"I'll wipe it and return the Z-flag. Do you want to fight to the death? Inform Lang Weili and hang out the skull and crossbones flag for me! Have fun with Dongxiang, and be careful with my ship. You can use more cannonballs, but don't let the predators go.
The number is injured." Boss Yang looked at the Z-shaped flag speechlessly and said.
This guy kept Yoshino purely for target shooting for his own sailors. The 130 cannon on the Predator uses Bofors-made shells, and its maximum range can exceed fifteen kilometers, while the furthest 152 cannon on the Yoshino is also
It can't hit ten kilometers. Although this distance requires high artillery quality, it should be an acceptable combat distance for the Marauder equipped with the latest rangefinder.
It's not that Boss Yang doesn't want to come up with more advanced things. The key is that for Yoshino's level, there is no need to use centralized fire control systems and mechanical computers. They have to be prepared for the Russian Baltic Fleet. The outcome of the Sino-Japanese War
In fact, it is doomed. Although it still depends on the land battle, the key is that after losing control of the sea, the Japanese Army in Korea can strangle them to death whenever they want. Even if they do not go into battle, the Beiyang Navy can do this kind of work.
Can do it.
In this way, the war with Russia is inevitable, and it is absolutely impossible to push it to 1905 like the Russo-Japanese War. Maybe there will be a Sino-Russian war in 1900, so that’s good stuff
It must be reserved for the Russians.
Nowadays, optical rangefinders are not a rarity. The Yoshino has such high technology. Otherwise, how could this guy be so unscrupulous on the battlefield, with super high speed, the fastest large-caliber rapid-fire cannon, and the most powerful shells?
Charges, the most advanced observation and sighting equipment, at this time who wants to talk about the defeat of the Beiyang Navy in history? Yang Fengneng spat on his face, do you know what happened in naval battles? It all depends on the sextant and the naked eye.
, he hit 5% and dared to say that the training level of the Beiyang Navy was poor. Yang Feng dared to slap him. Did you know that the Japanese only had 3%?
The messenger on the Nautilus immediately notified the Marauder with a semaphore. Lang Weili was also speechless and hung up a skull and crossbones flag. He was now numb to the boss's bad taste, so he sailed on the fourth ship of Songdao
After leaving sadly, Yoshino, who was flying the Z-shaped flag, and the predators, who were flying the skull and crossbones flag, began a life-and-death battle.
Of course, to be precise, it should be a unilateral roulin.
Knowing that Boss Yang cared about his warship, Lang Weili directly set the engagement distance at ten kilometers. This distance was the limit of the effective range of the Yoshino's 152 main gun, but it was already within the range of the 120 secondary gun.
Externally, due to the problem of firing range, only three 152 cannons can participate in the bombardment, but the Marauder has nine 130 cannons on the side of the enemy. The front and rear twins plus five on the side turrets
The door is single-loaded. Although the caliber is slightly smaller, and the antimony-en antimony charge is not as powerful as picric acid, the problem is that this is not a high-explosive bomb, but the latest cap-piercing bomb.
The two battleships were facing each other ten kilometers away like they were in the ancient sailing era. Just when Yoshino turned to close the distance, the nine main guns of the Predator roared at the same time. The roar of the shells streaked across the sky and exploded in the blink of an eye.
Water columns rose around Yoshino, and Togo Heihachiro was immediately frightened into a cold sweat. He did not expect that the range of the Marauder's artillery was farther than his own, but before he could wipe away the cold sweat, the second round of shells arrived, and then
He felt the deck beneath his feet shake, and then an explosive fireball rose from the bow of the ship.
"Fire, fight back!" Dongxiang Military God roared immediately. This feeling of being beaten was not good. Just as the Yoshino's three main guns at the front and rear fired back, under his command, the world's fastest cruiser began to fire.
With forced ventilation, Yoshino, which had already reached 22 knots, accelerated again despite the intensive artillery fire. But unfortunately, just when it paid the price of another shell and finally got closer to about seven kilometers, the Predator turned around.
An elegant arc was drawn on the sea, and the two sides immediately became parallel to each other ten kilometers apart. Yoshino tried his best to get closer to the Predator, but unfortunately the two sides always remained at this distance.
On the rough sea, two parallel warships pulled a sloping track, pouring cannonballs at each other all the time. The roar of the cannonballs crossed each other, the loud explosions resounded across the sea, and the rising water columns were like dense forests.
, only ten minutes later, the Yoshino was already in flames and thick smoke was billowing. The pitifully thin dome armor of this protected cruiser could not stop capped armor-piercing shells. Almost every shell exploded inside the hull.
, although the charge of these explosive bombs was not large, it was still more than enough to destroy its internal structure. Soon Yoshino, who was sailing at high speed, slowed down.
