Chapter 116 Listen to the naval battle

After a busy night, when all the 4,000 army brothers landed ashore, the Beiyang Marine Division was secretly relieved.

When the first ray of sunshine rose, Ding Ruchang ordered the flagship Dingyuan to raise the Qing Dragon Flag and lead the other 15 warships to return. Because he was worried about meeting the Japanese fleet, he carried out formation training all the way. Strangely, no shots were fired during the training.

"Dog calf! No sex! It's also training!" Listening to the return of the swordfish, Long Guozhang spat and scolded.

Li Mo glanced sideways, pouted, and despised in his heart, "Fuck you! You think everyone is you! Every time you train, you have to shoot 180 cannons. If you don't fire cannons, you will feel uncomfortable all over! Since the establishment of the fleet, the young master spent a lot of money on cannonballs that year!"

However, for this kind of light training team without firing, the Pacific Army was all pouting, and Master Li was even more angry. Although the experts of later generations called the beasts said that Beiyang lost the cannonballs with sand and did not explode, in fact, there were a lot of hits.

But Li Mo didn't believe it! The eight 305mm main guns of the two ships alone are enough to drink a pot. How can it not even sink! Yoshino is a newcomer, but it's not that the hundreds of tons of Akagi can't sink, right? A cannonball alone costs more than 500 catties. It's just smashed, and it's also smashed!

In the final analysis, there is still something wrong with the training. The ancestors said it well that advanced weapons also rely on people to make! Let a fleet that can't fight two or three guns for a few years deal with a fleet that has painstakingly trained to target itself. Even if the overall firepower is superior, it is impossible to win!

Li Mo raised his wrist and looked at the new watch, 10:13!

According to the record, I will find the Beiyang Mariner in ten minutes.

Looking at the closer and closer wooden boat models on the sea map, Li Mo suddenly had an impulse. If the Swordfish was the first to inform the Beiyang at this moment, the fleet would be 20 nautical miles away, would it change history?

"In return, the Flying Fish said that the fleet launched a signal flag, and the formation began to accelerate."

"In return for the Swordfish, they saw the smoke column of the Japanese fleet!"

"Flying Fish reported that the fleet had found the Beiyang Marine Division. The first formation of four cruisers began to accelerate, and they were about to enter the range of the Beiyang Marine Division!"

"Report, the swordfish returned, the Beiyang sailors began to make a fire standby, the flagship launched the flag, ordered the ships to be filled with live ammunition, and required all the ships to lock their windows and hatches, and pile up sandbags in each key position!"

Not waiting for Li Mo to recover, a series of sudden reports suddenly made the whole war room nervous, especially when he heard that the flagship ordered to pile up sandbags! Even Chen Ping scolded fiercely.

"This stupid army bird!"

Li Mo was even more dumbfounded. He had never heard of Ding Ruchang's use of this move! But if it is hit, the warship will sink several times faster! Could it be that this is the reason that caused the Beiyang sailors to sink five ships, and I said that one of them did not sink?

"In return, the swordfish said that the fleet has entered the visual range, and the Beiyang Marine Division still has not changed."

"Idiot, grab the T position!" Simmons learned a little Chinese, but the communication officer's urgent words were also confused. When Chen Ping put up the battle posture map, he found that he saw that the Beiyang Marine Division had not done anything so far, and he couldn't help cursing!

"Simons, don't forget, I'm hanging the American flag at this moment." Chen Ping raised his eyelids.

"Shit! Why are Americans here? And with so many warships!" Simmons stamped his feet anxiously and shouted, "Are the people in the Beiyang Fleet stupid? We should seize the T position quickly and give full play to the firepower of the whole ship!"

"In return, the Beiyang Marine Division began to change its array, from a double column to a wild goose line to meet the enemy, but the two wings expanded too much, and the speed of each ship was different. It is estimated that it could not be finished before receiving the enemy!"

"In return for the swordfish, Dingyuan issued a flag, ordered the warships of the same type, and must cooperate to fight and support each other."

"In return, Dingyuan once again put out the flag, ordering all ships to always use the bow to the enemy, and keep the position and not to turn at will."

"Dingyuan played the flag, requiring all ships to be within the range of possible and accompanied by the flagship movement."

With three orders brought by the Swordfish, Chen Ping immediately lowered his head, lined up the wooden boats representing the Beiyang sailors, and then aimed the bow at the approaching Japanese fleet.

"stupid! This pig!" " Seeing the formation of Beiyang, I saw that the ships had never turned, and they were still the bows against the enemy. Simmons took the lead in not being able to stand it. He took out a small iron wine bottle from nowhere and took a sip.

"Flying Fish reported that each ship raised its naval flag. At present, the two fleets are six nautical miles apart!"

Six nautical miles!

Li Mo's heart trembled. Although he didn't know much about naval warfare, he still had a sense of distance, which was too close to the Beiyang Fleet, which had not yet issued a combat order--

Dadonggou.

As soon as Ding Ruchang gave three orders, he saw that all the warships opposite were replaced with their military flags. Suddenly, he knew that he had been fooled. He pinched the binoculars in his hand angrily and shouted, "Send me the order and get ready to fight!"

As the Japanese fleet got closer and closer, even the air became anxious. More than a dozen warships were silent, and all their eyes were focused on the fleet that suddenly changed the Japanese flag.

Fang Boqian stood on the overpass, held a telescope and looked at the fast approaching Japanese warship, and frowned slightly, because he found that he had not even set up the wild geese on his side at this time. Once he took the battle, he was afraid that he would be scattered by the faster Japanese warship.

