Yuki Ito stretched out his neck and waited all night, but the ten speedboats that ran out did not launch the expected raid. Instead, his entire fleet was always careful of the dike, and he wasted his energy and energy in vain.

It was past four o'clock in the morning, not long before dawn, and all of them were on guard, but after waiting for an hour, they found nothing.

What's going on? Is the other party's purpose just to let the ten boats run away?

Yuki Ito couldn't figure it out. He knew that those small boats had speed and artillery that should not be underestimated, and they used mines to calculate the joint fleet fiercely. Now they have the advantage of familiarity with the local sea conditions, but they don't take the initiative to attack. Are they very sure of land defense?

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but worry about whether he would encounter another strange conspiracy.

In fact, he didn't know that it was not that he didn't want to launch an attack, but because the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers who had just boarded the ship were difficult to familiarize themselves with the operation of the new ship for a while. Most of them were responsible for the engine compartment and had never seen diesel engines or different steam engines.

Just learning and familiarity is not a process for a while. Apart from getting close to artillery during the day, it would be great if they could ensure safe and smooth operation at night. Fighting night battles with the Japanese army? Isn’t that a joke?

As a result, Yuuki Ito and the United Fleet were suspicious and unwilling to do so.

At five o'clock in the morning, it was dim and the view on the sea gradually became clear. The Japanese ship moved forward again and approached the shooting.

But this time they had just completed the maneuvering course from south to north. When they approached Shiyu Port in the slant, a fierce explosion came from behind their butts! Yuki Ito turned his head and saw that the shells were actually coming from the sea on the south side of the shipyard. The density was astonishingly high!

The Hiei cruiser running at the back was extremely clumsy, and was hit seven or eight consecutively with 130 explosion bombs! Not only did it smash the deck, but it also allowed the fire to spread rapidly everywhere. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a torch illuminating the sea!

This not only made the ship become an extremely dazzling live target, but also significantly exposed the other ships not far away.

The artillery fire from that shore suddenly increased wildly as if he had taken some medicine. A series of ballistics swept across the sea. After galloping for more than 9,000 meters, it hit the hull hard!

Amazing accuracy, amazing explosion, and amazing density immediately stunned Yuki Ito and the Japanese ships!

"When did they... go there?! It was just one night, and I didn't hear any movement. How could this be possible?!"

Yuki Ito was very regretful. He did not send a few small boats to sneak up at night. Even if he lost some manpower, he could at least further find out the deployment of the enemy.

He had already returned to the fleet. At this time, as an intelligence consultant, Saburo Zhongzaki was sweating profusely and had a string of blisters on his mouth. He had never noticed this situation before! The big move of setting up a cannon position could not be hidden from anyone.

But it is even more impossible to convince Ito Yukihiro that the other party has built so many artillery positions overnight.

The only explanation is that they have been preparing for a long time, but they have not found a scout.

For a time, many people suspected the accuracy of the news about Saburo Akazaki. They even more doubted whether the traitor Mu Hong was sent by the other party to mislead them!

Mu Hong was able to be the leader of a pirate and was rampant in the sea for many years, so he naturally had enough brains. As soon as he saw this situation, he knew that it was time to show his loyalty. He immediately said to Saburo Zhongqi: "If you can't believe me, you can send a small boat to send me and my brothers up. Let's fight for you a bloody path!"

Akazaki Saburo said hatefully: "Do you give you a chance to escape?"

Mu Hong drew his sword and threw it in front of him: "If you don't believe me, just stab me to death!"

Akazaki Saburo was shocked and suspicious, but couldn't make up his mind and turned to ask for instructions.

Yuki Ito was so angry that he was covered in fire. Seeing the shells behind him hit one after another, the shells that counterattacked seemed to be of no use at all. For the first time, he felt helpless! The bad feeling of getting into a dead end and being flooded by both ends dominated his heart.

He did not agree to Akazaki Saburo's request immediately, and calmly ordered the warship to continue to approach, but then, another large number of shells came unexpectedly in front of the left!

The unprecedentedly dense shells roared like a meteor shower, aiming at the "Sina Speed" that was opening the way forward, and smashing it down!

The rumbling explosion sound was as dense as the thunder of war drums. The continuous explosion flames intertwined into a fire net covering a kilometer, immediately submerging the warships in the middle. From time to time, a ball of fire was particularly vivid, and that was a hit!

"Bastard! Bastard! How did their artillery become so powerful!"

Through the telescope, Yuki Ito clearly saw the faint mist rising from the launch site, with sparse distribution and clear burst points, which was clearly a good thing done by a few artillery!

That can only tell one thing. The rate of fire they saw yesterday was just that the other party deliberately misled and hid their true strength!

It seemed that in order to confirm his opinion, the 305 cannon that had been playing slowly for a day suddenly broke out after the first fire. After only one minute, the second shot was blown out!

The roar of a tsunami rumbled across the sky, and a high-explosive grenade suddenly exploded at a distance of only 100 meters from "Sina Speed"! With the loud thunder, a large number of fragments roared forward, cutting off two cables from the mast at the rear, and the flying flag was even more like fallen leaves in the wind, and the broken and broken were blown away by the wind!

Yuki Ito was shocked!

How much strength does the other party hide? Why is his current performance completely different from yesterday?

Is this another trap for the doubled rate of fire and the improvement of large-scale accuracy? Or is it the last bit of scary power put out by the enemy?

He was a little confused, but he didn't want to show it. He stared at the coast in a daze like a frozen statue. It was not until a shell suddenly hit and exploded not far from the warship that he suddenly woke up, facing the shocked and suspicious faces of everyone. He said decisively: "Don't pay attention to their bluffs, continue to move forward and bombard the predetermined position!"

