Chapter 193 Artillery

On the blue sea, a fleet is rushing against the morning light in the eastern sky. The stern of the ship surges, leaving white tails on the calm sea, and the tail is reflected orange by the red morning light.

As long as you see the towering mast and the unique three triple turrets, anyone can shout out that this is the battlecruiser Jingyuan.

To some extent, the battlecruiser Jingyuan has long become a symbol of the Chinese navy in the South China Sea, symbolizing the new birth and glory of the new Royal Guards Navy of the Chinese Empire. At this time, the "Jingyuan" battlecruiser and the "Jingyuan" battlecruiser, as well as six of them compared with them. The thousand-ton-class destroyer of the slamboat is sailing on the East China Sea.

At this time, the masks of the main and secondary guns of the two warships have been removed, and the sandbags tied at the guard can be clearly seen on the bridge and mast, and the sandbags are also tied on the guard plate around a pound of Mark's "ping-pong cannon" outside theboard side. This is the battle against the South China Sea after the Zhenyang Fleet returned to the Sandu-Australia base. The emergency modification of the excellent surface of the torpedo boat, the Markin machine gun with a rate of fire of up to 600 shots per minute, is the only guy who can effectively attack the high-speed mobile torpedo boat.

At this time, in the position of these shell-type Markqin machine guns installed on the side, the gunners hold binoculars in their hands and observe the surrounding sea environment from time to time. In the rear, the gunners with machine guns add the tail of the gun to make a look that they are ready to fire at any time. At this time, whether it is Jingyuan or Zhiyuan Or on the six Pinghai-class destroyers, all the officers and soldiers were in a tense atmosphere of the coming war.

There is no way not to be nervous.

Although the combined fleet no longer exists, and in the seas of the Far East, there is no more power to fight against the powerful ocean-sea fleet, especially the most elite "First Patrol", but today it is not as usual. Today, they will enter the Pacific Ocean from the northern route and begin to implement the naval blockade of Japan. Tasks.

Four days ago, the Ministry of the Imperial Navy officially issued the "Japanese embargo order" for the first time. At the same time, it designated three prohibited zones to prohibit the entry of merchant ships of any country, while the first patrol team was responsible for sinking or capturing Japanese merchant ships in the second prohibited zone, and at the same time preventing foreign merchant ships from entering and supervising the entry of merchant ships that violated the ban. Designated port.

This time, they did not choose the safe Luzon Strait to enter the Pacific Ocean, but chose to cross the dangerous Japanese islands. Perhaps although the Japanese main fleet has been completely destroyed, they still have a large number of small ships, especially those torpedo boats with fast speed and small tonnage.

As a result of the naval battle in the South China Sea, the surprise attack of torpedo boats has made the fleet maintain maximum vigilance at this time. Everyone does not dare to relax at all. The consequences of any laxity are disaster.

In the battle room of "Jingyuan", Tang Tingguang, who was famous in China because of the First Battle of the South China Sea, squeezed into a "famous admiral general", was holding a cigar in his cigarette in his t.

"33 degrees north latitude and 129 degrees east longitude, this is a safe position. At the same time, it can shell Sasebo, but the fortress fort near Sasebo can't threaten us!"

Cigar cigarettes were given by His Majesty after His Majesty's dinner at the palace when he met His Majesty in Nanjing.

"The food in the palace is not good, but cigars are good!"

With a cigar in his mouth and listening to the chief of staff's words, Tang Tingguang said that the royal food is not fragrant, but it is just a home-cooked dish, but it is more exquisite, and the most important thing is glory. Sitting at the same table with your majesty, at the same table, and serving the same dish. This kind of glory is not what ordinary people can enjoy.

"It seems that sir, you have made up your mind to bombard Sasebo this time. How about it? How much?"

Listening to the captain's words, Yang Shuzhuang accepted his fate and smoked his cigarette. Although he had to be received by His Majesty and was also honored with a military knife, this cigar did not have his share.

