The Haiqi also went directly to the Kasuga, and under the premise that the aftermath of the Qingdao naval battle had not gone, the two capital ships actually chose to go head-to-head, which was more or less strange. The two seas and other destroyers next to them divided into two ways and chased after the other battleships that had escaped, which was slightly different from the battle of the battleships, and the cruisers did not rely on seizing the battle line, but on the confrontation between themselves, because of the different caliber of artillery, it was difficult for the cruiser to use salvo fire to ensure combat effectiveness like the battleship.

The caliber is different, the firing range is also different, 254 mm naval guns, the firing range is about 4.5 km, 203 mm can reach 5 km, but these are the maximum range, as the previous generation of warships, in the case of a smaller caliber, their lethal range is within 2-3 km. At 4.5 kilometers, the Kasuga took the lead in firing the cannon, because it was at the maximum range, the Kasuga only had 254 mm naval guns that could reach, and there was only one, and the artillery shells were far away, at least 800 meters away from the Haiqi, which was too far away, except for the fried fish, there was no other effect.

The 203 mm gun of the Haiqi may have a range of less than 4 kilometers, but with the rapid improvement of artillery technology, the northwest has carried out a lot of research based on this artillery, and the maximum firing range has reached 6 kilometers, and within 4 kilometers are the effective range, the accuracy is quite high, after the Kasuga began to shoot, the Haiqi counterattacked, but the number of artillery is scarce, even if the Haiqi with high accuracy, it is impossible to hit in a few rounds.

However, comparatively speaking, the Haiqi has a much faster rate of fire. It is almost 3 times the size of Kasuga, and the impact point is getting closer and closer to Kasuga. The mountain house held his breath, he could hardly believe it. The firepower of the Kaiqi will be so fierce, but the Haiqi with only 2 203 guns is stronger than the Kasuga.

You come and go for a few rounds, the god of luck seems to have descended on the Kasuga, the main gun in front of the Kasuga, first hit the Haiqi, right in the position of the turret in front, the Japanese artillery here, shouted excitedly, from the beginning of coming to Qingdao. The entire Japanese Combined Fleet was passively beaten, sinking one after another, and one after another of their comrades-in-arms were killed, they expected to get a counterattack, and now, the counterattack has finally arrived, as long as the battery in front of the Kaiqi is knocked out, and next, the Haiqi is a fish on the chopping block.

The Haiqi was shot. Cheng Biguang was also taken aback, he knew very well that the bullet point of the Spring Day just now should be quite far away from the Haiqi, that is to say. It was a lucky bullet, and at the moment of being shot, the Haiqi shook a little. 254 mm shells, when hitting a battleship at high speed. The kinetic energy is still quite large, after Cheng Biguang felt it. Immediately order your subordinates to check the damage.

The subordinates soon returned, informing Cheng Biguang that the shell was hitting the armor belt of the Haiqi, which was not the thickest place, but the armor belt that did not break through was lightly bounced off by the armor belt set diagonally, and the Haiqi was unscathed. Cheng Biguang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the protection was in place, the luck of the Spring was not unlimited, but the Haiqi, in the gradual approach and bullet point calculation, found the law and got closer and closer.

That cannon had no effect, and it was soon seen by others in the mountain house, after all, it hit the opponent's turret, and it was not clear from a distance, but no matter how you said it, one of the other party's turrets should also be destroyed, but unfortunately the turret of the sea prayer still continued to attack, obviously, it was invalid just now, what was going on, the mountain house others couldn't think clearly, but unfortunately the good luck of the spring was used up in this cannon, and then the cannon fire of the spring was getting farther and farther away from the sea prayer, but it was the sea prayer, fixed towards the spring attack, It was probably during the thirty-fifth round of the shelling, that is, about 6 minutes after the start of the mutual attack, the front and rear artillery fire of the Haiqi hit the Kasuga almost at the same time, and the armor-piercing shell easily tore through the armor of the Kasuga with strong kinetic energy, and a battery was overturned, the fire was raging, and the speed of the Kasuga slowed down in an instant.

Such a difference, Yamaya others did not expect at all, their own disdain, even a little contempt, Haiqi, is so powerful, in front of him, is it still a light cruiser of less than 5,000 tons, this is a complete monster, the defense is outstanding, the artillery is fierce, the tonnage is 3,000 tons, but it can defeat the Kasuga against the trend.

As a vice admiral, a vice admiral who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and even for many years, has been a fairly in-depth study of naval warfare tactics, and Yamaya knows very well what this result represents, representing the absolute generation gap, army weapons, the generation difference is not obvious, even if it is holding a weapon from 20 years ago, it can be played loudly, and it can also win with various tactics, but the navy, the generation difference represents absolute backwardness and invincibility.

