Chapter 9 The Sea of ??Darkness (1)
On the small torpedo boat of Yu 72, Deng Lin, a formation commander from the 19th phase of the Officer's School of Huangpu Naval School, stood in the navigation room without fear, holding the helm: "The angle between the enemy ship's heading and our ship was corrected to 15 degrees, the speed was 24 knots, and the distance was 780 yards." A long roar from the speaker: "Pipe No. 1 is ready."
"Participation No. 2 is ready"
Deng Lin looked at the destroyer rushing towards him with the bow of the ship and shouted, "Pipe 1, Pipe 2, Pipe 3, two, one... Launched"
Almost at the same time, the Chinese army's small torpedo boats fired deadly guns and headed straight for the Russian destroyer that was coming in full swing.
Seeing this, the Russian destroyer was fearless. While dodging quickly, he continued to attack the approaching Chinese torpedo boat troops with fierce fire.
The Chinese torpedo boat that completed the torpedo launch mission had quickly turned and quickly fled toward the way it came, while fighting back with 37mm machine guns. Although the close-range artillery of the Russian destroyer was not dense enough, it was still an unbearable blow for the small and weak Chinese torpedo boats. Between the guns and bullets, Yu 76 and Yu 81 sank one after another.
The No. 72 of Yu, where Deng Lin was located, was also swept into a mess by the 47mm Hatchais machine gun. Deng Lin was hit by shrapnel with a shrapnel, and blood flowed into a river, but he tightly held the wheel. The sailor next to him was bandaged in a hurry, but as soon as he was halfway through the wrap, a shrapnel fell on his head, almost silently at Deng Lin's feet. Deng Lin held back his tears, his face pale due to excessive blood loss, and he just bit his lips and insisted.
When the first mate Lin Liangwei completed the damage management work and rushed over, Deng Lin was already a little confused and his eyes turned black. Lin Liangwei hurriedly bandaged his wound, and then he saw that Deng Lin had fainted.
According to the Chinese army's usual tactics, this attack still adopted a saturated attack style. Faced with the 16 torpedoes besieged from all directions, the Russian destroyer's Warrior destroyer, the 6th Army Team of the Russian destroyer, could not dodge and was hit by a torpedo. The hull with a displacement of 520 tons was obviously unable to withstand such a violent explosion and slowly sank into the seabed. At this moment, the main guns and 152nd guns of the Russian main fleet also turned to starboard and fired fiercely at the escaped small torpedo boats and the advancing Chinese army 4B torpedo boats.
Riding the fierce artillery fire of enemy destroyers and battleships, the eight large torpedo boats of the Chinese army rushed forward without fear of death, and launched an attack with the Russian destroyer with a 75mm main gun. Whether it was speed or firepower, the large torpedo boats of the Chinese army were no less than Russian destroyers. The Russian destroyer, which was busy avoiding torpedoes, was difficult to accurately counterattack the fierce rapid firepower of the Chinese army during the violent rudder and maneuver, and was immediately at a disadvantage. The Russian battleship team was far away from ten thousand yards. In this cold and rainy night, it could only carry out some rough intimidating shooting.
At this time, the Bao Yalin and Novik protective cruisers of the Russian army were already accelerating their arrival, trying their best to stop the Chinese army's lightning strike troops from outside the battleships. Seeing this, the Chinese army's Yu San B large torpedo boat was forced to give up the plan to directly assault the Russian destroyer team and instead deal with the Russian destroyer team first.
As its name suggests, the Russian Destroyer destroyer was charged forward with searchlights. First, it was hit by the 37mm rapid-fire cannon of the Chinese small torpedo boat, and then it was bombarded by the 75mm cannon of the Huajunyu 3B mine boat. The steering wheel was knocked away, and the corpses were lit on the deck, and the swelling part ignited, and the combat power was lost. It was turned into an iron coffin. Next was the Fierce Destroyer. This unfortunate destroyer was besieged by the 75mm main guns of the three large torpedo boats of the Chinese army, and quickly ignited a large fire. In this dark night, it was like a burning torch, becoming a living target for the Chinese army. However, the brave Russian sailors still fought to the end and fired all the torpedoes before sinking, and continued to shoot until the entire ship sank.
