.North latitude 30…scattered, Tokyo at 125:40.

The main force of the Japanese Third Fleet was escorting a transport fleet to North Korea to sail on the sea.

Kasumi armored cruiser.

Above the bridge, the commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, Lieutenant General Rigao Zhuangzicheng, dressed in a raincoat, looked at the black sea surface and said softly: "Chief of Staff, the Chinese airship seems to be missing... Do you think they will call?"

Fleet Chief of Staff Shizuka Nakamura didn't know how to answer for a while.

"It's a pity that the Chinese people's mobile fleet hid in the south. Their north boats would only sneak attack at night at most." Rigao Zhuang Cheng sighed regretfully, "But that airship is really annoying. The team's route is displayed naked under the eyes of the Chinese. In any case, it is not a pleasant thing."

Shizuka Shizukashi Nakamura nodded with a slight look: "These Chinese people always use strange tactics and will suffer losses if they are not careful. In any case, the commander-in-chief and the fleet must be more vigilant. It is very likely that the Chinese will send lightning formations to conduct night attacks."

"I hope the Chinese can come here." said the magnificent leader with a passionate affair. "Although the Third Fleet does not have a lineup like the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, it is not something that the Chinese torpedo boats can challenge."

Shizuka Nakamura nodded: "Commander, I am looking forward to this."

"It's a pity that Chief Yamamoto rejected my proposal. I really don't understand. Since we want to lure the enemy, why don't we directly gather the fleet to attack the coastal ports in the north of the Chinese and ravage their cities." Rigao Zhuangzi said with some dissatisfaction, "Even if the British announced that the continent south of the Yangtze River and the offshore wars were banned, we can go to the fortress artillery group in Jiaozhou Bay south of the Jiaodong Peninsula and it is not easy to mess with, but we can go to Rizhao, Lianyun, and go all the way south. Why do we have to fight Okinawa when ravaging their offshore? After all, it's not the Chinese's homeland."

Shizuka Nakamura sighed too.

The senior adviser Sato Tetsutaro, who was next to him, said: "Commander, in the humble opinion, the Chinese have evacuated the offshore. The major ports are now stationed with heavy troops and guarded with shore defense artillery. The most important thing is that there are many white Europeans and Americans doing business in the port cities of the Chinese people. Once the anger is aroused by the public... Moreover, Akiyama and Inoue Jun proposed that the Chinese army might have large-scale submarine troops. If they rashly patrol offshore, they may encounter unpredictable dangers. Once the joint fleet suffers major losses, it will be unbearable for the empire.

"Submarine?" Rigao Zhuang Cheng snorted, "I have seen those shallow diving tools, so there will be no big threat. Besides, we don't have destroyers and gunboats, by the way, there is also Hiraga Ryo. Are you not engaged in submarine driving? What are you afraid of? I really don't understand these people. Dongxiang is just a timid fight."

Shizuka Nakamura and Tetrataro Sato knew that the former standing fleet commander was snatched away by the position of commander of the joint fleet by Hirahachiro Togo, who had already been in the Maizuru guarding office, and looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Shizuka Nakamura was silent for a moment and said, "Commander, there are still some problems here... The Army has always insisted on incorporating the navy into the unified command system and cooperating with the army's operations in the north. The reason why the joint fleet wanted to start the Okinawa strategy was to open the southern war zone led by the navy alone. This was related to the plans of the Military Command and the Navy Province, and also to the future of all Satsuma colleagues, and even the century-old plan of the empire. The army's Changzhou Red Deer were full of mainland competitions. If they succeeded, even if they won this time, Japan would sooner or later be smashed to pieces in the battle between giants... Commander Togo still supports this decision."

The Rigao Zhuang Cheng stared at him for a while, his eyes flashed, and he snorted for a long time.

"Forget it, since it's confirmed, I wish them good luck. I hope the Chinese can cooperate." The Rigao Zhuang Cheng paused and said seriously, "Chief of Staff, this ship has a flag-speaking, 'I haven't heard of a navy in China'."

Shizuka Nakamura wanted to say something, but seeing the veteran's extremely serious expression, he had to nod and leave.

The Sun Gao Zhuo Cheng held the bridge fence, looked around the black sea, and watched the outlines of steel warships appear faintly, and the red signal lights shone brightly, and a burst of passion surged in his heart.

