Tsuboi Kozo had already returned to the command room and asked, "Then how do you think the rebels will deal with this fleet?" Should we be allowed to return safely like this? ”

"Obviously, they are keeping an eye on us, reporting at any time, waiting for the main fleet to arrive! With those four cruisers, even if they all have a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, it will be difficult for them to successfully intercept us, and maybe one or two will be sunk. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info When the battleship arrived, it turned out to be completely different! "Akiyama felt that this was the last quiet moment before the Great War

Kawahara said with a wry smile: "Two, it seems that we have run in vain this time, and the planned pounds will not be earned!" ”

Tsuboi Hangzo didn't plan to make money at all, but it was important to protect the ship: "General order task force, now open a distance of five nautical miles from the Qing fleet!" In addition, tell Guo Baochang that we have been discovered by the enemy, and after covering the landing, we are ready to retreat! ”

Akiyama Mayuki immediately added: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think the distance should be at least fifteen nautical miles, preferably more than twenty or thirty nautical miles!" ”

"Why?" Kozo Tsuboi thinks his decision has been made very safely

Akiyama Mayuki looked at the night sky in the distance and explained, "I guess the rebels' kind of large cruiser can run twenty-four knots!" ”

The "Edgar"-class "Izumo" and "Iwate" could only run to 20 knots when the ventilation was strong, which meant that in one hour, the opponent could chase four nautical miles, and the interval of 20 nautical miles was enough to be offset by five hours.

"Do you have proof?" Kawahara wanted to believe in this thing at all, and Tsuboi Kozo also had the same expression.

Akiyama Shinyuki chuckled and shook his head: "The information that the British gave us is twenty-two sections, and the parameters are okay." But do you really think that the rebels will show the true speed of such a ship to the British? If we had taken the worst scenario, we might have reached twenty-five verses, or even faster!

It is said that the rebels called this cruiser, which was faster, thicker armored, and more firepowerful than an armored cruiser, a battle cruiser. It means that the armor is comparable to that of a battleship, and its speed exceeds that of a cruiser, but it is used specifically to hunt armored cruisers.

All four of our ships are protective cruisers, and their defensive capabilities are inferior to those of armored cruisers, and even against only two battle cruisers, there is no chance of victory. Even if you want to retreat, you can only go south, detour to the southern tip of Treasure Island, and then turn back to Okinawa!

If we go north, if we're lucky, we can slip out from under their noses. Bad luck, none of the four ships of the task force can go back! ”

Tsuboi Kozo looked at the chart and was silent, and Kawahara asked unconvinced: "Even if it doesn't depend on luck, the rebels can track us?" ”

Akiyama Mayuki sighed: "I observed the starry sky and deduced that the sky will be clear tomorrow and tomorrow, which is very convenient for maritime reconnaissance and search." Even if they had only eight ships, each twenty nautical miles apart, they would have been able to search a sea 140 nautical miles wide.

The question is, how wide is the Treasure Island Strait? Will we be able to reach the relative safety of a hundred nautical miles north of the port before dawn?

With the speed of their battleship, even if only one ship finds our traces, in less than half a day, the entire fleet will pounce on us and tear us to pieces!

If the Combined Fleet does not go south to meet us, I am afraid that we will not be able to reach Okinawa, and we will all be buried in the belly of the fish! ”

Kawahara lost his temper after hearing it, he couldn't beat the other party, he knew this, and now it's a problem to run away, and it's completely troublesome!

Tsuboi Kozo raised his head and looked at the two of them with a frown: "Akiyama-kun, in your opinion, what should we do now?" ”

"Retreat now, go full speed south as fast as possible!" If you don't run, you don't have to run again.

I know I can't beat it, and I don't run, I said are you stupid???

Tsuboi Kozo hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, abandoned the group of burdens around him, and turned away.

They did not know that Helen, as the commander-in-chief of the Motherland Navy, did not order the C fleet to attack, for fear of being torpedoed by the opposing side.

Helen knew that the fleet could not repair ships now, that the infrastructure of the port was about zero, and that the dockyard did not exist.

The big problem of repair and maintenance, not to mention patching, is that the painting work cannot be carried out smoothly.

Ten thousand steps back, even if the superstructure is hit by ten shots, it is better than being hit by a torpedo below the waterline.

It is better to wait until after dawn and the firing range is good, and then talk about it, with the range of the main combat ships of the clan army, the enemy ships can be eliminated from ten kilometers away.

It doesn't matter if the Qing warship runs away, more than 10,000 people have gone ashore, and they must continue to supply supplies, and they are not afraid that they will never return.

