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In order to avoid the escape of the Japanese ship as much as possible, after discovering that Itsukushima was left behind, Yang Yonglin on the Zhenyuan immediately asked the flag soldiers to inform the flagship Dingyuan, which can only be sent and not sent, so that they can deal with the enemy ship that has fallen at a reduced speed, while the Zhenyuan takes advantage of its faster speed and goes to deal with the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Matsushima.

Perhaps because the firepower was dispersed, or because the victory was decided, and the gunners of the Beiyang Naval Division aimed more carefully in order to save shells, which affected the rate of fire, the two Sanjing ships held out much longer than the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division expected.

Itsukushima did not sink completely until 16:02, and the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Matsushima, had completely lost its combat capability at this time, and in order to prevent the warship from being captured and falling into the hands of the enemy, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, ordered to sink itself, and a total of 338 crew members died with it

During this period of time, the second ship of Zhijing fought to the death with Gao Qiansui, and the battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and the Jingyuan was hit hard by a 260mm huge bomb, and was forced to withdraw from the battle column again.

However, before that, a 210mm blasting bomb fired by the Jingyuan also hit the Gao Chiho, and it coincidentally fell on the bridge, killing many core officers, including the captain, on the spot, so that the Gao Chiho lost its effective command, and this is also the biggest contribution made by the Jingyuan in this sea battle.

Less than 3 minutes after the Jingyuan retreated, the main gun of the Zhiyuan hit the tail of the Gao Qianho again, causing a large amount of water to enter, causing the latter's speed to drop significantly, completely losing the possibility of getting rid of the Zhiyuan's pursuit, and unable to turn around and meet the enemy with the strongest firepower.

Not counting the guns that could not damage the hull, the Takachiho had only one 260mm rear main gun left. Although the Vavisel gun mount was accelerated, due to the lack of training of the Japanese Navy, the rate of fire of this giant gun in actual combat was surprisingly slow, and it could not shoot a single shot in 4 minutes, which was slower than the main gun of Dingzhen before the modification (historical fact), and the accuracy was also miserable, and the previous shot that hit the Jingyuan had lost all its character (this cannon had hit such a total in the naval battle), so that it could not hit again before being destroyed by the main gun of the Zhiyuan.

However, the Zhiyuan had two 210mm main guns and two 152mm secondary guns that could fire at the Takachiho, and the rate of fire was much faster than that of the opponent.

However, it must be noted that although the Zhiyuan was fortunate to be the only warship of the Beiyang Naval Division without any structural damage because it beat the water dogs twice, there were a large number of small-caliber machine guns on the Gao Qianho (including 2 47mm heavy Habekaisi rapid-fire guns, 10 25.4mm quadruple Noudianfeld machine guns, and 4 11mm 10-barreled Green guns that cannot be regarded as artillery strictly speaking). But it caused a lot of damage to the personnel on the Zhiyuan.

As a result, when the Gao Qianho sank, more than half of the gunners on the Zhiyuan had already suffered casualties, thanks to the fact that the Zhiyuan class was equipped with the largest number of small-caliber machine guns among the ten Beiyang ships, and it was able to suppress the opponent's machine gun firepower

Compared with the battle of pursuing the four main cruisers of the Japanese side, the elimination of the two weak ships of the Hikatsu Castle and the Yamato was only an addition, but in order to deplete the vitality of the Japanese Navy as much as possible, the Heiyuan still pursued them relentlessly. Unfortunately, due to the slow speed of the Pingyuan, the two Japanese ships were finally allowed to escape.

Li He naturally regretted this, and Li Hui, who was watching the live broadcast through the system message board, sighed deeply, "It would be great if we could kill those two ships, just relying on the Akitsusu, Hiei, Kaohsiung, and at most the personnel on the four warships, plus the Tsukushi, it is impossible to rebuild the navy's shelf, but if it is replaced by six, plus the elites drawn from other warships, it may not be possible to complete the reconstruction of the Japanese Navy in a year or even less. If the Japanese government is willing to spend money frantically to purchase enough new warships, the Beiyang Naval Division may not be able to firmly control the sea power in this war."

However, Li Hui only had some regrets, and the fact that the Battle of Dadonggou could be fought like this was enough to make him proud and proud of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Including the escaped Guangjia, only two warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were sunk, and they were the two oldest and weakest; In contrast, the Japanese Navy permanently lost a full ten warships, and most of them were new and strong main warships

This was definitely an overwhelming and brilliant victory, and the Beiyang Naval Division not only earned back the losses in the Battle of Toshima, but also charged several times more interest

"The Qing navy won in the end, in fact, as we expected, the Japanese actually used cruisers to confront ironclad ships, which is simply too stupid. But I originally thought that Japan would sink at most three or four warships, and most of them would be able to use the advantage of speed to get rid of the pursuit, but I did not expect that the two fastest warships of the Qing Navy were on guard on the periphery when they started the war, and did not immediately get involved in the battle, but instead were able to pursue the fast cruisers that fled the battlefield after the Japanese side was heavily damaged, so that the latter's advantages in speed and firepower could not be brought into play, and the Chinese were really lucky," said German officer Heinrich after the end of the naval battle.

The Frenchman Thiel frowned and shook his head, indicating that the victory of the Beiyang Naval Division was not so simple, "How can there be such a coincidence?" I believe that this is a battle strategy that they have determined in advance, because if it were me, I would definitely arrange it this way. The firepower of the two warships Zhiyuan and Jingyuan is not weak, but the defense is too poor, if they participate in a frontal battle, they will soon be sunk by the Japanese army, not only will they be killed in vain, but also seriously dampen the morale of the Beiyang Naval Division. ”

"Moreover, separating the two fast cruisers before the war can also confuse the Japanese, so that they still have the illusion that they can win when the war is unfavorable, otherwise, the Japanese navy may take the initiative to retreat after the initial unfavorable battle, in that case, at least three warships of the fast fleet can be saved, and the Japanese navy will still have hope of turning defeat into victory in the future, and it will not be completely finished as it is now", Rear Admiral Henry of the US Navy saw it more thoroughly, and laughed at the stupidity of the Japanese Navy with some schadenfreude

"In the end, everyone still lacked a clear and accurate understanding of the power of ironclads before, but fortunately these yellow-skinned monkeys were used as guinea pigs for us," Captain Smith of the British Royal Navy summed it up succinctly.

Before the war, the British Royal Navy was generally more optimistic about the Japanese Navy, and the British government also tended to support Japan as the little brother of the Far East.

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