I don't know how long he swam, but Heihachiro Togo felt that his strength was about to run out, and just as he felt like he was about to sink, he saw something like a boat that was half upside down.

It was a half-broken sampan.

Heihachiro Togo swam over with all his might, lying on it, panting for breath.

What's that in the distance?

Because of his fatigue, Togo Heihachiro's eyes were a little blurry, but he still saw clearly, and what appeared in front of him was a warship with the Japanese chapter flag fluttering.

That's the gunboat "Yunyang"!

Thinking of what would happen to these old warships when they met those cutting-edge Qianguo cruisers, Heihachiro Togo couldn't care less about fatigue and waved his arms at the approaching Japanese warships.

"Togo-kun?!" Someone couldn't help but call out his name. He could hear it, it was the voice of his friend Izumi Chongyuan.

"What did you say?" Hearing Dewa Shigeto's words, someone was taken aback. Listening to the voice, it should be the commander of this Japanese fleet, Nakamuta Kuranosuke.

"Quick! Fast! Get people back! Dewa Shigeyuan ignored the commander's surprise, but couldn't wait to give the order.

The "Yunyang" approached, and soon the Japanese sailors got Togo Heihachiro onto the deck.

"Water...... Give me water......" Heihachiro Togo shouted in a hoarse voice.

A sailor took a military kettle, and Heihachiro Togo nervously grabbed the kettle and poured it violently, immediately choking and coughing loudly.

"Togo-kun! How did you end up here? Dewa Shigeto asked in surprise, "Where's your 'Nisshin'?" ”

"The 'Nisshin'...... Sunk...... Everyone...... The jade is broken...... Only...... I'm left ...... One person ......" Heihachiro Togo easily stopped coughing and muttered.

"What?!" Hearing Heihachiro Togo's words, Izuwa Shigeyuan and Nakamuta Kuranosuke, who had just arrived, were all taken aback.

"Moss Fleet...... It's all gone! - "Heihachiro Togo suddenly threw away the kettle, grabbed Izuha Shigeen's shoulders tightly with both hands, and hissed, "The life and death of the army are unknown!" Hurry back! ”

Just as Heihachiro Togo's words fell, the lookout of the "Yunyang" let out a terrible roar that was almost hysterical.

"Straight ahead, I found a Qianguo warship! ――”

Kuranosuke Nakamuta heard the alarm from the lookout, stumbled to the bow of the ship, and raised the binoculars.

In the distance, the figure of an English cruiser was becoming clearer and clearer through the thin haze on the sea.

In particular, the dragon pattern on the bow of the ship and the dragon flag fluttering in the wind on the mast are particularly eye-catching at this moment.

At this time, the Qianguo cruiser also discovered the Japanese troop transport convoy and immediately sailed straight ahead, and soon, two French-style Qianguo cruisers also appeared.

Dewa Shigeyuan also saw the appearance of the Qianguo cruiser at this time, and his complexion couldn't help but change greatly.

Looking at the Qianguo warship that was approaching, Nakamuta Kuranosuke's face was also full of despair.

"Get out of here! Hurry back to the ship-" Heihachiro Togo hissed.

"Now...... What should we do? Dewa asked in a trembling voice.

"We're too slow to escape." Kuranosuke Nakamuta sighed and said, "The transport ship can run faster, let's cover their retreat!" ”

"Signal! Order the transports to retreat immediately! Nakamuta Kuranosuke gave the order loudly.

Suddenly, a series of flags rose from the mast of the Qianguo cruiser at the head.

"The Qianguo warship sent a flag to us, asking us to surrender immediately."

Dewa Shigeyuan saw the signal flag raised by the Qianguo warship and said to Nakamuta Kuranosuke.

"Send a signal: the two countries have not declared war, can we be allowed to return to the place of departure." Nakamuta Kuranosuke said that at this time, he should have the instinct to survive prevailing.

At this time, in the face of danger, Izuwa Shigeyuan also understood Nakamuta Kuranosuke's thoughts, of course he understood the current situation, and if he started fighting, he would hit the stone with an egg, and he did not object.

Soon, a series of intricate signal flags appeared on the top of the mast of the "Yunyang".

Seeing the signal sent by the Japanese warship, the Qianguo warship quickly hoisted the signal flag of "surrender immediately, or open fire."

"They don't agree." Nakamuta Kuranosuke sighed when he saw the flag signal sent by the Qianguo warship.

At this time, an officer ran to Nakamuta Kuranosuke's side, saluted, and reported: "General, the 'Ganxing' has sent a signal asking what kind of formation to use to meet the battle!" ”

"What a formation! Wouldn't it be okay to just rush over? Does it make sense to ask so much? Only then did Nakamuta Kuranosuke notice the signal flag raised by the "Ganxing" not far away, which seemed to be angry and amusing to the pedantry of the captain of the "Ganxing", Urakimichi.

"Do you want to raise the battle signal flag?" Dewa Shigeto asked Nakamuta Kuranosuke.

"No need, let's get as close to the enemy ship as possible! Tell the gunners to be ready. Nakamuta Kuranosuke looked at the Qianguo cruiser in front of him again, and smiled bitterly, "In order to win, we can only take a little means to be against this Qianguo captain." ”

Dewa Shigeto understood what Nakamuta Kuranosuke meant, nodded, and gave the battle order. Soon, the "Yunyang" sailed at full speed toward the Qianguo warship, and the "Ganxing," which had not received a reply, saw the flagship's action and did not ask any more questions, but followed it forward at full speed.

I don't know if it was because the Japanese sailors were too flustered and nervous, or because they had ulterior motives, the gunboat "Yunyang" had just begun to turn, and when it did not reach the position of the Qianguo warship, the guns opened fire, and the first shell fired missed, of course.

Unlike the shells fired indiscriminately by the Japanese ships, the Qianguo cruisers fired a truly lethal rain of shells, and a 190-millimeter shell landed in the sea near the bow of the gunboat "Yunyang," stirring up a column of water that soared into the sky, and then the large and small guns on the port side of the Qianguo cruiser also roared one after another.

Heihachiro Togo recognized the name of the British-style Qianguo cruiser in front of him -- the "Princess Washuo", and also understood why the mast of this cruiser just now was "There is no missing bullet in the 300 yards of this ship!" If you dare to move forward, you will open fire! Such a majestic slogan.

Ignoring the skyrocketing water column and violent shock brought by the enemy ship's artillery shells, the Japanese sailors on the "Yunyang" pushed the cannon that had been pushed back to the end of the lower gun carriage by the recoil, and the next shell was also lifted up from the ammunition compartment opening on the floor of the turret. The Japanese warships were already in thin gun positions, and in order to achieve results at this moment, they had to do everything possible to increase the speed of gun fire.

――――Dividing Line――――

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