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86_86661 General Chen Fangzheng reported the operational deployment of the West Sea Fleet to Chen Zhong and Zhou Zhiguang, and the Russian military advisers also carefully deliberated on Chen Fangzheng's combat plan.

First, the Hainan Fleet's two main ironclad ships, the "Zhennan" and the "Shichang," of which are of a tonnage of 7,800 or more, are equipped with a "Purple Front" and two battleships, the "Red Devil Ship" and the "Blue Star Ship," as the first array, to face the first battle group of the Japanese West Sea Fleet and the "Kobe" and "Jincheng" gunboats on its left flank. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Second, the third ironclad ship "Hainan Ship" and the "Lingyun Ship", "Cheetah Ship" and "Qingyun Ship", three cruisers of more than 3,000 tons, formed a second array, and on the left front flank of the first array, they faced the second battle group of the Japanese West Sea Fleet.

Third, the fourth ironclad ship "Hurricane" and five cruisers of more than 3,000 tons, "five-star ships", "Black Mountain ships", "Iron Lion ships", "Goshawk ships" and "Taishan ships" formed the third battle array.

The main objective of this third battle array was to encircle and annihilate the four cruisers of the West Sea Fleet's mobile attack battle group.

Third, the battle array can change formations at any time, and carry out one-two, three-three combinations, etc., and can change freely at any time according to changes on the battlefield.

At this moment, in the South China Sea, which is 114 degrees east longitude and 18.8 degrees north latitude, the Hainan fleet is arrayed.

Rear Admiral Ito Kozen of the Japanese West Sea Fleet, standing on the deck of the "Sun Ship", the salty sea breeze on his young and slightly melancholy face, astringent.

Rear Admiral Ito picked up the binoculars and passed through the lens, he vaguely saw the neatly lined up battleships in front of him, a kind of battle* gradually burning, and more and more vigorous!

Ito Xiangshan put down the binoculars, looked at the approaching Hainan fleet, and said to himself: "Fang Zhengjun, we are going to meet!" The promise we made eight years ago is really going to be fulfilled today! ”

Therefore, Ito ordered a group of mobile attack ships to advance to the left rear of the Hainan Fleet first, looking for an opportunity, and attacking from the left rear flank of the Hainan Fleet.

The first battle group directly attacked the first array on the front of the Hainan Fleet, and the second battle group attacked from the left flank of the Hainan Fleet.

The two ships on the left flank, the "Kobe" and the "Jincheng," which were responsible for guarding the flagship, feigned to attack the "Zhennan," the flagship of the Hainan Fleet, in order to attract the attention of the two formations of the Hainan Fleet.

The battle finally began, and the "Kobe" and "Jincheng" of the West Sea Fleet took the lead in rushing to the main fleet array of the Hainan Fleet and launched a strong onslaught on the first array of the "Zhennan Ship."

The main ship of the first battle group, the "Sun Ship", aimed directly at the "Zhennan Ship" and began a fierce artillery attack.

At the same time, the second battle group of the West Sea Fleet also attacked the flagship of the Hainan Fleet from the left flank of the Hainan Fleet.

Under the cover of the second battle formation, the mobile attack battle group of the West Sea Fleet quietly outflanked the Hainan Fleet from the left side of the Hainan Fleet behind the first battle formation.

The third battle array of the Hainan Fleet, the "Hurricane" and the other five cruisers, quietly detoured from behind the main fleet to the left side of the main fleet, relying on the second array of ironclad ships "Hainan Ship" and the three cruisers "Lingyun Ship", "Cheetah Ship", and "Qingyunjian" to cover the view of the opponent's mobile forces. In this area, a battle group of four extremely attacking mobile attack fleets of the West Sea Fleet waiting to ambush Japan.

The second battle array of the Hainan Fleet directly attacked the second battle group of the West Sea Fleet, the "Toyama," "Asayama," and "Akita," from the left side.

The ironclad ships "Shichang" and "Purple Front" of the 1st Battle Group in front of them met the "Kobe" and "Jincheng" ships that were rushing straight ahead.

The gunboat of the tonnage class of the "Jincheng Ship" was not at all a level confrontation in front of the two large-tonnage ironclad ships and cruisers, and without three round-trip impacts, the "Jincheng Ship" lost its attack capability after being hit by three bullets in a row.

The "Yokohama" of the 1st Battle Group of the West Sea Fleet also joined the confrontation with the "Shichang" and "Zifeng".

On the left side of the first battle group of the Hainan Fleet, the "Red Devil Ships" and "Blue Star Ships" charged forward in a ladder shape and laid siege to the "Osaka Ships" of the West Sea Fleet.

At this moment, the "Lingyun," "Cheetah," and "Qingyun" on the left side of the Hainan Fleet besieged the "Toyama" of the Japanese West Sea Fleet, while the "Hainan Ship" blocked the attack of the "Akita Ship" and the "Asayama Ship."

At this moment, on the right flank of the first battle array of the "Hainan Ship", the "Zifeng Ship" sank the Japanese "Jincheng Ship", and then, together with the "Shichang Ship", launched a fierce attack on the Japanese "Kobe Ship".

The "Kobe" was flanked by the "Shichang" and the "Purple Front" and tried to break out and connect with the "Yokohama," but the "Yokohama" had no time to take care of it.

This is because the "Sun Ship" is being fiercely attacked by the "Zhennan Ship," the flagship of the Hainan Fleet, and the "Osaka Ship," which is responsible for escorting it on its right, is besieged by two "Red Devil Ships" and "Blue Star Ships" with a tonnage level higher than it, and it cannot escape at all.

At this time, the four large-tonnage cruisers of the Japanese mobile attack battle group had quietly moved from their right flank to the left rear of the Hainan Fleet, and what they did not expect was that the five cruisers of the third battle array of the Hainan Fleet had been waiting here for a long time.

When the West China Sea Fleet's mobile attack battle group quickly detoured back to the left rear of the Hainan Fleet, the Hainan Third Battle Group, with the "Hurricane" as the main ship, attacked head-on.

Before the "Nakano" could attack, it was hit by the torpedoes of the "Hurricane", so the "Hurricane" took advantage of the victory to pursue and sent out three torpedoes one after another, all of which concentrated on the "Nakano".

When the "Flying Eagle", "Ancient Ingot Knife" and "Kasbah" saw that the "Nakano" had been sunk, they besieged it together, and the three ships surrounded the "Hurricane" in the middle.

The other five ships of the third battle array of the Hainan Fleet launched a siege behind the three battleships of the Japanese mobile battle array.

Seeing this, the three battleships of the Japanese West Sea Fleet's mobile attack battle group suddenly turned around and rushed towards the five warships in Hainan, and opened fire fiercely, and they adopted a suicidal attack.

Lin Chong, the captain of the "Hurricane," ordered the three warships to be encircled and annihilated on all fronts, and a storm of shells hit the Japanese mobile attack group.

The three Japanese warships, after a hopeless wail at the main ship, launched a final charge.

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