Taking a deep sip of the cigar, Tang Tingguang said endlessly.

"You don't know!"

With the cigar between his fingers, Tang Tingguang looked at the chart and said.

"The last time, when Xiao Yuben killed Lushun, how many people did he kill us? This time, I'm going to blow up one city after another! Send 20 shells to Sasebo. Sasebo is too risky. It is one of the naval garrisons. Those torpedo boats alone make you feel cold! This war is like doing business. At this time, be careful!"

With that, Tang Tingguang touched the shaved back of his head, which was the rule of the Guards. Whether he was an officer or a soldier, everyone must shave his head in wartime, whether in the Nanjing headquarters or in the mud pit on the front line of the army, everyone was the same.

"Last time, when your majesty met me, you asked me if I could shell the city of Japan. Of course, under the premise of ensuring safety, I answered your majesty, of course, no problem. This time, we not only took revenge, but also wanted to show it to your majesty. Your majesty wanted me to make me bleed!"

He muttered that Tang Tingguang really couldn't figure it out. How did he offend His Majesty and make His Majesty hate him to the bone.

"Captain, if your majesty wants to bomb the city of Japan, I'm afraid it's not only to make me bleed, but also to put pressure on Japan. Only in this way can we have the upper hand in future negotiations."

Yang Shuzhuang expressed his opinions truthfully.

"You are young and look far away. I just want to..."

The finger drew another circle in another city.

"Here, this time, we are going to snow the new hatred and the old! Let's play for at least an hour, just take it as gunnery training!"

Looking along the captain's fingers, Yang Shuzhuang's eyes closed, and it was Nagasaki!

Nagasaki is a famous port city on the west coast of Kyushu Island. Nagasaki is located at the western end of Japan. It has been a bridge between China and Japan since ancient times. Nagasaki is a city with a population of 200,000. The city is built on some steep hills. Its harbor faces the East China Sea. Nagasaki is a port with particularly beautiful scenery in the fable legend. Especially at this time, it is already a little autumn, and many leaves have turned red or yellow, which looks dazzling. The city center faces the harbor, and the Urakami River flows into the bay from the north. For many centuries, Nagasaki has been centered on this land and expanded to various valleys, including the valley formed by the river, which is the industrial area of Nagasaki, which accommodates 90% of the city's labor force.

In 1971, the Portuguese helped to turn Nagasaki from a fishing village into a major foreign trade port in Japan, importing tobacco, arms and Christianity. Because of the widespread spread of faith in Christ, the original political axe took cruel measures to suppress it.

All the missionaries were either killed or forced to leave the place, but in the 17th century, their 37,000 followers rebelled against religious persecution. They gathered around a fortress near Nagasaki and repelled Tokugawa's army with the help of several Dutch ships. They persisted for 30 months, and finally almost all of them were slaughtered.

However, their faith has been passed down. During the period of the Japanese lock country, Nagasaki was one of the few ports opened to the outside world in the era of the Japanese lock country. Nagasaki is still the most European city with the most Christian people. Eastern and Western cultures are integrated. It has many churches and church schools, and hundreds of them. Western-style houses.

"Sasebo was bombarded by the huge cannon of Jingyuan!"

"Jingyuan's cannon can flatten half of the city..."

In the past few days, the news that Sasebo was shelled by Jingyuan and Zhiyuan has spread throughout the newspaper, which is the same as their surname. Their surnames are extremely exaggerated, especially after the defeat of the joint fleet they regard as "Impire Zhibao". Almost all of them take it for granted. The reason why the joint fleet failed is entirely due to the two pupil giant ships of "Zhiyuan" and "Jingyuan". Some people exaggerate that the main cannon shells of "Zhiyuan" and "Jingyuan" are more than 1,000 kilograms, and they only need one shell to be hit, like the flagship of the Dongxiang Marshal's "Mikasa" in the Battle against Ma. The ship will be blown to pieces. Although this is an exaggeration, I am still willing to believe these exaggerated words.

