Rupa Island is located on the south side of the Dutch East Indies, the Strait of Malacca. Not far from him is the famous British colony, Malacca City. After receiving the order to start the battle, Major General Du Sigui, the commander of the local fleet, immediately led the fleet to arrive here and blocked the passing ships.

The sea area here is located in the center of the Strait of Malacca. It is the median line of the entire trapezoid. From Rupa Island to the west is the increasingly wider Andaman Sea. To the east is the truly narrower Strait of Malacca.

The ships that originally came from the Andaman Sea had only two broad routes. When they arrived here, the routes were combined into one and turned into a narrower route before they could enter the strait.

In the morning, the local fleet warships, flagship ironclad ships, the armored cruisers, the Yamato, the Hangzhou, and the Xiamen. Communications and communications interfering cruisers, Yangzhou, blocked horizontally on the main channel in 2-3 formations. In addition, the coastal patrol boats were cruising and patrolling the periphery. In addition, the passing ships were driven to gather towards the intercepting point. At the same time, preventing ships from escaping.

At the beginning, the ships passing by thought they were pirates and fled everywhere. Because the Strait of Malacca is a strait where pirates are rampant. Pirates often rob merchant ships.

But then calmed down. When did the pirates have giant steel ships? Is this clearly the navy of a certain country?

"Please be aware of all passing ships! The safety of the passing merchant ships in the Strait of Malacca. This fleet is ordered to search for the leaders of suspicious pirate members. All ships are asked to cooperate with the inspection! The ships that break or leave without inspection will be sunk directly. No responsibility is required for any consequences!"

"repeat……"

Since many merchant ships here have Chinese people involved, when they hear the local fleet's radio horn shouting, they know that this is Zhang Yunfei's naval fleet and the Chinese naval fleet.

Since they learned that Zhang Yunfei had occupied the Philippines, they have provided protection to Southeast Asian Chinese with a tough attitude. They have won the support and love of all Chinese and Chinese here.

The long-term economic master made these Chinese want to gain political status so that they could protect themselves. Unfortunately, this hope was too slim and cruel. Especially after the demise of the local Republic of Lanfang, the Chinese were even more worried and scared all day long.

Now their safety situation has improved greatly. At least as long as there are police troops in cities, there will be no threat to security. Therefore, they have the idea of ​​becoming the master of their homes.

Of course, they didn't dare to ask for this boss, but they wanted to leave it to Zhang Yunfei.

So they led the way to line up long queues on the main channel for inspection. When other foreign merchant ships saw this situation, they knew that they were not pirates. They were no longer afraid. So they followed them to line up near the channel.

However, they were confused and checked for the ship. Instead, Zhang Yun's enclave fleet came to check. Thinking of Zhang Yunfei's alliance with the United Kingdom, and the Dutch government's expression of Zhang Yunfei like a mouse and a cat, they had to let go. Fortunately, they also had a headache about the pirates in this area and were willing to cooperate with the search for pirates.

In this way, a large number of ships gathered on the waterway near Rupa Island. The local fleet was completely surrounded by ships on both sides of the east and west. The interception mission was successfully completed. However, it is still unknown whether it could block the Japanese fleet, which had already increased its strength.

Since the fleet commander Major General Du Xigui received Lin Jianzhang's order in the morning, he knew that he would be under great pressure on this battle today. The question is whether the Japanese fleet would fire guns and drive away these merchant ships or forcefully come over, he would have to resist.

The British colonial government in Malacca City had already learned about life. Zhang Yunfei's fleet suddenly ran here and started a pirate attack, causing a lot of congestion in the strait. Of course, the British did not believe it. But as long as there was no trouble, they would not care about this allies who always caused trouble. However, they knew in their hearts that Zhang Yunfei's fleet suddenly appeared here. It was impossible not to cause trouble. They were just staying quiet for a while.

At morning, the Japanese return fleet appeared 55 kilometers west of Rupa Island.

After more than two hours of congestion in the waterway, the central view of the Strait of Malacca is now filled with merchant ships of various sizes and cargo ships, which are 5 kilometers long.

"What's going on? Why stop?" Hirahachiro Togo suddenly felt the warship slowing down. So he walked out of the commander tower and asked.

At this time, after the Takasago in front played the flag and informed the situation before, Major General Hirahachiro Togo immediately felt something was wrong. The feeling of war was about to begin again.

So the Takasago sent a boat to inquire. After asking, he found out that it was the Honolulu local fleet searching for pirates. He was shocked and hurriedly reported it to the fleet commander Major General Hirahachiro Togo.

