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At 6:18 p.m. on April 9, the Chinese and Japanese fleets encountered each other in the sea about 7o kilometers from the Zhoushan Islands.

The two sides began to turn almost simultaneously, with Japan turning to the right and China to the left, and the two sides changed from a forward formation to a parallel front line.

China discharged a double battle line, with six battleships Zhurong, Gonggong, Cangjie, Youchao, Houji, and Suiren on the right side, Maoershan, Yuanbaoshan, Sipaishan, Tiantianshan, Daiyunshan, and Huanggangshan on the left, and two columns of two battleships staggered, leading battleships to cover heavy cruisers with weaker armor.

In the single battle line discharged by Japan, six battleships Hizen, Tango, Iwami, Sagami, Shubo, and Iki were in front, and three armored cruisers Asama, Tokiwa, and Aso were behind.

The light cruisers, protective cruisers, and destroyers on both sides all consciously withdrew to the flanks and rear of the battle line, and the auxiliary ships were even more far away. In this kind of battle line bombardment operation, there is no place for these light ships to swing.

During the 10 minutes of turning and changing formations, the Japanese fleet honestly turned in accordance with the rules and regulations, but the Chinese light ships did not follow the rules at all, and before they retreated to the rear, they fired a torpedo salvo at the Japanese fleet that was turning on the opposite side.

This was completely unexpected by the Japanese, and they did not even realize that the opposite medium ** ship had already fired a torpedo.

Hey, no way, who made the torpedo range at this time very short. At this time, the battle lines of the two sides were at least fifteen kilometers apart, and the torpedo range of this period was no more than five kilometers, which was already far beyond the range of torpedoes. In addition, at this time, the wind and waves are high, and the undercurrent is turbulent, unless it is a very close distance, the hit rate of this torpedo is completely negligible, even if it is aimed, it will not hit, and it only takes a few waves to come, and the torpedo will not know where to go, and the fool will waste the torpedo at this time.

What's more, the direct-sailing torpedoes of this period had very high requirements for firing positions, and they were not fired casually. In the eyes of the Japanese, those Chinese light ships were just turning, and they didn't look like they were going to shoot torpedoes at all, so in any case it was impossible to imagine that they had already fired a wave of torpedoes.

The Japanese did not know that at this time a group of torpedoes was rushing at the knot. The degree of this Chinese "Yu-1" 6O heavy anti-ship torpedo is adjustable, it can run 6 km at a maximum of 13 knots, 46 km at 18 knots, and 2 km at knots. If you use the lowest 37 knots, you can run up to 2 km.

At present, the nearest Japanese battleship is about 15 kilometers, and the farthest is about 2 kilometers, so I took a median value and chose the third degree.

Of course, although they were turning to adjust the formation, the capital ships on both sides were not idle, and dozens of main guns kept ringing and began their own test firings, and at the same time, they also had the intention of disrupting the opponent's battle columns. However, neither side is an amateur navy, and the latter intention is clearly a failure.

Just when the formations of the two sides were about to be adjusted, more than a dozen loud noises suddenly sounded in the rear of the Japanese battle column. In the queue of ships outside the battle line, more than a dozen huge columns of water were raised.

I saw that the Okinoshima coastal defense ship made four muffled sounds under the water in a row, and four huge water columns were raised, and then the Okinoshima trembled violently, and the hull of the ship made a piercing tearing sound, which turned into three pieces in front of everyone's eyes. In less than 2 minutes, the 41oo-ton coastal defense ship disappeared into the sea, and in its original position, only a few whirlpools and a pile of debris and garbage remained.

However, compared to the coastal defense ship Mishima, it is already considered lucky, at least there are still corpses left. The Mishima coastal defense ship was undoubtedly the most unfortunate in this lightning strike, it actually hit eight heavy torpedoes like a big explosion of character, and this coastal defense ship completed in 183 was not only old, but also had a displacement of only 66 tons, and under the attack of eight heavy torpedoes, it was completely blown into a pile of broken garbage, and before the ship's personnel could react, it sank to the bottom of the sea. Well, in fact, judging by this situation, it is impossible for the sailors above to live.

In addition, the unlucky ones were Wenyue and Qinyue, who each got two torpedoes, the second half of Wenyue was completely blown up, and Qin Yuehao was "cut in half". Both destroyers were "converted" to "submarines" in three minutes.

"What's going on?" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu on the Iwami was stunned. This is still the official start of the battle, and four warships were lost, although they are all old ships, but they are also painful enough.