The Rigao Zhuang Cheng is a proud and arrogant person who has always been very conceited. This is also an important reason why the battle between Yamamoto's Mutual Guard is about to change the generals. He trusts the strength at hand very much.

The Rijin was originally named Moreno. It was originally ordered by the Argentine Navy in Italy. Later, due to the South American navy arms race, it was aborted due to the economic crisis. The relations between the three countries of ABC (Argentina, Brazil, Chile) in South America eased, and the Argentine Navy canceled the order. The Japanese Navy, which was eager to expand its strength, immediately set up the two armored cruisers through a French bank loan, and served as the core combat power of the Third Fleet.

The Kasumi has a standard displacement of 7,600 tons and a speed of 20 knots. It is equipped with a single-mounted 254 mm main turret, a double-mounted eight-inch (two-three) main turret, fourteen 152 secondary cannons, ten 80 mm cannons, six forty-seven mm rapid-fire cannons and four forty-five-o torpedo tubes, and six hundred crew members.

The protection capability of this type of warship is quite acceptable among armored cruisers. The thickness of the armor belt on the side is 18 o mm, the deck armor is 50 mm, and the front of the turret is 15 o mm. The superstructure layout is typical of the Italian style, that is, the main mast is located in the center of the hull, and the two chimneys are arranged in front and behind the main mast.

Its sister ship Kasuhi, the former Argentine Navy Rivadavia, is now five hundred meters behind it. The only difference is that a single-mounted 254 main gun was replaced with a double-mounted 8-inch (two-three) main turret

In addition to these two armored cruisers, the commander of the Rigao Zhuang Cheng also has two second-class cruisers: the Hequan and the Sumo.

The two ships were purchased from the German Vulken Shipyard in 1898. In another time and space, their ship names should be "Hairong" and "Haichou". They were warships ordered by the Qing government to fill the losses of the Sino-Japanese War. The standard displacement is 2,680 tons, the speed is 20 knots, the crew is 274 people, equipped with three Krupp rapid-fire guns of 150 mm and 40 caliber Krupp rapid-fire guns, eight Krupp rapid-fire guns of 37 mm and 6 Krupp machine guns, six heavy machine guns, and three torpedo tubes, and equipped with phosphorus bronze torpedoes from Schwarzkopf, Germany.

In addition, the fleet also has four destroyers: Uhai, Maya, Uji and Skylark, with displacements of 600 tons.

In the view of the Rigao Zhuang Cheng, with such strength, it is more than enough to deal with some light ships left by the Chinese Navy in the north. As for the Chinese fleet in the south, it is impossible to come so quickly, even if you go north, it will be difficult to escape the intelligence ships arranged by the Japanese army.

The Black Panther Detachment of the Chinese Army, the pilot cruiser, the Battle Knife.

Captain Xu Bo, like a sculpture, sat motionlessly next to the lookout post, with his legs spread apart and leaning on a saber, with a serious expression.

"The direction is 16 o, eight nautical miles, and there are ship shadows... one, two, three, four... more than 14 ships heading north and sailing at ten knots."

Maoyan, who was in charge of the investigation, suddenly spoke excitedly.

Xu Bo suddenly stood up: "Did you read it wrong?"

“…Target confirmation duplication: 16 o, 8 nautical miles, 14 or more ships, 36 o, speed of 10 knots”

Two minutes later, the Cheetah Commander Tower.

The communications officer rushed in: "The Battle Dagger discovered the shadow of enemy ships, no less than fourteen, which should be the Japanese fleet reported by the airship. The course was in the north, with a speed of ten knots."

Sa Zhenbing suddenly opened his eyes: "Two equipped patrols, two light patrols, four destroyers... I received the power generation for this gift. All ships of the fifth light patrol team immediately turned and drove in parallel with the enemy ship. A team of mines spread out on the left wing. The fourth destroyer team went forward to lure the enemy. The fifth destroyer team deviated from the southwest to cut off the retreat route. The direction of the team was adjusted to 18 o, following the flagship."

A shrill battle alarm sounded throughout the ship.

Two minutes later, the Commander Tower of the Battle Knife.

