Ye Zugui, the leader of the Jingyuan ship, saw Lin Yongsheng's flag, and did not hesitate, and ordered: "Order to speed up, break away from the team, get close to the Gao Qiansui ship, and bite him to death!" ”

The two cruisers, the Jingyuan and the Jingyuan, came to the Gao Chiho ship on the left and the right, and after the Guangjia ship in the distance saw it, they also rushed to this side, trying to block the Gao Chiho ship.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain of the Gao Chiho ship, Sanomura Zhen, retreated towards the periphery, trying to shake off the flanking attack of the two ships, but Gao Chiho is a big ship, the speed is fast, but the U-turn is relatively slow, and when his head falls halfway, the heavy artillery of the two ships of Jingyuan and Jingyuan has already bombarded over, and the cannonballs fell on the deck with a heavy whistle, blowing out a big hole in the weak armor, and the mast of the battleship was also discounted by the shells, and the fire of Gao Chiho was pervasive, although it did not affect too much combat power, but Sanomura Zhen was also frightened, and hurriedly raised the flag for help.

Nearby, the Naniwa and Akitsuzu quickly approached the Takachiho, trying to share the pressure on Takachiho, but left the flagship Yoshino behind.

The four ships of Laiyuan, Jiyuan, Chaoyong, and Yangwei took the opportunity to encircle and surrounded the Yoshino ship. The Yoshino is the flagship of the guerrillas, and its performance in terms of displacement and heavy guns is far superior to that of other Japanese ships. In the face of the four Qing ships, without fear, they took the lead in firing their guns, and aimed several heavy guns at the Chaoyong cruiser, which had the worst combat effectiveness, and the Chaoyong, which had just caught up, had not yet exerted its power, and was directly hit by the cannonballs in the steam furnace, causing an explosion, and it was difficult to move, dozens of Qing soldiers were killed by the explosion of the cannonballs and the steam furnace, and Huang Jianxun, the pipe band, was also seriously injured and could not command the battle.

The Laiyuan and Jiyuan ships were closest to the Yoshino ship, the two ships were full of firepower, seven or eight shells faced the Yoshino ship, plus the later Yangwei ship, the Yoshino ship gradually fell into the downwind with a pair of three, and it was difficult to support, and finally the four heavy artillery batteries on the Yoshino ship were all destroyed, and under the siege of the three ships, the Yoshino ship slowly sank and fell into the sea.

At this moment, the Japanese Combined Fleet launched the most fierce attack on Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, and Ding Ruchang was covered in blood, still standing on the bridge and remotely controlling the coordination of the three ships. Liu Buyun personally commanded the Dingyuan ship to return fire, although the Dingyuan ship was shelled more than a dozen rounds, there was still no big loss, under the rescue of the Qing army, three Krupp heavy guns, still violently sprayed the tongue of fire, and kept firing shells at the Japanese ship.

The Zhenyuan ship is in a slightly better situation, under the command of Lin Taizeng, the Zhenyuan ship is not badly damaged, and the ironclad cruiser is indeed worthy of its name, although the firepower is not very fierce due to the problem of the rate of fire, but self-protection is not a problem.

The rest of the Pingyuan ship was too miserable, in the face of the siege of several Japanese ships, it was still able to avoid and return fire at the beginning, but the unlucky Pingyuan ship pipe belt Li He was unfortunately hit in the right chest by fragments of Japanese shells, and it was difficult to support. The Pingyuan ship gradually could not support it, the hull of the ship was devastated by shells, and five of the six heavy guns were destroyed, and it was difficult to exert its combat power again, so it had no choice but to retreat to the rear.

The battle lasted until the afternoon, for nearly a day, the Japanese fleet and the Beiyang fleet did not give in, fought to the death, and finally the Japanese flagship Matsushima, Zhongchuang was too deep to support it anymore, and had to lead the fleet to withdraw. The Beiyang Navy also began to reorganize its warships and began to return to rest and recuperate.

In this battle, the Matsushima, the flagship of the Japanese fleet, completely lost its combat effectiveness and was seriously damaged, and the flagship of the guerrilla ship, Yoshino, sank directly into the sea; The Iwajima ship was rammed and sunk by the Zhiyuan ship, and the Gao Qianho was attacked and destroyed by the Jingyuan ship, the Jingyuan ship, and the Guangjia ship; The Qing army's Dingyuan ship was greatly powerful, Ding Ruchang was seriously injured, and Liu Buchan's combat talent was fully brought into play, sinking two small cruisers Akagi and Saikyo Maru in one fell swoop, and five Japanese fleets were sunk, four were seriously damaged, and the losses were serious.

Although the situation of the Beiyang Navy was slightly better, the Zhiyuan ship sank into the sea by suicide collision, the Pingyuan ship was also blown up, the Chaoyong was blown up, the Guangjia ship was blown up, the Dingyuan ship was seriously damaged, and the remaining three warships were seriously damaged, and one-third of the combat strength of the Beiyang Navy disappeared.

However, this battle completely stimulated the blood of the increasingly sinking Beiyang Navy, these people were the elite of the Huai Army who were simply pulled out by Li Hongzhang himself, but their training has been abandoned in recent years.

At this time, part of the Qing army that fell into the water was rescued, and a Qing soldier knelt down in front of Ding Ruchang and cried: "My lord! My lord! Lord Deng was martyred! Lord Deng was martyred! ”

Ding Ruchang's heart hurts, Deng Shichang is his confidant and favorite general, Liu Buchan, Lin Yongsheng, Lin Taizeng, Deng Shichang are the four heroes of the navy, which one can be a cadre who can be alone, in order to pass, but Liu Buchan is too heavy, Lin Tai was a little indecisive, Lin Yongsheng has a hot temper, only Deng Shichang is generous, and the army is quite strict, dare to use things, the future will be his own confidant who entrusts big things, and now he is leaving the west, going to the country in trouble, and the heartache of the end.

Ding Ruchang endured his grief and shouted: "Tell me, what's going on, Lord Deng fell into the water, why don't you go to the rescue and only care about your own safety?" ”

The Qing soldier replied: "My lord, Lord Deng saw the Dingyuan ship on fire at that time, you were also seriously injured, the situation is unknown, in order to cover the Dingyuan ship, he ordered Zhiyuan to go to the front, cover the Dingyuan ship, and finally the Zhiyuan ship was too badly damaged, Lord Deng ordered to ram the Itsukushima, the two ships collided together, and immediately sank, we threw the lifebuoy to the adult, the adult was determined to die, abandoned the lifebuoy, and sank to the bottom of the sea with the sun dog around him......"

Ding Ruchang's eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground deck, but Liu Buyun beside him hurriedly supported him. Ding Ruchang sighed: "Zhengqing! Zhengqing! After that, he cried bitterly, and everyone around him was silent.

Liu Buyun persuaded: "My lord, for the sake of today's plan, we need to return to Liugong Island as soon as possible, now several capital ships are seriously damaged, and we need to seize the time to rectify, and we also need to urgently call Lord Zhongtang to report the military situation and discuss the next countermeasures." ”

Ding Ruchang steadied his mind and said hatefully: "The Japanese Navy, if you don't take revenge, you will be a husband in vain!" You need to remember this great hatred, and you will hate Zhengqing and your colleagues in the future! ”

The crowd shouted in unison: "Yes, my lord! Beiyang vows to take revenge! ”

Ding Ruchang shouted: "Order the whole army, adjust the course, speed up the advance, and return immediately, Zixiang, you go down and be responsible for counting the battle damage and casualties, you must carefully survey, sort out the record, and turn back, we have to ask the court for credit for you!" ”