Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 167 The East China Sea Annihilation Battle (6)
After seeing "Kyushu" speeding towards the southeast, everyone's first reaction was to feel that people wanted to run, and wanted to break out from the weakest place in the encirclement. The "Laiyuan" quickly issued a semaphore: Our ship intercepted from the front, and "Jingyuan" and "Zhiyuan" attacked from the side must stop this flagship.

Takuya Takayama was also surprised to see that the three gunboats of Daqing with a displacement of only 2000 tons did not escape, but rushed towards him instead.But this is exactly what I want to see, and I rushed towards the other party in a daze, as if I was afraid that you would not come.

"Boom" "Boom"

The powerful main guns of "Kyushu" continuously bombarded the "Laiyuan" on the front. It may be used to fighting huge warships like "Zhenyuan" and "Daqing No. [-]". Facing the small "Laiyuan", "Kyushu" He completely lost his aim, and after three consecutive shots missed, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.

"Haha, our warship is small and can't hit us. Get closer, aim and shoot straight, fuck it!!" Captain Chen Guoan of the Laiyuan excitedly issued orders on the deck.

"boom"

Another shell exploded not far in front of the "Laiyuan", and a piece of sea water slapped heavily on the deck of "Laiyuan" with debris in the sea.

"Bah..." Chen Guoan spat out the sea water in his mouth vigorously, and said, "Hit me, the mission."

The gunboats of the Qing Dynasty mainly relied on the main guns at the bow to attack. The 180mm main guns may be a little smaller than the secondary guns of the battleships. They may be kings in the river, but they only play the role of bullying in the sea. .

But the 180mm main gun still has strong lethality at close range, "boom" "boom"

There were two loud bangs again, and the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty began to counterattack.First, a shell was fired from "Laiyuan" on the front, and before the sound of the explosion was heard, "Zhiyuan" on the right side of "Kyushu" also fired a shell.

Perhaps due to the large size of the "Kyushu", both gunboats accurately hit the "Kyushu". Facing a shell of this caliber hitting at a distance of more than 5000 meters is simply tickling, without any lethality.

"Come closer and meet him." Chen Guoan ordered.

"Rushing up again, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous!" An adjutant advised.

Chen Guoan's eyes widened and he said, "What do you know? I just want to rush forward to shorten the distance so that General Deng and General Yan behind can catch up faster. You really want to rely on our two cannons to kill the enemy on the opposite side. The monster sank?"

"Uh..." the adjutant was speechless for a moment.

"Rush forward, continue to fight me, and slow down the speed of the enemy ship!" Chen Guoan ordered.

"Yes."

The battle lasted from afternoon to night, thick fog formed on the sea, and the visibility was only a few hundred meters.This is quite an advantage for the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty, because a behemoth like "Kyushu" is like a bright light in the sea to guide them in the direction!

"boom"

The "Laiyuan" fired another shell and accurately hit the "Kyushu", but at the same time it also lost its position.

"boom"

Another loud bang came from "Kyushu" who suddenly found "Laiyuan" who fired shells at him in the foggy sea. How could the displacement of only 2000 tons block the attack of the main guns of the [-]-ton battleship at close range.

The sound of the hull splitting and the painful cries of the people came from the thick fog. Although they couldn't see anything clearly, it was not difficult to guess from the sound that the gunboat of the Qing Dynasty had been destroyed.

Because of the heavy fog, the progress of the "Kyushu" was quite slow.Because there are still two gunboats who don't know where they are, and the four main warships and two cruisers of the Qing Dynasty behind are chasing him.

Also because of the heavy fog, the few Qing warships behind were also afraid of accidental injury and did not dare to fire indiscriminately.

Several warships were slowly heading northwest as if they were playing hide-and-seek.

"boom"

Another cannon rang, and the entire "Kyushu" trembled. Although the thick steel plate was not pierced, it was obviously suffered considerable damage.The armor plate on the entire left side was recessed, and the shell exploded in the groove. The damage caused by the explosion was enough to form a terrifying hole with a diameter of about 5 meters.

It was only at this time that it turned out that the "Zhiyuan" gunboat had already detoured to a place less than 1000 meters to the left of the "Kyushu". If it was changed to "Zhenyuan" or "Daqing No. "Sent to see its three brother ships.

Due to the short distance, the elevation angle of the secondary guns is difficult to attack such a close-range gunboat.And it may be too late for the warship to turn its head around so that the main guns can attack, so they can only watch the gunboats hit them one by one.

What is ridiculous is that this battleship known as Asia's No. 1000 battleship was continuously attacked by a gunboat with a displacement of only 2000 tons at a distance of less than 240 meters. Because of the problem of elevation angle, the cannon could not attack at a distance of only 1000 meters, and a cannon would fly about 2000 meters in the near future.

In this way, the giant surrendered at the feet of a child.The "Jingyuan" on the other side also reached the position of 100 on the right side of "Kyushu", and also used the 180mm main gun to give it the biggest blow.

Facing the vast fog, Deng Shichang didn't know what was wrong ahead. The sound of gunfire was endless, but the "Kyushu" retreated quickly without firing a single shot.

"No matter what's going on in the front, if you step back, we'll rush up and beat him up the son of a bitch." Deng Shichang ordered.

"boom"

During the retreat of "Kyushu", the 380mm main gun of "Zhenyuan" at the rear suddenly fired a shell, which directly hit the stern deck of "Kyushu", pierced through the wooden deck and exploded in the bilge.

The entire warship split apart in the thick fog and slowly disappeared on the sea.

In this battle, the Qing fleet only lost three torpedo ships and one gunboat, and seriously injured "Chengfeng", "Break the Waves", "Raise the Fan", "Unbeaten", "Dingyuan", and "Daqing No. [-]"

The fleet was completely wiped out, and this victory completely established the advantage in the Sino-Japanese War.The Qing Dynasty, which has control of the sea, has countless landing points in the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea, and can land anywhere in the mainland at any time.

This made everyone in the authorities feel disappointed and sad, and some even reached despair, completely disappointed in the prospect of war.

"Ito-kun, please contact the United Kingdom immediately and ask them to provide us with equipment for five more divisions. Our big people can arm themselves and fight against the Qing Dynasty at any time." Emperor Meiji still did not give up.

"Your Majesty, the UK has stopped any sponsorship to us, and the loan has also been stopped. And moreover," Ito Hirobumi said in embarrassment.

"And what?"

"And we are required to immediately return the previous warship purchase expenses and war loans." Ito Hirobumi finally said it.

"Didn't the war loan be repaid in 10 years? Why do we have to repay it now? And the cost of the warship is also repaid in installments over three years!" Emperor Meiji asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but the British said that we have failed in this victory. They have reason to believe that we will not be able to provide repayment in the next few years, so they ask us to return it now." Ito Hirobumi said with a mournful face.

"Damn it, English dog!! Is the whole world against us?" Emperor Meiji ran out of the palace in a frenzy and disappeared from everyone's sight.

(End of this chapter)