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Please support me by voting and subscribing. oohaha The Chinese fleet has an obvious advantage in speed.
Although they are all second-hand ships, after replacing the power system and propellers that are more in line with hydrodynamics, the speed of the battleships among these second-hand warships has increased to a maximum speed of 23 knots. 6 An armored cruiser even increased to a maximum speed of 25 to 26 knots.
As for the current Japanese battleships, due to the serious flooding of the Iwami, the maximum speed has been reduced to 10 knots.
Even if it is separated from the battle line, the relatively intact Sagami can only reach 17 knots.
The fastest speed of Shubo and Iki It was only a little over 15 knots.
The three armored cruisers were faster, but they only had a maximum speed of about 20 knots.
At 5:51, the battle line of the Chinese fleet had surpassed the front of the Japanese battle line and began to turn into a "Г" shape.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom," the Chinese fleet fired its seventh salvo before the turn was over.
In the sixth salvo just now, Iwami was hit by two more shots.
Although one shot hit the bridge without penetrating, the violent vibration caused the inner armor to collapse in a large area, causing a large number of casualties to the personnel inside.
Another shot hit the already damaged port side again, killing a large number of damage control personnel and exacerbating the serious flooding situation.
This made Iwami's plan to inject water to the starboard side and balance the hull fail.
At this time, the Iwami's hull had tilted 40 degrees, and the port deck was almost touching the water.
The fate of capsizing was irreversible.
At this time, the three ships Hizen, Tango, and Iwami were either sunk or had lost their combat effectiveness, and the Chinese fleet no longer wasted firepower on them.
Instead, the target was shifted to the three ships behind Sagami, Shufang, and Iki.
In this round of shooting, because the speed of the Japanese fleet was greatly reduced, and the distance between the two sides had been shortened to 13,000 meters, the hit rate increased again.
The first unlucky one was the Iki, a trophy of the Russo-Japanese War.
The second-class battleship Nikolai I of the former Imperial Russian Navy was hit by four shells, and two 310 shells hit the superstructure in the middle of the ship, destroying the rear chimney. and several nearby rapid-fire guns were destroyed, and several lifeboats were also damaged.
Artillery shells and one 210 artillery shell, both armor-piercing incendiary bombs penetrated through the front shield of the side gun.
The Iki is a classic ship that was commissioned in 1891.
This old-fashioned pre-dreadnought ship that is more than 20 years old has many loopholes in its design.
For example, its side guns are only separated by one-inch iron plates. , yes, it is an iron plate instead of a steel plate, and the secondary battery ammunition depots on each side are still shared, and the defense is also very weak.
The most important thing is that the ammunition magazines of the secondary gun and the main gun are close together, with only a layer of 5-inch steel plate in the middle.
This kind of design negligence has now caused serious consequences.
The two armor-piercing incendiary bombs not only destroyed the secondary battery, but also detonated the shells and propellants piled next to one of the secondary batteries.
Then the explosion of this pile of ammunition easily destroyed the partition of the ammunition depot, and the strong Flames and high temperatures violently invaded the ammunition depot, causing the 152 secondary battery shells inside to explode on a large scale.
I saw a large ball of hot yellow-white flames violently ejected from the port side of the Iki, followed by a series of dense explosions.
Countless scrap metal and debris suddenly erupted like a volcanic eruption.
The entire hull of the Iki turned sideways to the right.
Moved more than ten meters.
When the explosion ended, the port side of the Iki almost completely disappeared, as if a piece had been bitten off by a giant beast.
The current Japanese artillery shells are loaded with "Shimase Gunpowder", a high explosive with picric acid as the main component.
This kind of artillery shell has a series of amazing properties.
First of all, the artillery shell is extremely sensitive and can cause an explosion even if it hits a small rope. , and after the explosion, not only will there be a shock wave and shell fragments like the explosion of other explosive shells, but it will also be accompanied by a fire with a core temperature of thousands of degrees, which is said to be able to ignite steel.