"Notify all warships. The back team will change to the front team. Exit the entire route!" Major General Hirahachiro Togo realized that this was a trap. He saw that the sea area here was in a funnel shape. Moreover, the funnel entrance was blocked by a large number of international merchant ships and cargo ships. Zhang Yunfei's local fleet was on the side to watch. Such an excellent ambush site has been caused. Where is the Pacific Fleet? The answer is about to come out. They will definitely encircle the rear of the Japanese fleet.

You can use four words to summarize the situation of the Japanese fleet at this time - the turtle in the jar!

Now Major General Hirahachiro Togo's only hope is to withdraw all of them before they are sealed. Otherwise, they will have to be made into dumplings.

Major General Du Xigui felt good when he saw this move. He felt a little relieved. Even if the Japanese fleet used force, there was not a long time. The Japanese fleet was enough for the Pacific Fleet to complete the siege.

Hearing the notice of the arrival of the Pacific Fleet, the Japanese fleet had already appeared in front and behind. Major General Du Sigui knew that the battle was about to begin. So he ordered the soldiers who were pretending to search for pirates on the merchant ship to withdraw immediately. The entire fleet was ready for battle.

Suddenly, the battle alarm sounded.

"Everyone pays attention! Everyone pays attention!"

"The enemy fleet appears in front! Enter the combat position immediately!"

"Repeat. Go to the combat position immediately. This is not an exercise!"

With the alarm sounded, the officers and soldiers of the local fleet immediately entered the combat position and were ready for combat.

Squeak! The turrets of each ship rotate quickly, reaching a combat elevation angle. Aim at enemy ships that may appear at any time in the west.

The soldiers of the local fleet had never participated in the Battle of Manila Bay and had no chance to experience the pleasure of battleship artillery. However, they trained a lot. The occupation of Guam and other islands also made them very proud.

The nervousness is certain. However, the timely movement of staff and staff officers at all levels will encourage these somewhat panicked sailors.

Telling a joke during battle, even giving cigarettes, or giving nervous soldiers a drink. These seemingly normal actions have a huge effect. The sailors quickly calmed down.

Unfortunately, Hirahachiro Togo was really bad. Just when the fleet turned around, the sentry on the watchtower at the end suddenly appeared 5 kilometers behind the fleet. A huge fleet drove over.

"The enemy ship appears! The enemy ship appears!" The sentry shouted loudly with an ancient equipment wrapped in iron sheet - a loudspeaker.

After hearing the alarm, Captain Izumo Shigeto, the armored cruiser, immediately picked up the telescope to observe.

I saw huge black smoke columns rising from the sea to the west, lined up in two rows and headed towards me.

"What a powerful fleet!" Captain Izuhachida sighed. Then he informed the situation urgently to Major General Hirahachiro Togo, the commander of the Fuji battleship fleet, who was behind him.

At the same time, the order was: "Everyone enters the combat position immediately. Get ready for the battle!"

Dududu! The trumpeters who ran quickly to the top of the bridge and blew the battle horn.

It is also a new type of warship. All Zhang Yunfei's warships are equipped with expensive radio speakers, telephones, radio and telegraphs and other modern equipment. The Japanese Navy obviously can only be jealous of this luxurious advanced equipment. They only have telephones and radio equipment on the two battleships.

At this time, we can see the advantages of modern equipment. The Japanese fleet has to use flags and utter the situation in an emergency. We have to wait for the flagship to decide and then pass it back through the flagship's flagship.

The time wasted in the middle is enough to make anything happen.

When the Japanese sailors on the deck heard the notice of the enemy ships and looked at the dark smoke covering the sky, they were at a loss for a while. They didn't think until they heard the sound of the battle horn. They hurriedly prepared for the battle in panic.

Half of this group of sailors were sailors who participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea in Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Although they were full of confidence in victory, they also had a great psychological shadow.

Although the Battle of the Yellow Sea defeated the Beiyang Navy, the two giant ships in the Beiyang Dingzhen left indelible psychological fears to these sailors. The Dingyuan was besieged by several warships and was hit by thousands of shells of various types. This surprised them. Although the Dingyuan's **, although it only fired outdated armor-piercing shells, it was a piece of iron. However, the huge destructive power still made them feel scared.

They were already a little scared when facing the Qing Dynasty, the country represented by the Qing Dynasty. Not to mention Zhang Yunfei. When they heard that it was Zhang Yunfei's fleet coming, they felt very cold.

Nothing else. Zhang Yunfei, a poor guy who is recognized as the world, spends an astonishing amount of money on the navy. Navy spends an annual pound, accounting for one third of the British navy's expenses. One person supports the entire Pacific Fleet. The giant ships and cannons are the two ships in the Dingzhen, far away. I heard that the shells are filled with expensive high-explosive explosives. In the Navy Battle of Manila, a lightning strike ship of the Spanish fleet was reimbursed with one shot. It can be seen that its power is very powerful.

