Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 164 The East China Sea Annihilation Battle (3)
After the only cruiser in the fleet died at sea, the flexibility of the entire fleet was greatly reduced in an instant.After Deng Shichang's formation joined the battle, the battle situation reversed instantly.

With the continuation of the naval battle, the industrial capabilities of the two countries have been greatly reflected. A month ago, the two sides were in the sea blocking battle.The two ironclad ships "Hiei" and "Fuso" were bombarded to varying degrees, and some parts were damaged.On the side of the Qing Fleet, the "Daqing No. 100" and "Daqing No. [-]" were even baptized by more than [-] shells.

However, within this month, "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" have been well repaired in Lushun Military Port and Dagu Military Port respectively, and have basically recovered to their original state.But the two ironclad ships on the front were not so lucky. With the deepening of the naval battle, the parts problems that had not been reflected just now all came out again.

The first is the "Fuso" ironclad ship. This ironclad ship built in the 70s has long lost its role as a first-class ironclad ship. However, due to its 4000-ton displacement and 240mm main gun, it is still quite acceptable in current naval battles.It's a pity that the speed of only 13.5 knots is really a disadvantage in naval battles. Originally, in the previous sea resistance battle, its steam power system had been destroyed. After urgent repairs, it was put into battle again. For any problem, in order to cut off the connection between "Changsheng" and "Daqing No. 8000" and "Daqing No. [-]", the "Fusang" plunged into the depths of the Qing fleet. Now with the addition of four Qing iron-clad ships, I want to When retreating, I found that there was a serious problem with the power system again, and I couldn't move. The "Fusang" is like a child in front of the nearly [-]-ton displacement of "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Weiyuan" and "Jiyuan".The four iron-clad ships aimed their main guns at the "Fuso" iron-clad ship, which had already passed its peak and was quietly staying on the sea as a target.

The black hole's main gun has a 420mm muzzle, and in theory it can directly penetrate any warship in the world.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The four ironclad ships fired at the same time, and the "Fusang" suffered a devastating blow.In an instant, the entire ironclad ship ignited a huge fireball, and it was unknown which shell detonated the ammunition depot on the "Fuso", and an irregular mushroom cloud rose into the sky.Several sailors on the warship were ignited by the fire, and the sailors covered in fire jumped into the sea one by one "plop", "plop".

The sailors who were not burned were still trying hard to extinguish the uncontrollable fire. At this time, the "Victory" sprinkled a handful of salt on the wound.

"boom"

Another loud bang came from the secondary guns on the sidestring of the "Victory".Due to the elevation angle, the shell directly penetrated the bottom of the "Fuso", and the shell exploded inside the warship. The huge explosion completely tore the "Fuso" in half.

Sea water poured into the "Fusang" all the time, and the fire that the soldiers couldn't put out just now disappeared in the sea, but at the same time, the first ironclad ship in Asia "Fusang" and the 287 ships on the warship disappeared. Officers and soldiers.

As soon as Deng Shichang's formation joined the battle, the fleet was sunk by two warships in a row.It was only about ten minutes before and after, but the battle situation had a shocking reversal.

The iron-clad ship "Hiei", which was lucky enough to escape from the encirclement of the Daishimizu Division, quickly approached four battleships of [-] tons. On the other side, with the reinforcements of the "Sea Lions", the "Chengfeng", which had only the power to parry, now has There is a chance to fight back.

Several small gunboats and torpedo boats completely lost the initiative in front of the two main cruisers of the Qing Dynasty. They had to flee around, and they might confess here if they were not careful.

"Let Polang and Yangfan take Bubai away and go to the Dagu military port. Don't be completely destroyed by a single shell from the little devil." Yan Fu ordered.

"Yes." A semaphore soldier raised the flag.

In fact, the "Break the Waves" and "Sail", which have basically lost their combat capabilities, have eaten nearly 500 tons of seawater, and their speed can barely reach 12 knots. The Ironclad "Invincible" is very difficult.

After receiving the rope thrown by "Breaking the Waves" and "Raising the Sail", and using the bottom of the manpower to shake the oars, the iron-clad ship "Invincible" slowly sailed to the southwest, leaving the battlefield that was still under fire.

"Dingyuan, Jiyuan go back behind the kid. Use the secondary guns to attack the surrounding gunboats, and concentrate the main guns to attack the opponent's flagship Kyushu. Let the sea lions and flying eagles surprise the Kyushu from both sides." Deng Shichang issued an order.

In fact, the advantage of the Qing Dynasty has been quite obvious since the naval battle. However, this is the first time that the flagships of the two fleets (Northern Fleet and Nanyang Fleet) have appeared on the same battlefield, and there has been confusion in command.This is actually the first problem encountered by the Qing Navy since its formation.

At the beginning, in order to deceive people's eyes and ears, they sneaked into Tokyo and ambushed the fleet, and divided the Qing Navy into the first formation and the second formation, commanded by Yan Fu and Deng Shichang respectively.

Now two formations appear at the same time, and there are warships of the Nanyang Navy and Beiyang Navy in the formation.Now whether the warships obey the command of the formation or the command of the fleet, this poses new problems for the management of each ship.

Not long after Deng Shichang's order was issued, Yan Fu's "Changsheng" ship issued another order almost at the same time.

"Flying eagles and sea lions immediately raided the retreating ironclad ship Hiei."

This made Ding Ruchang, the captain of the "Flying Eagle", unable to find the north.

"Ding Guantao, General Yan sent a semaphore to let us raid the Hiei, who are we listening to?" a communications soldier asked in confusion.

"How did I know?" Ding Ruchang's eyes lit up, and he continued: "According to the current formation system, we should listen to General Deng."

The communications soldier said in embarrassment: "But the Flying Eagle belongs to the Nanyang Fleet, and the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet is General Yan!!"

Now Ding Ruchang is really in trouble, what should I do?

"Go, see what the Sea Lion is doing?" Ding Ruchang thought of the Sea Lion with his sister ship.

But the answer he got made him quite disappointed, and the "Sea Lion" was still watching the movements of "Flying Eagle" eagerly!
In this moment of hesitation, the fighter plane has gone away.Whether it is the raid on "Kyushu" or the "Hiei" should have caused a considerable blow to the fleet, but now the five fleets have formed a well-shaped formation with main guns facing each other on all sides. There are at least 10 secondary guns in each direction.

Under the unified command of "Kyushu", they slowly and synchronously sailed like the sea.

The three Qing cruisers and "Dingyuan" and "Jiyuan" behind the fleet were not strong enough to directly intercept the next four [-]-ton battleships.

The five warships that were watching slowly left.

(End of this chapter)