Xie Fuzhan picked up the telescope and looked carefully. Sure enough, he saw that the Akitsushi was turning to the left. However, Xie Fuzhan shook his head and said, "This should not be escaping, but seizing the horizontal head of the word 't', facing the enemy with the side side, and exerting the maximum firepower of the warship. This is a common naval tactic used in this era, but it turns at this distance. It seems that the Japanese were forced to do something urgent to us. Does the Yueyang ship have any instructions?"

At this moment, correspondent Zhang Yang said: "Captain, the Yueyang ship ordered us to turn left, and then, as before, use naval guns to attack the enemy ships in turn."

Xie Fuzhan nodded and said, "I understand. If you reply to the Yueyang ship, we will follow the Yueyang ship to fight."

The two opposing fleets turn left at the same time, which is actually moving in an interlaced manner. The Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship are both the head guns, so there is no problem of seizing the horizontal head of the word "t". The reason for this action is to make the ship move and reduce the opponent's hit rate. Although the current distance is not the effective range of the Japanese ship, if the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship are still, the Japanese ship can continuously correct the data of artillery shooting, and there is also the possibility of hitting the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship. Modern warships are thin-skinned and have large fillings, and their own resistance to strike is not strong. If they are shot, although the probability of being sunk is not high, the damage is definitely not small. Moreover, there is no good repair place in this era. If you are hit by an important module, the loss will be great.

In addition, the artillery of modern warships has an automatic target system, which is not affected by movement and the pitching or side sway of the hull. Therefore, firing during movement does not have much impact on the hit rate of modern warships. It can still allow the Yueyang and Xiangyang ships to fully utilize the advantages of artillery in range and accuracy. In addition, it can attack the Japanese warships behind just like the two ships bombarded the Akitsuju in turn.

In fact, at this time, Iwasaki's master ordered the Japanese fleet to turn and seize the horizontal head of the word "t", which was a helpless move. Iwasaki's master of course knew that the current distance was far from the effective range of Japanese warships. Even if he turned first, occupied the horizontal head of the word "t", and concentrated the side guns to fire, he would just be aimlessly bombarded. However, if the Japanese ship continued to advance and met the Japanese Navy's requirement of "fire within three thousand meters", it would take about five minutes.

Although the five-minute period is not long in the naval battle, the older large-caliber artillery can only fire one round in five minutes, judging by the fire rate and accuracy that the opponent just showed, it is probably sunk by the opponent before the Akitsushi entered the effective range. Therefore, at this time, you can only choose to turn, so that all the ships can face the enemy with the side side and exert their maximum firepower.

Of course, Iwasaki master also knew that there was basically no accuracy in firing at this distance, but after all, it was full of fire, which was naturally much better than the two cannons with only the head of the Akizumi ship. If you are lucky, you might be able to hit the opponent a few more shots, and even if you fail to hit the opponent, it can play a certain interference role and reduce the opponent's hit rate. In addition, after turning, even if you can't beat the opponent, it will be convenient to evacuate from the battlefield.

As he saw the other two warships turning in the opposite direction to him, Iwasaki Master was relieved. Fortunately, the other party did not choose to go in the same direction as him, otherwise it would be really troublesome. At this time, the Akitsushi had completed the steering, and the lookout on the mast reported that the Akishi had also begun to turn. Iwasaki Master immediately ordered the flag of free fire and ordered the warships that had completed the steering to open fire and bombard the Yueyang ships and Xiangyang ships.

The main weapons of the Akitsushi are a double-connected 152mm gun at the head and tail of each ship, three single-connected 120mm guns on the left and right sides of the middle, and four 47mm machine guns; therefore, four 152mm guns, three 120mm guns and four 47mm machine guns can be concentrated on the side side; while the Sumo and Akashi ships are reduced versions based on the Akitsushishi, so one artillery is reduced from the beginning and tail, which is a single-connected 152mm gun, while the 120mm gun is the same, and two 47mm machine guns are added on the left and right sides of the side side, and two 152mm guns, three 120mm guns and six 47mm machine guns can be concentrated on the side side.

There are also notice ships Ryuta with a displacement of 650 tons, and it is equipped with two 120mm guns and four 47mm machine guns. The smallest shallow water gunboat Atago, although it is just a small ship with a displacement of only 614 tons, is equipped with a 210mm large-caliber cannon and a 120mm cannon. In fact, this shallow water gunboat is a common ship type in this era, which is to install large-caliber cannons on the small hull that are only equipped with capital ships.

