.With the guidance of the airship, Xu Bo set off his formation in advance.

Faced with the Japanese tactic of seizing the T-head, Xu Bo quickly issued a steering order. The Chinese warships formed a new ship against the enemy on the side, approaching the Japanese warships diagonally, forming an incoming shape. Because the Chinese warships were fast, they had the upper hand in maneuver, and the Japanese army could only passively turn and soon became in an unfavorable battle position.

At this time, all four sword-level light patrols of the Chinese Light Patrol formation began to test the shooting, but the Japanese army had only the pilot ship Langsu and the second ship Takachisu to fight back. The latter two light patrols were still rushing to follow up.

The small cruisers of the two armies, one with a standard displacement of 3320 tons, the other with a standard displacement of 5250 tons, the other with a thickest armor of 35 mm in accordance with the idea of ​​comprehensive protection, while the other with a key protection concept, the key parts are concentrated in the swelling part, and the waterline on the side is installed with a maximum of 50 mm, the deck is the thickest, the turret is the thickest, and the command tower is the 80 mm thick, and the armor plate of 15 mm thick, the engine bay and the ammunition depot are arranged around the engine compartment and ammunition depot to defend against shrapnel impact, which is a great effort.

Langsui and Gao Qiansui, who took the lead, immediately became the targets of the Chinese army's concentrated attack. The 152 mm and 45-diameter main gun of the Chinese army's sword-level light patrol was obviously much more powerful than the opponent's one-five-de-based Krupp main gun. In the first stage of this artillery battle, the dense firepower of the Chinese army caused quite a lot of damage to the Japanese army. The Langsui ship was hit by two rounds with a large amount of water. Fortunately, the water-tight compartment was tightly set up, but the bow of the ship had already sunk, driving the speed of the ship to drop by two knots. Gao Qiansui hit two rounds in a row, and the port side broke, and the sea water poured in. Although the damage was effective, it was still forced to pour water on the starboard side to maintain balance, and the speed of the ship dropped by two knots.

However, as the two sides approached, the ten 105-speed guns on the Japanese cruiser also began to show their power, and the dense firepower exploded around the Chinese warships. The Shise gunpowder and Ijiyuan's information tube used by the Japanese army exploded. The light patrol of the Chinese army was soon baptized by fire and steel.

The first one was bombed was the Battle Sword, which was the first to be bombed. The fierce gunpowder ignited a fire on the front deck of the entire warship. The firefighters dragged the water dragon and rushed to rescue the flying shrapnel. Xie Jiangchao had a blue face and roared at the command of the damage to the pipe. Xu Bo did not frown, and calmly issued one combat order after another to command the battle between the ship and the entire formation.

Obviously, the Japanese army also adopted the strategy of concentrated fire attack. Several consecutive heavy bombs destroyed the bow of the Battle Dagger without armor protection in one fell swoop. The sea water surged in, and the team members of the damage control urgently closed the watertight compartment. It was another continuous near-missile bomb and hit the bullet. The Battle Dagger's bow nose was actually separated from the hull and sank directly into the seabed.

This time, the speed of the Battle Dagger dropped by two knots, and the waves on the front deck became much more serious. Xu Bo looked at the strange-burning front deck, the broken bow, and a messy upper building. His face was only cold and harsh: "Maintain the maximum battle speed and concentrate fire to attack the enemy ship No. 1"

The Japanese ships on the opposite side were not feeling well. As the two sides approached quickly, the Chinese army's artillery fire became more and more intense. The Langsu, which had been beaten to the bruises, was hit by a single-mounted main gun, and the artillery shield was destroyed. The entire cannon was blown up and twisted. The ammunition hand of the gunner behind was directly lifted into the air. The third single-mounted main gun was shocked by the close bomb of the high-explosive bomb, so the seat ring was stuck and unable to rotate. The flying shrapnel was reaping life on the deck.

The entire front deck of the waves was baptized by the Chinese army's grenades. The metal was roasted and curled and deformed in the high temperature, like a messy mess, and a dead body. A heavy bomb was also heard near the bridge of the swollen part of the battleship. Captain Lin Zuotaro was hit by the right chest by bursting fragments, and blood was poured out of sight. He was carried to the medical cabin for rescue. Deputy Captain Maeda Fujiha took over the command.

