Rumble...... Boom......

The Yellow Sea, which was once calm and peaceful, has now been broken by the roar of cannonballs and the explosion of cannonballs falling into the water.

On the Matsushima, Ito's white vice admiral's uniform was already soaked with splashing water. From time to time, the sea would trickle from the brim of his hat on his head to his shoulders.

He had forgotten all this, and now he was raising his binoculars, opening his mouth wide, and looking at the Itsukushima five hundred meters away in surprise.

The Itsukushima was already billowing with smoke, and the skyrocketing fire reflected the sea red.

Twenty minutes, only twenty minutes, one of his capital ships lost its combat capability, and Ito Yuheng was a little puzzled. How exactly did the Beiyang Sailor do it?

After discovering the formation of the Beiyang Naval Division, Ito Yuhiro aimed at the formation of the Beiyang Naval Division, leaving Itsukushima and Chiyoda in the position of two points to his left. Responsible for dealing with the Beiyang Naval Division's Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, etc.

After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Ito and the naval officers who participated in that battle found that although the main guns on the far side of Dingyuan Town were extremely powerful, the damage caused was indeed pitiful.

Taking his flagship Matsushima as an example, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the main gun of the Zhenyuan fired a shell and seriously injured itself, not because of the power of the Zhenyuan shell, but because Zhenyuan accidentally hit his own ammunition depot of 120 mm rapid-fire artillery shells stored under the hull, which caused an explosion and killed more than 100 officers and men on the ship. And before that, Songdao also endured a lot of bombardment from the main guns of Zhenyuan Dingyuan, except for some craters, the rest, there was not much to do.

After discovering that the Beiyang Naval Division was besieging him in two directions, he knew that the Beiyang Naval Division's Zhenyuan Dingyuan and other warships were not to worry, and what was really terrifying was the three terrible armored cruisers.

Hashidate doesn't talk about it, he knows his power better than anyone else.

The other two, not to mention the firepower, are much more ambitious than Zhenyuanding.

Therefore, he decided at that time to let Itsukushima and Chiyoda contain the terrifying look, but in fact it was the calm and distant of the paper tiger, and he led the main force Matsushima, Akitsu and more than a dozen torpedo boats of all sizes to rush towards what he thought was a big trouble.

He knew that as long as the three warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were solved, he would be victorious in today's battle.

However, it was as if the heavens had played a huge joke on him.

It's only been twenty minutes since the start of the war. Itsukushima let out an earth-shattering loud bang, and then, billowing smoke and flames seven or eight meters high erupted from the middle of the island.

"Baga, what the hell is going on, what is going on, why does the Beiyang Naval Division have such powerful firepower." Ito angrily smashed the telescope in his hand and began to roar on the bridge.

No one could answer this question, and the staff officers around him bowed their heads deeply, not knowing how to answer.

On the bridge of the Hashidate, Li He saw Itsukushima with smoke in the distance, and slapped his thigh excitedly: "Fight well, Yang Yonglin fights well, and one shot will lose power to hit Itsukushima." ”

He saw it just now, after the war, in order to take care of Pingyuan on the right side, Zhenyuan Dingyuan has been using the speed of eight knots to Pingyuan and Guangbing to go hand in hand, using the fire from the bow to attack the Itsukushima at the front. At first, because of the distance. The ships did not hit the target. However, as the distance gets closer.

At 3,200 meters, the main gun of the Zhenyuan fired fiercely, and then Itsukushima at the front was like an emergency brake, and the speed was reduced by half at once, not to mention, and there was billowing smoke and fire.

"Tsk. The handsome man is simply a god, the modified cannonball is so powerful, and it will destroy Itsukushima with one shot. Yan Fu next to him put down the binoculars, with a look of adoration on his face.

Li He also reacted suddenly, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, what Lao Yan said is so right, Dashuai is really a fairy." ”

It turned out that what was fired on the Zhenyuan just now was not the original black powder shell, but after Liu Jun modified it, it was filled with TNT shells.

It turned out that after Liu Jun knew the problem of the shells of the Beiyang Naval Division, he thought of modifying the shells and changing the blood of the Beiyang Naval Division. Eventually, he remembered a book he had borrowed from the library in his spare time, which described how to prepare TNT.

