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Volume 1: The First Ming of the Young Phoenix Chapter 129: Great Victory

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    It is often rumored in later generations that the Yoshino was originally ordered by Li Hongzhang, but due to lack of funds, it was finally purchased by the Japanese, but this is not the case.  The Yoshino Ship was actually called for by the Emperor of Japan himself to raise funds. He even announced that he would only eat one meal a day from now on until he defeated the Qing Dynasty. The Empress Dowager of Japan also donated her own jewelry to encourage people from all walks of life to donate money to purchase it.  Battleship.  In fact, the warship that the Qing court failed to order was after the Japanese navy purchased the Yoshino.  What Armstrong Company originally wanted to recommend to the Qing court was the Blanco Encalada, a quasi-similar ship of the Yoshino, ordered by the Chilean Navy and under construction.  The ship is equipped with two 203mm guns, ten 152mm rapid-fire guns, 12 47mm rapid-fire guns, and five torpedo tubes. In addition to being half a knot slower, its firepower and armor are superior to the Yoshino.  Chile had originally agreed to transfer it, but because the Qing government had stopped purchasing the ship for a year, and most of the navy's military expenditures were used to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the ship was eventually taken over by Chile after it was completed in 1895.  It is said that just after the defeat in the Dadonggou naval battle, the Qing government originally planned to discuss the purchase and sale of this ship with Chile, but the Chilean side¡¯s asking price rose from the previous 350,000 pounds to about 500,000 pounds. Coupled with many reasons from many parties, in the end  The purchase was not successful.  Of course, this is a later topic and will not be mentioned for now.  This time, the main force of the Japanese joint fleet was dispatched. Its purpose was to seek a decisive battle with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet in order to realize its aggressive ambition to "gather and annihilate the Qing fleet in the Yellow Sea" and seize control of the sea.  But based on the situation since the war began, and the result of this naval battle, the Japanese nation has not achieved its goal.  Now, with the emergence of the Yaju fleet to intervene, Japan's wishful thinking will eventually come to nothing.  Under the command of Captain Kawara Kaname, the Yoshino ran at full power and swam quickly in the shape of a snake. It was extremely lucky to escape a round of intensive artillery shells fired from the Ascension.  The other cruiser Naniwa, which Liu Zhenhua had instructed to take special care of before the war, was the main target of the Tengyun.  The Naniwa was ordered by Japan from England.  The ship design is closely related to China's cruisers "Yangwei" and "Chaoyong" (actually built by the same factory).  On February 15, 1886 (Meiji 19), the Naniwa ship entered active service in the Japanese Navy.  The captain of the Naniwa, Togo Heihachiro, is no ordinary person either.  He studied literature and martial arts since he was a child, and later concentrated on artillery.  In 1863, he participated in the Anglo-Saxon War against the British. The gunner who fired the cannon at the fort that day was Marshal Oyama Iwa, the commander-in-chief of the Manchuria Army who later defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. Besides Togo Heihachiro, there was also a more talented man who carried the cannonballs.  , Yamamoto Gonbei, the father of the Japanese Navy.  In 1866, the Satsuma Domain established a navy, and Togo Heihachiro joined the navy and began to enter the military.  During the civil war, Togo Heihachiro supported the emperor, advocated unification, and established an imperial government.  In early 1868, as a naval officer, he boarded the battleship Haruta of the Satsuma Domain and had a decisive sea battle with the battleship Kaiyo of the shogunate's naval commander Takehiro Enomoto at Awa Oki.  The Battle of Awa Chong was the beginning of battles between European-style Japanese warships, and it was an important page in the history of Japanese civil war.  Togo Heihachiro followed the Springfield on an expedition to Hokkaido and fought in various places, making his first military exploits for the Meiji government.  After serving as the captain of the Naniwa, Togo Heihachiro achieved brilliant results against the Manchu navy fleet.  In the previous Battle of Toshima, in flagrant violation of international law, the British merchant ship Gaosheng, used by China to transport troops, was sunk, and the officers and soldiers who fell into the water were not rescued. As a result, only more than 200 of the more than 1,100 officers and soldiers on the ship survived.  In the exchange of fire with the Beiyang Navy just now, the first guerrilla group where the Naniwa was located first worked together to sink the Beiyang Navy's Super Brave Ship, then severely damaged the Yangwei, and later jointly sank the Jingwei.  Farship.  In Liu Zhenhua¡¯s memory, Togo Heihachiro owed numerous crimes and blood debts to the Chinese. Especially in 1900, when Togo Heihachiro was the commander of the Japanese navy¡¯s standing fleet, he personally led the fleet to participate in the Eight-Power Allied Forces¡¯ war of aggression against China.  After that, the combined fleet led by Togo Heihachiro achieved extremely brilliant results in the Japanese-Russian Battle of Tsushima, annihilating almost all the Russian Pacific Second Squadron.  Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Yazhen Fleet received strict orders from Master Zhenhua before the war to let Togo Heihachiro and the Naniwa bury themselves in this Yellow Sea at all costs.  