The Japanese team members braved the shrapnel and rescued their lives. In addition to the water dragon, the sailors also used buckets and all the tools to try to put out the fire on the deck.

At this moment, Lieutenant Mine Hiromasa, who had just received bandage, stumbled to the deck to help, but looking at the fire on the deck in front of him, buckets of water poured up and the fire became stronger and stronger. Suddenly, he remembered something and shouted anxiously: "Do it and use the water dragon."

It's too late.

One after another, the Japanese sailors who were putting out the fire suddenly suffered heavy casualties.

Mine Hikamasa closed his eyes in pain.

The Huajun grenade was filled with picric acid arson explosives, and a combustion aid consisting of iron powder and aluminum powder were added. Now, let alone the wooden deck, even the steel plate was melted. At such a high temperature, the water was decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen as soon as it poured on, which triggered a more violent combustion and even explosion. The temperature rose to a terrifying level, and the steel seemed to be burning.

To solve this problem, we can only concentrate the water dragon to cool it down as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, most of the essence of the Japanese navy was lost during the Sino-Japanese War. The rebuilt Japanese navy lacked enough experience in damage control and finally tasted the bad results.

The Takachiho was even more lucky. A Chinese army's 152 bomb hit its swollen part without bias and penetrated into the engine compartment below. With an earth-shaking explosion, the entire ship rotated violently on the sea for a round and a half, losing its power, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered on the sea.

The Gao Qiansui, who had lost power, became the key target of the Chinese army's attack. The Chinese destroyers on both wings had already been surrounded, and the Yi-O rapid-fire cannons also joined the battle. The pressure on the Japanese ship suddenly increased. The Xingao fired a torpedo at the Huajun War Knife, which was 1,500 yards away. Xu Bo commanded the warship to perform a complex Z-shaped maneuver and avoided the attack. However, in the dodging, a one-O-5 near-lose bomb was lost near the tail rudder, and the course of the warship suddenly became chaotic. He escaped by luck, but he was unable to attack again and was forced to stop flights and repairs.

Xu Bo's face turned blue and his eyes flashed.

"The tail rudder is misaligned, repaired in ten minutes." The sound of the chief engineer came from the speaker, which sounded like a sound of nature in Xu Bo's ears.

On the Japanese side, the dyingly struggling Gao Qiansui finally became a broken steel box under the intensive bombardment of the Chinese army's 152 and 12O guns. The carefully designed watertight compartment could not withstand so many explosions and shatters, and it was already slowly but unstoppable. Four main guns of the Langsuo had been destroyed, but they still persisted to a distance of 800 yards before firing the torpedo. The target was the Huajun Zhandao Xu Bo, who had lost his maneuver power, watched a fog-class destroyer actively blocking a torpedo that was shot towards him, collapsed on the water in a violent explosion and tilted sharply.

Xu Bo took the helm with his own hands, his voice changed and he directed the Battle Knife to dodge, but due to the failure of the steering wheel, he still hit a torpedo on the port side, and the sea water suddenly surged in.

"Steam-to-starter water"

"The first team of the loss management team arrived at the control area No. 6"

"Gate No. 5 is closed"

"Door Six"

...

Xu Bo watched his No. 1 main turret once again send the 152nd bomb to the swelling of Akashi, causing a violent explosion. Seeing the other party's remaining body slowly sinking into the seabed, he was not excited at all.

"Old Xu, let me go down, the warship is really dangerous." Xie Jiangchao next to the Naitu Platform looked pale.

"You have to remember that you are now the chief of staff of the team and you must assist me in commanding the operations of the entire guerrilla formation, not just the deputy captain of the Battle Dagger." Xu Bo turned around and his voice was cold, "Each of us has our own accusations, we must strictly guard the battle position."

He looked around the audience and his tone slowed down: "Second Lieutenant Zhang Zili, you are not needed here for the time being. The warship is dangerous. Please take the Marines to rescue... In addition, the rescue volunteer team will be dispatched immediately."

A naval lieutenant wearing a blue Marine uniform stood attentively and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander."

At this moment, the Battle Sword No. 1 no longer had the majestic spirit before the war started.

The head of the ship was gone, the upper deck was burned to pieces, and the sea water surged in from the port side; after the starboard side was injected, the speed of the ship dropped sharply.