The flames formed by the explosion of this kind of gunpowder will flow around like gasoline on fire, and can continue to burn for a period of time even in water.
In addition, when Shimose gunpowder shells using picric acid as an ingredient explode, toxic yellow smoke will appear.
This kind of "Shimose Gunpowder" shells once caused the Beiyang Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy to suffer a lot, but this time it was them.
The explosion of the secondary battery ammunition depot was just the beginning.
The toxic smoke and fire produced by "Shimoze Gunpowder" made it impossible for Japanese damage control personnel to work.
Moreover, in the explosion just now, the armor plate that separated the ammunition magazine of the secondary battery and the front main gun had been damaged, and a crack was blown out.
The flowing flames quickly invaded the main gun ammunition depot along these cracks, and soon burned the contents inside the main gun ammunition depot red.
Subsequently, the shells and propellants in the forward main gun magazine were also detonated by the high temperature.
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At 5:53, due to a large amount of water on the port side, the somewhat tilted Iki suddenly made an earth-shaking loud noise, and the entire bridge and forward main gun tower Accompanied by a huge blast of flames flying up to an altitude of more than ten meters, the entire small half of the ship in front of the bow was blown into pieces.
Then, under the watchful eyes of officers and soldiers from both sides, this old-fashioned pre-dreadnought ship plunged into the waves of the East China Sea.
And in this round of salvo, the Sagami was hit by another shell.
This armor-piercing incendiary bomb from the Kyoko destroyed a rapid-fire gun, then penetrated into the coal bunker and exploded in the starboard coal bunker. and caused a fire.
Chinese artillery shells did not use picric acid, an overly sensitive explosive.
In fact, because picric acid explosives are very unstable, except for Japan, the navies of other major powers did not use this high explosive.
The combustion performance is not strong, so thermite is added to it.
The combustion performance of the world's only mixed explosive produced in this way exceeds that of Japan's "Shimoze Gunpowder", but it is slightly inferior in that there is no poisonous smoke.
When hot thermite meets fine anthracite, it burns very powerfully.
Moreover, thermite is difficult to extinguish.
Although the damage control personnel on the Sagami tried their best to extinguish the fire, they had little success.
During the previous salvo, the port coal bunker of the Sagami was hit by two 210 shells, which had caused a fire on the port side, and now the starboard side was burning again.
Now the entire Sagami is like a blazing torch.
Gentaro Yamashita and others who have just arrived here are dumbfounded.
Originally, they planned to use this warship as a flagship, but it is hard to say whether there will be any problems with this situation.
So the unlucky Lieutenant General Yoshimatsu had to give up his original plan and ordered the traffic boat to sail towards the Shufang.
It must be admitted that the quality of the Japanese navy is indeed quite excellent.
Although the Chinese fleet currently has the upper hand, they are still fighting back tenaciously.
Because the Chinese fleet was still turning, its rate of fire was greatly reduced.
At this time, the Japanese fleet seized the opportunity and fired three salvos at 5:52, 55, and 57 minutes.
During the fourth round of salvo firing, a 305mm shell from the Sagami hit the stern of the Aricha and entered the bathroom below the deck and exploded.
At the same time, it blew up the military flag and a nearby deck, and completely destroyed the bathroom below.
Fortunately, no one was in these areas at the time and no casualties were caused.
The fifth round failed.
During the sixth salvo, a shell from the Zhoufang hit the middle superstructure of the heavy cruiser Sipaishan, destroying the seaplane catapult and a 40mm rapid-fire gun, killing five gunners. .
However, the Japanese army's effective counterattack only ended there.
At 5:58, the Chinese fleet completed its turn and occupied the T-shaped horizontal head position.
The eighth volley was fired immediately.
The blazing Sagami became the most eye-catching target, with five direct hits.
Two of the 310 shells hit its front main gun, and one hit the turret seat, deforming and damaging its movement mechanism.
The entire turret jammed. die.
