Naval Warfare for All: From Patrol Boats to Carrier Fleets

Even if the Qing generals on the Gao Sheng wanted to counterattack and support the sailor brothers in battle, the weapons in their hands could not help the Japanese Bon people's warships at all, and they could only be helpless.

At this time, more than a dozen shells flew from a distance and landed near the Yoshino, which was pursuing the Hirotsuku, and the huge wave of water that exploded startled the Japanese soldiers on the Yoshino, and the captain of the ship, Kawai, quickly ordered to quickly find out where the shells were fired.

When the lookout reported that two armored cruisers had been found about 8 kilometers away, with the Beiyang Navy Dragon Flag hanging on their masts, Heyuan was directly stunned, because it was completely different from the information they had obtained before.

(Note: The Yanhuang and Pengze have a tonnage of more than 2,000 tons, and are all-steel warships, which were misidentified as armored cruisers by Japanese benzene naval soldiers, and the dragon flag of the Beiyang Naval Division was directly hung up by the system after Ye Bai chose the camp, and it will disappear after leaving the copy space)

According to the information they obtained, the main fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division was moored in Weihaiwei, and it was under the supervision of Japanese spy personnel at all times, and there was no situation of setting sail at all.

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

When the naval battle just began, the Gao Sheng, who had strayed into the battlefield, did not surprise them much, anyway, it was just a troop carrier with no arm, 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 about the two warships that have entered the battlefield now, they turned out to be armored cruisers, don't look at the Beiyang Naval Division known as the First Fleet of East Asia, but there are not many warships of this level, according to the explosive power of the shells that just fell near their battleships, 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 shells fired by the two warships with a caliber of only 127mm, but the actual explosive power is much more, at least compared with the 200mm caliber shells of this era, which once again makes Heyuan misjudged.

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, as for the small point of the Guangyi that harassed them before, Heyuan should not care about it now, after all, there are still Akijinzhou and Langsu.

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

Just did not expect that as early as a few days ago, when the two fleets set off from Tianjin and Weihaiwei, the Japanese agents hidden in the two places had quickly transmitted the news to the Japanese mainland and the combined fleet.

Fang Boqian thought of retreating early, but the Japanese army also prepared an early interception, and the two forces went one by one, which also caused the outbreak of the Battle of Toshima.

Faced with the interception of three Japanese benzene naval warships with combat strength far above them, the situation was already bad, but unexpectedly received reinforcement support, even Fang Boqian himself was a little confused, I don't know where this mysterious reinforcement came from, but the dragon flag hanging on the mast and the behavior of actively attacking the Japanese benzene battleship cannot be fake.

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

Under the extremely large disparity between the strength and weakness of the enemy and ours, General Jiyuan was still in danger, fought to the death, and dealt a considerable blow to the Japanese ships.

A round of shells flew out of the breech and landed on the perimeter of the Japanese benzene battleship, exploding countless waves, forcing the Akitsusu and the Nanispeed to deal with it with all their strength, and the Hirotsu, who was no longer able to care about the surrounding shuttle, let alone provide support to the Yoshino.

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

".boom", "boom", "boom"

Even though the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, which affected the lookout's line of sight, the Yanhuang and Pengze were equipped with search radars, and on the radar display, the scarlet light point representing the identity of the Japanese benzene battleship had shown all their movements.

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

At this moment, in the waters of Teshima, two battlefields have formed, one is the Jiyuan singled out the Akijinzhou and the Langsu, although the fight is very hard, but it should still be able to hold out in a short time, but it can't last long.

In the other place, the Yanhuang and Pengze launched a fierce artillery attack on the Yoshino, clearly gaining the upper hand, while the Guangyi was shuttling around the battlefield, looking for a suitable opportunity to attack.

Because the smoke filled the entire sea area, the Guangyi could not receive the flag order of the Jiyuan, and could only fight alone, relying on their experience to find that the fighter was like an assassin looking for a fatal opportunity to strike a blow.

Although the smoke of gunfire obscured the vision of most of the officers and men on both sides, it did not escape the detection of the search radar, and Lütyans discovered the movement of the Guangyi in time through the detection of the search radar.

With the general data provided by Ye Bai about the Guangyi, Lütyans immediately understood that the Guangyi, which was named as 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 by their current trajectory of actions in the warring seas, the Guangyi is looking for the best time to release torpedoes.

This opportunity may not be able to be achieved by the thin firepower and weak armor of the Hirotano alone, but since Lütyans discovered this, he naturally would not let it go, and he wanted to give the Hirothyo an excellent opportunity to hit the Yoshino in one fell swoop.

Lütyans once again played his superb naval battle command art, directing the Yanhuang and Pengze to constantly attack the Yoshino while constantly forming an encirclement, fighting around the Yoshino and compressing the Yoshino's range of activities.

The Yoshino, including several other warships in the waters of Toshima, were equipped with larger guns than the Yanhuang and Pengze, but in fact the performance was backward, the power was insufficient, and even the range was weaker, so Lütyans kept the two warships nearly 8 kilometers away from the Yoshino.

The main guns on the Yoshino were four 152mm rapid-fire guns and eight 120mm rapid-fire guns, although these two rapid-fire guns were relatively advanced rear guns in this period, but the effective range was less than 9 kilometers, and the hit rate of the Yoshino's counterattack guns was predictable when the two sides were 8 kilometers apart.

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

Therefore, in the face of the Yanhuang and Pengze attacks, 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 engagement distance of naval battles usually does not exceed 5 kilometers, most of them are carried out at about 3 kilometers, where there is such a Yanhuang, from 7 or 8 kilometers away from constantly firing artillery, the accuracy is still quite not bad, the Japanese Benzene Navy who has never had this experience is not to mention how humiliated.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

The gap of the times, the crushing of performance, the Yanhuang and Pengze are more and more accurate, a 127mm shell streaked through the sky, fell above the sea, explosions one after another, the huge waves of explosion brought further obstacles to the Yoshino.

There were also many shells that exploded directly on the hull of the Yoshino, blowing up some unfortunate Japanese naval soldiers, causing great damage to the hull of the Yoshino, and the armor value of the battleship was constantly decreasing.

Heyuan really has collapsed at this moment (Li Zhao), these two mysterious warships that suddenly entered the battlefield are too hateful, always kept at the edge of the range of the Yoshino's guns to attack, he had the intention to counterattack, but the conditions did not allow ah, he could only be passively beaten.

He has issued a flag order more than once, so that the Lang Speed, which has a longer range of naval guns, rushed to support, in the face of this long-distance shelling, only the 2 260mm diameter Krupp guns on the Wave Speed can do it, but it is a pity that the Wave Speed is fighting with the Jiyuan on another battlefield, and the overwhelming smoke covers the entire sea, 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 gunsmoke has also shrouded the surroundings of the Yoshino, but it still cannot avoid the detection of search radar, even if this is only a sea search radar, not a fire control radar, but the help to naval artillery combat is actually considerable.

Because the light spot information on the radar screen exposed the location of the Yoshino, as long as it was slammed towards this position, there were always shells that could hit.

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