The Chinese army's Yu 65 torpedo boat unfortunately sank in thunder. The Yu 68 torpedo boat was knocked out by the port side by the 254 near-lose bullet fired by a battleship main gun. It quickly entered water. The ship, whose speed was drastically reduced, was then attacked by the Russian destroyer's 75mm rapid-fire cannon. Finally, it completely lost its power and its fate was irreversible. Captain Chen Bo ordered the ship to abandon with tears in his eyes, and all the crew rowed a lifeboat and left for rescue.
The last destroyer of the Russian Sixth Destroyer, the Perseverance, was finally alone. The six large torpedo boats survived by the Chinese army quickly surpassed the destroyer and baptized it with fierce rapid fire. Soon, the destroyer had turned into a floating hell. The thin steel plate on the upper deck was burned into strange shapes by high-temperature flames. The mast was broken, and two large mouths were broken on the port side. The torpedo tube on the starboard side was destroyed. The high temperature detonated the torpedo fuse. The Perseverance almost instantly sank into the bottom of the sea.
The six large torpedo boats remaining in the fourth torpedo team of the Chinese Army that destroyed the Russian Sixth Destroyer Fleet, regardless of their own injuries, reorganized their formation and rushed towards the Russian battleship team at a speed of 28 knots. The Russian battleship team had previously completed the steering and moved to the same direction as the Chinese army. While waiting for the support of the light patrol formation, they continued to attack the Chinese lightning strike forces with long-range firepower.
On this cold and cold night, facing the rapid advance and unyielding Chinese torpedo boats, the Russian battleship's various caliber artillery fire formed a dense wall of fire. The Chinese army still concentrated its superior forces and focused on besieging the first battleship of the Russian formation, the Sissoi Veriki.
Sevastopol.
"These Chinese are crazy," Chief of Staff Major General Cologne, holding the telescope, murmured, "Do they just want to challenge our ironclad ships with these mosquito-like boats... If it weren't for the damn night, thick clouds, heavy rain, these yellow monkeys who should go to hell would have been sent to hell long ago... Ah, I was hit well."
Rogerstwin looked at it intently and saw flames emerging from the bow of a large Chinese torpedo boat, like a galloping horse tripped, almost staggering, and then surrounded by dense water columns and smoke. He clenched his fists gently, but his face still maintained the calmness and reserve that the commander of the Russian fleet should have.
"My Chief of Staff, this is just the beginning." He looked at the Chinese army's death assault that had approached the southernmost end of the ship, and secretly thanked that he had arranged the flagship in the center of the ship, but he was extremely calm.
At this time, the three battleships located at the back end of the ship had accelerated their steering, encircling the lightning strike formation from the flanks towards the Chinese army, preparing to strengthen the strike and wipe out this tenacious formation in one fell swoop.
"Mr. Commander, Your Majesty said that the ironclad ship is Russia's wealth." Major General Cologne turned to Rogersty Winsky and bowed slightly, "Please allow me to remind you that even if all these yellow monkey sampans are sent to the bottom of the sea, it will not be able to make up for the cost of losing a ironclad ship."
Roger Stewinsky looked at the Rear Admiral, who was much younger than himself, pondered for a moment, and had to nod, "My Chief of Staff, what you said makes sense... The fleet is His Majesty's precious property. Yes, it is our responsibility to protect these ironclad ships... Chief of Staff, so what do you mean?"
"I ask the Commander in the name of Russia," Major General Cologne's face was filled with righteousness, "order the left-wing Seventh Destroyer Team to launch a head-on attack on the Chinese army. We cannot let the precious ironclad ship be exposed to the torpedo of the Yellow Monkey without any cover, especially on such a dark night..."
