Chapter 278: The Sino-Japanese Ryukyu Naval Battle

That night, the two Chinese fleets disappeared into the night again. Liu Mingchuan and Song Pinglan were no longer surprised by the Chinese fleet going out to hunt from time to time. What they did not expect was that the navy's attack was really a battle of *** and China's national destiny.

A few days later, at around 6 a.m., the Japanese Combined Fleet crossed the Pacific Ocean and was approaching the Ryukyu Sea.

With the roar of the engine, the flagship Matsushima of the United Fleet led the cruisers of Langsu, Itsujima, King Kong, Takachiho, Akitsusu, Hashiri, Fusang, Kaohsiung, Yaeshan and other cruise ships, as well as other large and small ships, guarding dozens of transport ships including Yokohama Maru, Satsuma Maru slowly crossing the blue sea.

Shiki Karayama stood on the deck of the Matsushima and watched the rising sun.

Since the Chinese North Sea Fleet sunk the Chiyoda, he has no longer dared to take the famous merchant ship to transform the Xijing Maru. It is not safe, and the Chinese may come back and die again, and then he will be unfairly killed.

The personal soldiers behind Shiki Karayama looked at the back of the Navy Commander and advised: "Your Excellency, do you need a rest? In a few days, we will be able to arrive in Okinawa Prefecture. Although the Chinese navy is powerful, it will not count us as we appear here."

Looking at the distant sea level, Shiki Karayama sighed and said, "I can't sleep. I don't know when our great navy was suppressed by the Chinese navy. The Six Six Fleet proposed by Yamamoto Hoshibuki Yuki has not yet been realized. If we were given a few more years, the Imperial Navy might be able to surpass the Chinese navy."

Shiki Karayama was just a talk. The people ordered warships from foreign countries, and China was not willing to fall behind. Didn’t they also ordered two from the United States and Germany? Alas, why is the fate of the empire so many disasters! The Russian Far East Fleet and the British Far East Fleet were too careless. Not only did they not fight against the Chinese people, they instead sent multiple ships to the Chinese people, which made the Chinese fleet surpass the Imperial Fleet in one fell swoop.

The personal soldiers also frowned and said, "I wonder if Yamamoto's Honbud Weijun could think of a good plan to fight against the Chinese people."

Although Yamamoto Honbuki is now the director of the Navy's military affairs, he formulated the Navy's naval war plan during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the joint fleet was also proposed by him. He was the soul of the navy. As for the Navy Minister, Saigo Congdo, who was born in the Army, most of them followed his opinions.

Shiki Karayama shook his head, swept away all kinds of thoughts in his head, and said with a smile: "Maybe I'm over-concerned, have you woken up? I want to play a game with him."

"Please wait, I'll make arrangements for you now." The personal soldier replied with a smile.

After a while, the commander of the Joint Fleet, Yuuki Yuki and Shiki Karayama fought in the commander's cabin.

"Hashan Jun is so intriguing. Today we will kill you very much." *** Youheng made a move first.

More than ten minutes later, just as the two of them were getting dark, the lookout hand on the Songdao discovered an abnormal situation.

"Roll out the battle alarm! Roll out the battle alarm, report the situation to the commander, and find the Chinese North Sea Fleet." A lookout hand shouted at the communications soldier in screaming.

Woo, woo, the whimper alarm sounded, alarming the two big guys who were playing chess.

Shikiko Kawayama stood up suddenly and asked seriously: "What's the situation? Have you encountered a Chinese fleet in this sea area? The Chinese are getting more and more excessive."

The two hurried to the bridge of the Songdo Island. Yuheng raised his telescope to take a closer look. This was the message from the lookout hand.

"It's nothing wrong with the Chinese North Sea Fleet, and the Chinese East Sea Fleet did not appear." Yuheng put down his telescope and said relaxedly.

Shiki Karayama frowned and said calmly: "Mr. ***, don't be careless. Look carefully. Maybe the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese people is not far behind."

*** Yukihiro's relaxed expression immediately disappeared from his face, nodded in agreement, and asked, "Kun Kazuya, what should I do? Now it is far away from Okinawa Prefecture, with a transport ship. If the Chinese are determined to pursue it, they can catch up before we arrive."

Shiki Karayama said without thinking for a long time: "It would be better to take the strategic concession first. It is not too late to make plans until we are sure that the Chinese East China Sea Fleet has not appeared."

***Youheng had no good idea, so he immediately ordered: "Send a signal to each ship and give in temporarily."

On the Dingyuan, Deng Shichang saw the *** people running away, smiled and said to the first mate: "The *** people today have really become frightened birds. When they saw our Chinese fleet, the first thing they did was to escape. How could the arrogant *** people who took the lead in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 become like this?"

