When the navies of the two sides were fighting to the death, Zhongyu Guo zhèng fǔ also received the news from the Běi Jīng, and Feng Yong immediately called Zhang Chaoqun and gave him the right to make a decision on the spot. At the same time, they are required to choose to break through when the war is unfavorable and retain the seed strength of the Chinese Navy.

Regarding Feng Yong's telegram, Zhang Chaoqun's reply was only four words: "Promote the prestige of our country."

Faced with this situation, Feng Yong was very anxious in his heart, and ordered the Chinese Admiralty to immediately determine the sea area where China was fighting. The remaining ships of the Chinese Navy were all dispatched. At the same time, a large number of armed merchant ships were also urgently mobilized to participate in the operation. China's large-scale mobilization has caused great turmoil in the entire coastal area, and the huge armed merchant ships that China has assembled have shocked businessmen from all over the world. Such armed merchant ships are a way for China to develop its naval power.

Moreover, the technical level of armed merchant ships is not as high as that of standard warships, and after the First World War, world trade has shrunk significantly, and many large and advanced merchant ships have been sold. By buying these things at a low price, China can not only obtain good shipbuilding technology, but also convert the good merchant ships into armed merchant ships, which can not only serve as escort missions, but also be a good coastal defense force at critical moments. The real combat effectiveness of armed merchant ships may not be strong, but they can't stand their numbers. As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and some large armed merchant ships are loaded with oversized cannons, and once they are hit, the heavy cruisers will not be able to hold up. Originally, Feng Yong didn't want to use armed merchant ships, after all, this is a hole card, and once the armed merchant ships participate in the war, it will inevitably cause huge losses, with the armor level of the armed merchant ships, it will not be able to withstand the collision with the destroyers, and a large number of armed merchant ships will have a huge impact on China's maritime trade. Feng Yong was really anxious this time, otherwise he would not have acted like this.

In addition to a large number of armed merchant ships, the 2nd SS Flying Group was also dispatched, and more than 20 bombers were transferred from the western suburbs of Běi Jīng to Qingdao. The area of war is in the Yellow Sea, not too far from Qingdao. If this is not possible, China will send bombers to escort surface ships.

Battlefield at sea.

The battle between China and China on the sea has reached a fever pitch, and a large number of artillery shells have set off huge waves in this area, especially the area where the three super dreadnoughts are engaged. The main guns, secondary guns, and shipborne guns fired at the same time, forming three huge vortices of firepower, and the fire that spread out forced the ships above the center to retreat.

Boom ——!

There was a huge earthquake on the Běi Jīng, and Zhang Chaoqun and others were defenseless and were directly overturned to the ground.

"What's going on?" Zhang Chaoqun asked embarrassedly.

"Commander, we've been shot. The bridge was punctured. ”

"Go and see the power room, you must not let the power have problems." Zhang Chaoqun's face changed greatly. With one battleship against two enemy battleships at the same time, the pressure on the Běi Jīng was very heavy, especially the King Kong battleship was very fast, and its secondary guns hit the Běi Jīng several times, which had a certain impact on the superstructure of the Běi Jīng. But fortunately, the Běi Jīng was never hit by the enemy's main guns, which allowed it to entangle with the two battleships for such a long time.

Boom Boom!

The main gun of the Běi Jīng still roared angrily, which made Zhang Chaoqun and the others feel relieved. And there was good news from the power room, although the local armor-piercing shell penetrated the bridge, but fortunately did not penetrate the power room. Zhang Chaoqun and others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Order the main artillery to attack the King Kong with all its might." Zhang Chaoqun looked at the fast-moving King Kong and suddenly said loudly.

"Commander, the King Kong is too fast, our main gun has only hit them once, and it doesn't seem to have affected the King Kong's power system yet." Ma Lu, the captain of the běi jīng, said in surprise.

The initial Běi Jīng wanted to concentrate on attacking the King Kong, but suffered a lot because of this, and the Fuso-class battleships were superior to the Chinese Běi Jīng in terms of combat capabilities. Moreover, the development of the battleship was in the same line, from small to large. Unlike China, when it lacked basic shipbuilding capabilities, it took advantage of the depression in the Spanish shipbuilding industry and used a large amount of money to build the advanced Běi Jīng. It's like a castle in the air, which always has shortcomings in terms of solidity and stability, and neither Spain nor China lacks the actual combat data of such a super dreadnought. As a result, no one can guarantee whether the Běi Jīng's combat effectiveness will be as expected before launching. From the King Kong class to the Fusang class, the foundation for the development of the navy is very solid, and the combat experience and training level of the navy are not comparable to the newly rising Chinese navy. In such a situation, the slightest negligence on the part of the Chinese Navy would be fatal.

