Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 149 The Bloody Battle in the Sea (5)
"General." A soldier with bloodshot eyes ran towards him.

"Tell the fleet to change formation and rush up to join the cruiser in front." Yan Fu gave the order decisively.

"Yes. But general, what about the gunboats and torpedo boats behind?" the soldier asked worriedly.

"Let them move forward at full speed and follow Daqing No. [-] and Daqing No. [-] closely. Whether they can rush over can only be determined by fate." Yan Fu looked up to the sky and sighed, in order to avoid the entire fleet's annihilation.

"Yes." The soldier turned and left after raising a standard military salute.

In an instant, "Long Victory", "Undefeated", "Daqing No. 1", "Daqing No. [-]", "Guangjia", "Guangyi", "Guangbing", "Jingyuan", "Laiyuan" ", "Jingyuan" ten warships suddenly speeded up and rushed forward. After all, after the two battleships of the Qing Dynasty were seriously injured, they were unable to exert the power of the sidestring artillery. These ten warships could not even support for an hour. possibility of total destruction.

"General, the Qing warships lined up and rushed towards us."

"Looking for death, order 'Akitsusu' and 'Naniwa' to intercept the gunboats and torpedo ships of the Qing army. The four major battleships must sink the opponent's two battleships." Rear Admiral Takayama, the commander of the Japanese fleet this time, the captain of the flagship Kyushu .

The powerful lethality shown by cruisers such as "Chengfeng" and "Breaking Waves" against gunboats and torpedo ships is now fully demonstrated on the two cruisers "Akitsusu" and "Namiwa".

"boom"

The "Jingyuan" gunboat was built in imitation of "Zhenyuan". In the Beiyang Fleet, it is known as a small town.But the production process is much rougher than that of Zhenyuan.The first is the splicing method of the armor belt. The thickest part of the waterline belt armor of "Jingyuan" has reached a very impressive 254mm, which seems to be extremely protective. However, this circle of steel "wall" is divided into upper, middle and lower layers. The thickness of the top layer is 254mm, and the thickness is 152mm. The transfer of the three layers of armor adopts a cumulative method similar to that of stacking arhats. Once the joint is hit, it is very easy to cause the armor belt to crack. dire consequences.

But this time, disaster happened.During the frenzied shelling of the new protected cruiser "Qiujinzhou" sold by the United Kingdom, the waterline belt armor on the port side of "Jingyuan" was hit. When it fell off, the Japanese ships could even see the exposed steel beam ribs of the "Jingyuan" ship!Soon the Japanese artillery shells caused 23 serious fires on the main deck of "Jingyuan". Retrievably tilted to the left.

When all the warships were rushing forward together, only the "Jingyuan" was lying on the sea.But it still fired shells at the cruiser, although it didn't do any damage at all.

Seeing his companion fell on the way to charge, he could only watch silently.Wish them all the best! !

Although the side string secondary guns of "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" are basically idle, there is no extra artillery to control them.But the main gun on the bow is still sharp, and when charging forward with full horsepower, it uninterruptedly suppresses the powerful firepower of the four battleships "Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi" and "Katsuragi" that are intercepting frontally.

Under the cover of two [-]-ton battleships, "Changsheng" and "Invincible" also rushed forward very quickly.

At this time, an unexpected situation appeared on the battlefield again.

The cruiser "Qiujinzhou" that had just sunk "Jingyuan" just wanted to turn around and continue chasing the remaining Qing gunboats, but suddenly found that the rest of the Qing gunboats did not continue to rush forward, but started all over again.

This situation surprised Liichiro Komanto, and hurriedly ordered: "Full right rudder, hurry, get out of here." As the captain, he clearly knew that the speed of the ship reached a terrifying 26 knots. The ability is equally terrifying.

What's more, the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty were famous for their powerful short-range artillery. The Dagu Fort just built in the Qing Dynasty in Tianjin dared to say that it could sink all warships within 5000 meters because there were 20 coastal defense gunboats inside. As long as this kind of gunboat enters a distance of 5000 meters, it can produce huge lethality once it hits. This is the gunboat tailored by the French warship designer for the Qing Dynasty.French warships are famous in the world for their powerful artillery fire, which is now fully reflected in the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty.

"General, within a distance of 1000 meters, there are submarine torpedoes shuttling. It is impossible to speed up at all!" A soldier said with a gray face.

"It's better to encounter a torpedo than to be entangled by Qing's gunboat. Hurry up, turn the rudder full. Go!!" Koman Liichiro roared like crazy.

At this time, "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" have already entered the shooting range they are used to.

"boom"

Although it is not within the effective range, the cannons are constantly fired in order to create the necessary pressure for the "Akitsuzhou" which has almost no defense.Sure enough, the continuous artillery suppression made "Qiujinzhou" retreat more quickly, and at the same time aimlessly responded to the artillery shells towards the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty! !
"boom"

There was a loud noise from the bottom of the sea, and "Qiujinzhou" finally encountered a torpedo released by "Guangjia" in a hasty retreat.The bottom of the ship broke and water began to enter, but the displacement of 3150 tons can still make "Akitsuzhou" continue to retreat without interruption.

But it is obvious that the speed of "Qiujinzhou" has been significantly reduced after swallowing hundreds of tons of seawater in its stomach. Moreover, it has to avoid those torpedoes as far as possible after opening the distance from the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty. What fun.

Although the speed of the gunboat of the Qing Dynasty was only 12 knots, it actually extended the distance while driving at full speed.

The siege this time was not an order from Yan Fu, but facing the pursuit and interception of cruisers, the gunboat with a speed of only 12 knots knew that it would not be able to rush through, or it might have been sunk after rushing over.

So they simply moved closer to the cruiser to kill each other.

"boom"

There was another burst of gunfire, and "Qiujinzhou" was hit again by the Qing army's gunboat. This time it hit the storage room under the floor. The shells directly penetrated the thin deck, and the storage room was full of medium and large caliber The shells of the 203-meter caliber shells that came flying just hit here. As the shells exploded, a huge fireball burst out, followed by poisonous yellow smoke, and the ammunition piled up on the deck was ignited. Surrounded by deadly flames, they also exploded and burned one after another, and the stern of the "Akitsuzhou" ship turned into a world of fire in an instant.

The frightening 26-knot speed of this fly-like cruiser played an inestimable role in the entire naval battle.No one thought that the ship capsized in the gutter and was dealt with by the most inconspicuous gunboat in the entire naval battle.The 2000-ton gunboat "Laiyuan" became the hero of the entire naval battle. In the past two hours, "Nanxiang" and "Jingyuan" have been destroyed by its guns.

At this time, the last cruiser "Sulang" in the fleet also placed an order at the same time.But in the face of the impact of "Long Victory" and "Undefeated", "Supan" chose to avoid it very Meiji.Otherwise, what is waiting for it is likely to be the fate of returning to the sea.

(End of this chapter)