The first mate patted the railings on the ship and echoed: "It would be strange if people were not afraid of the Chinese navy defeated the Russian fleet and the British fleet in a row."

Half an hour later, the Chinese North Sea Fleet was still hanging from behind the *** Fleet, neither rushing forward to attack nor leaving, which made the *** people look at it and become very annoyed.

***Yoheng stared at the Beihai Fleet, his eyes seemed to spit out fire, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The Chinese people are simply too bullying, Mr. Huashan, are we just watching them follow them like cats and mice, and look at their appearance, probably they happened to meet us."

It happened to meet us, and there was also this possibility. Shizuki Karayama secretly calculated. Judging from this, the Chinese people had no desire to attack at all, and just wanted to demonstrate to us. The strength of the Imperial Joint Fleet and the Chinese North Sea Fleet were comparable. Looking at the current appearance, the North Sea Fleet seemed to have several cruisers not on the line. In this way, wouldn’t the Imperial Fleet be stronger than the North Sea Fleet now? Why do we have to escape?

Haven't the Imperial Fleet been looking for a good opportunity to deal with the Chinese fleet? Isn't this great opportunity right now? If the Chinese North Sea Fleet can be defeated, the strength of the Chinese navy will be greatly weakened, and we no longer need to see the enemy ship like a mouse and run away.

Shiki Karayama's eyes flashed, "***, this is our opportunity."

***Yo Hyung looked at him, and he also reacted. Both of them saw joy in their eyes. Their eyes met in the air and sparked love. Suddenly, they were full of love.

The two of them didn't know that it was because of their scheming that the hope of the Navy was completely ruined.

"Send a signal to the entire ship and prepare for the battle!"

On the Langsu, Captain Hirahachiro Togo saw the order uploaded by the flagship and screamed wildly. He had long seen the Beihai Fleet following far behind, and Yuuki's order was just right.

I couldn't wait to order: "Be prepared for battle and let the Chinese flies see them. We are not afraid of them, but have been looking for suitable fighters. Now the fighter jets are here, and it is time for the Chinese to bury them in the sea. Lords! Amaterasu is watching us in the sky. Blessings of the Emperor, we will surely win."

The morale of the seamen on the Langsuo was high. At this moment, they returned to the peak of the war in Dadonggou, the North Korean waters during the Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese Combined Fleet made a beautiful turn, and the transport ships and other auxiliary ships were left behind. Cruisers such as Langsu, Itsuki, King Kong, Takachiho, Akitsuki, Hashiri, Fusang, Kaohsiung, Yaeshan, etc. formed a single vertical formation under the leadership of the Matsushima and rushed towards the North Sea Fleet of China.

The sea water was drawn into waves, and the fish in the water were frightened and fled in all directions. The largest sea battle in history was about to break out in this area.

Deng Shichang's originally slightly frowning brows finally stretched out. He glanced at the crazy *** fleet and said to the personal soldiers behind him with a smile: "Yu'er has taken the bait and reported the location to the East China Sea Fleet for the last time. I hope they can arrive here within an hour. However, even if our North China Sea Fleet confronts the Japanese ships, who will win the death of the destiny, it is unknown. He ordered the entire fleet to maintain a scale formation, keep the distance between the ships and ships, and sail at a speed of six."

The personal guards did not dare to neglect them, so they went down to pass the orders in a hurry.

The East Sea Fleet is about an hour away from the North Sea Fleet to sail at full speed. Along the way, the North Sea Fleet has been constantly rewarding their position so that the East Sea Fleet will not lose its direction.

On the flagship Sunset, Guo Baochang was anxiously waiting for the news that Sunset and Yuan Jiugao were in charge of the Sunset were iron-clad ships seized from the British Far East Fleet. After being repaired, they have been renovated and have radiated new magic. The two ships are both the main force of the East Fleet.

"Commander Guo, the Beihai Fleet sent a message that it had begun to trade fire with the Japanese ships. The location of the junction and latitude is here. Please confirm it and give an order." When Guo Baochang was about to wait impatiently, the communication soldier hurriedly ran to the command tower and reported to him with joy.

Guo Baochang took it and ordered without hesitation: "The whole ship is running at full speed, set off immediately, bypass the battlegrounds between the two sides, and go directly to the rear of the *** fleet. Don't wait until the naval battle is over before we arrive. We must eat meat and drink soup."

On January 5, 1896, at around 7:30 in the morning, the East China Sea Fleet received the news and started with all its might.

At this time, the fleets of China and Japan had reached about three thousand meters apart. The four ships of the First Guerrillas fired fierce artillery while accelerating their speed, preparing to cross the North Sea Fleet and attack the Jiyuan and Pingyuan on the right wing of the North Sea Fleet.

The six ships of its own team happened to sail to the front of the North Sea Fleet's horned goose formation "man".

