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Chapter 25 Xiaguan Hai Battle

In the next ten minutes, the Guanghong hit at least three shells of Qianzhu, one of which failed to fire a shell within ten minutes; the second one was likely to blow up the rear bridge of the ship, and the third one knocked down the crane at the rear of the ship to transport cargo. Similarly, the Guanghong suffered no less damage than the opponent.

At 6:24, the Guanghong was hit by the first shell, and the hit point was near the port waterline of the warship. Although the shell exploded outside the ship and failed to blow up the main armor belt, many officers and soldiers in the area were injured at that time, and at the same time, a steam pipe in the No. 3 boiler cabin was damaged. Of course, the damage was not serious. The damage team members repaired the pipe in just two minutes, so that the two boilers in the No. 3 boiler cabin continued to function.

At twenty-seven minutes, the Qianzhu was hit with another shell. The shell that was supposed to fly towards the No. 3 turret decreased due to the speed of the ship, which hit the rear bridge, causing more than 30 officers and soldiers in the bridge to be either killed or injured.

At thirty-one minutes, the Qianzhu was hit by two shells in a row. The damage this time was no more than before, and it had a great impact on the enemy ship. The first shell hit the front armor of the No. 1 turret. Although it could not penetrate the armor, the artillery on the left and middle was blown up at that time, and all the officers and soldiers in the mainland of the turret were killed and killed. The main gun on the right shot was fired again after more than ten minutes.

The second one was between the two chimneys. Although after smashing through the open-air deck, it was blocked by horizontal armor of up to 190 mm (originally 150 mm, a layer of 50 mm thick armor was added during the overhaul). After the shell exploded, both chimneys were damaged and the smoke exhaust was no longer smooth. The direct result was that the four-seater boiler cabin of Qianzhu had to reduce the amount of coal burning. Its speed advantage became very little left.

The disaster of Qianzhu did not end there. At 6:48, the gunners on Guanghong had the help of gods, and a shell hit the part again, and the hit point was almost unbiased! As a result, the horizontal armor, which had already been severely deformed, could no longer withstand the bombardment of the shells and was directly smashed away! The shell then smashed through two decks, and exploded after hitting the armor partition on the top of the boiler cabin No. 2 - even if it was not able to enter the boiler cabin in the end, the damage was quite serious. Qianzhu no longer had the momentum to show off his power, and his speed was significantly slowed down.

"Fuck your mother! Can you?" Zhang Ying cursed the streets in a mess, looking around. His warships were fighting each other with enemy ships. The situation seemed to be no sign of being resolved for a while. As long as he shot a few more shots, he would be the first place in the first record in this battle! "Baby! Go up and sank it to me first!"

Nearly within three thousand meters, the Guanghong used three volleys to send the Qianzhu into the sea. Zhang Ying proudly raised his head, "Roar the whistle! Tell friendly troops and enemy ships that we have eliminated an enemy ship!" After saying that, he cursed again, "Damn, I'm too fierce!"

"Beep~beep~beep~beep~!" The bright whistle could not be covered even in the sea where artillery fire. Both sides of the enemy and us turned to look at each other. Although the expressions on their faces were completely different, one thing was the same, that was, they had no mood or energy to deal with this arrogant boy!

Zhang Ying looked around in the bridge, looking at his appearance, and felt that he was not satisfied with the enemy ship. He had to work hard for others and seize the military achievements to achieve his wish. "Go, heading 310, open all the horsepower, aim at the target ship No. 3!"

The third target ship is the Shindao, one of the four-scenic ships. It is fighting with the Liaoyuan in a lively manner. If you don’t prevent the Guanghong from bullying it, it seems that he wants to get a bargain. The coaches on both ships scolded them in their hearts!

One side is naturally worried that it is outnumbered, while the other side secretly hates Zhang Ying for his merits. Zhang Yingli ignored it and ordered him to accelerate, accelerate, accelerate, accelerate!

At this moment, Zhang Ying suddenly felt dangerous in his heart. He looked to starboard and a shell was falling from the air and hit the deck of the Guanghong ship. The gun was undoubtedly extremely fierce! He smashed horizontal armor between the turrets No. 2 and 3, and fell two layers, and an explosion occurred!

With a loud bang, a six-meter-wide hole was blown up on the starboard side of the Guanghong. At the part between the horizontal armor and the main armor belt, the torn and twisted armor pointed to the sky like a human body's muscles, and the sea water poured in!

Without waiting for the steward to give the order, the soldiers closed the watertight door urgently, but this time the explosion, along with the three compartments near the left, was blown open at the same time, and the Guanghong in an instant had more than 1,000 tons of water in an instant! The hull also began to tilt slightly right. Naturally, the ship speed was also affected. Zhang Ying turned his head and looked over, cursing in his heart, "It's so damn!"

