The night was already deep, and the sky had no stars or moon. The thick dark clouds blocked the sky so that even a trace of starlight could not be revealed. The entire sky was covered with dark and thick darkness, and only the sound of the waves rolling were heard. The lights on each warship appeared and disappeared in the darkness like thick ink, as if the stars were flashing.

In the command of the Kunming ship, the lights were bright, and every soldier on the operating table was carefully watching the display screen in front of him and constantly reporting various data to the podium.

The visibility tonight is not high, less than twenty meters. In this era, sailing at sea at such a night is a very dangerous thing, and no matter what other things are, it is impossible to distinguish the direction at sea. However, for several warships passing through, this is not a problem at all. Each warship has advanced radar, sonar, navigation system, and the route and water have been clearly surveyed, so it is basically no different from the daytime. On the contrary, such a night that is almost invisible to the action of the fleet.

At this time, the navigator Jiang Feng said: "Captain, we are only a mile away from the reserved sea area."

Shang Jinfeng bowed his head and said, "What time is now?"

Jiang Feng said: "It is expected to enter the scheduled waters in 7 minutes."

Shang Jinfeng bowed his head and said, "Report the locations of other ships."

Jiang Feng said: "The other ships are about 1,000 meters behind us, only the Changbai Mountain ship is 16 nautical miles behind."

Among the several warships that crossed, the Kunming ship had the fastest speed, reaching the knot, the Yueyang ship, the Sanya ship, the Xiangyang ship, and the Huaihua ship were all 7 knots. However, the economic speed of these five warships was 18 knots, because the Kunming ship used diesel hybrid power, gas wheels at high speed, and diesel engines at low speed. The Changbaishan ship was not a combat warship, and the speed was not high, with a maximum speed of only 1 knot and an economic speed of only 16 knots. Therefore, although they set out together, when they were about to reach the predetermined sea area, the Changbaishan ship was more than ten nautical miles behind. However, this did not affect the combat.

Shang Jinfeng looked at Xiao Jianjun sitting in the command seat of the formation and said, "Chief of Staff, please give the order."

After conquering Tianjin, Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng had basically withdrawn from the front line, but were in charge of the overall situation. Therefore, this time in the attack on Shandong, only Xiao Jianjun fought with the fleet and was responsible for the full command. Shang Jinfeng, the captain of the Kunming ship, assisted Xiao Jianjun.

After this battle, Xiao Jianjun also had to withdraw from the front-line combat command and do his best to take charge of the General Staff. In the future battle, several captains would start to stand alone. This time, Shang Jinfeng would also adapt to the new position. After all, commanding fleet operations is a completely different experience than commanding single-ship operations. Xiao Jianjun also served as captain for a period of time, so he naturally understood this truth, so he said: "Reduce the speed to 15 knots, notify the Xiangyang ships, Huaihua ships, and go to the predetermined sea area to meet us, notify the Yueyang ships and Sanya ships, and order them to leave the formation and rush to their predetermined sea area."

Weihai Bay is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the coast is almost semicircular, the mountains on both sides of the north and south are steep and the coastline is winding. Weihaiwei is located on the northwest coast of Weihai Bay. Liugong Island lies quietly on the mouth of Weihai Bay, which becomes a natural barrier for the bay. It divides the mouth of Weihai Bay into two north and south, with a narrow north entrance, about 1,600 meters wide and 4.5 meters deepest, which is the main channel to Weihai. Although the south entrance is relatively wide, reaching 4,500 meters, the deepest is only 19.8 meters. There is also an island in the middle of the south entrance called Ri Island, which divides the south entrance into two. Therefore, generally large ships enter and exit Weihai Bay and go to the north entrance.

After the UK leased Weihaiwei, it mainly strengthened the defense of the north entrance. It set up 16 artillery pieces at the Beishankou Fort in the north of Weihai Bay, which were listed on six artillery pieces, including 8-inch (0 mm) caliber heavy artillery pieces, guarding the north entrance; and at the southern entrance of Weihai Bay, only 8 artillery pieces were set up on Ri Island and four artillery pieces, but only two 6-inch (15 mm) caliber guns. In addition, 8 artillery pieces were set up on Qishan on Liugong Island, including two 8-inch caliber heavy artillery pieces, which not only protects Liugong Island, but also supports north-south exits.

However, compared with the heyday of the Beiyang Navy when it was stationed in Weihai Guard, there were more than 0 large turrets and more than 160 various artillery pieces, including more than 10 Knuber heavy artillery with a caliber of 80 mm, which is completely incomparable.

The predetermined waters crossing the fleet are about 1 kilometer north of the northern entrance of Weihai Bay, with the north entrance of Weihai Bay as the main attack direction. First, the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship use artillery to destroy the Beishankou Fortress, and then the Changbaishan ship conducts two landing operations. The Yueyang ship and Sanya ships rushed to the southern entrance of Weihai Bay to set up an ambush to intercept the fleeing British ships.

