Chapter 30 The Battle of Dadonggou (1)
After the combined fleet was commanded by Holy Yun, he left only a few small torpedo boats to assist the army in fully accepting Lushun, and then he returned to China with this hero's fleet.
As the flagship of the joint fleet, the "Fujima" was seriously damaged in this battle of Lushun. One boiler was completely scrapped, and the entire ship could only drive at a speed of 14 knots.
Among the bridge commanders, Captain Shikijima and Sabukie took the lead in raising their wine glasses to congratulate Youshijiu Yun for his victory. Other officers also raised their glasses one after another, smiling to Youshijiu Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Empire United Fleet, and the commander of this glorious battle.
Di Pingzhiyun also smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand to thank him. Although the army stipulated that it was not allowed to drink wine during the march, at this moment, the first battle was won, the army won, and the hero returned to triumphantly. It was not impossible to drink a drink when going back to celebrate the achievements.
The elite fleet of the Russian army was completely wiped out by the joint fleet in this battle. Then North Korea and even the entire northeast of the Qing Dynasty were the things in the Japanese Empire. The thorns that blocked the empire's progress had been removed one by one by the fleet. First, they wiped out the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty, and now they wiped out the elite fleet of the Pacific, Russia, the largest enemy of the empire. Yu Pingzhiyun seemed to see the applause like a tide after returning to China, and then they were regarded as the greatest national hero of the empire by the Japanese people!
Although it completely wiped out the Russian Pacific Fleet, its own combined fleet also suffered considerable losses. One of the four battleships sank from mines, and one was seriously injured by torpedoes, and it lost 4 destroyers, 6 warships of large and small, including torpedo boats, and the combat effectiveness of the entire combined fleet decreased by at least 40%.
Among the remaining two battleships, the flagship "Qijima" was the most seriously injured. Because it was a flagship, it was hit by a fierce counterattack by the Russian fleet before it died. It was hit by thousands of shots, and one boiler was completely scrapped, and finally escaped and did not sink. Fortunately, the battleship "Kaise" was not seriously injured, and its combat effectiveness was not greatly affected, and it suffered some minor injuries. Otherwise, the joint fleet would suffer heavy losses.
However, when Holy Yuushi thought of killing the five battleships of the Russian Pacific Fleet, more than ten destroyers and more than twenty torpedo boat cruisers at the cost of two battleships and four destroyers, he felt relieved. He had achieved such a great victory at such a small price, and the old men in the parliament must have nothing to say.
The next thing was to quickly bring the joint fleet back to Sasebo. After the repair was completed, he brought new warships to the Yellow Sea and waited for the Russian Pacific Second Fleet to rescue thousands of miles away.
What appeared in his mind was that he once again led the empire's greatest joint fleet to ambush the Russian Pacific Second Fleet, exhausted from rushing to the Yellow Sea, smashing Russia's last glimmer of hope on the Yellow Sea.
By that time, I will be the youngest god of war in the Great Japanese Empire!
Thinking of this, a signature smile appeared on the corner of the mouth of the Holy Yiyun, and drank the sake in the glass. At this time, a messenger ran in and hurriedly said: "Master Commander, I found an unknown cruiser in front of me. Look at the back mast of the ship with a Russian white background and blue cross St. Andrei flag hanging on the back mast! It seemed to be a Russian warship."
"Oh!" Ai Yusunoyun smiled contemptuously, took the binoculars handed over by his assistant and walked out of the bridge, heading towards the bow deck, and a group of officers followed him to see the poor Russian cruiser that hit the muzzle.
It was already dusk at this time, and the afterglow of the sunset shone on the Yellow Sea, reflecting the entire sea surface into a golden color. With the horizon putting down the telescope, he had already seen clearly that there was a lonely Russian cruiser on the sea level in front of him.
Since the Russian Pacific Fleet has completely wiped out, they don’t mind the last gift from the Russian army. With the order from the Holy Side, the entire army will immediately accelerate and surround the Russian destroyer in front. Their faces are full of jokes, as if the cruiser on the distant sea level is like a rat in the palm of his hand. Before killing, they will ravage them to their fullest.