Roger Steven pondered for a moment, but had to admit that the other party's concerns were not unreasonable. Every ironclad ship here is a national treasure of Russia. He could not bear the responsibility of losing these precious combat power, let alone facing these ridiculous and clumsy torpedo boats of the Chinese army.
"Okay, Georgi Alexanderevich, what you said makes sense..." He paused, feeling that it was necessary to promote the commander's knowledge. "But the left wing is also very important. If Huang Monkey has a backup plan... let's draw two destroyers..."
Major General Cologne nodded and immediately issued an order. The flagship quickly used a searchlight to send light signals to the left wing, and received an extremely quick response. The "Precision" destroyer and the "Polnikov Navy Captain" destroyer quickly rushed towards the Chinese lightning strike formation.
Soon, the Chinese lightning strike formation had approached the battleship of the Sissoi Velliki less than 600 yards. On this road to death, the boats of Fish Sixty-Six and Sixty-Nine were severely damaged and sank, but the torpedoes they launched before sinking also caused chaos in the Russian fleet, covering the advancement of other ships.
At a distance of five hundred yards, three torpedo boats had released torpedoes, while only one Fish No. 64 continued to advance tenaciously. While storming the deck of the Russian ship with artillery fire. At a distance of less than two hundred yards, Boat Sixty-four finally released four torpedoes, but a 75-mm bomb also destroyed the torpedo boat's steering wheel. Boat Sixty-four could not turn and rushed towards the huge battleship of the Sissoi Velliki like an arrow.
The speed is too fast, and it is too late to jump off the boat and escape.
On Boat No. 64, Ding Ming, a graduate of the 19th phase of Huangpu Naval School, held the rudder wheel in his hand, turned around and smiled at the sailors. The sailors looked at the young captain who had been darkened by the smoke of gunpowder, but still showed a bright smile on his face. He couldn't help but stand up straight and salute with a solemn military salute.
At this moment, the captain of the battleship Sissoi Velliki was frightened to his face as the Yu Sixty-four rushing towards him at high speed. He knew that such a large torpedo boat with a displacement of four or five hundred tons and a remaining torpedo and ammunition rushed over at high speed. What does it mean if it hits. But now it is too late to dodge the torpedo just to evade the torpedo. The standard displacement of this ship was 10,400 tons. The main ironclad ship that joined the Russian Pacific Fleet eight years ago was rowing a mess of tracks on the water. The tenacious Russian sailors were still desperately trying to stop the Huajunyu 64 boat that was rushing towards him, while more people hurried to the side of the lifeboat.
A water column that soared into the sky exploded on the starboard side of the Sissoi Velliki-class battleship. Immediately afterwards, the Yu Sixty-four, who was rushing forward at high speed, hit the swollen part of the Russian warship. A shocking explosion sounded. The main ironclad ship of the Russian army broke into two halves, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a huge vortex, devouring hundreds of lives and tens of thousands of tons of steel.
Sevastopol.
Roger Stewinsky looked at the huge and dark vortex with a blue face, as if it was not a ship that had been swallowed up, but his own future and dreams.
Major General Cologne next to him also stared at all this in a daze, unable to believe his eyes, and kept drawing crosses on his chest: "They are madmen... They are close to two hundred yards to release torpedoes, and even commit suicide attacks... These yellow monkeys are the real barbarians, the Virgin Mary, to save their fallen souls... No, they should go to hell."
At this moment, a fierce cannon sound suddenly came from the left wing. The two looked at each other and their faces changed drastically. Soon, the panic sound of the lookout came from the horn: "...the enemy light ship on the port side is approaching...the small torpedo boat is eight, the position is six o, and the distance is from this ship...the Agility of the left wing destroyer sent a signal...the large torpedo boat attacked the ship from its position is nine o at close range."
Roger Stewinsky's face changed.