Xu Bo, who returned to the command position, tightened his buttons and said calmly: "Criticize the apparel tour... and infuriate them and lead you into the trap. This is really an interesting task... Unfortunately, new players like the Battle Knife level are too eye-catching, don't scare the Japanese away. Let this task be given to the Fourth Destroyer Team. There are also several fog-level ships in Qingdao base... We will meet these Japanese again later."

"Chief of Staff, our ship turns right and turns eight prayer points, the second battle is fast."

Ten minutes later.

"When the Hequan call, the shadow of the Chinese warship was found in front of him, with a position of three or three o, a distance of four o, a small ship four, a speed of more than twenty knots, and a course of one or six o ship type was presumed to be a Chinese military's 'fog' class destroyer."

The communications officer put down the phone and yelled at the battle bridge.

The mighty leader suddenly stood up.

"Finally come." The Japanese lieutenant general who was depressed recently showed excitement, "It's the destroyers in Jiaozhou Bay. Do you want to sneak attack our team? In the sea battle of Yingzheng, the Third Fleet will start a messaging of the Sixth Team, move closer to our team, and attract enemy ships. Our team will immediately go forward to meet the enemy, advance at the first speed of the first destroyer, Maya, Uji, and the two ships of Uji follow our team, and the rest of the ships will accelerate to protect the transport fleet."

Sato Tetsutado Sato next to him frowned and wanted to say something, but looking at the commander-in-chief's excited look, he stumbled for a few times but still didn't speak.

The flagship of the second fleet of the Japanese United Fleet, Kasuga.

The Rigao Zhuang Cheng looked at the faint gully of the muzzle in the distance, and felt a stream of passion rushing into his brain, the blue veins on his forehead thrust and he was drunk.

"The team turns right and turns right, the maximum battle speed." Rigao Zhuang Cheng shouted, "There are all guns on both sides"

"The enemy ship is moving...a distance of twenty-five (twenty-five chains, five thousand meters), position two or three o, and course...the enemy ship is turning rapidly to the left..."

"Want to run away? Let's take a quick look when you see the opportunity." Rigao Zhuang Cheng snorted, "The team's biggest battle starts to fire."

The flagship of the fourth team of the Chinese Army Destroyer, Rain and Fog.

Fleet Chief of Staff Li Jiangnan stood in front of the eight-inch binoculars on the combat bridge and looked carefully: "There is a little bit less than that. After all, the night battle is a night battle... I was hit by the enemy's pioneer ship and got the grenade... It seems that it did not affect the former main turret..."

At this moment, the bridge swayed violently, and Captain Li Henian helped the Nakadao Platform. The sound of the lookout came from the sound tube: "There is almost a bullet missing from the starboard side of this ship... There is no water yet."

"Didn't bully our boat?... Isn't it with him to play the order? The ship's stern torpedo launches... The second battle speed is z-shaped, and it releases smoke screen to cover it." Li Henian roared, "These Japanese... hope they don't lose."

At this moment, looking down from the battlefield through the dark night, six Japanese warships, two equipped patrol patrols, and two third-class protective cruisers were viciously chasing four Chinese destroyers with a displacement of only more than 800 tons.

Four short figures drew a z-shaped trail at high speed and dragged out a rolling smoke screen, making the dark night thicker.

Water columns rose like forests on the sea, and these small boats were walking through the stormy waves, like a group of frightened rabbits.

Huajun, Cheetah.

Sa Zhenbing, commander of the Black Panther Detachment, looked at the flashes rising from the night in the distance, and his expression was calm.

"Original 16o, enemy small patrol 2, speed 24, distance 6,000, direction 18o; Orientation 17o, enemy large patrol 2, speed 20, distance 7,500..., orientation 18o, enemy destroyer 2, speed 28, distance 4,000 enemy destroyers sent a signal... Ask for my ship's identity..."

"Send a signal," Sa Zhenbing said calmly, "The whole team of our ship turns right and turns four charcoal points. The second battle speed is, the cheetah and snow leopard gather fire to attack the enemy's small patrol pilot ship, Guilin and Lijiang attack the enemy's small patrol ship No. 2. Notify Xu Bo to attack the enemy destroyer, and then encircle the enemy from the flank to patrol the team. The ship, the target enemy's ship No. 1, open fire."

