On the Yoshino ship, Rear Admiral Tsuboi Kozo looked at the Qing ship Dingyuan 5 kilometers away and the fire flashed, and then a large cloud of smoke was released from the bow, knowing that the Dingyuan ship had fired the 305mm caliber twin cannon in the bow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"If this can be hit, I really don't know whether to admire or laugh at the self-confidence of the Qing army."

Captain Shizuka Nakamura, a staff officer of the 1st Guerrilla Force, shook his head at the sight.

"Ready--put!"

"Boom-"

After the first cannon was released from the Dingyuan ship, it was only less than 10 seconds apart, and a monstrous roar immediately sounded from the Zhenyuan ship.

On the starboard side of Zhenyuan, a 31-ton hydro-powered twin turret raised a large puff of white smoke and opened fire.

Immediately, the main guns of the rest of the ships of the Beiyang Fleet exploded one after another, and the projectiles were fiercely bombarded at the Yoshino at a distance of 5,000 meters.

"Boom-"

At this time, the huge projectile with a diameter of 30 centimeters that Zhenyuan first launched flew hundreds of meters behind the Yoshino.

It smashed headlong into the sea, splashing a huge column of water tens of meters high.

"This tactic, there is also a saying on the Chinese side, called 'strike first, strike later and control others', ignorant and ignorant!"

A smile exploded at the corner of Tsuboi Hangsan's mouth: "Order!" Each ship immediately made a 90-degree left turn deflection, maintained a longitudinal formation, and increased its speed to 14 knots; Quickly sweep through the front of the Qing ship group and attack the right wing ships of the Qing warship group! ”

When Staff Officer Captain Nakamura Shizuka quickly conveyed the order, Second Staff Officer Captain Kamaya Tadamichi said with a smile: "Seeing the sudden change of direction in front of our battle, the expressions of the Qing army generals must be very surprised, right?" ”

"The hundreds of millions of Chinese in this old empire, under the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for 250 years, have long lost the valuable spirit of the Tang, Han, Song and Ming dynasties, and they are willing to degenerate into Hulu as cattle and horses, but they are proud;"

Tsuboi Kozo looked at the large columns of water rising one after another on the sea surface on the right flank of the ship as he turned, and his eyes were full of disdainful sneer:

"Since we can't wake up, let's wake up and convince them; Let these Chinese understand that their Manchu masters are destined to be swept into the garbage heap, and only by following behind our Yamato nation is their right choice! ”

"The Japanese ship is going to run! Haha, they're scared-"

"Speed, speed, catch up and them!"

Seeing that the Japanese 4 ships at a distance of 5 kilometers suddenly made a 90-degree turn and accelerated towards the right flank of the Beiyang Naval Division's ship formation, the Qing ship was full of cheers.

"Military Gate, the enemy ship wants to escape!"

On the Dingyuan ship, the soldiers hurriedly moved away from the collapsed bridge and rescued Ding Ruchang, Liu Buchan, and Hannagan.

Liu Buyun and Hannagan were fine, but Ding Ruchang was smashed enough, his mouth was full of blood foam, and his facial features were twisted together.

"Okay, hit, hit them—"

Ding Ruchang endured the severe pain and gasped, and said with a bloody mouth.

Liu Buyun hurriedly ran to the starboard side of the Dingyuan ship and looked at the Yoshino 4 ship that was speeding away, and his heart was confused.

These four Japanese ships turned almost simultaneously in front of the battle, and the formation did not disperse at all, which obviously cannot be determined by rout, but was out of battle in a rigorous and orderly manner.

What do they want to do?

As the saying goes, if something is abnormal, it must be a demon, but in Liu Buyun's barren mind, he obviously can't guess the purpose of Pingjing Hangsan.

"Junmen, the second echelon of the Japanese ships is coming!"

Pipe gun Sun Jingren looked at the distance of 4,500 meters in front of the left wing of the fleet, and a group of Japanese ships turned sideways and slanted towards the wedge-shaped formation of the Beiyang Naval Division, and quickly swept over.