On the port side, the surging sea water washed away one watertight cabin after another. The damaged tubes wearing orange-red diving suits and simple underwater breathing masks formed an emergency repair suicide squad and sneaked into the watertight cabin filled with water. Multiple people worked together to try to close the two crucial watertight cabin doors to avoid the slow sinking of the front of the warship. The pump pump on the ship and all the remaining sailors had already taken action, pumping and pouring water out desperately, trying to grab the beloved warship from the god of death.

After a while, the team member with a gray face, with a gray face floated to the surface, took off his mask, and gasped in a big breath, but barely raised his two fingers.

"Close"

The members of the damage management team next to them didn't care about celebrating, so they quickly changed a group of people and closed another watertight compartment.

Zhang Zili, a Marine officer on the ship who was in charge of military law, hurriedly rushed off the bridge with a team of marines.

His officer uniform was stained with blood and was washed from head to toe by the Chongtian water pouring on the side. There were many seriously injured and dying sailors, or corpses, and the sailors who could move were busy like worker ants, carrying the seriously injured to the medical cabin on the ship, while the dead bodies could only be piled up in the corners to prepare for sea burial afterwards.

Zhang Zili didn't care about this and hurriedly led a group of new forces to the engine room. After talking to the captain of the loss management team, he left a group of people and rushed to the head of the ship.

Every minute now is extremely valuable for rescuing this new warship

The battle between the light patrols is extremely cruel.

Because the armor of both sides is not thick, the firepower is very sharp, and it is more like two gladiators holding short swords fighting life and death. Although the new Chinese warships are fast, relatively thick armor and strong firepower, by the time of close combat, they have become a competition of the will and training level between the two sides.

The Langsu had turned into an iron coffin under the fire-raising attack of the Chinese Army's War Knife and Saber. The chimney was cut off, and the engine room was hit by two 152 armor-piercing bombs one after another. The high-pressure steam from the steam boiler hit the air, forming a huge umbrella-shaped cloud. The terrible fire was spreading around the ship. The engine room was damaged and the water pump stopped. The Japanese sailors were killed and injured.

The bridge had collapsed and shattered in the raging fire, and the officers on the ship were almost dead. The most tenacious Japanese sailors also gave up their efforts. In order to avoid the raging fire, the desperate sailors jumped directly into the sea from the side of the side.

As other officers were killed and injured, Minuchi Mitsumasa took over the warship and issued an order to abandon the ship almost immediately. At this moment, the famous handsome man in the Japanese Navy, who stood out in a unique hair-divided style, hugged the seriously injured captain Lin Zuotaro onto the lifeboat. Another naval warrant officer, Morizawaki, held the emperor's Mikawa, and the sailors paddled hard.

Before he could escape, a Chinese destroyer fired a string of shells and ordered them to stop sailing. Mine Hiromasa took off his white shirt and waved it hard.

The sailors looked at him in shock, and Morizeki beside him said with a pale face: "Senior Mine, you are going to humiliate His Majesty the Emperor as an imperial army, how can you be a prisoner of the Chinese people?"

Mine Mitsumasa looked as the Chinese military traffic boats got closer and closer, and looked at the sailors with different faces, and smiled bitterly: "Everyone, please stop sacrificing your life unnecessary. The war belonging to us is over. For the sake of the empire, we must survive. After all, no matter whether you win or lose, Japan after the war needs someone to defend it."

After hearing this, the sailors still looked bad, but they seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Senior, are you still a warrior?"

Faced with Morizawa Kita's accusation, Mine Mitsumasa just said calmly: "A true samurai must understand that only by living can one serve the country and His Majesty the Emperor. And in many cases, living requires more courage than death."

Senzebei looked at all this with a pale face. As the traffic boat of Huajun got closer, he suddenly took out his pistol and shouted in a stern voice: "His Majesty the Emperor"

Minai Mitsumasa was pale and was about to say something, but the newly graduated warrant officer turned his gun and shot himself in the chest. Then he struggled to hug the Emperor Yuying and rolled into the sea.

Mine Hiromasa bit her lip tightly, her face pale.

The battle between the New Tak and Akashi reached the last moment.

