Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 148 The Bloody Battle in the Sea (4)
The five cruisers "Ride the Wind", "Break the Waves", "Sail", "Flying Eagle", and "Sea Lion" basically wiped out the six gunboats, and were about to go back for reinforcements when they suddenly saw three cruisers coming towards them.

"In the sailing game, Polang followed me to the left, Flying Eagle and Sea Lion to the right, and surrounded the devil's three cruisers." Chengfeng issued a semaphore.

The "Takachiho" cruiser of the Qing Dynasty and the "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion" of the Qing Dynasty are sister ships. They were both produced by the Armstrong Shipyard in the United Kingdom and were manufactured before the Sino-British Burma War.

It was also the last warship that Britain sold to the Qing Dynasty, since the war between China and Britain in Burma.All the more advanced cruisers manufactured by the United Kingdom were sold to China, and the Qing Dynasty did not buy a single one.

Therefore, with the "Qiujinzhou" and "Naniwa", the Qing Dynasty has only developed and manufactured the "Rise" in the past few years, but in the East China Sea naval battle, the pride of this Qing Dynasty has been lost to the sea.

The "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion", which had reached the highest speed, had already come behind "Takachiho", and showed no mercy to this sister ship.Two shells flew out of the main gun muzzle 10 seconds apart.

"Boom" "Boom"

Immediately afterwards, "Chengfeng" and "Polang" made a detour from the left, and met their old enemies "Akitsusu" and "Namiwa". They greeted each other directly with the main cannon without any temptation.

The "Yangfan" in the middle is the French first-class defensive cruiser Cinrilands captured during the Sino-French War, although the speed is only 16 knots.But the defensive power is still quite guaranteed, and after finally entering the battlefield, he directly attacked "Takachiho".

Facing the siege of the three ships, "Takachiho" suddenly felt the pressure increase in vain.The continuous shots on the left and right side strings were all caused by large-caliber main guns.In an instant, the fire ignited, and in order to get rid of the predicament of being surrounded, "Takachiho" didn't even have any counterattack, and quickly retreated.

The "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion", which belong to the same sister ships, are not slower than "Takachiho" in terms of speed at all, but now "Takachiho" which is slightly flooded and in the process of retreating cannot exert its highest speed of 18 knots at all.

During the retreat, it was bombed by "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion" for several consecutive rounds, and the bow of the ship was buried in the sea.But half of the body floating in the sea is still retreating rapidly backwards.

"boom"

After a main gun of the "Sea Lion" hit the sidestring of "Takachiho", the cruiser slowly fell into the embrace of the sea with regret.

On the other side, watching "Takachiho" being sunk so quickly.When the three cruisers of the Qing Dynasty had already turned around towards them, "Akitsusu" and "Naniwa" had already driven to the highest speed and quickly approached their own fleet.

In the main battlefield, "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" were successively hit by artillery shells, and the four [-]-ton battleships "Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi" and "Katsuragi" had all abandoned their battleships. The opponent, aimed at the only two battleships of the Qing Dynasty and opened fire.

At this time, the two battleships formed a "equal", relying on each other, fighting the fire while continuing to shoot, without showing the slightest timidity.There was even a period of time when the two ships almost stopped sailing completely and came to a standstill, contending with the warships, just like the British army who defeated the French cavalry in the Battle of Waterloo with a hedgehog formation and braked statically.

"The fleet ignored the other ships and used all four battleships to encircle the two ships. Under the pouring of shrapnel, fires were repeatedly caused. The deck of the 'Da Qing No. [-]' caught fire, and the flames raged, almost burning the entire ship.' The front deck of Daqing No. [-] almost became a fatal fire. The generals gathered soldiers to put out the fire. Although the bullets rained, they were still willing to do it, and they resolutely put out the fire in the narrow escape.” The battle clerk recorded everything that happened in the war with a pen.

The officers and soldiers of the fleet were completely shocked by the sight in front of them. Almost all the two Qing battleships were covered with bruises, but the depth of none of the bullet holes could exceed 2 inches. No. 4" and "Qing No. 2" had thick armor, and the British ships were helpless. After all, these were two of the latest first-class battleships, and their defense was undoubtedly the most powerful among the Japanese warships present.Officers and soldiers who were originally arrogant and believed that victory was within easy reach.After more than [-] hours of fighting, they caused great damage to "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]". The two battleships, Love Ship, did not show a little bit of color in the rain of bullets, and they were still fearless to accompany them to the end. At this time, most officers and soldiers felt a little helpless and desperate. They felt that they were facing two warships that could never be sunk.

At this time, it was discovered that in other parts of the battle, "Takachiho" had been sunk, and another four gunboats returned to the embrace of the sea, and one was seriously injured and left.

On the Qing side, except for the two cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" which were sunk, all other ships were intact, and only the two battleships "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" were seriously damaged. s damage.But as long as there is no heavy artillery bombardment at close range, there should be no fatal damage.

In order to sink the "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]", the desperate fleet did not take into account that its other warships were chasing and intercepting the Qing warships.

Fortunately, there was no loss, and the commander let out a long breath.

At this time, the timely return of "Qiujinzhou" and "Naniwa" also made the number of warships in the main battlefield overwhelm the Qing fleet again.At this time, the five cruisers "Chengfeng", "Breaking Waves", "Yangfan", "Flying Eagle", and "Sea Lion", which were preparing to attack front and back, were intercepted by two ironclad ships "Hiei" and "Fuso".

In comparison, a cruiser is better against an ironclad than a cruiser against a cruiser.Because although the ironclad ship itself has strong defense capabilities, its artillery fire is mighty.But it doesn't work at all in front of the super fast speed of the cruiser.

First of all, it is doubtful whether the powerful artillery fire can hit the target when the opponent's cruiser is not close and the speed of the opponent's cruiser is super fast. It is also an idiotic dream to cause a fatal blow with a cannon.

Secondly, the advantage in the number of cruisers can make it easy to attack the ironclad ship from several directions, and use the main gun to attack the ironclad ship by taking advantage of the short range of the sidestring artillery of the ironclad ship.

Although these two ironclad ships are superior in terms of tonnage and defense, it is only a matter of time before the five cruisers of the Qing Dynasty sink them.

But in the main battlefield, this time can be fatal.How could the people's strategic intention of trying to exchange two ironclad ships to defeat the main force of the Qing fleet escape Yan Fu's eyes!

"Come here." Yan Fu put down the binoculars and shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)