Since the emergence of dreadnoughts, all the former dreadnoughts have been directly eliminated, and in the whole world, countless rebuilt and already built dreadnoughts are all ineffective, the reason is that the battle line of the dreadnoughts, the former dreadnoughts not only can not play a role, but will drag their feet, in a one-on-one duel, the dreadnoughts have a huge advantage over the former dreadnoughts, almost irreversible.

Now, the generation difference appeared on two cruisers of less than 10,000 tons, one large and one small, but the strength reversed, the completely new Haiqi of that year, can not reach this point, to achieve this Cheng dù, it proves that the Northwest must have modified the warship, can make a warship less than 5,000 tons, more than 7,500 tons in performance, in terms of this modification capacity and processing capacity, Japan can not do it, is the Northwest to obtain better technology.

Despair welled up in my heart, it took Japan 20 years to gradually cultivate the combined fleet, with a lot of foreign exchange and cattle and horses, almost kneeling and licking Britain, which formed the current level of science and technology and shipbuilding capacity, which has the British handouts, but also the efforts of countless naval personnel, in Japan's view, they have been in the sea technology, caught up with the world's forefront, as long as this King Kong-class construction project is completed, Japan can also produce capital ships including super dreadnought, which is for Japan, It's a huge progress, but at this juncture, so easily surpassed by the northwest and by China, is it possible that Japan will always be trapped on a small island and never be able to gain a stable land?

Countless thoughts kept flickering in the hearts of the others in the mountain house, and finally he ordered violently: "Take the equipment and jump into the water to escape, you must tell the base camp, China has a shipbuilding capacity that surpasses Japan, and can even build capital ships!" ”

"Capital ship, is this impossible?"

"If it's not a capital ship, how can it be possible to use a battleship of less than 5,000 tons to resist the Kasuga head-on, even if the Kasuga has no way to show its strength!"

The others in the mountain house spoke loudly, so that the entire wheelhouse was silent, although in the wheelhouse, not senior officers, but they are all admirals of the navy, a little thought about it, Japan has the ability to produce and load, go all out, can barely produce dreadnoughts, after the introduction of Kongo-class technology, the technical level has been significantly improved, but as far as they know, there is no way to make a warship less than 5000 tons, resist the 8000 tons of loading, this is the absolute difference in tonnage, However, the other party was able to achieve it, and from this point it was inferred that the shipbuilding level in the northwest was higher than that of Japan, so what Yamaya said made sense.

"The fate of the empire rests on you, you must be careful, you must send this message out!"

At the last moment, the others of Yamaya guessed some facts, and also woke up to some facts, but unfortunately, his words were destined not to reach Japan, and the northwest in order to recover Qingdao, in order to pit the Japanese, how much effort was made, and countless preparations were made, how could it be possible for them to escape back lightly, and the departure of Sanhai and many warships was to leave them all behind.

"And what about the Commander?" The cervix of his hand said.

The other people in the mountain house were silent for a while, and said with some solemnity: "Do you still remember the battle of Dadonggou back then, among the Qing Navy, there is a Zhiyuan ship!" ”

Zhiyuan ship? The officers under him froze for a moment, and looked at the crazy mountain house in amazement, the Zhiyuan ship is not clear to most young sailors, but in old age, for the officers who really participated in that war, it is simply familiar, in a desperate situation, he did not escape, did not surrender, but bravely used the method of ramming the ship, wanting to sink the Yoshino, if it was not for the torpedo to work, maybe he changed something, and even affected the battle that decided the fate of Japan.

The tactic of colliding with the ship, after entering the 20th century, is already backward and eliminated, but the meaning of the others in the mountain house at this time is to die Mingzhi, before when the King Kong was silent, he wanted to do this, but did not do it, now the sea prayer is in front of him, only the Kasuga stops the sea prayer, they have a chance to escape, as for the sailors except for the wheelhouse, they can escape first.

Soon, the people in the cab were cleared out, and the power cabin was ordered to go all out, overloaded, and he clenched the steering wheel hard, staring at the Haiqi that was still three kilometers away, with the current spring good 15 knots, the full load may erupt to 18 knots, over this distance, it may only take 5 minutes, although it is said that Kasuga is not the opponent of the Haiqi, but 5 minutes can still be supported, After all, it is impossible for the Haiqi to hit every shot, according to the speed of the Haiqi he calculated, the lethality is only two 203, 5 minutes, at most 60 guns, 203 caliber guns, even if it hits 60 guns, it may not be able to sink the Kasuga, as long as it is not hit on the power system, this time is enough.

The Haiqi continued to attack, and when the Kasuga rushed up, Cheng Biguang didn't react at first, but the Kasuga didn't dodge at all, and rushed in a straight line, he only needed to think about it a little, and he understood what the others in the mountain house wanted to do, but he didn't expect that the Kasuga would make such a choice, and sighed and said: "Deng Guandai, I'm here to avenge you!" (To be continued......)