The latter shot successfully penetrated the front armor of the front main turret, exploded inside the turret, ignited the propellant stored inside, and turned the entire turret into a torch.
The captain of the Sagami reacted quickly and quickly ordered water to be poured into the ammunition depot, thus avoiding a more serious explosion.
The other three shells destroyed Sagami's No. 1 chimney, rangefinder and a secondary battery.
At this time, because the Iki was about to sink but did not sink completely, the three armored cruisers Asama, Tokiwa, and Aso had to turn slightly to the left in order to avoid collision and try to change their course to avoid it.
At this moment, the Qianjian in the front was attacked by the five ships Houji, Suiren, Tiantangshan, Daiyunshan, and Huanggangshan.
The Asama was very unlucky and received three 310 shells and four 210 shells.
Asama is just an armored cruiser, and its armor is far from comparable to that of a battleship.
The thickest part of its main armor belt is only 178 mm, and the thinnest part is only 89 mm.
The most terrible thing is that it has as many as 14 152-shaped secondary guns and 12 80mm rapid-fire guns installed on its sides.
At first glance, it appears to have a lot of firepower.
But please don’t forget that it is just a 9,700-ton armored cruiser.
With so many guns installed, it will occupy a lot of space and have a huge negative impact on defense.
Moreover, these secondary guns are all profile guns with poor defense.
The 80mm rapid-fire gun even has only a front shield and no roof.
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At the same time, because the distance between each gun position and the ammunition depot is too close, once one is hit, it will easily affect the pond fish and cause a series of explosions.
Once a warship with this structure appears on the battlefield, it is like walking through a hail of bullets with a pile of explosives hanging on its waist.
It's okay if you don't get hit, but once you get hit, the table will be full of tableware.
Well, it is a Japanese tradition to pile up cannons on warships.
The Asama was in bad luck because of this silly and naive design.
Of the seven shells that hit it, four hit its side secondary guns, and two shells penetrated the secondary battery magazines.
As a result, a series of big explosions suddenly erupted from the starboard side of the Asama.
Broken human bodies and twisted steel components were thrown everywhere by the powerful shock wave.
At the same time, a large hole of nearly ten meters was torn open on the underwater part of its starboard side by the shock wave generated by the explosion of the ammunition depot.
This was not over yet. 30 seconds later, the ammunition magazine of the rear main gun was also exploded by the high temperature of the Shimoze flame.
A fifty-meter-high pillar of fire suddenly shot up from the Asama's rear main gun, and then with a loud noise, it split into two pieces.
At 5:59, the Japanese fleet also began to fight back, but at this time they were located on the vertical line of the T and could only fire with their front main guns.
However, the front main gun of the Sagami in the row was destroyed, the entire warship was surrounded by flames and thick smoke, the sighting system lost its function, and it had no combat effectiveness.
The Shubo was blocked by the Sagami, so it could only turn the front main gun to find the firing range, like Tokiwa and Asu.
They were no longer able to fire battle line volleys.
Therefore, this round of counterattack only splashed a few water jets, which may have killed some fish and shrimps.
At this time, the Chinese fleet completed its ninth salvo.
At present, the Japanese army's most complete Zhou Fang was attacked by six battleships: Zhurong, Gonggong, Cangjie, Youchao, Houji, and Suiren.
The other six heavy cruisers had already set their targets on the remaining On board the two armored cruisers Joban and Asu.
Zhou Fang received four 310 shells in this round.
Lieutenant General Yoshimatsu Motaro, who had gone through untold hardships and survived several rounds of main gun salvos, his good luck had come to an end.
He had just transferred to the command tower of the Zhou Feng and had only hung out the command flag for less than ten seconds.
The two shells hit the target almost simultaneously, broke through the armor at the same time, and exploded inside the bridge.
Gentaro Yamashita and the entire command team of the Third Fleet, who had just sat down, disappeared in a violent explosion, not even the scum was left.
One of the other two shells hit the side of the gun.
After destroying a secondary gun, it rushed into the boiler room and exploded, causing damage to four boilers.
