The four ships of Dinghai were directly in front of the Japanese ships in an attempt to intercept the Japanese ships with small-caliber artillery, Deng Shichang was constantly correcting their course at a small angle, and was approaching the Japanese ships little by little, and the main fleet of the Qing State led by Wu Deren was gathering artillery fire from the rear of the Japanese ships behind them. Wu Deren ordered: all-out attack. The Japanese Combined Fleet, which was caught in the middle of it and had basically completed its formation, was speeding up its assault to the south.

Yamamoto Gonbei also discovered this, so he did not change his course and rushed straight towards the Dinghai Four Ships. At the same time, the front and second main guns of the King Kong began to turn and fire at the Dinghai four ships that were out of range. However, the Japanese Togo Law Azuma was hit on the side by Qing artillery fire, causing water to enter and begin to stall.

The Japanese side was not without successes, and now the Japanese soldiers understood that if they could not break out, they would be completely annihilated. After the initial panic and adaptation. The Japanese gunners finally took advantage of the firepower of the Japanese ships. Zhenyuan was shot, Haiqi was slightly injured, Laiyuan was slightly injured, and Jingyuan was directly hit by a 203-mm shell and withdrew from the formation. Forced to repair it to the open sea.

The current situation was not in favor of the Japanese fleet, but Yamamoto knew it very well. Disadvantage does not mean that there is no opportunity. may not be able to fight the main force of the Qing army, the firepower of the four ships in Dinghai seems to be ferocious, but it cannot cause fatal damage to them. Only these old ships in front of them, they are not only stuck in the retreating channel, the key is that their firepower is a great threat to the fleet. Their own fleet is still more than enough to deal with them, so as long as this fleet is repulsed, it is equivalent to opening a channel for retreat. As a result, the Japanese fleet projected all its firepower on the 3rd Task Force.

"Boom", a 203-mm shell hit the armor belt above the waterline behind the swollen part of the Zhenhae, and the explosion shook the entire Zhenhai and punched a big hole in the Zhenhae. The Qing warships were designed with a rule that their armor should be able to withstand the attack of their own shells. Therefore, the armor of the Dinghai four ships, which was positioned as a light cruiser, could only protect against 152 mm shells. Now because of the need of the war. Zhou Haicheng had to lead the light patrol formation to block the battleship formation, but the shells hit but did not see any effect, and the Japanese fleet still rushed towards him. Zhou Haicheng turned his heart sideways, turned the bow of the ship and rushed towards the Japanese ship in reverse, trying to force the Japanese ship to continue to turn westward. This next week, Haicheng was terrifyingly angry, but he didn't think that the Japanese ship not only didn't turn, but took the only opportunity he got close to give him a look. Fortunately, the hit position was above the waterline, which did not affect the speed, and Zhou Haicheng had to let the light patrol formation quickly withdraw from the range of the Japanese ships.

The situation of the Zhenhai was soon telegraphed to Wu Deren. Wu Deren was also annoyed. How stupid it was to come up with an idea to intercept a battleship with a light cruiser, and I was really dizzy. So Zhou Haicheng had just withdrawn from the range of the Japanese ships when he received an order to lead the fleet around the Japanese ships to the west. Annihilate the small Japanese ships with all their might. That's what the light patrol should do. The four ships in Dinghai quickly bypassed the Japanese ship formation and attacked the nine destroyers hiding on the right side of the Japanese ships.

Yamamoto's eyes were on fire, the firepower of these destroyers could not be used for a frontal attack by the fleet, but their high speed and torpedoes could pose a great threat to the fleet sailing in formation. Because the range of the Qing army suddenly became eight thousand meters. If you want to rely on a destroyer to attack at such a distance, you can only find death. Therefore, after the start of the war, Yamamoto has been careful to protect these destroyers, hoping that once they are intercepted by the Qing army, they can only rely on these destroyers to launch a decisive attack to drag the Qing army. Buy time for your main forces to retreat. But when the four light patrols of the Qing army bypassed him, in less than half an hour, two ships were sunk. One is sinking, and the other six are still fleeing......

Yamamoto really can't do anything now, it's been two hours since the start of the war. The Qing army on the left has been forced to 5,000 meters and is parallel to himself, the Qing army who is holding back is throwing shells at him, the Shikishima lost the bow of the ship, the main gun and the tail gun were also beaten to the point that they could not turn and basically had no ability to fight back, the Asahi was seriously injured and could only avoid keeping up with the fleet, and the Chitose was sunk. Falling behind, the Yakumo will only turn in circles, and the Azuma will probably not be able to mix in flames. Yamamoto didn't dare to turn around and fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army, and there was no way to take the four light cruisers that were hiding far away, so these old Qing warships in front of him became Yamamoto's target. As long as this fleet can be repulsed, the retreat channel will be opened, and the Japanese fleet, which has already increased its speed, can completely get rid of the pursuit of the Qing army as long as it bypasses the fleet in front of it.

