Chapter 130 The Burning Ocean (IV)

Sea slogan.

During the previous artillery battle, Lin Tai suffered minor injuries and minor concussions due to the Russian military's concentrated attack on the bridge. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured after first aid and had insisted on returning to the command post.

"Opereswet class 3 ship, one armor-piercing bomb in the swollen part of the swelling part of the 3rd ship, a fire... Long live the Imperial Navy, what is that... Something happened to Langsan, Langsan... The swollen part exploded, the yellow smoke column was more than 100 meters, it was so terrible... It broke. Langsan broke. Oh my God, what's going on... It sinks too fast. Langsan... It sinks."

In the speaker, the lookout's originally cheerful voice suddenly became panicked, but in the end, it turned into a choke.

No one expected that at this time, the Langsan, which had been under control and the injury did not seem to have further deteriorated, suddenly exploded.

It may be that the fire caused the death of the launching medicine or ammunition depot, or it may be that a Russian artillery shell was hit by accident, or it may be that the coal powder exploded in fire under high temperatures, or even spontaneous combustion caused the death of the ammunition depot...

The Lang Son battle sank. This is the first sunken battleship of the Chinese army and the first sunken armored ship in the history of the Chinese Empire Navy.

For a moment, there was a silence like death in the bridge, and everyone seemed to be stunned by the sudden bad news.

"The Fourth Torpedo Team, start rescue." Lin Taizeng's calm voice sounded, everyone was shocked slightly, looking at the team commander, "Continue to implement the original case."

Lin Tai once looked around everyone and his voice was calm: "This team has accumulated to sink or destroy four Russian warships, and lost one. Although it is a pity, it is not a problem. Wars are always inevitable, but sacrifices are inevitable. However, whether it is the Langsan, the other ships, or everyone else, have done well so far. Everyone, the war is not over yet, please continue to work hard."

Chief of Staff Ye Zugui was shocked and woke up as if he was dreaming, yelling: "Everyone has it, continue to fight."

"Long live"

In the middle of the battlefield, Sa Zhenbing, who was divided into troops with Xu Fan, did not turn his target to the new Russian pilot ship Baglatianhao, but instead continued to concentrate on attacking the Russian formation No. 2 Polodino-class battleship Polodino to avoid wasting time after re-care.

In the previous battle, the port side of the Polodino was severely damaged. However, due to the steering, it has now become a starboard counter to the enemy, and it has suddenly regained its previous loss. However, the failure of its No. 2 main turret has not been eliminated, resulting in only half of the main gun fire. Facing the bombardment of the 16 twelve-inch and forty-five-diameter twelve-inch cannons on the opposite side, despite the support of the four twelve-inch cannons in the front guide Baglatianhao, he was still at a disadvantage.

In this battle, the Cheetah suffered a much higher threat than the previous Black Island naval battle. The twelve-inch main gun of the Russian ship was obviously far more powerful than the ten-inch and eight-inch guns of the Japanese Second Fleet. The Russian army posed a huge threat to the small number of German armor-piercing bombs and experimentally improved versions of Russian armor-piercing bombs on the warships.

At a distance of 8,000 meters, the armor-piercing shells fired from the main guns of the Russian ships are undoubtedly fatal toll. Even with the cheetah-level tight and heavy protection, they inevitably suffered heavy blows. The secondary turret on the side of the cheetah, due to its thin armor, naturally became a severely affected area under the dense firepower of the Russian army. Although after the experience of the Black Island naval battle, the Chinese army strengthened the turret to a certain extent, especially the additional layer of uniform and high-elastic armor plates on the top of it, and improved fire prevention measures, in the face of the heavy armor-piercing bombs of the Russian army, the armor of these secondary turrets was still unable to withstand direct attacks.

The No. 3 sub-turret of its swollen part was hit by a twelve-inch armor-piercing projectile, and the turret armor was pierced. With a earth-shaking loud noise, the port side suddenly burst into flames. If the Chinese army had not used fixed-load shells and reliable fuses, and relatively slow TNT loading, if it were not for the Chinese army's destruction of firefighting power, once the ammunition exploded, it would have triggered a chain reaction like a volcanic eruption in the Chinese army's armor box.

