All nine warships of Deng Shichang's formation suddenly moved forward towards the place where the "booming" cannon sound was heard in front, and after nearly 30 minutes, the sound of artillery was getting closer and closer, and the fierce battle situation ahead could already be seen through the telescope

At this time, Deng Shichang could vaguely see the battle situation with a telescope on the deck, the "Undefeated" was burning with a raging fire, and the "Breaking Waves" and "Sailing" had also been injured to varying degrees, only the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" were struggling to support, and the "Changsheng" was barbarously intercepting the two ironclad ships of "Hiei" and "Fuso" that had broken through after two 10,000-ton battleships, and an ironclad ship did not show defeat at all against the two ironclad ships, and the "Riding the Wind" was a one-enemy four. In the face of the four Japanese gunboats, "Chengfeng" was still at ease, but apparently due to the injury and departure of "Breaking the Waves", the pressure of "Chengfeng" increased in vain, and in short, the battle situation was very unfavorable to the Qing fleet

"Tell the three gunboats of Jingyuan, Laiyuan, and Zhiyuan, and then immediately reinforce with the sea lion, ride the wind, attack the opponent's gunboat, and immediately go to entangle the cruiser wave in the Japanese fleet that is sneaking up on the injured warship, and the remaining four ironclad ships will go together to reinforce Daqing No. 1 and Daqing No. 2, and besiege the four major battleships of the Japanese main force" Deng Shichang quickly issued a combat mission

"Yes," the signal soldier immediately changed the order to a flag

In an instant, the Qing fleet on the sea immediately scattered in all directions like exploding cannonballs

When sailing in a unified formation, it may not be possible to see which warship is fast and which warship is slow, but now it is clearly distinguished: the two cruisers, the "Flying Eagle" and the "Sea Lion," are flying like arrows from the string to the two ends of the battlefield in front

Next are four ironclad ships of about 8,000 tons, and the German ironclad ships that are close to 10,000 tons can actually reach 15.5 knots after refitting, and they are also very fast to the main battlefield in front

Falling behind were three gunboats, although they did not have too much prominence, but the 13-knot voyage did not seem too slow, and the clever main guns made all Japanese warships feel terrifying, including the 10,000-ton battleship, if it was attacked by the Daqing gunboats at close range, it would inevitably be damaged

At this time, Yan Fu was directing the battle on the "Changsheng", and his formation had already sunk 3 torpedo ships and damaged 3 warships, shamefully, this was all done by the same Japanese warship, that is, the "wave" with 24 knots of sailing

After the encounter with the Japanese fleet in Nagasaki, the battle fell into a passive situation at the beginning, not because of the fact that there was too much difference in the number and quality of warships, because it was a prepared ambush for the Japanese fleet

The four battleships "Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi", and "Katsuragi" came up and entangled the four capital ships of the Qing Dynasty, "Daqing No. 1", "Daqing No. 2", "Changsheng", and "Undefeated", while the Japanese gunboats and torodo ships rushed directly to "ride the wind", "break the waves", and "sail", and the terrifying "waves" rushed into the middle of the three Daqing fish and torpedo ships, releasing the secondary guns of the left and right strings to their heart's content, and when the battle just started, the three Daqing fish and torpedo ships had already returned to the sea

Immediately after that, the "waves" concocted the same method to attack the "breaking waves" and "sailing" surrounded by the Japanese gunboats, and after successfully being damaged, they turned their heads to attack the "undefeated" ironclad ship, and after the "undefeated" left the battlefield with serious injuries, they still chased after it to the death, and might have sunk if it were not for the strong defensive power of the "undefeated".

Just when it was fully controlled, two Japanese ironclad ships rushed towards the "Changsheng" again, completely cutting off the connection between the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" and the flagship "Changsheng," and all the Daqing warships were hanging by a thread

According to normal estimates, the Great Qingshui Division can be completely annihilated within 3 hours without special circumstances

Just when Yan Fu was at a loss, a fleet flying high with a dragon flag flew towards him in the distance, which not only made Yan Fu's fleet see hope, but also made the Japanese fleet feel hopeless

Originally, they wanted to use the opportunity of the division of the Great Clear Water Division to eliminate the living forces of the Great Clear Water Division one by one, but now it seems that all this has become a pipe dream, and the real threat has already reached their side, at this time they only sank three Great Qing Fish and Mineral Ships, and they have not shaken the foundation of the Great Clear Water Division at all, not to mention that it is no longer realistic to withdraw from the battle even if they want to withdraw from the battle now

Although at this time, the three seriously damaged warships of "Breaking the Wave," "Sailing," and "Undefeated" no longer had much ability to move, and the rupture of the steam pipe made them only like a battery floating on the sea, relying on their main and secondary guns to give some blows to the enemy ships within range

The "waves," who had just been chasing these three warships, were actually surrounded by these four warships under the interception of the "Flying Eagles," and no matter which direction they broke through, they had to risk being shot by a single shot

However, the "waves" created by the British had a terrifying defensive power under that terrifying voyage, and no matter which warship was hit by the main shelling, it would be directly sunk

For a while, the Japanese cruiser was in a hurry, and for a while there was no direction, and I didn't know what to do

Although the Japanese cruiser had no direction, the goal of the "Flying Eagle" was very clear, and after increasing its horsepower to reach the top of 18 knots, it desperately moved closer to the "wave", hoping to solve the fly on the sea with one shot

"Boom ......"

The severely frightened "Lang" was frightened and fired cannonballs at the "Flying Eagle" that was heading towards him

"Haha, little Japan is finished, let the main gun not fire first, and then get closer, and strive to solve this little devil with one shot," Ding Ruchang, the captain of the Flying Eagle, ordered

"Yes"

The "Flying Eagle" continued to sail towards the "wave", and the "wave" subconsciously retreated

"Boom ......"

Another shell exploded less than 100 meters away from the "Wave", and the column of water set off was more than 100 meters, which really told the "Wave" that there was an "undefeated" in his rear that was still being chased by him just now, and although the 4,000-ton ironclad ship was still on fire, there was no problem with the sharp main guns, and if he wanted to break through from his direction, he had to bear considerable risks

Before Lang could decide where to break through, a cannonball had already pierced through his thin armor and swooped into the underlying power system, and a short time later, a huge explosion came from the bottom of Lang's ship

"Boom...... Boom"

A warship that was intact a second ago was torn in half a second later, and the hull cracked a terrifying opening, blowing up a hole of more than 40 meters between the bow and stern, and the sea water was desperately pouring into it......