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In comparison, a cruiser is better against an ironclad than a cruiser against a cruiser.Because although the ironclad ship itself has strong defense capabilities, its artillery fire is mighty.But it doesn't work at all in front of the super fast speed of the cruiser.

First of all, it is doubtful whether the powerful artillery fire can hit the target when the opponent's cruiser is not close and the speed of the opponent's cruiser is super fast. It is also an idiotic dream to cause a fatal blow with a cannon.

Secondly, the advantage in the number of cruisers can make it easy to attack the ironclad ship from several directions, and use the main gun to attack the ironclad ship by taking advantage of the short range of the sidestring artillery of the ironclad ship.

Although the two Japanese ironclad ships are superior in terms of tonnage and defense, it is only a matter of time before the five cruisers of the Qing Dynasty sink them.

But in the main battlefield, this time can be fatal.How could the strategic intention of the Japanese trying to exchange two ironclad ships to defeat the main force of the Qing fleet escape Yan Fu's eyes!

"Come here." Yan Fu put down the binoculars and shouted loudly.

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"General." A soldier with bloodshot eyes ran towards him.

"Tell the fleet to change formation and rush up to join the cruiser in front." Yan Fu gave the order decisively.

"Yes.... But General, what about the gunboats and torpedo boats behind?" the soldier asked worriedly.

"Let them move forward at full speed and follow Daqing No. [-] and Daqing No. [-] closely. Whether they can rush over can only be determined by fate." Yan Fu looked up to the sky and sighed, in order to avoid the entire fleet's annihilation.

"Yes." The soldier turned and left after raising a standard military salute.

In an instant, "Long Victory", "Undefeated", "Daqing No. 1", "Daqing No. [-]", "Guangjia", "Guangyi", "Guangbing", "Jingyuan", "Laiyuan" ", "Jingyuan" ten warships suddenly speeded up and rushed forward. After all, after the two battleships of the Qing Dynasty were seriously injured, they were unable to exert the power of the sidestring artillery. These ten warships could not even support for an hour. possibility of total destruction.

"General, the Qing warships lined up and rushed towards us."

"Looking for death, order 'Akitsusu' and 'Naniwa' to intercept the gunboats and torpedo ships of the Qing army. The four major battleships must sink the opponent's two battleships." Rear Admiral Takayama, the commander of the Japanese fleet this time, the captain of the flagship Kyushu .

The powerful lethality shown by cruisers such as "Chengfeng" and "Breaking Waves" against gunboats and torpedo ships is now fully demonstrated on the two cruisers "Akitsusu" and "Namiwa".

"boom……"

The "Jingyuan" gunboat was built in imitation of "Zhenyuan". In the Beiyang Fleet, it is known as a small town.But the production process is much rougher than that of Zhenyuan.The first is the splicing method of the armor belt. The thickest part of the waterline belt armor of "Jingyuan" has reached a very impressive 254mm, which seems to be extremely protective. However, this circle of steel "wall" is divided into upper, middle and lower layers. The thickness of the top layer is 254mm, and the thickness is 152mm. The transfer of the three layers of armor adopts a cumulative method similar to that of stacking arhats. Once the joint is hit, it is very easy to cause the armor belt to crack. dire consequences.

But this time, disaster happened.During the frenzied shelling of the new protected cruiser "Akitsusu" sold by the United Kingdom to Japan, the waterline belt armor on the port side of "Jingyuan" was hit. Part of it fell off, and the Japanese ships could even see the exposed steel beam ribs of the "Jingyuan" ship!Soon the Japanese artillery shells caused 23 serious fires on the main deck of "Jingyuan". Retrievably tilted to the left.

When all the warships were rushing forward together, only the "Jingyuan" was lying on the sea.However, shells were still fired at the Japanese cruisers, although they did not do any damage at all.

Seeing his companion fell on the way to charge, he could only watch silently.Wish them all the best! !

Although the side string secondary guns of "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" are basically idle, there is no extra artillery to control them.But the main gun on the bow is still sharp, and when charging forward with full horsepower, it uninterruptedly suppresses the powerful firepower of the four battleships "Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi" and "Katsuragi" that are intercepting frontally.

