Rebirth of the Northern Giants

"Send a signal to the whole ship to prepare for battle"

On the Naniwa, Captain Togo Heihachiro screamed wildly when he saw the order sent by the flagship. He had long been displeased with the North Sea Fleet following far behind him, and Yutou Ito's order was exactly what he wanted.

Can't wait to order: "Prepare for the battle, let those Chinese people fly to see, we are not afraid of them, we are just looking for a suitable fighter, now the fighter has arrived, it is time for the Chinese to die in the sea. God Jun Tianzhao is watching us from the sky, His Majesty the Emperor blesses us, we will surely win."

The morale of the sailors on the Naniwa was high. At this moment, they returned to the peak state when they first provoked the war in Dadonggou in the Korean Sea during the Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese Combined Fleet made a beautiful turn, the transport ships and other auxiliary ships were left behind, and cruisers such as Naniwa, Itsukushima, Kongo, Takachiho, Akitsusu, Hashidate, Fuso, Takao, Yaeyama and other cruisers, led by Matsushima, formed a single column In formation, they galloped towards the Chinese North Sea Fleet.

The sea water was divided into waves, and the fish in the water ran away in fright. The largest naval battle in history is about to break out in this sea area.

Deng Shichang's frown, which was slightly frowned, finally relaxed. He glanced at the crazy Japanese fleet, smiled and said to the soldiers behind him: "The fish has been hooked, and I will report the position to the East China Sea Fleet for the last time. We will arrive here within an hour, but even if our North Sea Fleet confronts the Japanese ships, it is still unknown who will win the battle, so order the entire fleet to maintain a formation, keep the distance between ships, and sail at a speed of six knots."

The guards didn't dare to neglect, and hurried down to deliver the order.

The East China Sea Fleet is about an hour away from the North Sea Fleet sailing at full speed. Along the way, the North Sea Fleet keeps reporting their positions so that the East China Sea Fleet will not lose their way.

On the Sunset, the flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, Guo Baochang was anxiously waiting for the news. The Sunset and the Sheri under the leadership of Yuan Jiugao were ironclad ships captured from the British Far East Fleet. The same ship is the main force of the East China Sea Fleet.

"Commander Guo, the North Sea Fleet has sent a message that it has started to exchange fire with the Japanese ships. The latitude and longitude positions are here. Please confirm and give the order." When Guo Baochang was about to get impatient, the signal soldiers rushed to the command In the tower, he reported to him with a happy face.

Guo Baochang took a look at it, and ordered without hesitation: "The whole ship is at full power, set off immediately, bypass the battlefield of the two sides, and go directly to the rear of the Japanese fleet. Don't wait until the naval battle is over before we arrive. Eat meat and drink soup We both."

On January 1896, 1, at around 5:7 in the morning, the East China Sea Fleet received the news and started fully.

At this time, the Chinese and Japanese fleets had reached a distance of about 3000 meters. The four ships of the Japanese No. [-] Guerrilla Squad were firing fierce artillery fire while speeding up, preparing to cross the front of the Beihai Fleet and attack the right wing of the Beihai Fleet, Jiyuan and Pingyuan. Number.

And the six ships of its own team just sailed to the front of the horned geese formation of the North Sea Fleet.

The North Sea Fleet began to fight back without showing any weakness, marking the beginning of this naval battle.

"boom…"

The blasting shells stirred up tall water columns on the water surface.

Both the warring parties, both the Chinese and the Japanese, began to get excited.

As the main ships, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were besieged by the Japanese as soon as they came up, but Deng Shichang and Lin Taizeng, who had experienced naval battles, were not afraid at all.

Calmly giving various orders,

The first wave of artillery shells from the Japanese Combined Fleet landed a full nautical mile away from the Beihai Fleet, and the Beihai Fleet's artillery shells were no different. Most of them missed, and only a few hit the Japanese ship.

The first trial of both sides, after correction, can be really skillful.

"The impact point is 500 yards away." The observer immediately reported the information to Deng Shichang, and the sailors in the shooting command room began to get busy. In less than 30 seconds, they based on the impact point of the previous salvo and the speed of the warships on both sides. Calculate the new shooting speed, and communicate these data to the gunners in each main tower gun in the first time.

"The No. 1 turret is ready."

"The No. 2 turret is ready."

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"All shoot in 10 seconds," Deng Shichang ordered with a blank expression.

Soon, the turret's alarm sounded. At this time, the front and rear decks of Dingyuan and the left and right corridors were empty, and the sailors who were closer to the main turret also tightly covered their ears.

The sound of the cannon salvo can be described as earth-shattering, and the shock waves and recoil generated by the shooting are also huge.If the ears are not covered, the sailors on the Dingyuan may be ordered to be half-deaf after a battle.

