The black smoke was getting denser and denser, and finally through the telescope, I could see that the plaster flag was hanging on the flagpole

"The front was identified as the Japanese fleet, numbering more than 10 ships," an observer reported

Yan Fu clenched his fists vigorously and said, "Okay, everyone is ready to fight, ride the wind and break the waves to return to the team."

The "riding the wind" and "breaking the waves" of the sudden exploration of the road lowered the voyage and waited for the arrival of the large army

The two fleets finally met again in the Sea of Japan, and the elite of the Japanese fleet exhausted four main battleships, three fast cruisers, three ironclads, and more than a dozen gunboats and torpedo ships

The ratio of the number of the two fleets was 17:20, and the Qing fleet suffered a slight loss in quantity, and in terms of tonnage, it was not as good as the Japanese fleet landing in Yokohama in order to cover the raiding force smoothly, and Guan Xuqing still equipped Deng Shichang with the most powerful four ironclad ships of nearly 10,000 tons

Judging from the comparison of the strength of the Chinese and Japanese navies, the navy of the Qing Dynasty has never suffered in terms of numbers, and now the ironclad ships in the Nanyang Fleet, such as "Juin" and "Yongwu", are still escorting the German ** team in Thailand to replenish in the south

Therefore, in this decisive naval battle between China and Japan in the eyes of the Japanese, the number and tonnage of warships of the Qing Dynasty fell to the disadvantage for the first time

But this did not make Yan Fu feel nervous or afraid, and even for him, this naval battle was the best stage to show his ability

Although the previous blocking battle and the accident of the "Rising" had little to do with Yan Fu, it also directly reflected from one side that Xiao Xiucai, who was still the editor of the "Qing Daily" during the Sino-French War, had a low status and insufficient prestige in the Qing Navy

So he also hopes to give himself a turnaround battle here

"Line up in a line, try to use the main gun to attack the opponent, the side chords are not as many as the Japanese cruisers, whether it is shooting or the number" Yan Fu rubbed his hands vigorously to calm down, and continued: "Daqing No. 1 is in charge, the target Japanese cruiser, any one can be arranged, arrange it yourself"

The two fleets didn't change their formations too much, they just met in a daze

"Boom ......"

Before the cannon fired by the "Daqing No. 1" was ejected, the battleship "Yamato" on the opposite side chose to strike first, and a cannonball roared straight towards the flagship of the Daqing fleet, the "Changsheng".

A huge explosion sounded 400 meters in front of the fleet, setting off a column of water nearly 40 meters high in the sea, and the falling sea water sprinkled on the soldiers waiting on the main battery in the bow of the ship

Even Yan Fu, who was standing on the deck, was wet by the splashed seawater, "Tell Daqing No. 1, don't rush to get close to the point and aim before fighting, be sure to hit the bah, bah" Yan Fu spat vigorously with the seawater that had just been splashed in his mouth

Finally, the fleets of both sides came into normal range, and the two sides continued to bombard their opponents with large-caliber main guns without any reservations

This face-to-face attack reflected the power of the Yan Fu one-word array, all the warships were almost parallel to the long spread of a "one" warship on the sea surface, so that the Japanese fleet artillery fire was also relatively scattered, and the main guns of all the Qing warships fell in large numbers around the "V" formation with "Kyushu" as the core

"Let the wind and waves penetrate the rear of the Japanese fleet, attack the enemy's fish and torpedo ships Daqing No. 1 and Daqing No. 2 with side-chord secondary guns, and rush up with me to disrupt the opponent's formation, and the rest of the warships surround them in a roundabout way."