"Humph! A group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death! When Guo Baochang saw it, he could only curse a few words, and it was important to cover Lu Yong's landing on the beach.

This batch was mainly transported by the Hunan army, which was in the lead, with a total of 42 battalions and a total strength of about 13,000 people.

Although there was not a single enemy on the shore, because they carried a large amount of war materials and weapons and equipment, the loading and unloading efficiency of the Qing army's baggage troops was even lower.

After working for a while, the military men felt tired and had to stop to take a puff, so that by daybreak, half of them were still on the transport ship.

At sunrise, both the teases on the shore and the cattle on the ship were in high spirits, because they saw a row of huge ships appearing on the distant sea!

"Didn't you say that there was a Japanese cruiser escort? Where did it go? The chicken came on the battleship cruiser "York" to "condole" the military masters

Is it possible to run away? Wouldn't you have made a trip for nothing?

The 380-mm shells on the "York" and the 350-mm shells used on the "Prince Frederick" were precious things, and one shot was missing.

These small sampans in front of you should be left to the battleship formation to clean up!

Seeing the rows of giant warships on the sea, the officers and men of the Nanyang Naval Division all looked frightened, and Admiral Guo Baochang suddenly felt a chill.

Didn't the imperial court say that it would put pressure on the powers, especially the Germans, to take back the warships that had been in the hands of the rebels?

Why are there so many in front of you? Could it be that the foreigner Yin Fengyang did it? Or maybe something else is going on?

Maybe I think too much, maybe I came to watch the battle, and the maverick actions of the foreigners were little known to the Qing Dynasty.

"Lord Qiqi, the other party has raised the flag, let's surrender immediately, give us five minutes to think about it, otherwise we will be sunk by cannonball!" The herald was blunt

Fortunately, the two sides are about ten kilometers apart, and there is still some room for maneuver, and if they are close, I am afraid that they will suffer a catastrophe.

Guo Baochang was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "If you are rebellious and dare to speak wildly, my sailor will definitely make him feel painful!" ”

The three-in-one hodgepodge of Nanyang, Fujian, and Guanggu sailors want to resist the heavy attack of the rebel giant ship.

But as the elite of the sea of the Great Qing Dynasty, how can he fall below others in terms of momentum? What if the other party is scared?

Helen saw that Hans was already full of wine and food, and saw that the time on the platinum watch was up, so she ordered: "When you have eaten everything, clean the deck, lock the target, set the yuan, and prepare to fire!" ”

My husband is really considerate, and he actually prepared a delicious fast food for everyone in the fleet before the war - pig's trotters & beer!

Some people will say that Europeans don't eat animal hands and feet, so the famous German dish - sauerkraut pig's trotters will be crossed out from the recipe!

Before the cannon was fired, the officers and men of the fleet received a pig's trotter in sauce, two red sausages, two cans of beer (still imported from Germany), and a loaf of bread.

The "boom...... "boom" M-30 122mm howitzer began to emit a deafening roar

There is no secondary gun of any German-made battleship with this model, that's right, this is an alliance product of the positive 28 classics!

Due to the limited original ammunition and the preciousness of the gun barrel, the chicken strictly ordered the non-main battleships not to move lightly in the decisive battle, so it ......

Howitzers of the M-30 type were installed on the battleships of the B fleet, and the cruisers of the C fleet were also armed with ZIS-3 mm cannons of the 76 type!

Helen and Nina also objected to this, but the reason given by the chicken was that they could fire at will, and if the cannonball was enough, the cannon would be pushed into the sea if it was broken, and the two giant ball girls would no longer speak.

The maximum firing range of the M-30 122-mm howitzer is close to 12 kilometers, and the rate of fire reaches 5-6 rounds per minute, which can reach the level of 120-mm fire rate guns in the same time and space.

The ZIS-3 76mm cannon has a slightly longer range than its Soyuz siblings, more than 13 kilometers, and the actual rate of fire is an inhumane 20 rounds per minute, with an average of one shot every three seconds.

The two shipwives expressed doubts about the armor-piercing ability of Soviet-style artillery, after all, the armor of battleships is not easily penetrated by army artillery.

However, the young man of the second cargo issued a description of the hull structure of the Nanyang Naval Division, so that the two ships could rest assured.

"Kaiji" is an iron-wedged double-hulled ship, and "Nanchen" and "Nanrui" are simply iron-hulled structures in order to save costs.

The situation of "Jingqing", "Huantai", and "Baomin" is almost the same, in short, none of them are ironclad ships, let alone high, large, and upper armored ships.

