Chapter 575: Naval Battle

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In the Yellow Sea, the main force of the Chinese Navy is returning from the south. Update: Dozens of the main warships of the Chinese Navy, including the battleship 'Beijing', drew a white line on the turquoise waters. As the cruisers produced in China entered service one after another, the size of the Chinese Navy also expanded rapidly. Although there is only one battleship Beijing at the top end, the size of ordinary Chinese ships is increasing rapidly.

Two other battleships are also under emergency construction, and the original plan was to copy one of the Peking, and then develop another more advanced battleship independently, but because of the tense situation in the Far Eastern Seas, the Wehrmacht was not allowed to produce all two battleships according to the Peking, in order to be able to quickly build and complete the service. Even so, the next battleship will not have to wait until next year if it wants to enter service.

The First Fleet of the Navy has approached the waters off Qingdao. Suddenly, the destroyer at the foremost raised the alarm, and then the entire naval formation sounded the alarm. All of a sudden, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Within the sight of the Chinese Navy, an even larger fleet is approaching. Its aggressive posture made the Chinese Navy aware of the crisis. The plaster flags fluttering on the local fleets give people the momentum of showing off their might.

As the flagship of the Chinese Navy, the Beijing is naturally in the center of the fleet, and the commander of the Chinese Navy, Zhang Chaoqun, is waiting for him with an extremely solemn expression.

"It's the main fleet of the Japanese!" Zhang Chaoqun said in a deep voice. Although I haven't seen it clearly, in this northern sea, there is such a large fleet and it haunts Chinese waters casually, except for the Japanese Combined Fleet, it will not be the second.

"Commander, what should I do? The Japanese are menacing, and I'm afraid that this time they are really going to do it. Rear Admiral Ma Lu, the captain of the Beijing, said.

"Sound the war alarm! Now that it has collided, it is necessary to be ready for a full-scale war. Zhang Chaoqun said in a deep voice. He had already received a telegram from Feng Yong that Britain and Japan were colluding, that Japan's will to fight would become resolute, that a large-scale naval conflict might break out between China and Japan, and that although China's naval strength was not strong, it would raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. The navy should have the courage to go to war with the enemy.

"Yes!"

As the two sides continue to approach, the Chinese Navy has played the international common flag of evasion, but the Japanese side is indifferent, and even the Japanese ship-borne heavy artillery has adjusted its muzzle and aimed at the Chinese naval formation.

"Commander, Japan has dispatched two Fuso-class battleships, two Kongo-class battleships -- and a dozen cruisers and destroyers, more than twice as much tonnage as ours." Ma Lu saw the model of the Japanese fleet clearly, and couldn't help but gasp.

Ma Lu's voice just fell.

Boom!

With a loud bang, a huge splash appeared in the formation of the Chinese fleet, and the Japanese flagship, the Fuso-class battleship "Fuso," brazenly opened fire, sounding the prelude to the Chinese and Japanese navies. At the same time, other large Japanese ships also attacked.

A Chinese light cruiser 'Wuyi' was unfortunately hit and sank into the vast ocean in just a dozen minutes.

"The main artillery fired, and beware of the torpedoes fired by the Japanese." Zhang Chaoqun said loudly.

"Order the formation to disperse and torpedo to the enemy!"

Streams of white spray rushed towards the Japanese fleet, and the Japanese fleet immediately evaded. A destroyer, which was following behind the battleship Fuso, did not find a torpedo, was hit by a torpedo in the hull of the ship, and within a few minutes it sank completely.

Boom Boom!

Two super dreadnoughts, two dreadnoughts. The firepower generated by the four Japanese superships caused huge damage to the Chinese Navy. In addition, in terms of naval weapon control, the Japanese army is more experienced. The heavy cruiser Tarzan was hit on the deck, the entire deck cracked, and a skyrocketing fire broke out on the deck. The Tarzan's naval officers quickly extinguished the fire, but it did not cause a greater crisis. The Tarzan's two twin-fired 380mm guns opened fire, and the massive recoil caused the entire ship to shake constantly. This super heavy gun was originally prepared on the battleship, and when China ordered it from Spain, in order to counter the threat posed by the Japanese battleships, it abandoned the original 280 mm ship gun and chose a 380 mm cannon that could threaten the super dreadnought. However, this unmatched design not only weakened the firepower level of the Taishan, but also reduced the secondary guns and shipborne guns of the Taishan, and the hull of the ship was shaken by huge recoil when the giant cannon was fired, resulting in extremely poor handling, and the shells did not have the slightest accuracy, which reduced the combat effectiveness a lot. …,

Faced with this situation, after the launch of the Beijing, the Wehrmacht had to refit another heavy cruiser of the same type, the Songshan, and replace it with the original firepower. But the Tarzan was kept for other reasons.

For a rough-skinned battleship, the cruiser's 280 mm shipboard guns were unlikely to cause much damage. The main guns of the Songshan fell on the Japanese battleship Fuso, and it was difficult to cause great damage, which made the four battleships extremely arrogant. Ignoring the small Chinese ships around it, it swooped down on the Beijing, which was in the center of the fleet.

