The Fusang and Hinata, targeted by four German fast battleships, were desperate for part-time work for a period of time! The two sides have recently been closer to within 12 kilometers! Almost every 20 seconds, a wave of shells will fall next to the two Japanese battleships or in the middle of the ten rings. The smoke screen released by the cigarette can no longer cover the flames soaring into the sky on the two Japanese battleships. Even without the help of seaplanes, the German battleship can still clearly determine the position of the Japanese warships!

Boom! Fusang was hit again. This time the shell hit the tail of the hull. The entire stern seemed to be shaking under this heavy blow. The power supply at the tail of the hull had almost been cut off. Most of the passage was dark. Only near the bullet holes could you see some light, wreckage, twisted to the crumbling cabin, densely covered with poisonous gas and flames, and the shells that fell again turned the rear half of the hull into a hell on earth.

Because the butt is facing someone, there are naturally many shots in the rear. In less than 20 minutes after the Spee fleet joined the battle, the tail of the Fusang was hit by the main gun by at least 3 shots! In addition, the previous hits, the secondary armor belts on both sides of the tail were almost sieved, and almost no armor plate was complete. Either there was a huge perforation on it, or it was distorted after being affected by the explosion, or it was torn apart and half pulled. The entire tail was terrible!

As the water inlet at the tail gradually reached 1,200 tons, a large amount of sea water rushed up along the deck, and the place used to park the seaplane in the rear had long been submerged. Did the surging waves even pour back into the No. 5 turret being fired, and the large amount of water inlet made the cannon be scrapped directly.

At this time, Kato Tadakishi truly felt the horror and blood of the war. For the first time, he felt that he and the warship might have been smashed into pieces in one second! Then he sank into the bottom of the sea. Only now did he realize that he was not as firm as he imagined. The guns of the enemy ships in the distance were constantly shining with fire. Every explosion made him tremble in his heart, and he felt a sense of exhaustion and powerlessness all over his body.

"Every time it hits a disaster, which means a new death storm swept the battleships. We are bleeding every moment. In the cabin, in the corridors and on the deck, we can always see incomplete corpses and blood donations everywhere. When the battle reaches this level, we are exhausted and the remaining artillery keeps roaring. However, this is just a dying struggle of a dying man. We don't know when it will die. Perhaps as long as a shell hits the right place, the Fusang will never see the sun tomorrow."

"We tried our best to flee northwest. The warships were making heavy moans every moment. Not only did they think that the other party's blows, but the furnace, turbine, motor and artillery were all at their limits! Excessive damage and wear made these machines that were originally running smoothly exhausted step by step, like a patient who was already terminally ill." After the war, Tadaki Kato recalled the situation at that time.

In fact, this is true. Even the Earl thought that he could once sink these two warships into this sea area. At this time, the remaining Japanese destroyers rushed up again. Facing four giants with a tonnage of dozens of times larger than theirs, five Japanese destroyers launched their final desperate charge, and one torpedo was thrown into the water one after another and rushed towards the rough direction of the German fleet.

Such lightning strikes are destined to not hit the target, but they still interfere with the pursuit of the Earl Fleet. In order to avoid torpedoes, Sultan Ottoman I and Resadier were forced to change their course. Of course, these destroyers were unable to escape from the firepower of four fast battleships and numerous escort warships!

More than ten warships and dozens of rapid-fire guns of various calibers roared wildly, forming a moving fire net on the front of the entire German fleet. Three of the Japanese destroyers rushing up like moths to the flames were torn into pieces by flying shells before they could even turn around. The other two destroyers were directly divided by a 350MM armor-piercing bomb. The other two Austro-Hungarian naval destroyers were stormed to pieces by the torpedo shot from the opposite side at a distance of less than 500 meters. In this way, in the first naval battle after the Japanese Navy came to Europe, all eight destroyers were destroyed!

However, the efforts of the Japanese destroyers still brought opportunities to the two main battleships. The five destroyers probably bought about 20 minutes for Kato Dingyoshi. During this period, the Fusang and Hinata had a distance of about 4 kilometers. At this time, the distance between the two sides was more than 17 kilometers, and the hit rate of the Allied warships was greatly reduced.

By the way, there is another ship to talk about. The only remaining British warship Lord Nelson failed to escape in the end. He did not have the defense and speed of the Fuso-class battleship, and was also besieged by five quasi-fair battleships, plus three destroyers to make a fuss. In this case, this British battleship can only have one result, that is, war sinking!

This time, the Austrians were obviously unwilling torture him anymore. After killing Lord Nelson half dead, a destroyer leaned forward and used three torpedoes to finally kill the last fearlessness of the British Royal Navy! A water column of more than 100 meters soared into the air from the ammunition depot in the front of Lord Nelson. The front of the hull seemed to be dragged out of the water by a giant hand, and then broke. After a moment, it sank into the vast sea. When the British battleship was also defeated, only the two battleships Fusang and Hinaga remained on the entire sea.

Just when Kato Tadakishi was already in despair, and even most Japanese naval officers and soldiers thought they had no hope of survival, a telegram rekindled the Japanese's hope of survival.

"Our fleet is rushing to the battlefield, and I hope your navy can last for 30 minutes!" Kato Tatsukichi dared to say that this is the happiest and exciting telegram he has received in his life! It's like a person who is about to drown suddenly finds a lifebuoy next to him! And this time, the French finally did something right. They are indeed about to arrive at the battlefield, even faster than the telegram. In fact, if you look northwest from the top of the mast of the Hinata, you can already find smoke columns appearing on the sea level! And under the relative navigation, you may be able to meet in less than half an hour!
Chapter completed!