Chapter 479: Encounter (3)

"Order: The vanguard fleet does not need to turn, it directly passes through the main formation of our main fleet, and then turns to the northeast to reinforce the first fleet, and the ships of the main fleet are ready for battle, and the enemy vanguard fleet is crushed in one fell swoop, and not a single enemy ship can be let go!"

It was impossible for Sakata Yokozo's steering action to hide the observation of the Qing army's lookout posts, and as soon as he moved, it was detected by the Qing army, and Sun Mingxu quickly judged the intentions of Sakata Yokozo's move, and he didn't dare to ignore it, so he raised his eyebrows and gave the order-for-tat.

"Slow down, get through the formation."

Wang Changgeng originally planned to turn to the battle line configuration with the main fleet, but he did not expect that his order had not yet been issued, and the order from the other side of the main fleet had already been passed in advance, so he did not dare to disobey it, and hurriedly ordered the whole fleet to rush straight to the main formation in the same direction, preparing to pass through the gaps between the main battleships.

"*** people can't run, chase, catch up, kill them!"

The red-eyed Ono Shinji didn't notice that the main fleet of his own side that was following behind had quietly turned around, and he only wanted to find the Qing army's vanguard fleet for revenge.

"Ships fire!"

Just when Ono Shinji frantically chased after him to a distance of less than 300 steps from the battle line of the main fleet of the Qing army, Sun Mingxu, who had not said much, finally gave the battle order.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as Sun Mingxu's order was issued, the fifteen warships of the Qing army's own formation began to exert their might at the same time, two hundred and ten heavy cannons were fired one after another, huge cannonballs covered the sky and the sun, and the sharp roar was deafening.

"U-turn, retreat, retreat!"

The beauty of the salvo of the main force of the Qing fleet is naturally brilliant, but Ono Shinji has no intention of appreciating it, at this moment, he only has one feeling, that is, horror, although his flagship "Shimono Maru" is once again lucky to be unharmed, but the more than 60 battleships of the vanguard fleet led by him are down, only one round of shelling, more than 20 ships were sunk, and six or seven ships were not lightly damaged, either the bottom was leaked or the mast was discounted, and only the part of spinning on the sea was left. Even if it is not sinking at the moment, it has also resolutely dodged the next *** attack of the Qing army, as soon as he sees this, Ono Shinji still has the slightest fighting spirit at all, and he has already found that his main fleet has already turned, and he does not dare to rush forward, waving his hands in a panic, and roaring again and again to give the withdrawal order.

"Turn the ships to the north, sail full, catch up, and destroy the remnants of the enemy!"

The ship is good to turn around, but it is also a score, at this time, the vanguard fleet of the Japanese State is in chaos, and secondly, it was previously full sail to pursue the Qing army's vanguard fleet at full speed, and it is not easy to turn around smoothly at this time, besides, Sun Mingxu did not intend to let Ono Shen's second division have a chance to escape, and without waiting for the Japanese Navy Division to respond, Sun Mingxu had already given the order in a cold voice, and then saw that the ships on the Qing army's battle line began to turn around at the same time, Fifteen warships almost in unison slaughtered the panicked vanguard fleet. "Ships shoot freely, hit me hard!" The flowers bloom two and each shows a branch, not to mention how the main fleet of the Qing army annihilated the vanguard fleet of the Japanese naval division, but said that the first fleet was ordered to intercept the enemy's rear fleet, the number of warships on both sides was three to one hundred and five, although the first fleet of the Qing army grabbed the T-shape, but also completed a round of salvo, sinking more than a dozen Japanese warships, but did not expect that the commander of this guard fleet, Honda Henglong, was extremely cunning, and after suffering a loss, he no longer charged in a group, but divided the whole fleet into several small detachments, Threes, threes, twos and twos surrounded the Qing army from all directions, effectively dispersing the Qing army's firepower superiority, and were able to smoothly divide and surround the three warships of the Qing army.

Although the three warships of the Qing army were divided by the Japanese fleet, they could rely on their powerful firepower to protect themselves for a while, especially the ninety-two heavy guns on the behemoth "Zhenhai", the flagship of the detachment fleet, were not vegetarian, and under full firepower, the entire battleship was like a hedgehog with open thorns, and all the Japanese warships that dared to come up were all blown to shreds, as for the "Weiyuan" and "Weichen" were not so lucky, although they each had forty-two heavy guns, However, the warships of the Japanese State besieging these two warships also had almost the same artillery, although the power and even the range were not as good as the Qing warships, but the tigers were really difficult to parry the wolves, and they were already quite embarrassed if it were not for the "Zhenhai" to support it with artillery fire from time to time, and the situation would have been brought to the side of the ship by the Japanese warships, and the situation was obviously not very favorable to the first fleet of the Qing army.

