c_t; The Japanese guerrilla fleet opened one waterline after another and surrounded the warships of the three major naval divisions.

When it comes to real combat strength, even if the three major naval divisions are slightly lower than the Japanese army, they will not be as far apart as in today's battle.

The warships in the middle are the three warships of the Nanyang Naval Division, two cruisers, and one running boat, and since the Japanese have surrounded them, the three ships of the Nanyang Naval Division should cooperate with each other, stop the onslaught of the Japanese fleet first, and ask the brother ships on both flanks to cooperate as soon as possible and arrange a formation to respond to the battle.

Who knew that Lin Chongzhi, the flagship of the Nanyang Naval Division, was so greedy that he was afraid of death, not only pushed back, but then directly threw his two warships in front of the ship, trying to hide it by using it, and at the same time playing the flag, so that the Guangdong Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division rushed over to respond.

The two sailors saw that the Nanyang sailors actually retreated first, and strangely asked their fleet to come closer to protect it, is the pipe band of this Eagle an idiot, and are we desperately trying to protect your obligation? You run first, let me do the back, think beautifully, even if Ding Ruchang personally gives such an order, our buddies will not carry it out.

Zheng Rong, the commander of the Fujian Naval Division, and Ding Pei, the commander of the Guangdong Naval Division, ordered their fleets to retreat to protect themselves, and threw the Nanyang Naval Division out.

Yamamoto was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered the Fuso and Takachiho to speed up and entangle the two ships, and Chiyoda, who flanked them, outflanked them and cut off their connection with the warships on the right flank. （ ）

In the blink of an eye, the Japanese warships surrounded the three ships of the Nanyang Naval Division, and more than a dozen cannons opened full firepower, firing fiercely at the three warships of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the first to be shot was the gunboat of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the three shells of the Fuso accurately exploded on the deck of the gunboat, and the gunboat was small and light, without armor protection, and it was instantly out of combat capability, but it sank slowly, and the Qing troops on the gunboats jumped into the water one after another to flee for their lives.

Immediately after that, several Japanese troops began to lay siege to the two cruisers. The two cruisers of the Nanyang Naval Division were old antiques that had been eliminated from Britain in the sixties, and the speed was slow, and the heavy guns on the ships were also Armstrong guns made in England. The Great War is approaching, where to exchange the shells of Armstrong's heavy artillery. Moreover, the Armstrong heavy artillery was too slow to fire two shells in a minute, which simply could not be compared with the rapid-fire guns of Japanese ships.

The frightened Lin Chongzhi ordered to retreat at full speed, and retreated to Weihaiwei first, and then said, the damned Ding Ruchang actually pushed Lao Tzu to the front line as a substitute for the dead ghost! Lin Chongzhi cursed fiercely.

It's just that the Japanese army, like a starving ghost seeing beef, how could it easily spit out, relying on the huge advantage of speed and heavy artillery rate of fire, the two cruisers were used as live targets, dozens of shells. In just ten minutes, it was launched.

The two cruisers, blazing everywhere, were shrouded in thick black smoke, and the most unfortunate thing was that an artillery battle hit the ammunition depot of the Eagle, which instantly caused a violent explosion, and the Eagle served for more than thirty years. It was already old and decrepit, and it was blown off and quickly sank towards the sea.

Another cruiser, the Taipei, was also under the powerful offensive of the Japanese ships, which was difficult to support, weighed more than ten bullets, and lost power. And then it was blown up and sunk.

From the time the two armies discovered each other to the time when the three warships of the Nanyang Naval Division were blown up and sunk, it took less than an hour for the Beiyang Naval Division to be completely annihilated, and after the entire battle, the three warships fired no more than 30 shells, and most of them did not hit the target. The decaying Nanyang Naval Division did not pose any threat to the Japanese army at all, and it became history!

At this time, the two wings of the Japanese army were also entangled with the Fujian and Guangdong naval divisions, and the Japanese warships used their flexible and fast maneuvering ability to skillfully divide and encircle the two fleets.

The lightning-fast blow and thunderous firepower of the main fleet of the Japanese Navy made the fleets of the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division frightened, and they really could not imagine that the three warships in the South China Sea were all sunk into the sea after only supporting such a short time, and the powerful firepower and combat power of the Japanese army completely frightened the two fleets and began to desperately flee.

Just, is it possible?

The speed of the main fleet of the Japanese army was more than 20 knots, and the speed of the three newly purchased ironclad cruisers reached 30 knots, compared with the speed of the fastest cruisers of the two naval divisions was only 21 knots.

Surrounded by the Japanese navy, it began to shock the world history of the sea torture and killing war, this is not a close battle, but a completely one-sided torture, the hopeless Qing army Fujian Navy Division after all experienced the baptism of the Sino-French War, tried his best, began to fight back, but he only had four warships, in the eyes of the Japanese fleet is not enough to see, three ironclad cruisers unwavering parked there, let the shells of the Fujian Navy Division, fly. More than a dozen large-caliber heavy guns on the ship fired shells at a rapid pace, bombarding the Fujian Naval Division, and the four warships of the Fujian Naval Division had no power to resist.

Ye Bai, the commander of the sailors, gritted his teeth and said: "Flag language, our Fujian Navy Division is not good, but we have to pull a cushion to die, concentrate all the firepower of the four ships, lock on the Japanese Gao Chiho cruiser, carry out a saturation attack, and leave the rest alone!" ”

The four warships acted together to lock the Gao Chitose cruiser, and more than a dozen heavy guns began to fight desperately, the rampant Gao Chiho did not expect that the Fujian Navy Division would lock the target directly on himself, and the battleship was constantly bombed by the Fujian Navy Division, and the mast, command cabin, and turret were shot one after another, and they were deeply damaged and began to sink slowly.

However, at this time, the four major warships of Fujian also lost their combat capability and became the target of Japanese ships, full of devastation, and sank one after another!

The Fujian Navy Division played the integrity of the Qing Navy, but the Guangdong Navy Division was frightened, seeing that there was no way to escape, and the battle could not be won, they even hung up the white flag, Jiang Hao, the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, really did not have the courage to fight with the Japanese army again, and chose to surrender, and the Qing army that was unwilling to surrender chose to jump into the sea and flee, and only fifty or sixty people were left behind by the four warships, and the rest either died in the sea and were martyred, or fled back to Liugong Island.

The Japanese ships quickly approached the four warships of the Guangdong Navy Division and received the surrendered Qing troops, and the four warships were temporarily incorporated into the battle sequence of the Japanese Navy.

The main fleet of the Japanese Navy took only three hours, and at ** o'clock in the evening, it completely ended the battle, and defeated the mixed fleet of the three major naval divisions of Nanyang, Fujian, and Guangdong at the cost of the sinking of one main cruiser, which was a shame of the Qing Dynasty!

The Japanese Navy, under the orders of Ito Yuhiro, continued to clear mines, and the fleet continued to advance.

At this time, the mines around Weihaiwei Port were becoming more and more dense, and on the sea surface of the port, only a channel about two miles wide was left, and the rest of the place was a minefield. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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