Because the Japanese had a history of fraudulent surrender, seeing the Japanese reply, the "Fujing" once again quickly raised the flag: "If you surrender again, you will definitely be unforgivable!" ”

This time, the Japanese replied quickly: "This ship will never dare to fire again." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

When the dinghy full of Chinese sailors continued to move forward, the smoke-filled "Dong" really showed no signs of resistance. However, because the Japanese already had a "criminal record", this time the boat was equipped with a Lin's machine gun, and the bullet was loaded and aimed at the gun position of the Japanese ship, preparing to open fire as soon as the Japanese gunners were found to be stupid.

On the ironclad ship "East", Ito Yuma looked coldly at his younger brother Ito Yuhiro, who was pressed to the ground by two Japanese sailors, holding the revolver that his brother was going to use to hit him just now, while Ito Yuhyi was lying face down, shouting and struggling loudly, and Tsunoda Hidematsu and other naval officers were at a loss.

After discovering that the "East" had fallen into a desperate situation, Ito still insisted on fighting, and after Ito Yuma ordered the white flag to be raised, he angrily ordered the white flag to be lowered and continued to fire at the Chinese warship, and when all the gun emplacements were destroyed and the gunners were killed and wounded, he actually gave the combat order to "ram the enemy ship". Seeing that Ito Yuhyung was going to pull the whole ship's personnel to accompany the funeral, Ito Yuma couldn't bear it anymore, ordered the sailors to arrest Ito Yuhyung, and took over the warship in the name of the commander, and ordered the white flag to be raised again (after the white flag was lowered just now, it was torn apart by the machine gun fire fired by the Chinese Navy, and the Japanese sailors changed into white sheets in a hurry), and issued a flag to confirm that they really surrendered this time.

Originally, as the captain of the "East", the Japanese naval officers and sailors on the ship were in awe of Ito Youheng, and they easily did not dare to disobey his orders. However, at this time, under the heavy artillery fire of the Chinese Navy, the will of most of the officers and men of the "Dong" had completely collapsed. At this moment, the human survival instinct prevailed, because when the commander of the fleet, Ito Yuma, ordered the arrest of the captain who had lost his mind and raised the white flag to surrender, the Japanese sailors obeyed the order and pressed Ito Yuhyung, who was about to raise his gun to kill his brother, to the ground.

Lin Yizhe raised his binoculars and stared at the ironclad ship "Dong" that had once again raised the white flag, and at this time the sailors of the two small boats of the Chinese Navy had already boarded the deck of the "Dong", but the "Dong" suddenly started and rushed towards the cruiser "Princess Heshuo" in the middle of the Chinese cruiser like a dying rhinoceros.

"Not good! They're going to hit us! Pei Jinquan was shocked when he saw this.

Lin Yizhe frowned, did not give the order to fire again, but continued to stare at the deck of the "East".

After all, there are already Chinese sailors on the "East".

Lin Yizhe saw a Japanese naval officer on the deck explaining something to the Chinese sailors who had pointed their rifles at them, and then led the Chinese sailors into the cabin. And many of the Japanese sailors on the deck seemed to feel bad, rushed to the side of the ship, and jumped directly into the sea.

At the tense moment, the "Princess Peshuo Princess" suddenly turned the bow of the ship slightly, quickly sailed forward, and lightly brushed past the side of the "Jianjing" in front of it, avoiding the impact direction of the "East".

"What a Deng Zhengqing! Yours is it! Pei Jinquan stroked his hands and exclaimed.

But at this time, even if the "Princess Pegatron" did not evade, the impact of the "East" could not be successful, and the ironclad ship, which was full of bullet marks and the smoke had not yet dissipated, rushed forward for a while, and then suddenly stopped, and then Lin Yizhe saw a burst of fire from the hull of the "East".

With a violent explosion, the hull of the "East" was torn apart by a huge shock wave, it shook, suddenly broke in two, and then slowly began to sink. The Japanese and Chinese sailors on the deck jumped into the sea one after another, and for a moment they were like dumplings.

"What the fuck is going on?" Pei Jinquan looked at all this in surprise, and in anger, he burst into foul language.

"There should have been Japanese sailors who disobeyed the commander's surrender order and tried to ram us, but for our men and the Japanese sailors who didn't want to die, they stopped it." First mate Shen Renfa said, "So they set fire to the ammunition depot, intending to die with our people." ”

"Thieves! Fucking you should all go to the bottom of the sea and feed the king! Pei Jinquan scolded again hatefully, and immediately ordered the rescue of the person who fell into the water. At this time, other Chinese warships also sent small boats.

"The Japanese are finished."

On the cruiser "Monaken", the first mate Miles put down the telescope in his hand, looked at the hull of the "East" that had broken and was sinking, and turned to the captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Masson.

To Miles' surprise, Lieutenant Colonel Masson's face turned out to be a relieved expression, and his mouth was also surprisingly uttered, "Great! ”

"It's time for us to do it." There was a rare hideous look on Masson's face, which startled Miles.