In their view, the defeat of the combined fleet is not the incompetence of the officers and soldiers of the combined fleet, but the inferior equipment. In the drawing room of the Japanese naval administration headquarters, even some ship-building experts began to plan "super warships equipped with 12 giant cannons of more than 15 inches" to be used to fight against the "Zhiyuan ships" of the Zhenyang Fleet, but In any case, it is impossible to change the fact that the "super warships" they put together on the drawings did not appear. Before the joint fleet was reorganized, the sea was Chinese. As for the Japanese, it has now returned to the slamboard era.

"You're back!"

As soon as she saw her hurried husband enter the house, Jiameizi hurriedly greeted her. If it hadn't been for the fact that her husband had sent a telegram before, she would have even thought of holding a funeral for her husband.

"Zo Shibao has been flattened to the ground!"

Kite merchant Morimoto Keiji took a sip of tea, and then said to his wife out of breath.

He came back from Sasebo. When the train left Sasebo, he saw with his own eyes a huge column of smoke rising in Sasebo City, and the deafening play made him have a lingering lingering lingering heart until this. Fortunately, he left Sasebo half a day earlier. Along the way, everyone in the whole carriage was talking about him. After the news of the shelling of the World Health Insurance, I looked at what the newspaper said. Only a few shots entered the city, causing more than 200 casualties. The train did not believe it at all. In their view, this was just a political axe covering up the truth.

"Sorimoto!"

At this moment, there was a sudden shout outside the house, and then several people left the house.

"Kekawa, Matsumoto, Wada..."

Morimoto Keiji, standing in front of the door, saw three old friends coming and hurriedly greeted them.

"It's okay, you're fine. Sasebo was shelled. Some people said that Jingyuan was coming towards Nagasaki. They were also ready to shell Nagasaki. When you left Sasebo, what was going on there? Many people on the street said..."

"What are you talking about?"

After Jichuan finished speaking, Keiji Morimoto said.

"Don't believe what the political axe said. Sasebo killed a lot of people. That's Jingyuan!"

When he spit out this sentence, the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" that he had seen when he was a child came to his mind. The huge ship that made people's heart palpitated is still engraved in his subconscious, and now Jingyuan is out. This Jingyuan is not the Zhenyuan they want to sink when they play games.

"I'm afraid it's Nagasaki's turn next time."

The oldest Hetian suddenly sighed.

"Do you remember the visit of the Qing Fleet 19 years ago?"

"Wada, you mean when the Qing delegation visited Nagasaki in 19 years..."

At this time, everyone's face turned pale. How could they forget that when they were studying in the school, they had cheered for the heroic behavior of the police.

"For the Chinese navy, the Nagasaki incident 19 years ago is undoubtedly their great shame, and it will definitely"

At this time, when he was talking, there was always some fear in Wada's eyes. In the sight of others, the Sashi Castle was blown up into a flat ground. If it was Nagasaki, it was all... "The artillery chief..."

At this point, a deafening explosion suddenly interrupted him. Before he could react, he suddenly shook the mountain, shaking like an earthquake, and then the window paper suddenly made a loud sound as if it had been blown by a strong wind, and then with a crash, the paper-like house even collapsed. .

When a wisp of smoke appeared in the distance between the city, the fish saw that the Japanese watchman on Yue's fort picked up the telescope and carefully observed the smoke, and slowly the huge mast appeared in his sight. This double telescope was a Chase high-power telescope specially bought by the county, otherwise he could not see it at all with the telescope in the past. Smoke traces 20 kilometers away.

"Chinese fleet!"

Although he can't see the flag on the warship at all, he only needs to see the tall mast, and he can identify that it is the "Zhiyuan ship", which is like a demon-like Zhiyuan ship.

"Quick, fast, you must sink Jingyuan,"

The gunners on the fort shouted excitedly. Maybe the Zhiyuan ship was like a demon, but they believed that they could sink him. In the world, there was never a warship that could fight against the coastal defense guns.