From the very beginning, four Japanese battleships had their eyes on the Beijing and wanted to sink the giant naval ship, which represented China's hopes. Restore the original balance of maritime power in the Far East.

"Commander, they're coming for us!" Seeing the four giants rushing up, Ma Lu's face changed completely. Not nervous, that's fake. A battleship faces four opponents of the same class, and the probability of being sunk accounts for eighty percent.

"Fight with them!" Zhang Chaoqun's face sank like water, this was the first time that the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy had a head-on fire, and the gap in strength between the two sides was still very large, and the Chinese Navy had almost no chance of winning. However, as the saying goes, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and although the combat effectiveness of the navy depends to a large extent on the advanced degree of the ship, it will not work if the crew is too. Since its establishment, the Wehrmacht has attached great importance to the fighting will and fighting spirit of its soldiers.

Although the speed of the Beijing is not slow, it can be regarded as the middle and upper range of super dreadnoughts in the world today, and if it can break out of the encirclement, the two Fuso-class battleships will not be able to catch up at all. But the Japanese Kongo-class battleships were different. The official title of the King Kong class in the world's navy is the battle cruiser, and there is a certain gap between it and the super dreadnought in terms of displacement and armor level. But as a cruiser, his speed is a big advantage. The top speed was capable of reaching a terrifying thirty-two knots, far exceeding the average speed of a battleship of twenty-six and seven knots. In this case, it is simply impossible for the Beijing to escape completely.

Boom!

There was a loud bang.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, the Japanese Kongo-class battle column "Kirishima" was actually hit by a heavy cannon, and this extremely tricky heavy artillery directly broke through the relatively weak iron armor of the Kirishima and blasted into the ammunition room. The explosion of the entire ammunition room was triggered. For a time, there was a fire on the Kirishima. The four twin-fired guns were also completely paralyzed, and what made the Japanese Navy most maddened was that the Kirishima power room was also affected by the explosion, and the speed dropped from 32 knots to about 20 knots at once. It can be said that the Kirishima, a battle cruiser that was supposed to exert great power, was completely scrapped because of this brilliant heavy artillery.

"What is this?" Zhang Chaoqun looked suspicious. Although the Beijing kept firing, it did not hit the enemy with a single shot. Instead, two near-misses overturned two Japanese destroyers.

"Could it be that the Japanese themselves fired the shells?" Malu didn't notice either. The main thing is that both sides have not paid attention to the Kirishima at the very edge. It wasn't until the huge explosion of the Kirishima that it was taken seriously.

"Report to the commander, the Tarzan has sent a signal, they have concentrated on the Kirishima and achieved great results." The communications soldier said with excitement on his face.

"Tarzan?" Zhang Chaoqun and Ma Lu looked at each other strangely.

"Meng!"

"Shit luck!"

Both of them said at the same time. Regarding the problem of the main gun of the Taishan, the two of them are clear. It can be said that the deterrent effect of the existence of the Taishan ship-borne heavy artillery is much greater than the actual combat effectiveness. After all, with the presence of the Taishan, China has two warships that can threaten the super dreadnought. Of course, after seeing the inaccurate heavy artillery firepower of the Taishan, the top of the Navy only felt helpless. It's just that the Taishan, as China's first main warship to the West, has already become famous all over the world with China's performance with its hideous cannon that far exceeds the specifications. Therefore, after the modification of the Songshan, the Taishan still maintained its original appearance. It's just that the Navy Command has already regarded it as an ordinary deterrent warship, and it doesn't pay much attention to naval warfare at all. …,

No one expected that this naval battleship, which was not favored by others and could only fire its guns indiscriminately, actually hit the deck of the Japanese Kirishima with a shit shot, and even more so that it penetrated the ammunition room of the Kirishima and caused a martyrdom. Eventually, the power of the Kirishima was affected, and the threat to the Beijing was almost gone.

"Old Ma, we are concentrating on attacking a Kongo-class battleship outside the Japanese Lingwai." Zhang Chaoqun said in a deep voice.

"Commander, are we going to break through?" Ma Lu's face froze, and he said with some suspicion.

"Yes, our navy is not as strong as Japan, and there is nothing to be ashamed of breaking through. The reason why we chose to fight hard just now is that Japan has two Kongo-class battleships, and if we don't get rid of these fast battleships, we won't be able to escape at all. But now it's good. The Tarzan accidentally took out a Kongo-class battleship, greatly reducing the threat of us buying the right one, and as long as we can sink or damage a Kongo-class battleship in the next battle, we have hope of breaking out. "Zhang Chaoqun is not a fool, let alone a desperate dumbfounder. He had a clear understanding of the disparity in naval strength between China and Japan. China's navy has developed very rapidly in the past two years. Many destroyers and cruisers have been purchased and independently produced from abroad. The tonnage of the Navy has more than doubled. Confidence in defending the country's maritime frontiers has increased greatly. But in terms of top-notch battleships, the Chinese Navy has unimaginable shortcomings. Japan has seven or eight battleships in service, and five or six more advanced super dreadnoughts are under construction, and once those super dreadnoughts are launched, Japan's naval strength will double again, and even if China has three battleships by then, it will be difficult to make up for the gap between the two sides.

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