"Report, General He, the enemy's main fleet has completed its turn and is killing our army!"

Just as the so-called house leak was raining overnight, just when He Lin was anxious because of the unfavorable battle situation, he couldn't help but hear the lookout post on the tall mainmast sound a more severe enemy alarm.

Trouble, trouble this time! As soon as he heard the change in the enemy's situation reported by the lookout post, He Lin's heart was half cold, no side, if the enemy's main fleet also arrived at the battlefield, not to mention the two medium-sized warships "Weiyuan" and "Weichen", even the "Zhenhai" is afraid that it is difficult to be spared, after all, there are many ants that can bite the elephant to death.

To withdraw or not to withdraw? This has become a dilemma in front of He Lin - if you don't withdraw, you are destined to be surrounded and strangled by the enemy fleet, as for withdrawing, although you are surrounded at this time, you can rely on the huge hull of the "Zhenhai" and the fierce firepower, it is not difficult to fight a bloody road, but in this way, the "Weiyuan" and "Weichen" are obviously destined to fall into the hands of the enemy, and furthermore, once the battlefield is lost, it will inevitably affect the battle plan of the main fleet. He Lin didn't dare to bet that Sun Mingxu, who was angry, would be generous enough to spare himself.

"Order: Turn left, rush over at full speed for Lao Tzu, full firepower, be sure to rendezvous with the 'Weiyuan'!"

He Lin didn't dare to bet on Sun Mingxu's generosity, so he could only gamble on his own life, but when he saw that his face was hideous, he gritted his teeth and roared viciously.

"Captain, look, in the southeast, General Wang is coming with a vanguard fleet!"

"Weiyuan" and "Weichen" were originally separated from the "Zhenhai" on both sides, at this time, the "Zhenhai" rushed to the "Weiyuan" at the same time, it announced the abandonment of the "Weichen", at first sight, even if it was understood that this was He Lin's helpless choice, but the "Weichen" officers and soldiers still couldn't help but roll through a sense of desolation in their hearts, even the captain He Ming was no exception, but he didn't dare to blame He Lin, just because He Lin was his dear brother, and he was depressed. Leng Buding heard the lookout post above his head let out a roar of surprise, and his mood suddenly lifted, and he hurriedly picked up the telescope hanging from his waist, and quickly looked towards the southeast, and saw that the vanguard fleet was killing at high speed with full sails, although there was a slight crosswind, but its speed was not slower than that of the enemy's main fleet.

"All ships obey orders, regardless of the cost, go all out to get up and board!"

Honda Henglong is not a reckless man with only blood and courage such as Ono Shinji, but a famous wise general of the Japanese Naval Division, but because of his humble background, he is not very reused, and when it comes to the command ability of naval warfare, he is much stronger than the commander of the Naval Division, Sakata Yokozo, and is especially good at catching fighters.

"All guns are firing freely, and the marines are ready to defend against robbery!"

Honda Henglong's death order, the original outside mobile attack "Weichen" more than 30 large warships of the Japanese State immediately changed their tactics, regardless of the "Weichen" powerful fire attack, desperately from all directions to the "Weichen" madly pounced, in this way, the "Weichen" could not help but take care of one and the other, under a round of artillery fire, although it sank three enemy ships, but it was difficult to deter the wild charge of the rest of the Japanese warships, seeing that the situation was in danger, He Ming was also anxious, and pulled out the command knife on his waist, He slashed down hard, gritted his teeth and roared.

"Order the ships to paddle with all their might, accelerate, accelerate! Be sure to rush into battle before enemy reinforcements arrive! ”

In his opinion, it is difficult for his side to win, but as long as he can eat the small Qing army detachment on the southeast battlefield, and then sweep the Wang Changgeng division that came to help, there is a possibility of fighting against the Qing fleet, at least it can remain undefeated, because of this, as soon as he saw Honda Henglong launched a strong attack on the "Weichen", Sakata Hengzo did not hesitate to give the order to speed up.

"Rush, rush me, hurry, faster!" As soon as Sakata Hengsan's troops accelerated like this, Wang Changgeng was in a hurry, if he was really rushed into the battlefield by Sakata Hengsan's troops first, not only would the first fleet be in danger, but even the vanguard fleet led by him would not be able to escape being besieged, and in his anger, he would not care about the fact that the Qing warships were already sailing with full sails, and roared angrily. At this time, Wang Changgeng's division was still six nautical miles away from the southeast battlefield because of the U-turn in the rear, while Sakata's Yokosan division was halfway turned, and it was only four nautical miles away from the southeast battlefield......