In their opinion, Sasebo was shelled because there was a problem with the layout of Sasebo's coastal defense guns. The forts there were only arranged at the entrance of the bay, so there was no way to form a threat to the Jingyuan in the outer sea, but Nagasaki was different.

As early as the shogunate period, Nagasaki was responsible for the heavy responsibility of preparing for foreign countries. As early as 250 years ago, Matsuura Zhenxin, the lord of Hirado, was ordered to set up forts in most places: Yue, Goddess, Kanzaki, Shirasaki, Gaoqi, Changdaoyan and Inou. These forts were called "Ancient Taiba" or "Come to Odaima", and In the past hundred years, Nagasaki has added more forts. It can be said that after years of continuous construction, Nagasaki has been completely fortified. After the Qing Dynasty War, the Yujianyue Fort was equipped with four 12-inch ground subsidence guns captured by Dalian, Lushun and Weihaiwei from the Qing Dynasty. The biggest advantage of this fort can be the police. Don't the sea.

"Squeak..."

With the operation of the machine, the armored top cover of the ground subsidence gun was opened. After the heavy shells were loaded into the barrel, the dozens of tons of gun body was pushed up by the elbow hoist, and the gunners began to wait for the ranging data to adjust the firing angle of the gun.

"The enemy fleet is transferred and sailed!"

"The distance is 19,000 meters!"

... Why is it so far away?

All the gunners on the fort were stunned. They looked at the enemy ship that could not be seen at all, but they were at a loss. At this time, a roar suddenly shouted out from the watchtower.

"The enemy ship opened fire..."

Dozens of seconds later, the gunners on the fort could clearly hear the roar of a train passing over their heads. After a while, they saw huge black columns rising one after another in and near the city of Nagasaki. Although the distance was very far away, they stood On the mountain, they can still clearly see that in the huge explosive flames, the Western-style theater was used as a flat ground, and... "Prepare, put..."

In the turret of Jingyuan, with the repetition of the password, the main gun rang again, which was no different from their gunnery training in the past. The only difference was that they could not get artillery guidance at all. Every round of shells, the shells flew over the mountains and fell into the city of Nagasaki.

"The longitude..."

In the fire control command room of Jingyuan, the gunners officers carry out map operations with maps and rulers there. The shelling of Nagasaki is very simple. It's just an operation on the map. Mark your own position, and then determine the position of Nagasaki. Finally, draw a square in the city of Nagasaki on the map and select the key targets. Let's attack.

"Order Sea Detective 1 to take off for the first round of shelling correction!"

In the bridge conning tower of Jingyuan, with a telescope in his hand, looking at the coastline dyed white by snow, Tang Tingguang said quietly.

The distance is long, but it does not mean that you are equal to being blind. Map shelling operations combined with aircraft reconnaissance and calibration can also hit a certain accuracy. Maybe it is far from enough to hit warships, but there is no problem with such a big target in the city of Nagasaki.

"Jia Meiko!"

In the rumble of explosion, Keiji Morimoto shouted loudly, and blood kept flowing from his arm. His eyes were shrouded in thick smoke. Looking around, he faintly saw his neighbor and Mu holding a white object. Looking at it again, it was his daughter and the girl in Mu's arms hanging down, and the blood followed. Her forehead flowed down.

"Wow..."

At this time, there was another frightening roar in the air. The next moment, a shaking explosion of the earthquake came with a loud noise.

"School, the national school was hit..."

Suddenly, a scream came from the crowd. The people who were originally looking for their relatives in the ruins were stunned at first. The next second, almost everyone ran towards the school. At this time, Keiji Morimoto saw a black spot in the air, which was buzzing in the air.

"It's a plane!"

"Murderer!"

Somehow, when people around them found the plane, they shouted loudly at the sky, but the plane just circled in the air and finally disappeared into the air.

(to be continued)