The Chinese fleet did not pay any attention to the appearance of foreign warships, but continued to attack the Japanese fleet, and while the five Chinese cruisers were besieging the "Dong" and "Nisshin", the four Chinese gunboats "Fusheng", "Jiansheng", "Fuxing" and "Jianxing" were also besieging the Japanese gunboats "Fengxiang" and "Mengchun", in fact, two battlefields were formed.

The "Dong" and "Rijin" were already caught in the siege of the Chinese fleet and were too busy to take care of themselves, and the distance between the "Fengxiang" and the two capital ships had irretrievably widened to more than 1,000 meters, completely breaking away from the queue.

With the encirclement of the two capital ships, the two small gunboats began to be exposed in front of the Chinese fleet. After receiving the signal from the flagship, the four Chinese gunboats immediately broke away from the queue and rushed straight towards the "Fengxiang" and "Meng Chun" ships at high speed.

In the face of the four Chinese gunboats, which were completely superior in firepower and speed, the two Japanese gunboats tried their best to meet the battle, but they were soon unable to resist it, and large and small shells continued to fall on the decks of the "Fengxiang" and "Meng Chun" and on the nearby sea.

"Meng Chun," which followed "Feng Xiang," began to turn to the left to avoid it, and the "Feng Xiang" was also desperately turning to the left; "Feng Xiang," which had no wingman support, actually began to turn its bow and rushed straight toward the "Fusheng" and "Jiansheng" ships, as if to launch a ramming attack.

The "Fengxiang" changed course and sailed directly between the two warships, "Fusheng" and "Jiansheng," which really surprised the officers and men of the Chinese warship. However, Lin Yiqing could see that the move made by the captain of "Fengxiang" at the time of the catastrophe was not so much a bold strategy, but a manifestation of the instinctive subconscious avoidance reaction. The reason why the "Fengxiang" came head-on at the Chinese warships was more because they were worried that the area of the bombs on the side side would be too large when facing the enemy, and it would be difficult to avoid the collision of the Chinese warships, so they wanted to rush through the queue of the Chinese gunboats and flee. At this time, the Japanese captain's mind was full of how to escape the danger, and he probably didn't know where to go.

The "Fengxiang" ship subconsciously made this turn, and in fact walked out of the key to survival in death. In the face of the Japanese warship that suddenly rushed straight over, the four Chinese gunboats that were carrying out heavy shelling seemed to be somewhat puzzled, and if they fired fiercely at such a close distance, the enemy ships would certainly be doomed, but they would inevitably be easily hit by the enemy ships.

Despite this, the Chinese artillery fleet did not stop firing, but concentrated its firepower on the "Fengxiang", and after the "Fengxiang" ship was besieged, the follow-up "Meng Chun" ship did not implement any cooperative combat measures, but abandoned the friendly ship and turned away!

Seeing that the "Meng Chun" ship was about to escape, the Chinese gunboat immediately pursued it, and soon a shell hit the port side of the "Meng Chun," but the "Meng Chun" ship gradually left the "Fengxiang" and sailed into the distance, leaving the "Fengxiang" alone to withstand the deadly fire of the Chinese warship.

The weak "Fengxiang" was abandoned by friendly ships in front of the guns of the Chinese fleet, while five Chinese cruisers were approaching at a rapid pace.

After rushing through the front of the Chinese gunboats, while the fire of the Chinese gunboats had ceased slightly, the "Fengxiang" was about to quickly flee the battlefield, but it did not want to face off with the five Chinese cruisers that were shelling in a circle around the "Dong" and "Nisshin".

The oncoming Chinese cruiser approached about 800 meters away from the "Fengxiang" and began shelling, and the "Fengxiang" also used its own artillery to return fire. In the face of several cruisers of the Chinese Navy, the small gunboat "Fengxiang", which was too weak, was obviously unable to resist the superior Chinese warships, and the hull without any additional protection was penetrated in many places, and in the exchange of fire, the Japanese officers and men on the "Fengxiang" ship suffered heavy casualties.

On the broadside of the three most cutting-edge cruisers of the Chinese Navy, 140 mm breech guns fired frequently, and the "Fengxiang" could no longer withstand such blows, and the hull began to tilt slowly.

Seeing that the Japanese gunboat had already suffered heavy damage, the Chinese cruiser did not continue to attack it, but continued to go around the stern direction of the "East" and "Nisshin" and violently attack the two warships.

The departure of the Chinese cruiser fleet allowed the "Fengxiang" to temporarily avoid the terrible fire net of the Chinese warships and sail out of the battlefield in an attempt to save itself. However, soon the Chinese artillery fleet caught up and continued to fire a dense rain of bullets at the "Fengxiang", and the "Fengxiang" ship, which could no longer resist the deadly shelling, began to sink slowly in the flames and smoke.

After sinking the "Fengxiang", the four Chinese gunboats began to chase the fleeing "Meng Chun", and the shells hit the "Meng Chun" one after another, and soon, the rear mast, which had been hit many times, was hit again, and at the same time, the trapped "Meng Chun" hit the foredeck of the "Fusheng" with its tail gun. After a loud bang, a dark red fire rose, and the "Fusheng" was filled with gunsmoke for a while. Despite this, the four Chinese gunboats behind the "Meng Chun" saw that their prey was about to flee into the distance, and further accelerated the speed of pursuit, and the shells continued to fall around the "Meng Chun", and the "Meng Chun" was also trying their best to fire tail guns to resist. However, the high speed of the four Chinese fast gunboats was almost impossible to surpass and break away from the aging "Meng Chun", and soon the Chinese gunboat leader ship "Fusheng" approached from the left rear of the "Meng Chun" and fired continuously, because the distance was very close, the "Meng Chun" ship was hit with a high intensity second only to the "East" and "Rijin", and the "Meng Chun" was not as protective as the real ironclad ship after all, and soon, disaster occurred. In the fierce shelling of the four Chinese gunboats, the port side hull of the "Meng Chun" was hit one after another, the hull of the ship was immediately ruptured, the hull plate was torn, and Lin Yiqing even saw the exposed ribs of the "Meng Chun" ship. Soon the shells fired by the Chinese gunboats caused several fires on the main deck of the "Meng Chun", and the whole ship was surrounded by fire, thick smoke billowed out, and sea water poured into the "Meng Chun" ship from the crack at the waterline, and the hull of the ship irretrievably tilted to the left. The officers and men of the "Meng Chun" rushed to the main deck where the shells were gathered and tried to jump into the sea to escape, but most of them fell in the flying shrapnel and fire.

Seeing that the situation was imminent, the "Meng Chun" ship raised the white flag, and the Chinese gunboats stopped firing, but at this time, I don't know which Japanese indignant young gunners did not obey the order and fired another shot at the "Fusheng", and the Chinese gunboats immediately opened fire again on the "Meng Chun," and the "Meng Chun," which had already become a raging sea of fire, constantly tilted to the left, and the officers did not command to resist the enemy or put out fire, but chose to jump into the sea one after another.

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