However, the actual purpose of this kind of ship is not to go to sea to fight, but to be used as a mobile turret near the sea. Compared with the turret built on land, shallow water gunboats are low in cost, can be movable, convenient and flexible, and can also be used in some rivers and lakes, so they are more practical. In China at that time, this shallow water gunboat had a very vivid name, called the mosquito boat, which did not mean that the hull was small and weak, but refers to the small boat and the big cannon, just like a small mosquito, which seemed inconspicuous. It was definitely not a good thing to be bitten.

With these two small ships, the firepower of the Japanese fleet was not weak. In the Dadonggou naval battle five years ago, the Japanese joint fleet relied on a large number of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns to severely damage the Beiyang Navy, which was mainly large-caliber artillery. Therefore, after the Akashi and Sumo turned in turn, the Japanese fleet could launch a total of one 210mm gun, eight 152mm guns, eleven 120mm guns and twenty 47mm machine guns.

For a moment, the sound of cannons roared on the sea, the fire was dazzling, and the smoke filled the gunpowder. The momentum of the Japanese fleet was quite amazing.

However, although various shells fell into the sea like raindrops, the landing points were far from the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship, and the nearest one was more than 300 meters away. Therefore, dozens of water columns were aroused on the sea surface, but it did not cause any damage to the two ships, and even a drop of water did not fall on the ship.

Of course, the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship are not idle. Moreover, after the Japanese warships turn, they all use sideways to face the enemy. Although they can exert their maximum firepower advantage, they also expand the enemy's strike surface. The Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship can calmly attack the sideways of the Japanese ship, causing greater damage to the Japanese ship, unlike the front of the Akitsushi ship just now, which can only bombard the targets above the deck.

However, the armor of the protective cruiser is mainly installed on the waterline on the side. In addition to the two small ships, the side armor of the other three cruisers is 100 mm thick, and only the cannons of the Xiangyang ship can penetrate. The main gun of the Yueyang ship seems to be somewhat insufficient and it is difficult to penetrate the armor of the Japanese ship. Therefore, the two ships also divided the labor. The Yueyang ship mainly attacked the part on the deck, while the Xiangyang ship focused on attacking the side hull.

In this era, even battleships have many places above the deck that cannot be protected by armor, such as masts, observation decks, chimneys, etc. In addition, a layer of wooden floor will be laid on the surface of the deck. Although fire-proof treatment is done, it is wood after all and is easy to burn. Therefore, although attacking parts above the deck will not sink the warship, it can still cause major damage to the warship.

The Yueyang ship still used a firing rate of 60 shots per minute and thirty seconds to shoot continuously. The first thing that was attacked was the Akashi, which was immediately behind the Akitsushi. The dense shells fell on the deck of the Akashi. The bridges, masts, chimneys and other parts were shot one after another, causing a series of explosions. The entire warship was almost shrouded in smoke from the explosion, and countless Japanese soldiers on the deck were injured and damaged in large quantities.

Captain Akishi, Colonel Oda Morishi, was stunned in the command room, and then he understood what kind of scene the Akitsushi had just experienced.

The artillery bombardment of the Yueyang ship had just ended. Before the Japanese officers on the Akishi had a breath, the Xiangyang ship began to fire artillery attacks again, just like attacking the Akitsushi ship, with twenty consecutive shots.

After the shelling of the Xiangyang ship ended, at least ten shells hit the side string of the Akashi, and three or four shells fell into the sea water near the side of the Akashi, forming a near-burning bomb. On the side of the Akashi, three large holes with a diameter of more than one meter were blown open. The sailors and soldiers in the cabin were injured and killed. Two of the holes were very close to the waterline. The hull was affected by the shelling and the near-burning bomb, and the huge shaking left and right also caused the Akashi's hull to be close to water. Another shell hit the power chamber, damageing a boiler, which greatly reduced the speed of the Akashi's speed. The ship was in chaos. Captain Oda Morimi didn't care about commanding the gun to fight back at the enemy ship, because he could not hit the target, but hurriedly ordered the damage control personnel to speed up rescue.

Fortunately, the two sides had crossed by at this time, and the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship targeted the Xumo ship behind.

As a result, after two rounds of artillery attacks, a total of twenty-two rounds of bombings were shot on the deck of the Sumo, and thirteen guns were hit on the side, including two 100mm shells that hit the ammunition room under the 152mm main gun on the head of the ship at the same time, causing the first bomb of the Sumo ship to take a big explosion. The 152mm main gun on the head of the ship, together with more than ten soldiers operating the main gun, was blown away on the spot. The entire front deck of the Sumo was in a mess and there was almost no good land.
Chapter completed!