Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 269: Fighting in the Raging Sea (1)
The two super giant ships are Zhonghua No. 3 and Zhonghua No. 4, which were launched in Weihai not long ago. The two ships are of the same level, and their displacement has reached an astounding [-] tons. It can compete with the British Dreadnought-class battleship.No wonder Vakchen was so shocked to see these two warships.

Lin Jianzhang was sitting in the command room of Zhonghua No. 3. He was still holding on to a glimmer of hope. When he saw a large black cloud suddenly rising from our position, two pale lines appeared on his thin face. tear stains.After the news of the attack on Donggang, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately organized all the warships to go to Donggang for rescue, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late.

"All on alert!" Lin Jianzhang quickly regained his composure, and it was too late to regret and grieve, because there was still an unprecedented battle to be fought in front of him. As a professional soldier, he certainly knew what negligence would bring to this fleet.

"Hurry up and order the fleet to turn around and form a battle formation!" Judging from the current situation, it is too late to land. Facing the arrival of a powerful fleet, Vakchen must prepare for battle in the shortest possible time.

"My lord, all the ships are ready." Miao Yongqing, the captain of Zhonghua No. 3, reported to Lin Jianzhang.

"Arrange in battle formation."

"Yes!"

With a wave of the flag, 13 cruisers, the main force of the China Coastal Defense United Fleet, lined up in a column facing the Far East Fleet 20 miles away. In the middle of the formation were four armored cruisers, Ningyuan, Fuyuan, Weiyuan and Luyuan. On the side are the protected cruisers "Xiangjiang" and "Ganjiang", on the left is the "Minjiang", and on the outside are three fast cruisers with a smaller tonnage.Two Zhonghua-class ships were inserted at the forefront of the team, and the rest of the gunboats and torpedo ships were distributed on the two wings.

"The speed is ten knots, maintain a constant speed, and the fast formation accelerates to fifteen knots, and outflanks the enemy ship on both sides." Lin Jianzhang ordered.

"Yes." Miao Changqing immediately conveyed the order to the ships through semaphore.

I saw that the Kaohsiung, Taipei, and Xiamen ships accelerated immediately and came out from the right, while the Yangwu, Haitian, and Jinsha ships came out from the left.The seven cruisers of the Central Team also accelerated to 16 knots and rushed towards the enemy ship in the battle group with Weiyuan as the core.

"Fifteen miles, fourteen miles, thirteen miles and twelve miles." The watchmen equipped with optical rangefinders kept reporting the distance from the watchtower.

"Ten miles," said the watchman at last.

"The entire fleet is kept at twelve knots, the right rudder is fully turned, and the new course is 270 degrees due west, ready to fire." Lin Jianzhang calmly made the deployment.

Weiyuan turned first, followed by the other six cruisers.

"My lord, the distance is 3750 meters. The ships have turned and the speed is 12 knots."

"Ningyuan, Fuyuan aim at the first position, Weiyuan, Luyuan aim at the second position, Xiangjiang, Minjiang, and Ganjiang aim at the third position, Haitian and other 4th teams aim at the first position, Jinsha and other No. The fifth team aims at the fourth position and fires!" Lin Jianzhang looked at the ocean in the distance and gave the order.

With a "boom", as the flagship Weiyuan fired first, the four cruisers Yuanzi first fired 16 eight-inch shells at their target ships.The four ships of Yuanzi have four 45-inch Krupp main guns with 8 times the caliber in double mounts, while the cruiser Jiangzi has four 4-inch main guns.According to the combat order issued by the Coastal Defense Fleet in advance, the main guns will first attack the enemy main ship within the best shooting range of the ship, first attack the main guns of the enemy ship, and then wait for an enemy main ship to be shot and catch fire, or be seriously damaged and lost. After the speed is reached, all capital ships concentrate their firepower to attack the enemy ship, attack the waterline after destroying all the main guns, and send torpedo ships to sink it after the enemy ship completely loses its combat capability.However, in naval warfare in the age of steam, the combat range is generally about 2000 meters to 8000 meters. Of course, this is when armor-piercing projectiles are used for horizontal strikes. If grenades are used, the range of the main gun is generally more than 15 kilometers. The hit rate at a combat distance of more than one meter is lower than 5000%, because, in the case of sufficient troops, the general combat distance is about 15 to 2000 meters, which is a critical moment. If you can occupy a strong formation at this time, you can concentrate on one aspect. With all the main artillery firepower, it basically won at least a tactical victory.