These two warships that were severely damaged in the 1895 year of 1894-1895 seemed to be intentionally pursuing the shame of ten years ago. Faced with the enemy with absolute advantage, they did not retreat and fought tenaciously to the last moment. Under the command of Xu Bo, the destroyer troops of the Chinese army did not fight, but shot and flew past the two wings, and rushed towards the assault force composed of Japanese destroyers.

The Shingao and Akishi faced the enemy on the side and concentrated their firepower to violently attack the light cruiser of the Huajun Masaber. The superstructure of the Saber was also ravaged by Shinse Gunpowder and Ijiyuan Information Management, like the residential area after a hurricane, in a mess. However, under the superior artillery fire of the Chinese army, the two Japanese ships did not support it for too long. Soon, the firepower of the Shingao gradually weakened, and Akishi also ignited a fire. During the process of shooting the torpedoes with each other, the Shingao light cruiser, which had a higher speed, was obviously better. Gao Qiansui failed during a rapid turn, and the entire ship began to spin on the sea. The Shingao light patrol and the Dasword took the opportunity to beat it up and fired the torpedoes. In a fierce explosion, the 3,320-ton protective cruiser finally sank into the bottom of the sea.

The Akashi became the last target of the four Chinese light patrols, including the Battle Knife. The raindrop-like shells immediately enveloped the thin warship. At this moment, Akashi was possessed by a god and dodged four torpedoes, but was finally swallowed up by hail-like rain of bullets. A one-five-second bomb penetrated the top of the rear main turret, causing a fire, and then causing a large explosion in the ammunition depot. The entire warship almost flew into the air, broke into two pieces, and sank into the sea.

The Battle Sword No. 1 can no longer be saved.

The dying Akashi hit the port side of the Battle of the last scattered shot before his death. The capped armor-piercing bomb invented by the commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet and naval expert Makarov was so happy that he pierced the seriously damaged side armor of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the Battle of the last scattered shot. The watertight cabin, which had just been injected with water, rushed into the port side. The watertight cabin of the bow was closed. The team members who were already exhausted and had to drag their tired bodies to rush to the port side.

The Battle Blade has already ignited a huge fire.

The oil-fired boiler in the engine compartment was ignited by the Japanese Shise gunpowder. The Huajun's damage tube chamber was built in the middle of the engine compartment as usual. The violent explosion caused a fire. The elite damage tube captain, including the damage tube captain and the officers and soldiers of the engine compartment who were fighting desperately, almost instantly became a fireman. The last scene that the damage tube captain saw was a rapid fire that caused a violent explosion, and he also became a burning torch in an instant. At the moment of death, the tenacious Fujian man actually struggled to yell "inject water".

Everything is too late.

Although Xu Bo almost immediately ordered the engine room to be filled with water, the fierce fire had already ignited the entire warship along the pipeline. Xie Jiangchao, who was commanding the emergency repair at the head of the ship, was almost stunned by the screams of the loudspeaker. Soon, the continuous explosions made his heart tighten.

The warship finally couldn't be saved

Five minutes later.

Xu Bo stood on the lifeboat and looked at the battleship that had been evacuated and slowly entered the water, tears burst out from his eyes.

Xie Jiangchao, who was standing beside him, held the warship's flag like a treasure, and shed tears: "Next time, you must install a patrol. The protection of this light patrol is too poor..."

I don't know who took the lead next to him, but the officers and soldiers began to sing the naval song in unison, and the song went from low to high, and went straight to the sky, as if overwhelming the rumbling cannons around:

“We are the great navy of the Chinese Empire,

We are the great navy of the Chinese nation.

Firm faith and strong fighting spirit,

Strict discipline and strong combat skills

The rise of the empire,

National rejuvenation,

Navy athletes are pioneers

From Beihai to Nanyang,

Imperial Navy Battle Flag Floating

From the ends of the world to the corners of the sea,

The giant cannon of the steel warship

I'll make the decision on the vast ocean,

I am the leader of the blue waves

We are the glorious navy,

We are the victorious navy

Navy Navy Navy”

After the song was finished, all the sailors, even those who were seriously injured, struggled to stand up and salute solemnly at the slowly sinking warship.

Xu Bo closed his eyes and let the tears flow freely.

This was his first battle.

And he just lost his warship...

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