Less than a second after the launch of the Dingyuan, the Zhenyuan next to it also fired, making the roar of a giant cannon.

The eight explosive bombs carried the expectations of the entire ship's officers and soldiers away from the Asahi flagship Matsushima.

The Matsushima was specially designed by the Japanese to deal with the Chinese Dingyuan-class warships, and it poses a great danger to the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan.

Therefore, when the war started, the Matsushima took a fancy to the two ships, and the two ships also took a fancy to it.

The sound of shells piercing the air became farther and farther away, and everyone was looking forward to the scene of the burst of fire.

Other ships of the Beihai Fleet also fought with the Japanese ships, and for a while you came and went, and the sound of rumbling and rumbling was endless.

The artillery shells of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan did not disappoint the Chinese navy. The Chinese navy, which is no longer Wuxia Amon, staged what is called a precision strike for the Japanese.

Exciting flames and thick smoke immediately filled the Japanese flagship Matsushima.

"Cough cough..."

The disheartened commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, got up from the floor and glanced at Kawayama Suki who agreed that he had just got into the stove beside him. His conning tower was not directly hit, but the pungent The smell of gunpowder and burning still filled the small space of the command tower.

"Extinguish the fire and report the loss. Order the first guerrilla unit to break away from the combat fleet, advance towards the Chinese fleet at full speed, use torpedoes... use torpedoes to attack, ahem..." Yuheng Ito shouted to the officers on the side with difficulty, short A few words made him take a few puffs of smoke.

The smoke exhaust device in the conning tower of the Matsushima is running quickly, and the command system is also being restored, but the deck and below the deck of this battleship are full of sailors who are busy fighting dangers and putting out fires.

Other Japanese officers in the battle fleet were relieved to see that Matsushima had not issued an order to abandon ship or transfer command.

At this time, there was a new change in the battle situation. The Fuso, which was slower in the Japanese combined fleet, became the target of other warships of the North Sea Fleet.

The cruiser Peter captured from Russia was the first to hit its ship, and then the gunboats Zhenxi and Zhennan also hit Fuso respectively. Most of the buildings on the deck of the cruiser, including the main bridge, smoke warehouse, and rear bridge, have disappeared.

The captain of the Fuso Arai Yutsuru was pierced through the head by shell shrapnel on the bridge. Blood and brains were splashed on the chart table, staining the compass needle red, and he was killed at that time.

Although the smoking battleship was still moving forward, apart from the crackling of the fire, there was a deathly silence on the entire battleship.

At 15:7 55 minutes after the start of the battle, the Japanese ship Fuso was completely disabled.

The Chinese and Japanese fleets still maintained a stable formation, but the three cruisers Naniwa, Akitsusu, and Takachiho of the Japanese First Guerrilla Squad wanted to break through the artillery fire and fired torpedoes at the flagship of the Beihai Fleet Dingyuan, which was immediately discovered by Deng Shichang.

The Zhiyuan, Jingyuan and another cruiser captured from the Russians, the Alexander, were ordered to intercept.

By this time, more than half an hour had passed since the naval battle.

Behind the Japanese battle fleet, the transport ships and other supply ships found that the two sides were evenly matched, and forgot to escape, but watched the battle from a distance.

The warriors of the Japanese army were still standing on the deck, cheering loudly for the Japanese fleet.

At this point in the battle, both sides have been hit by ships, but there is only one ship that has lost combat power like the Fuso.

The Japanese flagship Matsushima evaded the front for the time being and slowed down slightly, with Itsukushima as the absolute main force against the second ship Dingyuan.

The sailors on both sides of the battle changed from excitement at the beginning to numb machines. They repeated their actions while looking at the enemy ship. Once the enemy ship was shot, they just jumped up and cheered.

Four or 10 minutes after the start of the battle, a new change took place in the battle situation. Under the attack of Zhenyuan and Peter, the Japanese ship King Kong suffered heavy losses. In this situation, Deng Shichang hastily ordered the Alexander to abandon the cruiser of the Riri No. [-] Guerrilla Squad and join the ranks of the siege.

King Kong couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly issued a signal for the ship to be flooded and withdraw from the battle. The Xijing Maru, which was driving nearby, was shocked when it saw this, and quickly sent a signal to call other Japanese ships to come to rescue.

Seeing this, Yuto Ito turned the rudder to the left with the flagship Matsushima, moving at high speed between the North Sea Fleet and King Kong, and fired with port side gunfire in an attempt to rescue King Kong.

Lin Tai of the Zhenyuan once saw this situation and stared at the Songdao like a prey before letting you escape. This time, he will not give you another chance.