This gun was launched by the Japanese ironclad ship Itsujima. It was fighting Dingyuan. It took its time to take its time to help friendly forces to deal with Guanghong. "It would be better if it was broken! In the future, I will also change to a larger and faster ship!"

Zhang Ying looked indifferent, but her twitching facial muscles could not deceive people. After staying in a ship for nearly ten years, how could she not have any feelings? "Is Dingyuan not enough for you to play? OK! I will play with you!"

"Maximum horsepower, rush up!"

"Sir, is it the No. 3 Target Ship or what?"

"No matter how much No. 3, aim at the enemy ship that fired at me just now, rushed over and sank it!" Guanghong rushed toward the Imao at full speed.

In the battle on the other side of the sea, Lei Zhen and Lei Dui were entangled with three gunboats, Toohai, Atago and Akagi. In terms of strength, the warships on both sides were roughly the same, and they were all old ships with many years of service. The three Japanese ships were older, but they could barely tied with a little advantage in quantity.

The pipes of the two ships were named Ouyang Li and Gao Shengyun, both from Fujian. They were graduates of the first-year Naval Academy and also returned from studying abroad. While commanding the battles, they were anxiously looking into the direction of the Xiaguan Waterway: Why haven’t friendly troops come to help? Did they sank the enemy’s shore defense fortifications?

At 6:21, the Lei Zhen shot the shell from Atogo above the main armor belt on the right side of the turret 2. After hitting the upper part of the main armor belt, the shell changed direction and exploded at three cabins away from the turret ammunition depot. Although the shell opened a huge hole in the turret hull, it did not threaten the turret ammunition compartment at that time, and it was not even able to destroy the turret ammunition machine protected by heavy armor.

Ouyang Li burst into cold sweat for the gun and turned around and asked, "What is the speed of the enemy ship?"

"It has dropped to 15 verses."

Ouyang Li nodded slightly, his fingers were still beating on the chart table, making regular beats. "The enemy must want to let a target ship entangle our ship first, and use two gunboats to kill Hancheng's Leidui first." Ouyang Li took a long breath and said, "Take the opportunity of the enemy slowing down, we quickly inserted it, watch over and help Lord Gao, and deal with the enemy fleet together. If he drags it down, he may not last long."

The adjutant glanced at Guan Dai and shook his head slightly. It was not a big problem to rush forward, but wouldn't the enemy launch a counterattack? With his four second-level gunboats against the enemy's six, wouldn't it be necessary to lead the enemy to him? In the current situation, as long as he bullies the past and enters the battle, there is no way to stop the attack of the second, fourth, fifth and sixth target ships! The most hateful one is Zhang Ying, the Dingyuan ship is now prevailing, so why did he join in the fun? It's almost dead here, didn't he see it? A bastard!

"Continue to maintain the current course." The finger's thrust on the chart table suddenly stopped, Ouyang Li said, "Send a flag to Gao Shengyun to see if he can move closer to us as much as possible. In addition, tell him not to shorten the combat distance. If necessary, you can adopt flexible tactics to fight first, and injure one or two warships of the enemy, and hold back the enemy's attack speed. I hope to wait for the flagship and Rega-class return to help!"

On the battlefield on the other side, Lei Qian, Lei Gen, Lei Qiao, Lei and Tong'an Shanhu launched a fierce retaliatory bombing on the construction of fortifications on both sides of the Strait of Xiaguan! At this time, it is not necessary to distinguish whether it was the hidden position of enemy artillery. Five warships poured the shells loaded on the ship to the docks, housing, fortifications, streets and facilities on the shore. Fang Boqian even ordered the flagship to approach the edge of the Xiaguan waterway and bombarded the shells into the city of Xiaguan.

This large-caliber shell is devastating to the damage of houses. Every time the shell falls, it will explode a large pit with a diameter of four or five meters. The 45 kilograms of explosives loaded inside turn the thick copper skin of the shell into a boiling and scorching metal flow. This is definitely not something that humans can resist!

He raised his telescope and looked into the city. There were fires everywhere and smoke everywhere. "Extend the shooting! At maximum range, extend the shooting!"

"Sir," a lieutenant beside him whispered, "Are you going to send someone to the sea to support friendly forces?"

Fang Boqian woke up from a dream, oh! The most combat-ready ships were all in the waterway. How was the situation in the offshore sea? Can the queue led by two iron armored ships withstand the attack of enemy ships? "Well..." He pretended to be very calm, "Put the flags of the two Leijia-class ships, let them return to the sea immediately and observe the battle situation outside the sea!"

"yes!"

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