Before they even met, two of the eight warships of the Japanese First Fleet were heavily injured and had lost their combat ability. Even the flag of the ship, the Izumo, was basically sunk!
Kawaki Hasegawa's expression turned extremely ugly, but he still boarded the lifeboat with the help of his subordinates and prepared to head to another Taichi to continue commanding the battle!
"General, I'm afraid we've been attacked by battleships, and they're huge battleships!”
On the lifeboat, the adjutant beside him analyzed the situation in front of him!
The Izumo was equipped with heavy cannons of more than 200 caliber, and the thickness of the front and vertical armor was more than 100. Other than the main cannon of a battleship, it was very difficult for such a situation to happen. A single shot pierced through the deck and the explosion directly destroyed the head of the Izumo. Moreover, the range exceeded 15 nautical miles. Only a battleship could do this!
"Retreat, contact the air force and search this area. We must find out which country's warship it is!”
On the lifeboat, the messenger immediately waved the flag in his hand and signaled for retreat!
The remaining six Japanese warships immediately slowed down and prepared to turn around!
"System Notification."
Ding!"Congratulations to the host for heavily injuring the heavy cruiser Izumo. The reward is 3127 battle merits!”
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for heavily injuring the Red Sun Heavy Cruiser. The reward is 2765 battle merits!”
After the first round of bombardment, the system's synthesized voice rang out in Yu Zhiqian's mind!
He was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the first round of bombardment would be able to re-equip two heavy cruisers!
"Report, recon aircraft report, the enemy's flag is sinking, the Red Sun is sinking, the enemy fleet is slowing down and preparing to retreat!”
The reconnaissance aircraft on the Japanese's Dusk quickly reported the latest news to Yu Zhiqian!
"The Japanese want to escape!"
Yu Zhiqian narrowed his eyes when he saw the message.
"Immediately let the No. 2 reconnaissance aircraft take off and scout the direction of Shanghai. If there is any support from the Japanese fleet, we will continue to pursue!”
"Yes, sir!"
Although Yu Zhiqian was not familiar with naval tactics!
However, he knew that before he chased after them, he had to investigate the surrounding movements first to avoid falling into the Japanese's trap!
Very quickly, the Japanese Navy's First Fleet completed their turn, and Keisei Hasegawa also escaped onto the Great Red!
However, the Dusk's artillery shells continued to land around the Japanese fleet!
A light cruiser was hit by the Dusk's cannon and exploded!
The other light cruiser was quite lucky as its armor was penetrated!
The armor that was penetrated referred to the large caliber cannons like battleships!
After hitting the target, the bullet did not explode because the target's armor was too weak. Instead, it directly penetrated the ship, leaving a huge hole in the ship!
Otherwise, with the caliber of the battleship's main cannon, one shell could directly turn this light cruiser, which weighed less than 6,000 tons, into scrap metal and sink to the bottom of the sea!
The Dusk was like a ghost hunter, constantly chasing after the remaining Japanese ships from 20 nautical miles away!
The fleet of four light cruisers and four heavy cruisers did not even see the Sunset!
Three ships had already sunk, and the remaining five warships were also injured. They retreated at full speed towards the port of Shanghai!
"Report, in the direction of Shanghai port, there is no sign of the Japanese fleet. However, we have found a cruiser from Sun Never Sets, two light cruisers from France, and a heavy cruiser from America, Augusta. Other than that, there is also a cruiser from Italy, a total of five ships!”
"No reinforcements? Then I'll take this Japanese fleet!”
Yu Zhiqian tapped his fingers on the table.
At the same time, he ordered," Continue to scout the area 300 nautical miles away from the Japanese. Report immediately if you find any Japanese fleets!”
"Yes, sir!"
"The Sunset will continue to pursue. At the same time, inform all the ships in Shanghai Port to raise the white flag immediately. Otherwise, they will be treated as enemy ships and sunk!”
"Yes, sir!"
Although the Japanese still had five battleships on their last legs, there were a total of ten battleships from other countries in the port!
However, these warships were all cruisers, and the largest caliber of the main cannon did not exceed 200 millimeters. It could not even penetrate the armor of the Sunset. As long as they maintained a certain distance and did not get hit by torpedoes, the Sunset would be invincible!
At this moment, they were less than 40 nautical miles away from Shanghai Port!
The port of Shanghai was about to enter the shooting range of the Sunset!
The battleships of the foreign powers docked in Shanghai were like live targets. As long as Yu Zhiqian was willing, he could name them one by one!
There were still 30 nautical miles to Shanghai Port!
Kawaki Hasegawa's new flag, the Taichi, was hit by the main cannon of the Sunset. The power system on the rear deck was destroyed!
Kawaki Hasegawa had no choice but to abandon the ship and escape!
Twenty nautical miles away from Shanghai port, the last heavy cruiser, Ming Gu, was sunk!
When Kawaki saw the port of Shanghai, only two of the eight warships had returned to the port!
The two cruisers were also heavily damaged, and one of them had tilted more than 30 degrees!
After Keisei Hasegawa, the First Fleet of the Hanaka Navy was finished!
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