The Rise of the Empire

Unlike the previous fights between the two sides, this time the fight didn't last long. The Kaiyuan soon lost the upper hand in the fierce close-range shooting. Although the armored gun gallery can avoid most of everyone, it still will The gun barrel was blown off by a hit or the vibration caused the gun gallery to malfunction.

When a 234MM shell on the Kasuga exploded under the bow turret of the Kaiyuan, and the broken shrapnel directly jammed the turret, there was no suspense in the battle. At least the Japanese thought so. There are only two rapid-fire guns with medium caliber and above that can be used, and this kind of firepower can't even destroy the weakest Chiyoda!

It is very strenuous to use artillery to completely destroy a well-defended cruiser, and the Japanese don't seem to be able to wait too long, because the watchmen at the top of the observation tower have already spotted the warship approaching in the distance, "We can't Determine whether it is a British warship, a German warship, or a warship of a neutral country, so we can only use the most simple and direct method to destroy the opponent!" Afterwards, Huashan Shiji recalled.

Because it was a long-distance pursuit operation, the Japanese did not bring torpedo boats at all, and the final lightning strike could only be carried out by cruisers. However, considering the performance of torpedoes at that time, the effective range was only within 1,000 meters. And before the final lightning strike, the Japanese cruiser still needs a final round of close-in shooting! In this attack, the Japanese fleet was less than 1,500 meters away from Kaiyuan!

"Now!" After fighting at a speed of about 8 knots for an hour, the cruiser Kaiyuan, which had almost lost all its firepower, suddenly accelerated, and at the same time, the battleship turned around 135 degrees sharply on the sea! The steam engine, which had been running at a low speed by releasing the pressure, suddenly started to move forward at full speed! Although the maximum speed of 13 knots at this time is only the battle speed standard in normal combat, but caught off guard, this battleship is still much faster than the opposite Japanese fleet! And when the battleship turned quickly, the Japanese fleet had no time to think about it, and still sailed according to the original course!

"We grasped the timing very well at that time. When we completed the turn, it happened to be between Takasago and Chiyoda! 1500 meters, almost facing the sailing is already a very short distance for a battleship!" After the war when Spey When the earl recalled the situation at that time again, he was still very excited. This sudden attack at the angle of attack was very successful, and he began to show weakness. Then he suddenly accelerated and successfully inserted into the sequence of the Japanese fleet by taking advantage of the disadvantage that the opponent's fleet's sailing status was not easy to change. !

"Attack angle tactics!" When Kaiyuan's huge hull was about to cross Chiyoda's channel, Uchida Masatoshi subconsciously ordered the warship to maneuver in reverse and speed up to escape. This decision was reciprocal. At this time, Kaiyuan was moving counterclockwise Turning, while the Chiyoda turned clockwise, so that the course of the two warships was as far away as possible.

"It's so dangerous!" After all, the Chiyoda has a smaller tonnage and a smaller hull, so its turning speed is faster and more flexible. It's not like the current battleship, which has been severely damaged and has more than 600 tons of water, can keep up. Kaiyuan's initial speed advantage did not translate into final results.

The headings of the two warships changed to maneuver in parallel and opposite directions. The Japanese avoided this fatal impact with a better turning speed!

"Goodbye!" When the Japanese thought they were safe, Yang Yonglin finally showed a smile on his face! Therefore, at this time, the distance between the two warships is only 700 meters! And because of the high-speed steering at the same time, the power is mainly used to provide the angle, and the speed drops further. After driving far, the speed quickly drops from 13 knots to 8 knots, and Chiyoda, who speeds up later, even drops directly to 6 knots!

Two slender gray figures flew out from the side and stern of Kaiyuan's hull, and then plunged into the water. This was Kaiyuan's last chance! At a distance of 750 meters, two torpedoes quickly rushed towards the target! After the torpedo entered the water, there was a small splash, and then groups of air bubbles were discharged from the rear of the torpedo.

A long wake is formed, but compared with ordinary torpedoes, the wake of this torpedo is a bit bigger, and the speed is really fast...  

boom! Accompanied by the collision between the torpedo and the cruiser's hull, a huge water column slashed towards this poor battleship horizontally like a huge sword! However, a cruiser of more than 2,000 tons is so fragile under the 90KG picric acid charge! The violent explosion and the high-temperature, high-pressure bubbles directly shredded the fragile hull plate, and the almost useless compartment was directly blown into pieces. Then, under the violent vibration and distortion, the cracks in the entire battleship continued to expand. , and then spread to the entire hull!

The violent explosion directly lifted the battleship slightly from the middle, but even so, the gravity of the bow and tail of the hull still became the last straw that crushed the cruiser Chiyoda! Accompanied by the jaw-dropping sound of metal twisting and breaking, the Japanese cruiser broke in two from the middle!

"Crazy guy!" Huashan Shiji didn't understand how the other party did it until the Chiyoda was sunk, it came too fast, too suddenly! It is very similar to Kaiyuan's performance in the last battle between the fast fleets of the two sides, but this time, there is no Zhiyuan to make up for Kaiyuan!

One of the two torpedoes from 700 meters away hit the moving target. This hit rate is still too scary for the current torpedoes. Even after the war, people thought that Kaiyuan’s performance in the last battle was too stupid ! In other words, luck made this battleship! After all, the maximum range of compressed air-powered torpedoes at that time was about 1 kilometer! Some people in later generations even think that it is risky for Yang Yonglin to put his last fight on unreliable torpedoes!

But decades later, when someone read the declassified German Navy secret files, they found a clue. In one document, the description of the torpedoes on the Kaiyuan cruiser was non-aerodynamic torpedoes! That is to say, it is not compressed air that provides the power, and combined with the situation of later generations, some people speculate that it was a heat-powered torpedo that finally sank the cruiser Chiyoda!

"Everything is over, we can go!" Yang Yonglin said contentedly. "My colleagues in Germany, please put on your life jackets. The ship over there should be a British cruiser. I will sink the battleship, and you should be able to be rescued. I am here to see you off for the last time!"

Kaiyuan finally completed the last lore in its short but brilliant life! After completing the attack, Kaiyuan opened the sea valve at the bottom of the hull to sink the warship!

"Kill it! Go up and kill him with torpedoes! Kill them all!" After a brief shock, the Japanese were furious! They never imagined that they would lose even with a full hand of good cards! This dying lion rips another wolf to pieces before he goes down! Under the huge stimulus, the Japanese fleet launched a final attack on the Kaiyuan like a group of mad dogs!

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