The distance between the two sides gradually narrowed to 5 nautical miles, and the morning fog on the sea also dissipated. At this time, the Zhonghua-class warship equipped with a long-barreled 290mm naval gun completely caught Wakchen's eyes. Is this the Chinese fleet?If he hadn't seen the dragon flag fluttering high, Wakechen would have thought that the German fleet appeared on the opposite side.He panicked.

The fleets of the two sides are approaching at a speed of 0.5 nautical miles per minute. It only takes 5 minutes at most before the fleets of both sides will enter the effective range of their respective main guns. "Order the second formation to outflank the enemy fleet to the left, and each ship is in a combat state, ready to fire at any time."

"Yes!"

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, as the main guns of the Xeniawen and Aprak, which were at the forefront, fired, the naval battle of Vladivostok officially broke out.

Two 220mm artillery shells fell on the sea about 500 meters away from the Weiyuan and exploded, which could not threaten the ships of the coastal defense fleet at all.

"Order the ships to wait for the enemy No. 3 ship to enter the range of 3 nautical miles before firing. Don't worry." Chen Haichen ordered. After entering [-] nautical miles, the accuracy of the optical sights will increase, and the hit rate will rise linearly.

"My lord, 4.2 nautical miles." The lookout said.

"Understood, order the fourth battle team to concentrate fire on the enemy's first ship, the Alexander."

"Yes."

Amidst the huge roar, the rear main gun on the Haitian hit the starboard side of the Angara next to the Alexander in one fell swoop. The 6-inch shell easily pierced the 90mm armor of the Angara's side and penetrated into the rear of the hull. I don't know what kind of partition hit, and there was an explosion under the bridge. Seven or eight Russian sailors went to see God in an instant.The violent explosion slammed the officers in the bridge into disarray.

Immediately afterwards, the main gun used on the Ganjiang is an Armstrong-style 5-inch rapid-fire gun, and its rate of fire can reach 4.5 rounds per minute. Of course, it generally does not exceed 3 rounds per minute during combat. If it is improved, it is equivalent to wasting shells. Rao That's right, the main gun of the Ganjiang still hit the Angara during the fifth salvo of the formation. The 5-inch shell penetrated the armor and hit the armor on the other side before it exploded, blowing up directly. Fortunately, the bow is not an important part, and usually only carries some daily sundries, so it has no effect on combat.However, the nightmare from the Angara has just begun.

A 7-inch bullet from the No. 7 battery of Luyuan's front main gun accurately hit the front main gun turret of the Angara. After the shell entered the turret, a violent explosion occurred. Although the 7-inch armor-piercing bullet was only loaded with [-] kg Smoke explosives, but it is enough to destroy the entire turret. After the turret exploded, the gun barrel twisted directly downward, and more than [-] gunners in and around the turret were almost killed on the spot.

This time, the captain of the Angara, Popov, couldn't bear his temper. After the warship lost its front main gun, it almost lost all the firepower of the bow. If it didn't turn around, it could only be passively beaten.

"Turn immediately, turn left 30 degrees," Popov ordered.

The first officer next to him hesitated and said: "Sir, we are still 3700 meters away from the enemy fleet, should we turn now?" In order to maintain the formation of the entire fleet, the first officer felt that it was his duty to remind the officer.

"If we don't turn around, we will lose all our firepower. What will we use to annihilate the Chinese fleet?" Popov interrupted the first officer's suggestion and said sternly.

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)