Jing Yuan had already withdrawn from the pursuit due to injury, and now the Hairong was seriously injured and withdrew from the formation, and the Hua Hai had fallen behind, and Lai Yuan was still stubbornly following behind the fleet despite the fire. Watching the Japanese fleet increase its speed little by little, watching the Japanese ships about to overtake themselves. The speed of his own fleet is still slow, and it is no longer able to intercept the Japanese fleet that is about to overtake him. It's not that I don't work hard, it's that the ship's ability is insufficient. Deng Shichang turned his heart sideways, ordered the right rudder, and ordered the other ships to follow the movement of the flagship. Deng Shichang wanted to force his way through the middle of the Japanese battleline. Since it is impossible to intercept the entire Japanese fleet, it is enough to intercept half of it.

Dingyuan quickly turned the bow of the ship so that the four 305mm guns in the bow could be used at the same time. A series of rumbling cannons sounded on the Dingyuan, and the shells flew towards the course of the Japanese ship. The rate of fire of the Dingyuan's main gun, which could only be loaded by hand, was so slow that Deng Shichang demanded that the firing of the naval guns not stop. Hit as many shells as possible in the shortest amount of time. Regardless of the hit, I only hope to use as many heavy artillery as possible to force the follow-up fleet of Japanese ships to change course. Win even a second for the main fleet.

Now the third task force in the charge has become the vertical of the T-shape, and the Japanese fleet is the horizontal of the T-shape.

"Shoot the gun, shoot the gun. Sinking Dingyuan -- "Toyama, Yashima, Asama, and Tokiwa, which were sandwiched in the middle of the Japanese fleet, together with the supporting firepower of other ships, fired at the Dingyuan, which was at the head of the Qing ship platoon. The duel could not be cut off by the Qing army.

The second task force had already abandoned the slow battleships because of the speed problem, and Lin Yongsheng on the Ninghai took the Jihai and six Tiger heavy cruisers in an independent formation, and bypassed the battleships at full speed in an attempt to bite the last few heavy cruisers of the Japanese ships with speed. On the other side, the Dinghai four ships were carrying out a frantic attack on the last four Japanese destroyers.

The sun has risen very high, and the scorching summer sun does not warm the cold hearts of the people watching the battle. They could not have imagined that the Japanese fleet, which had the advantage of firepower, was beaten by a series of surprise attacks by the Qing State, and could only rush wildly. The wind and waves on the sea are gradually increasing, but they cannot blow away the dense gunsmoke. Now 150 kilometers away from the sea off Arthur, the sea is playing a passionate speed.

The battleships of the Qing Second Task Force were stubbornly pursuing the Japanese fleet that was gradually moving away, and the heavy cruiser formation was biting the last of the Japanese warships and bombarding them indiscriminately, even as they sank the Kasaki and damaged the Suma. It was also impossible to delay the departure of the Japanese ship. The seriously injured Yakumo and Suma resolutely chose to stop retreating, and stubbornly blocked the pursuit of the main force of the Qing army. The four ships of Dinghai, which sank the last three destroyers, launched an artillery attack on Asama and Tsukiwa caught in the formation of Japanese ships, hoping to inflict damage, and it was better to sink one, as long as the battleships in the middle stopped slightly, then the follow-up ships would inevitably slow down and turn. But the effect of the shelling does not seem to be obvious. Now it is acceptable not to completely annihilate the Japanese fleet, but to destroy half of it. All hopes were pinned on whether the third task force led by Deng Shichang could break into the Japanese ship formation.

The Japanese also seemed to understand that only by defeating the Qing Army's Third Task Force could they escape from Ascension. The gunners on the Japanese ships, which had the advantage of formation, began to play at a higher level, and the third task force of the Qing State was frequently shot.

"Boom", a 305-mm shell smashed heavily on the foredeck of Dingyuan. The huge explosion not only killed and injured a large number of Qing sailors who were operating, but also pressed the bow of the Dingyuan ship into the sea.

"On top of the reserve artillery group, the artillery does not stop, and the route remains the same." Deng Shichang is going to play with his life this time. He stared at the Asama, from where he intended to cut off the Japanese fleet. But one of Hiei's shells hit Dingyuan again. This time it hit the port side of the bow of the ship, and the explosion tore through Dingyuan's armor and exploded a Datong. The sea rushed madly down the hole. The speed of the lead Dingyuan inevitably began to slow down.