After the flag soldiers transmitted the orders to the ships through the flags, the "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves" suddenly increased and made a detour towards the Japanese fleet from the left and right, while the "Changsheng", "Undefeated", "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" also increased their horsepower and rushed towards the Japanese fleet

The other five cruisers, "Yangfan", "Sea Lion", "Flying Eagle", "Nanji", and "Nanxiang", also quickly inserted themselves into the left and right flanks of the Japanese fleet, and took advantage of the large number of side guns of the cruisers themselves to carry out a fierce bombardment of the Japanese fleet's gunboats, fish and torpedo ships

The "V" formation of the Japanese fleet was easily dispersed by the impact of the Qing fleet, and the cruisers "Takachiho", "Akitsuzu", and "Lang" on the left and right flanks were besieged by the seven cruisers of the Qing Dynasty

After driving away the most characteristic cruisers of Japan, the seven cruisers of the Qing Dynasty did not pursue, and the muzzles of the black hole were directly aimed at the gunboats and cruisers at the rear of the formation

"Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi", and "Katsuragi" just wanted to drive away the cruisers of the Great Qing Dynasty, but they were entangled by "Long Victory", "Undefeated", "Great Qing No. 1", and "Daqing No. 2".

"Boom ......"

The main gun of the "Daqing No. 1" once again made a terrifying sound, and a 40-kilogram shell drew a wonderful arc to accurately find the "Fuso" hiding behind the "Yamato".

Although the explosion on the deck of the "Fuso" did not cause much damage to the warship itself due to the long distance, the explosion was devastating for the soldiers working on the deck, and such a huge explosion directly took away more than 20 Japanese soldiers who were carrying sandbags and installing fire extinguishing pipes

In the whole roundabout tactical system, the seven cruisers of the Qing Dynasty were all guerrilla warships, which used fast sailing to evade the opponent, and specialized in attacking gunboats and torpedo ships that fell behind in the formation

As long as the distance from the torpedo ships was about 3,000 meters, in the face of the torpedoes that could only reach 80 kilometers per hour at the earliest, the Daqing cruisers, which sailed more than 18 knots, could easily dodge and the distance of 3,000 meters from both the main guns and the secondary guns was within the effective range of the Daqing cruisers. Fish and Turtle Ships

However, the two cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" purchased from Germany before the Sino-French War had only 13 knots, although the French designers later used the removal of invalid steel plates to add a powered steam engine to reach 15.5 knots, but it is still quite slow in today's naval warfare, after all, the four main Japanese battleships have a flight of 16 knots

"Yamato" and "Musashi" easily intercepted the "Nanji" and "Nanxiang", and in the course of the battlefield, they frantically poured shells at the two flat-armored cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang", although as German cruisers, "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" were quite good in defense among the cruisers of the same tonnage of the same era, but how could the second ship, which had a displacement of less than 3,000, resist the 10,000-ton "Yamato" and "Musashi".

A 234mm shell was fired from the pear-like secondary turret on the foredeck of the "Yamato", which directly drilled into the ammunition depot of the "Nanji", which was only protected by a thin hull, causing a terrible red flame, and the huge explosion directly exploded the entire battleship, scattering and scattering with the explosion fragments of red flames, forming a beautiful and spectacular holiday flower, and the "Nanji", which was buried for this ceremonial flower, broke into two and sank quickly

Seeing the tragic situation of the "Nanji", Zhou Zhan, the pipe band of the "Nanxiang", tried to increase the range of the Japanese 10,000-ton giant fleet, but he seemed to ignore the horror of the three cruisers "Gao Qianho", "Akitsuzu", and "Lang", and if they had a high line, they could avoid the battle that was unfavorable to them and seize a suitable offensive position in a big battle

After rushing forward to evade the cruiser of the Qing Dynasty, how could the "Nanxiang", which had only 15.5 knots, escape the "Qiujinzhou" and "Lang" at 26 and 24 knots?

"Boom, boom......"

It was really just out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den, and it was hard to leave the range of the main guns of the "Yamato" and "Musashi", and the Japanese battleships happened to be entangled in the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2".

I thought that I could advance and ravage the Japanese gunboats, but on the right side of the "Nansho", two cruisers "Akitsushu" and "Lang" that had just left appeared

The sound of the cannon just now was fired from the main guns of their two cruisers......