Another shot hit the underwater part of the bow of Zhou Fang, penetrated several layers of partitions and exploded in the torpedo room.
Several torpedoes stored inside were detonated by high-temperature thermite, and the entire bow was almost completely blown away. , countless seawater poured in crazily.
The two armored cruisers Tokiwa and Asu were not much better.
The Joban, the sister ship of the Asama, suffered the same fate.
It was also penetrated by three 210 shells through the front shield of the starboard side and exploded in the gun chamber.
The tight gun positions and weak protection led to serious consequences.
During the explosion of the secondary battery magazine, countless cracks occurred in the underwater parts of the Joban, causing a large amount of water to enter.
Moreover, in order to avoid detonating the main gun ammunition depot, the Joban had to fill the main gun ammunition depot with water, resulting in a complete loss of combat effectiveness.
Asu only received one shell, but this shell hit its stern steering gear room at a weird angle, causing its steering gear to fail and it could no longer turn, and could only spin in circles on the sea.
This round of salvos completely destroyed the confidence of the Japanese fleet, and the entire command system of the Third Fleet has been destroyed.
The remaining ships can only fight on their own.
Some of them wanted to move in, some wanted to fight desperately, and they suddenly became chaotic.
A smile appeared on Zhang Minghui's face and he said: "Okay, it's time to order the light cruisers and destroyers, as well as the first submarine detachment, to launch a general attack.
Our battle line continues to turn right, around to the port side of the Japanese battle line.
Give last hits to the remaining guys.”
After a pause, he then ordered to the communications staff: "Connect the Japanese channel and ask them to surrender."
"Hahahaha, it's finally time for us to take action.
Pay attention to all boats and assign targets immediately."
Captain Han Fengyu jumped up after receiving the order from the flagship.
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The first submarine detachment had just hid under the water to avoid being searched by Japanese light ships, leaving only a communication buoy on the sea surface.
The communication buoy was only the size of a lunch box and was camouflaged.
It could not be found at all in the violent storm.
The Japanese warships had no anti-submarine experience.
After searching for a while and finding nothing unusual, they gave up.
At this time, they had been waiting behind the Japanese fleet for a long time.
The battleships were busy fighting, but they could only keep looking at the enemy ships, and they were tired of waiting.
"Attention, each boat.
From boat 011 to boat 016, aim at Itsukushima, Hashidate, Akitsusu, Izumi, Suma, and Akashi respectively.
Each boat is responsible for one, and fires four mines.
Then turn around and use the tail launch tube to deal with the remaining Chiyoda, Togumo, Sogumo, Yugiri, Shiranui, and Kagero are ready, let’s do it.”
"Torpedo tubes No. 1 to 4 are filled with water, set target data, and torpedoes are set to maximum speed."
The captain stared through the periscope at the Itsukushima protected cruiser about 8 kilometers away.
"Launch" Following the captain's order, four "Fish 1" 600mm heavy-duty anti-ship torpedoes made four muffled sounds of "bang bang bang bang" and rushed out from the bow launch tube of the No. 011 submarine.
Then, they turned around again and fired the remaining two torpedoes from the two launch tubes at the tail.
The 36 torpedoes launched by six submarines rushed towards their respective targets at a top speed of 50 knots like deep-sea vicious sharks.
Six minutes later, the captains of the light ships at the rear of the Japanese fleet were arguing about what to do next.
Before they could come to a conclusion, a series of dull explosions sounded in the queue.
I saw water jets erupting from the underwater connections of the four protected cruisers Itsukushima, Hashidate, Izumi, and Akashi.
Itsukushima was hit by a torpedo each at one end and one at the stern.
The bow and stern were blown off, and then it slowly sank.
The Hashidate hit two shots in a row, broke into three pieces, and sank without a trace in two minutes.
The entire hull of the Izumi was blown apart by three torpedoes, and then broke off in the middle.
The stern of the Akashi was hit by four torpedoes at once, and more than 20 meters of the stern disappeared, and it sat down towards the bottom of the sea.
