At this time, Wan Yong's complaints were swept away, thinking that the remaining fleet that Zhang Haiyang missed to him made him extremely excited. Looking at the fleet opposite, the first mate said with some concern: "Captain, it seems that the other warship is not there.
Few, we only have three small gunboats. Can we beat them?"
Wan Yong rubbed his hands and said, "You can beat it or not. I will find out after trying. Order all gunboats to move forward at full speed. We will meet them. All guns are loaded and ready to shoot."
The warlike Wan Yong would not think about the strength comparison. He had never been able to catch the naval battle and made his hands itch. No matter what, he would fight first. The three gunboats rushed straight towards the Japanese joint fleet at the extreme speed of 17 knots.
At the same time, the six 203mm cannons on the ship began to load and aim.
"Master Commander." A messenger ran into the commander's tower panting and reported to Ito: "Three gunboats were found ahead, rushing towards us."
Itodong said: "Do you have only three gunboats?" He could hardly believe his ears, and the three small gunboats actually dared to make his own ideas.
The messenger said: "Yes, sir, there are only three small gunboats." Itodong said: "Order all artillery with shells to shoot and sink these three small warships."
He doesn't take such a small cannon seriously. In his consciousness, such a small boat cannon at most 50 mm caliber. Not only does it have a short range, it also has no penetration, and it cannot constitute anything to him at all.
Danger, he is not afraid of close shooting. Although the main gun and the second-level main gun have no ammunition, there is still ammunition for the small rapid-fire gun.
The three ironclad ships including the 'Kailai' struggled to raise the 320 mm main gun muzzle. The caliber of these three main guns was too large, so they were very slow to shoot. They had created them in the battle to shell Lushun Port.
The slowest record in the world was recorded in twenty minutes, and it was because of this that they retained some of the ammunition.
With a "boom", a white smoke flashed through the muzzle of the main gun of the Qiaoli, which stirred up huge splashes of water twenty meters outside the port side of the Baishan, making the Baishan petite
The hull shook violently and almost capsized.
Wan Yong, caught off guard, was directly penetrated to the ground. He got up and put his cap on his right, saying, "Damn Zhang Laosi, didn't he say that the Japanese fleet had no shells? What is this?"
The first mate said: "Captain, this gun has a very large caliber, and it will be useless before it gets close. We can only rush up quickly and it will be fine."
Wan Yong said: "Send a signal to the main fleet and tell them that we have encountered an enemy." At this time, two more heavy shells exploded in the nearby sea.
Wan Yong said anxiously: "Take a snake-shaped evasion immediately." The three gunboats approached the Japanese fleet with S-shaped trajectories, but the three cannons never fired again.
Wan Yong saw the clues and commanded, "It must be that the three cannons were too slow to load, so we rushed forward." The first mate said, "Captain, our cannon has entered the range." Wan Yong said, "Also."
What are you waiting for? Hit these turtle grandchildren hard."
Six 203mm main guns suddenly began to roar, and several water columns appeared near the Japanese joint fleet, which scared Ito, who was observing the enemy situation. What kind of small warship is this? It actually has such a large caliber.
artillery.
In fact, the gun caliber of the small gunboats is not very large, but their shells have all been replaced with new explosives instead of the black gunpowder that Japan is still using, so their power is naturally much greater.
The naval guns of the Chinese fleet were equipped with mechanical loading machines, which were much faster than the Japanese Navy. Soon Wan Yong's gun fleet fired again.
The 'Yaeshan', which was injured when shelling Lushun Port, won the first prize. A 203mm shell accurately hit the turret located in the front of the ship. The unprotected hull could not defend against the shells at all.
Although the attack did not cause ammunition to explode due to its exhaustion, the shocking explosion power of the new charge 203mm shell was not something that the armorless hull of the Yaeshan unit could withstand.
The unprotected cruiser "Yaegeyama" was blown up to a point of two meters and then fell back to the water surface, and the entire hull was directly broken into two sections.
"Good fight." Wan Yong happily hammered the table with his fist. "Concentrate my firepower to hit those ships with cannon barrels." Wan Yong pointed to three main guns with 320 mm
said the ironclad ship.
The "Qiaoli" soon became unlucky. Since its steam engine only had one set to start, it was the slowest, so it became the first soft persimmon pinched by three gunboats.
The three gunboats that were closer were getting more accurate as they shot. Several shells quickly opened a sunroof for the "Kaila". One of the shells penetrated into the engine compartment and exploded, completely losing power to the "Kailaila".
Black smoke soon emerged from the horizon behind the Japanese fleet. This was the main cruiser fleet of the Chinese leader who arrived. Seeing the friendly ships coming at high speed, Wan Yong shouted: "Our main fleet is here, brothers."
We beat you hard, but you can't get it if you slow down."
The five cruisers were searching nearby just now. After seeing the signal flares that Wan Yong fired, they knew that they had encountered the large fleet of the Japanese Navy. The five cruisers drove at a very fast speed and chased them quickly.
Zhang Haiyang, who was sitting in the commander tower of the "Tongjiang", said fiercely: "Wan Yong has lost some luck, but he actually encountered it. We cannot fall behind. Notify all ships to attack freely and we will rush.
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Five cruisers were like five sharp arrows, directly inserted into the group of sailing warships behind the Japanese fleet, and fired fire from both sides toward the enemy ships. How could wooden warships bear the new type of colloidal explosives from the Chinese leading warships
The warheads, they were shot and caught fire, and broke out with loud noises.
Seeing that his fleet was surrounded, Ito sighed and said, "We don't have shells, and this battle cannot be won. Please order the ships to break through in dispersion."
The Japanese warships, which received the flagship order, quickly began to break through the scattered border. Zhang Haiyang saw the Japanese warship break through and immediately ordered: "Notify all ships, scatter the pursuit, and then gather at the entrance of the Seto Inland Sea of Japan."
After receiving the flag words from the flagship, five cruisers and three gunboats drove at full speed and joined the pursuit. The remaining wooden warships ran the slowest and couldn't help but fight. They were beaten by the Chinese territorial navy in a few strokes.
Fragments.
Without wooden warships attracting firepower, bad luck fell on the slowest ships of the Musashi, the "Hirui" and the "Showa" ships. The models of these ships are very old and slow,
Naturally, the new cruiser of the Chinese territorial navy was unable to escape. Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, the three warships quickly raised white flags and surrendered.