The Yoshino, which escaped several waves of naval gun attacks, was eventually hit by the gun of the Ascension gun which persisted.  Several armor-piercing extended-range bombs hit the Yoshino hull at the same time, causing a violent explosion of the ship's ammunition depot.  In just a moment, this ship, which is known as the best fast cruiser in the world today, exploded continuously, and flames burst into the sky in an instant.  Immediately, a huge whirlpool appeared on the sea surface, and the hull of the ship, broken in two, quickly sank into the cold seabed.  And it seems that Togo Heihachiro and his Naniwa, who have always been known for their good luck, no longer getThe love of Lady Luck.  Under the fierce pursuit of the Tengyun's artillery fire, it did not last long and followed in the footsteps of the Yoshino.  The captain of the Tengjiao was Zhang Guodong, who had completed the deployment of the Yajue Intelligence Network. Under his command, the battleship quickly rushed to the sea area where the Beiyang Fleet's Chaoyong and Yangwei were located, and while quickly carrying out rescue operations, it used its secondary guns to  Bombarded the damaged Japanese ships in the vicinity.  At this moment, it was only more than ten minutes before the three battleships of the Yajuan Fleet joined the battle.  With its precise and powerful firepower and ultra-long range, it has completely reversed the unfavorable situation of the Beiyang Navy.  The ships of the Beiyang Navy that had received support took advantage of the situation and began to organize a counterattack. However, the remaining Japanese ships, which had been beaten to the point of being unable to fight back, were now losing their temper and were already planning to surrender or escape.  However, the Yaju naval battle brigade did not intend to let go of the remaining Japanese warships. The Yajuan officers and soldiers, who had long held their breath, after the Tengfei and Tengyun sank their targets, quickly fired the guns under the command of captains Jiang Shuisheng and Cheng Lifeng.  He fired at the other Japanese ships with his mouth.  Several warships that the Japanese nation had at their disposal were sunk one after another, and the counterattack shells could not hit the ships of the Yajuan fleet at all. The powerful and fierce artillery fire on the Tengfei-class battleships was not the same as those weak Japanese ships that were transformed from merchant ships and were passively beaten.  The warship can withstand it.  The officers and soldiers of the Yaizhen fleet, who were excited to fight, showed no mercy. The three captains on the battleship turned a blind eye to the white flag raised on the Japanese warship. The roaring shells were like the sickle of death, whizzing and hitting one after another.  Target.  For a moment, the only roar of the giant cannon was heard on the sea, and its sound echoed throughout the sky.  Three moments later, the sound of the cannons gradually subsided, and when the smoke cleared, there was no longer a red plaster flag fluttering on the sea.  At this point, twelve warships of the Japanese navy, including the flagship Songdao, were completely wiped out, and most of the nearly 4,000 Japanese naval officers and soldiers they carried were buried in the sea.  The price paid by the Beiyang Navy was not small. The four ships Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Chaoyong, and Yangwei were sunk, the flagship Dingyuan was seriously injured, and the other ships were also damaged.  Despite the rescue efforts of the Tengjiao, nearly 600 naval officers and soldiers still lost their lives in this battle.  After receiving the report that the naval battle was over, Liu Zhenhua, who was in a calm mood, took Liu Meng back to the command tower, holding the telescope and looking around.  At this moment, the slowly sinking warships can still be seen on the sea. The officers and soldiers of each ship who fell into the water after the Beiyang Fleet warship was sunk have all been rescued by the Tengjiao, which is responsible for the rescue operation.  Liu Zhenhua stared at an observation ship with the British flag in the distance for a long time. After a while, he put down the telescope in his hand and let out a long sigh.  He did not regret at all about leading his troops to participate in this battle and exposing the strength of the Yazhan Fleet to the world.  This naval battle, which had a profound impact on later generations of China, ended in a great victory with the complete annihilation of Japanese enemy ships under the strong intervention of the Yajuan fleet led by Liu Zhenhua.  This move also completely changed the past history.  Coupled with the next few big moves, it is still unknown whether the devastated and weak China can change.  While Liu Zhenhua was thinking, the voice of the adjutant came from the cabin door.  "Report, there is a call from the Tengjiao." "Read it." "Deng Shichang, the commander of the Zhiyuan ship, requested to meet the young master. In addition, Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Dingyuan ship died due to serious injuries and failed to receive treatment" "What!" Liu Zhenhua heard  Yan was surprised and lost his voice.  What actually happened was exactly the opposite of the historical records in his memory. Ding Ruchang, who was supposed to commit suicide by taking poison after the Battle of Weihaiwei in 1895, was actually seriously injured and killed in the battle?  But Deng Shichang, who should have drowned himself in the sea and died for his country, did not die! ? Could it be that this is all because of his own appearance, changing the trajectory of history again?  Does the occurrence of such a situation indicate anything?  (go read it)
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