At this time, in the command tower of the Yoshino flagship of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, Ito Yuhiro no longer had the joy of the victory. Instead, he felt something very bad. However, he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, but after a report , he knew where his worries lay.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, a large number of black spots were found about 10,000 meters ahead, suspected to be a large surface fleet!".
After hearing such a report, Ito Yuhiro looked at the three battlecruisers in front of him. Ito Yuhiro thought how could there be a large fleet here? Could it be the British, Americans or Tsarist Russians?
No, there shouldn't be any large fleet here. Maybe the observers saw it wrong, maybe it was just a passing large fleet of merchant ships? But seeing the black spots getting closer and closer, the uneasiness in Ito Yuhiro's heart became more intense. One minute After that, the two sides got closer. After seeing clearly, Ito Yuhiro knew that it was not a caravan at all, but a huge fleet composed of more than a dozen giant steel ships.
At this moment, Ito Yuhiro suddenly broke into a cold sweat, but he quickly rejected his point of view. It was definitely not the navy of the Far East, because they were still defending Tsarist Russia? Those were the navies of that country. What? Or the Far East, because only they can gather here, but he firmly believes that even the Far East will not fire. In addition, the Beiyang Fleet has been completely destroyed by himself, so even if the Far East wants to take revenge, it must be careful about Japan and Japan. The union of Tsarist Russia.
Thinking of this, Ito Yuhiro laughed, because he felt that he was being too careless, and then he smiled and quickly ordered: "Fire the cannon! Send a flag to them, saying that we are the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and we need to pass by. Return to Sasebo Harbor here and tell the ships to ignore other things, speed up, and go directly over."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the Japanese navy messenger immediately conveyed Ito Yuhiro's order. However, an unexpected thing happened. Just as the Yoshino fired a warning shot, a dilapidated small gunboat protruding from the Far East camp fired a bomb. exploded.
Then a huge fleet appeared in front of Ito Yuhiro, which had jumped out of the sea level. After seeing the opponent's lineup, Ito Yuhiro suddenly thought of a sentence: "What a big fleet. So many giant ships! At least more than 100,000 tons!"
Especially the four behemoths in the middle. Compared with the two battleships of Qing Dingyuan and Zhenyuan just now, they are almost twice as big, and the ships of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet are like undeveloped children in front of them. , looking at those thick 305 mm main gun tubes, Ito Yuhiro's eyes turned red for a moment, because at this time, the opponent actually arranged a battle formation, with all warships arranged in a V shape, with front and rear main guns, It is obvious that he is already aiming in this direction.
"Baga! Ask me who they are! Tell them, this is the First Guerrilla Force of the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet. We have no hostility, we just want to pass by!".
Less than a minute after Ito Yuhiro's howl, the messenger came and said: "Report, just received the flag signal, they said it was the Fourth Fleet of the Far East Navy, asked why we attacked their gunboats, and said within ten seconds If no explanation is given, it will automatically enter a state of war."
"What?..." Just when Ito Yuheng's forehead was blurry and he had no time to absorb what he just meant.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The Fourth Fleet of the Far East Navy took the lead in firing back, with booming cannons and booming explosions.
The Japanese Hiei was first hit by three 305mm artillery shells. Then a fire broke out, and then it began to sink. After that, Akagi also suffered violent and continuous shelling. Obviously, the Far East knew that it had no control over these two high-speed British-built ships. The cruisers must be sunk first, otherwise they will run away.
Therefore, the Far East Fleet concentrated most of its main guns to sink them first! Then countless fireballs exploded from the Hiei and Akagi, the first guerrillas of the Japanese Combined Fleet, making these ships with only a few thousand tonnage and the advantage of speed The cruiser was in a precarious situation. Although the captain of the Japanese ship wanted to use torpedoes to attack the Chinese enemies who attacked them, they did not have any breathing time due to the dense rain of bullets.
Originally, according to the plan of Commander Ito Yuhiro of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, the desire to hold a victory celebration party immediately after the warship returned to Sasebo came to nothing, let alone threatening to pay compensation for the Great Clearance, because at this time, only the Far East was waiting for them. The steel cannonballs of the Fourth Fleet.
But after the first round of salvos, after the two Japanese ships were hit hard, the Japanese ships also began to fight back. However, because the cruiser's artillery caliber was smaller, as long as it continued to move forward, due to the larger target of the battleship, the Taishan-class 3 The battleship No. 1 suffered some damage. After all, they were all new soldiers and officers forming a new fleet.
With the two sides already in full-scale war, after losing two high-speed moving ships, Ito Yuhiro immediately ordered the first guerrilla team and the main team to merge into one, preparing to break out of the encirclement in the Far East, but at this time the battle suddenly entered At the climax, both sides closed the distance. The top commanders of the Far East and Japanese ships all chose to turn the rudders to maintain this distance. Then countless shells passed through each other within this distance, and a Sparks exploded from each of the other's battleships.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." The sea surface was not calm for a moment at this time, but what it sounded was a new chapter, because this scene completely made the Chinese feel proud.
At the same time, this was also a fierce naval artillery battle. At this time, the commanders of both sides could not keep breathing smoothly. The two Hyakawa-class cruisers in the Far East had collided with the damaged Japanese ships Fuso and Saikyo Maru, and then both It was damaged, while exploding and screaming shells were fired one after another.
Ships were filled with gunpowder smoke, and large holes could be seen everywhere in the decks of ships after explosions, and bent gun barrels were everywhere. At this time, the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Yuhiro Ito, could no longer describe the situation at this moment. mood, because he just felt that his whole person was about to collapse! Is it possible that the combined naval fleet of the Empire of Japan will end like this today?
The question is very good, but Liu Qinghui will not tell him the answer, because he already knows it himself, that is for sure, because today is the end of them, the end of the Japanese navy, and the end of the Japanese.
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