The highest level of the integrated command bridge on the Cheetah, the upper bridge.

"...These Japanese, the searchlights are on and the signal lights are on. Don't you take us seriously..." Captain Ning Guoping snorted, "Captain of the Artillery, wait until the ship turns, and solve the various elements immediately."

The artillery sect leader Zhang Leiming nodded.

The Chinese army's shooting command plate is currently unable to solve the rapid steering of the ship. As the warship is turned, the main turret below has turned the muzzle to the target, and the secondary guns on each side have already indicated that they have been prepared in the sound tube.

Zhang Leiming began to input various data such as wind speed, direction of both sides, relative speed, etc. based on the distance clock, variable distance rate disk, and then the various elements were solved.

"These elements have been solved..."

"The port main gun test fire is unfolded..."

Zhang Leiming quickly converted the calculated data into the shooting data of each main gun through the signal transmitter and the transit switch, and passed it to the main turret. The huge hull shocked suddenly, and four heavy bullets flew out at the Japanese pilot ship, the Imperson, which was 12,000 yards away.

In order to avoid the shells fired by the two main guns in the same turret interfering with each other during flight, and to facilitate the calculation of the deviation of the bullet point, the Huajun naval gun adopted the cross-fire method, that is, the left main guns of each main turret were the first group to fire first, and fifteen seconds later, the right main guns began to fire volleys, and then continued to cycle. In this way, the eight three-five main guns were interlaced on each turret, and long flames were released in two batches, and eight heavy bombs chased each other and flew towards the Japanese and Izumi cruiser in the distance.

Almost at the same time, three other Chinese armored cruisers also fired heavy bullets. The four armored cruisers, a total of 24 three- or five-mm main guns, all facing the same side, and launched test firings towards the two third-class cruisers of the Japanese army.

The Izumi and Sumo had just discovered the shadows of the ship in the distance. The lookout was still observing the light signals returned by the destroyer in front of the left, but was shocked by the dense flashes of muzzles in the distance.

In the fire, the huge and majestic outline of the Chinese armored cruiser was finally displayed, especially the signature pagoda bridge of the Cheetah-class

This is by no means a light warship, but a new type of Chinese army's patrol or even battleship

The captain of the Izumi Kazumi Kenichi was almost stunned as the first round of test shots of the Chinese army raised dense water columns in front, back and left and right of the Izumi Kazumi. A ship that was nearly missing from the warship was less than 200 meters away from the Izumi Kazumi seemed weak in the huge waves. It was lifted up high and fell heavily. What's even more terrifying is that the second round of artillery attacks followed by the Chinese army directly fired a cross-fire.

Kenichi Fujimoto knew that such a huge water column could only be a cannon with a caliber of more than ten inches, while the Chinese army did not have a caliber, so it could only be a twelve inches of the other party was a Chinese army's armored cruiser, and the bridge under the flash...is it a cheetah-class or a Guangzhou-class?

Kenichi Fujimoto had no time to think about anything else, and almost hoarsely ordered a sharp turn to the left to eight guinea pig points, heading with the z-shaped line, and retreated quickly.

As soon as the smoke screen of the Hequan was pulled out, the third round of shooting of the Chinese military uniform patrol team had already arrived one after another, and dense water columns burst out from front, back and left and right.

There was a loud bang.

Kenichi Fujimoto lost consciousness in an instant.

A three-five armor-piercing bomb hit the commander's tower and exploded below, almost lifting the entire commander's tower away, and the front main mound was shaking. A huge shrapnel flew to the upper observation deck and neatly cut the lookout officer into two pieces. The broken corpse fell on the deck, frightening the sailors rescued on the upper deck to scream hysterically.

There are broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, gushing blood, gurgling blood, burning flames, and choking smoke.

Kenichi Fujimoto took his last breath in the blazing fire.

The Japanese sailors who survived the trouble dragged down the sandbags built on the side of the port and scattered the sand on the deck to avoid excessive slipperyness due to too much blood. The bodies were too many to handle and could only be pushed aside.

The various turrets, engine compartment, and damaged pipes of the Hequan were all in a state of fighting each other. The officers and soldiers worked entirely on training, instinct and independent judgment...

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