"It seems to be a torpedo," Chief of Staff Tetsutaro Sato was stunned for a moment before he said uncertainly.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, is it impossible for any torpedo to hit so far?" Captain Takashima Mantaro didn't think much of it, he said: "I thought it might be a mine, and when Shina learned that we were coming, he laid a mine ...... first."

"Nonsense, this is the main waterway far from the port, and it is impossible for China to be here even if it were to lay mines. They don't know exactly where we're head......ed," Tetsutaro Sato disagrees with this overly idealistic idea.

Yoshimatsu Shigetaro was silent for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "The submarine must be the submarine of Shina, and the submarine ordered the detachment of protective cruisers and destroyers to search for submarines around."

Subsequently, he said firmly: "Don't be disturbed by the capital ship, otherwise you will fall for the tricks of the Chinese people, they want to use this method to disrupt our formation, I will not be fooled The capital ship continues to fight on the battle line and destroys the main fleet of China, and the submarine will be useless."

While the Japanese fleet was in disarray, the Chinese side was not satisfied.

"Only 6 of the 8 torpedoes hit, and the hit rate was only 19. o。 Moreover, the yaw was strict, and none of the targets we set hit them, and all of them hit other targets in the back. It seems that our torpedoes will also be greatly affected in such bad weather, and their resistance to disturbance needs to be strengthened. ”

"Hell, the Okinoshima coastal defense ship actually hit four, and the Mishima coastal defense ship was even more exaggerated, it actually hit eight This is a whip corpse, write it down, the discrimination ability of the Yu-1 torpedo needs to be improved, otherwise it will be too wasteful......"

There was a lot of noise in the bridge of the flagship, and several staff officers were discussing while recording the actual combat situation.

Yes, this wave of torpedoes was originally aimed at the battleships on the Japanese battle line, but who knew that due to the too large undercurrent, these torpedoes all went astray. The intended target hair did not rub off a single one, but the "onlookers" who played soy sauce in the rear fell into bad luck.

Chief of Staff Ou Limeng said: "Commander, according to expert estimates, it may be that the Okishima and Mijima are more noisy, which is why they attract as many as B torpedoes. ”

Both the Okishima and Mishima were trophies of the Russo-Japanese War, both of which were honest coastal defense ships built before 1899, and were designed to be only 156 knots at their maximum, and now they have dropped to less than 14 knots, making them the slowest warships in the Third Fleet.

When the Japanese army changed its formation just now, it needed to be increased to about 14 knots, and the other warships were easy to say, but they were desperate to reach this level. Their steam engines had to run at full capacity, and the Russian propeller design was rather pitied, which made it much louder than other ships. The performance of the first generation of sound-guided torpedoes was insufficient, and the target was determined entirely by noise, and the noise of the Okishima and Mijima was too loud, and in a large group of ships, it was as dazzling as fireflies in the night, and as a result, it became two large detonators, and most of the torpedoes hit them.

"Well, it seems that the performance of the first generation of acoustic guided torpedoes still has many flaws, in the current weather, at such a distance, it is indeed relatively ......reluctant to attack with torpedoes" Zhang Minghui nodded, and said: "It doesn't matter, there are more or less results, it's not in vain." The order went down, the team suspended the torpedo attack, and the 1st Submarine Detachment also did not attack for the time being, and ordered them not to get too close to the battlefield, and to stare outside is ......"

Well, although it did not hit the capital ship, at this distance and in such bad weather, it was able to have a hit rate of almost 2%, which has already thrown off the now mainstream direct torpedo eight streets. If it had been changed to a direct-sail torpedo just now, it would have been thankful that it would have a hit rate.

"Since the torpedo is not reliable now, let's take a look at the table of the naval guns" Regarding this long-range torpedo attack, Zhang Minghui originally had the attitude of trying, of course, it is good to be able to hit the capital ship, and it doesn't matter if it misses. Since the effect is not good now, let's wait a little longer and use it again.

"Isn't it too despicable for us to release torpedoes before we bombard each other on the battle line?"

"Well, what does it matter, didn't the great powers say that our Chinese Navy has no tradition? We don't understand this, hahahaha......" The officer next to him laughed.

Chief of Staff Ou Limeng glared at him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Xiaomi, you are Song Xiangzhiren, we are now a national war, not a personal duel, naturally what is the use, what is not despicable." When the great powers bullied us, why didn't you tell them not to use giant ships and cannons, but to use broadswords and spears instead?"