As for its opponent, it has not hit a single shell so far. At a distance of ten kilometers, although the shells fired by the Yoshino can barely reach it, it has exceeded the locking distance of the sight. In other words, it is completely blind.
On the undulating sea, if Mongolia hit a battleship that was moving at a high speed of more than 20 knots, its luck would be a little too bad.
The speed slowed down so that Yoshino no longer had any chance. The battle soon turned into a performance by the Marauder. The nine 130 cannons kept smashing the dense shells at them. Although the distance was long and the accuracy was low,
It can't stand up to large numbers. The rate of fire of this kind of artillery can exceed ten rounds per minute. Nine artillery can fire hundreds of shells at a time. Even if the hit rate is 1%, one shell must hit, not to mention Yang Feng's
The crew members had all undergone intensive training for almost two years. Although they could not reach the hit rate of the Beiyang Navy, the difference was not too big. Yoshino, who had been hit by too many bullets, soon began to tilt due to water intrusion.
However, Togo Heihachiro and his men were indeed very tenacious. Even so, they did not stop fighting. Even the deck was level with the sea, and the 152 cannon mounted on the front transom was still firing.
Poor Yoshino sank like this, taking away not only hundreds of sailors on the ship, but also Marshal Togo, who would have become the god of Japan's military. Of course, it also took away the last hope of the Japanese navy. Boss Yang asked people to rescue him.
He fished out the Japanese flag and returned to the voyage with satisfaction. He had just received a telegram. The two Americans who ran to Shanghai told the newspaper how the poor Korean princess died tragically at the hands of the Japanese.
After he was stabbed out, he had to go back and watch the show.
What he didn't know was that the Japanese cabinet was almost stupid at this time. A series of bolts from the blue in the past two days even forced Ito Hirobumi to vomit blood. First, Nagasaki was bombarded by Yang Feng, and then the combined fleet was defeated miserably.
The entire army was wiped out at all, and then Japanese soldiers disguised themselves as Korean rioters to create a palace uprising in Seoul, raped, quartered, and burned the corpse, and treated the Korean princess with all kinds of heinous acts. This is simply challenging people's psychological acceptance.
The limit of degree.
What's more important is that there is a German female citizen who suffered the same abuse. In addition, this German female citizen is the sister-in-law of the Russian minister. It is said that this news has been transmitted to Europe as quickly as possible by wireless telegram. It is conceivable that it will cause
It is possible that any kind of uproar could cause Germany and Russia to jointly send troops.
"Go, send an order to King Noku, and let him personally lead a brigade and go to Seoul immediately. Arrest Otori Keisuke and all the officers, soldiers and ronin involved in the operation. Anyone who dares to resist will be punished for rebellion. At the same time, a military court is prepared.
Invite journalists from various countries to supervise their trial, and explain to the outside world that this matter was secretly planned by the Minister to North Korea, Keisuke Ohtori, and the garrison commander. The Japanese government had no knowledge of it and told Ohtori that for the sake of the empire, please leave it to him!" Lie down!
Prime Minister Ito was lying on the hospital bed while vomiting blood and speaking intermittently. At this time, he could no longer see the demeanor of lying drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman and waking up to take power in the world.
Okuriku Munemitsu, who was standing next to him with his waist bent, looked at the Prime Minister with a sad face, and there was a drop of blood spattered on his face. Prince Kitashirakawa Nohisa, as the commander of the fourth division, had arrived at Sando at this time and was preparing to launch the attack.
It seems that the attack on Pyongyang can only be delayed one step longer. Poor Big Bird, for the sake of the empire, he can only be sacrificed now, but this guy is the same. He will not choose a few cautious people for this kind of work, especially
Just kill if you want. These are not too eye-catching, but look what you did with those guys? Have you never seen a woman? Does a half-old woman have such heavy tastes?
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, can the empire survive this test this time?" After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Well, now that the matter has come to this, we can only rely on God's will. However, the Russians will definitely not send troops at this time. Now that the Qing people have the initiative on the battlefield, dealing with us is equivalent to helping them. The Russians will not do this.
What a fool. What they need is for us and the Qing to continue fighting. It would be best if both sides suffer losses, and then they can easily take over Manchuria. Now it is enough to give them more compensation.
But the Germans will probably not miss this opportunity. They have long wanted to own a colony in the Far East. The death of a German is the best excuse for war." Prime Minister Ito lamented.
"What about this war?" Munemitsu Okuriku said.
"The fight must continue, and we must use all our strength to end this war as quickly as possible. We must let the British see our value. If we fail, we will be trapped in hell forever. We have no way out, we can only
We can continue to use our lives to reflect our value, order the Second Division, and even the Guards Division, to be ready to participate in the war, and at the same time complete the replenishment of the Fifth Division as soon as possible. We must go all out to defeat North Korea.
Land war." Ito Hirobumi said with a ferocious face. Just after he finished speaking, he was so excited that he spurted out a mouthful of blood.