"M." Deng Shichang smashed his fist on the bulkhead: "The right full rudder exits the route." He ordered Zhenyuan to take over the command and intercept the Japanese at all costs. The guns of our ships continued to fire. ”

With the Dingyuan turning. Zhenyuan's first four main guns began to take over the Dingyuan shot. It turned out that Qiu Baoren, the captain of the Yuan, and now the captain of the Zhenyuan, was also an old navy, and Dingyuan lost the possibility of cutting off the Japanese army from the shallow space as soon as he stopped in front. So he chose the Toyama, which was the seventh of the Japanese ships. Unexpectedly, Zhenyuan's fourth salvo directly hit the tail rudder of the Toyama, not only breaking the tail rudder of the Toyama, but also directly jamming one of the propellers of the Toyama. As soon as the Toyama stopped, the subsequent Japanese ships could only turn and force away in order to avoid collision. However, the Japanese ships, which were still holding their positions, were frightened by this and began to turn right to the south and accelerate their escape from the battlefield. Zhenyuan's cannon made a great contribution, and the battle formation that Yamamoto had managed to arrange with great difficulty was completely out of order.

"Fool, turn left and kill yourself from the Qing army." Yamamoto's eyes were red and his neck was thick, shouting flag-hung orders. Turning left to the east can use the speed to escape the battlefield as long as it can evade the guns of the 3rd Task Force, but turning right can only give the Qing army more time to pursue. However, Yamamoto forgot that his fleet was still the captain and staff officer who participated in the naval battle for the first time, and his first thought in the panic was to save his life, and he turned right to avoid the approaching Qing State Third Task Force.

"Chance. Send a report to Lin Yongsheng and ask him to block it immediately. Wu Deren also saw this scene, he climbed on the call tube and yelled: "Speed up Lao Tzu." "The sailors in the boiler room were so angry that they scolded their mother, and now they are at the highest speed. How else to add?

Wu Deren is anxious, and now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The six ships that had already protruded, such as the King Kong, could not be blocked. But as long as his fleet could rush to the left of the remaining Japanese ships, he would take the place of the 3rd task force. If you can stop these Japanese ships to the west, then the opportunity to completely destroy these Japanese ships will come. All that's needed now is a little bit faster.

There was only a flagpole left on the sea in front of the Suma, and the last Yakumo was still slowly sinking, Lin Yongsheng of course knew that this was an opportunity, and he had already ordered the fleet to change direction before he received the telegram. By the time the telegram was translated, the speed of his heavy cruiser fleet had already increased.

"Rush in, rush in." Qiu Baoren was ecstatic, and there were still two kilometers to go before he was completely successful. Qiu Baoren, who was in a hurry, took out his gun and fired at the Japanese ship from a distance of 2,000 meters.

"Left full rudder, turn back." Yamamoto screamed heartbreakingly for the fleet to turn back. It is necessary to reopen the passage for the follow-up fleet, and if he can't bring back the other ships, he may only have to break his stomach when he returns. So the King Kong began to turn slowly.

Zhenyuan's shot completely disrupted the hope of the entire Japanese fleet to break through, and the Qing and Japanese countries, together with the countries watching the battle, focused all their eyes on the Japanese ships that were rushing wildly, including Nakata Youji, the lookout on the Kongo.

It's over, the Great Japanese Empire is over. As a Japanese, Nakata Youji certainly hoped that the empire would soar into the sky, although he was originally just an ordinary fisherman, but since the combined fleet he joined became the watchman of the flagship, he has always believed that the empire can defeat the Qing after seeing the huge combined fleet. But war is brutal. The mighty Combined Fleet was defeated in the first battle. He sat on the lookout and began a silent mourning for the Imperial Navy in his heart. It wasn't until the King Kong began to turn around that he reacted, and there was still a chance. So he remembered his responsibility and stood up. But what he saw was. To the southeast, Qing destroyers were rushing towards him at high speed in a neat formation.

"Two o'clock in the southeast, Qing destroyer group." Nakata's panicked voice reached the bridge. His panic caused the entire bridge to panic. You can see with the naked eye without a telescope, and the six Qing destroyers are lined up. A total of four platoons were galloping towards the four combined fleets. This was the tactic of the Qing to intercept the Russian fleeing warships in the Battle of Tsushima, and the only difference was that there were more Qing destroyers than the current Qing destroyers.

"Shoot the gun." Yamamoto shouted. Yamamoto forgot. At present, each gun position is aimed at the Qing Third Task Force that is aimed at the horizontal fleet.