The tall commander tower of the Cheetah also became a severely affected area. The Russian high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bombs made the pagoda full of smoke, shrapnel flying everywhere, and damaged many places on the side. The Gaoping dual-purpose machine gun outside was also swept across the shrapnel, and blood flowed into a river. Sa Zhenbing, on the combat command bridge at the upper part of the commander tower, was still calm and composed in a silence in the face of the rain of bullets and commanding the battle in an orderly manner.

It seemed to be infected by the commander's calmness, and the firepower of the Cheetah became increasingly intense.

The starboard side of the Polodino also followed the port side.

Under the more dense and effective attack of the Chinese army's twelve-inch giant cannon, the huge armored battle fortress on the swollen part of this German-French mixed-blood warship was finally cut open like cheese under the sharp blade, revealing the sweet part inside. Under the continuous heavy blow, the partition of the sailor cabin of the Polodino was pierced, the giant bomb exploded in the flue, and the fire directly threatened the boiler and the engine room. Water was inflowing on many sides of the side, the ribs were broken, the ship plates were squeezed inward, and the engine room was seeped. The fire was beating under the deck, the flue was damaged, and coal smoke was everywhere, and the battleship turned into an active volcano.

Although the Russian sailors showed amazing courage, courage could not replace something equally important. Ten minutes later, the warship finally fired out the flag to withdraw from the battle line, and in fact, the firepower was completely extinguished, and the storm of the fire was already a huge achievement in itself.

The Chinese armored cruiser Dali, who fought against the last ship of the Russian Makarov formation and the third ship of the Alexander III.

No matter from any aspect, this is a battle with huge power differences. The Russian ships on the opposite side are two latest Borodino-class ships, with displacement of 13,200 tons, and a mixed German-French race, which is Russia's pride.

The Dali here is just a former armored cruiser of the Chinese army. Although it has four twelve-inch main guns of the battleship level, it lacks accurate shooting observation and command systems, and there are also great problems in armor protection. The slender hull designed to increase the speed makes most of its parts fragile.

Soon, under the bombardment of the Russian army, the third ship of the Guilin-class patrol was already in a difficult position.

Several large holes have been broken on the unprotected side plates of the bow and stern of the ship. If a layer of homogeneous armored steel was not welded inside, the water inlet would have been even more serious. Even the armored boxes that this class of ships had fully protected were already scarred. The deck was full of chaos, and four twelve-inch cannons were installed with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons. In addition, the large aspect ratio used to pursue high speeds caused the recoil during the fire and the swaying left and right were too high. On the one hand, it affected the accuracy of the shooting, and on the other hand, it also added great danger to the loading of ammunition in the turret.

Under such a difficult situation, the Dali still insisted on fighting back.

The most prominent feature of the Imperial Chinese Navy is from officers to grassroots non-commissioned officers and soldiers:

First, high salary, with a salary that far exceeds the average level of other industries in society, and an absolutely first-class meal, ensuring that the army has high morale and sense of belonging;

Second, extremely strict military disciplines have detailed and strict military laws on the military. Once the law is violated, the entire team will be punished. Therefore, strict military laws are imposed within each team. Each warship has a Marine Gendarmerie troops responsible for law enforcement. For naval officers, from the moment they entered the sea school, the extremely strict military legal system has strictly controlled them from head to toe and completely rebuilt.

Third, very detailed management regulations. The management rules of the Imperial Navy were copied in the early stages of the British Royal Navy, and then they added their own supplementary regulations, from the operation rules, regulations, reward and punishment measures of each department, to the work records of each department, the detailed navigation minutes of the entire warship must be archived and verified by a special fleet procuratorial department. Taking the turbine unit as an example, the status of the turbine, the power, temperature, the conditions of each spindle, and the status of the gearbox at each moment must be recorded in detail. The navigator must record all the actions of the ship. The maintenance of the ship is meticulous, and all sailors are busy performing various duties at any time.

