After the only cruiser in the Japanese fleet was killed at sea, the flexibility of the entire fleet was greatly reduced in an instant, and with Deng Shichang's formation joining the battle, the tide of the battle was instantly reversed

As the naval battle continued, the industrial capacity of the two countries was quite reflected, and in the blocking battle in the Sea of Japan between the two sides a month ago, Japan's two ironclad ships, "Hiei" and "Fuso," were shelled to varying degrees, and some parts were damaged, while the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" on the side of the Daqing fleet suffered as many as more than 100 shells

However, within this month, the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" were well repaired in the Lushun Military Port and the Dagu Military Port respectively, and they were basically restored to their original state, but the two ironclad ships on the Japanese side were not so lucky, and with the deepening of the naval battle, the parts problems that had not yet been manifested were suddenly exposed again

First of all, the "Fuso" ironclad ship, which was built in the 70s, has long lost the role of a first-class ironclad ship, but due to the displacement of 4000 tons and the 240mm main gun, it is still quite enjoyable in the current naval battle, but it is a pity that the only 13.5 knots of navigation in the naval battle is too much of a loss, originally in the previous Sea of Japan blockade battle, its steam power system has been destructive, and after the emergency repair, it has been re-put into battle, and no problems have been found before, just in order to cut off" The connection between "Changsheng" and "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2", and the "Fusang" plunged into the depth of the Daqing fleet, and now with the addition of four Daqing ironclad ships, when they wanted to retreat, they found that there was a serious problem with the power system, and they were unable to move the "Fusang" in "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Weiyuan", and "Jiyuan" In front of the displacement of nearly 8,000 tons, it was like a child, and the four ironclad ships invariably aimed their main guns at the Japanese "Fuso" ironclad ship, which had long passed its peak and was quietly staying on the sea as a target

The muzzle of the main gun of the black hole hole is 420mm, and theoretically it can directly penetrate any warship in the world

"Boom ......", "Boom ......", "Boom ......", "Boom ......"

The four ironclad ships fired their cannons at the same time, and the "Fuso" suffered a devastating blow, and in an instant, the entire ironclad ship was filled with a huge fireball, and I don't know which shell detonated the ammunition depot on the "Fuso", and an irregular mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the Japanese sailors on the warship were ignited by the fire several times, and the Japanese sailors who were covered in fire "plopped" and "plopped" jumped into the sea one by one

The Japanese sailors, who were not burned, were still trying to extinguish the uncontrollable fire, and at this time the "Victory" sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of the Japanese

"Boom ......"

There was another loud bang, and the secondary cannon from the side chord of the "Victory" directly pierced the bottom of the "Fuso" due to the elevation angle, and the shell exploded inside the warship, and the huge explosion completely tore the "Fuso" in half

The sea water poured into the "Fuso" one after another, and the fire that the Japanese soldiers could not extinguish just now disappeared in the sea at once, but at the same time, the "Fuso," the first ironclad ship in Asia, and the 287 officers and men on the warship disappeared

As soon as Deng Shichang's formation joined the battle, the Japanese fleet was sunk two warships in succession, and it took only about ten minutes before and after, but the tide of the battle took a shocking turn

The ironclad ship "Hiei", which was lucky enough to escape from the encirclement of the Oshimizu Division, approached Japan's four 10,000-ton battleships, and with the reinforcements of the "Sea Lion" on the other side, the "Chengfeng", which originally only had the power to parry, now had a chance to fight back

Several Japanese small gunboats and torodo ships completely lost the initiative in front of the two main cruisers of the Qing Dynasty, and they had to flee in all directions, and if they were not careful, they might have confessed here

"Let the waves break and sail to pull the undefeated away, go to Dagu Military Port, don't be ruined by a cannonball by the little devil," Yan Fu ordered

"Yes," a flag soldier said

As a matter of fact, the "Breaking Waves" and "Sailing," which have basically lost their combat capability, have already eaten nearly 500 tons of seawater, and the voyage can barely reach 12 knots

After receiving the ropes thrown out by "breaking the waves" and "sailing", and then using the manpower at the bottom to shake the pulp, the "Undefeated" ironclad ship slowly sailed to the southwest, leaving this battlefield where artillery was still flying......

"Dingyuan, Jiyuan detoured back behind the little ghost to attack the surrounding gunboats with secondary guns, concentrated the main guns to attack the opponent's flagship Kyushu, and let the sea lions and flying eagles raid the Kyushu from both sides," Deng Shichang ordered

In fact, the superiority of the Qing Dynasty has been quite obvious since the naval battle, but it is the first time that the flagships of the two fleets, the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet, have appeared on the same battlefield, and there has been confusion in command, which is actually the first problem encountered by the Qing Navy since its establishment

At the beginning, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, they attacked Tokyo and ambushed the Japanese fleet, and divided the Qing Navy into the first formation and the second formation, which were commanded by Yan Fu and Deng Shichang respectively

Now that two formations have appeared at the same time, and there are warships of the Nanyang Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division in the formation, whether the warships are under the command of the formation or the command of the fleet, and this raises the question for the pipes of each ship

Not long after Deng Shichang's order was completed, Yan Fu's "Changsheng" issued another order almost at the same time

"Flying eagles and sea lions immediately raided and retreated from the Japanese ironclad ship Hiei"

This made Ding Ruchang, the captain of the "Flying Eagle", unable to find the north

"Ding Guandao, General Yan sent a flag to let us raid the Biei, who are we listening to?" A communications soldier wondered

"How does Lao Tzu know?" Ding Ruchang's eyes lit up and continued: "According to the current formation system, we should listen to General Deng."

The signal soldier was embarrassed and said: "But the Flying Eagle belongs to the Nanyang Fleet, and the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet is General Yan."

This really made Ding Ruchang difficult, what should I do?

"Go, see what the Sea Lion does?" Ding Ruchang thought of the Sea Lion with his sister ship

But the answer he got made him quite disappointed, and the "Sea Lion" also watched the movements of the "Flying Eagle".

In this moment of hesitation, the fighters were already far away, whether it was a surprise attack on the "Kyushu" or a surprise attack on the "Hiei", it should be able to deal a considerable blow to the Japanese fleet, but now the Japanese fleet of five ships formed a tic-tac-toe formation, with main guns facing each other on all sides, and at least 10 secondary guns in all directions

Under the unified command of "Kyushu", it slowly synchronized like the Sea of Japan

Behind the Japanese fleet, the three cruisers of the Qing Dynasty and the "Dingyuan" and "Jiyuan" were not strong enough to directly intercept the four Japanese 10,000-ton battleships

I watched the five Japanese warships slowly leave......