Kowloon wins

Chapter 478 The Bloody Ocean ([-])

"Stick to your posts, fight to the death, fight to the death!"

The huge hull of the "Weichen" suddenly shook twice in a row. Obviously, the charging Japanese warship had already approached the side of the "Weichen". The knife rushed towards the left side of the ship's side where the vibration came from, while shouting loudly.

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"

The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, who had already been besieged by the warships of the Japanese Empire, knew that the outcome of this battle was more or less auspicious. Nothing else, just one word - far water can't quench the near thirst, really wait until the main fleet of their own side is free. Nine out of ten times, the "Weichen" has already fallen. Even so, the soldiers who faced the almost certain death situation did not have the slightest fear. They raised all kinds of weapons in their hands and roared loudly. When he got up, a sense of solemnity suddenly rose up.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

He Mingfang had just led his personal guards to rush down from the bridge, before he rushed to the port side, the sound of gunfire was already loud, but he saw more than a dozen Marine Corps officers and soldiers guarding the port side were already pointing their guns at the ship. After the rifle was shot, they didn't even bother to reload it. They picked up the revolver and fired indiscriminately. The Japanese soldiers on the warship of the Japanese kingdom returned the blow with bows and crossbows. The result of the competition between the two sides was naturally that the Japanese side won It was a big loss, and dozens of people were killed by random guns, but only two of the Qing army were hit by arrows. Unfortunately, one fell into the sea, and the other was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, temporarily losing combat power.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The firepower of the Qing Army Marine Corps is fierce, but the defensive area is too large, and it takes time to reload the bullets. After several rounds of fighting, although many Japanese soldiers were killed, it was difficult to stop the two ships. Many soldiers on the Japanese battleship took turns to attack, and the bullets were exhausted in a short while. The Japanese soldiers who were not blocked once again swarmed up, throwing hook ropes one after another, and hooked the side of the "Weichen". Climbing up like ants.

The port side is urgent, and the starboard side is also urgent. The guards led by He Ming can only become firefighters, rushing around to support the increasingly difficult defenses. Cheers sounded, and finally several Japanese slaves turned over to the deck of the "Wesson" with samurai swords in their mouths. At this point in the war, for the soldiers of the "Wesson", it has reached the most critical moment!
"General He, the Japanese slaves have boarded the 'Weichen'!"

On the other side of the southeast battlefield, the "Zhenhai" had already relied on its huge hull to forcibly break through the obstruction of the Japanese navy, and was joined with the "Weiyuan" in a line. He chased away the warships of the Japanese state that were swaying around. Although there was no worries for a while, the front and rear masts of the "Weiyuan" that had been shot in many places were damaged, and the speed could not be increased, so it was difficult to follow the "Zhenhai". Breaking out of the siege together, they could only hold on with all their strength, waiting for the arrival of our own reinforcements. The fierce battle was in full swing, but the lookout post on the main mast of the "Zhenyuan" suddenly exclaimed loudly.

"Damn it! Don't worry about the 'Weichen', take your positions and defend!"

Hearing the sound was wrong, He Lin hurriedly turned his head and looked over to where the "Wesson" was, and he could see more than a dozen Japanese warships leaning on the sides of the "Wesson". Teams of Japanese soldiers were climbing up the "Weichen" along the hook ropes, their hearts trembled uncontrollably, probably because the commanding "Weichen" was his younger brother He Ming, who seemed to be in such a dangerous situation Under the circumstances, the possibility of He Ming surviving is extremely low. He Lin really wished to raise his troops and rush to the rescue, but he couldn't do it. With a sigh, he no longer paid attention to the besieged "Weichen", but instead focused on commanding the joint defense of "Zhenhai" and "Weiyuan".

"Order: Masayoshi Ito will immediately lead the warships of the headquarters to attack, and delay the reinforcement fleet of China. It is necessary to buy enough time for the main fleet. In addition, the rest of the ships will immediately launch a strong attack, regardless of the cost, in order to break the connection between the two enemy ships."

Although the vanguard fleet of the Qing army was moving forward with all its strength, it still failed to arrive at the southeast battlefield ahead of the main Japanese fleet. San did not go all out to attack, but ordered his general Masayoshi Ito to lead one-third of the fleet to attack to delay the vanguard fleet of the Qing Dynasty, while he himself commanded more than 150 warships of the main fleet to attack the "Zhenhai". "With the strong attack of the "Weiyuan", so far, the battle situation has deteriorated further for the Qing Army's first squadron. It is really hard to say whether it can persist until the aid of its own vanguard fleet.

"Every ship obeys the order, let me charge, and anyone who dares to block the way will be hit and sunk!"

In a hurry, he still failed to seize the opportunity, Wang Changgeng's eyes were reddened, and when he saw that the main Japanese fleet had dispatched a small team of more than [-] warships to intercept his troops, he immediately panicked. Angry, he roared and gave the order to die.

"Fire, fire!"