Fourth, ideological and political work is always pervasive. The navy built by Zheng Ying and Xu Fan is a standard professional army, but due to the era they live in and the mission they carry, a sense of responsibility, identity, glory and obligations of professional soldiers, the excellent traditions of the navy, the seven virtues of the imperial soldiers, all these ideological education are implemented in every detail in life.

Fifth, unity. The navy is an organization that emphasizes unity and cooperation, which is closely related to the characteristics of the navy. When a warship goes to sea to fight, any link or any person is negligent, it may ruin everyone's life. Naval battles rely more on the courage of each ship to despair and the cooperation of strict formations.

Within the navy, the relationship between the students at all levels of the sea school is extremely close. Starting from the sea school, the superior students are responsible for the development and training of the students at the lower level, while the subordinate students must strictly obey the superior students' control in accordance with the regulations, and everything is like in the army. But on the other hand, the superior students must also be responsible for the subordinate students to the end, from their thoughts to their personal lives, and everything must be carefully taken care of. Therefore, the Chinese empire's sea school students, both in the army and in society, have formed a huge and tangled network. When they respond, they respond to each other on the battlefield. Any internal private tricks, especially the situation of betrayal and framed comrades, will definitely be absolutely despised by the entire group.

Sixth, military orders are like mountains. Once an order is issued, it must be completed without fail. Any self-righteous behavior will be discounted, especially fear of war and avoiding war, will be directly corrected by the political instructor of the warship. The political instructor and the captain supervise each other, and the Marine Corps is responsible for law enforcement and inspection. Every time they return from a voyage, they must submit a complete written report;

Seventh, a fair, just and open three public system. The finances of warships and fleets are disclosed internally, and the promotion of personnel and their reasons are also announced to minimize the black box operation.

In this way, after thirty years of development, the Chinese Empire Navy has become an elite army that can fight and dares to fight. Although their accumulation and confidence are far inferior to old navies like Britain, they have more enterprising and pioneering spirit, and there is not so much accumulated bureaucracy and old customs.

At this moment, facing the superior enemy, the Dali crew showed amazing courage and strength, and braved the superior firepower of the opposite side to shoot in an orderly manner.

The Eagle had been repeatedly baptized by Chinese warships, and only half of the four main guns were still firing. Most of the secondary guns on the starboard side had ceased, and the main rangefinder was damaged. Now the front main turret was fired using the main gun rangefinder. Under the attack of Dali, the fire on the Eagle ship could hardly be destroyed. The damage control team members had already been killed and injured, and the warship was riddled with holes and had turned into a strange existence. If it weren't for the efforts of Emperor Alexander III to support him, the warship would have withdrawn from the battle line.

With its resilience and persistence, the Dali waited for the moment when the cheetah and the snow leopard ahead solved the opponent's support.

On the southern line, the battle between Xu Fan and Dongxiang formations has begun.

The two fleets first walked opposite each other at a distance of 13,000 yards, and then turned eastward at the same time.

Dongxiang's idea was to meet Makarov in the northeast as soon as possible, while Xu Fan wanted to cut off Dongxiang's attempt to prevent the Sazhen Bing formation from being attacked from the north and south, and to form a pincer attack on Dongxiang with the rapid formation of Xu Bo in the south.

Dongxiang's attempt was defeated, so he had to switch to the ship battle. At this time, Dongxiang Heihachiro naturally knew that the battle had reached the final decisive moment, so he resolutely tangentially towards the Chinese army formation at a forty-five degrees, while firing violently, trying to make up for the disadvantage of long-distance observation and shooting with close combat.

Faced with Dongxiang's persistence, Xu Fan also accepted the challenge calmly. He could not retreat because behind him was Sa Zhenbing, who was fighting fiercely with the remaining ships of the Makarov formation.

