The Rise of the Empire

boom! A column of smoke soared into the sky from the battlefield, and then the sound of a violent explosion reached the ears of officers and soldiers on both sides. Just a few seconds ago, a 280MM shell penetrated the waterline hull of the Itsukushima, and then It hit the ammunition depot under the main turret of the Itsukushima without hindrance! For a warship that doesn't even have a waterline armor belt, this blow is undoubtedly fatal!

In less than a second, the fuze ignited more than ten kilograms of gunpowder in the bomb body, and the entire ammunition depot was instantly ignited! The soaring flames cut the battleship in half like a sharp sword! Even the half-pulled hull was blown to pieces! This battleship that the Japanese were once proud of struggled on the sea for less than ten minutes and sank to the bottom of the sea! At this time, Yang Yonglin's fleet and his opponent are 3V3! If nothing else, the survival time of the other three Japanese cruisers can only be counted in minutes!

However, the advantage of the local battlefield cannot determine the outcome of this war. When the half-pulled hull of the Itsukushima was still floating on the water, the Japanese fast fleet headed by the Kasuga was like cavalry passing by at high speed. The team's flanks were a mess!

In history, the two obsolete cruisers that were super brave and mighty only lasted for half an hour under the attack of the first guerrilla fleet, but in this plane, it took less than 20 minutes to kill each other with the enhanced version of the first tour! A first-class cruiser, two top-notch second-class cruisers, and a third-class cruiser, with more than 30 medium-caliber and above rapid-fire guns on the side strings, cleanly smashed the two old-style cruisers into pieces with high-explosive shells. It was a short stagger, and the Beiyang Fleet lost two warships!

However, the sacrifices of Chaoyong and Yangwei are not meaningless. The main force of the Beiyang Fleet headed by Dingzhen has been inserted into the formation of the other 5 Japanese cruisers. The 12 warships of the two sides are fighting together! And in this war of old ships, the Beiyang Fleet once again had an advantage!

The first to be besieged was the pillar of the Japanese Navy in the 1970s, the main force in the 1980s, and the soy sauce in the 1990s-the iron-clad ship Fuso. This former overlord of the Far East is now very old! And the good news is that this battleship happened to be blocked by two ironclad warships in Dingzhen!

The 7 medium-caliber rapid-fire guns and several 305MM cannons of the two warships smashed directly at the Fuso! Although both warring parties bear the name of the ironclad ship, it is obvious that the gold content inside is not the same! Dingzhen's armor belt has thickness and height, while Fusang's armor belt has neither height nor thickness. Not only is it afraid of large-caliber artillery, but it is also afraid of sweeping the deck! There are almost no advantages!

Accompanied by a group of dazzling red fireballs flying out of the muzzle, the 305MML25 large-caliber naval gun retreated suddenly, and then switched back with the help of the reset machine. Although the terrace gun was still used and the loading equipment was still outdated, but Because of the use of a new type of smokeless gunpowder, the aiming speed of the artillery has been increased, and the rate of fire has also been improved to a certain extent. And the high-explosive bombs filled with picric acid explosives make these artillery a deadly weapon! At a distance of 1500 meters, Dingyuan made its first hit!

This shell was accurately concentrated in the gun room in the middle of the Fusang hull. The fundamental reason why the Fusang is called a gun room battleship is that most of its firepower is concentrated in the gun room in the middle of the hull! Its most important weapons - four 240MM artillery are in the gun room! And there are no compartments!

This 305MM heavy artillery hit a home run! After destroying a 240MM artillery, the scattered shrapnel detonated the ammunition piled next to it at the same time! Subsequently, one after another explosion sounded from the gun room, and fire dragons spewed out from the gun muzzle and the damaged deck. The entire gun room was like a huge torch, and the raging fire spread to the entire deck!

And then the rapid-fire guns on the side strings of the two ironclad ships kept leaning towards each other with high-explosive shells! Coupled with the cannon fire on the battle mast,

Countless shrapnel harvested the Japanese naval officers and soldiers who were trying to put out the fire, and the rain of bullets tore a person into pieces like an erratic giant, leaving only a pool of blood or charred corpses, indicating that there was a time here. There is a living person!

This battleship, which was in service in 1878, was struggling under the attack of two warships. Countless shells jumped on the side strings and decks of the hull, and flames and thick smoke even entered the engine room. Either suffocate to death, and under the scorching of the flames, pipes and boilers failed. It is really difficult for this battleship that has been nearby for 16 years to persist!

On the other side, under Lin Yongsheng's command, Jingyuan and Laiyuan bit the Kaohsiung and Chikushi tightly. Although Jingyuan can only be regarded as average, relying on limited armor protection and relatively excellent artillery skills, the two Beiyang ironclad ships still suppressed their opponents! The slow and precise shooting wounded the Chikushi and temporarily withdrew from the battle, while the Kaohsiung had to face the baptism of bullets from six medium-caliber artillery.

Kaohsiung's wooden shell is obviously the best fuel for the flames. The blue-green flames emitting deadly poisonous gas spread along the wooden boards, and the steel structure brackets began to deform and become brittle under the burning of the flames. Accompanied by bursts of tooth-piercing distorted sounds, the hull structure of the Kaohsiung collapsed in pieces, and the Japanese soldiers who could not dodge in the future were burned to coke. A battleship turned into a purgatory!

But at this moment, the four fast cruisers led by Kasuga completed a double kill again! The two battleships Guangjia and Guangbing, which were relatively far behind, were destroyed by dense rapid-fire guns and high-explosive bombs. Afterwards, the four cruisers drew a circle on the sea and sailed towards Pingyuan!

When the rapid-fire artillery on the Kasuga shrouded the Pingyuan, there was another loud noise on the distant battlefield! A huge fireball rose into the sky, which meant that another battleship was destroyed! The unlucky child Hashidate finally couldn't bear it anymore! Although it was not hit by Kaiyuan's main gun, the fire caused by the high-explosive bombs spread along the same path in the hull and ignited the propellant packs on the egg feeding equipment. Accompanied by a series of explosions, the whole The stern part of the battleship quickly entered the water, and under the action of gravity, even the capital of the ship was slightly tilted. Accompanied by the tooth-piercing sound of metal breaking and the sound of the structure collapsing, the battleship was finally finished!

"Admiral Ding may not be able to hold on anymore." Scheer said with some concern, looking at the Beiyang Fleet in the distance surrounded by a group of Japanese ships. At this time, Ding Ruchang had only 5 warships under his command, of which the Pingyuan would be destroyed soon. Facing the fierce firepower of the 4 cruisers, the Pingyuan could not escape and could not be defeated.

And if every cruiser is destroyed, then under the cover of the firepower of the Japanese fleet, the success rate of lightning strikes will be very high. The Japanese torpedo boats that have been hovering around the battlefield are like sharks smelling blood, ready to rush up and take a bite at any time!

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