As soon as Masayoshi Ito led his troops around the warship, he saw that the Qing fleet was approaching at high speed, so he dared not neglect it, so he quickly adjusted his formation and assumed the posture of a decisive battle, facing the vanguard fleet of the Qing army. He rushed over, and when the distance between the two sides was about two hundred steps, it was Masayoshi Ito who took the lead in giving the order to fire.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Among the more than 76 warships in Japan, there are not many large warships, only [-], and the rest are all medium-sized warships. There are quite a lot of artillery that can shoot, there are as many as [-], and they bombarded randomly Underneath, the momentum is really not small, but the effect is not flattering, not to mention the extremely low hit rate, and the power is also embarrassing. Only four shells hit the rushing Qing battleship, of which " The "Zhenyuan" was hit twice, and the "Weining" and the "Weifa" were hit with one shell each. As for the results of the battle, there was only a shell bounced by an unlucky sailor on the front deck of the "Weining" Hit and unfortunately killed, other than that, it had no effect, and it didn't even slow down the Qing warship that was shot.

"All ships are not allowed to shoot, and move forward with all their strength!"

The four warships of the Qing Vanguard Fleet are all facing the Japanese fleet at this moment, and only the four bow guns can fire. Although they are all heavy guns, at such a high speed, the hit rate is of course nowhere to be discussed. On the contrary, due to the factor of recoil, the forward speed of the battleship will decrease. Wang Changgeng naturally refused to do such a loss-making business, so he gritted his teeth and gave the order with a roar.

"Spread out and attack the enemy fleet from the flank!"

Seeing that the vanguard fleet of the Qing Dynasty rushed over at high speed regardless of their own bombardment, Masayoshi Ito panicked. No one else, the size difference between the two warships is really too big. If they collided head-on, Apart from sinking, the warship of the Japanese state would definitely not have any other consequences. Masayoshi Ito obviously did not want to use his warship to die for nothing, so he loudly issued an order to avoid it.

If Masayoshi Ito is desperate to use Japanese warships to block the impact of the Qing vanguard fleet, although the loss will be huge, he will definitely be able to delay the forward speed of the Qing fleet by virtue of the absolute superiority in numbers. , although Ito Masayoshi's fleet may be exhausted, it will definitely be able to fulfill Sakata Yokozo's order, thus creating a favorable opportunity for the Japanese main fleet to annihilate the Qing First Squadron, and even cause the Qing Vanguard Fleet to fall into deep trouble In the predicament of being besieged, it is a pity that Masayoshi Ito was reluctant to bear such a huge sacrifice, and in the end he made an extremely wrong decision.

"Come on, don't worry about those sporadic enemy ships, let me rush into the battlefield at full speed!"

What Wang Changgeng was worried about was that Masayoshi Ito would fight him to the death, but he absolutely welcomed the flank attack he did. Besides, the sides of the Qing warships were full of heavy artillery. But it was enough to block the Japanese fleet's approach. Besides, the Japanese navy's small naval guns, unless they were fired at close range, would have very limited destructive power against the Qing warships. Wang Changgeng himself It was too lazy to pay attention to it, and drove the fleet under his command to pass through the passage made by Masayoshi Ito at high speed, and plunged directly into the core of the battlefield of the chaotic group.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As soon as the vanguard fleet of the Qing Dynasty rushed to the frontal passage made by Ito Masayoshi's troops, the Japanese interception fleet followed Ito Masayoshi's order and fired desperately, trying to delay the breakthrough of the Qing fleet, but a lot of shells were fired. It can be considered to have achieved certain results-the "Weining" and "Weifa" on the outermost side of the Qing vanguard fleet were shot one after another. A dozen sailors were killed or injured on each of the two ships, and several gun hatches were shot. Several heavy guns were destroyed, and several gunners died, but this did not have much impact on the overall strength of the Qing army's warships. Instead, the Qing army's vanguard fleet took advantage of the situation and rushed into the southeast battlefield.

"Baga, what did this idiot Ito do, to let the Chinese reinforcements rush over so quickly, damn idiot!"

At the core of the southeast battlefield, Sakata Yokozo was commanding many of his warships to besiege the "Zhenhai" and "Weiyuan", but he never expected that the Qing army's vanguard fleet would also rush into the battlefield. It was too late to adjust the tactics, and he couldn't help being furious, stomping his feet and cursing without grace.

"All ships are free to fire, give me a hard hit!"

As soon as he rushed into the core battlefield, Wang Changgeng stopped being polite, waved his hand vigorously, and gave the order to fire loudly. In an instant, the heavy artillery that had been silent for a long time began to roar again. Like a wolf that just broke into a flock of sheep, the Japanese fleet, caught off guard, was in chaos for a while. After only one round of shelling, more than [-] Japanese warships were shot, and the Japanese warships that sank instantly There were as many as twenty ships, and the rest were also seriously injured. There were no other ships. Because the Japanese warships were all crowded together, and they were so close to the Qing army's vanguard fleet, there was no need to aim carefully at all. allow……

(End of this chapter)