Like crazy, the "Nanxiang" rushed to the channel of the "wave" with hundreds of tons of seawater in his stomach, desperately trying to block its way In order to avoid colliding with it, the "wave" was forced to lower the course, first sink the medium ** ship, and then go to the rescue of the gunboats and fish and torpedo ships in the rear

"Order the warship to be due east, and all of them retreat to open up the distance from the enemy ships rushing up."

"General, what is there to fear about the wounded cruiser? Let's give him a shot and keep his soul back to the sea."

"You know what? He is shooting from a distance without a crosshair, and he wants to die with our ship at close range, can I give him this chance? Ryuichiro Koman said proudly

"The general is wise, I will go and give the order"

The "Nanxiang" was still moving high, and when it saw the retreat of the "Qiujinzhou", the bold attack of several consecutive cannons seemed to have found the right head again, and exploded on the deck of the "Qiujinzhou", and due to the long distance, it could not penetrate and did not cause any damage

But the hits of these shots seemed to confirm Koman Liichiro's guesses, and he rushed to be complacent about the retreat order he had given

"Report to the general, the wave ship sent a flag, asking our ship to sink the Qing army Nanxiang cruiser in accordance with the current direction and sail, and its ship is heading for the wave"

"Oh?" Koman Riichiro picked up the binoculars and looked at it, silently calculating, suddenly turned around and ordered: "Tell Lang, let him all go forward, don't pay attention to anything else, I will naturally sink Nanxiang"

The "Hayi" communications corps turned and left

I have to say that the 26-knots of the "Qiujin Island" played a huge role on the battlefield, and it has appeared again in an instant on the channel of Nanxiang's advance

"My lord, what should I do if the ghost of Qiujin Island is not gone?" The adjutant asked eagerly

"Crash over, see if he lets the main gun prepare two shells, and now stop shooting and give him a fatal blow within a distance of 3,000 meters" Zhou Zhanxun ordered: "Tell the main gunner that you can't hit the target within a distance of 3,000 meters."

"Yes"

The "Nanxiang" did not slow down because of the "Qiujinzhou" blocking again, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the "Qiujinzhou" but did not fire a single shot, and still sailed straight ahead

Threat, * naked threat But it is ridiculous that a Japanese cruiser, which is currently the first and intact in Asia, was threatened by a warship of the Great Qing Dynasty whose main guns were in a state of semi-dumb fire and had eaten hundreds of tons of seawater and was injured

"Open the gun" Koman Liichiro nervously gave the order

"Boom ......"

Another cannonball fell in the sea, and the column of water slapped on the Qing soldiers on the deck, and at this time, Zhou Zhan also came to the deck, and saw the "Qiujin Island" in the distance, which seemed to have always kept such a distance from him

"Rush over, get closer, and the main gunner is ready to fire," Zhou Zhan commanded the communication soldier beside him with a dark face

"Yes"

Eventually, "Nanxiang" and "Akitsuju" entered a zero distance known as death in naval battles, and before entering this distance, whether the warships of both sides were injured or intact, once they entered this distance, only one shell was fatal

"Cannon" Zhou Zhan seems to have seen the moment of creating a miracle, and sinking the "Qiujin Island" with a seriously injured body is really the biggest miracle of naval warfare since the start of the Sino-Japanese war

"Boom ......"

Before the main cannon of the "Nanxiang" could fire, the "Qiujinzhou" on the opposite side had already taken the lead in firing, and in the roar of the cannon, the soul of the Nanxiang returned to the sea, and all the more than 200 officers and men on board were killed

Three Japanese cruisers quickly came to the rear of their formation, and in the face of the destruction of the five cruisers of the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese gunboats that attacked and terrorized at close range could not get close at all, and now four of them have been sunk, and one of them has retreated to the northeast under the banner of "our ship is seriously injured and will withdraw from the battle", and the fish and pedo ships have long since moved forward to reinforce the besieged "Kyushu" when they saw the cruisers that could not hurt the Qing Dynasty

It stands to reason that these two 10,000-ton battleships captured by Britain are far more advanced than the battleships sold to Japan by the British, and they are ahead of the Japanese battleships of the same type in terms of artillery density and navigation

The young Qing navy showed its immaturity at this time, and the guns of the "Daqing No. 1" class battleships adopted the advanced design of terrace rotary guns, but after the navy captured them, they actually came up with the idea of adding lids to the open open air open batteries, because the warships at that time began to appear quite fast-firing machine guns, such as the American Green gun and the French five-barreled Haggaeus gun, etc., and the machine guns mounted in the mast were condescending. It is a great threat to the sailors working in the open fort with the top completely open, they put up a large cover like a ship's deck rotary table on the cannon in the open fort, called the dome gun cover, the gun cover is connected to the gun mount through several brackets, and rotates with the gun, which can play a certain role in protecting the personnel inside, and in order to avoid the weight of the gun cover from being pressed on the gun mount, a track is laid on the top of the thick armored wall of the open battery, and the gun cover with wheels at the bottom is rotated on the armor wall, but after installing this large cover, the aiming is inconvenient, the smoke is not easy to dissipate, the pitch angle of the gun is limited again, and all the drawbacks of the deck revolving table are all picked up at once

The important thing is that the thickness of the cannon cover is not enough to resist the cannon shell, and there is no defense against large-caliber shells, if there is no cannon cover, the large-caliber shells may fly by, and will not cause any damage, even if it hits someone, that is, the sailor who was hit is unlucky, and after the use of the cannon cover, although it cannot prevent large-caliber shells, but it can prevent small shell fragments, once the fragments enter the gun cover, because they cannot be drilled out, they will fly around in the gun cover, causing serious damage to the personnel on the gun position In this naval battle, The navy of the Great Qing Dynasty finally paid a painful price for its practice of adding to the snake, and as soon as the exposed fort of the "Daqing No. 1" class, which used a dome-type gun cover, was hit by a Japanese shell, the sailors in the platform were either killed or wounded, and none of them were spared, so that the originally powerful firepower of the "Daqing No. 1" class could not be brought into play at all

The casualties were so heavy that the originally dense firepower of the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" could only exert half of it, and many of the gunners were sacrificed in the seemingly protected gun covers

Yan Fu saw it in his eyes, regretted it in his heart, and regretted that he shouldn't have listened to the words of the technical staff officer at that time, but who can know whether the installation of this dome-type cannon cover will be beneficial or not to the operation without actual combat?

This is the tuition fee that the Qing Navy needs to pay, and they need to pay for the youth

"Tell Chengfeng, kill the Japanese devil's cruiser for me, don't come back for reinforcements" Yan Fu tried to calm himself down

"However, we are already very passive here, and Daqing No. 1 and Daqing No. 2 have been suppressed and can't raise their heads," an adjutant said excitedly

Yan Fu roared rarely, "I am the military commander, I am responsible for something, carry out the order"

"Yes" was suddenly yelled at by his usually good-natured boss, which made the adjutant feel quite shocked, and the pressure on General Yan was too great

Although this time he was only on the task of assisting, the emperor's real sharp sword was the two divisions that landed in Yokohama, preparing to attack the army in Tokyo

But after all, Yan Fu is leading the current large-scale purge of calm, stability, authority, and economy; All the capital ships except the Siyuan ironclad ship, if they don't fight well, or if the warships suffer serious losses, it will be difficult to explain