How did things turn out like this? He really couldn't figure it out.

Turning back, Ito Yukihiro ordered the Marine Corps who were on the ship to immediately send people to escort Mu Hong's group of pirates, and Saburo Akazaki, to find an opportunity to rush to the beach and attack the artillery positions.

"If the enemy situation cannot be thoroughly investigated, they will not come back!"

The "New Yaeshan" and several other auxiliary warships, which served as the communication ship, immediately maneuvered from the backward direction. When approaching the coastline, the "Tianchengmaru" torpedo boat mother ship was released to cover more than 300 Marines. Together with Mu Hong and more than a dozen pirate spies, they rushed from the south coast of the county in the rear direction of the fleet.

They did not dare to go to Taoluokou, which would inevitably be heavily guarded by heavy troops, but they just touched up the downstream of Jiacang Town, Fuxi River mouth, hoping that the cannons that were thrusting the tail of the fleet would not be able to see them at this time.

From the departure to the arrival of the coast, everything seemed to be very smooth.

At this time, Yuki Ito's fleet was facing an unprecedented dilemma!

According to his original deployment, he rushed to the shore from south to north. When he was approaching within five kilometers, he turned the rudder to flush the probe, maximized the side artillery fire, and had a gorgeous all-round artillery washing.

But now, they just launched an attack and were attacked by the opponent's head and tail. The dense shells pinched the head and tail, which was the rhythm of putting them in one fell swoop!

But he still stubbornly believed that this was just the final madness and it would never last long. Therefore, the remaining ten warships were still unswervingly fighting back against artillery fire while moving forward bravely!

However, the people on the other side didn't want them to get closer again!

Yang Haiwei connected the two cannon positions by phone and ordered everyone: "Don't let the Japanese ship approach! All artillery firepower is fully opened! The 152 gun and 203 gun cameras fire. As long as you are sure of three points, aim and hit hard!"

Zhang Peilun, who had just seen the power of Lu Pao and had a little confidence in defending the position, couldn't hold back his anger at this time and exclaimed: "Why don't you continue to lure the enemy? If you let them get closer, can you blast for a while? If you scare away, will your efforts be wasted!"

Qiu Baoren saw the way and replied with a smile: "The Japanese army was unloaded at the same time, and the troops on the shore had exceeded 1,000. At this time, the brutal attack was just like attacking them halfway through the ferry, which made them unable to let go and a dilemma. If they dragged on, they might be afraid that the Japanese artillery shells would attack the shipyard and the county town!"

Zhang Peilun was skeptical, but he could understand that once a civilian was severely hit by a naval gun, it would be a dereliction of duty. Even if the enemy ship was forced to retreat, it would be a reward!

Yuki Ito did not wait for the news of successfully landing. A large scattered dust suddenly rose from afar made him feel cold and he couldn't breathe!

Four 152 howitzers and two 203 heavy howitzers, which had been silent, opened their disguise and suddenly opened fire!

, Facing the majestic and prominent targets at the sea, aim again and again, and suddenly take action!

The tail-flanking stable shell of the b-4 heavy artillery, the weighted chromium vanadium steel one-meter long warhead, the ballistics are stable, and there is almost no sway after it is released. It is accurately shot towards the closest to it, and the most significant target is "Akizushi" running second in the fleet!

Two heavy artillery locked a target and fired with a bang in one second. After seven or eight shots, the enemy ship had just moved forward for more than a kilometer and hit it with a bang.

The terrifying armor-piercing force of the concrete fortress that can penetrate four meters behind, easily penetrated the side and deck of "Akizushi" into a large hole! The subsequent explosion brought up a spectacular column of fireworks from the side of the bow and the stern!

The hole in the bow was one meter in diameter, not only penetrated two consecutive compartments, but also detonated the ammunition pile of the main gun in the bow, and almost shattered the entire bow.

The shells poured into the stern directly entered the power compartment, destroying two large axles. The entire ship suddenly lost its propulsion force and moved crookedly on the sea surface by inertia, becoming a dead target that no one can save!

Of course, the powerful 152 bomb will not miss the excellent opportunity. It rumbling over forty shots in a row, almost cleaning up the remaining upper deck buildings! The Japanese army smoked by the fire did not have time to escape, and even if they jumped into the water, they were killed by the shrapnel!

The "Qiaoli" that followed closely behind was collapsed with a lot of shrapnel, which once made the people in the commander's tower almost unable to raise their heads.

Yuki Ito's heart stopped when he was shocked by the explosion ahead. His eyes were so anxious that he was so angry that he was frightened that he seemed to have entered Sanjiu Tianer with his shirtless! He finally understood that this was still a fatal trap!

Terrible cannon! Terrible fire rate, terrible accuracy!

All the variables gathered into an unsolvable death situation. All their warships were still sprinting towards the shore, and the opponent's interception was so resolute and fierce! Where did so many cannons come from?

He instinctively ordered all warships to turn right and escape from the strike range, but Captain Naosu Shimamura strongly opposed it: "Commander, I really doubt that the range of these cannons will be fifteen kilometers! Our maneuvering speed is too slow and we can't get rid of it at all. Only by rushing straight to their port and destroying them in one fell swoop is the only chance!"

Go straight to the port?

Yuki Ito looked at his fleet's average speed of less than 8 knots, and then looked at the distance of nine kilometers. Just turning a corner, they had to get at least a few hundred shells. At that time, how many could they save? Will there be more cannons coming when they approached?

He just thought for a moment and flatly refused: "No! Get out of contact immediately and turn right with all your might! I don't believe their cannons can hit further!"

But he didn't know that such a decision was exactly what Yang Haiwei thought! (To be continued)

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