"Damn torpedoes, the Chinese are using torpedoes again" "There are Chinese submarines nearby" "Retreat, retreat" "Search quickly" The Japanese light ships suddenly became confused.
Just as they were about to search the area, the second wave of torpedoes arrived.
The unlucky ones this time were the Chiyoda and Akitsusu, as well as several destroyers.
Needless to say, those small destroyers will only suffer as long as they are hit by even one torpedo.
Dongyun, Congyun, and Xiwu each received one shot and capsized quickly.
Chiyoda and Akitsusu also received one shot each.
These two old ships from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 could not withstand 600mm torpedoes.
Although they were not as dull as the destroyers immediately, they could not sustain it for long.
At this time, Chinese light ships also rushed over.
Eight Zhuhai-class destroyers and 17 "agility-class" large torpedo boats rushed to the front at a high speed of 30 knots.
Eight light cruisers followed at a speed of 26 to 27 knots.
By this time, the Japanese battle lines had been completely wiped out, either sinking or completely losing combat effectiveness.
After the Chinese battleship circled to the right side of the Japanese battle line, it launched several rounds of last-minute shelling.
The Sagami and Shubo had their command structure completely destroyed and were severely damaged.
They completely lost their combat effectiveness and their speed was greatly reduced.
They could not even run away, so they had no choice but to raise a white flag and surrender.
The Aso, which had originally only had its steering gear knocked off, was hit by two salvos, destroying all the main guns.
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the captain had no choice but to order the surrender and commit suicide by committing seppuku.
At 6:33, when the last Japanese warship, the destroyer Shiranui, was turned into a pile of garbage by the Shikai ship, the Zhoushan naval battle finally came to an end.
In this battle, China's Shanghai Provisional Task Force annihilated the Japanese Third Fleet at a very small cost and achieved a complete victory.
In this battle, the Chinese Navy sank four Japanese battleships: Hizen, Tango, Iwami, and Iki, two armored cruisers Asama and Joban, two coastal defense ships Mishima and Okishima, Chiyoda, Itsukushima, 7 protected cruisers including Hashidate, Akitsusu, Izumi, Suma, and Akashi, and 11 destroyers including Yamabiko, Fumizuki, Satsuki, Rai, Akebono, Hagi, Togumo, Sogumo, Yugiri, Shiranui, and Kasumi.
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Two battleships, Shubo and Sagami, an armored cruiser, Aso, three destroyers, Ren, Kagero, and Houn, as well as 6 coal ships and other auxiliary ships were captured.
However, it suffered only minor damage to two battleships, one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, two destroyers and two torpedo boats.
A total of more than 10,200 Japanese officers and soldiers participated in the battle, and a total of more than 7,500 naval officers and soldiers died.
In the end, only more than 2,600 people surrendered and were fished out by the Chinese fleet.
In this battle, China only suffered 47 casualties and 122 wounded, which was a complete victory.
Wuhan, Presidential Palace.
"Haha, well done.
This Zhoushan naval battle was a complete victory.
I never expected that our naval soldiers could defeat the Japanese army with such an advantage.
I was already mentally prepared to lose half of the battleships."
Wen Desi received a message from the Navy Command.
After the report, I was overjoyed.
Chief of General Staff Xin Jie said: "But the Zhoushan naval battle is only the opening act of this Sino-Japanese naval battle, and it depends on the showdown between the main forces of both sides.
The scheduled battlefield is approximately in the waters north of Taiwan, and the specific location should be around the Diaoyu Islands."
At this time, Gu Xiaolu took a telegram and reported: "Mr.
Wen, an urgent telegram has just been sent from Luzon.
The US Pacific Fleet and the British Far East Fleet are confronting each other in the waters of Scarborough Shoal."
Wen De was embarrassed and quickly asked: "Oh, what are they doing in the confrontation between the US Pacific Fleet and the British Far East Fleet in the waters off Scarborough Shoal?"
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