As the flagship gunner, Taro Hatoyama immediately fired the prepared shells when he heard the order to open fire. But before the shells fell, the bridge said that it was a mistake, not this side. Although Hatoyama Taro didn't quite understand, he still glanced back. In fact, Yamamoto himself panicked and forgot to give the order to change the target of the fire.

Like Taro Hatoyama, the gunners turned their heads only to find that there was another group of Qing ** ships on the other side of them, and the gun positions began to turn their directions. But they had just turned around, and the four ships of Dinghai that had been freed up had already approached from the southwest, and the gunners were dizzy under a dense artillery fire. Taro Hatoyama hurriedly turned the naval gun that had just been aimed at the Qing destroyer group, but then he realized that the main gun he was in had no firing angle. Perhaps it was the sudden artillery fire that stunned the head, and the gunners with firing angles turned their guns to bombard these Qing ** ships that were still eight thousand meters away.

It's messed up, it's all messed up, and Yamamoto leans against the bulkhead in distraction. From the very beginning of contact with the Qing army, the Qing army used its rich experience in naval warfare to constantly involve the Japanese formation, which was still very neat. Then use a cloud of smoke to image your own judgment. After the Qing State rushed out of the first fleet from the smoke, they thought that they had accurately seen through the Qing State's plan, but this was the Qing State conspiracy, and they had to let themselves think that they had seen through their plan. So when his own fleet needed to be reorganized and reorganized, the second fleet of the Qing State appeared. The timing of their appearance was too good, but it was the time for their fleet to be reorganized. The position in which they appeared was also too good, but fortunately because their route was stuck on their own route. Yamamoto needed time to regroup, and he could only let the fast warships intercept the second fleet of the Qing Kingdom. So Qing Guo used a killer move, and four strange warships rushed out of the smoke again, sinking the Izumo in the first five minutes, and then sinking the Ikute and Fuji II in the pursuit. Then the approaching main fleet of the Qing State made the reorganized Japanese fleet face the situation of being attacked from both sides, and the best choice for the Japanese fleet at this time was of course to use the speed to break away from the south, and turn around and fight again after heavy speed. He was once again calculated by the Qing State, and what the Qing Kingdom wanted was to let him get out. Because this can look like they are running for their lives, so that the entire fleet officers and men are in a panicked mood. As a result, the second fleet of the Qing State was able to discharge the posture of interception, so that the Japanese officers and soldiers who were already panicked would become frightened birds, and then insert a horizontal step into it, and the whole shape of the Japanese fleet would be completely finished. The Japanese fleet, which had lost its formation, was no longer an opponent of the Qing State.

"Gentlemen, let's die here." Yamamoto, who had figured it out, calmed down and stood straight.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Qing fleet has passed through. The lost ships could not be recovered. The staff officer said anxiously: "Withdraw." ”

"Is there a way out for the Empire? Do we have a way out? ”。 Yamamoto said calmly.

"Yes. The destroyers of the Qing State slowed down and dispersed for some reason. The staff officer pointed to the Qing destroyer group that was turning away and said: "Now is the only chance to evacuate, and if you don't leave, the entire combined ship will really have to sink here." In that case, by the time the Qing warships arrived at the shores of the Empire, the Empire would have no last means of defense. The two ships Asama and Tokiwa had already run in front of the flagship, and the fleet had lost its command. Your Excellency, Commander, leave the last hope for the Empire. "The staff officer is already a cuckoo's bloody pleading.

Yamamoto looked at the Qing destroyer group that was going away and the two ships Asama and Tokiwa who were fleeing for their lives, and nodded with difficulty: "Let's withdraw." After saying that, Yamamoto burst into tears.

The departure of the destroyer group was Wu Deren's order, and although there was a chance to annihilate the Japanese fleet at once, it would inevitably cost a huge price. This kind of price is not enough that the current Qing navy can bear. In order to reduce casualties, Wu Deren still asked Yamamoto to withdraw. First kill the current Japanese fleet, and then kill Japan and wipe out the last Japanese ships, this is Wu Deren's goal.

With the 2nd Task Force successfully passing through the channel of the Japanese Fleet, catching up with the 2nd Task Force with the heavy patrol formation, and with the approach of the battleship formation, with the withdrawal of the six Japanese warships, the remaining Japanese fleet was just time to catch turtles in the urn.

"Don't care about the Japanese ships that have run away, and go all out to kill all the Japanese ships in front of you." Wu Deren gave the order for a general attack. It was eleven o'clock in the morning. (To be continued......)