"Boom!" A loud explosion remembers. Takebe Kishiro Osa only felt a shake under his feet, and the whole person fell to the ground at once. His head slammed on the table, and he was bleeding profusely.

Takebe Kishiro Osa hurriedly got up from the ground, ignored the injury on his forehead, and asked loudly, "What happened?" What is the loss? ”

The tremor just now was clearly the shock caused by the battleship being hit. Takebe Kishiro Osa was very worried in his heart, if the battleship was seriously injured, the consequences would be very serious.

"Your Excellency, Captain, a small-caliber shell hit the side side, a 120-mm secondary gun was blown up, and several sailors died." Soon, a staff officer reported.

Takebe Kishiro Osaku breathed a sigh of relief. The loss of one secondary gun and the death of a few sailors did not matter much to the light cruiser "Ligen", and even had no effect on the combat effectiveness of the battleship.

It's just that before Takebe Kishiro had time to rejoice, tragedy happened again. This time, it was not the light cruiser "Ritone" that was hit, but the light cruiser "Otowa". A 155-mm shell fired from the light cruiser "Kozuki Fox" hit the foredeck of the light cruiser "Otowa". Thin deck armor, simply arrived at the Horde shells weighing tens of kilograms. After the shell penetrated the deck armor, it exploded inside the battleship.

"Boom!" With a violent explosion, the flames rose into the sky. A large hole was blown out of the foredeck of the light cruiser "Otowa". Several compartments under the bow were also blown up, igniting a raging fire. The damage management personnel on the light cruiser "Otowa" immediately rushed to extinguish the fire. But many people were poisoned by poisonous smoke. Even so, those damage management personnel still rushed forward one after another. They all knew that if the fire could not be extinguished, it would undoubtedly cause more trauma to the battleship.

"Your Excellency, Captain. Kanemaru Kiyoshi Osaku sent a telegram saying that the light cruiser 'Otowa' had been shot in the foredeck, and the fire had been brought under control and had not caused any major damage. A staff officer reported.

Takebe Kishiro Osa nodded, but the worry in his heart lingered. The battle has only just begun. Their warships were frequently hit. On the other hand, the warships of the Chinese Navy were unscathed. Could it be that after the Etajima Naval Academy was wiped out by the Chinese Navy, the quality of the Japanese Navy really declined sharply, and even the Chinese Navy was inferior?

Actually, this is not the case. Thanks to technology from Germany, the fire control system of the new warships of the Chinese Navy has been greatly improved compared to the previous ones. Even if the sailors of both sides were of equal quality, with the help of these fire control systems, it was easier for the warships of the Imperial Navy to hit their targets.

"Well done! But. It's a pity that it didn't inflict fatal damage on the enemy. "On the light cruiser 'Fang Ri Rabbit', Lieutenant Commander Chen Jiliang felt a little sorry.

The distance between the two sides is still shrinking. By one o'clock in the afternoon, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to four thousand meters. Not only are the main guns on both sides firing frantically, but even the secondary guns are joining in.

The firepower of the 'Qinglong-class' light cruisers was undoubtedly superior, with six 155-mm guns, six 105-mm rapid-fire guns and six 88-mm rapid-fire guns, capable of throwing more than a ton of shells per minute onto the enemy's head. On the other hand, the Japanese Navy, whether it is the light cruiser "Tone" or the light cruiser "Otowa". It's not comparable at all.

The 155-mm gun and the 152-mm gun are not much different in power. But. The greater the number of main guns of the Imperial Navy, the greater the threat to the Japanese Navy. The secondary gun has a fast rate of fire, but is relatively less powerful. However, it can give full play to the advantages of the scrubbing stream, and those sailors who are exposed outside the turret will all become the targets of torture and killing.

"Boom!" A small-caliber shell hit the side of the light cruiser 'Fangritu'. Several sailors operating a 105-mm rapid-fire gun were torn to shreds, and blood and stumps flew everywhere. At the same time, several shells were detonated, directly destroying a 105-mm secondary gun, igniting a raging fire.

The damage management personnel immediately rushed forward in the face of artillery fire. Extinguish the fire.

As the distance closer, the warships of the Imperial Navy were also constantly hit. It's just that, comparatively speaking, the warships of the Japanese Navy were hit more often and caused more serious trauma.

The light cruiser "Ligen" was constantly hit by shells. Although most of them were small-caliber shells, the superstructure of the light cruiser "Ligen" had already been hit and ignited, and it was badly damaged. Several secondary guns were almost destroyed, resulting in a significant reduction in combat effectiveness. However, even at this moment, the light cruiser "Ligen" was still struggling to hold on.

"Hold on, everyone, reinforcements are coming. In half an hour at most, we will be able to turn defeat into victory. "Takebe Kishiro Osa has a bandage around his head, and he is angry for the demoralized Japanese sailors.

