The five cruisers, "Riding the Wind," "Breaking the Waves," "Sailing," "Flying Eagle," and "Sea Lion," basically wiped out all six Japanese gunboats, and were about to go back for reinforcements

"In the sailing game, the waves will follow me on the left, the flying eagle and the sea lion on the right, and the three cruisers surrounding the Japanese devils" Chengfeng issued a flag

The Japanese cruiser "Takachiho" is a sister ship to the "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion" of the Qing Dynasty, both of which belonged to the British Armstrong Shipyard and was built before the Sino-British Burma War

It was also the last warship that Britain sold to the Qing Dynasty, and since the Sino-British war in Burma, all the advanced cruisers made by the British were sold to Japan, and the Qing Dynasty did not buy a single one

Therefore, Japan has "Akitsu Island" and "Lang", and the Qing Dynasty has only developed and manufactured its own "rise" in the past few years, but in the Battle of the East China Sea, the pride of the Qing Dynasty has been lost to the sea

The "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion", which had reached the highest level, had already come behind "Takachiho", showing no mercy to the Japanese sister ship, and two shells had already flown out of the main gun muzzles at a time of 10 seconds

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

Immediately afterwards, "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves" came around from the left side, and met the old enemies "Qiujinzhou" and "Waves".

The "Sailing" in the center is the French first-class defensive cruiser Xinlilans captured during the Sino-French War, although the voyage is only 16 knots, but the defense is still quite guaranteed, and after finally entering the battlefield, it directly attacked the "Gao Chiho".

In the face of the siege of the three ships, "Gao Chiho" suddenly felt the pressure in vain, and the left and right side chords were continuously shot, all of which were caused by large-caliber main guns, and a fire ignited in an instant, in order to get rid of the dilemma of being surrounded, "Gao Chiho" did not even have any counterattack, and quickly retreated

The "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion", which are also sister ships, are not at all slower than the "Takachiho", and now the "Takachiho", which is slightly flooded and in the process of retreating, is simply unable to play its highest 18-knot

In the process of retreating, it was bombarded by "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Lion" several rounds in succession, and the bow of the ship was already buried in the sea, but half of the body floating in the sea was still rapidly retreating

"Boom ......"

After one of the main guns of the "Sea Lion" hit the sidechord of "Takachiho", the Japanese cruiser slowly threw itself into the embrace of the sea with regret

On the other side, when he saw that "Gao Chiho" was sunk so quickly and the three cruisers of the Qing Dynasty had already made a detour towards him, "Qiujinzhou" and "Lang" had already sailed to the highest level and quickly moved closer to their own fleet

In the main battlefield, the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" were hit by shells one after another, and the four 10,000-ton battleships "Kyushu", "Yamato", "Musashi", and "Katsuragi" had already given up their opponents and opened fire on the only two battleships of the Daqing Dynasty

At this time, the two battleships formed a "equal number", relying on each other, fighting fire on the one hand, and continuing to shoot on the other, without showing the slightest timidity, and even for a while, the two ships almost completely stopped sailing, and stood still, confronting the Japanese warships, just like the British army with a hedgehog formation in the Battle of Waterloo with a static brake, and defeated the French cavalry

"The Japanese fleet disregarded the other ships, raised the strength of all four battleships to surround the two ships, and under the pouring of shrapnel shells, it repeatedly caused fires on the deck of the 'Daqing No. 1,' and the flames were raging, almost burning the foredeck of the 'Daqing No. 2,' and almost forming a desperate fire......

The officers and men of the Japanese fleet were completely shocked by the scene in front of them, the two Qing battleships were almost all covered in bruises, but none of the bullet marks could be more than 4 inches deep, in addition to constantly causing the two Qing warships to ignite the fire, the British ships were helpless against the thick armor of the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2"; after all, these were the two most advanced first-class battleships, and their protective power was undoubtedly the most powerful among the Japanese warships present. The Japanese officers and men who believed that victory was within reach of victory inflicted great damage on the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" after more than two hours of fighting, and the two battleships did not show any yield in the rain of bullets, and still had a fearless attitude of accompanying them to the end......

At this time, Japan realized that in other local battles, "Takachiho" had been sunk, and four other gunboats returned to the embrace of the sea, and one left the field with serious injuries

On the side of the Qing Dynasty, except for the two cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" that were sunk, the rest of the ships were intact, and only the two battleships "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" suffered great damage, but as long as they were not bombarded by heavy artillery at close range, they should not have been too fatally damaged

In order to sink the "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2," the Japanese fleet, which was desperate at the beginning, did not take into account its other warships at all, and was facing the encirclement and interception of the Daqing warships

But fortunately, there were no losses, and the Japanese commander let out a long breath

At this time, the timely return of the "Qiujinzhou" and "Lang" also made the number of Japanese warships in the main battlefield once again overwhelm the number of Japanese warships, and the five cruisers of the Qing Fleet, which were preparing to flank the front and rear, "Riding the Wind", "Breaking the Waves", "Sailing", "Flying Eagle", and "Sea Lion", were intercepted by the two ironclad ships "Hiei" and "Fuso".

Comparatively speaking, a cruiser against an ironclad ship is easier to deal with than a cruiser against a cruiser, because although the ironclad ship itself has strong defense and powerful guns, it cannot play any role in the face of the cruiser's fast sailing

First of all, it is still doubtful whether the powerful artillery fire can hit the target when it is impossible to get close and the opponent's cruiser is fast, even if your ancestor burns high incense and hits the opponent, but it is a fool's dream to inflict a fatal blow on the opponent with a single shot at such a distance

Secondly, the advantage in the number of cruisers can make it easy to attack the ironclad from several directions, taking advantage of the shorter range of the ironclad sidestring guns to use the main guns to strike

Although these two Japanese ironclad ships were superior in terms of tonnage and defense, it was only a matter of time before these five cruisers of the Qing Dynasty would sink them

But in the main battlefield, this time could be fatal, and the strategic intention of the Japanese to try to use two ironclad ships in exchange for defeating the main force of the Qing fleet could not escape Yan Fu's eyes

"Someone," Yan Fu put down his binoculars and shouted loudly