He had already made up his mind that when this battle was over, he would go back and kick this guy out of the army. The army does not need this kind of middle-two brain-dead Madonna

To make a long story, after the torpedo victory, the battle lines of the two sides had already completed their deployment and began to bombard each other.

At 6:33, the Chinese fleet, which was the first to complete the test launch, fired a salvo. In accordance with the principle that "it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers," the main guns of the two capital ships of the Chinese fleet were concentrated in the three ships Hizen, Tango, and Iwami, which were in third place in the Japanese battle line.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 146o meters - 1o mm shells and 21o mm shells fell on the Japanese array, stirring up 48 water columns on the sea surface.

"After 63 meters, it almost missed, and a cross-firing ...... has been formed against Hizen," an observer from the fire control center immediately came to report. Another group of fire controllers immediately corrected the number of ballistics according to the number transmitted by the radar, and with the assistance of the second-generation transistor computer's computing power of 120,000 times per second, it took only a few seconds for the latest firing elements to be displayed on the screen.

Although these warships of this fleet are also second-hand old ships that were bought, they have been upgraded for 6 years since the beginning of the previous year. Although the hull structure, which requires a lot of action, has not been changed, all weapon systems, propellers and other equipment have been replaced. The power system was replaced with a new type of heavy oil boiler and a new type of steam turbine, and the armor was replaced with a new type of alloy armor plate with a later formula. At the same time, the useless underwater torpedo tubes on these warships were all eliminated, reducing weaknesses and improving defense.

Now all used battleships and heavy cruisers have replaced their main guns with -1o mm and 21o mm guns, and the elevation angle of the main guns has been increased to 3 degrees. The secondary artillery was also replaced with a Chinese standard caliber artillery, and the previous gun-type secondary gun was replaced by a turret-type secondary gun, although the number of artillery pieces was reduced, but the combat effectiveness and defensive power were greatly increased. Such a transformation not only unifies the caliber of artillery, facilitates logistics, but also facilitates unified command.

However, the most important modification was the complete upgrade of the fire control system, the installation of radar and computers. Now the computer installed on the first ship is already the second generation of transistor computer, better than the previous heavy artillery troops, the degree of operation has reached 120,000 times per second, and it is equipped with a display and image interface operating system, and it also comes with an external printer output, which can directly express the calculation results in words and images, and does not have to be like the transistor computer of the original time and space, which can only rely on punched paper tape to output the calculation results.

And those old ships in Japan have not been magically modified, they don't have the capital. And Wen is always not bad for money, and at the same time, this kind of transformation is also training workers and technicians and giving them more experience.

It is precisely because this "second-hand fleet" has undergone magic reform that Zhang Minghui is very confident in his victory.

No, the first salvo will form a straddle coverage of one of the enemy ships.

"Boom...... Boom ...... "Before the Japanese fleet had time to make the first salvo, the second salvo of the Chinese fleet arrived.

I saw that the Hizen was shaken, and a large burst of flames erupted under the bridge. The Zhurong opened the record, and a -1o mm armor-piercing projectile fired by its front main gun pierced the Hizen superstructure, entered the chart room, and exploded through the 2 mm partition in the survey room next door, causing a bloody storm in the two compartments. Naturally, the survey and mapping room was completely destroyed, and the chart room was not much better. Although the shells did not explode here, the fragments of the partition that were stirred up when they pierced through the chamber swept through the chart room like shrapnel, and now there were screams and stumps and blood everywhere.

Almost at the same time, a 21o-mm armor-piercing shell fired by the Yuanbaoshan Heavy Patrol pierced through the front shield of its gun-type secondary gun on the port side and exploded inside. The 2 152mm secondary guns were immediately reimbursed, and all the personnel inside went to Amaterasu. Most severely, this shell caused the detonation of secondary shells and projectiles.

I saw a dense explosion on the port side of the Hizen, and almost all the secondary guns and guns on the port side were bursting with strong tongues of fire, and seven or eight guns were even directly blown away, and the Hizen was suddenly surrounded by billowing black smoke.

"Nani?" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu was stunned by the situation in front of him: "How is it possible?

Chief of Staff Tetsutaro Sato was also dumbfounded, he hesitated for a while before he roared angrily: "This is luck must be luck How long has the Navy been established, how can there be such artillery skills." It's not scientific."

"Bastard, are you all okay? Shoot quickly," Tetsutaro Sato shouted hoarsely, picking up the microphone in the fire control room.

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