Lawrence, the captain of the Olympia, saw the enemy's armored cruiser suddenly appeared directly in front of him. He immediately ordered his own battleship to turn with all its strength, trying to pass by the Jiangsu armored cruiser and quickly penetrate it to get rid of the influence of the enemy from the front and back.
But Liu Da on the Jiangsu did not give him a chance. When the distance between the two sides was close to 1 kilometer, and the Olympia had just begun to turn and showed its flank to the Jiangsu armored cruiser, the Jiangsu's four-door 234 mm
The cannons fired continuously and made loud noises.
This round of attacks severely damaged the Olympia. Three of the four shells were close-range shells, and one hit the Olympia's stern, completely destroying one of the Olympia's boilers.
At that time, scalding boiling water flew everywhere in the power cabin along with the boiler fragments. Ten sailors died on the spot.
This time, the Olympia could no longer maintain a speed of 21 knots, and its speed dropped directly to 16 knots.
This time, the Jiangsu armored cruiser was able to keep up with the Olympia.
The cruiser Nanjing following Olympia saw that Olympia was focusing its main energy on the armored cruiser Jiangsu, so it drew an arc and appeared on the other side of Olympia, and then used two more 203s.
mm-caliber main gun, violent bombardment.
These two shells accurately hit the Olympia. Because the shooting distance was very close this time, the new armor of the Olympia could not withstand these two shells.
These two shells were like a hot knife cutting through butter, passing through the Olympia's armor in an instant, causing huge damage inside.
Lawrence, the captain of the Olympia, saw that the battleship was bombing again and knew that if the armored cruiser Jiangsu was not dealt with quickly, he would not be able to leave this place.
So they concentrated the four 203mm main guns on the Olympia and bombarded the Jiangsu armored cruiser with all their strength.
Although the armor of the Jiangsu armored cruiser is old-fashioned ordinary armor steel, its tonnage is there, so it can be said that the protection is still very thoughtful.
After several rounds of attacks by the Olympia, a shell finally hit the Jiangsu, but it was deflected by the Jiangsu's strong armor locks and did not cause any trouble to the Jiangsu.
The Olympia was not so lucky. When it was attacking the Jiangsu with all its strength, it was attacked by the cruiser Shanghai. However, a shell hit the bridge. The captain of the Olympia, Lawrence, was seriously injured on the spot and was carried to the hospital below.
Go to the room.
However, the first mate of the Olympia was killed on the spot in this attack, so the Olympia was temporarily without a command.
Unable to receive unified command, the gunners on the Olympias could only fire individually. Therefore, their shooting frequency and accuracy were greatly affected. These rounds of shelling had no impact on the Jiangsu at all.
Then the Jiangsu armored cruiser took advantage of the opponent's confusion to quickly approach the opponent, close the distance between the two sides, and then attack with all its strength with four 234mm main guns and eight 152mm main guns.
In just a few minutes, the Olympia's superstructure was almost flattened.
At this time, the heavy cruiser Nanjing in the distance also came closer and joined the siege of Olympia.
Now Captain Lawrence of the Olympia finally woke up from his coma. After understanding the current situation, he knew that there was no need to fight anymore, so he ordered his sailors to hoist the white flag.
On the Jiangsu armored cruiser, Liu Dazheng was about to order another salvo, but suddenly he saw in the telescope that a white flag was hoisted on the opponent's flagpole.
Liu Da understood that the opponent knew that victory was impossible, so he surrendered, so he ordered all warships to stop bombarding.
Next, Liu Da ordered the personnel to enter the Olympia through small boats, disarm all the weapons on the Olympia, and then conduct emergency repairs on the Olympia.
Next, the armored cruiser Jiangsu and the heavy cruiser Nanjing began to search southwestward for the two escaped cargo ships.
Although these two cargo ships have been running for a while, their speed is really unable to keep up with these warships.
Soon after two hours of searching, the lookout hand of the Jiangsu spotted the smoke column in the distance, so the heavy cruiser Nanjing immediately increased its speed to the highest speed and pursued the opponent.
When the two cargo ships saw the warships chasing them from behind, they knew they might not be able to escape, so they had no choice but to slow down and raise the white flag.
After Liu Da once again captured the two transport ships, he led them back to the place where the naval battle was just now.
He then gathered all the crew members of the captured Olympia onto a captured transport ship.
After doing all this, Liu Da ordered the Shanghai, which was severely damaged in the naval battle, the Olympia, which was escorting the captives, and the two captured transport ships to return to Shanghai Wusongkou Pier and report the situation of the naval battle to Liu Hai. Report truthfully.
