Chapter 402: Dalian Bay Coastal Defense Battle V
"Yaga, I'm fine! Bastards, bastards, these clear pigs! β
Ito Yuhyung reluctantly stood up with a pale face, the huge sonic boom shook his facial features to blood, his legs trembled and he roared in his heart: "Boom me, continue to bomb to death-"
"Boom-"
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"Commander!"
Yuhiro Ito, who was already weak in his legs, stumbled and lay directly on the stomach of Kiyojiro Ichikawa who was cut open by the broken deck, and his whole head poked into the abdominal cavity of Kiyojiro Ichikawa who was stirred with rotten meat and feces.
And the big mouth that was open filled with a mouthful of filth.
"Bah, Baga, pig, bahββ, clear pig!"
Ito was helped up by his scrambled men, spitting out a mouth full of bruised flesh and feces, and was almost mad with anger.
"Commander, now the fleet is in the bay because of the limitation of minefields, a large number of warships are crowded together, and they cannot move quickly to attack; As long as the Qing army is willing, it is fully capable of concentrating artillery fire to inflict heavy damage on our ships one by one. β
The chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, Kompasu Osa, said to Ito Yuhiro: "I suggest that the main force of the ship group withdraw from Dalian Bay first, leaving only the two weak ships 'Fuso' and 'King Kong' to carry out a diversionary attack, while the gunboats and torpedo boats continue to clean up the mines in the bay. β
The staff officers next to him all understood the meaning of the Compass Island, and the reason why the Qing army's batteries could not hit the boats in the bay before was because the volume of these gunboats was only one-seven-eight-fold that of the capital ships, and the torpedo boats were one-fifty or sixty-tenth.
Now that a large number of warships are concentrated in this narrow mine-free waterzone in the bay, this naturally increases the hit rate of the Qing army's artillery fire by a factor of 100.
Withdraw the main fleet, let the small ships continue to clear out enough flexible sea space in Dalian Bay, and use two old ships from 17 years ago to contain the firepower of the Qing army, even if they are sunk, they will not feel distressed.
Ito's mouth was full of fishy smell, and his heart was full of disgust and shame, but as the commander of the Combined Fleet, he also sensibly understood the correctness of Sameshima's Kompasu proposal.
He casually took the towel handed over by a staff officer, wiped his face casually, and said viciously: "You go and give orders; This group of pigs, when I clear enough sea, they will all be blown to pieces! β
"Order the capital ship group to withdraw from Dalian Bay in an orderly manner, and the gunboats, torpedo boats continue to clean up the bay; Ordered 'Fusang' and 'King Kong' to retreat 8 kilometers away and continue to attack the Qing army's batteries. β
"Brothers, the Japanese army has stopped cooking, it's time for our brothers to be heroic; Get on the fort and give me a! β
Feeling that the dense artillery outside gradually eased down, the violent 'buzzing' tremor in the bunker also slowly dissipated, and Huang Jianxing, who was blown into the bunker and was holding his breath, rushed out of the bunker while roaring, looking at the situation of the battery outside.
There were craters everywhere, yellow wolf smoke was dense, and in the smoke and dust, most of the heavy guns were intact, except for two that were hit by flying shrapnel, and the barrels of the guns were skewed to one side.
There is also a 208mm caliber heavy gun, which was smashed by shells, and it looks like it is useless.
"The Japanese army fled, the Japanese army fled!"
Huang Jianxing heard the shouts of the soldiers around him, and hurriedly ran to the edge of the sparse and dusty fort to look, only to see that except for the small ships that continued to sweep mines in the minefield, the main force of the Japanese ship group had turned around and was sailing away outside the bay.
Only two medium-sized warships remained, cruising at a distance of about 8 kilometers, and continued to fire artillery bombardment.
However, these two warships have shifted all their firepower to concentrate on the two batteries on Laolong Island and launched a confrontation with Cheng Moyi's battalion.
