast Fleet drove into the preset position, and then stopped the ship and lowered the anchor, ready to start shelling the land! (Note that the boat is stopped and not the boiler is extinguished.) As long as the amount of steam is sufficient, the battleship can still be launched relatively quickly from a stationary state. ）

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