Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

And facing the three cruisers "Takachiho", "Akitsusu" and "Namiwa" with speeds of 18 knots, 26 knots, and 24 knots respectively, Yan Fu has nothing to do. The only thing he can do is to keep firing shells. One or two of them can be dealt with.

However, the main guns lacking precise instrument aiming often exploded around the Japanese warships, and did not hit the three super-fast warships.

But those old-fashioned warships were not so lucky. Although "Ride the Wind", "Break the Waves", and "Rise" could not catch up with the Japanese cruisers with a speed of more than 24 knots, they could deal with them with ease.

Especially under the support of the torpedo ship, two old Japanese warships "Chiyoda" and "Akagi" were also sunk.But the rest of the Japanese warships still highlighted the encirclement and moved closer to the Japanese reinforcement fleet behind.

The scene was like a group of male dogs in heat seeing a female dog in the distance, rushing in that direction desperately.

After Yan Fu commanded "Long Victory" to sink the last ship of the Japanese fleet, "Itsukushima" which was burning and wanted to break out, he turned around and saw "Triumph" and "Victory" burning in the distance A scene that still refuses to back down.

At this moment, his eye sockets were moist, according to his character.He should lead the fleet to rush forward, at least to rescue the officers and soldiers on the "Triumph" and "Victory", but he knew that he could not enter the Sea of ​​Japan until his reinforcement fleet arrived.Only to draw the opponent out, he turned around and shouted to the semaphore soldiers beside him: "Quickly, let Triumph and Victory retreat. Hurry up!"

Competing in East Asia Chapter 136 The Battle of the East China Sea ([-])

Just as Yan Fu's order was issued, the semaphore soldiers had not had time to display the semaphore.A huge explosion occurred on the hull of the "Triumph" opposite, and the entire warship was blown apart.

Obviously, the ammunition depot in the ship should have been ignited.This massive explosion from within is deadly and the damage caused is devastating.Most of the officers and soldiers on the ship chose to jump into the sea in the raging fire. Driven by the survival instinct, abandoning the ship seemed normal at the time.

This is the "Chengfeng" semaphore, "Let me rescue the brother who fell into the water."

With tears in his eyes, Yan Fu resisted his impulse and ordered: "The fleet lined up in T formation, ready to meet the enemy. Anyone who dares to sail into the Japanese sea will be killed immediately."

Lin Luzhong, the leader of the "Rising", was originally the leader of the cruiser "Fubao" of the Fujian Navy. "The ship served as the deputy pipe belt. After the Qing Dynasty built the "Rising", which was hailed as a shocking work at the time, it was officially appointed as the "Rising" pipe belt.This man is brave in battle, but easily impulsive, because the original Fujian Navy was established by Li Hongzhang, and the officers above the management level of the Fujian Navy were all Li Hongzhang's direct disciples or relatives, and the "Triumph" and "Victory" were all from The French captured them. At that time, the navy was nervous, so they directly drew people from the Fujian Navy to join the battle.So some of the brothers who fell into the water on the opposite side were his former subordinates, some were his old leaders, and some were distant relatives of his mentor Li Hongzhang.Now Yan Fu's order made him yell at him.

"Damn it, this is not from his Nanyang Fleet. Why don't you go to block it yourself, let us go! Go and go, if you don't go to rescue yourself, why don't you let us go?? Send a semaphore to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will only enter the Sea of ​​Japan To save people. If Lao Tzu is still alive after the war, he can be killed or cut up."

"Guan Dai, this..." The communications soldier froze for a moment.

"What is this, carry out the order." Lin Luzhong roared angrily.

"Yes."

On the observation tower of the "Changsheng" ship, Yan Fu was watching the "Victory" ship that was on fire trying to drive towards him with binoculars, but suddenly slowed down again. The rope is ready to rescue the soldiers of the "Triumph" in the sea.

"Come back quickly, or it's all over." Yan Fu roared, and suddenly the figure of "Rising" appeared in the telescope.Turning around, he asked, "What's going on? Lin Luzhong's disobedience?"

"Report to the general, the Uprising just sent a semaphore, saying...saying..." The communications soldier hesitated to speak out.

Yan Fu cursed: "What did you say, say it quickly!"

"It is said that rising up and entering the Sea of ​​Japan is only to save people, and return to the team immediately after being rescued. If you are still alive after the battle, you are willing to be punished by military law."

Yan Fu's face turned red when he heard this, and he cursed angrily: "Is Lin Luzhong's head worth a Rise? If my second formation loses the battle because of the lack of Rise, who will bear the responsibility?"

The communications soldier bowed his head and remained silent, while Yan Fu reincarnated and continued to watch through the binoculars.The Japanese [-]-ton main battleship "Kyushu" in the distance has quietly approached behind the slow-moving and burning "Victory" ship.