Veterans are like this, and new recruits are even more afraid. Some are standing behind cannons, and the warships are overwhelming from outside, with their limbs shaking and even peeing their pants.

The funnel cover after 1 a.m. has been tightly covered.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Lin Jianzhang, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, who was standing on the battleship Beijing, was watching the state of the Japanese fleet with a telescope.

Chief Xu next to him said happily: "What a great opportunity! They are turning around. Our appearance in time has disrupted the Japanese fleet."

"Yes. You can concentrate all the side firepower to knock out their front-front warships." Put down the telescope. Lieutenant General Lin Jianzhang immediately ordered: "Appoint the 2nd team to turn left and turn 90 degrees. After quickly seizing the T-shaped front lineup, immediately open fire to attack the front of the enemy fleet, and then make an arrangement and prepare to keep a distance from the first team."

Fighter planes are precious. The Japanese fleet is currently making the back team that the ships are changing to the front team and turn their heads. The overall fleet has not yet been deformed. Like the Pacific Fleet, it is a straight formation along the strait channel. Therefore, it first seizes the t-shaped position. The impact is huge. Since the battleship formation is only 18 times, the emergency turns are far less than the sharp turns of the 2nd team, the cruiser's 23rd quarter.

Therefore, the two teams that originally entered the strait parallel to the left and right made a big turn after receiving the order. On the battleship of the Japanese flagship Fuji, commander Major General Hirahachiro Togo learned that the Pacific Fleet in front had arrived and occupied the main channel on the left and right sides of the strait. After knowing that the retreat was broken.

Major General Hirahachiro Togo had realized the danger and hurriedly ordered each ship to stop making a turn. The entire fleet immediately made a 0-degree turn to the right to avoid the firepower of the Pacific Fleet. At the same time, it was ready for combat.

In this way, a wonder appeared in the Andaman Sea in the northwest of the Strait of Malacca. Both fleets made a big turn with the character l. The Pacific Fleet had an inverted character l-shaped character of the Japanese fleet on the left and right.

Togo Heihachiro hoped that he would fire again before completing the evasion action. After the entire fleet fought, the Pacific Fleet opened fire again. However, his hope was shattered.

At 3:00 am, the heavy cruiser formation of the 2nd Ocean Fleet completed the big turn first.

The 2nd Team flagship Lushun heavy cruiser.

Major General Wu Daqing, the commander of the 2nd Team, immediately asked: "What's the distance?"

General!" The bridge staff officer replied quickly.

"The whole team fired fire!" Major General Wu Daqing immediately ordered.

After the order was issued, the gunners in the turrets of each ship of the Second Team ordered to prepare for shooting.

"preparation!"

"fire!"

Dongdongdongdong combined main gun plus 10 side guns roared at the same time.

Then the Weihaiwei, Dandong, Dalian, Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder ship fired one after another.

The 2nd Team's entire main gun and side gun totaled a total of 1. Tons of shells poured into the front of the Japanese fleet, just completed the L-shaped turn and hit the horizontal warship Asama.

I saw dozens of huge water columns aroused around the Asashima, which made the originally calm sea surface instantly turn into rough waves and rolling waves.

Even if it is a round of shooting, there is a big error and the hit rate is very low. More than one hundred shells hit only a few parts of the Asashima number.

Boom boom boom boom!

The huge explosion made Asama's body shaking from side to side. Even if the Japanese sailors on it were holding the handrail, it would be difficult for them to stand. The air waves and flames after the shell explosion swept away the Japanese sailors in the struggle from time to time.

As an armored cruiser, although the shell of the Asama-Hasama can only block the shells fired by artillery artillery. However, their opponent, the Second Team of the Pacific Fleet, is not an ordinary warship. On the surface, it is an armored cruiser of the same kind. In fact, the Second Team of the Pacific Fleet has an absolute advantage. Because their battleships are a reduced version of the battleship, which is specially designed to restrain armored cruisers.

The second team of World War II gathered firepower to bombard the two-meter main gun of the Asashima ship, the front of the Japanese fleet, hit the rear deck of the Asashima. A huge fireball was raised and the main turret at the rear of the Asashima was easily lifted off the main turret of the Asashima. The fire poured into the ammunition compartment under the main gun, causing a huge explosion. The Japanese sailor who had no time to escape instantly turned into a bloody man with incomplete body.

The fire after the explosion continued to rush forward along the internal cabin path of the warship. The Japanese officers and soldiers working inside the warship were instantly swallowed by the fire. Only countless screams were left.

