As if to confirm Lin Taizeng's judgment, about 4 nautical miles away from the Qing ship group, the Japanese army's huge lead ship, the Yoshino, suddenly began to turn to the left. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

From the original straight line facing the Beiyang ship group, it has become obliquely pointing to the middle of the Beiyang Naval Division's ship formation, with the bow facing the direction of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan.

Acceleration came straight in.

Immediately, the three cruisers behind Yoshino, all of which also deflected course, followed Yoshino.

"Yoshino doesn't seem to be going to make a broadside attack, is he? They are going to be going to face to face with our Western chivalry, 4 to 10! ”

Ma Jifen, the deputy captain of the Zhenyuan ship, opened his mouth wide in shock and shouted in shock: "Their commander is really a stupid and brave man!" ”

"Did I guess wrong?"

If this is the case, before the second fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet rushes over, it can almost be said that the four Japanese ships were deliberately and heavily damaged from the front and left and right flanks with 10 warships.

Then the remaining 8 slow ships of the Japanese ships are much easier to deal with.

What's more, since the commanders of the Japanese army are such imbecile idiots, no matter how many warships they have, they are just fat on the butcher's board!

For a while, the supreme courage seemed to return to Lin Taizeng's body.

"Yang Yonglin, Chi Zhaoyao, Ren Zhengtao, all members listen to orders; After the head of the gun bombarded the enemy ship, the enemy ship would intersperse our ship formation, and the side guns, the Haggaes guns, all aimed at me and hit me hard! ”

"Wow!"

Seeing that the pipe belt that had been like a soft-footed shrimp could finally cheer up, everyone on the ship was overjoyed and responded loudly.

"Haha, Oriental children are really bold and arrogant!"

On the Dingyuan ship, Ding Ruchang couldn't help laughing when he saw the Japanese ship Yoshino rushing towards him violently.

"Li Mingshan, aim for me!"

Liu Buyun yelled at Li Mingshan, who was standing in front of him by the 305mm caliber double-linked cannon on the left.

"Junmen, look at it, let this group of grandsons come and go!"

Li Mingshan, who was beside the giant cannon in front, also shouted loudly: "The sextant will measure the distance for me, the gunner will accurately follow the ruler, and the gun commanders will hold the rope to protect and measure the position!" ”

"The enemy ship is 6,000 meters away,—— the enemy ship is 5,900 meters away,—— the enemy ship is 5,800 meters away——"

With every shout from the surveyor, the hearts of everyone on the ship couldn't help but tremble.

The battle is already close and will erupt violently at any moment.

At some point, an ironclad cruiser flying the British flag quietly appeared on the western edge of the Qing-Japanese theater of operations.

Rear Admiral Philistine, deputy commander of the British Far East Fleet, stood on the bridge of the cruiser "Cardinal" and looked at the Qing and Japanese ships from afar.

In all fairness, although deep down in Philmante's heart, he also looked down on this group of Qing people with pig's tails behind their heads.

However, this large, ignorant and backward Qing country, after all, was beaten honestly by the British Empire, and although there have been small actions over the years, it is still obedient and obedient.

As for the little guy of Toyo, Philmante has always been a little incomprehensible.

They were deferential, humble, hardworking, industrious, and forbearing, and the fanatical sacrifice for the sake of their emperor and country made Phimante feel terrified to see it.

"Commander, this poor performance of the Qing army is obviously a matter of course; But how could the Japanese army be so stupid? I don't know whether to admire their courage or laugh at their stupidity if they dare to use 4 warships to challenge the Qing army's ship group. ”

Colonel Miller Lagres, the captain of the Cardinal, lowered the binoculars in his hand and said.

For this kind of brawl between two groups of inferior fools, there is no standard to speak of, and Lagres is really boring to watch.

No matter who wins or loses, it is actually a contest between a group of indigenous savages, and the British Empire can easily crush them by sending a small group of warships!