Under the cover of two [-]-ton battleships, "Changsheng" and "Invincible" also rushed forward very quickly.

At this time, an unexpected situation appeared on the battlefield again.

The Japanese cruiser "Qiujinzhou" that had just sunk "Jingyuan" just wanted to turn around and continue chasing the remaining Qing gunboats, but suddenly found that the rest of the Qing gunboats did not continue to rush forward, but started all over again.

This situation surprised Liichiro Komanto, and hurriedly ordered: "Full right rudder, hurry, get out of here." As the captain, he clearly knew that the speed of the ship reached a terrifying 26 knots. The ability is equally terrifying.

What's more, the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty were famous for their powerful short-range artillery. The Dagu Fort just built in the Qing Dynasty in Tianjin dared to say that it could sink all warships within 5000 meters because there were 20 coastal defense gunboats inside. As long as this kind of gunboat enters a distance of 5000 meters, it can produce huge lethality once it hits. This is the gunboat tailored by the French warship designer for the Qing Dynasty.French warships are famous in the world for their powerful artillery fire, which is now fully reflected in the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty.

"General, within a distance of 1000 meters, there are submarine torpedoes shuttling. It is impossible to speed up at all!" A soldier said with a gray face.

"It's better to encounter a torpedo than to be entangled by Qing's gunboat. Hurry up, turn the rudder full. Go!!" Koman Liichiro roared like crazy.

At this time, "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" have already entered the shooting range they are used to.

"boom……"

Although it is not within the effective range, the cannons are constantly fired in order to create the necessary pressure for the "Akitsuzhou" which has almost no defense.Sure enough, the continuous artillery suppression made "Qiujinzhou" retreat more quickly, and at the same time aimlessly responded to the artillery shells towards the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty! !

"boom……"

There was a loud noise from the bottom of the sea, and "Qiujinzhou" finally encountered a torpedo released by "Guangjia" in a hasty retreat.The bottom of the ship broke and water began to enter, but the displacement of 3150 tons can still make "Akitsuzhou" continue to retreat without interruption.

But it is obvious that the speed of "Qiujinzhou" has been significantly reduced after swallowing hundreds of tons of seawater in its stomach. Moreover, it has to avoid those torpedoes as far as possible after opening the distance from the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty. What fun.

Although the speed of the gunboat of the Qing Dynasty was only 12 knots, it actually extended the distance while driving at full speed.

The siege this time was not an order from Yan Fu, but faced with the pursuit and interception of Japanese cruisers, the gunboat with a speed of only 12 knots knew that it would not be able to rush through, or it might have been sunk after rushing over.

So they simply moved closer to the Japanese cruiser to kill each other.

"boom……"

There was another burst of gunfire, and "Qiujinzhou" was hit again by the Qing army's gunboat. This time it hit the storage room under the floor. The shells directly penetrated the thin deck, and the storage room was full of medium and large caliber The shells of the 203-meter caliber shells that came flying just hit here. As the shells exploded, a huge fireball burst out, followed by poisonous yellow smoke, and the ammunition piled up on the deck was ignited. Surrounded by deadly flames, they also exploded and burned one after another, and the stern of the "Akitsuzhou" ship turned into a world of fire in an instant.

The frightening 26-knot speed of this fly-like cruiser played an inestimable role in the entire naval battle.No one thought that the ship capsized in the gutter and was dealt with by the most inconspicuous gunboat in the entire naval battle.The 2000-ton gunboat "Laiyuan" became the hero of the entire naval battle. In the past two hours, "Nanxiang" and "Jingyuan" have been destroyed by its guns.

At this time, the last cruiser "Sea Wave" in the Japanese fleet also placed an order at the same time.But in the face of the impact of "Long Victory" and "Undefeated", "Supan" chose to avoid it very Meiji.Otherwise, what is waiting for it is likely to be the fate of returning to the sea.

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At the same time, "Ride the Wind", "Break the Waves", "Raise the Sail", "Flying Eagle", and "Sea Lion" approached the capital ships such as "Changsheng" at the rear of the battlefield. Although the two ironclad ships occupied the direct channel, they Unable to guard against the super fast speed of the Qing cruisers, Japan's honest ironclad ships can't catch up even if they go around in a big circle.

