All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

Even if the Qing soldiers on the Gaosheng wanted to fight back and support the sailor brothers in the battle, the weapons in their hands could not help the Japanese warships at all, and they could only do it in vain.

At this time, more than a dozen shells flew from a distance and landed near the Yoshino, which was pursuing the Hiroshi, and the huge wave of water that blew up frightened the Japanese soldiers on the Yoshino.

When the lookout reported that he had found two armored cruisers about 8 kilometers away from home, with the Beiyang Naval Division's dragon flag hanging on the mast, Heyuan was directly stunned, because this was completely different from the information they had obtained before.

(Note: The tonnage of Yanhuang and Peng Ze exceeded 2,000 tons, and they were all-steel battleships, which were mistaken for armored cruisers by Japanese naval soldiers.

According to the information they obtained, the main fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division was anchored in Weihaiwei and was under the supervision of Japanese spies at all times, and there was no condition of setting sail at all.

And this time there were only three warships sent to escort the troop carriers, Jiyuan, Guangyi and Weiyuan, but because Weiyuan's combat effectiveness was too poor, Fang Boqian drove them back to Weihaiwei, and now only Jiyuan and Guangyi are left.

When the naval battle just started, the Gao Sheng, who strayed into the battlefield, did not surprise them much, anyway, it was just an unarmed troop carrier, as long as the two warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were solved, the weapons and ammunition on the troop carrier were their trophies.

But what is the matter with the two battleships that have entered the battlefield now, they are still armored cruisers, don't look at the Beiyang Naval Division, which is known as the first fleet in East Asia, but there are not many warships of this level, according to the explosion power of the shells that just fell near their battleship, the caliber is not small.

In fact, just like the lookout of the Yoshino mistook the Yanhuang and Pengze for armored cruisers, because of the relationship between artillery and gunpowder, don't look at the caliber of the shells fired by the two battleships is only 127mm, but the actual explosion power is much more, at least it can be compared with the 200mm diameter shells of this era, which once again makes Heyuan miscalculate.

In the face of the attack of two "armored cruisers" that inexplicably entered the battlefield, Heyuan did not dare to underestimate it, and quickly ordered the battleship to adjust its direction and prepare to attack.

No matter what later generations say about Fang Boqian, Fang Boqian, who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy in the United Kingdom, is still online, and the response plan given is quite realistic, effectively avoiding the possible losses of the Qing Dynasty Navy and Army.

I just didn't expect that as early as a few days ago, when the two fleets set off from Tianjin and Weihaiwei respectively, the Japanese agents hidden in the two places had already quickly transmitted the news to the Japanese mainland and the combined fleet.

Fang Boqian thought of retreating in advance, but the Japanese army also did a good job of intercepting in advance, and the removal of the two forces also caused the outbreak of the Battle of Toshima.

Faced with the interception of three Japanese Benzene Navy warships whose combat power was far above them, the situation was already not good, but they unexpectedly received the support of reinforcements, even Fang Boqian himself was a little confused, and he didn't know where this mysterious reinforcement came from, but the dragon flag hanging on the mast and the initiative to attack the Japanese Benzene battleship were not fake.

Therefore, Fang Boqian directly ordered the Jiyuan to increase its firepower, attack with all its might, and do his best to contain the Qiujinzhou and Naniwa, if it weren't for the smoke on the battlefield at this moment, he was also ready to use the flag to give the same order to Guangyi.

In the case of the extremely disparity between the strength and weakness of the enemy and us, Jiyuan General Tu was still not afraid of danger, fought to the death, and dealt a considerable blow to the Japanese ships.

One shell after another flew out of the barrel and landed on the perimeter of the Japanese warship, exploding countless waves, forcing the Akitsuzu and Naniwa to deal with it with all their might, and it was no longer able to care about the Kob, which was shuttling around, and even more unable to provide support to the Yoshino.

The outbreak of Jiyuan gave Yanhuang and Peng Ze an excellent opportunity to attack, and in the case of 2 to 1, although the tonnage was small and the caliber of the artillery was not as good, the technology was ahead for decades, and the gap in firepower was not large.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

Even though the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and affected the lookout's naked eye view, the Yanhuang and Peng Ze were equipped with search radars, and on the radar display, the scarlet light dots representing the identity of the Japanese warship had already shown all their movements.

According to the changes in the course of the Yoshino, Lütjans constantly responded to the changes in course, always occupying the best attack position, concentrating all the firepower of the two warships, and constantly carrying out high-density strikes against the Yoshino.