At this time, the sentry on the mast sentry came from: "The Russian ship has discovered that this fleet is fleeing southwest!"
A Holy Sui ordered: "Let the two cruisers of Akitsushi and Langsu pursue, and the rest of the ships move with the flagship to encircle the Russian warships!"
When the officers on the bow deck heard the commander's order, they all looked at each other and knew it was obvious that this was a game of cat-catching mice. It seemed that the commander wanted to have some fun before eating it.
As the "Akitsushi" and "Langsu" quickly sailed out of the formation and chased the Russian ships several nautical miles away at high speed.
At the speed of 26 knots and 24 knots in the "Akitsushi" two ships, there is no such fast warship in the Russian Pacific Fleet that can escape safely, and it is only a matter of time before they are caught up.
Soon, a dense sound of cannons came out from afar. It seemed that the two ships and the Russian ship had fought.
The news continued to be heard from the Mast Shou: "The Russian ** ship took the lead in launching a counterattack and continued to flee to the southwest. During the counterattack, the speed was no slower than the two warships of our team."
Hearing this news, Yu Pingyu immediately became interested. The Russian army actually had such a fast warship? This surprised him a little, and then ordered: "Continue to pursue, be sure to intercept it. If you refuse to surrender, sink it on the spot!"
Then, the flag-speaking soldiers on the mast waved the signal flag and passed the flagship's orders to the two ships "Akizushi" and "Langsu" who were pursuing from afar.
The captain of the Shikijima and Sago Bingwei looked at the two ships gradually disappearing from their sight. They felt a little uneasy in their hearts. Then they put down their telescopes and said to Yui Yui, who was blushing, "It seems a bit inappropriate to pursue them rashly!"
Ai Dijitsuyoshi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I thought Lord He Zuo was the bravest warrior in the empire, but I didn't expect that he was so scared by a small Russian warship that he was hesitant. Now, who else can dominate the United Fleet in the Yellow Sea? The traumatized Russian Pacific Fleet? Or the Qing Dynasty's untitled Beiyang Fleet? Haha!"
He Sabu Bingwei was scolded by Yui Nobuyoshi and blushed when everyone was scolded. As an empire, the samurai was criticized by the commander and was timid. Perhaps as the commander said, who else can compete with the joint fleet of the Great Japanese Empire in the Yellow Sea now!
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Nighthawk Airship Report: "The Japanese fleet sent two cruisers to start chasing! Successfully luring the enemy!"
Listening to the information coming from the radio, a cheer came from the command room of the "Longwei" bridge. Ye Zugui glanced at Tang Jian beside him, and was amazed: Lord Tang is really predictable, everything is going step by step according to his plan.
On the tall lookout mast of Zhenyuan, a lookout soldier discovered the "Haitian" rushing towards this side. The "Haitian" ship was filled with thick smoke. It seemed that he had hit several shells. Behind the "Haitian" ship, two Japanese ships were chasing behind, and several flames were spewing out of the gun from time to time.
The lookouts quickly reported: "The Japanese ship has been discovered and is approaching our team!" While the sentry reported, the Russian naval flag was lowered from the "Haitian" and replaced it with the Beiyang Navy's Huanglong sword flag. However, the "Akijinzhou" attacked fiercely behind did not notice this subtle change, but pursued fiercely, hoping to make another military achievements.
Perhaps, the two ships "Langsu" and "Akitsu" did not find that they had entered a long-standing ambush circle.
Upon receiving the news from the "Zhenyuan", Tang Jian quickly ordered: "According to the plan, our team will quickly seize the "Ding" position."
The captain of the Akitsushi Captain Mitsunonomiya held the telescope and kept staring at the Russian warships in front of him with thick smoke. He continued to command the artillery bombardment in an orderly manner, hoping to sink the Russian warships before the Langsu and make military achievements.