The North Sea Fleet began to fight back without any weakness, marking the beginning of this naval battle.

"boom…"

The blasting bomb stirred up tall water columns on the water surface.

Both sides of the war, both Chinese and *** people, began to get excited.

As the main battleships, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were besieged by the *** people as soon as they got up, but Deng Shichang and Lin Tai, who had been through naval battles for a long time, were not afraid at all.

Give various orders calmly,

The first wave of artillery shells of the Japanese Combined Fleet landed a nautical mile away from the North Sea Fleet. The artillery shells of the North Sea Fleet were no different. Most of them fell, with only a few trampling down the Japanese ship.

Only after the first test of both sides and correction can we achieve real kung fu.

"The bounce point is 500 yards away!" The observer immediately reported the information to Deng Shichang. The sailors in the shooting command room began to get busy. In less than thirty seconds, they calculated the new shooting speed based on the bounce point of the previous wave of volleys and the speed of the warships on both sides, and conveyed the data to the gunners in the main tower cannons in the first time.

"Turt No. 1 is ready."

"Turt No. 2 is ready."

…

"Everyone shoots in 10 seconds!" Deng Shichang ordered expressionlessly.

Soon, the turret alarm began to sound. At this time, the front and rear decks of Dingyuan and the left and right corridors were empty, and the sailors closer to the main turret also covered their ears tightly.

The sound of the giant cannon volley can be described as earth-shaking, and the shock wave and recoil generated by the shooting are also huge. If you don't cover your ears, the sailors on the Dingyuan may have ordered a battle and their ears will be in a semi-deaf state.

Less than a second after the Dingyuan was launched, the Zhenyuan next to it also fired the cannon, making a roar of a giant cannon.

Eight flowering bullets left with the expectations of the officers and soldiers of the ship. Asahi flagship Matsushima.

The Songdao was designed specifically for the Chinese Dingyuan-class warships, and it poses great dangers to the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan.

Therefore, as soon as the war started, the Songdo fell in love with two ships, and the two ships also fell in love with it.

The sound of shells slashing through the air became farther and farther away, and everyone was looking forward to the scene of the fire bursting out.

Other ships of the North Sea Fleet also fought with the Japanese ships. For a moment, they were coming and going, and there were endless rumbling sounds.

The artillery shells of the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan did not disappoint the Chinese Navy. The Chinese Navy, which was no longer the past, staged a precise strike for the people.

Exciting flames and smoke immediately permeated the Japanese flagship Matsushima.

"Ahem..."

Yuuki, the commander of the dirt-faced Japanese Combined Fleet, got up from the floor and looked at Shiki Kawayama, who had just gotten into the stove. His command tower was not hit directly, but the pungent smell of gunpowder and burnt smell still filled the small space of the command tower.

"Extinguish the fire and report the losses. Order the First Guerrillas to leave the combat fleet and advance towards the Chinese fleet at full speed, use torpedoes... to attack with torpedoes, cough cough..." *** Yuheng shouted to the officers beside him with difficulty, and a few short words filled him with a few mouthfuls of thick smoke.

The smoke exhaust device in the Songdao command tower was running quickly, and the command system was also recovering, but the deck of the warship was full of sailors busy extinguishing dangers and extinguishing fires.

Seeing that the Songdo issued an order not to abandon the ship or hand over command, the other *** officers in the combat fleet breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the battle situation has changed again, and the slower speed of the *** United Fleet has become the target of other warships of the North Sea Fleet.

The cruiser Peter, seized from Russia, first hit its ship. With the gunboats of Zhenxi and Zhennan, they also hit Fusang. Fusang was no more than Songdo, and was hit by three bullets, and all of them were vital. The huge explosion left most of the buildings on the deck of the cruiser, including the main bridge, the cigarette holder, and the rear bridge.

Captain Fusang Ai Ai was stabbed through the head by shells on the bridge, and blood and brains splashed on the chart table, dyeing the compass needle red, and he died at that time.

Although the warship, which was emitting thick smoke, continued to move forward, except for the crackling sound of the fire, the entire warship was silent like death.

Fifteen minutes after the war started, the Japanese ship Fusang was completely destroyed.

The fleets of China and Japan still maintained their formations, but Deng Shichang immediately discovered the three cruisers of the first Japanese guerrillas, Akizushi, and Takachiho, who wanted to break through the artillery fire.

The Zhiyuan, Jingyuan and another cruiser Alexander seized from the Russians were ordered to intercept.

At this time, more than half an hour had passed.

Behind the Japanese combat fleet, transport ships and other supply ships found that the two sides were comparable, and forgot to escape, but watched the battle from a distance.

The warriors of the *** Army were still standing on the deck and cheering for the *** fleet.

At this point, both sides had ships that were shot, but only one such ship had lost its combat power, like the Fusang.
To be continued...