At this time, Yan Fu stood up and his excellent mental quality in combat was also vividly demonstrated in this naval battle, because "Yoshino" after sinking "Jingyuan", the retreat route was blocked by the Qing Dynasty's torpedoes, and in just one minute, the torpedoes would pass by the "Yoshino", so that he could leave as easily as before, and swim away to other areas to sneak attack the Qing Dynasty's fleet

But it was in this 1 minute that Yan Fu seized this fighter

"Lean towards the Yoshino, move the main gun 35 degrees to the right with the right rudder, and aim at it," Yan Fu shouted loudly, "Hit me"

"Boom ......"

There was another loud bang, and the 420mm main gun of the "Nagatsu" accurately hit the "Yoshino" about 5,000 meters behind it

The "Yoshino" is produced by the Manchester shipyard in the United Kingdom, and it is equipped with two 320mm main guns, four 140mm guns on the left and right, and eight machine guns, 100mm and 120mm guns. And the fastest up to 22.4 knots of the voyage such a powerful firepower, so high sailing, its protection can be imagined, artillery and boilers occupy most of the weight of the ship, as long as the hull is protected by a thin layer of iron sheet outside, and between the iron sheet and the hull is filled with two layers of 17.8mm wood, which is claimed to have a displacement of 4000 tons, the boiler and artillery occupy more than half of the weight

After being hit by a shell fired from a 420mm main gun, it exploded inside the ship, and the entire "Yoshino" immediately tilted, but it did not ignite a fire like the "Jingyuan", but there were some small fires in the ship, and it was obvious that the Japanese fleet did not use inferior or flammable paint, and in this regard it has to be said that it was much more mature than the Qing fleet

If Togo Heihachiro had to choose again, he would rather bang that torpedo than wait for the cannonball of "Nagatsu" in place, but it was too late to say anything now

In order to save the dying "Yoshino", at this moment, the engine room located at the bottom of the warship has long become a purgatory on earth, in order to prevent fire from entering the engine room, all the passages to the upper deck have been closed, and the heat is scorching every officer and soldier here, the hair has long been curled, and the skin on everyone's body is flushed

The chief manager Inoue's star bridge shouted in an almost hoarse voice: "Add more coal, don't stop, don't touch the bulkhead......"

The engineers, who had lost any hope of survival, worked hard to fill the boiler with coal under the leadership of the chief supervisor Inoue, Xingqiao, to complete their last work......

At this time, the ship "Yoshino" was like lying on the water, and the entire warship was seriously tilted to the right

Finally, when it sailed to the surface of the Sea of Japan, the "Haitian" could no longer withstand the call of the sea god and returned to the embrace of the ocean

Although the "Changsheng" turned around and fired in order to sink the "Yoshino", affecting the entire offensive formation, and the stern of the ship was shelled by the Japanese fleet, and was hit the stern twice, but just like the power of the British ** ship is always excellent, the German ** ship has never worried about the protection of the ** ship, the firepower of the ** ship must be strong, the defense of the "Chang Sheng" is indeed excellent, and it did not cause major damage after being hit by two shells in a row

In fact, even if he was seriously injured, it was worth it to be able to kill "Yoshino" with one shot

The atmosphere of the entire battlefield was immediately mobilized by the sinking of "Yoshino", and the Qing fleet became more and more brave the more they fought, while the Japanese fleet lost its flagship and had no intention of fighting

"Takachiho", "Akitsuzu", and "Lang" have abandoned their original battle plans and quickly returned to the main ironclad ships, as if they were afraid of when they would retreat and keep themselves here

"Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves" quickly pursued and detoured back to the rear of the Japanese fleet, and the initiative on the battlefield changed hands in an instant

"Order the Rise and Guangjia, Guangji, and Guangbing to detour to the past, and the other warships will change formations, change to a T-shaped formation, and rush in to separate and separate the Japanese fleet and annihilate them one by one" Yan Fu was very satisfied with the current situation, he knew that it would not be long before Deng Shichang's first formation was coming, and all he had to do now was to tie his pockets firmly, and as long as he rushed through with the T formation, there would be a long horizontal line blocking the way for the Japanese fleet to return to the Sea of Japan, and as soon as the first formation came, the Japanese fleet would have to be explained here

He may not be very clear about the strength of the improved "Zhenyuan," "Dingyuan," "Weiyuan," and "Jiyuan," but he is quite familiar with the two 10,000-ton battleships "Daqing No. 1" and "Daqing No. 2" under his Nanyang Fleet

Seeing that the flagship "Yoshino" was sunk, the Japanese fleet was suddenly leaderless, and no one listened to anyone, and the flags were flying all over the sky, some said that they should retreat first, some said that the cruisers continued to outflank the rear, and some said that the ironclad ships would drag the Qing fleet, and the cruisers would go to reinforce Nagasaki first

Anyway, each saying its own thing and doing its own thing made the Qing fleet easily achieve Yan Fu's strategic goal and rushed into the middle of the Japanese fleet in a T formation

The "long victory", "undefeated", "triumphant", and "victory" as the one in the T firmly locked the retreat route of the Japanese fleet, and at the same time, the four gunboats as the 1 made full use of the 140 improved rear-loading guns on the left and right, and bombed the Japanese fleet continuously

The Japanese warships were completely disrupted, the left and right could not be connected, the front and rear could not be connected, and they fought separately and were in chaos

Seeing that a big victory was coming, suddenly a fleet appeared behind the ironclad ships waiting for victory, and it was obvious that it was the reinforcements of the Japanese fleet, but how could there be reinforcements at this time? ?

Yan Fu could see clearly through the telescope, hanging the "plaster flag" high, obviously a Japanese fleet, could it be that the Japanese saw through their strategic intentions? And no reinforcements were sent to Tokyo??

At this time, there was no time to give Yan Fu too much consideration, and the ironclad ships such as "Changsheng", which originally surrounded the Japanese fleet, now appeared in the rear of the Japanese fleet, and they were in a state of encirclement

The situation changed too quickly, but Yan Fu made the fastest decision after a short period of consideration

"Order Triumph and Victory to go to block the Japanese reinforcements, and the rest of the ships speed up the clearance, ride the wind, break the waves, rise and get close to the enemy ships, and then use the main guns to give the most deadly blow, and it is best to kill one with one shot," Yan Fu said loudly to the flag soldiers

As soon as the order was issued, "Triumph" and "Victory" turned the ship around and slowly sailed towards the Japanese fleet that was sailing quickly, perhaps they knew that they were playing the role of cannon fodder, but for the sake of the overall situation, they did not complain, and all the officers and men of the whole ship were silently doing what they had to do