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Chapter 1056 A Hundred Years of Avenge () [Happy New Year’s Eve]

"Direction northwest, distance 4930 meters, southeast wind, wind force 4.7, wave height 1.8 meters."

When Hu Biao's order to "open fire with all your strength and kill the Takachiho first" fell on the ears of the members of the Xuange Camp Squadron.

The gunners on the three battleships of the Xuange Camp Squadron immediately took action.

First, he lay down on the rangefinder. After getting the actual data of the current distance to the ship, he quickly reduced the distance of 500 meters in his mind.

Then, after taking a look at the current wind direction, wind speed, wave height, etc. using some simple measuring instruments, he shouted out the above string of data.

Why should the measured distance be reduced to 500 meters?

Of course, this is because the target is constantly moving. Without a little advance, it is impossible to hit the target. Therefore, if the enemy ship advances another 500 meters, it will be the predetermined position set for the salvo.

After the gunner yelled out the relevant data, in the next second, a sailor with a junior high school education quickly shook a hand-operated mechanical computer.

While he input the data he heard, he skillfully entered it.

Next to him, there was a sailor with a high school education, holding a pen and paper in his hand, constantly making various calculations and records.

By the way, not all gun crews use the above aiming method.

However, there were four or five artillery shells in it, and the deviation distance was not too far. Under the effect similar to that of a near-missile, the shock wave generated caused the Takachiho ship to shake violently.

Just like that, when the Takachiho ship entered the preset firing point, the gun commanders on the three battleships of the Xuange Camp squadron shouted directly in their mouths almost at the same time:

"Fire~"

In short, the effect of the Xuange Camp Squadron's first round of firing was no less effective than in the Landlords, when the little devil started with a three.

Before the Xuange Battalion squadron opened fire on them for the third time.

You can tell from the roar Togo Heipalō made at his men:

"Charge, rush over, just rush over a little further, and we can stop and fire; our warships are more, bigger, and have more rapid-fire guns on them.

In addition, two shells successfully hit the target.

However, the above dangers of deflagration and explosion will still take a certain amount of time; before that, the distance between the two fleets was only about 2200 meters, and the four warships of the Little Devil began to fight one after another.

But his inexplicable intuition makes his aiming even better, which is considered a special case in the entire fleet.

Because the gunner who commanded it was Huang Acan, a young man from the countryside of Shunde who fought in the Battle of Yangcheng in the past; but fifty-three or four years have passed, and the young man in the past is now gray-haired.

Huang Acan, who is now considered an old man, never uses these fancy auxiliary tools to aim his cannon. He relies on intuition.

Afterwards, Hu Biao could clearly feel a large number of shells falling on the sea near the Imperial Concubine; it seemed that they regarded the Imperial Concubine as the main target of attack.

This time, the Akijinzhou was hit by three more shells, and even the chimney was blown out and blocked.

After all, this is just the first round of artillery fire from the Xuange Battalion. Based on their experience, as the distance gets closer, the hit rate of such artillery fire will only become more and more terrifying.

At this time, the Takachiho ship had not traveled more than 500 meters and entered their preset firing position.

A hit rate of almost 16% is already considered miraculous in this era; the damage caused is also good, but it is still not enough to kill a warship of more than tons.

When he reported such an angle in the same voice, the gunner who was waiting anxiously directed the gunners to quickly adjust the muzzle angle.

During this process, everyone on the boat staggered for a while, and it was only by grabbing the handle beside them in time that they did not fall to the ground.

The above operations are a bit cumbersome to say the least.

Among the dozen or so shells, most of them were empty; after they exploded one after another, huge water columns exploded on the sea near the ship.

Perhaps the distance was close enough, and the little devil had a good hit rate with this wave of attacks, with several hits hitting the Imperial Concubine.

The 150 mm caliber secondary gun there was simply destroyed.

The four battleships of the Little Japanese First Guerrilla Fleet finally started firing like crazy...

After spending about ten seconds, he had already calculated the shooting angle of the cannon next to him.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen artillery shells of various sizes were summoned by the squadron.

However, before everyone could regain their balance, they all stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the Takachiho ship.

The only exception is the 210mm main gun on the front deck of the Imperial Concubine.

However, after long-term training and the cooperation of several people in a gun crew, it only took thirty-five or six seconds to complete.

However, faced with such firepower and hit rate, everyone in the Japanese First Fleet was still shocked.

The moment the fire on the opposite side lit up, Hu Biao instinctively grabbed the handle next to him and shouted:

"Cannon attack, pay attention to balance~"

Then turn around and kill the Qing Kingdom’s Beiyang Fleet; long live the big island nation and long live your Majesty~”

Already facing the Takachiho ship, they all fell down.

The same was true for the Takachiho ship, which was already burning on the rear deck. The damage control team put out the fire while the power team burned the boiler frantically and rushed over at full speed.

