Chapter 233 It's just 10,000 meters

On the blue Pacific Ocean, the waves are undulating. After the cold currents in the north roar through Japan, they become light and cool under the stronger warm and humid air currents in the Pacific Ocean.

The sea breeze passed by, cheering the sailors on the deck.

There is neither wind and snow all over the sky nor a piercing cold wind. Although it is almost to reach the sea of Japan, the sailors are still wearing thin training uniforms and sweating like rain.

Standing on the tall flying bridge of the Honolulu and looking at the large and small warships around him, Lan Jianshu excitedly pulled out a cigarette and lit the fire tremblingly. After the smoke turned around his lungs a few times, his mood gradually calmed down.

Beside is the Sirius, which was injured in the last naval battle against Russia and has been repaired and upgraded. The sailors are conducting damage control exercises. It can be seen that the captain is very dissatisfied with the fact that Sirius was the most seriously damaged by the four main battleships in the last naval battle, so he increased the damage. Face training!

Behind the Sirius, it was the also modified determination heavy cruiser, and the two Russian light cruisers that captured and took the lead in replacing the oil boilers and steam turbines. The names of the two ships have not changed. They are still the Cossacks and Dragic. They don't think the name sounds good, but the navy wants to pass this. Tell everyone that this is their booty.

On the other side is the flagship Antarctic Star of this mission. The four destroyers assigned to the fleet have disappeared outside the horizon. They will become the eyes and ears of the fleet. Relying on the radio they carry, everyone can quickly adjust and deploy.

Commander Long Guozhang did not set out with the fleet this time, and even the chief of staff of the navy did not accompany the ship. It was Ji Rushan, who was less than 30 years old, who commanded the blockade operation. He opened the naval roster of various countries and could ascend the position of fleet commander at the age of less than 30 years old. Perhaps he could count it with one hand.

For the elegant captain Ji, this is a test. If he can complete the task well, he may become the commander of a real fleet in the future, instead of being the same as the captain as he is now!

From an ordinary captain to a battleship captain, it is already an unattainable dream for many people, and the fleet commander is the supreme dream of every admiral!

Ji Rushan, who is less than 30 years old, actually has the opportunity to take off the crown now. In addition to his own ability, it is also related to the decentralization of the young master, the chief of staff and the commander of the navy. This can't help but make Lan Jianshu secretly admire the mind and courage of the three people. Perhaps this is why the Pacific Fleet is still a little short of it. One of the reasons why you can still defeat Japan and Russia in a row after only five years.

This is a young fleet, but it has always been full of self-confidence. Because they are young, they are more energetic, more energetic and innovative. Self-confidence is because of their great achievements so far, and they have defeated Japan! Defeat Russia! It also forced the United States to deploy more warships on the west coast!

He quietly came to Honolulu after receiving Fang Boqian's letter. Compared with the confident young faces around him, Lan Jianshu admitted that he was a little "old", but his age did not make him give up, and it was because of his unyielding energy and his desire for the sea that he came from Beiyang. The town's ship management belt became the first internship captain of the Pacific Naval Academy, and was more fortunate than Lin Taizeng and others later. As an internship captain, he participated in the recent battle against the Ma Sea!

It was an unforgettable battle for his life, whether it was attacking Vladivostok or the subsequent temptation of the enemy, and the final ambush was anniversed! The Pacific Fleet defeated the powerful Russian Far East Fleet under his eyes. It not only swallowed the Russian fleet, but also took the three northeastern provinces, and even shelled Yuanshan Port with one stone and two birds, which consumed his strength!

This is the Pacific Navy Fleet!

Compared with the luck of being in such a fleet, this mission almost made him killed by the internship captains of the same class with jealous eyes, because of the Honolulu under his feet.

Because Honolulu is only a test ship, it is not in the navy, but only belongs to the Naval Academy. However, due to the busy test experiments before, it has been temporarily taken over by the Navy and led by Le Fei. It was not until recently that it was officially transferred to the Naval Academy, usually used for In addition to testing all kinds of new technologies, it is also used to train a new generation of more professional sailors, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The Naval Academy currently has three warships, one is a sailboat for navigation training, and the other is Long Xiao, which is responsible for command, artillery and shooting training. The Honolulu is a long-term combat experimental ship. In the case of wolves and few meat, the college can only stipulate that every intern captain can get a chance for a month, but everyone did not expect that the first born captain was Lan Jianshu, and he also hit this big operation!

