"Retreat now, retreat immediately!"

"Woohoo—"

"Boom, boom—"

The sharp whistling had just sounded on everyone's eardrums, and huge fireballs exploded on the beaches, estuaries, and coastal ice belts around the mouth of the Tang River, or smashed by the projectiles of machine guns.

"Don't lie down, lift the corpses of your comrades and run forward!"

"Evacuate north, evacuate quickly! Pick up the guns, and the wounded comrades! ”

Fortunately, the Saikyo Maru is now also dying, and in the violent rudder turning and rapid escape, the accuracy of the artillery is simply a mess.

In this round of shelling, although some soldiers were injured by shrapnel from a distance, none of them were killed in the shelling.

"Boom, boom, boom-"

When more than 3,000 allied troops of the Jinmen Brigade rushed onto the green wheat fields, there was a roar from the north and south almost at the same time.

The chase and bombardment between the land artillery and naval artillery of the Qing and Japanese armies also officially began.

"Woohoo—"

A sharp roar of bullets swept over the heads of the soldiers of the Tsumen Brigade and fired at the artillery group of the Tsumen Brigade five miles to the north, or at the armed merchant ship Saikyo Maru, which was desperately fleeing in the southern sea.

"Boom!"

In less than 1.5 seconds, huge blazing fireballs erupted on the beach of the Tang River estuary, the coastal ice belt, the frozen Tang River, and the green wheat fields.

At this time, the Japanese ace capital ship Yoshino gave full play to the coordinated operation of the first-class elite artillery that he had been trained thousands of times above.

"Boom, boom, boom-"

Before the first blast of fireworks was completely extinguished, the second round of blows came after less than ten seconds.

"Whoosh-"

"Ahh

On the wheat field, the huge explosive energy of the projectile splashed the dirt all over the sky, and during this time, sharp shrednel shot rapidly in all directions at high speed, and the soldiers of the Jinmen Brigade were already shot and fell to the ground, sprinkling a rain of blood.

"Don't lie down, continue to retreat north, continue to retreat north!"

Liu Gangzhi ran wildly all the way, and when he saw that some soldiers were habitually going to the ground again, he hurriedly shouted: "If you want to live, continue to retreat north, don't lie here as a target!" ”

"Boom, boom—"

At this time, the shells fired by the Japanese ship group at the artillery position of the Jinmen Brigade in the north also arrived one after another, and huge flames exploded in the north.

But of course, none of them were able to hit the target.

"Boom!"

Almost at the same time, the projectiles fired by the 14 guns of the Jinmen Brigade also smashed into the blue sea.

Although none of the Saikyo Maru hit, it caused huge waves around the merchant ship, and the Saikyo Maru shook as it fled.

"Shoot, shoot!"

On the Yoshino, Sameshima stood on the bridge and yelled angrily, at this time the situation was already very obvious, and the target of the Qing army land artillery on the opposite side was indeed the Saikyo Maru that came out alone.

On the Saikyo Maru, there were not only three squadrons of infantry, but also Prince Akihito Komatsumiya, Major General Okuho Gong, Major General Oji Yasumi, and Major General Kurose Yoshimon.

There were also a large number of staff officers who accompanied the army.

How this does not make the hearts of all the admirals tremble!

"Boom!"

At this time, the artillery of the Tsumen Brigade in the north also used all their strength to desperately catch the Xijing Maru and bombard.

"Accelerate, accelerate! Pay attention to the bullet dodge, dodge the bullet! ”

In the wheelhouse of the Saikyo Maru, the trainee captain Yuyuki Kano shouted at Captain Yamaya, who was personally piloting the steamer, with blood-red eyes.

Kano Yuyuki knew very well in his heart that the reason why this thin iron ship, which was converted from a mail ship, was lucky not to sink in the Battle of Dadonggou was because the shells fired by the Qing army's sailors were armor-piercing shells, and each time it was just a limited hole.

Unless you hit the vital point, you won't be able to sink the Saikyo Maru at all.