The explosive power of this kind of gunpowder, not to mention those Japanese cruisers, even big guys like Zhenyuan Dingyuan, can only be paralyzed by a single shot.

However, because this raw material is not so easy to find in this era, Liu Jun looted the entire Liaodong, and even asked his father-in-law to help, and he also transformed 400 rounds of 305 mm shells. And the 305 mm shells can only be used by Zhenyuan Dingyuan, so these shells, after they were built, were transported to the Zhenyuan Dingyuan.

Li He remembered that Liu Jun said at that time that this kind of cannonball could kill a warship with one cannonball, and Li He still didn't believe it at the time, but now, Li He not only believed it, but also made up his mind that after the battle, he would let Liu Jun match his bridge number with a few hundred rounds.

"Order, all ships concentrate their firepower and send it to the west of Itsukushima." Li He pointed to Itsukushima in the distance and gave the order viciously.

A creaking sound sounded, and the rows of rapid-fire guns on the side of the Hashidate's 320-mm main gun quickly adjusted their positions and aimed their guns at the crippled Itsukushima.

"Open fire."

Boom Boom Boom ......

The overwhelming cannonballs began to drop on the Itsukushima.

Itsukushima, who escaped in Lushun, did not escape this catastrophe either. The two rounds of firing from the Bu Toad and the Hashidate, coupled with the assistance of Zhenyuan Dingyuan and others, made Itsukushima withstand no less than 200 shells in less than five minutes. In the end, the 305 mm main gun fired from the Dingyuan directly tore a hole in the side of the Itsukushima ship with a width of more than ten meters, and tons of seawater swarmed in, and after less than ten minutes, the Itsukushima began to turn to the right and slowly began to sink.

Hmph, Li He on the Hashidate saw that the huge whirlpool formed by the sinking of the Itsukushima swept many Japanese soldiers to the bottom of the sea, and he did not emit a trace of pity, but looked at all this indifferently.

Taking a deep breath, Li He looked up at the sky that had been covered by gunsmoke, Li He took a deep breath, he was able to avenge the comrades who died in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

"Matsushima is closing in on me."

The lookout pointed to Matsushima due south on the mast and began to issue a warning.

Hearing the shouts of the lookouts, Li He raised the binoculars again, looked at the Songdao and the flagship flag hanging on it, and smiled coldly. A faint order was given: "All ships concentrate their firepower and sink it." ”

Lushun Headquarters, it was already night, Liu Jun was sitting on the Taishi chair at this time, and from time to time, he would stand up and look out of the door.

In fact, long before Li He set off, he knew that the artillery shells he had transformed had the powerful firepower of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the ironclad reinforced shells with rough skin and thick skin would definitely defeat the United Fleet.

Not afraid of ten thousand in case, in the afternoon, he sent Zhong Lin to wait in the port, as long as he saw the Beiyang Naval Division coming back, he would report immediately.

Let Zhong Lin go to the port, that is, let Zhong Lin inquire about the news, if Li He blocked the combined fleet, it was fine, if not, he would immediately give an order to evacuate the people in Lushun City, and then lead the first army and the Sheng army, which had just arrived in Lushun for three days, and the defenders of the fort would fight with the combined fleet. Nothing can be said to allow the Japanese army to occupy Lushun.

Now, Wu Datong is already preparing intensively in the county office, and Wu Hao's two regiments and the county government's officials are also scattered and scattered everywhere, as long as they see the burning fire of the headquarters, they will immediately evacuate the people.

Seeing that Zhong Lin still hadn't come back, Liu Jun stood up and came to the door.

In the middle of the courtyard, a large pile of firewood has now been erected, once Zhong Lin brings bad news, he will immediately light this pile of firewood, so that the local officials and Lushun troops will quickly retreat in the direction of Tuchengzi according to the set route in the shortest possible time.

Looking at the gate, except for a few soldiers standing guard, there was still no figure of Zhong Lin, Liu Jun shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and prepared to go back to the headquarters office to wait.

"Head, head." Outside the door, Zhong Lin's shout rang violently.