Philmant hesitated slightly and said, "From the Japanese naval commanders I have seen, it seems that they are not so imbecile; Let's take a look again, maybe it will bring us a little surprise. ”

"Really?"

Colonel Lagres listened to Philantle's hesitant tone, smiled and said, "I hope so, otherwise we will make this trip, and it will be a waste of coal." ”

"—5,400 meters away from the enemy ship,——"

On the Dingyuan ship, the surveyors were still loudly reporting the numbers, and the gunners were also busy calibrating the scales, and everyone's hearts were raised.

"Main artillery attack!"

Feeling that the distance was enough, Liu Buyun yelled and gave the order to bombard.

Between the two armies, who will fire the artillery first, this is very particular.

Whoever strikes first means who has the upper hand and the initiative, which can undoubtedly greatly improve the morale of their own soldiers.

And if I think that in the major teahouses and gardens in China in the future, it will definitely be said that he Liu Junmen ordered the first shot, which shocked the Japanese people.

"The enemy ship is 5,300 meters away!"

Hearing Liu Buyun's artillery command, the voice of the surveyor who was desperately shouting in his voice to report the number began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Fire!"

"Boom-"

With a loud roar from Li Shen, the Dingyuan ship, which was moving at high speed, slammed into its hull, and then the huge roar drowned out everyone's ears.

I saw that the huge Krupp 305mm breech gun on the left side of the bow of the Dingyuan ship made a huge roar, and the muzzle of the gun spewed out a long tongue of fire, smashing the huge projectile into the Yoshino cruiser at 5.3 kilometers.

Suddenly, all the steel plates, railings, and bridges on the entire Dingyuan ship groaned violently and trembled, and the huge smoke was completely shrouded in the bow of the ship in an instant, and there was almost no one face-to-face.

"Boom—"

Before everyone could wait for the smoke to dissipate and go to see the tiger power of this cannon, the old and dilapidated bridge of the Dingyuan suddenly let out a loud roar and collapsed with a bang.

threw down Ding Ruchang, Liu Buchan, and Hannagan, who were standing above.

"Ahh

Ding Ruchang's terrible howl came from the thick smoke, and the hearts of everyone who were bluffing trembled.

On September 17, 1894, the main fleets of the Qing and Japanese sides met unexpectedly in Dadonggou outside the mouth of the Yalu River.

Immediately, the two sides quickly adjusted their formations and prepared for the big battle.

At 12:50 p.m., at an ultra-long distance of 5.3 kilometers, the Dingyuan ship of the Beiyang Fleet resolutely fired an expensive 305mm caliber solid armor-piercing bullet at the Japanese ship Yoshino.

The first shot of the Battle of Dadonggou was officially fired.

This cannon went down, fell into disrepair for a long time, and the bridge of the Dingyuan ship, which was reluctant to spend money on painting, oil, and replacement parts for maintenance, collapsed with a bang.

Liu Buyun and Hannagan were shocked.

directly smashed Ding Ruchang into serious injuries.

With just one shot, he decisively and neatly brought down the number one admiral of the Beiyang Naval Division.

"The bridge of the Dingyuan ship has collapsed!"

Magiffen shouted in shock.

On the Zhenyuan, everyone didn't have time to see the result of Dingyuan's cannon - of course, from such a distance, people with a little common sense knew that if this cannon could hit, it would be a thousand times more difficult than a blind cat hitting a dead mouse——, they saw that the bridge of the Dingyuan ship immediately collapsed into thick smoke.

"Hmph, the maintenance fee of the paralyzed ship is so greedy that I can't even afford to buy tung oil!"

Yang Yonglin cursed in a low voice, this situation is much better for the Zhenyuan ship.

Because the brothers all watched it closely, and Lin Taizeng was timid and good, but he didn't have a black heart like other pipe belts, and put most of the silver for maintenance into his pocket.

"Haha, firing so far away, they have a lot of silver!"

On board the Cardinal, Colonel Miller Lagres laughed loudly, his voice full of mockery and disdain.