"Kikuto, well done! This is the pipe band of my Beiyang Navy! With tears in his eyes, Liu Buyun watched the Chaoyong sink to the bottom of the sea little by little, and loudly encouraged the officers and men of the ship in the microphone, "Go all out and sink Fusang!" Don't waste the precious time that the Super Brave has earned! ”

At this time, the Fusang was already scarred, although the ironclad ship was solidly defended, but it was too old after all, and the protective design of the old ironclad ship also had great defects, and it was gradually difficult to support under the siege of the four major ironclad ships in the Beiyang, and the incomparable arson effect of the silver explosives turned the Fusang into a sea of fire, burning the devil crying dad and mother.

Although the devils on the Fuso tried their best to put out the fire, because new fire points kept appearing, manpower was gradually tightened, and the fire could not be controlled.

But even if the situation is so critical, the captain of the Fuso, Arai Yugong Navy Osa, has never ordered to withdraw from the battle, he knows very well that now the Fuso has become the key to victory in this sea, if Fuso can't withstand it, then the two old ships of King Kong and Hiei, which are not as good as Fuso's ability to resist strikes, will soon follow in their footsteps.

These three difficult bones have been gnawed down, and the four ships of the Beiyang Squadron can rest assured and boldly slaughter the four ships of the Japanese rear squadron that basically have no armor protection, and then the battle will be completely over

Therefore, no matter how difficult it was, the Fuso had to persevere, which not only Arai Yugong realized, but also the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet on the Matsushima, Ito Yuhiro, also understood, and while ordering the Matsushima and Itsukushima, which had rushed over, to speed up and turn right around the back of the Beiyang main team to re-enter the battle group, he asked the flag soldiers to strictly order the three ships Fuso, Kongo, and Hiei not to retreat.

At the same time, all the guns within the reach of the Japanese ships were aimed at the Dingyuan, the flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division, and opened heavy fire on it, hoping to sink it, or at least force it to withdraw from the battle, so that the Japanese Combined Fleet could turn defeat into victory.

For a moment, Ito almost thought that he had seen the dawn of victory, and a 240mm caliber blasting bomb fired by the Fuso hit the unprotected bow of the Dingyuan impartially. No matter how thick the armor of the Dingyuan is, once a fire ignites, it will be very dangerous in such a fierce battle as it is now.

However, to the great dismay of the Japanese officers and men, the smoke from the bow of the Dingyuan quickly dissipated, and the huge ship, which had made them extremely jealous, did not seem to be in serious trouble, but became more courageous like an enraged beast

However, Liu Buyun, the pipe belt of the Dingyuan, secretly wiped a cold sweat, thanks to Li Hui's suggestion, the cabin layout of the Dingyuan has long been adjusted, and now there are no facilities or materials under the foredeck that are easy to ignite, as long as the breach is blocked to prevent water ingress (the hit part is closer to the waterline). This is not too difficult without the dispersion of firefighting tasks.

And if there is still a military hospital under the foredeck as before, this cannon will inevitably ignite the flammable materials such as bedding, gauze, and alcohol piled up inside, and cause a fire, and the consequences will be serious

"Tuo Dongyang's blessing, the current Dingzhen Second Ship has no weaknesses, what else do I have to be afraid of?" Thinking of this, Liu Buyun suddenly became proud and ordered the Dingyuan (with the other three warships) to approach the Fusang under heavy artillery fire to improve the artillery hit rate and gnaw this hard bone off as soon as possible.

The move quickly paid off, and the Fuso, which had been shot continuously, quickly lost its ability to protect itself due to too much water ingress causing the main armor belt to fall below the waterline, and less than five minutes later, the former strongest ironclad ship in East Asian seas sank into the sea unwillingly. Sinking to the bottom of the sea with him, there were also 203 people from the captain Arai Akai and the Navy Osa below

The sinking of the Fuso caused a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese army, and the captain of the Japanese ship Hiei even broke the string that had been tightened in his heart, and he ignored Ito's strict order to prohibit retreat, and withdrew from the battle without authorization on the grounds that the ship was on fire and needed to save himself, so angry that Ito Yuhiro scolded on the spot.

After the Hiei retreated without authorization, the last Japanese ironclad ship, the Kongo, became the only target for the four Beiyang ships to attack with all their might.

Although the King Kong is known as an ironclad ship, the thickness of the armor is the same level as the previously sunken Chiyoda, and it is also a very backward wrought iron armor, which cannot resist the large-caliber blasting shells of the Beiyang Naval Division at all.

In addition, the age of the King Kong was too long and its defensive strength was further reduced, and it only lasted more than 10 minutes under the concentrated fire attack of the four Beiyang ships, but because the fire got out of control, spread to the ammunition depot and caused a martyrdom, and flew into the sky with a loud noise that shook the earth, none of the officers and men of the ship survived

The loss of three ironclad ships in a row in less than half an hour made Ito, who had been somewhat shaken in confidence since the Yoshino evacuated the battlefield, have the idea of retreating, but this means that the four Japanese ships in the rear will be abandoned, because their speed is slower than the four ironclad ships of the Beiyang main team, and it is difficult to get rid of the pursuit.

Although the positioning of those four warships is only cannon fodder, it is not easy to train the personnel on the ships, and if they are all sacrificed, and considering the losses that have been incurred so far, the Japanese Navy will inevitably lose its vitality, and even if the cabinet urgently allocates funds to purchase warships, I am afraid that there will not be so many qualified naval officers and men to open them.

Therefore, Ito Yuhyung could not make up his mind to break the wrist of a strong man, and at this moment, the vague outline of a warship faintly appeared in the mist in the distance

"Is it Akitsuzu or Yoshino?" , Ito Youheng's face appeared happy, although he is not sure which one it is for the time being, but no matter which one returns to the battlefield, it will make a huge change in the current balance of strength between the two sides on the battlefield.

Perhaps God did not want this naval battle to end suddenly, the Laiyuan on the left flank of the Beiyang team was hit by two shells loaded with picric acid explosives in succession, causing the fire on the ship to get out of control, and it was forced to temporarily withdraw from the battle column to extinguish the fire with all its might.

So Ito Yuhiro decided to seize the rare fighter plane with only three warships left in the Beiyang Naval Division's own team and turned defeat into victory!

On the side of the Beiyang Naval Division, after seeing the appearance of the Japanese ship that could not be recognized for the time being, everyone changed color when they boarded, and Liu Buyun's heart sank.

Before, the Zhijing team went to chase the two escaped Japanese ships, but now the second Zhijing ship is missing, but a Japanese ship that escaped before has returned to the battlefield, can it be said that Deng Shichang not only failed to kill the water dog, but was bitten to death by the dog?

The purchase price of the second ship of Zhijing is second only to the two giant ships of Dingzhen in the Beiyang Naval Division, and the tactical significance is even more important.