The two truncated fleets finally joined forces again, and the Japanese fleet had suffered heavy casualties at this time. Not only were four gunboats sunk, one was seriously injured, but the main cruisers "Akitsuzhou" and "Takachiho" were also hit. Shen, seeing the chips in his hand getting less and less.

What's more terrible is that at this time, the wind is blowing, and the sea of ​​Japan is full of white waves, and a summer storm is brewing. The war clerk on the "Changsheng" ship recorded in this way: the wind and waves were so strong that they hit from the side, so that all the warships bumped up and down and the ships moved slowly.The surge almost rushed to the bridge, and both lookout and ranging were impossible.Even the Qing No. [-] ship in front couldn't get a glimpse of the whole picture, it could only be seen disappearing in the waves.

But this storm became the life-saving straw of the Japanese fleet, and the fleet turned northeast to Hokkaido to evacuate.

"The weather suddenly changed, all fleets gather and return immediately." Yan Fu ordered.

This feint attack fleet had seventeen warships when it was launched, and now only the "Daqing No. [-]", "Daqing No. [-]", "Changsheng", "Unbeaten", "Chengfeng", and "Break the Waves" remained when it returned. ", "Flying Eagle", "Sea Lion", "Sail", "Jingyuan", "Laiyuan", "Guangjia", "Guangyi", thirteen warships, "Guangbing" sank during the return voyage, before When charging, he was shot by the "Kyushu" machine gun.

In Yokohama, "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Weiyuan" and "Jiyuan" were guarding outside the Yokohama Fort. After Deng Shichang wiped out the three gunboats guarding the fort and destroyed the entire fort, Feng Xianghua led two A teacher has logged in.

Two battle reports were sent to the capital at the same time.

Guan Xuqing seemed quite satisfied with such a result.Although the Japanese fleet was not completely wiped out, it was still strength that had already dealt a heavy blow to Japan.Today, in addition to the four main battleships in the Japanese fleet, there is only one "speed wave" cruiser, which can also be called the real opponent of the Qing Navy. The rest of the old-fashioned gunboats and iron-clad ships are not worth mentioning.

It is hard to imagine that if the Japanese really develop at the previous speed of development for another three to four years, they may really become the Qing's number one enemy in Asia.

It's a pity that neither the British nor the Japanese can hold their breath.This battle of national destiny broke out ahead of schedule, and it was lucky for Qing Dynasty.Japan obtained the four battleships and four cruisers provided by the United Kingdom, all of which can be regarded as super-class in Asia. Unfortunately, it lacks naval talents, and under poor command, the true strength of these eight warships has not been brought into play.

On the Qing side, after the previous two wars, a large number of commanding talents have emerged, and the soldiers have accumulated actual combat experience. Although the number and quality of advanced warships are at a disadvantage, both naval battles were against Japan. It was a tie.

But in terms of the army, the whole situation is reversed. The Qing Army is comparable to the British Royal Army.What's more, they were equipped with the most advanced mortars and grenades at that time, and these technologies were not available to the Japanese.

The logistics and military strength are even more dominant. The economic development of the Qing Dynasty in recent years has been quite rapid.One year's gross national product (that is, today's GDP) is worth five full years in Japan.

In terms of the number of the army, the regular army of the Qing Dynasty has 100 million people, and the reserve army (serving military service) has 100 million people.In other words, no matter how many people are knocked out on the front line, the rear can make up for it at any time.At that time, Japan's army had only 38 regular troops and 20 reserve troops. The gap was obvious.

The maritime superiority that the Japanese relied on for survival no longer exists, and the 5 Qing troops who landed in Yokohama wanted to plunge a knife directly into the heart of Japan.For the first time, the Japanese took a pessimistic attitude towards the prospect of war.

"Your Majesty, Yokohama has fallen now. The Qing army has already approached the city. In my opinion, Your Majesty should go to Hokkaido first. There are our warship escorts there. One day, my big Japan will still be able to make a comeback." Ito Hirobumi said embarrassingly.