"Sink the warship of the people of China and kill all the people of China!" The Japanese sailors all shouted.

"Boom! Rumble! "Two loud explosions in quick succession, the light cruiser Tone shook violently, and Takebe Kishiro Osa fell to the ground again. This time, it wasn't as simple as knocking a few small cuts on the head, but being knocked unconscious directly.

Two 155-mm shells hit the light cruiser "Ligen", so that the already scarred "Ligen" light cruiser could no longer hold on. Even the keel was blown off. After the keel was broken, the light cruiser Tone broke in two from the aside. In less than two minutes, the broken battleship sank into the sea. Of the 370 crew members on the battleship, none survived.

The light cruiser "Tone" was sunk, and the captain of the light cruiser "Otowa" Kiyoshi Kanamaru was terrified. Under the blow of the Imperial Navy's light cruiser "Kogetsu Fox", the light cruiser "Otowaba" was also scarred. If the light cruiser "Bohiha" also opened fire on the "Otowa", there was absolutely no chance that the "Otowa" light cruiser would have survived.

"Send a telegram to the battlecruiser 'King Kong' quickly, we need more reinforcements." The light cruiser Tone' has already been sunk, and if there are no more reinforcements, we will be sunk too. "Kanemaru Qingzhi Dazuo can be described as having a broken heart.

On the battlecruiser "Kongo", Rear Admiral Naoe Nakano couldn't help but change his face after receiving a telegram from the light cruiser "Otowa".

"Takebe Kishiro and Kanemaru Kiyoshi are arresting those two wastes, their two light cruisers, can't they hold out for two hours?" Major General Naoe Nakano scolded angrily.

"General, what now?" The light cruiser Tone was sunk, and the light cruiser Otowa was also in danger. Even if the light cruiser "Tenryu" and the "Tatsuda" light cruiser arrived, I am afraid that they would not be the match for the two "Qinglong-class" light cruisers of the Shina Navy. The captain of the battlecruiser "Kongo" said Shuzo Matsuoka.

Rear Admiral Naoe Nakano hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Let the light cruiser 'Tenryu' and the light cruiser 'Tatsuda' entangle the two light cruisers of the Shina people. Then let the light cruiser "Chikuma", the light cruiser "Yatsuki", and the light cruiser "Hirado" rush to it. I do not believe that five light cruisers against two 'Blue Dragon-class' light cruisers is not yet an opponent. ”

"Yes, General." Matsuoka Shuzo nodded. He also believed that the two 'Tenryu-class' light cruisers and the three 'Tsukuma-class' light cruisers should have a safe chance of winning.

The Chikuma-class light cruiser has a displacement of 5,000 tons, a maximum speed of 26 knots, and is armed with 8 15-caliber 152-mm single-mounted guns and 4 40-caliber 76-mm single-mounted guns. Such firepower, among light cruisers, is already very powerful.

After receiving the order, the three 'Chikuma-class' light cruisers began to accelerate to the battlefield. And the two 'Tenryu-class' light cruisers that were about to arrive on the battlefield also slowed down. If they rush too fast, they may follow in the footsteps of the light cruisers 'Tone' and 'Otowaba' and be sunk by the two 'Blue Dragon-class' light cruisers of the Chinese Navy.

After the light cruiser "Tone" was sunk, the light cruiser "Bohito" immediately shifted its firepower and, together with the light cruiser "Shinzuki Fox", flanked the light cruiser "Otowa". In just five minutes, the light cruiser 'Otowaba' was hit more than a dozen times, including three 155-mm shells. This directly killed the light cruiser "Otowa".

At 1:34 p.m., the light cruiser "Otowa" was sunk. At this time, the two 'Tenryu-class' light cruisers had just arrived on the battlefield.

The sinking of two light cruisers of the Japanese Navy, the Imperial Navy suffered minor losses, except that some secondary guns were destroyed and the superstructure was set on fire. Combat effectiveness did not suffer much loss.

Originally, Lieutenant Colonel Chen Jiliang was worried that it was a trap and was not prepared to pursue. But at this time, they received telegrams from the heavy cruisers "Ugly Cow" and "Yinhu". Two heavy cruisers were rushing to the battlefield, which was still the reason for sparing a big circle.

With two heavy cruisers as his backing, Lieutenant Colonel Chen Jiliang immediately put his heart back in his stomach. He ordered the light cruisers 'Fang Hi Rabbit' and the light cruisers 'Shingetsu Fox' to increase their speed and pursue the two 'Tenryu-class' light cruisers of the Japanese Navy, which had just emerged.

As for the heavy cruisers 'Ugly Cow' and 'Yinhu', they continued to approach the enemy. Prepare to strike only at the critical moment in order to inflict a fatal blow on the Japanese Navy. (To be continued.) )

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