What's more, the rì was still two battleships against one, and the Chinese battleships were already at a disadvantage. When the Běi Jīng concentrated its attack on the King Kong, the Rì Benfusang tilted a large amount of fire directly at the Běi Jīng. At the same time, a large number of torpedoes also put a huge pressure on the Běi Jīng. If it weren't for Zhang Chaoqun's urgent adjustment strategy, I'm afraid that the běi jīng would have suffered a big loss.

"Commander, young marshal telegram!" The intelligence room sent Feng Yong's telegram to Zhang Chaoqun.

Zhang Chaoqun picked up the telegram, and his face showed a shocked look.

"Commander, what's going on?" Ma Lu asked in a deep voice.

"Order the fleet to quickly get rid of the enemy, and we will move closer to Qingdao!" Zhang Chaoqun asked in a deep voice.

"Qingdao? Commander, where are the reinforcements? Ma Lu asked puzzled. You know, the fleet they are in is already the absolute main force of the Chinese Navy. Most of China's presence in other seas is small surface ships, which are of little help in such a large-scale naval battle.

"Not bad! The marshal assembled a hundred large armed merchant ships to help us repel the Rìben navy. ”

"A hundred?" Ma Lu exclaimed. As the captain of the Chinese Navy's flagship Běi Jīng, Ma Lu naturally knew about arming merchant ships. He still very much agrees with the Chinese Navy's method of increasing its strength. After all, after the First World War, the sale of large warships was severely restricted. In particular, the rise of a yellow country like China has been suppressed by the instinct of Caucasian society, and after the Paris Peace Conference, China did not even buy a large warship from abroad, and the Spanish side also said that after the completion of the sister ship Běi Jīng that China and Spain agreed to hand over to Spain, the cooperation between the two sides will end. Faced with this blockade situation, the Chinese Admiralty made a decision on the development of armed merchant ships. Taking advantage of the slump in world trade, China's large enterprises came forward to buy a large number of steel merchant ships in purely commercial terms, and then converted them into armed merchant ships in several major shipyards in China.

After all, armed merchant ships are not warships specially used for combat, and their combat effectiveness is really not strong, and the Chinese Navy does not regard armed merchant ships as a regular naval force. Moreover, once China's armed merchant ships enter the war, it means that China is already in a very dangerous position in naval warfare, and even on the verge of extinction. It can be said that the participation of armed merchant ships in the war means that China will fight hard at all costs.

Ma Lu only knows that China has purchased a lot of large merchant ships and converted them into armed merchant ships, but the exact number is not clear. Armed merchant ships in peacetime belong to enterprises around the country. Without Feng Yong's order, the Admiralty had no right to interfere. Now Feng Yong dispatched a hundred ships at a time, and even Ma Lu was completely suppressed.

You know, some of the largest armed merchant ships are loaded with super cannons of more than 300 millimeters. These cannons are comparable to the cannons on battleships, and if they are hit, even battleships will be damaged.

"In addition to arming merchant ships, the young marshal has other means! We just need to do what we are told! Zhang Chaoqun said confidently. Zhang Chaoqun admired Feng Yong's methods very much, and Feng Yong's promises were not only fulfilled one by one, but also the speed of development far exceeded Zhang Chaoqun's expectations. In Zhang Chaoqun's mind, it is quite good that China can build a fleet that can defend the navy in ten years, and as for battleships, he only dares to think about it in his dreams. But now the Chinese Navy not only has surface ships of considerable tonnage, but also a world-class super-dreadnought. All this is far beyond the promise of Young Marshal Feng back then. And Feng Yong has never done anything untargeted since his rise to the present. He said that if there is a follow-up method, then there will definitely be a means that will surprise Rì himself.

Just as Zhang Chaoqun had made up his mind, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted from the běi jīng.

"Captain, Commander, we've gathered the King Kong. This time King Kong Hao must have been hit hard, his speed was affected, and he has slowly stopped! The deputy captain said loudly, pointing to the Kongo, which was on fire in the distance.

"What is this?" Ma Lu said in surprise. He didn't expect that the King Kong, which was known for its agility, did not avoid the main guns of the Běi Jīng.

"I knew it was so, our first shot had already taken a toll on the Kongo. Their speed hasn't decreased much, but their agility has dropped a lot. This greatly reduces their ability to evade damage. Zhang Chaoqun had a smile on his face.

Looking at the rapidly slowing down King Kong, the super dreadnought of the Rì Benfuso immediately pounced and poured a lot of fire on the Běi Jīng, preventing the Běi Jīng from killing the King Kong. You must know that although the King Kong is huge, the degree of armor is only at the level of a battle cruiser. If it is hit by a large number of main guns of the Běi Jīng, it is very likely to be sunk. A Kongo-class battleship, the Kirishima, had already been damaged by the Wehrmacht. If the remaining Kongo is sunk again, the glory of the Navy's decades of glory will be completely lost.

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