Fortunately, after practicing "Mozi's Five Elements Qi Refining Technique", my body is still strong.

As long as we ensure a certain hit rate, we can kill them.

Suddenly, amidst the loud sound of cannons, the three battleships of the Xuange Camp Squadron, which had been beaten sideways, glided sixty or seventy meters back under the huge recoil of the naval gun fire.

When thick smoke cannot be discharged normally, the boiler is in great danger of deflagration and explosion.

Why, is the little devil so fierce?

Amid Togo Heihachiro's roaring roar, the four battleships of the First Guerrilla Fleet moved forward at full speed. Not long after, the Xuange Camp Squadron fired another salvo.

People like Hu Biao and others have already thrown out a bomb with four fours. Who should be replaced? Who should not be confused?

But after suffering a loss, the four warships of the island country's first guerrilla fleet continued to rush over at high speed.

Among them was a 210 mm caliber artillery shell. It was Huang Acan who relied on his intuition to aim and call out, and it directly hit the rear deck of the Takachiho.

One of them hit the command tower. Thanks to the fact that the command tower has the thickest armor protection in the entire battleship, it was not penetrated by this shell of unknown caliber.

Just what did you say? at the moment of being hit by a shell.

Hu Biao, who was inside at that time, felt like someone was ringing a big bell in his ears.

Good guy! After the huge sound came, the person swayed in the boat and hit his head against the wall. It didn't matter that he was hurt by the collision; the important thing was that his head was buzzing, and he felt like he was going deaf at that time.

However, Hu Biao didn't care about this. While looking towards the front deck, he faced the communication copper tube and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"All departments, report the damage immediately~"

Fortunately, after Hu Biao glanced over, he saw a tabletop-sized hole on the front deck, and someone had already dragged a water pipe to put out the fire.

Other replies are: "The power cabin is safe, there is no damage~"

"The ammunition bay is safe and has not been hit~"

"The sailor's rest cabin was blown open, and it will be blocked soon~"

"..."

In the above report, Hu Biao was pleasantly surprised to find that the Imperial Concubine's many high-quality armors were really not in vain. It suffered a round of intensive artillery fire in a short period of time, but no key parts were damaged.

So, what are you waiting for?

While the little devil on the opposite side was loading artillery shells, the squadron sent out another round of artillery fire.

This time, the Takachiho ship finally couldn't hold it any longer.

A violent explosion occurred after multiple hits on the hull, especially the key waterline. After being hit by a 210 mm caliber shell, a terrifying large hole was torn open, and a large amount of seawater poured in. By the time the First Guerrilla Fleet and the other three battleships used their so-called rapid-fire cannons to greet this side again, the ship had begun to sink seriously.

After seeing this scene, the commander of the First Guerrilla Fleet, Heyuan Yaoyi, cursed "Baga~" in pain.

Because now, he had to admit that regardless of the tonnage, number of guns, and caliber of their first guerrilla fleet, they were several times that of the three small boats of Xuange Camp.

But in this no-frills, hard-steel front.

They are actually not the opponents of these iron-shelled turtles, but also the iron-shelled turtles covered with spikes.

If we really want to continue the bombardment, maybe one or two of the other side's ships have not been sunk. Maybe all four ships of their first guerrilla fleet will be sunk.

what to do? With a thought, Heyuan Yaoyi had an idea.

A brand new order was issued to the communication copper pipe: "Yoshino ship, Akitsusu ship, and Yoshino ship conduct maneuver operations at full speed.

Warriors of the Imperial Navy need not be afraid. Although our opponents have stronger defenses, our battleships are faster. As long as we take advantage of this advantage in mobile combat, we will defeat them sooner or later. "

Under such an order, the three warships of the Japanese First Guerrilla Fleet began to maneuver at maximum power.

While constantly turning on the sea, he fired at this side; but in this way, he could not concentrate his firepower on the Imperial Concubine.

On the contrary, thanks to the more advanced sighting methods, Xuange Battalion continued to focus fire to attack the next target:

There was a soft persimmon in their eyes, the more than 3,100-ton Akitsusu ship.

Because the remaining three fleets of the First Guerrilla Fleet hurriedly launched mobile operations, even the sailors on the Takachiho ship, which only had its mast exposed above the water, could not care about saving it.

They were left to flop helplessly in the sea water, and then sank into the water.

It is worth mentioning that on the mast that was exposed out of the sea, a little Japanese sailor stood on the top of the mast. Not only did he not run away, but he held a rifle and kept firing at this side.

The problem is that at such a long distance, even the battleship cannot be hit.

Seeing such a scene, Hu Biao's heart was filled with joy; because although he had forgotten the name of a TV series he watched when he was a child.

But I will always remember that after the Gaosheng was sunk, the soldiers on board continued to use their rifles to fire desperately and feebly at the Japanese warship.

