"What's coming has finally come. It seems that even with the help of my colleagues in the Lightning Strike Team, we still can't get rid of the call of death." Looking at the Suiyuan ship and Kaiyuan ship gradually becoming clearer in the distance, Captain Uchida Zhengmin of the Chiyoda

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said.

"Send them on their way, hurry up, maybe we can catch up with other battles." When Fang found out that the battleships that appeared in front were actually two small boats, Lin Yongsheng said angrily. "Even two three-view ships are fine.

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The two Guiyuan-class battleships rushed towards the Chiyoda and Izumi like two lions. They were tired of fighting such weak opponents. The Chiyoda and Izumi still did not want to give up resistance. They patted the column and prepared to face the final battle.

moment. Even though they know that their artillery, except for the extremely slow 10-inch cannon, cannot penetrate the opponent's defense!

The distance between the two sides quickly shortened, 4000 meters, 3500 meters, 3000 meters, 2500 meters! The two battleships Suiyuan and Kaiyuan opened fire almost at the same time! The 8-inch main gun and 6-inch secondary gun sprayed tongues of fire towards the target.

At the same time, Chiyoda and Izumi also began to counterattack with their remaining 4.7-inch guns and 6-inch guns.

The two sides fight like four knights, attacking each other with their own swords and battle axes on horseback. However, the difference is that one side is a heavy cavalry with heavy armor and equipped with a powerful war hammer. The other side only has the most powerful war hammer.

A simple mail-armored light cavalry with only

A slender sword. The battle between the two sides was a head-to-head confrontation without any tricks. It was such a small scale that no tactics could be developed. Single ship versus single ship, maintain side-to-side combat. In this case, it depends on both sides.

Whose ship is better, whose gunnery is better. That's all!

Regrettably, the Japanese army has no advantage in any aspect! And it can't run away! The first thing that cannot support is the Izumi. This battleship of the same era as Jiyuan is already too old, and because it has

Two 10-inch guns posed a potential threat and became the focus of attention! Shrapnel from the 8-inch guns, 6-inch guns, and even the 12-pounder guns poured towards the Izumi all the time.

"The bridge part of the battleship named Izumi was quickly reduced to rubble. Each shot of the picric-acid-charged cannonball made a big hole. Then the scattered debris and flames after the explosion jumped out of the hole.

At the beginning, the Japanese army tried to save the battleship, but in the face of the shrapnel that exploded overhead from time to time, after more than a dozen people fell, they no longer had the courage to rush out." Lin Yongsheng wrote in his diary.

road.

Some battleships were hit by the core module and then exploded and sank, some battleships sank because too much water entered the waterline, and some battleships sank because the fire got out of control. And the Izumi happened to be the third

A way to die. The Izumi, covered in flames, finally reached the last moment of its life. The Izumi and

At almost the same time as Jiyuan, it first served in the Chilean Navy, and then was purchased by the Japanese Navy. The cruiser gradually stopped sailing with its body covered in fire. Then it sank little by little into the rolling Yellow Sea, carrying a

The ship's Japanese sailors and their sinful bodies disappeared from people's sight.

The Izumi sank. The Chiyoda followed closely behind. Not long after the Izumi sank, the Kaiyuan gave the Chiyoda a happy end! An 8-inch shell penetrated the Chiyoda's fragile armor and then passed all the way through.

, an explosion occurred behind the centralized boiler, and it was white for a moment

e's high-pressure water vapor tore open the extremely fragile upper deck of the Chiyoda and spurted out! Then amidst bursts of heart-wrenching hull fracture sounds, the Chiyoda's bow began to sink. Then a loud noise caused the ship to sink.

The armored cruiser of more than 2,000 tons was completely cut into two sections.

"Is it over?" Zhao Yuanjie asked softly.

"Maybe it's over, maybe it's not over yet. It depends on whether we can encounter new enemies." Lin Yongsheng said with some unfinished thoughts.

At the same time, Ye Zugui, with the Zhenhai and Zhiyuan, also caught up with the evacuating Itsudao and Songdao. When these two brothers saw an 8,500-ton battleship and a 2,300-ton cruiser catching up, At that time, I had already realized that I was going to die. "You can't run away, but you have to take one with you before you die!" Omoto said fiercely while looking at the Zhiyuan ship behind Zhenhai.

"Send a signal to Itsukushima and say that even if we die, we must pull up the Zhiyuan!" Omoto knew the order. Then Itsukushima and Matsushima stopped escaping and began to turn and rush towards the Zhiyuan. .

"They are trying their best." Ding Zheqian said as he looked at the two dome-armored ships that turned around and rushed towards him.

"I'm afraid they still want to hit Shen Zhiyuan first." Looking at the injured Zhiyuan behind him, Ye Zugui said worriedly.

"Send a signal to Zhiyuan and let it pay attention to avoid attacks." Ye Zugui ordered. Now that the battle was about to end, he did not want to lose another cruiser. After all, after successive bloody battles, there were not many ships left in the Beiyang Fleet.

So a very interesting phenomenon appeared on the battlefield. Everyone had played the game of eagle catching little chicks. Itsudao and Songdao were like two eagles with half-broken wings. They wanted to attack the Zhiyuan behind them, but Zhenhai The horn is like an extremely powerful hen, protecting Zhiyuan to the death, and Zhiyuan also uses Zhenhai as its core, trying to avoid the 4.7-inch rapid fire cannons fired by Itsukushima and Matsushima!

