The Japanese army's troop carrier fled to the outside of Bohai Bay in a hurry. The Japanese army made a major mistake before dispatching troops. Their troop carrier did not have an escort fleet!There was no escort fleet for the division-level landing operation, and historians of later generations marveled at this!

The army and navy in the Japanese army have always been at odds. On this battlefield, Oyama Iwa, the commander of the First Army, and Ito Yuhiro, the commander of the United Fleet, are equal in rank and have no affiliation, so Oyama Iwa cannot command the ships of the United Fleet. Ships, what's more terrible: there is no headquarters in charge of the army and navy on this battlefield, so in order for the navy to dispatch ships to cooperate with the army's operations, Da Shanyan needs to get the staff headquarters to coordinate. After completing the process, half a month has passed. But on the battlefield, fighter planes are fleeting, so how can there be such a long time!

Since the main armored ships and cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet were wiped out, the remaining torpedo boats and coastal defense gunboats have been huddled in the base of Weihaiwei, not daring to move, and before the Japanese army set off, the fleet carefully arranged the route to ensure that they would not be attacked by land. The scouts on board caught the discovery of five troop-carrying ships on the vast sea, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack!Therefore, Dashanyan did not coordinate naval ships.

But they forgot that in a corner they didn't know, the Beijing warship was monitoring the battlefield all the time, and the unmanned ship was always monitoring the movement of the two ports of Lushun and Incheon. They knew that the Japanese army wanted to complete any landing operations, and set off The location must be Lushun, because Lushun is the closest to the battlefield, so the Japanese troop carrier was followed by the drones on the Beijing ship as soon as it left Lushun Port.

Now that the troop carrier is retreating to Lushun, how can the Beijing ship not know that, through the communicator, Lin Yuan ordered Deng Shichang's Ryukyu First Fleet to dispatch to wipe out the Japanese troop carrier!

Finally it was Deng Shichang's turn to make a move. He had always wanted to fight the Japanese, and now he finally got the chance. Under the command of the Beijing ship, the Yoshino ship, Naniwa ship, Akitsuzu ship, and Chiyoda ship of the Japanese combined fleet turned towards the Japanese army. The troop carrier rushed.

These warships are among the best high-speed cruisers in the Japanese combined fleet. Among them, the Yoshino ship is the flagship of the first guerrilla unit of the Japanese fleet in the Yellow Sea battle. The maximum speed is also around 23 or 18 knots, while the speed of the Japanese troop carrier is only 19 or 7 knots. Therefore, for the fleet led by Deng Shichang, this is a battle between tigers and sheep!

Because the ships used high-quality coal, when the first Japanese troop carrier found Deng Shichang's fleet, the distance was already within 3000 meters. However, none of the ships in Deng Shichang's fleet were flying the national flag, so the Japanese troop carrier did not know. Which country are they from.

This is also one of Lin Yuan's strategies. Not flying the national flag on the warship will bring a lot of convenience to his actions.

The Japanese troop carrier immediately raised the semaphore, asked Deng Shichang the nationality of the fleet, and stated that he was a ship of the Great Japanese Empire. Deng Shichang sneered when he saw the semaphore: "If you want to return to the Great Japanese Empire, you are the one who will fight!"

Deng Shichang ignored the inquiries from the Japanese warships, and he gave orders to all the ships to attack the Japanese ships at full speed!

When Sakuma saw that the opponent's ship didn't reply with a semaphore, but accelerated towards his own ship, he vaguely felt that these warships were not doing well, so he ordered the five troop carriers to disperse , heading in different directions, along the offshore back to Lushun.

The displacement of these troop carriers is smaller than that of the warships, so when they are in the offshore, the enemy warships may be afraid of running aground and dare not pursue them. The Japanese army's wishful thinking is very good, but Deng Shichang does not allow them to escape easily. The Yoshino ship first Increase the speed to 21 knots, and pounce on the front Japanese troop carrier like a tiger out of the cage. The Japanese troop carrier is equipped with more than a dozen millimeter Gatling cannons. Although these weapons cannot sink Deng Shichang's warship, the Japanese army still I hope to use these weapons to make a last-ditch effort.

The Yoshino ship turned to the right 2000 meters in front of the first Japanese troop carrier, and the bow turned to the left at an angle. At the same time, the two 150mm rapid-fire main guns at the bow also turned to starboard. , the starboard side of the Yoshino ship has been aimed at the troop carrier, and the four 1000mm rapid-fire guns on the side are aimed at the Japanese troop carrier.

The Yoshino ship was the best cruiser in the world at that time. Its main gun had an effective range of more than 6000 meters. The reason why it approached the distance of 1000 meters to launch an attack was entirely to be able to use its firepower more accurately.

The two 150mm cannons fired first. In naval battles of that era, it was not easy for the shells to hit the enemy ship. As for where it hits, it is beyond human control. Fortunately, the Yoshino ship, its first shot The shell hit the uppermost compass compartment of the midship bridge of the Japanese troop carrier.

The high-rise building on the ship is the bridge. For civilian ships, the top is usually the compass cabin. For military ships, the top is often equipped with ranging equipment or air defense observation equipment.

A ship is sailing on the vast sea, blue sky and blue sea as far as the eye can see, without any reference, if you want not to lose your way, you have to solve two things, first, where are you?Second, which side is north?

The compass cabin is the place to solve these two problems, so the compass cabin is like the brain of a ship, where a sextant and a magnetic compass are generally installed.The sextant can determine the position of the ship by measuring the position of celestial bodies; the magnetic compass uses the geomagnetic field to determine the orientation. The compass, one of the four great inventions in ancient China, is the prototype of the modern magnetic compass.

A thin layer of bulkhead was unable to stop the menacing shells, and the shells exploded in the cabin. The shell charge of the main gun of the Yoshino ship was about 50 kilograms. The shock wave generated by so many explosives knocked the sextant and magnetic compass in the cabin. Such equipment was blown to pieces, and there are still many sailors here, who were also lost in the explosion.

With less propellant, the second shell had a lower trajectory than the first. It penetrated the deck of the compass compartment and traveled down the bridge until the crew compartment exploded. The crew at this time They were all in their respective positions, so this shell did not cause casualties, but the high temperature caused a fire, and the flames and thick smoke enveloped the cabin in an instant, and the crew hurriedly pulled out the fire hose when they arrived. When diverting water to put out the fire, a strong vibration made them almost fall to the ground.

That's when the 1mm rapid-fire guns on the side of the Yoshino ship showed their power. These guns were aimed at the position of the Gatling cannon on the ship. The shells exploded on the deck, and several Gatling cannons were blown to pieces!

The captain of the troop carrier knew very well that in front of the opponent's warship, his ship was as helpless as a lamb in front of a tiger, but the lamb still had to struggle to escape, so he gave the order: Forward to the coastal waters!

One minute after the order was given, the hull of the ship shook suddenly, and the captain fell to the ground. Before falling to the ground, he thought: "I didn't hear the explosion just now. Where did this shock come from? Moreover, this one It is impossible for the shock to be caused by an explosion, what a powerful shell that can shake the hull of the ship so violently!"

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