The East China Sea, with clear sky, is definitely a good place to shoot guns.↑,.

Look, the navy from China and Japan encountered unexpectedly here, and the main guns of both sides quickly loaded and aimed at each other.

"The enemy's flagship position is 185, the speed is 13 and a half knots, and the distance is 10,500 meters."

"The ship's speed will reach 13.5 knots, keeping its course of 185 unchanged, and the main gun is ready."

"The speed is about 13 and a half knots, the course is 185, and the main gun is ready."

After a series of adjustments, the four ships of China's escort fleet arrived in the world, Pingyuan, Ocean and Ridge advanced in parallel with the Japanese Combined Fleet at the same speed.

This approach is conducive to the relative static fleets of both sides. The advantage is that the Chinese Navy's artillery can almost be used as fixed targets for aiming and shooting, greatly increasing the hit rate. But for the Japanese Navy's artillery, Chinese warships are also fixed targets.

However, the problem lies in the effective range of the main gun.

The first-class main gun of the Chinese Navy is 305 mm caliber and 50 times the diameter. The high chamber pressure and high performance make the range up to 10,000 meters. The range of the first-class main gun of the dome cruiser also reaches 5,000 meters. The main gun of the Japanese Combined Fleet uses British 120 pounds, equivalent to 305 mm caliber, but the diameter is only 30 times. The average chamber pressure and low performance result in the maximum range of only 5,000 meters and the effective range does not exceed 3,000 meters.

So he called it, from a distance of 5,000 to 10,000 meters, the Japanese Navy's warships were only beaten.

This discovery was due to the battle between China and Britain and Huangyan Island. At the beginning, the Chinese Navy did not know the range of the British main gun, so it was relatively conservative. When it was discovered that the range of the British main gun was less than 5,000 meters, the Chinese Navy quickly seized the advantage of the naval gun range, which made the British Navy unable to fight back.

Now, Lin Changlong has this naval battle experience. He also knows that the Japanese Navy's warships are all built from Britain, so he guessed that the main gun of the Japanese ships will definitely not be better than the main gun of the British ships, so he formulated this combat plan.

Of course, this plan is also the most conservative tactic. After all, the Chinese Emperor Li Weiguo is still on the ship. This made Lin Changlong dare not take too much risk, and a steady move became an inevitable choice.

“It’s 10,000 distance”

With the observation staff shouting, they were transmitted to the commander's tower through the iron pipe.

Lin Changlong turned to Li Wei Guodao: "I request your Majesty to open war against the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet."

"Authentication" Li Weiguo nodded without hesitation.

"Minist obeys the order"

Lin Changlong received the official order of Li Weiguo, and immediately turned around and shouted at the staff officer of the bridge: "Fire the gun"

The bridge staff member "fired the cannon" repeated loudly at the iron pipe loudspeaker.

"fire"

"fire"

The order was quickly passed along the iron pipe to the front and rear main gun turrets, and the authorized artillery commander quickly ordered the main gun to open fire.

Dongdongdongdongdong

The two dual-equipped 305mm main guns of Laiyuan ship opened fire.

The fire at the muzzle flashed, spewing out flames of dozens of meters long. While the warship was trembling violently, the shells burst out, roaring at the Japanese ship Fusang, which was ten thousand meters away.

The sound of cannons came, like thunder. Takashi Saigo was shocked and saw that the shells landed more than 200 meters away from the Fusang, exploded four water columns hundreds of meters high.

The waves splashed everywhere, and as the sea breeze quickly blew onto the Fusang, causing Shigo Takaho and others to shudder.

This is a powerful move, bare-hearted one.

Almost at the same time, Japanese ships fired and fought back. In an instant, the sound of cannons rumbled and deafening.

"Bastard, who made them fire?"

Takamori Saigo was stunned at first and then furious because as the commander, he did not order the artillery fire.

It turned out that the Chinese warship suddenly fired a gun just now, and it was powerful. Not only did it scare the senior Japanese generals such as Takaho Saigo, but ordinary Japanese sailors were not of high quality. They were wiped out by the Chinese Navy a few years ago. The shadows are still lingering. Now they learn that the Chinese Navy has already wiped out the British Asian fleet and these Japanese sailors have actually been scared.

When Takaho Saigo led them to intercept the Chinese naval fleet and returned in an attempt to hijack the Chinese emperor, the Japanese sailors became even more nervous and waited for several days at the sea. Their nerves were always very tense, and they suddenly saw the Chinese navy firing. Many Japanese artillery soldiers shivered almost subconsciously, and when their heads were hot, they firing.

One fired a gun, and it would naturally lead to other Japanese ships firing one after another.

As a result, the Japanese sailors immediately understood what the gap was.

The shells fired by the Japanese ship only landed on the sea four or five thousand meters away and exploded. It was still five or six thousand meters away from the Chinese warship. In contrast, the shells fired by the Chinese warship could land near the Japanese ship and explode, and it was extremely powerful, which made people feel thrilled.

How can I fight this

The Japanese sailors were in an uproar, and many of them were weak and even urinated.

Takahiro Saigo was furious and cursed a group of idiots with a dark face. Considering that the law did not blame the public, he did not pursue anyone who fired the fire first.

However, he also noticed the fear of the Japanese sailors, and he himself did not realize the difficulty of the problem.

At this time, Takaho Saigo felt a little regretful. He had never seen the power of the Chinese Navy with his own eyes before, so he was very arrogant. But just as the Chinese Navy fired, he realized that the opponent's firepower was fierce.

However, the arrow had to be fired on the string, and it was so awesome that it made Saigo Takamoto escape in shame. He didn't have that face.

