Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan would not do the thing of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, so he told Deng Shichang before setting off that when the Japanese warships pull you into their range, you can retreat.

The Fuji ship fired first, and the shells created huge waves on the sea. Deng Shichang immediately ordered the fleet to turn eastward and withdraw from the battlefield at full speed. At this time, the last batch of missiles also fell on the head of the Japanese fleet, and the boiler of the Asahi ship There was an explosion, and the engine room was located at the bottom of the hull, below the waterline, a large amount of sea water poured in, and the Asahi ship slowly sank.

The starboard side of the cruiser Kasuga was hit by six missiles one after another. Almost all the magazines of the starboard secondary guns were detonated, and the entire part below the waterline on the starboard side was almost torn apart. It overturned and sank upside down into the water.

The stokers on the four Ryukyu battleships added coal to the mouth of the furnace like crazy. The coal was also specially made and crushed into small pieces. In this way, the combustion was more complete, and the battleship quickly increased to the highest speed. , galloping east.

Dongxiang Heihachiro saw that within half an hour of the battle, three of his warships were sunk without even firing their guns. This was something he could never have imagined in his dreams. He just wants to tear those four warships into pieces!Togo Heihachiro ordered his own cruisers to pursue at full speed regardless of whether he would be ambushed or not.Ryujo, Takasago, and Asama were located closest to the four warships, and quickly formed a squadron to pursue the Ryukyu fleet, while the rest of the warships followed behind. Fight together, wait until the follow-up battleship arrives, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop!

Warships cannot maintain the top speed for a long time, so Deng Shichang's fleet slowed down to fifteen knots after driving at the top speed for 10 minutes, and the Japanese warships behind them chased after them.

Chasing at the forefront is the Asama ship. Its captain, Yuyuki Kano, was originally the captain of the United Fleet Saikyo Maru. The Saikyo Maru was originally a cruise ship. In this war, Yuyuki Shikano finally became the captain of a real warship as he wished, and he wanted to sink the enemy ship and make meritorious deeds.

But what he didn't expect was that Yashima, Asahi, and Kasuga were sunk before his warship fired a single shot. It wasn't until Togo Heihachiro ordered the pursuit that he felt that the opportunity for meritorious service had come. 35 minutes Finally, he found that the speed of the battleship in front had dropped to ten knots, and he turned the bow of the ship seventy degrees to the north.

Yuyuki Shikano calculated in his mind that if this continues, his battleship will be able to pull the opponent into range within 10 to [-] minutes. He felt a rush of energy and blood in his chest, and the time to perform meritorious deeds is coming!

At this moment, he suddenly heard a "bang", and then felt the battleship stop heavily, and he couldn't stand still, and fell forward heavily.

Lu Ye Yongzhi got up in a hurry, not caring about wiping the blood off his face, he roared angrily, "What's going on?"

After all the fuss, a staff officer replied: "We hit the rocks!"

For a ship, whether it is a civilian ship or a military ship, hitting the rocks is a terrible disaster. When the ship hits the rocks on the bottom of the sea with huge kinetic energy, the bottom of the ship will be ruthlessly shredded, followed by The influx of sea water is even more frightening. After the ship hits the reef, it will not stop, because the propeller and engine are still working. If the reef is large enough, it will cut the entire bottom of the ship like a knife. Inevitably sunk!

Yuyuki Kano saw that the ship was still going and there was no further collision. Knowing that they were lucky enough that the collision broke the reef, he hurriedly ordered: "Check the damage of the hull! Slow down!"

After the order was given, Luye Yongzhijin asked angrily: "Where's the navigator? What happened? How could he hit the rocks?"

It turns out that the ships sailed according to the charts, which marked the location of the reefs and the hydrological conditions. It is absolutely forbidden to go to places without charts. The navigator found that they did not have a chart of the sea they were about to enter So he reported to the top, but was stopped by the deputy captain. Seeing that his side had suffered heavy losses, he became anxious, and said to the navigator: "What does it matter if we don't have a chart! Hehun will protect us!" "And "Soul" is something that the Japanese army often talks about. In the Japanese military history materials, from time to time, we see things like "our army relies on the soul to tenaciously defeat the powerful enemy". Almost, it's all mental hypnosis.

In this way, under the blessing of Kazuo, the ship Asama hit the rocks. It was only then that Isamu Kano learned from the navigator that they did not have a chart of the nearby waters. He hurriedly ordered the car to back up and wanted to leave the sea. However, the battleship weighs several thousand tons after all, and it is impossible to go back all at once. As the battleship was rushing forward, it hit the reef again. The reef was so huge that it directly cut the port side by more than 50 meters. There was a long hole, and the falling stones hit the propellers, and the blades of both propellers were broken.

As soon as the propeller broke, there was nothing on the main shaft, and the speed directly rushed up, and the bearing could not bear it. The high temperature of the friction burned the bearing. Lost power, and slowly stopped on the sea.

Seeing that they had no charts, the other warships turned around one after another. Seeing that the battleship was sinking, Yuyuki Shikano hurriedly ordered repairs to repair the breach. Many sailors took off their clothes and blocked the breach; The water pumps were running at full capacity to drain the water that had entered the hull, but the boilers were no longer usable, and the backup power of the pumps was quickly exhausted.

After two hours of tossing and tossing, Shikano Yongzhijin reluctantly gave the order to abandon the ship. He knew that his military career was over. If such a big accident happened, the military court would not let him off easily. He refused his subordinates. The suggestion is to stay on the bridge and want to sink with the battleship. This is derived from the tradition of Western navies. The ship is with the captain, and the ship is dead and the captain is dead!

But his subordinates did not give him such an opportunity. They knocked him unconscious and took him to the lifeboat. Before he passed out, he was still thinking hard: "Why didn't the Ryukyu battleship hit the reef? Their sea Is the map more detailed than ours?" This route full of reefs was actually chosen by Lin Yuan, and the Beijing ship used a powerful underwater acoustic detection system to detect the reefs in the sea here clearly. , There is another important reason for choosing this route, that is, the weight of the refitted warship has been reduced a lot, so the head turning and acceleration have been improved, and it can move around more easily in waters with reefs.

This naval battle, which lasted less than 10 minutes, ended with the complete defeat of the Japanese fleet. The Ryukyu fleet missed a single bullet and retreated. The Japanese fleet lost two battleships, one cruiser, and one cruiser hit a rock and sank.

Having suffered such a disgraceful defeat, the Japanese fleet originally wanted to keep it a secret, but the port where they were moored was watched by many Westerners. There is no way to keep such a major event secret. Once the news spread, the world was shocked!

With such brilliant results, the whole world can't wait to see the true face of the Ryukyu Fleet!