Chapter 185 Sino-Japanese naval battle 2

The huge gunfire shook the whole ship. Hu Chuyuan sat taciturn in the cabin, indifferent, without any emotion, like a corpse, but a little arrogant.

It is difficult for others to understand his mood at this moment.

Think about it, how glorious and sad it is for a country to launch a war to assassinate you.

What are the prospects for the future of life?

As long as you dare to stand up, other people's muzzle will always aim at you.

He sat silently, and others waited silently, observing him silently.

Hu Chuyuan raised his watch and looked at the time. It was 12:09:27 noon on March 17, 1890.

Die, die.

From the moment he knew that he really wanted to kill him, he had given up his reason and died here.

Yes, that's what he thinks. There's nothing to care about, and he's forced to be extremely irritable.

Suddenly, he remembered a famous poem and sighed coldly: "Since ancient times, no one has died... Keep your heart to shine!"

Everyone in the cabin was slightly stunned. Lan Jianshu hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid it hasn't arrived yet...!"

Before he finished speaking, the hull suddenly shook violently, as if it had been hit by two shells in a row.

On the sea, Ankang ships are lined up in the front, followed by supermartial ships and sasen ships. Three ships confront four Chaofeng-class cruisers. I said that I completely used the cruiser as the main force. They frantically lined up all the decks with 120mm rapid-fire guns, and the shells hit the three ships of the patrol fleet like a rain of bullets.

In the far north, two Langsu-class cruisers chased the new Yangwu, using left and right enveloping tactics. In the south, the reserve fleet gradually approached. They had two heavy artillery cruisers and two armored cruisers.

The heavy artillery cruisers were invented by themselves and built by themselves. On the basis of ordinary dome cruisers, the cannons of battleships are installed. The main value is to deal with the two Dingyuan-class ironclads of the Beiyang Marine Division and the three Jingyuan-class ironclads of the Nanyang Marine Division.

Lin Yongsheng keeps making the visiting fleet round and retreat. However, for Yidong Youheng, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese standing fleet, the visiting fleet and Hu Chuyuan are already dead bodies, and sinking the bottom of the sea is just a matter of time.

Under the command of Hangsan Pingjing, the commander of the first pioneer guerrilla of the standing fleet, the four Chaofeng-class cruisers of the guerrillas have surrounded the retreat of the patrol fleet in a circular shape, and Heihachiro Higashigo in the north has led the first ship of the Langsu-class, the Niwasu, to chase the Xinyangwu.

At this moment, Yidong Youheng's thoughts were extremely expanded, as if he had spread his wings, and he and he were about to really spread their wings and soar.

Hu Chuyuan.

In Japanese, people call it "hu Qiuyue" according to the transliteration, and sometimes it is also referred to as "autumn moon".

Unlike most of them, Yidong Youheng is a very handsome middle-aged man. At the age of 47 this year, he has a very solemn look.

Standing on the command tower, commanding the warship to besiege and patrol the fleet, but an idea flashed in his mind from time to time.

From the 14th year of Meiji, in 1881, Eiichiro Shibusawa proposed that... Hu Chuyuan would definitely become an obstacle to the development of Japan. In the 16th year of Meiji, Hu Chuyuan began to unify China's Jiangnan silk industry, and the originally booming silk industry was suddenly hit hard.

It was not until 1885 that Japanese silk gained some vitality by exporting to France.

"Dongxiang Jun, everything is up to you!"

Ito Youheng silently prayed something in his heart. He hoped that this time he could truly complete the highest combat goal set by His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire - to kill "Do Qiuyue" and let it sink to the bottom of the sea forever.

According to the headquarters's plan, even if they did not hesitate to declare war with China, the Qing court could not support it for too long without Hu Chuyuan. As long as they used the first wave of war to annex North Korea and enter the peace talks, it is not appropriate to pursue more results, so as not to be dragged down by China like France.

In a word, dismembering China and occupying China is the responsibility and vocation of this whole generation, not the responsibility of which year or war.

I firmly believe that as long as I keep practicing, do it again and again, and complete the set goals again and again, I can finally occupy the whole of China, so that my future and the next generation will be born in China, and let the Central Plains become the land of Japan.

As Toyotomi Hideyoshi said, the capital was moved to Yanjing.

... If Hu Chuyuan knew that one of the two warships chasing the new Yangwu cruiser was commanded by Dongxiang Pinghachiro, he would definitely laugh out loud.

Sneer, it's definitely a sneer.

Unfortunately, he didn't know.

Many times, he doesn't care.

I really took the risk of using bitter sour. With the assistance of the French, they mastered the new bitter sour shells faster than expected. Not all warships used bitter sour as explosives, mainly the two Yandao-class ironclad cruisers.

It turns out that intelligence can determine the fate of a country.

If there is no intelligence, the outcome of the Battle of Tehran will be difficult to predict. Without intelligence, the outcome of the First World War will be even more unpredictable.

In a word, intelligence is always the most critical.

The huge intelligence system established by Hu Chuyuan has finally paid off, and this is all thanks to me.