At this time, the land artillery of the Qing army fired high-explosive shells with extremely violent tearing effects.

If this kind of shell hits the warships of Yoshino and Matsushima, it will be a 'deck washing' killing effect.

However, if one of them hits the iron sheet near the waterline of the Saikyo Maru, then it may be a huge disaster for the Saikyo Maru!

"The gods blessed this time Xijing Maru escaped the attack of the Qing army like last time, and I will definitely send a lot of incense money to the temple when I go back!"

In the rush of the armed merchant ships, Yuyuki Shikano prayed loudly.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly shook violently, making a loud noise.

Yuyuki Kano, the others in Yamaya, and the Japanese navy in the entire wheelhouse were all shocked by the huge force and flew up instantly.

"Ahh

"Knock, knock!"

On the ship, Prince Akihito Komatsumiya, Koho Oku, Yasumi Oji, Yoshimon Kurose, Chikosuke Iji, Nagao Ariga-

They all rolled like gourds on the ground.

After nearly eleven rounds of bombardment were fired by the Tsumen Brigade on the Saikyo Maru, the Saikyo Maru had already escaped nearly a kilometer.

An 80-explosive bomb struck the left rear chord flank plate of the Saikyo Maru diagonally.

The huge smashing force and the violent explosion instantly pulled a huge and long burning hole on the flank iron sheet of the Saikyo Maru, which was pulled to a depth of nearly two meters below the waterline.

A large amount of sea water poured in.

"Accelerate, go straight ahead, accelerate!"

In the cab, Yuyuki Kano spat out a mouth full of broken teeth that had been shattered, and a fierce mouth full of snow foam shouted an order: "Accelerate and flee south with all your might!" ”

"Woo-"

On the turquoise and turbulent sea, the Saikyo Maru staggered all the way, making its final voyage, sailing for a mixed fleet 1 kilometer ahead.

"Prince, Prince!"

Under the huge blow just now, a large number of Japanese soldiers and generals crashed into various parts of the ship, and many of them broke their heads and bled blood.

Even Prince Akihito Komatsumiya slammed his face on the railing, breaking two teeth and bleeding from his nose.

A group of generals and staff officers next to them all changed color and rushed over to help.

No one noticed that many soldiers had fallen into the icy water, desperately screaming for help in the turbulent and shaky waters of the artillery fire.

Among them, there is Major General Yasumi Terra, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

"Hit, hit!"

In the binoculars, the commanders of the various artillery positions shouted in unison with excitement when they saw the shocking gaping hole in the rear string of the Saikyo Maru.

"Immediately retreat, pull away the artillery!"

By this time, the heavily damaged enemy ship had sailed more than 5.5 kilometers away, and by the bow of the ship that was tilted out of the water, it was clear that the armed merchant ship was only making its final journey.

The artillerymen of the Jinmen Brigade pulled their artillery one after another and quickly retreated north under the Japanese shelling.

On the same day, the Saikyo Maru barely sailed near the Japanese mixed ship group and began to sink rapidly.

The merchant ships around quickly approached for rescue.

When Prince Akihito Komatsumiya and several high-ranking generals boarded the only reserved sampan ship on the Saikyo Maru, they found that Yasumi Oji was missing.

After that, the navy on the Saikyo Maru, as well as the army of 3 infantry squadrons, jumped into the icy sea with wooden planks, and then grabbed the ropes thrown by a nearby transport ship and were rescued on board.

The captain of the Saikyo Maru, Yusumu Kano, humiliated his refusal to leave the wheelhouse, and sank with the ship.

Soon, on the already calm sea, there was a large amount of various debris floating, as well as the top of the two masts of the Saikyo Maru.

At this time, Major General Yasujun Oji, who was a kilometer to the north, had also turned into a frozen corpse, floating in the sea.

At this point, the battle between the Jinmen Brigade and the Japanese Combined Fleet, the 11th Infantry Brigade, finally came to an end.