The Rise of the Empire

"The Yoshino is over!" The violent vibration directly threw Togo Heihachiro from the floor. When he fell on the floor, he could feel the battleship tilting rapidly, and it might capsize in a few minutes! "This is already the second battleship, I'm such a disaster!" Dongxiang said to himself mockingly.

And just when Togo Heihachiro was considering whether to learn from some of his predecessors and battleships, the Japanese fleet also made achievements during this period. Under the attack of the two cruisers Takasago and Akashi, the Jingyuan also came The end of life! The loss of personnel on board was heavy, all the artillery above the medium caliber was lost, and the fire could no longer be contained. When the Yoshino was sunk, all the Jingyuan could do was to evacuate the station line and run aground on the beach.

After some fierce fighting, Yang Yonglin's fleet finally equalized the situation! Kaiyuan and Zhiyuan faced the three cruisers Kasuga, Takasago, and Akashi. In a short period of time, it was at least 50-50. After a long time, it was estimated that it would be 50-50. The combat effectiveness of the Zhiyuan ship was greatly reduced. Kasuga is not without loss! Both sides realized at the same time that it would be difficult to eliminate the opponent before the ammunition and manpower were exhausted!

The fleets of both sides have reached the point of exhaustion, not only the fast fleet, but also the fighting between the main fleets has also entered garbage time! However, unlike the Beiyang fleet that gradually tied its disadvantages in the battle of the fast fleet, in terms of the main fleet, the Beiyang fleet changed from an advantage to a tie.

It's not that the Beiyang Fleet did not fight well, but that as time went by, three warships including Matsushima, Takachiho, and Chiyoda rejoined the battlefield after completing their own rescue, leaving the only five remaining warships of the Beiyang Fleet at a disadvantage! No way, the quantity gap is too big!

Pingyuan couldn't hold on at first, and this warship, which had been under the care of the Japanese fast fleet, soon sank under the attacks of Matsushima and Hiei. At this time, Japan has lost two battleships Fuso and Kaohsiung. The situation at this time is that the two ironclad ships of Beiyang Dingzhen led the Pingyuan and Jingyuan against the six Japanese warships of Matsushima, Takachiho, Chiyoda, Kongo, Hiei, and Chikushi, as well as a bunch of torpedo boats!

The two ironclad warships in Dingzhen are really powerful. The Beiyang Fleet with these two warships as the core is fully resisting the siege of the remaining Japanese fleet. Historically, the Japanese fleet failed to deal with these two warships in the final stage of the Yellow Sea battle. In this plane, the Japanese fleet has no way to deal with the strengthened firepower. Simple rapid-fire guns are difficult to completely Destroyed, while the torpedo attacks were again and again neutralized by the two cruisers.

However, Dingzhen can only protect itself at best. The rare 120MM rapid-fire guns without protection have lost more than half as the battle continues, and the disadvantage in speed also makes Dingzhen only repel the opponent but cannot expand its advantage. After the fierce battle, the Beiyang Fleet's own team was on the defensive instead. And the group of Japanese cruisers in the distance are like a pack of wolves ready to come up and tear a piece of meat at any time!

The speed advantage of the three Japanese fast cruisers gave them the right to choose to fight, and the positions of the main guns of the two Dingzhen ships were really painful. This gave the opponent a chance to ask the Japanese. A Japanese fast cruiser circled to the back and covered Dingzhen's rear artillery positions with dense high-explosive bombs.

In order to cover the two most powerful warships in the Beiyang Fleet, the Jingyuan bravely stood between Dingzhen and the Japanese fleet! High-explosive bombs poured down like raindrops, and the already scarred Jingyuan walked through the flame storm, using his body to cover the friendly forces.

"Attack Hiei!" Just as the situation was gradually tilting towards the Japanese fleet, a 305MM artillery shell from Zhenyuan hit the Hiei which was a little closer, and a huge fireball rose from the middle of the hull, raging flames The storm mixed with shrapnel completely swept away the entire boiler root! Then the flames and gunpowder smoke poured back into the boiler room, causing several boilers to go out, and Hiei, who was alive and kicking a minute ago, immediately became a dead fish floating on the sea!

Once a battleship of more than 2,000 tons loses its maneuverability, it is only a matter of time before it sinks! Facing the approaching Dingzhen battleship,

This battleship can't even move! At a distance of several hundred meters, the sidestring of the Hiei, which had become uncontrollable, faced the powerful 305MM artillery. The Japanese above even jumped into the sea in despair, and after the last few rounds of shooting, there was a violent explosion. Several large breaches at the waterline of the hull sank the battleship within minutes.

And this almost 1-for-1 fight did not end the battle on this battlefield! When the figure of Hiei disappeared from the sea, the Japanese fleet launched the last wave of attack! More than ten torpedo boats of various types began to attack Dingzhen from all directions. The Jingyuan, which had been attacked by three Japanese cruisers for more than 20 minutes, also sank slowly. When the Japanese lightning strike force launched an attack, Beiyang There are only 3 warships in this team! And the only cruiser, Pingyuan, was also scarred!

The two ironclad warships in Dingzhen rushed out of the encirclement like angry behemoths, and the torpedo boats of the Beiyang Fleet also rushed up to intercept them. These small warships fought hard with machine guns and rapid-fire guns within 1,000 meters or even 500 meters! The torpedoes and shells scattered in the air interweave into fire nets in the sea and in the air! From time to time, torpedo boats were torn to pieces by the violent flames.

Although the Beiyang Fleet tried its best to block the opponent's torpedo boats, with the overwhelming fire support of the Japanese cruiser fleet, some torpedo boats always approached the target. The Kitty Hawk torpedo boat is the torpedo boat with the best performance, the fastest speed, and the largest tonnage in the Japanese Navy. ! After destroying the No. 1 left torpedo boat of the Beiyang Fleet, this torpedo boat finally approached the severely damaged Pingyuan and fired 2 torpedoes at a position of 500 meters!

With a loud bang, Pingyuan finally ended his combat career! This cruiser of only more than 2,000 tons was destroyed by a powerful torpedo with half of its stern. Then it sank to the bottom of the sea, but the Kitty Hawk also did not ask for the sickle of death. When it turned to prepare to evacuate, a 150MM shell from the Dingyuan destroyed his steam engine, and then a 305MM shell from the Zhenyuan was as heavy. The hammer smashed the assassin in half directly!

The Japanese fleet planned to intercept it, but when the Dingyuan stuffed a 305MM shell into the side of the Chiyoda and left a deep scar, all the Japanese warships realized that although this monster was exhausted , but still terrifying! After the torpedo boats used up almost all their torpedoes, it was impossible for the remaining Japanese warships to do anything to them!

As in history, the Japanese finally decided to retreat. After the 14 warships at the beginning were defeated, only 8 remained, and 6 were sunk! And the Beiyang Fleet is even worse in terms of numbers! Only 4 of the 12 warships returned after they died! The remaining 8 ships were all sunk!

The second one is more ~~~. The data collected yesterday was very good, the author is very pleased, if today's data is better than yesterday, the author will update tomorrow!