In the end, Lan Jianshu had to pay a month's allowance. After buying a few of the latest Chinese cigarettes from the cigarette factory, he got out of his jealous eyes and joined the fleet with the Honolulu! But when he saw the huge fleet, he immediately felt that the price of a few cigarettes was really worth it!

As a test ship, the navy has never thought of letting the Honolulu charge. After all, the safety of all kinds of new equipment on the test ship is more important than grabbing the combat achievements. The reason why it came out this time is that in addition to continue to test the triad gun of the bow with low-intensity conflict, it is also ready to test the new type that has just been listed. Torpedo.

Of course, it is also because the power system of the Sky Survey and the Sea Survey have not been replaced, and the fleet urgently needs dexterous and high-speed ships to be included in this blockade operation.

But since the cannon is going to be tested, it must be fired! As long as he thought that he could command the artillery battle with his own hands, Lan Jianshu's whole body was boiling! No wonder the young colleagues in the college are saying the young master's words.

"This is a big era! It is the era when our hot-blooded men have made contributions!"

As more and more warships join the navy, it is no longer a dream to command warships in the future!

The cigarette shortened little by little. It was not until his fingers were burned that Lan Jianshu woke up from his dream and quickly extinguished the cigarette butt. Just as he was about to enter the bridge, his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw a large amount of black smoke suddenly emerging from the three chimneys of the Cossack on the outermost side of the formation, and the bow began to shift to the left.

"Acceleration? Want to leave the formation? What happened?" Lan Jianshu's eyelids jumped. The navigation exercise had just ended a few hours ago, and the destroyer formation was scattered an hour ago. If there was no accident, it would be impossible to disrupt the formation. You should know that a fleet attaches great importance to the formation whether it is sailing or fighting. It does not order any ship. You have to move without authorization. Even if you are hit, you must report before you can exit!

Now the Cossack takes the lead. It must have found something. Is it me?!

"Report, received the flagship order to accompany Cossack and Dragic to support Cossacks to support Codfish." Behind Lan Jianshu, the words of the navigation staff came.

"Intercept this fleet!" The staff officer added a sentence at the end, and this sentence also made all the naval cadets of the Honolulu boil! ——

More than 40 kilometers away from the Pacific Fleet, a fleet of seven cargo ships is sailing slowly. On the outermost periphery of the fleet, in addition to two destroyers flying the Japanese flag following the fleet, there is also a cruiser protection.

Kato Kenji stood on the mast boredly. The old telescope shell in his hand had been a little white, but at present, the empire did not have enough funds to replace a new telescope for each lookout.

Kato sighed. It had been almost ten days since he went to sea this time. He didn't know why the base camp suddenly asked them to set out immediately to protect the fleet and return home, but he knew that this was not an ordinary task, because General Yamamoto Quan Bingwei came to see them off in person when they set off.

What is loaded on this fleet?

He was both curious and nervous, because the more he paid attention to the base camp, the more dangerous the trip was. If this kind of mission had been in the past, it would never have been protected by old cruisers and torpedo ships, but now he had to send them here, because the only two new cruisers left in the navy needed to protect the base camp.

But this kind of day is coming to an end. The new four capital ships are about to return. By next summer, even the hateful Pacific Fleet will not be the opponent of the new imperial joint fleet!

Kato smiled at the corners of his mouth. Fortunately, he could reach Japan in half a day, and the nervous nerves could finally be relaxed. Well, on the nearest merchant ship, several sailors are waving to themselves, or it is also an honor to meet the Imperial Navy for those who have been drifting at sea all year round.

Kenji Kato looked at the sailors who were waving to him with a smile and waved his arm hard, which was a return gift.

But soon he found that something was wrong, because the sailors were still waving their arms desperately like themselves, because they were too excited to answer? Or...?

Kato Kenji immediately turned his head. Before he raised the telescope, his face changed, because several thick columns of smoke had appeared on the horizon. When he saw the pillars of smoke, his heart suddenly hung up.

"Is it a fleet or...?" Kenji Kato quickly raised the telescope and aimed at the direction of the smoke column.

At the other end of the lens, several black spots emerged from the horizon. Unfortunately, the telescope in my hand was too bad, and the mast of the destroyer was too low to find the enemy more than 10,000 meters away like a battleship, so it was impossible to immediately distinguish exactly what type of ship it was.

