【2nd Update】

On the Nanrui cruiser, the order for combat readiness had just been issued, and it was immediately changed to follow the flagship, which made the cruiser Nanchen and the cruiser Jingqing behind him somewhat confused, but fortunately, further orders soon came, and the battleship suddenly became even busier......

The Nanyang Naval Division fleet unexpectedly gained an additional advantage at this time, the maximum speed of the three ships of Nanrui, Nanchen and Jingqing under the condition of strong exhaust wind and pressure was about 14 knots, but it was very consistent to exceed 13.5 knots, while the cruising speed of the fleet was 11 knots, and the speed of the three ships Fuso, Akagi and Katsuragi who were responsible for driving them out at the moment on the opposite side was a little worse.

Although the tonnage of the modernized Fuso ship reaches 3,700 tons, the maximum speed can still reach more than 14 knots, and the unprotected cruiser Katsuragi, which is built by the company, has a displacement of only 1,500 tons, but it uses the steam engine produced by the Osaka Iron Works of the country, and the speed is only 12 knots, and what is even more tragic is the Akagi gunboat, with a displacement of only more than 600 tons.

Soon, the commander of the cruiser Fuso, Arai Yougong Dasa, had already discovered the problem, although he had absolute confidence to defeat these fighting and outdated Qing warships on the opposite side, but the cruising speed of the three battleships could only be maintained at 9 knots, and it was impossible to catch up with the three Qing warships in front, and now it seemed that the other party had accelerated their escape......

"Reply to Yoshino signal, we will speed up the pursuit of the Chinese warship and strive to capture prisoners!" Arai Daisa held his binoculars high and looked at the Qing warship in the distance, the corners of his mouth showed a disdainful expression, and the officer next to him gave an order loudly, "Order the boiler room to be ventilated and pressurized, we will catch up and order the Chinese to stop the ship for inspection!" ”

And Arai Yougong's decision, although the commander of the Yoshino in the rear, Kawahara Okiosa, was a little surprised, but did not make any follow-up instructions, after all, this chance encounter at sea now seems to be a complete sea exercise to show the might of the Otamoto Navy, Kawahara Daisa reported at the lookout that the Nanyang Naval Division seemed to be speeding up, and even easily discussed a problem with Tamura Staff Officer...... How could the Nanyang Naval Division come to the waters of Jeju Island, two hundred kilometers away!

Of course, there will obviously be no answer to this question, but suddenly the lookout officer hurriedly came in and reported: "Kawahara Daisa, the Naniwa ship Togo Daisa sent a flag to remind us to consider whether the Chinese are luring the enemy!" ”

Lure the enemy...... This speculation made Kawahara suddenly a little more worried, but the next moment, he once again firmed up his judgment! Damn the Chinese guys, even if this Nanyang Navy Division brought out all the warships, it didn't have the courage to confront the powerful navy of the Great Empire, if it weren't for the Beiyang Naval Division having giant ships like Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the Navy would have done it a long time ago...... The Nanyang Naval Division, apparently, is just running away...... Cowardly Chinese!

At this moment, on the Fuso, which had been pursuing the battleship of the Nanyang Naval Division to the sea level in the distance, suddenly a fierce fire flashed, and then a puff of black smoke rose into the air, mixing with the dense soot in the chimney......

And a moment later, the loud sound of the giant cannon "...... banging" reached the Yoshino, and suddenly, the officers on the ship showed excited and excited expressions on their faces, and at such a long distance, especially after the Chinese Yankees ran wildly all the way, the master was blocked by the three ships that were chasing closely behind, and he couldn't see anything at all.

"Kawahara Daisa, since the war has started, we might as well take the fleet with us, or choose the right time to intervene in the war, if we sink the Chinese warship, we can show the power of the navy in front of the army!" Staff Officer Tamura immediately made a proposal without losing the right time......

"Tamura-kun, let's start acting according to your wishes!" Kawahara was also obviously eager to see the victory ahead, and immediately agreed to this proposal.