After Shang Jinfeng ordered, the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship immediately left the fleet and headed towards the southern entrance of Weihai Bay. The Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship came to the Kunming ship. Ten minutes later, the three warships entered the predetermined waters. At this time, the fleet's commander-in-chief Xiao Jianjun officially ordered to prepare for battle.

The officers and soldiers on the three warships immediately took action. The command center switched the operating system to combat mode, and the gun department divided a number of soldiers, came to the deck, removed the cannon jackets of the ship. In the command center, the soldiers operating the cannon also input the fire control data into the system. At the same time, on the helicopter platform behind the Kunming ship, a z-000 drone took off and flew towards Weihai Bay.

Five minutes later, the drone flew over Weihai Bay and sent the scene of Weihai Bay back to the Kunming ship. Although it was dark, the z-000 drone was equipped with a thermal imaging camera, so it could still illuminate all scenes clearly. The system on the Kunming ship was also busy computing, comparing and correcting the images captured by the drone with the data detected before. In the entire command center, there were almost no other sounds except for the keyboard tapping sound and the prompt sound emitted by the computer.

As time passed one by one, the Guns and Cannon Department first reported: the data was corrected and the bombardment could be fired. Then someone reported that it was here in the early morning.

Xiao Jianjun looked at the clock and recorded the time again from scratch, saying: "Five shots are fired continuously."

With Xiao Jianjun's order, Li Juntao, the squad leader of the Gun and Electric Power Department who was responsible for operating the naval gun, required the firing data to be sent into the system, then pressed the firing button, and said in a deep voice: "Fire."

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Five consecutive huge roars ejected orange flames from the h/pj8 single-tube 10mm naval cannon at the head of Kunming ship, which looked very dazzling on a dark night.

The target of the first round of artillery was the Beishankou Fort. Because two 8-inch heavy artillery were equipped on this turret, it naturally became the first target for the crossing fleet to attack. Although the night was dark, from the porthole of the Kunming ship, you could still see the shore and emit dazzling flames. Of course, the officers and soldiers of the command center saw the picture sent back by the drone. Although the thermal imaging screen was black and white, you could still see clearly that at least two shells hit the range of the turret, and the other three shells were not far behind. The parameters of the Ming Navy gun were correct.

Soon, the percentage of the five shells hit the explosion also came out. The explosion hit rate of one shell exceeded 50%, while the explosion hit rate of the other shell also reached 9.%. None of the other three shots hit.

After hearing this, Xiao Jianjun bowed his head and said, "Transfer the shooting parameters to the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship, continue to fire, five consecutive shots, and two rounds of artillery attacks."

After the order was passed, the three warships opened fire almost at the same time. The sound of artillery roared and the flames appeared. The shells were densely packed and bombarded the shore. Highlights of flames burst out continuously on the shore base, which was very eye-catching.

After the three warships carried out two rounds of artillery bombings, the Beishankou Fort was beaten beyond recognition, and the two 8-inch caliber heavy artillery were obviously destroyed. It was only then that the sound of artillery sounds came from the shore base, and the British counterattack was finally belated.

There were only a few loud "boom boom" sounds, which aroused several water columns on the sea surface, but they were at least a thousand meters away from several warships, and there was no threat.

It turned out that the British army guarding the Weihai Guard never expected that the Time Traveler would attack the Weihai Guard at this time. You should know that the British Empire dominated the world for more than a hundred years. Last time someone took the initiative to attack the British Empire and pursued the Napoleon era. Since Lunco, although Russia and Britain still competed, the polar bears did not dare to go to war with Britain easily, and the Boer War was the first to be provoked by the British. Although the Time Traveler had previously issued a stern statement, which was believed by the UK to declare war on various countries, in the British judgment, the Time Traveler should attack Beijing instead of turning back and raiding the Weihai Guard. Therefore, there was no defense at all in the Weihai Guard.

As a result, the first round of artillery attacks of the fleet stunned the British. Three consecutive rounds of artillery attacks were destroyed, and the number of turrets was completely destroyed. Fortunately, although the British did not expect that the time travelers would attack Weihai Guard, there were still regular garrisons. There were soldiers on each turret on guard. Therefore, after they came back to their senses, the soldiers on other turrets hurriedly pushed out the artillery, filled the shells, and fired back.

However, two 8-inch caliber heavy artillery were destroyed. Now the strongest artillery of the Beishankou Fort is 4 6-inch caliber guns. Although 6-inch caliber can be regarded as heavy artillery in the army, it can only be regarded as medium-caliber guns in the navy. In terms of power and range, it cannot be compared with 8-inch cannons.
Chapter completed!