At this moment, in the waters of Toshima, two battlefields have been formed, one is that the Jiyuan singles out the Qiujinzhou and Naniwa, although the fight is very hard, but it should still be able to hold on in a short time, but it can't last long.

On the other hand, the Yanhuang and Pengze launched a fierce artillery attack on the Yoshino in two against one, clearly gaining the upper hand, while the Guangyi shuttled around the battlefield, looking for a suitable opportunity to attack.

Because of the relationship between the gunsmoke and the entire sea area, the Guangyi could not receive the flag order of the Jiyuan, so they could only fight alone, and with their experience, they discovered the fighters, like an assassin looking for a fatal opportunity.

Although the smoke of gunpowder obscured the vision of most of the officers and men on both sides, it did not escape the detection of the search radar.

With the approximate data about the Guangyi provided by Ye Bai, Lu Teyans immediately understood that the Guangyi, which was named a protective cruiser, was actually an enlarged version of the torpedo boat, and the main attack weapon against the enemy was the 4 torpedo tubes equipped on the ship.

And judging from their current trajectory in the warring waters, the Guangyi is looking for the best time to release the torpedo.

This opportunity may not be possible with the thin firepower and weak armor of the Guangyi alone, but since Lütjans has discovered this, he will naturally not let it go, and he will win an excellent opportunity for the Guangyi to defeat the Yoshino in one fell swoop.

Lu Teyans once again exerted his superb naval command art, commanding the Yanhuang and Peng Ze to constantly attack the Yoshino, while constantly forming an encirclement, surrounding the Yoshino, and compressing the Yoshino's range of activities.

The Yoshino, including several other warships in the waters of Toshima, are equipped with larger guns than the Yanhuang and Pengze, but in fact, the performance is backward, not to mention the lack of power, and even the range is weaker, so Lu Teyans has always kept the two warships at a distance of nearly 8 kilometers or so from the Yoshino.

The main guns on board the Yoshino were four 152mm radial-firing guns and eight 120mm radial-firing guns, although these two rapid-fire guns were relatively advanced back-of-the-court guns during this period, but the effective firing range was less than 9 kilometers, and the hit rate of the Yoshino's counterattack artillery fire could be imagined when the two sides were 8 kilometers apart.

Looking at the entire battlefield, the only one with an effective range of more than 10 kilometers is the two 260mm diameter Krupp guns equipped on the Naniwa, but the Naniwa is being firmly restrained by Fang Boqian's Jiyuan at the moment, and it can't get over at all.

Therefore, in the face of the flanking attack of the Yanhuang and Pengze, Heyuan had to do nothing except command the Yoshino to constantly evade and fight back desperately.

After all, in this era, because of the performance of artillery and shells, the combat distance of naval battles usually does not exceed 5 kilometers, and most of them are carried out at about 3 kilometers.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

The gap between the times, the crushing of performance, the Yanhuang and Peng Ze are getting more and more accurate, a 127mm bullet across the sky, falling into the sea, explosions one after another, the huge waves that blow up to the Yoshino brought further obstacles.

There were also a lot of shells that exploded directly on the hull of the Yoshino, blowing up some unlucky Japanese naval soldiers, and causing great damage to the Yoshino's hull, and the armor value of the battleship was also decreasing.

Heyuan is really a little collapsed at this moment, these two mysterious warships that suddenly entered the battlefield are really hateful, always keeping at the edge of the range of the Yoshino's guns to attack, he has the intention to fight back, but the conditions do not allow it, so he can only be beaten passively.

He has issued a flag order more than once, so that the ship guns have a longer range of the Naniwa to rush to support, in the face of this long-distance artillery bombardment, only the two 260mm diameter Krupp guns on the Naniwa can do it, but unfortunately, the Naniwa is fighting with the Jiyuan on another battlefield, and the overwhelming gunpowder smoke covers the entire sea area, and it is impossible to see the flag clearly, let alone rush to support.

The Yoshino itself is also constantly firing, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke has also shrouded the surroundings of the Yoshino, but it still can't escape the detection of the search radar, even if this is only a sea search radar, not a fire control radar, but it is actually quite helpful for naval artillery battles.

Because the location of the Yoshino was clearly exposed by the light point information on the radar screen, as long as it was bombarded towards this position, there would always be a shell that could hit.

The armor value of the Yoshino was under the repeated blows of the Yanhuang and Pengze, and the armor value continued to decline, and it was attracted to almost all the attention, and he didn't even notice that the small point of Guangyi had quietly approached.