"What did you say?"

"The Chinese are slaughtering those Japanese! We should go and save them! Masson said loudly and gave the order to fight.

Miles quickly raised his binoculars again and looked at the sea, and what he saw was that the small boat of the Chinese Navy was trying to rescue the Japanese sailors who had fallen into the water after rescuing the Japanese sailors who had fallen into the water.

Contrary to the rescue operation of the Chinese, at this time, from the already inclined deck of the "East", several Japanese with rifles appeared, and they not only shot at the Chinese boat, but even at their own compatriots who had fallen into the water!

Enraged, the sailors on the Chinese dinghy who had been shot at were immediately fired at the deck of the "East" with Lin's machine guns, and several Japanese sailors with rifles fell into the sea from the already inclined deck screaming.

Looking at this strange and terrifying scene, Miles was stunned.

"Let's rush over!" It was only when Masson gave this order that Miles came to his senses.

"Captain, what are you going to do?" Myers asked.

"Save our Japanese friends, of course!" Masson glared at Miles, and gave a combat order to several officers such as the second and third officers beside him: "Prepare to fire!" Target! Chinese warships! ”

"Are you crazy? Captain?! Miles was terrified for a moment and hissed, "We have an agreement with the Japanese, but we are not here to fight with the Chinese!" ”

Masson glared at Miles for a moment, and then suddenly punched the first mate in the temple, and Miles was caught off guard and fainted.

"Lift this guy down! Locked in the cabin! Miles yelled at the stunned sailors beside him.

The sailors hurriedly carried Miles into the cabin, and Masson calmed down and gave the battle order loudly. The 3,953-ton "Monaken" whistled for a long time and rushed straight towards the Chinese fleet.

"What are the Americans trying to do?" Seeing the "Monaken" suddenly rushing into the battlefield, Pei Jinquan couldn't help but be stunned.

"The Americans are fighting us!" Lin Yizhe said in a deep voice. He had already seen through the telescope that the "Monaken" had lowered the American flag and replaced it with a Confederate Southern Cross flag, and the gun doors on the side of the ship had been opened one by one, revealing the muzzles of the black holes.

As soon as Lin Yizhe's words fell, a gun door on the side of the "Monaken" suddenly spewed out a black smoke with a dark red flame, and then a 9-inch (229 mm) shell whistled towards the "Fujing," and it fell into the water and exploded not far from the stern of the "Fujing," raising a high column of water.

At this moment, the other eight gun doors on the side of the "Monacan" (the "Monaken" was armed with 18 229-mm guns, 9 on each side) also spewed fire and black smoke one after another, and one shell after another flew straight towards the Chinese fleet.

A shell hit the stern of the "Fujing," and the hull of the "Fujing" suddenly trembled violently, and Lin Yizhe, Pei Jinquan, and others, who were standing on the flying bridge, stumbled and almost fell.

"Fucking Yankee! Want to die? Pei Jinquan cursed, and before Lin Yizhe could speak, he shouted and gave the order to fire on the American warship, and issued a flag, ordering the other ships to fire together.

Before the letter flag could be raised to the top of the mast, the cruiser "Jianjing" immediately fired back at the "Monaken," and then the other ships also fired at the "Monaken," and for a time countless shells smashed into the "Monaken" like meteorites.

When Lin Yizhe was training the shipmaster fleet to fight in formation, he formulated a tactical rule, that is, if the flagship fires, the other ships must fire along with it, and once the flagship is attacked, the ships must immediately return fire and do not have to wait for the flagship's signal to avoid delaying the fighters. At this special moment, this code of conduct has been perfectly observed by the officers and men of the Chinese Navy.

On the British warship "Otissa" watching the battle, the commander of the British "Chinese fleet" Ryder and the captain of the ship, Coles, looked at this astonishing scene and looked at each other in shock.

"Are Americans crazy?" Reddell said, holding the telescope with a trembling hand.

Coles also held up his binoculars, but unlike Rydel, he didn't look at the Monaken, which was already in the rain of bullets and smoke, but at the Fujing!

Of course, he did this because he was definitely not more concerned about the fate of the "Fujing", which was suddenly attacked, but for another reason!

Looking at the "Fujing" with thick smoke billowing from the stern of the ship, the corners of Coles's mouth showed a trace of an unconscious smile!

At this time, if God really came here, he would be shocked to hear the silent prayer in Coles's heart.

“…… Oh...... Punish the abominable Chinese heretic who took her from me, God Almighty...... Let the American shells hit that ship, and let him destroy with that ship...... Let his soul suffer in Hell......"

“…… God Almighty...... Give her to me, that I may purify her so that I may be cleansed from my own sins...... The evil in her heart will be exorcized, and her **** body and pure soul will belong to me alone......"

Coles unconsciously imagined Lin Yizhe's figure struggling in pain in the sea of fire and the beautiful Lu Yingyan's exposed body trembling under his body. His heart was instantly full of ****, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable under him. He then realized that he had hurriedly ended this out-of-tune prayer, fearing that God would see through his heart and bring him more punishment.