"boom……"

There was another loud bang, the stern of the "Victory" ship was shot and exploded, and the fire was out of control. More power systems were damaged, and the bottom of the ship was severely flooded.The entire warship is head-light and tail-heavy, and the stern has begun to sink, but the bow is still above the sea.

The officers and soldiers of the whole ship ran to the bow of the ship and jumped into the sea one by one, because they saw that "rise" was approaching them.Poor officers and soldiers on the "Triumph" just climbed up, and their buttocks have not yet warmed up, and they have to jump into the sea again.

Yan Fu closed his eyes in pain, the so-called strong man cut off his wrist, although he became disabled but his life was preserved.In order to avoid the enemy from the front and back, he decisively dispatched "Triumph" and "Victory" to stop it.

Finally got precious time, not only wiped out most of the enemy ships but also stabilized the formation, waiting for the Japanese fleet to attack.It can be said that there are gains and losses, and the sacrifice of "triumph" and "victory" has considerable value.

But now, the "Rising" ship hastily attacked without listening to the dispatch, so that the tragedy that had already ended may continue to be staged.It's not that Yan Fu never thought about leading the fleet to rush to the rescue, but anyone with a little common sense in naval warfare knows that in combat, it is impossible to put down the escalator or the rope to rescue the comrades who fell into the sea.Not to mention being targeted by enemy ships, even the machine guns on one's own warship, the strong recoil caused by the artillery firing caused the hull to tremble, and the soldiers climbing up would be overwhelmed.What's more, there is no extra manpower on the ship to install escalators and the like.If your own strength is clearly in possession, you can separate two or three warships without fighting for special rescue. You might as well try it, but now the strength comparison between the two sides not only does not have an advantage, but also has a disadvantage, let alone enter the Japanese sea rashly. .At that time, I will not be able to run away. I have just seen the three Japanese cruisers with terrifying speed.

I brought the second formation of the imperial navy's main force. If I handed over the entire fleet here because of my temporary emotions, I would have enough heads to cut off by the emperor.To put it more bluntly, if this failure caused the war to become passive, and even the final defeat, I would not be able to bear this responsibility, so I would rather sacrifice the soldiers in front of me than take this risk.

Fortunately, the actions of the "Rising" did not spread to other warships, and the rest of the warships were honestly in formation.The soldiers on the ship were also busy repairing the middle gun deck, carrying ammunition, watering the deck and other pre-war preparations.

Although Yan Fu was very angry at Lin Luzhong's disobedience, he wished he could chop off his head immediately.But he still watched every move of "Rising" through the telescope, and the tense expression fully demonstrated his concern for "Rising".

One's own children can only be educated by themselves, and they will beat themselves if they want to beat them. It is not up to others to make irresponsible remarks, and they will not be willing to let others beat them.This kind of feeling is exactly reflected in Yan Fu.Looking at Lin Luzhong who was still gnashing his teeth just now, now he hopes to return safely.

"boom……"

A shell was fired from the "Rising" towards the "Fusang" which was approaching him. The hull of the "Rising" that fired the shell shook violently, and the strong recoil almost threw the soldier in charge of firing the cannon to the deck. superior.

Those soldiers who had just climbed halfway from the sea were shaken by this burst and all returned to the sea.

"Idiot, how did that guy graduate from Fujian Naval Academy?" Yan Fu looked through the binoculars and cursed angrily.

The main gun of the Japanese [-]-ton battleship "Kyushu" rang again, "Boom..."

A shell accurately hit the side string of "Rising", and because there were still soldiers in the sea constantly climbing up, "Rising" couldn't move quickly, standing there like a target.Another 280mm armor-piercing round broke its steam pipe, making it slower and slower.In addition, a 240mm high-explosive grenade hit its officer's room. The shell tore a large hole in the rear of the starboard side and left two large holes in the 102-meter-thick armored deck.The luxurious furnishings in the officer's room no longer exist. Beds, wooden boards, clothes... all messy things have become burning fragments.This is not the most important thing, because this is wartime, and there is no one in the officer's room.The most important thing is the propellant package warehouse in the officer's room, and the door of the propellant package warehouse is not closed. Even if the propellant package only needs a small spark, the end of the "Rise" will be: the tail is cut off by the earth-shattering explosion, and then carried More than 500 lives sank into the sea in a matter of minutes.

Lin Luzhong hadn't noticed all this, but felt the shock of the warship continuously.At the beginning of the battle, the "Rising" was hit by two Japanese cruisers and lost its way, and was shot in many places.Now Lin Luzhong still wants to rely on his strong defense ability to save a few more brothers.

"boom……"

A loud noise came from the officer's room of "Rising", just as described before, the tail of "Rising" was cut off by the earth-shattering explosion, and it sank slowly in just a few minutes.Pity those soldiers who jumped into the sea from the "Triumph", climbed onto the warship twice in a row, and finally could not escape the fate of returning to the sea.