"Let's go over at full speed"

At the order of Takamoto Saigo, thick smoke came out of eight Japanese ships and quickly approached the Chinese fleet.

However, when the Japanese fleet tried to get close, the Chinese fleet also changed its course in a targeted manner, staying away from the Japanese fleet, always maintaining a distance of kilometers, which not only prevented Japanese ship shells from hitting, but also fired guns to attack Japanese ships.

"Why haven't you caught up with me?" Takashi Saigo was furious.

The Japanese officers on the side suddenly stared at each other, but no one stood up to explain.

Saigo Congdao sighed. His uncle was originally a military minister and had no idea about the elements of naval warfare.

"Mr. Commander, as far as I know, the speed of Chinese warships is at least 14 knots. They can reach 18 knots during battle, and our fastest is only 13.5 knots. They are running away now, and we cannot catch up."

The Congdao of Saigo was tactfully placed under the steps of Takaho Saigo and then retreated.

Takamoto Saigo was also an old fox, and he immediately looked at his nephew and became more pleasing to him. So he cursed: "These Chinese are just afraid of life and death. As soon as we were about to rush over to teach them a lesson, they ran away in fear. Forget it, since their speed is faster than us, we can't catch up if they want to run, let's retreat."

The Japanese officers immediately breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

During this period, the average education level of Japanese naval officers and soldiers was very low. After all, the Meiji Restoration had just begun. The Japanese navy sent few international students every year. Unlike in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, all Japanese naval officers graduated from international students, and even logistics soldiers had high school education. Therefore, they far surpassed the Beiyang Navy in combat quality, and it was inevitable to win.

In contrast, during this period, the combat quality of the naval forces of China and Japan was exactly the opposite. The Chinese naval officers and soldiers were all naval students, with the lowest degree of university degree, and their overall quality was far superior to that of the Japanese Navy.

Just as the Japanese naval officers and soldiers were about to retreat with relief, they found that the Chinese fleet stopped running, but instead approached the Japanese fleet, still thousands of meters away, and continued to fire main guns.

Takashi Saigo was stunned. It was obviously impossible to escape with a decent amount.

Even the outstanding naval officers who graduated from the UK such as Congdao Saigo frowned. They knew very well that under this situation, the Chinese fleet had only two possible ways of doing it, one was to show off and the other was to be fearless.

Does the Chinese Navy like to show off? The answer is obviously yes.

As for whether you are confident or not, it is unknown.

Saigo Congdao hurriedly said, "Commander, I think this is the conspiracy of the Chinese emperor. He is using himself as bait to deliberately lure us to the bait. If I am not wrong, the main fleet of the Chinese navy will be not far away."

"Nonsense. We have been here for three days and have not seen a shadow of a Chinese warship." Takashi Saigo suddenly scolded. He didn't want Saigo to disturb the morale of the army, although what he said made sense.

"It is because there is no shadow of a Chinese warship that you don't think it is strange. This place is called the East China Sea. But the Chinese Navy's sphere of influence. Doesn't their navy know about the return journey?" Saigo Congdao retorted unwillingly.

"China has an advanced communication device called telegram that can instantly transmit the news from thousands of miles away. Major Congdao Saigo's worries are not without reason." A Japanese officer with a good relationship with Congdao Saigo helped.

"Even if what you said makes sense, it's just a guess." Saigo Takamori said hard, his heart was already shaken.

At this moment, there was a loud bang and everyone fell to the ground without standing firmly.

"What's going on"

"This ship was shot, on the rear deck"

Soon someone reported to Takaho Saigo that the Fusang was shot. Although he only got a 305mm armor-piercing projectile, it caused a large hole to penetrate the hull, and more than a dozen Japanese sailors were killed and injured.

It's only a few minutes, I actually hit it

The Japanese officers and soldiers, including Takamori Saigo, were stunned. In their eyes, the naval battles in the Iron Armor Age, as the combat distance was extended, they no longer hit the close range of dozens of meters like those in the Sail Battleship era. The combat distance between the two sides had generally been widened to three to five thousand meters. It was very difficult to hit the moving warship. At least five or six rounds of shooting were required to increase the hit rate.

But the Chinese Navy's artillery technique allowed the Japanese army to see that they hit the Fusang in just a few minutes. Was it a coincidence?

There was another loud bang, and the Iron Craft behind the Fusang was shot. The island exploded, and a cloud of fiery red mushrooms more than 100 meters high rose, which was shocking.

This is the strength of the Chinese Navy, no wonder it can wipe out the British Asian fleet.

At this moment, the Japanese officers and soldiers of each ship were moved and became scared from the bottom of their hearts.

It would be strange if you are beaten by others but you can't beat others.

"A large number of enemy ships were found in the east"

"A large number of enemy ships were found in the east"

On the main mast, Japanese observers discovered the rolling black smoke in the distance, which was a huge fleet that could produce effects.

Looking at the entire Western Pacific, there is only one country with this strength.

The main fleet of Chinese naval forces arrived

It was not until this time that Takamoto Saigo felt regretful, but when his life was threatened, he didn't care about his face.

"Retreat quickly notify all ships to retreat"

As long as you are not a fool, you will know that you have fallen into the trap.

Takamoto Saigo knew very well that the information given to him by the Japanese Special High School was a problem, and it came too easily. How could the Chinese emperor's route schedule be easily leaked

"Damn the Chinese Emperor, he is so shameless. He even went out for a vacation and didn't forget to plot against us."

That's right, Takaho Saigo guessed correctly, all of this was under Li Weiguo's calculations.

Inside the commander's tower of the Laiyuan ship, Li Weiguo looked out through the window. Seeing that the Japanese Navy began to escape, he couldn't help but sigh.
To be continued...