The Rise of the Empire

"Yang Pipe Belt, there are already 3 boilers that cannot be used due to water ingress or pipe rupture. In addition to the long-term lack of maintenance and maintenance, as well as coal quality problems, our fastest speed is only 13 knots. If we encounter another If we meet our opponents, we can only fight to the end." Earl Spey, who was the gunnery chief of the Kaiyuan cruiser, reported to Yang Yonglin.

3 months! It has been 3 full months. Since the last simple maintenance and maintenance was carried out in Weihai last time, this armored cruiser has not docked for three months! During this period, the cruiser Kaiyuan sank 8 Japanese Navy transport ships in the Yellow Sea, sent 1,500 Japanese troops to the sea to feed the fish, and burned 3,200 tons of various materials.

Then the warship ventured across the Tsushima Strait to kill Wonsan. When the Japanese fleet was searching for traces of the Kaiyuan in the Yellow Sea, outside the Wonsan landing site, the Mainz used intensive shells to flatten half of the landing site, and at the same time destroyed 4 transport ships that could not escape!

And when the Japanese fleet took a shortcut from the Korean Strait to the Sea of ​​Japan, this warship actually passed through the Shimonoseki Strait and then entered the Seto Inland Sea! After making a fuss, he even ran out from Fenghou Waterway! The performance along the way can be described as horror!

When the Kaiyuan cruiser sent a merchant ship with a gross tonnage of more than 5 tons and 3,500 Japanese navy and army soldiers to hell, the battleship had not even encountered the opponent's main fleet, and then the battleship began to hunt and kill in the East China Sea. transport ship, and completed three resupply!

If there are no accidents, this warship may be able to persist for a longer period of time, and even rely on a few more cases for rough maintenance. However, for some reason, the Japanese fast fleet successfully captured this warship off the coast of Shandong. Beiyang cruiser!

The three cruisers Kasuga, Matsushima, and Akashi blocked the evacuating cruiser Kaiyuan. The enemy was very jealous when they met. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese fleet successfully pulled the tail of Kaiyuan The gun barrel of the main turret was blown off, and at least five secondary guns were destroyed at the same time, and several large holes were opened in the armor belt at the bow and stern of the hull. Of course, the final result was that the Kaiyuan fled again under the cover of night, while the Matsushima Then I will never go back to Japan....

The Japanese gunners once again carried forward their spirit of death, and the Japanese warships inherited the long-standing tradition of lighting firecrackers in history! Matsushima, Mikasa, Hanoi, and Mutsu are possessed by their souls at this moment! The self-destruction of the Matsushima in this plane is absolutely inevitable! It is the culmination of the big daily naval ammunition depot security issues! The random piles of shells and the lack of fire facilities in the transmission channel make everything logical!

During the battle, a 280MM shell successfully ignited the 120MM shells and firearms piled up next to the gun position! Then a violent explosion poured into the ammunition depot with raging flames! Accompanied by a loud bang! Matsushima has completed the reincarnation of fate!

(To make a joke, when everyone is saying that firing firecrackers in the British BC is a historical tradition, why not look at the tradition of lighting firecrackers in the Japanese Navy? The British were killed during the war anyway, and how many famous warships in Japan were finished in a non-combat state What? These once famous warships are so unclear, it makes people think deeply! It is said that the Japanese are fine, why don’t you think about your own ammunition depots?)

After a big battle ended, the remaining two Japanese warships did not dare to chase after them, saying that you are waiting, I still have brothers! After this battle, the Mainz finally reached the verge of exhaustion. The non-core protection area of ​​the warship has been beaten beyond recognition, and because of the relationship of the British, the warship cannot dock at neutral ports, and the northern ports have also laid mines under the cover of the Japanese fleet. The two subsequent supply failures caused the supplies of the Mainz to drop sharply.

"Perhaps in the last battle, even if the battleship can support, the ammunition quantity may not be enough! The ammunition stock of all artillery is only a little over 30%,

We can get food and coal by robbing Japanese transport ships, but what about the shells? "Hippel said to Yang Yonglin more than once that at this level, even if everyone is high-spirited, they must consider the worst moment.

"When we encounter another ship from a neutral country, I will send you and your comrades away. This war is over, your country has done its best, and the rest is Yang's business." Yang Yonglin It is very clear that the other party's ability to accompany him to fight until now is no longer simply a matter of buyers and sellers.

Before returning to the East China Sea, during a replenishment at sea, the German officer of the auxiliary supply ship told Scheer and others that their mission had been completed and they could evacuate with the ship at any time. In the eyes of ordinary people, the country has agreed, why should these soldiers participate in a battle that is doomed to lose? Hector's challenge to Archisus is certainly admirable, he is a hero, but at the same time, it is also considered a futile action. From a rational point of view, it makes little sense for Scheer and others to continue to stay.

"I'll wait, let the wounded and those who are willing to go leave first." Scheer finally decided to stay. God knows if he can continue to supply next time. Maybe this is his last chance to evacuate. In the end, more than 100 German naval officers and soldiers Among them, more than 20 wounded and more than a dozen people who were willing to evacuate boarded the supply ship and embarked on their way home, while Scheer, Hipper and others continued to be on the Mainz.

"Why did you stay?" Hipper asked as the transport ship finally disappeared into the sea.

"I'm experiencing, you know? The moment I joined the Imperial Navy, I decided to leave this pond of the North Sea sooner or later! The North Sea is too small, I don't like it, I like the feeling of sailing and fighting on the ocean, for the sake of living in the future Longer, I have to accumulate experience." Earl Spey said with a smile, and then changed the topic: "What about you? In the future, after you go back, it is very likely that you will command a warship. What will you do?"

"I will stay in the North Sea. Although the North Sea is small, it has the most powerful navy in the world! They will be the only opponents worth worrying about the High Seas Fleet. I mean the opposite of what you think. I don't look at the size of the place, but See if there are enough opponents!"

To be honest, after going through so many things, Hipper disliked Japan to a certain extent, and he naturally didn't have a good impression of the British! And this feeling continued to ferment in the next few days! Because of the British, my supply was cut off....

In the following period of time, Hipper's daily food was only hard bread and jerky. The former needs to be soaked in water to soften, while the latter needs to be ground into powder with a file and then put into water before it can be eaten! "I feel like I'm eating wood and stones every day! Maybe one day I won't die from the opponent's shells, but from these damned foods!" Hipper complained more than once.

Thanks to book friends zhouyu1976, boring dead ghost, nickky, Pipilu, hi112, bighill1982, Kohler Raider, sud for their rewards~~~, please ask for Sanjiang tickets~~~Please collect~~~. If the author's collection grows more today than yesterday, double update tomorrow! ! !