"Matsushima, the flagship of the Japanese army;"

Liu Buyun held the binoculars, looked at the flag of the Japanese Combined Fleet flying on the Songdao, and ordered loudly: "The muzzle of the gun is aimed at Songdao, sink it for me!" ”

"Wow!"

There was a roar on the Dingyuan ship, and the gunners quickly adjusted the muzzles of the twin main guns of 305mm caliber on the side and the 150mm caliber secondary gun in the bow of the ship to point at Matsushima.

"Boom, boom—"

With the roar of the giant cannon, the solid armor-piercing projectile made by the Beiyang Ordnance Bureau was blasted at the Japanese flagship Matsushima, which was 4,000 meters away.

Combined Japanese fleet, this team.

Ito stood on the bridge of the Matsushima, disdainful of the cannonballs that roared in the distance.

Instead, he watched the Yoshino 4 ship quickly approach the right flank of the Daqing ship group, and nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

So far, everything has gone according to plan, and it has gone exceptionally well.

In particular, the 90-degree turning of the Yoshino 4 ship in front of the Qing army's artillery fire was simply perfect!

It seems that before the war, the hard work of desperately training the 'one-line snake parade' was not in vain.

God bless my empire!

"Boom-"

At this time, at a distance of nearly 3,700 meters, a 150mm solid armor-piercing bullet fired from the Dingyuan ship hit the tower of the 320mm caliber main gun at the stern of the Matsushima, exploding a huge spark.

The ferocious power of this projectile, which smashed the body of the main gun of the Matsushima, suddenly groaned and screamed and reversed the trend.

The protruding steel parts knocked the two Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard so that they didn't even have time to let out a scream, and they turned into two bloody and broken corpses, and they died.

Moreover, the water pressure pipe of the turret could not withstand the reverse twist of this huge brute force, and it burst directly, and the 'Zizi' soared out of the waterline dozens of meters away.

"Ikeda, fix the water pressure pipe immediately!"

The Matsushima's co-captain, Shinyoshi Muyama, quickly ran to the side of the main gun and yelled at the commander of the agency, Ritaro Ikeda, to quickly lead someone to repair the rotating mechanism of the main gun.

"The ships were ordered to be about 3,500 meters away, and they could choose to attack at the right time; In addition, each ship increased its speed to 10 knots, followed up the flagship, and the whole army bypassed the right flank of the Qing ship group and launched a second round of attacks from the rear! ”

With the issuance of Ito's order, in addition to the main gun that was being repaired, the six rapid-fire guns on the starboard side of the Matsushima roared almost simultaneously, and the muzzles of the guns spewed out raging tongues of fire.

In an instant, the entire Matsushima was shrouded in white smoke, and the huge inertia forced the Matsushima's hull to move nearly a meter to the south on the sea surface.

"Boom-"

Seeing the signal from the flagship, Chiyoda, Hashidate, Itsukushima, Hiei, Fuso, and the five ships behind Matsushima opened fire one after another.

The rapid-fire guns poured a dense stream of projectiles at a high rate of 7 rounds per minute.

The fierce confrontation between the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet broke out immediately.

On the Dingyuan ship, Liu Buyun saw that the four Japanese fast ships had rushed to the right flank of the naval division, and his face began to change.

At this time, he suddenly understood the intentions of the first echelon fleet of the Japanese army.

They didn't intend to fight the sailor face-to-face in the center, let alone flee out of fear.

Instead, they cunningly wanted to go around to the right flank of the naval division ship group and use the new warships to attack the old Yangwei and Chaoyong ships with an absolute advantage of 4 to 2.

"If Yang Wei and Chao Yong are entangled by them, Nineteen will be bad; This is just the beginning of the loss of two warships, although it is two weak ships, but it is not a good sign? ”

Liu Buyun's face was twisted, and he was thinking of countermeasures in his brain.