Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Now Akitsusu and Sanjing are facing such a problem.

The 152mm rapid-fire cannon originally produced by Armstrong could not penetrate the Hanzu's armor at all when it faced more than 300mm of armor.

As for the Hanzu's 280mm heavy artillery, although it was slow to load, just having to hit it would be a disaster for the Qiujinzhou and the Sanjing.

What's more, behind the Hanzu, there is a Qinhuang equipped with 12 305mm guns.

Seeing that the Sakura Kingdom navy was dividing its forces and wanted to divide itself, Wang Hongchang was not polite and ordered the Qinhuang to turn its guns and aim at the Qiujinzhou.

At this time, the Qinhuang was only 4000 meters away from Qiujin Continent. At such a distance, a 305mm shell could make Qiujin Continent half disabled.

The Qinhuang, hiding behind the Hanzu, calmly aimed its main gun at the Qiujinzhou. The captain of Akitsusu, Uemura Hikonosei, was so frightened that he suddenly felt like he was dead, and ordered Akitsusu to immediately turn to evade.

But by this time, it was too late.

The Qinhuang roared immediately, and ten shells weighing hundreds of kilograms roared directly towards Qiujinzhou.

At such a distance, with the most advanced fire control and targeting system, Akitsusu is unavoidable.

In just one round, Qiu Jinzhou was hit by four shells.

Two hits hit the broadside, one on the Cambridge, and one on the ammunition magazine below the Cambridge.

With a roar, Qiujinzhou was directly blown into two pieces. There's not even a chance for redress.

More than [-] Sakuras in the entire ship sank to the bottom of the sea along with the Akitsusu.

After taking care of Qiujinzhou, the Qinhuang aimed its guns at the Sanjing.

The Sanjing, who witnessed Akitsusu being taken away by a salvo, did not hesitate at all, turned around and fled towards the Sakura Kingdom fleet.

However, the direction of his escape was not quite right. He was right between the Wang Jian and the Yashima, and was only 3500 meters away from the Wang Jian.

Wang Jian saw the Sanjing coming to his door, so why not fight?

Therefore, the Wang Jian directly lowered its muzzle and fired a salvo at the Sanjing. The 152mm main ship gun roared immediately.

I don’t know whether the Wang Jian was extremely lucky or the Sanjing was extremely unlucky.

It was the Wang Jian's casual attack in a hurry that directly penetrated the Sanjing's stern. One exploded at the rudder of the Sanjing, directly blowing off the connecting rod of the rudder, causing the rudder of the Sanjing to sink to the bottom of the sea.

The other shot was even more outrageous. It directly penetrated the Sanjing's stern armor and exploded inside it. Fortunately, it survived and destroyed the Sanjing's power transmission device.

This turned the Sanjing into a large coffin floating on the sea. When the captain of the Sanjing saw this, he could only give the order to abandon the ship.

After Wang Hongchang and the others finished dealing with Akijinzhou and Sanjing, Fuso and Hashidate were still 4500 meters away from Wang Hongchang.

At this time, only a little more than an hour had passed since Wang Hongchang and the others started the war against the Sakura Kingdom, but the Sakura Kingdom had already lost three warships.

At this time, the Fuso and Hashidate didn't know whether they should continue to rush forward or turn around and escape immediately.

Togo Heihachiro, who was riding on the lifeboat, looked at the battle situation in front of him, his eyes widened, and a horrified expression covered his ugly old face.

"Nani! How is it possible! The Daxia fleet is so powerful?" Togo Heihachiro said in disbelief.

Heyuan Yaoyi next to him was also panicking at this time. He did not expect that Daxia's battleships were so powerful. They sank three of his main battleships in just one hour. As for Daxia, it can be said that it was unscathed.

"Your Majesty Commander, what should we do now?" Heyuan Yaoyi asked in a panic.

When Togo Heihachiro heard Kawahara Yoichi's words, he didn't know how to answer.

He wanted to fight to the death with Daxia's fleet head-on, but the result was that he was pressed to the ground and rubbed by Daxia's fleet.

But when they wanted to divide each other, they found that the closer they were to Daxia's warships, the more powerful the artillery of Daxia's new warships became.

It seems that now, there is no way to escape. As for whether he can run away, it all depends on whether the Daxia people chase him or not.

After much thought, Togo Heihachiro decided to retreat.

After all, it is now obvious that the battleships of the Sakura Empire are weaker than Daxia in all aspects. It would be unwise to choose to fight against the Daxia people at this time. It is better to tear off the battleships and preserve the naval strength.

Wait until there are enough defeats, and then fight to the death with the Daxia people.

After thinking about this clearly, Togo Heihachiro immediately gave the order to the sailors, asking them to row quickly, try to reach the Yashima as early as possible, and issue the order to retreat.

But it seemed like God was really joking with him again.

Fuso and Hashidate finally discovered that if they went up in time to continue to execute the order to divide the Daxia fleet, they would die, and then directly choose to make a big turn and prepare to retreat.

When Wang Hongchang saw that the Fuso and the Hashidate were preparing to escape, he stopped caring about the Fuso and Hashidate, and instead pointed the muzzle directly at the Yashima.

With the addition of the Qinhuang, the firepower attacking the Yashima became even more intense. After just two rounds, the Yashima was hit and caught fire, killing and injuring a large number of sailors.

The remaining sailors were required to put out the fire, which resulted in the Yashima's firepower being reduced by more than half.

However, the Yashima was the target of Wang Hongchang's focus, and his misfortune was far from over. In the third and fourth rounds of fleet salvos, the Yashima was hit consecutively.

The entire ship was penetrated, and a large amount of seawater poured in, causing the bow of the Yashima to sink directly into the seawater.

The top-heavy Yashima had its stern lifted high, and the huge weight caused the Yashima to break into two pieces in the middle, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The whole process took no more than five minutes.

Seeing this scene, whether it was Togo Heihachiro or the other battleship captains of Sakura Kingdom, they all felt their scalps numb.

In less than an hour and a half, four battleships of Sakura Kingdom were sunk, and the commanders were changed twice.

At this time, the Sakura Kingdom Navy also realized that whoever dares to raise the command flag will be the next victim.

Faced with an opponent that he could not defeat, but who would be seriously injured if he hit him, everyone in the Sakura Navy felt a sense of panic and helplessness.

It can be said that they have no intention of fighting, so at this time, there is no need for Togo Heihachiro to issue any orders. They, the captains, are all thinking about retreating.

Again, the Sakura Empire at this time is not the Sakura Empire in the nuclear war era, and their thoughts have not been poisoned so seriously.

The Navy's thinking is higher than that of the Army, so the Navy is more sober than the Army.

When they face an invincible opponent, the first thing they need to consider is to preserve their own strength in order to fight again.

Just like before the great battle three years ago, when the Daxia Empire's navy sailed warships to their port, the Sakura Navy still did not dare to say a word.

Because they know that their navy's wealth is only this small. If it is destroyed, it will really be gone.