Sure enough, before he could issue a flag to warn Ding Yuan, the fleet suddenly divided the formation. The four cruisers separated the main array at a high speed and accelerated. At the same time, the six main warships of the array pressed along the middle line, and the two warships that finally pressed the array were protected on the flanks of the main array and rushed over in a single column.

Fang Boqian was immediately attracted by the four warships in the front. No one was more familiar with the three warships in it than him. Yoshino, Langsu and Akitsuzhou. It was they who killed their good assistant Shen Shouchang, and they also sank the Gaosheng troop carrier under their own eyes, resulting in the death of more than 1,000 soldiers!

When the enemy met, he was naturally very jealous, but the subsequent orders made him dumbfounded. The flagship actually ordered to change the double column into a wild geese. Isn't it waiting to be dispersed by the other party's four high-speed cruisers?

But at this time, the distance between the two sides was not too much to think about, and Fang Boqian immediately ordered the whole ship to be ready for battle. With the roar of the Dingyuan ship, the main gun of the Jiyuan also roared, and a roar broke out on the sea where the needle fell quietly just now.

"Fire! Fire the gun! Aim at the Yoshino!" Fang Boqian stood on the overpass, and his face turned red and roared.

At this time, Li Mo, who was dozens of kilometers away, also got the news of the start of the exchange of fire from the two destroyers. After that, he suddenly stood up and squeezed the officer to the table where the sea map had been placed.

"Flying Fish reported that the forward fleet has crossed the main formation of the North Sea and rushed to Chaoyong and Yangwei."

The voice came again, and Chen Ping quickly adjusted the formation of the Japanese fleet, but when he pushed the wooden ships representing the four Japanese cruisers to the right wing of Beiyang, he immediately frowned.

"I'm afraid of the ironclad ship and wanted to avoid it, but it's a pity that they made a big mistake!" Simmons also saw the problem and shouted at the huge gap between the striker and the home team. Following Simmons' finger, Li Mo also saw the huge gap.

The Pacific Navy officers standing around also nodded at the same time, saying that they were too risky. Although they could quickly eat Yangwei and Chaoyong, their main array was also exposed to the 305mm main guns of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan!

Although the rate of fire of the 305 main gun is very low, you should know that even if such a huge gun hits one shot, it will lead to very serious consequences. Will the Beiyang Marine Division seize a good opportunity to destroy the opponent's main array?

"Swordfish returns, Dingyuan, the two ships of Zhenyuan intercepted the rear of the fleet, led the three ships to surround the remaining four warships, and are attacking!"

"Well done!"

Hearing the reward, the war room suddenly sounded like a cheer. As expected, although Ding Ruchang was born in the army, such a large gap could still be seen. As expected, he surrounded the four Japanese warships after the dragging and a fierce fight!

"Flying Fish returned, Yoshino hit the cabin of Chaoyong with a shell, which has now caused a fire, but Chaoyong is still attacking back!"

Trigger a fire! Everyone secretly said that the Chaoyong was just a wooden ship with iron. If there is a big fire, I'm afraid there will be more bad luck!

The news from the front is still like a waterfall. Judging from the news they brought back, the two fleets are now evenly matched. The forward besieged the two weakest super brave and Yangwei. The Beiyang Marine Division also concentrated its superior forces to beat the four fallen warships. Now it's up to see who can win the battle first. It's done!

Listening to the sound of the report like a history book, Li Mo felt that his whole heart was fluttering up and down with the sound. It was not until he heard that the two ships of Dingzhen surrounded the Japanese army that he suddenly remembered something and sighed for a long time: "If only there was no such thing, maybe the result of the naval battle would be changed."

Long Guozhang, who is the closest to the young master, sighed when he heard the young master and didn't understand. At this moment, the two sides were fighting, and the victory was not divided. Why did he sigh? Is there anything wrong?

Long Guozhang is about to ask. Suddenly! The communication room remembered the sound of the report again.

"Swordfish, Flying Fish returns at the same time, Dingyuan ship." The sound in the communication room suddenly hesitated for a moment, and then continued to come after a pause: "The main gun exploded, and the overpass behind it collapsed. Ding Ruchang's tube was injured, and the signal rigging was destroyed."

The officers of the Pacific Fleet originally thought that the Beiyang Marine Division had seized the opportunity to give up the two old ships and try their best to round up the other side. Relying on the large-caliber artillery and the thick armor of the two ironclad ships, they would be able to take the lead in achieving results. But after hearing such news, I was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

The main gun exploded?! Is the commander injured? Even the communication rigging has been destroyed, so who will command the rest of the battle?!

Everyone's heart thumped. They are all senior officers of the fleet. They know better than anyone how much the impact of a fleet's loss of its flagship on morale at the beginning of the war. More importantly, so far, Dingyuan has not issued the flag of who will be the temporary command.

"MLGB!" Liu Haitao patted the table fiercely, which was too strange!

At this time, there was also a heartbreaking news from the communication room: "Flying Fish returned, Chaoyong... was sunk!" "Damn it!" Listening to the correspondent's words, Long Guozhang kicked the chair fiercely, and the wooden chair suddenly split and sprinkled everywhere in the war room.

"Young master!?" The officers born beside him turned red in an eye, and Liu Haitao shouted even more, hoping that Li Mo could order the fleet to set out to save the Beiyang officers and soldiers who were about to collapse!

Li Mo clenched his fist and breathed.

(to be continued)