However, just as Tamura was about to give the order, the officer of the lookout rushed into the command room in a hurry, and even said loudly with a panicked expression: "Dazuo, we have observed a fire on the Fuso ship...... The situation is somewhat peculiar! This simple news immediately made the officers on the ship completely dizzy!

When Arai Yougong Daisa launched a pursuit, he naturally did not expect that his inadvertent order would become a declaration that would rewrite history, and after the acceleration of strong pressure and ventilation, the Fuso ship quickly approached the Chinese fleet with a speed of 14 knots and only 10 knots in front.

The distance was quickly shortened to 4,000 meters, and according to Arai Yougong's estimate, in a maximum of ten minutes, he could let Chinese taste the strike power of the four 150mm rapid-fire guns in the front and rear gun positions of the Fuso ship...... But at this time, he was surprised to find a trouble, the so-called three battleships of the Nanyang Naval Division in front of him suddenly turned left again...... This is not a way to open the distance, only to constantly turn the direction in the opposite direction to the opponent's pursuit position, so that it is a serpentine maneuver to open the distance.

"What the hell do you want to do Chinese ...... Do you still want to resist stubbornly? Arai Yugong had almost no time to think about this problem, the Fuso, which had been sailing at full speed, had already opened up about 2 nautical miles from the Katsuragi who was waiting for him, and the Akagi gunboat was 3 nautical miles away, of course, with Katsuragi's speed, two nautical miles was actually six or seven minutes! So, Arai didn't really have much to worry about......

"Turn the rudder to the left, pursue the battleship at the tail of the enemy ship, fire a shell in the direction of the enemy ship's escape, and order them to stop and surrender immediately!" Arai Yugong yelled at the microphone, at this moment, he had never expected how the next development of the war would be ups and downs!

So, with the sound of the first guns heard by the Yoshino ship in the rear, Arai Yougong saw another result very happily, the three Chinese warships in front seemed to have reduced their speed, but the other party did not mean to hoist the white flag at all, which made Arai Shaozo, who had been observing for a while, very angry, and his anger even made him ignore an extremely important situation......

"Arai Daisa, the Chinese warships are trying to outflank us!"

The officer's roar was completely muffled by the firing of the 200mm old heavy guns in the battleship's central gun room, and although the Fuso did not plunge headlong into the opponent's encirclement network, it was really facing the threat of three gun positions at the same time!

The distance between the two sides was less than 3,000 meters at the moment, and Arai Yugong did not have time to ask for any instructions, and he also thought that it was impossible to ask the commander of the fleet for instructions at this moment...... Since the Chinese are trying to resist, let them see the main guns and rapid-fire guns of the cruiser Fuso.

The two 200mm, 20 times diameter main guns in the gun room on the port side of the Fuso immediately fired fiercely at the closest Nanrui, and the whistling shells immediately flew less than 3,000 meters of the battleship, but the full speed and the inopportune turn made the two shells directly lose their direction and smashed directly on the water.

The first sub-gun position of the Fuso was modified last year and four 150mm rapid-fire guns also fired fiercely at the same time towards the high-speed turning Nanrui ship, and in the black smoke and flames, four shells hit the target less than 3 kilometers away, but the four shells obviously missed directly!

The 47mm Haggkes multi-barreled cannon on the side also did not hesitate to shoot a solid projectile at the NARI ship in the distance at this moment, and the multi-barreled gun, which was nearly 50 rounds per minute, immediately hit the ...... It's just that this thing, which has an effective range of only 2,500 meters, flies so far, the 3-pound projectile completely loses its lethality, and its only role is to smash on the steel shell of the NARI ship with a thumping sound.

At the moment of "counterattacking ......", Lu Hong also issued a decisive order without hesitation, and he devoted himself to cultivating forces, isn't it just for the sake of playing at this critical time!

In an instant, the four 120mm, 35 times radial rapid-fire guns on the side of the board were the first to fire, and the two 200mm main guns immediately let out a roar!

Roar, gunfire...... (To be continued.) )