My Italian: Chapter 322 Yellow Sea Battle 1

Remember for a second【】

The weather outside Jiaozhou Bay is changeable in January. It was still foggy after six in the morning, and the fog didn't dissipate until nine o'clock in the morning.

Today's Jiaozhou Bay is very different. Several warships with the Rising Sun flag are lined up at a distance of 20 nautical miles, trying to find something.

Behind these warships, a combined fleet led by Lieutenant General Ito Yuheng was lurking, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

As one of several search warships, the Yaeyama is a reconnaissance cruiser built by the Yokosuka Shipyard in Japan. The ship was designed by the French designer Belle Roy. Construction started in June 1887 and launched in March 1889. Commissioned on March 15, 1890.

Since the ship is used for reconnaissance, speed is the most important point. With 6 high-pressure coal-fired boilers, the Yaeyama can drive a reciprocating steam engine with an output of 5,600 horsepower. Although this horsepower is not high, the Yaeyama has only a displacement of 1,600 tons, which is enough to allow it to run at a high speed of 21 knots. This also makes Yaeyama the core of the search formation. After all, for investigation, it is advantageous to run fast.

Nakano Ikki also knows this truth, so let the officers and soldiers in the power room be prepared at all times, and be prepared to run away once encountering an enemy situation.

"The order to watch outposts must be taken seriously, the safety of our entire ship depends on them."

"Hey!"

Nakano Ikki once again emphasized the importance of the lookout post, the commander's majesty could not be refuted, and naturally he obeyed.

Can't blame Captain Nakano for being so nervous, because just before he set off, he got the news that the Italian fleet has one of the fastest reconnaissance cruisers in the world. The reconnaissance cruiser named Eagle can run at a super-high speed of 24 knots. In addition, the Eagle is well equipped with weapons, so it is not a problem to hit at least three of the Yaeyama under his feet.

The Great God of Rizhao is on top, running so fast and still able to fight, who would want to encounter this evil star, who can't run and run, and can't win if he fights, what can he do?

Just thinking about this problem, suddenly a shout came from the lookout post. "There is a plume of smoke in the front right!"

Nakano Ikki was shocked when he heard this, and quickly ordered loudly. "Look carefully to see what kind of ship it is."

Although Captain Nakano asked him to take a closer look, everyone who has gone out to sea knows that it will take a while to see the ship when they see the smoke pillar, so the officers and soldiers on the Yaeyama can only wait in frustration.

This is the mentality of wanting to be able to find the enemy, but not wanting to be discovered by the enemy. Of course, things are not as good as you think. This is all relative. You can see the other party's smoke column, and the other party can also find your own. Do you expect the other party to be blind?

"It's a civilian ship!"

When all the officers and soldiers of the ship were anxiously waiting, the result came from the lookout post, which also made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, another shout came from the lookout post. "Red fireworks are found on the left, it should be from the Tsukuba!"

The shouting of the lookout post immediately attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers on the Yaeyama, and the officers and soldiers who had good things even talked about it.

"It's actually red fireworks, Tsukuba must have encountered a desperate situation."

"It should be the eagle."

It needs to be explained here that, including Yaeyama, several reconnaissance ships of the Combined Fleet that went out to search are equipped with special flares, which are specially added. It hits higher than ordinary signal flares, and the signal sent out is more conspicuous (to put it bluntly, it is an extra-large drill monkey).

Its only function is to send a signal to let distant friendly forces know the situation they are facing. Green is safety, yellow is warning, red is danger, and friendly forces don't come.

"Look and hit again, it's a red signal."

This time, even the officers and soldiers on the deck saw the red signal in the distance, which showed how dangerous the Tsukuba was.

"Evacuate at full speed, hurry up!"

In the distance that Yaeyama officers and soldiers saw, Tsukuba captain Ichiro Matsumoto roared.

Although the warship with bad intentions in the telescope is hanging the Great Qinglong Banner, everyone knows that this is not a Qing Dynasty warship. If nothing else, the tonnage alone is bigger than the Tsukuba under his feet, and he can run at a high speed of 24 knots. Who else can this be, not that **** eagle.

And the Tsukuba under his feet only had a maximum speed of 17.6 knots. This gap was too big, and he had to withdraw quickly, and he would not be able to leave if it was too late. As for the task of reconnaissance, I can only count on the friendly forces, I hope they will be lucky.

Following Captain Matsumoto's order, the officers and soldiers of the Tsukuba power room were sweating even more, waving shovels shirtless, and sending white coal into the boiler as if they didn't need money, completely ignoring that the barometer was already pointing to the red Warning area.

At this time, it is also considered that the pressure of the boiler is too high. If the enemy ship catches up with everyone, it will be finished.

Compared with the busy Tsukuba, the Eagle, which was an uninvited guest, was much calmer.

In the command tower, Major Peez watched the Tsukuba fleeing backwards in the distance, and asked his first officer calmly. "Did you send the news that we encountered the Japanese ship?"

"It has been sent."

"Has the lieutenant general still not called back?"

"There's a call back." Before the chief mate could answer, the staff officer in the telecommunications room rushed over with a telegram. "The Lieutenant General ordered us to find out where the enemy fleet is and to inform him."

Captain Peez, who heard the content of the telegram, smiled, and he was satisfied with the command of the lieutenant general, so he continued. "Order everyone to get ready for battle, get up to speed, we're going to scare the prey into a panic, let it lead us

^0^ One second to remember【】

Find where the real lair is. "

Following Captain Peez's orders, the Eagle was like a real eagle, rushing towards the enemy at high speed.

On the Tsukuba, Captain Matsumoto, seeing the Eagle rushing towards him, could only order the engine compartment to ensure the speed while ordering the entire ship to prepare for battle. Hope you can support yourself to get back to the fleet.

About 30 nautical miles behind the Eagle, the huge Italian fleet is sailing forward. Although the Eagle's telegram has been received, the protection of the transport fleet is still the most important task until the position of the combined fleet is determined. After all, you don't even know where your opponent is. How can you let the transport fleet leave? Of course, you don't do nothing.

On the flagship Turin, Lieutenant General Alvaro issued orders one after another shortly after receiving the Eagle's telegram. "Order Daosta and Savoa to form a formation 15 nautical miles ahead, and prepare to receive Eagle."

The Eagle is the treasure of the Italian Navy. Its high cost is absolutely impossible to build. It is almost 80% of the cost of Venice.

In addition, radio is really a good thing. This kind of communication equipment that does not require telegraph lines is a great improvement for the Navy. He has a hunch that this thing will be popular in the world in the future. If nothing else, at least sailing ships will be equipped with this thing. Of course, this is all in the future, and it is the most important thing to take care of this maritime confrontation now.

Following Lieutenant General Alvaro's order, the two ships Aosta and Savoa immediately increased their speed and left the formation, while the fleet continued to sail forward.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^