After seeing the "Kyushu" speeding towards the southeast, everyone's first reaction was that they felt that the Japanese wanted to run and break through from the weakest point in the encirclement, and the "Laiyuan" quickly raised the flag: Our ship intercepted from the front, and the "Jingyuan" and "Zhiyuan" attacked from the side, and they would definitely stop the Japanese flagship

Seeing that the three gunboats with a displacement of only 2,000 tons in the Qing Dynasty did not run away, but rushed towards him, it also made Takuya Takayama feel strange, but this is also officially what he wants to see, and he is afraid that you will not come, and he rushed towards the other party

"Boom ......" "Boom ......"

The formidable main guns of the "Kyushu" continued to bombard the frontal "Laiyuan," and they may have been accustomed to hitting such huge warships as the "Zhenyuan" and "Daqing No. 1," but in the face of the insignificant "Laiyuan," the "Kyushu" completely lost its crosshairs, and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer after three consecutive artillery shots were missed

"Haha, our warship is small, we can't hit it and get closer, aim for direct shot, fuck it" Chen Guoan, the captain of the Laiyuan, excitedly ordered on the deck

"Boom ......"

A cannonball exploded not far in front of the "Laiyuan", and a piece of sea water with sea debris slapped heavily on the deck of "Laiyuan".

"Phew......" Chen Guoan spit out the seawater in his mouth vigorously, and said: "Hit me, hit the mission"

The gunboats of the Qing Dynasty mainly relied on the main guns in the bow of the ship, and the 180mm main guns were probably a little smaller than the secondary guns of the battleships

However, the 180mm main gun still has a strong lethality at close range, "......" and "......"

There were two more loud bangs, and the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty began to counterattack, first sending out a shell from the "Laiyuan" on the front, and before the explosion could be heard, the "Zhiyuan" on the right side of the "Kyushu" also sent out a shell

Probably due to the fact that the "Kyushu" was too large, both gunboats accurately hit the "Kyushu", and in the face of shells of this caliber hitting at a distance of more than 5,000 meters, it was simply tickling, and there was no lethality at all

"Come closer, catch up," Chen Guoan ordered

"If you rush up again, I'm afraid it will be dangerous," one of the adjutants advised

Chen Guoan's eyes widened and said, "What do you know? I'm just going to rush up and shorten the distance so that General Deng and General Yan behind can catch up quickly, do you really want to rely on our two cannons to sink the big monster on the opposite side? ”

"Uh......" The adjutant was speechless for a moment

"Rush up, keep fighting me, slow down the voyage of the enemy ship," Chen Guoan ordered

"Yes"

The battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and the sea was covered with a thick fog and visibility of only a few hundred meters, which was quite advantageous for the gunboats of the Qing Dynasty, because such a behemoth as "Kyushu" was like a beacon in the sea to guide them

"Boom ......"

"Laiyuan" was another shell that hit "Kyushu" accurately, but at the same time revealed its own position

"Boom ......"

There was another loud bang, and the "Kyushu" from the foggy sea was stunned to find the "coming distance" that fired shells at itself, and how could the displacement of 2,000 tons block the attack of the main guns of the 10,000-ton battleship at close range

The sound of the ship's hull cracking and the painful cries of everyone came from the vast fog, although it was not clear what to see, but it was not difficult to guess from the sound that the gunboat of the Qing Dynasty had been destroyed

Because of the fog, the advance of the "Kyushu" was quite slow, because there were still two gunboats that did not know where they were, and the four main warships of the Qing Dynasty and two search cruisers behind were chasing after them

Also because of the heavy fog, several Qing warships behind them were afraid of accidental injury and did not dare to fire indiscriminately

As if playing hide-and-seek, several warships slowly headed northwest

"Boom ......"

There was another cannon shot, and the entire "Kyushu" trembled, although the thick steel plate was not penetrated, but it was obviously quite damaged, and the entire armor steel plate on the left side was recessed, and the shell exploded in the groove, and the damage formed by the explosion was enough to have a terrifying hole with a diameter of about 5 meters

At this time, it was discovered that the "Zhiyuan" gunboat had already detoured to the left of the "Kyushu" less than 1,000 meters, and if it had been replaced by "Zhenyuan" or "Daqing No. 1" in this position, the "Kyushu" would have been sent to meet its three brother ships with one shot

Because the distance is too close, it is difficult for the elevation angle of the secondary guns to attack the gunboats at such a close range, and let the warships turn their heads so that the main guns may not have time to attack, and they can only watch the gunboats hit themselves one by one

It is ridiculous that this battleship, known as the first in Asia, was continuously attacked by a gunboat with a displacement of only 2,000 tons at a distance of less than 1,000 meters, and the machine guns fired in bursts could not cause damage to the gunboat at all, and the secondary guns of the 240mm caliber could not attack the position of only 1,000 meters due to the elevation angle, and a cannon would fly out about 2,000 meters at the nearest point

In this way, the giant surrendered to the feet of a child, and the "Jingyuan" on the other side also reached the position of 100 on the right side of "Kyushu", and also gave it the greatest blow with the 180mm main gun

Deng Shichang faced the vast fog and didn't know what was wrong ahead, and the sound of cannons was endless, but the "Kyushu" retreated without firing a single shot

"No matter what happened in front of us, little Japan retreated, and we rushed up and beat him up," Deng Shichang ordered

"Boom ......"

In the process of "Kyushu" retreating, the 380mm main gun of the "Zhenyuan" in the rear suddenly fired a shell, which directly hit the aft deck of the "Kyushu", penetrated the wooden deck and exploded in the bilge

The entire warship cracked open in the fog and slowly disappeared into the sea......

In this battle, the Qing fleet only lost three fish and torpedo ships and one gunboat, and seriously damaged "Riding the Wind", "Breaking the Waves", "Sailing", "Undefeated", "Dingyuan", and "Daqing No. 2"

After the total annihilation of the Japanese fleet, this victory completely established the superiority of the Sino-Japanese war, and the Qing Dynasty, which had mastered the control of the sea, had countless landing points in the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and other places, and could land anywhere on the Japanese mainland at any time

This made everyone in the Japanese authorities feel disappointed, sad, and even hopeless, utterly disappointed with the prospect of war

"Ito-kun, you immediately contact the British and ask them to provide us with the equipment of five more divisions, and our people of Great Japan can arm themselves to fight a decisive battle against the Qing Dynasty at any time" Emperor Meiji still did not give up

"Your Majesty, Britain has ceased any sponsorship of us, and loans have ceased and...... And ......," Ito said, embarrassed

"And what?"

"And...... And he wants us to immediately return the previous purchase cost of the warship and the war loan," Ito Hirobumi finally said

"Didn't the war loan say that it would be repaid in 10 years, so why should it be repaid now? And the cost of the warship is also repaid in three installments," Emperor Meiji asked suspiciously

"Yes, Your Majesty, but the British say that we have failed this victory, and they have reason to believe that we will not be able to provide repayment in the next few years, so they demand that we return it immediately now," Ito said with a sad face

"Fuck it, the whole world of English dogs is against us in Japan?" Emperor Meiji ran out of the palace in a frenzy and disappeared from everyone's sight......