"Commanders of all gun positions, immediately inspect the artillery, and the intact artillery immediately attack; Don't let the Japanese ship escape! β
Huang Jianxing's eyes were blazing, staring fiercely at the two Japanese warships on the sea in the distance, which were not much bigger than leaves, and shouted orders.
"Check the ,ββ of artillery"
"Readyβ"
"Put!"
"Boom-"
"The artillery is in good condition!"
"Put!"
"Readyβ"
Suddenly there was a commotion on the battery position, and then seven or eight guns roared and fired hot projectiles.
"What about the people in the right Ding gun position? Kong Yunsheng, Kong Yunsheng! β
Huang Jianxing saw that there was not a single soldier on the right Ding gun position, only a lone intact 152mm heavy gun placed there, not only angrily shouted: "Do you all want to be shot as deserters?" β
"Report, squad leader Kong has been shot in the barracks!"
A soldier's lips trembled as he looked at several concrete barracks sixty or seventy meters behind, one of which had half of its roof blown down by heavy artillery and was emitting billowing flames and smoke.
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
Huang Jianxing's face changed drastically, and he rushed to the room.
When He Changying and Mao Chao's reinforcements arrived at the fort on Monk Island, the fire in that barracks had been extinguished.
When Shimose gunpowder met a huge flame from a straw, wood, and quilt, it was not so much extinguished as it was extinguished by the fire, which burned everything that could be burned, and extinguished itself.
He Changying saw Huang Jianxing kneeling in the black pile of rocks burned by the fire with tears on his face, his shoulders trembling, and his throat was full of suppressed sobs.
He walked over step by step with palpitations and walked to Huang Jianxing's side.
The room was filled with a suffocating smell of madness, and the floor was littered with charred corpses.
Not so long ago, these were ten young lives alive.
"Your revenge, we will avenge you!"
He Changying slowly knelt down, with a resolute face.
"For the sake of this country, this nation, your heroic deeds will be remembered for all generations!"
He Changying raised his right hand high and swore.
"You will be buried together in the hero's Dadong Mountain, and enjoy the incense of eternity!"
"Your parents are our parents, and we are here to provide for the elderly; We will take care of your wives and sons, so that your daughters can marry beautifully, and your sons will grow up to be the pillars of the country! β
"If you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!"
"Boom-"
The guns still rumbled on the battery, constantly firing vengeful flames at the Japanese ships in the bay.
"Brothers, take revenge!"
Huang Jianxing wiped the tears from his face indiscriminately, stood up and yelled and rushed towards the fort.
"Revenge, revenge!"
In the middle fort of Monk Island, all the soldiers yelled with resentment on their faces, and fired at the Japanese ships against the artillery.
After the withdrawal of the main Japanese fleet, the two ships "Fuso" and "Kongo," which were responsible for containing the bay, suddenly became the targets of the coastal batteries to pour out their anger.
After firing at each other for more than half an hour, the "Fuso" and "Kongo" ships were already hit in many places.
In particular, the 'Fuso' ship, an old 280mm main gun and a new rapid-fire gun of 152mm caliber, were hit by projectiles, and the two solid shells collided with shrapnel from the bursting guns, killing 11 soldiers and seriously injuring 5 others.
Half of the deck was covered with blood and stump flesh, and the terrible howls of the seriously wounded soldiers.
"Captain, this can't be done, our warship is too slow, it's equivalent to a live target!"
The deputy captain of the Fuso ship, Ichiro Shinjima, ran to the captain of the ship, Arai Arai Arikan Daisa, and reported.
"Niijima-kun, why don't you understand, our mission is to contain the Qing army's forts-"
"Boom-"
A piercing sound came, and the entire hull shook suddenly, and an armor-piercing bullet smashed ten centimeters below the waterline of the 'Fuso' ship, and the turbulent sea water immediately poured into the cabin.
"Hoshino Narayoshi, Chisaka Tomojiro, immediately take someone to plug the bullet hole; All turrets, keep attacking! β
Arai Yuguan was not in the mood to talk nonsense with Ichiro Shinjima, and ran towards the cabin.