Suddenly, the lookout soldiers on the mast mail shouted in horror: "Report to Colonel Uemura, an unknown fleet was found in front of him!"
Yoshinoyuki Umura was frightened and let out a cold sweat: "How could there be an unknown fleet?" Yoshinoyuki Umura raised his telescope again and looked at the lookout post to find the unknown fleet's direction. Sure enough, a fleet of waiting appeared on the sea level ahead, and the posture was clearly waiting for a long time.
As soon as he saw this, Yoshinoyuki Umura suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness. Yoshinoyuki Umura was just determined to pursue the Russian warships in front. In addition, the thick smoke from the Russian warships in front ignored the unknown fleet in the distance.
Yoshinori Umura focused on observing the Russian warships being pursued. He was immediately startled when he saw it. The Russian ship, which had just hung the Russian naval flag, had already raised the Beiyang Navy Huanglong flag.
As soon as he saw this, Yonoyou Umura immediately understood what was going on. The conspiracy was definitely a conspiracy!
Based on the intuition of the soldiers, Yoshinori Utumura decisively ordered: "The left rudder is full! Return to the voyage!", and now it is still too late to turn around.
The Langsuo returned the full rudder of the Akitsutsu and immediately discovered what happened. The same left rudder attempted to escape with the Akitsutsutsu.
Tang Jian raised his telescope and looked at the two ships that were about to escape in the distance. A confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and immediately ordered: "The gunner of the main ship is ready, and the gun is fired in ten seconds!"
From time to time, Yoshinoyuki Umura stared at the two strange battleships in the center of the Beiyang Fleet in the distance: "When will the Beiyang Navy have such a large displacement battleship?" At the same time, he also saw that the hideous muzzles on the two battleships were rapidly adjusting their height, as if they were about to shoot.
Yoshinoyuki Umura looked at the muzzle of the battleships in the distance uneasy, and his sense of uneasiness in his heart increased. Although he could tell at a glance that the navy of the Beiyang Fleet had a tendency to shoot at such a long distance, he was obviously a novice. At such a distance, the hit rate was basically negligible. However, because the "Akizushi" was chasing with all its might, the speed was already the largest. Although it was now full of rudders, the inertia still allowed the "Akizushi" to keep approaching the Beiyang Fleet.
The "Akizushi" that reached the extreme speed must pass the "u" type steering before approaching the Beiyang Navy's effective range atmosphere for 5,000 meters. Fortunately, when it was approaching 7,000 meters, "Akizushi" had already reached the bottom of the "u" type, but the entire ship was invisibly exposed!
"Boom...", "Dragon Power", "Dragon Soul" and the four triple-equipped main guns fired the first wave of volleys!
Yoshinoyuki Umura looked at the two main battleships of the Beiyang Navy in the distance in surprise, and balls of fireballs ejected, followed by the huge sound of cannons that followed!
"Are they crazy? Fire the fire at such a distance!" This was the first thought that came out of Uemura Yonoyuki. However, the flying shells on the sea were blown up by several feet high in the water wall!
"How is that possible?" Yoshinoyuki Umura became scared quickly. The explosion of air waves just now pushed him. He raised his telescope again and looked at the battleship of the Beiyang Navy in the distance.
Shoot at such a long distance! What kind of warship is this? Yoshinoyuki Kumura stared at the strangely shaped Beiyang Navy battleship in the distance in horror.
At the moment of shelling, he saw three flames rising from the cannons on one of the main battleships at the same time. This is different from the shooting method of any warship in the world's double-mounted main gun.
Could it be a triple-mounted device? How could it be, how could the Chinese pig have such an advanced main gun?
This time, Yonoyuki Umura saw the turrets on the two main battleships in the distance being quickly adjusted. The one just happened to be the first round of test shots!
Can the test shoot be so close and so accurate?
"Quick, the left rudder is full! Accelerate!" Guamura Yoshinobu shouted hysterically, the anxiety just now had completely turned into deep fear.
Chapter completed!