To be honest, the Three Scenery Ship is actually quite good. It is not easy for Master Bai Laoyi to build such a ship. Not only was it built, but the speed was also acceptable (theoretical speed). The most important thing is the Three Scenery Ship's The side string cannon is still okay, and the rapid fire cannon is still very scary when fired. Of course, it would be better if one of the Ghanaian guns on the bow of the ship was replaced with a more suitable twin 8-inch gun.

The two Sanjing ships also have rapid fire cannons on one side that can be used. Facing the Zhiyuan, which has superior speed, flexible movements and can be evaded, it is really difficult for the two Sanjing ships to concentrate their firepower and annihilate them. In desperation, the artillery and other small ships The caliber fast artillery rained down bullets on Zhenhai!

The 4.7-inch rapid-fire cannon with an actual combat speed of up to 6 rounds per minute still put some pressure on the Zhenhai. Before the big break of the Sanjing ship, the Zhenhai's 6 8-inch guns and 5 6-inch fast-fire cannons were no match for the Sanjing ship's guns. Let's start a battle with her, and by the way, will the Zhiyuan come over and fire two shots?

"Next time, we must better protect the gun gallery." Ding Zheqian felt heartbroken when he saw the thick smoke pouring out from the breach after a 6-inch rapid-fire cannon on the side string was penetrated by a 4.7-inch rapid-fire cannon. said.

"And the armor belt of the Zhenhai is not high enough. Please look at the D-tube belt on the deck. There is already thick smoke." Ye Zugui frowned and said. Although the Zhenhai was hit by more bombs, the tonnage is there after all. It seems that The smoke was billowing and it was embarrassing, but the lethality of these 4.7-inch guns was still not enough for this 8,500-ton warship.

As the Zhenhai re-extracted a batch of ammunition from the ammunition and put it into the turret, the Zhenhai, equipped with 8-barreled 8-inch guns, could finally show off its power. The high speed of the Zhenhai with an average of 40 to 50 seconds made the Zhenhai's The amount of shells fired increased instantly. At least 1 ton more shells could be fired per minute. At this time, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the closest point was only 1,800 meters. At this distance, Matsushima and Itsukushima He seemed at a loss as to what to do with the sudden display of power on the Zhenhai.

Zhenhai's main gun quickly hit the target. Two 8-inch guns were focused on the opponent's Songdao almost at the same time. One of them hit the Songdao's control tower, and the huge shell penetrated directly through the Songdao's control tower. The armor exploded in a small space, and the huge power blew the entire control tower into pieces. All the senior officers in the control tower were not spared! Another shell penetrated the Songdao's protection and directly hit the torpedo. cabin. But unfortunately it was a dud. It penetrated directly and came out from the other side of the hull.

"What a pity." Looking at the huge holes in the Songdao's hull, Ding Zheqian said with some regret.

"It's nothing. The stability of the Songdao is already a problem, and the water alone is enough for it to withstand. And without the control tower, the ship will be useless." Ye Zugui was very tolerant.

"Sink the other one first. After that, we can go home." Ye Zugui said. Then Zhenhai began to focus on the Itsukushima, while the Songdao, which had been crippled, was handed over to Zhiyuan. deal with.

Maybe it was due to exhaustion of character, or maybe it was because the Itsukushima had already taken in a lot of water and the ship's sides were lowered, causing most of the shells to hit the superstructure. Without the support of the Matsushima, its side chord rapid fire guns were again The losses were heavy. Faced with an attack by as many as three 6-inch and six 8-inch guns, Itsukushima simply could not sustain it for long.

Suddenly the Itsukushima began to turn and rushed straight towards the Zhenhai. "The Itsukushima is going to launch a lightning strike." In an instant, Ding Zheqian understood the opponent's intention from the Itsukushima's unusual movements. The distance between the two sides was only about 2000 meters, but However, Ding Zheqian was not nervous. This distance was enough for Itsukushima, whose speed was only about 10 knots, to run for 6 minutes. And this was when the Zhenhai ship was stationary!

The Zhenkai began to accelerate, and while accelerating, it attacked the Itsukushima, which was rushing towards it. Facts have proved that the desperate attack of the Itsukushima, which had taken in too much water and had its deck buildings burned to pieces, was nothing more than a joke. But it was not Zhenhai that ended the joke, but an 8-inch artillery shell fired from Zhiyuan!

Accompanied by the sound of the shell tearing the ship's planks, the shell was shot directly from the stern and exploded at the rudder position of the Itsukushima. Then a column of smoke spurted out from the stern. The Itsukushima struggled for a moment and turned into A dead fish was found lying on the sea. Just when Ding Zheqian was about to approach again and sink Itsukushima, this warship that was once designed to deal with Dingzhen actually sank itself! It became the only ship on both sides in the entire Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1895. Self-sinking battleship!

"Perhaps the Japanese are afraid that we will capture this battleship?" Looking at the sinking Itsukushima, Ding Zheqian said, "Even if you give me Beiyang, we don't want this kind of ship." Ye Zugui's eyes were full of contempt, now Although the Beiyang Navy lost many battleships, with the return of three 10,000-ton giant ships, these old ships are really not in Ye Zugui's eyes. It is foreseeable that after this battle, Zhiyuan and other ships will also withdraw from the front-line battle sequence.

"The Beiyang Navy is rich and powerful, but we in Nanyang are not as good." Ding Zheqian felt a little pity.

After the sinking of Itsukushima, the Zhenhai and Zhiyuan once again conducted a brutal and inhumane attack on the Songdao! Amidst the constant explosions, the Songdao finally sank into the rolling waves of the Yellow Sea.
Chapter completed!