On the French ironclad ship "Normandy", witnessing the "Monaken" suddenly firing at the Chinese warship, the commander of the French Oriental Detachment, May, and Captain El were also very surprised.

"What are the Americans going to do?" When May saw the "Monaken" actually lower the American flag on the mast, replace it with the Southern Cross flag, which originally belonged to the Confederate, and go straight to the Chinese warship to open fire, her eyes were so surprised that she almost fell into the binoculars.

"They are saying that this operation is a personal act and has nothing to do with the US government." El's face also became extremely gloomy, "It looks like they want to help the Japanese!" ”

"Why are they helping the Japanese?" Maye lowered her binoculars and asked in surprise.

"The exact reason is not clear." El was still staring at the battlefield, "But I think it should be of great interest to make them decide to challenge the Chinese fleet in this way, right?" Maybe they came here and made some kind of agreement with the Japanese that we don't know yet? Otherwise, how dare they commit such a flagrant violation of public international law? ”

"You're right, Captain." Mei Yi put down the binoculars, and Eyre's words reminded him of the United States' attempt to attack and occupy Taiwan as a naval coal base, and couldn't help but sneer, "If that's the case, shouldn't we also take action to help the Chinese?" ……”

At this moment, a loud "boom" interrupted the conversation between the two, and the two hurriedly followed the prestige, and immediately saw the billowing smoke rising from the "Monaken".

May and El both raised their binoculars again, and they immediately saw that a large hole had appeared in the hull of the "Monaken", which was constantly emitting flames. The deck was also a mess.

Although the displacement of the "Monaken" cruiser is close to 4,000 tons, the volume is far larger than any Chinese warship on the battlefield, and it is also equipped with 18 229 mm caliber guns and 2 6.4-inch (163 mm) guns and 1 5.3-inch (135 mm) caliber guns, the firepower is very powerful, but there is no protective armor, so the "Monaken" cruiser does not have the waterline armor that the Chinese armored cruiser "Fujing" has. This makes the ship's broadside protection as if it were naked. A 190 mm caliber bomb just fired from the "Peshuo Princess" easily penetrated the hull plate of the "Monaken", and penetrated diagonally through the non-commissioned officer's cabin of the "Monaken" in the middle of the port side of a wartime converted medical room, and after sweeping this cabin, it tore open the compartment next door, and continued to rush into the gun compartment on the other side, smashing 1 229-mm gun before stopping, in the process 15 sailors from Virginia were killed on the spot, and the ammunition pile placed next to the gun was also ignited. That's because there was such a tragic explosion.

Shortly after the stern of the "Fujing" was hit and caught fire, a 190-millimeter shell fired by the Chinese cruiser "Chengqing" also hit the "Monaken" directly, and the shell entered near the stern of the "Monaken", passed through the cabin on the side of the underdeck, and exploded between the officer's canteen and the mechanical room, resulting in the destruction of the lighting skylight and hatch cover of the officer's canteen and several nearby cabins, and the barometer, navigation gauge and other instruments in the mechanical room were also greatly damaged. The steam line connecting the underwater rudder blades to the control wheel in the wheelhouse on deck was broken and the steering wheel was rendered useless. The Monaken's engineers tried to replace the steam lines with hinged ropes to restore the use of the steering wheels, while the spare manpower steering wheels at the rear of the warship's main deck were activated, and the American sailors, who had been sucking their strength, worked hard to turn the manpower steering wheels, slowly turning the warship to the left to avoid artillery fire.

Almost at the same time that the "Chengqing" hit the "Monaken," the 135-mm gun emplacements of the "Monacan" were also hit one after another by the 140-mm breech-loading guns on the broadside of the "Heshuo Princess," "Chaowu," and "Chengqing." In a simple artillery confrontation, the three Chinese cruisers, each with three 140-mm breech guns, had the upper hand. During the shelling, the stern of the "Monaken" was penetrated, the shells piled up on the 135-mm gun emplacements were detonated, the fragments damaged the rotating mechanism of the 135-mm guns, the American gunners on the deck fell one after another, and soon the rotating mechanism of one 163-mm gun was also broken and paralyzed.

At the same time as the main guns were firing, the 40-mm Haqikes single-barreled machine guns and five-barreled machine guns equipped near the flybridge of the Chinese cruiser, as well as the Lin's machine guns in the mast, were not idle, and hit the "Monaken" one after another. These Haggais machine guns concentrated on attacking the deck and broadside gun positions of the "Monaken," which had just been hit by 140-millimeter shells, and the mast used by the "Monaken" to hang the signal flag was also "taken care of." The dense machine shells exploded on the "Monaken," and more than a dozen American sailors were beaten to the ground and fell on the deck.

Seeing that the "Monaken" had been beaten so badly, the British naval officers who watched the battle were all shocked for a while.

"It's horrible." Reddell put down the binoculars, and he subconsciously took out a white handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his face to hide the shock in his heart.