The generals of the Great Shimizu Division were still at the level of understanding of the combat distance of three or four kilometers, and they did not believe that the other side would beat them from a long distance.

Although the time for the ultimatum has passed, everyone still wants to see what this group of foreign devils can do to themselves? Maybe I haven't tasted what it's like to be hanged!

But the reality is so ruthless, when they saw the fire spewing from the opposite ship, the pigtails secretly screamed that it was not good, and before they could think of a countermeasure, they heard the terrible whistling sound of cannonballs falling......

"Huh~!" Columns of water that rushed to the sky suddenly rose next to the ships of the Great Qingshui Division, and then fell one after another, making the sailors tremble.

Although there is still a distance of more than ten meters, or even dozens of meters, from the battleship, it is very far away, but it is also frightening that the usually pampered officials and gentlemen are not possessed.

The three-in-one sailor was dumbfounded, what kind of play is this? How come I've never seen it myself? What kind of artillery is the opponent using? How can the range reach such a level?

The "Nanchen," "Nanrui," and "Kaiji" are the main forces in the fleet, but they are also invincible, and it may be difficult to control the enemy from a distance.

The Kaiji had a 210-mm Krupp breech gun on the left and right earframes in the bow, and the Nanchen and Nari were similar in appearance, with an eight-inch Armstrong breech gun on each of the two hubs, but at such a distance, they were ornaments.

Even if the distance is enough, with the training level of the Nanyang sailors, it is still a big question whether they can hit the target.

"My lord, our cannon can't reach it!" Hearing the report of his subordinates, Guo Baochang was even more annoyed, so he had to order: "Avoid their artillery fire and turn forward!" ”

To say that the enemy ships belonged to the Taixi powers, the pigtails still had some scruples, fearing that they would provoke disputes and make it difficult for the imperial court, so as to reduce their guilt.

But now that the other side is flying the banner of the rebels, then there is nothing to worry about, except for the subjective factors of artillery and battleships, it is completely possible to fight.

At that time, Changmao used cannons and muskets, which were no different from the foreign army, and the Qing army still had a large number of sword and shield soldiers, and I never saw the braids afraid.

As for whether he can win, that's another matter, isn't there a plot of "repeated defeats and battles" in Zeng Shuai's twists and turns?

Besides, there are tens of thousands of landing troops behind him, and they are all the main force of the Hunan army under Lao Liutou, and they have not yet finished unloading materials and equipment.

At present, the great enemy must not be abandoned, otherwise they will become targets for enemy ships if they stay on the beachhead.

Protected by the battle aura of Lafayette & Lao Liu Tou, Guo Baochang has a heart, will not be easily defeated, and vows to compete with the rebel fleet!

The six main battleships, "Nanchen", "Namrui", "Kaiji", "Jingqing", "Huantai", and "Baomin", rushed from south to west, striving to draw a C-type and make a detour to the rear of the enemy ships.

On the contrary, the eight torpedo boats "Lei Gan," "Lei Kun," "Lei Li," "Lei Kan," "Lei Zhen," "Lei Liang," "Lei Xun," and "Lei Dui," moved from south to east, echoing the main battle formation from east to west.

The four old and slow 1,000-ton wooden-hulled cruisers, "Fubo", "Feiyun", "Haijing", and "Chenhang", could not take advantage of the speed advantage to turn, so they could only attract firepower for friendly forces and draw hatred......

"This is the level of the Qing navy generals?" When Helen saw the other party's formation, she immediately smiled secretly.

She immediately ordered the four cruisers of the C flotilla - "Prince Heinrich", "Prince Albert", "Lune", "Yakumo" (all with their own names, for everyone's convenience, the original names were used, otherwise it would be difficult to match the number) to protect the left flank of the fleet and block the enemy's torpedo boat formation.

The two battleships of the B fleet, the "Deutschland" and the "Nassau", covered each other, and it was not very difficult to deal with the four old slow ships of Zheng Zhongyi.

The four battleships Helgoland, Caesar, the Crown Prince (King-class), and the "Baden-class" (Bavaria-class) were the first to free up their hands to pack up the six small clippers that were detouring towards their right flank. (Those not indicated in parentheses are the lead ships of this class)

There is no need to attack those transports in shallow waters, and if they sink these combat ships, they will all be trophies of the clan fleet!

"Oh my God, that's too big, isn't it?" As the distance got closer and closer, the braids finally saw each other's true faces.

The steel body of the 20,000-ton battleship is incomparably majestic, and the layers of building facilities add to the majestic and tall atmosphere.

In contrast, the cruiser of more than 2,000 tons on his side was pitifully small against the backdrop of the other party, and it seemed to be vulnerable.