The first lightning strike team of the Chinese army has been loaded with torpedoes and launched a lightning strike against the Duke of Kutuzov, who has suspended flight and repairs under the cover of four Wind-class and four Snow-class protective cruisers. It is no longer the time to talk about naval combat practices. Once this giant ship recovers, the situation at sea will undergo drastic changes.

At this moment, Xu Fan's four warships collided head-on with the six warships of Hirahachiro Togo.

Above the sea, the orange-red muzzles were connected into spectacular lines of fire that lasted several nautical miles. Around two long steel snakes, huge columns of water rose and fell one after another.

The Satsuma became the key target of the Chinese Army's Guangzhou and Wenzhou, and the bomb fell like rain.

The powerful twelve-inch armor-piercing bombs and high-explosion bombs of the Chinese army turned the pride of the Japanese Empire into a burning torch. At this time, Xu Fan had already used a high-explosion inflammable bomb in the main turrets of No. 3 and No. 4. The main components include picrylic acid explosives, white phosphorus with a ignition point of only 30 degrees, and a combustion aid made of aluminum powder and iron oxide powder, and mixed with asphalt. Once this inflammable bomb hits, it will explode in the sky. Wherever it goes, the violent combustion caused by white phosphorus will further trigger the aluminum-thermal reaction between aluminum powder and iron oxide powder, releasing extremely explosive and terrifying combustion power.

This kind of incendiary bomb, which was forbidden by international conventions after World War II, was like the legendary hell fire. Wherever he went, no matter how brave and tenacious the warrior was burned to ashes in screams, even if he tried it in time, the terrifying burns that could be seen on his body were simply staring at the sight. Many young Japanese sailors saw their companions burned into skeletons in the fire, with white bones and teeth exposed on their faces, and huge holes were burned all over their bodies, emitting a terrifying and strange smell. They were so scared that they were out of their minds and shouted loudly. Many sailors jumped into the sea to escape, but were terrified to find that these ghost fires could still burn in the water. Many sailors jumped directly to the sea to escape, but were terrified to find that these ghost fires could still burn in the water.

Xu Fan could not see all this, but he could imagine it. He just stared silently at the enemy ship opposite that had been tested by blood and fire, with no expression on his face. The water columns that exploded from the front, back and left and right of the Guangzhou, the violent tremors coming from his feet, and the exclamations and screams of the sailors on the ship seemed to be completely unable to shake the heartstrings of the navy.

"Dongxiang, will you win even if you fight your life?" Xu Fan said softly, "It seems that we are all the same type of people... Since that's the case, let you achieve your wish and order the second lightning strike team to attack."

Satsuma.

Inside the commander's tower, the first staff officer of the Japanese Joint Fleet, Akiyama Makoto looked at the tragic phenomenon on the front deck in a daze, and his body trembled involuntarily.

"Haman Bodhisattva is a demon fire, a demon fire in hell..." The Buddhist clasped his hands together devoutly, "What kind of weapon does the Chinese master?"

"Is the legendary Greek fire? It is indeed a terrible weapon." Chief of Staff Soo Shimamura also looked pale, "Commander, I suspect that the Chinese violated the Brussels Convention of 1874 and used weapons that caused unnecessary damage. They may even violate the agreement of the Hague International Peace Conference in 1899 and loaded with toxic gases in the shells. Obviously, our sailors inhaled the smoke from enemy shells would be seriously poisoned (white phosphorus is highly toxic)... You, we must accuse these people of the international community of the international community, they have defiled the sacred naval warfare."

Hirahachiro Togo looked at Soo Shimamura calmly, and his tone was peaceful: "Chief of Staff, all agreements and treaties can only be used as tools to combat the reputation of opponents when several strong people are restrained by each other. In the end, the only one who has the right to speak is the winner of the war. The loser has no right to ask the winner to give fairness and compensation."

"For us, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. For us, it is better to consider this old Chinese saying." Hirahachiro Togo took a deep breath, "Believe me, the other party's situation is not much better. Continue to fight, and victory will definitely belong to the party that persists to the end."

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