Chapter 137 Continuing to Increase Troops

After the "rise" could not escape the fate of being sunk, Yan Fu finally couldn't help but shed tears.At this time, in his heart, he no longer hated Lin Luzhong's disobedience, but felt sorry for the needless loss of the Qing's naval defense force in his own hands.

"Change the formation, change the H formation to meet the enemy, ride the wind and break the waves to be responsible for the left and right 1, the flagship Changsheng and Bubai are in charge of the middle, and the gunboats and torpedo ships follow the wind and break the waves to disrupt the formation of the Japanese fleet , hand over the [-]-ton "Kyushu" to Changsheng and Bubai." Yan Fu wiped away his tears and vowed to choke the animal in front of him to death in the East China Sea.

In an instant, the new formation was ready.I have to say that the fighting quality of the Qing Navy is much better than that of the Sino-French War!

But not as Yan Fu imagined, the Japanese fleet suddenly turned around and left.There was no sign, which made Yan Fu dumbfounded.Don't they need to go to reinforce Nagasaki?Was the Nagasaki attack thwarted?Or was there something wrong with the third formation going to Tokyo?Over a hundred possibilities appeared in Yan Fu's mind at once.

But no matter what, the retreat of the Japanese fleet is certain.Unless he bites it desperately, he can only watch the other party leave.

"Let's go back. The injured warship went to Lushun Naval Port and Dagu Naval Port for repairs. Riding the wind and breaking the waves, we continued to patrol the waters near Japan in the East China Sea. We found the Japanese fleet and returned quickly to report." Yan Fu issued an order decisively.

A blocking battle has come to an end. Generally speaking, each has its own winners and losers. The first confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese navies can be said to be a draw, but if it weren’t for the appearance of the Japanese reinforcement fleet, it should be a shocking reversal. play.

In this battle, the Qing fleet lost three battleships Triumph, Victory, and Rise, as well as the gunboat Pingyuan, the gunboat Zhiyuan was seriously injured, and the torpedo ship Guangding was sunk.

On the Japanese side, the loss of the flagship Yoshino, the ironclad ships Matsushima, Chiyoda, Xijing Maru, and Akagi, the number of warships sunk in terms of the number of warships was 5:5, and the quality ratio was almost the same. The three battleships of the Qing Dynasty were hit Shen, Yoshino, Japan's most comprehensive cruiser in Asia, was sunk. There are also two ironclad ships over 4000 tons, Akagi and Chiyoda. These two warships are old warships built in the 70s, although they are also ironclad ships over 3000 tons , but its quality is no better than the newly launched Pingyuan gunboat.

However, judging from the tactical effect, Japan obviously failed to achieve it. The warships that went to reinforce Nagasaki were blocked by the warships of the Qing Dynasty. After 4 hours of hard fighting, they were still there after the arrival of the reinforcement fleet, and they barely broke through and withdrew.

Although the Qing Dynasty did not achieve the original idea of ​​completely annihilating the opponent, it also achieved the goal of blocking the opponent.On the way back to the voyage, I happened to meet "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Jiyuan", "Weiyuan", "Daqing No. [-]" and "Daqing No. [-]" who came in a hurry.

Deng Shichang looked up to the sky and sighed when he saw that the three capital ships "Triumph", "Victory" and "Rise" were missing in the first formation returning to the voyage.I hated myself for not being able to arrive in time, which caused a huge loss to the fleet.

As for the army, the three divisions that successfully landed under the cover of warships easily occupied Nagasaki, where only 3000 people were stationed.Since most of the Japanese army was transferred to North Korea and Tokyo, there was a serious shortage of troops in other places.They couldn't even organize an effective defense. Under the leadership of Feng Zicai, they successively captured Kyushu Island, Shimonoseki, Osaka, Nagoya and other places, until the Japanese army in Tokyo merged with the defenders of Jinze to form a relatively stable line in front of Nagoya. The defensive line and the help of Japanese warships at sea stopped the Qing army, which was in full swing, from attacking.

The offensive plan set up by Guan Xuqing himself came to such an end under the wonderful interpretation of the frontline officers, although it is not perfect.But it finally stung Japan's sensitive nerves. I believe that after the Qing Dynasty occupied half of Japan, I am not afraid that he will not withdraw his troops in North Korea.It's a pity that the naval battle did not win the command of the Sea of ​​Japan, otherwise his North Korean troops would not be able to withdraw if they wanted to.

Guan Xuqing savored the telegram carefully, while looking at the map and the telegram, he suddenly turned to Feng Xianghua and said, "Give Feng Zicai the power, the battle line should not be too long, let him build a good defense in Nagoya and wait for reinforcements."

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