Chapter 155: The Surprise Attack of the Wa Kingdom
When he saw a warship rushing out of Diaoxi Island, Heyuan was so scared that he almost ran away. But when he saw those small boats with only a few hundred tons, he couldn't help laughing: "How dare such a small ship come out to fight? Look,
It is really empty to come to China to lead troops, and we are going to take advantage of it."
The proud Heyuan immediately ordered: "Take off that damn pirate flag, we will destroy them with the banner of the Japanese Navy."
The navigator beside him reminded carefully: "Captain, this is not good. The commander asked us to attack the Chinese leader with the pirate flag, otherwise we would be caught by the other party."
Heyuan would raise his head proudly, pointing to the ten torpedo boats approaching and said, "What's the point of worrying about such an opponent? At worst, we won't keep the prisoners and give him a death-free testimony."
Four Japanese cruisers formed into combat formations, raised the Japanese naval flags and drove quickly towards the torpedo boat group. The Japanese sailors on the ship shouted in broken Chinese while chanting: "This is the territory of Japan.
, You must leave immediately, or we will punish you severely."
Gao Bo, the flagship of the first formation of torpedo boats, cursed: "tmd, these Japanese cubs are talking lies with their eyes open, and I won't teach you a lesson."
"You have entered the territorial waters of the Lanfang Empire and must withdraw immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as an act of war." The Chinese tweeter continued to shout. Seeing that the Japanese cruiser had replaced the national naval flag, Zhang Haiyang's mouth slightly raised
Pick, there is evidence now.
"Start up." Gao Bo ordered loudly. The "Wind" drove at full speed and rushed forward at a speed of twenty-five knots.
"Fire the cannon." Heyuan wanted to order the cruisers loudly. In his perception, the 76mm main gun of the torpedo boat was tickling and did not pose any threat to him. The violent guns were heard one after another, and the Japanese cruisers were fighting against each other.
There are many rapid-fire guns, and they use dense rain of bullets to intercept the roads of torpedo boats.
With a "boom", a 76mm rapid-fire gun shell hit the tail of the "Wind", and a shrapnel shot through the deck and entered the power bay. Although it did not destroy the main engine, it stuck the power rudder.
The captain Gao Bo, who was so anxious that he was sweating, ran to the power cabin and asked, "Old He, how are you doing?"
The man named Lao He was the person in charge of the power cabin. He shook his head and said, "A shrapnel stuck the servo, and there is no way to use the power rudder. Unless you work on the human rudder."
"Human rudder?" Gao Yuan asked with a serious expression: "Is there any confidence in the human rudder?"
Old He nodded firmly: "No problem."
Seeing that it was already very close to the Japanese Navy, Gao Bo had no time to think of other ways, he immediately ordered: "Okay, get the rudder."
Lao He nodded. He took the hammer handed over by his comrades, spitted his saliva on his fist, raised the hammer and banged a few times, and the connection between the transmission and the steering wheel was loosened. Lao He exerted force with both arms,
A tingling sound rang out, and the two parts finally separated. Lao He greeted, "Come on, let's take the steer."
"Turn sixty degrees left and prepare to launch a torpedo." Gao Bo ordered, Lao He and his men used their hands to force, and blue veins on their thick arms swelled up. Several men exerted force at the same time, and the heavy wheel finally began to slowly turn.
"Start." Five torpedo boats of the first torpedo boat formation drew an arc more than 300 meters away from the Japanese cruiser. With the moment of turning, all the torpedo boats launched the first batch of torpedo boats, and five torpedo boats launched the
Five torpedoes were like arrows off the string, and they were paddling towards the Japanese cruiser fleet with an increasingly larger fan.
"It's a torpedo." Kawayuan screamed. The Yoshino also has a relatively primitive torpedo, but because it is expensive and has low practical value, it has never been used.
Heyuan never dreamed that someone would build a warship specializing in torpedoes. Could it be that the Chinese corps are so rich that they spend money? In any case, five torpedoes drew a straight waterline and rushed towards the four Japanese cruisers.
"Come on the left." Heyuan wanted to make a loud command. Fortunately, the speed of the Yoshino was fast enough, and two torpedoes slid against the side, which made all the Japanese sailors sweat in a cold sweat.
None of the five torpedoes hit the target, but Heyuan, who was carefully observing, found that these torpedoes were faster than those on his warship and had a much longer range, but before he could react, the second torpedo boat formation had followed.
Come up.
"Flame." With the commander's order, five torpedoes in the second formation instantly slid out of the launch tube and rushed towards their respective targets. This kind of close combat, large-caliber naval guns are useless. Japan
There are not many small-caliber rapid-fire guns in cruisers, and each cruiser has only two. They can only rely on these poor guns to shoot desperately at the torpedo boats.
"Do not." The sailor on the Katsushima Slave screamed, and his voice had turned into a heart-wrenching scream. The helmsman turned the wheel desperately, but unfortunately the Katsushima Slave just dodged a torpedo.
The navigation attitude has not been corrected, and the maneuverability is greatly limited, so it is even more difficult to turn the rudder in the opposite direction. At this time, facing the torpedo that came again, the Katsuki was really unable to do so.
With a loud bang, the Katsukichi finally did not escape the attack. The center of its hull was driven by the huge power of the torpedo, and the surging sea water headed towards the Katsukichi's ship.
The body rushed in frantically, and the entire ship began to tilt instantly.
"Good fight." Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but scream when he saw the results of the torpedo boat formation in the lookout post. It was his first experience in the attack of this torpedo boat. If Fang Xiaoyu had not advocated the use of this tactic, he
I dare not do such a dangerous experiment.
Seeing that the torpedo boat had achieved a record, Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but think about the main fleet. He scratched his head and said, "Why has this main fleet not returned yet? It's not a solution to continue like this. If the other party's ironclad ship comes over, I can't stand it.
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Originally, Liu Junguo and Zhang Haiyang decided to use Diaoxia Island as bait. Once Japan attacked, they would first use a torpedo boat to drag the opponent, and then use the main fleet to surround it. However, time had passed and the main fleet had not appeared yet, which made Zhang Haiyang's
I couldn't help but feel impatient.
At this time, Liu Junguo was looking at the ironclad ship of the Saar Empire that was swimming in front of the fleet. "What did they say?" Liu Junguo asked the signal soldiers.
The signal soldier said: "Report to the commander, they said that the Eastern Continental fleet of the Saar Empire was practicing and asked us to detour."