However, as the black spots got bigger and bigger, Kenji Kato's face gradually changed. It was not an ordinary fleet, but a heavily armed fleet! It is a formation composed of three cruisers and two torpedo ships. Judging from the waves on their bows, they are coming at full speed!

Finally, when the high-floating blood cloud dragon claw flag appeared in front of him, Kato was stunned. That's...!

Pacific Fleet!

Why did they appear here? Is it passing by or?

Kato couldn't think about it anymore. He reached out and wanted to ring the alarm. When his hand just grabbed the bell rope, the alarm on the deck rang first, and the alarm bell made everyone tremble.

It turned out that the companions on the Izumi and Suma had found each other, and the signal soldiers were waving their flags hard to warn Kato's destroyer.

Standing on the mast and looking down from the top, Kato could clearly see that dozens of sailors swarmed out of the cabin, hurriedly pulling away the gun jackets, the muzzle began to rotate, and even the torpedo launcher quickly aimed at the direction of the enemy.

Looking at the following partners who are as old as themselves and have just joined the navy for a short time, Kenji Kato feels sad. Compared with the Pacific Fleet, they are all students and sailor fishermen who have not yet graduated. Now they need to carry the heavy courage to rebuild the imperial navy. !

A sailor slipped to the ground. From his panicked eyes after falling to the ground, Kato could see the panic and nervousness, and even the sweat oozing from the corners of his eyebrows because of tension.

But do you have a way out? Although it's not fair! But Japan must survive in this injustice until all the capital ships return home in a few months!

"Come on!" Kato suddenly raised a burst of pride in his heart, raised the telescope in his hand, and began to calculate the distance of the other party. In the camera, the ferocious muzzle on the other party's warship began to rotate, and hundreds of sailors in regular clothes were running fast.

"Maybe the Pacific Army won't fire, maybe they just passed by!" Thinking of the armistice agreement signed between Honolulu and Japan, Kato couldn't help but feel a fluke in his heart.

However, his extravagance was soon shattered by a flash of light. The cannon** of the cruiser in the front sent out a few orange flames, and then the rumbling gunfire rolled from a distance.

"Is it so far away to fire?"

After putting down the telescope and confirming that there was no problem with the scale on the lens, Kato was ready to lift the telescope again. At this time, several columns of water suddenly burst from hundreds of meters away, and the waves rolled over the calm sea in an moment.

Kato immediately raised the telescope again, but the scale on it was still 10,000 meters!

"Fire from 10,000 meters away?!"

before Kato could react, the other party's muzzle flashed fire again. This time, Kato saw clearly that it was a whole three balls of orange fireballs.

"Fack! What the hell is that?"

Kato is going to be driven crazy by the scene in front of him. He has never heard that three fireballs can appear after a turret is opened. Why are there three fireballs at the same time? Are their guns equipped with triple equipment? A new three- or two-pack gun that can be fired from 10,000 meters away?!"

Kato's heart can't help beating violently. It's a brand-new triple gun! Although he didn't hit both shots, the water column, which was getting closer and closer, told him that the Pacific Army did have a new type of artillery!

One turret and three guns, if the turret of the stern also fires at the same time, isn't there six main guns? If they use this technology on other warships or even battleships, won't the capital ships returning home one after another have to face more terrible opponents?

No! Be sure to bring this situation back to the empire!

"The distance is 10,000 meters!" Kenji Kato gritted his teeth and shouted at the bottom. As a lookout, he must report what he saw to the communication soldiers in a timely and accurate manner, and then they will tell the bridge and give it to the captain as a reference for the battle.

In the rumble of gunfire, Kenji Kato shouted repeatedly, constantly reporting the other party's movement parameters and distance to the correspondent, while the other hand grabbed the railing, because he knew that if the other party wanted to bring the new naval gun back to the empire, he must first live under the enemy's muzzle!

Although the other party can have a new triple gun and one more cruiser than himself, Kato is not worried, because the maximum speed of the torpedo ship under his feet can reach 22 knots! If you want to escape, no warship of the Pacific Fleet can catch up with you.

When the leader of the cruiser broke out three fires again, Kenji Kato took a deep breath, but his right eye was re-applying to the camera, and he was completely stunned!

Nine thousand meters! How is it possible? It was still 10,000 meters just now!

Boom!

Two regiments of red flames broke out on the back deck of the Hequan, and the second-hand cruiser bought from Chile was the first to be shot!

(to be continued)