At 12:17, there was a huge haze in the western part of the combat sea area. Twelve warships were inserted from the oblique rear of the Japanese standing fleet in a one-character column. The distance was still far away, but it was about 40 nautical miles.

After discovering the figure of the East China Sea Fleet, after the Weikang towed, two Chaowu-class cruisers broke through to the west.

The change of the drama's surname made Ito Youheng extremely surprised. At this moment, he could only pin all his hopes on the two Naniwa-class cruisers and lead other warships to adopt a one-word column to prepare to delay as much as possible to ensure that Naniwa can complete the code-named "Swallowing the Moon".

In a word, as long as he killed Hu Chuyuan, this battle was the greatest victory in the history of the empire. From then on, it was bright, but he broke his head and didn't expect that Hu Chuyuan was actually in front of him.

The Chaowu class belongs to a [***] type of dome-armed cruiser. On the basis of the new Yangwu class, Fuzhou Ship Administration has specially developed a new type of waist dome-armed cruiser between the dome-armed cruiser and the iron-armed cruiser.

The special thing about the super martial arts level is that it has regained the over-aired waist armor arrangement, and added armor defense forces on both sides to give key protection to the boiler and ammunition depot.

This makes the super martial arts level not as fast as the new Yang martial arts level, but much better than the new Yang martial arts level in terms of defense.

The Japanese shells are indeed very fierce. Unfortunately, Ankang, Chaowu and Sawu were not sunk. Especially in the secret protection of Ankang and Chaowu, Sawu has enough safe space to meet the capital ships of the East China Sea Fleet to the west.

In the north, the new Yangwu is still fleeing desperately, because the boiler caught fire, and the speed was significantly reduced.

Yidong Youheng believes that this time, the New Yangwu can no longer leave this sea area, and the two Naniwa-class cruisers will complete the mission, but he is worried that the withdrawal of the standing fleet will make the Naniwa-class cruisers give up their pursuit.

So at this moment, he couldn't help but hesitate.

In the end, he made an amazing decision - to drive north and join the Naniwa-class cruiser to complete the final decisive battle. Even if all of them sank, he would sink half of the main force of the Beiyang Fleet - he thought it was the Beiyang Fleet.

The truth of the matter can definitely make him heartbroken. This time, he is facing the main fleet of the East Sea Division, which can definitely make him cry.

In July 1887, Qingzheng Axe ordered the three major sailors and other sailors to stop purchasing warships from foreign countries on the grounds that Fuzhou ship administration could build their own ships. The well-informed Hu Chuyuan ordered two additional Zhiyuan-class ironclads with Germany in April 1987. The first was delivered at the end of 1888, and the second was delivered in 18 Delivered in June 1989.

Zhiyuan class absorbs the high-end design style of the new British warship on the basis of Dingyuan class. The lines are more beautiful, and the design drainage tonnage is the same as that of the Saint-Nazelle class, which is 7,350 tons. Like the warship style ordered by Fuzhou Shipping Administration in previous years, the main gun has a small level and a large number. It only uses 275mm caliber, with as many as ten guns. In addition, four 120mm caliber secondary guns are installed.

Zhiyuan is built at the Volkhang Shipyard in Germany. The first one is made of steel provided by Auckland Shipyard in the United States, and the second one is made of German-produced steel. The main armor of both are cold-pressed nickel-chromium steel, but the specific process is different. In fact, although the development of German cold-pressed nickel-chromium steel technology is later than that of the United States, the real quality On the contrary, the quantity is stronger than the latter.

Because the service of the two warships in the Fuzhou Ship Administration, in 1889, Hu Chuyuan added two more Zhiyuan class of the eight warships purchased by Germany, and the remaining six were Fuzhou-class ironclad ships jointly designed by the Ministry of the Admiralty of Germany and the United States and the Fuzhou Ship Administration, with a tonnage of only 6,550 tons.

Fuzhou Grade was designed at the end of 1887, launched at the end of 1888 at the Luoyuan Bay Shipyard, and was officially commissioned in June 1890. Originally, it was born for the "China War", but now I'm afraid it can't catch up.

Similarly, the Chunyu class and the Zhenjiang class can't catch up. These two levels are matching new ships, both of which use new steam turbine technology. At present, there is only the first one.

I can't count on it.

Even so, the East China Sea Division is still the strongest fleet of the Qing Empire, with the highest personnel quality and tactical literacy.

In order not to let me find anything abnormal, the fleet of this attack is the main Fuzhou fleet stationed in Luoyuan Bay and rarely appear in public, two Zhiyuan-class ironclad ships, two Jingyuan-class ironclad ships, two ironclad cruisers, five dome cruisers and Chunyu.

This is also the first appearance of the Spring Rain, which will be so fast that I can scold my mother.

It also uses bitter sour, but unlike myself, Americans wrap a layer of kraft paper in the outer layer of bitter sour explosives. Only such a simple improvement solves the unstable surname of bitter sour... I don't know the exact reason.

This discovery came a little late, so only the Chunyu used bitter sour shells.

(to be continued)