He never expected that the light patrol team on the back rushed over, and the three battleships on the back of the battleship revolted from the flank to the Chinese lightning strike force, and then drew two destroyers from the left wing. As a result, not only failed to save the battleship of the Sissoi Veriki, but also exposed such a large gap on the left wing. Needless to ask, the Chinese mosquito torpedo boats must have secretly touched in from the flank behind, and the eight torpedo boats that came from the east were due to the battleship.
The ship's team turned east to avoid the lightning strike troops coming from the west of the Chinese army, and launched an assault with great difficulty. What's more, the four destroyers on the left wing had divided up two support teams, and they were currently pursuing the remaining forces of the Chinese lightning strike troops on the west. There are only two destroyers left on the left wing. In other words, eight large Chinese torpedo boats can overwhelm them without any suspense, and they can attack the Russian battleships and shoot their deadly guns.
Thinking of this, he felt a chill blowing from the soles of his feet and shouting almost hysterically: "The whole team entered the counter-lightning strike operation, and the target turned to the two enemy lightning strike formations in the east."
At this time, the Russian battleship team had formed an inverted V-shaped type, including the new ship No. 1 Nasimov, the second ship No. 2 Dmitry Donskoy, the third ship No. 3 Navarin, and the fourth ship No. 4 Sevastopol formed a vertical line, while the Poltava and Petropavlovsk formed a horizontal line, and the two teams were at a sixty-degree angle. The eight small torpedo boats of the Chinese army inserted in from the outside of the corner, and rushed into the flagship Sevastopol.
At this time, Cologne was also stunned.
The Russian army's rear team, the Bao Yalin and Emerald light cruisers, were unable to catch up with the Chinese torpedo boats, and had only had time to sink the seriously injured and suspended Chinese troops. They are now desperately taking a diagonal voyage to intercept the remaining Chinese troops who fled to the west. The two newly added destroyers were not as fast as the Chinese army and were already rescuing the surviving officers and soldiers of the battleship Sissoi Veriki. The Poltava and Petropavlovsk who were surrounded have already chased them. Now the four surviving battleships have formed an inverted V shape, exposing the flagship alone to the Chinese army.
At the moment when he was stunned, Roger Stwinsky had stabilized his mind and issued an order as calmly as possible. He asked the destroyers Precision and Naval Captain Polnikov to stop searching and rescue immediately and return to the battlefield to face the enemy's large torpedo boat troops. The Navalin and Sevastopol on the right wing immediately returned to the ship to attack the small torpedo boat formation of the Chinese army. The No. 1 ship Navalin immediately turned left, approached the flagship, and blocked the Chinese army's large torpedo boats' assault on the flagship.
With the order, the Russian battleship, which had already in an inverted V shape, launched a formation change again, trying to recover the unfavorable situation. The small torpedo boat of the Chinese army, which was advancing at high speed, rushed forward against the fierce artillery fire of the Sevastopol during the Russian army.
As a cover for two waves of saturation attacks, the Chinese army finally showed off its real killer weapon tonight. This small torpedo boat unit that had been touched in the chaos almost entered the effective range and rushed forward with a risk of death. In an instant, it had reached a distance of 600 yards from the Sevastopol and decisively launched torpedoes. Sixteen torpedoes rushed towards the Sevastopol battleship in a fan, drawing a deadly trail on the sea surface, like the trident of the sea god, and assassinated fiercely.
Major General Cologne was at a loss, Roger Steven followed the demon, muttering something in his mouth, not knowing what he was praying for. Above the black sea, the searchlight was tracking the torpedo tracks crazily with the white waves. The Sevastopol twisted his clumsy body, facing the direction of the torpedo attack with the bow of the ship, and dodged hard, as if he had jumped on the steel wire.
Faced with this sudden and fierce attack, Sevastopol's good luck and Roger Stevensky's prayer failed to work in the end. A water column that was nearly 100 meters soared into the sky on the port side of the battleship. The water column rose into the sky with steel debris, and then slapped heavily on the bow of the ship. The sailors screamed and were swept into the cold sea. The fire soared into the sky, a mess of engine room, the battleship that joined the fleet five years ago, turned into a dead fish floating on the sea...
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