As the so-called wind and water turn, this kind of despair in this plane finally fell on the little devil.

Hu Biao, who had seen through the little Japs and planned to fight them with high-speed maneuvers, almost laughed like a pig at this moment.

Damn it! Although the three ships of the squadron have too much armor, they look like big cumbersome iron lumps.

This is completely achieved by sacrificing most of the mobility and speed in exchange for protection.

But Brother Langqing and other members of the equipment production team almost went bald with the modified boiler on their foreheads. Even if they were carrying a huge load, if they couldn't even outrun the Japanese warships, they might as well buy a piece of beans and hit them on the forehead to death.

Holding back his laughter, Hu Biao roared and issued a new order:

"Catch them up and sink them~"

Under such an order, Shuiwei and other veterans suddenly cheered. They fought this battle with unprecedented ease...

In the following time, Hu Biao and his opponents began to chase and fire continuously.

Under the constant high-speed maneuvers of both sides, it is inevitable that the hit rate will be greatly reduced; however, every once in a while, a battleship will be hit by both sides.

In such a battle, the hull of the ship gradually became damaged.

At 2:43 p.m., after more than an hour of fighting, the Akitsusu ship was hit by an armor-piercing round in its boiler or ammunition magazine.

Anyway, in the eyes of Hu Biao and others, a huge explosion sounded.

At the same time, this big ship of more than 3,100 tons actually jumped up from the sea.

When it hit the sea hard, the entire hull was broken into two parts; in a very short time, the two parts of the hull quickly sank toward the bottom of the sea.

Suddenly, the surviving Japanese sailors above jumped down towards the sea like crazy and fled, trying to escape with a small life.

It's just that all their efforts will eventually become phantoms.

Because the vortex and suction generated by such a large warship during its rapid sinking would suck all of them and sink them to the bottom of the sea.

It was also at this moment that Heyuan Yaoyi and Togo Heihachiro felt bitter in their hearts.

Although I was very reluctant, I had to admit one thing: their seemingly powerful first guerrilla fleet could not defeat the opponent with frontal hard steel, and it was still no match for mobile combat.

Because they had both sunk two warships, although the opponent's three warships were in a bit of a mess, they still retained most of their combat effectiveness.

Finally, the commander of the First Guerrilla Fleet, Heyuan Yaoyi, issued a painful order:

"Immediately move closer to our team and seek their help..."

******

After seeing the two ships Yoshino and Naniwa fleeing towards the main fleet, Hu Biao and others naturally refused to let go and continued to pursue them.

Just because in the previous time, the remaining three battleships of the island country's first guerrilla team.

In the process of fighting with the Xuange Camp Squadron, it gradually separated from the battle area of ​​the Beiyang Fleet and the Combined Fleet, and is now more than ten nautical miles away.

It took about twenty minutes between escaping and chasing.

That is to say, at 3:10 in the afternoon, when the specific battle situation on the main battlefield fell into the eyes of Hu Biao and others, everyone still couldn't help but frown.

Thanks to the new artillery shells and high-quality thermal coal they had arranged in advance, they also blocked the First Guerrilla Fleet, which was a great threat from the Japs.

Therefore, the actual battle situation of Beiyang Fleet today is definitely different from the original historical development results; it is definitely much better than before.

The good news is that not a single ship in the Beiyang Fleet has been sunk so far.

If it had been at this time in history, the Super Brave would have been sunk.

The Yangwei ran aground during the panicked retreat and became a lamb to be slaughtered; other ships also suffered considerable damage.

On the contrary, it was the joint fleet of the island nations that did not sink a single warship in the entire naval battle.

The Takachiho and Akitsusu ships of the First Guerrilla Fleet were sunk, and the Hiei, Akagi, and Chiyoda ships in the main fleet were sunk.

On the island country's side, of the twelve warships invested this time, only seven warships are left.

Even the remaining seven ships, under the powerful power of the new artillery shells, were ignited with fires of varying sizes; after all, many of the battleships these days were still made of wooden boards.

The bad news is that although the Beiyang Fleet did not sink any ship.

But at this moment, most of the battleships had to temporarily withdraw from the battle due to damage, even if they later put out the fire.

Or it would take quite a while to plug up the leaking cabin.

Whether they can catch up with the battle by then is also unknown.

On the battlefield, on the Beiyang Fleet side, only the two ships Dingzhen were left, and the Zhiyuan ship was still fighting, creating a five-on-three scene.

Now on the main battlefield, five Japanese warships, led by the Songdao ship, are surrounding the two ships in Dingzhen and are constantly attacking them.

Although the Zhiyuan ship tried its best to provide support, it was unable to deal with the Itsukushima in front of them for a while.

Such a tonnage is almost twice his opponent.

Therefore, under such a situation, the two ships Yoshino and Naniwa, and the three warships of the Genge Camp Squadron also joined the battle...

(End of this chapter)