Although one of the heavy cruiser Shanghai's heavy guns was damaged, most of the remaining parts were still intact, so there was no difficulty in the escort mission. Soon, they returned to Wusongkou Pier in Shanghai three days later.
As soon as the staff on the dock saw the Shanghai ship in a mess, they knew that a war was going on, so they quickly sent someone to notify Liu Hai.
After Liu Hai got the news, he was shocked. He hurried to Wusongkou Pier and met Xu Chuanlong, the captain of the heavy cruiser Shanghai, who had just disembarked.
When Xu Chuanlong saw Liu Hai coming, he quickly stepped forward to give him a military salute, and then reported the story of the naval battle to Liu Hai truthfully.
Liu Hai frowned after hearing this. He did not expect that the Americans would also participate in supporting the Japanese country.
This time Liu Hai has to face the collective pressure from the two major Western powers, but Liu Hai doesn't take it to heart. He still has six trump cards that he has not yet used. As long as these six warships appear on the sea, these Western powers will will become a thing of the past.
Moreover, Liu Hai felt that he could not let it go. The Western powers protested, and we should strike first.
So Liu Hai ordered Xu Chuanlong to hand over all the captured American soldiers and ordinary crew members to the Marine Corps for guarding, and then asked him to drive the Shanghai into the Shanghai Shipyard for repairs.
At the same time, he ordered the Olympia to be brought into the shipyard for repair and research. This time, the Olympia stole the show. Although she was captured, his record this time was one against three, and there were three warships. The tonnage is no worse than him.
It is impressive that the Olympia can achieve such a record.
Liu Hai went to the U.S. Consulate on the second day. This time he wanted to seek an explanation from the United States.
You must know that you have close ties with the big businessmen of the United States. This time the United States suddenly intervened in the war between itself and the Japanese country, which is simply a kind of betrayal.
Matthew Gobert is the American consul in Shanghai. When he received news from China that there was a small fleet escorting two transport ships to Japan, he was already ready to negotiate with Liu Hai.
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As a result, before he went to look for Liu Hai, Liu Hai led someone to knock on the door with great fanfare.
Although Matthew Gobert was a little angry, he did not dare to offend Liu Hai. He knew very well how close Liu Hai was to the financial oligarchs in the country. If he offended Liu Hai, the capitalists might not be able to let him go.
So the consul respectfully invited Liu Hai to the living room with a smile on his face, and then asked: "Mr. Governor, do you have anything to do with your visit to our American Consulate this time?"
Liu Hai said with a gloomy face: "I am now officially informing the U.S. side that a fierce naval battle took place in the waters of Japan just a few days ago. The two sides of the naval battle were the U.S. Navy and the Nanyang Fleet. The purpose of the U.S. side was to transport the two ships
The ship was escorted to the Japanese dock. I hope the American side can explain why it violated the principle of utilitarianism? Is the American side preparing to declare war on the Qing Dynasty?"
After hearing this, the consul broke out in cold sweat on his face. He thought that the two sides would confront each other at sea at most, but he did not expect that it would develop to the point of a naval battle. If this cannot be explained, the United States has operated in the Qing Dynasty in the past few decades.
The results will be in vain.
But after all, Matthew Gobert has been a diplomat for many years, and he found a way to deal with it just by thinking deeply.
"I would like to ask Mr. Governor, where did the Nanyang Navy intercept the US Navy and transport ships?"
Liu Hai did not hide this, it was not a secret, so he directly told the other party that it was 200 nautical miles offshore from Japan.
When Matthew Gobert heard this position, he immediately felt relieved. Instead, he now confidently accused Liu Hai, "Please note, Mr. Governor, that our navy and transport ships did not enter the Japanese territorial waters, but in accordance with the provisions of international treaties.
While sailing in the open sea, the Nanyang Navy actually intercepted and attacked the American fleet on the high seas. I hope Mr. Governor will give an explanation, otherwise it will be an insult to the United States, and we will reserve the right to take all measures."
Liu Hai saw that the other party was actually talking to him about the international treaty, so he sneered on his face, and then said very forcefully: "Mr. Consul, there is no need for us to mess around here. The news I got is that the US warship
It is an indisputable fact that the United States wants to break through our blockade and enter the Japanese country, and the United States has also captured a warship by us, and everyone on the warship will be witnesses to prove that the United States Navy violated the principle of neutrality."
Matthew Gobert immediately panicked when he heard that an American warship had been captured. You must know that in so many years, no American warship has been captured by the other side. If this ship arrives in China, it will be a big political event.