The power of fire is huge and cruel. However, as the steam pipeline is blocked, the steam cannot be discharged, and the pipes are cracked. The sailors who had just escaped from the sea of ​​fire were instantly poured on by the high-temperature water vapor. Countless bubbles as big as birds and eggs grew all over their bodies. The screams were no less than being burned to death by the fire.

In an instant, the tail of the Asama land was blown up, the sea water poured back, and the tail quickly sank. After a while, the entire front of the Asama hull was raised. The Japanese soldiers on the hull were shattered by the raised objects on the warship while they were sliding down. Some smart soldiers tried hard to grab the handle and prevent their bodies from falling. Some jumped directly into the sea to escape.

However, this was no work. As the hull continued to rise, the last Asama broke from the middle into two pieces. The first half fell from the air into the sea. The soldiers struggling in the sea were brought into the sea. Even those who were not directly hit were sucked into the sea as the hull fell, and the huge whirlpools generated by the drop of the hull were sucked into the sea. Only 20 minutes later, the officers and soldiers on the Lushun battleship shouted like crazy. The screams were soon covered by the violent explosion of the Asama. In the rolling smoke, Wu Daqing seemed to be able to see the broken half-warship of the Asama ship slowly sinking.

Until the Asama-sun finally sank, it failed to hit the Lushun shells. The start was good, which made the morale of all the officers and soldiers of the Pacific Fleet that attacked first. On the contrary, the instant sinking of the Asama-sun made the already panic-and-tense Japanese fleet even worse. The morale was extremely depressed.

On the flagship Fuji battleship behind, commander Major General Hirahachiro Togo had long expected that the front warship Asama armored cruiser would be attacked by concentrated firepower from the Pacific Fleet. However, he did not expect that the opponent had not used the battleship. And only 4 heavy cruisers and 2 protective cruisers could sink the Asama, which was also an armored cruiser, by concentrating firepower? And it was a gorgeous sink!

At this time, he understood. Zhang Yunfei deceived everyone. This was not simply a change of name to a heavy cruiser. He had the power of a battleship, but also the degree of a cruiser.

This is a brand new type of ship. The damn British did not reveal any news about this. Hirahachiro Togo knew that their Japanese Empire was completely abandoned by the British. He had to tell his country immediately and strictly guard against Zhang Yunfei's heavy cruiser. This guy was too terrible to contact the United Fleet. Has the United Fleet also been attacked? He can only hope that the United Fleet miraculously appeared behind the Pacific Fleet.

But he had no idea. The radio signals in this area were being interfered with by the jammers on the Pacific Fleet's communication ship Suzhou and the local Fleet's communication ship Yangzhou. And it was an interference that was driven to the maximum power. No signal from the Japanese Fleet could be received by the outside world.

The Strait of Malacca is located on the equator. It is almost always sunny and sunny. The sea surface is very stable. There are no strong winds and waves. Even if there is an occasional heavy rain, it will only take more than ten minutes.

Every naval battle in history was carried out under cloudy weather. Perhaps only cloudy weather can reflect the tragic and smell of naval battles.

However, today's battle between the Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Fleet was carried out without wind, rain, clouds, and only suns.

After the sinking of the Japanese Asami armored cruiser, the L-shaped turn of the main battleship of the Pacific Fleet was completed. The second team was about to circle around and then return to continue the battle. However, under the order of the fleet commander Lieutenant General Lin Jianzhang, the first team retreated to the back to support the main ship's action.

For this reason, Major General Wu Daqing, the commander of the second team, also asked Lin Jianzhang if he was afraid that he would steal the credit. Lin Jianzhang told him that our heavy cruiser only allowed cruisers or armored cruisers with a tonnage lower than his own tonnage to compete for the main duel. It was absolutely not allowed to fight the enemy's battleships. This was the order of Yuan Zhang Yunfei. Let Wu Daqing go back and ask him if he had any questions.

When it comes to Lin Jianzhang's words, Wu Daqing had to silence. Yuan's words were imperial edicts and oracles. He could not disobey or perfunctory things. He could only find an opportunity to go back and ask why. However, the order Lin Jianzhang gave him was that he could not confront the battleships. He allowed him to attack any battleships in the Japanese fleet except the battleships. Wu Daqing was not too disappointed.

Since there was no wind, the thick smoke from the chimneys of the battleship and the thick smoke from the artillery fired could not dissipate. At this moment, the thick black smoke had already enveloped both sides.

Major General Hirahachiro Togo, the commander of the Japanese fleet, did not understand why Lin Jianzhang transferred all the battleships that were fighting fire to the back of their battleships. He thought he was preparing for a surprise attack. So he ordered the flanking Hirogen, Kasumi and Takasa to be careful and let the three ships be slightly behind so that the two battleships could support at any time.

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