The change of fighters is a matter of moments, leaving a few minutes for the 3rd ship of the Nanyang Naval Division to beat the Fusang, and when the cruiser Nanchen bravely approached and attacked and severely damaged the Fusang, this heavily armored old ironclad ship also seemed to have just awakened.

Although the bow to stern of the Fuso destroyer was ignited by the fierce shelling of the Nanyang 3 ship at this moment, after all, this is a battleship with 200mm wrought iron armor, and on the three ships, in addition to the heavy 200mm and 210mm main guns that can break through this thickness of armor with armor-piercing shells, in a few minutes of siege, what failed to break through the middle of the battleship was the ironclad fort waist gun room and the 150mm rapid-fire gun cover at the stern.

After a few minutes of panic and a large number of casualties on deck, Arai Yugong finally succeeded in sending someone to extinguish the cockpit fire and temporarily take over the piloting of the battleship, and this instantaneous change gave him a valuable opportunity to counterattack, and the 240mm and 25 times diameter heavy guns in the middle of the ship's waist gun room and the undestroyed 150mm rapid-fire gun in the stern finally fired violently after a long silence.

And this time, the target was naturally the nearby cruiser Nanchen, and at the same time, the sidestring fire on the Nanchen was also fired violently in the hope of giving the opponent a fatal blow...... However, this time, the Nanchen's overly courageous actions obviously encountered a huge crisis.

Under the shroud of black smoke, the 120mm rapid-fire gun of the NARI ship exploded violently on the ship again, due to the introduction of gun mounts and continuous aiming artillery, at a distance of 1,000 meters, the training hit rate has been as high as 70%, and this round of shelling, all of a sudden hit of 4 shots hit high, four shells on the side chord, deck, and command tower of the Fuso ship set a big fire, and suddenly the flames on the old ironclad ship, which still has a large number of wooden structures, flew again.

However, Arai Yougong desperately resisted, and finally achieved results, just now in a round of mutual fire, a 240mm high-explosive bomb hit the main gun position in front of the Nanchen ship, at a distance of more than 1000 meters, although the Fuso ship's waist gun room heavy gun belongs to the large-caliber, low-diameter old rack back old gun, however, this shell easily tore the main gun's terrace iron armor, the violent explosion made the terrace gun position a mess, a gun crew almost all sacrificed, but also ignited a skyrocketing fire.

"Put out the fire now...... The reserve artillery crew is immediately in position! On the command tower, Qi Fengyi, the pipe belt, saw that his battleship was shot, and he was also a little surprised by the tenacity of the ship, and after a series of orders were issued, he still added, "Turn the rudder 10 degrees to the right, pull it to the firing distance of 1500 meters, pay attention to maneuvering!" ”

And at this time, the two ships Katsuragi and Akagi, which followed Fusang but fell behind because of the slow speed of the ship, finally arrived in a team, and they obviously chose the bow of the ship to fire fiercely forward, and for a while, the shells fell around the three ships of the Nanyang Naval Division, although the first round of shelling was not accurate at all, but this had already made Lu Hong feel great pressure.

"Change your target and prepare to attack Katsuragi!" Lin Jianzhang had obviously completely seen the sudden change in the situation, and immediately issued a new order loudly.

At the same time, the officer of the lookout post had already rushed into the command room of the command tower, "Report, the ship Yoshino and Naniwa are speeding up!" ”

On the Yoshino ship, the commander of the fleet, Kawahara, was pale, and the staff officer Tamura on the side was also pale, and the Fuso was stuck in the sea level in the distance like a huge torch.

"Order, be sure to catch up with the Chinese fleet and sink them completely!" After a series of orders, Kawahara added to his anger again.

And the initiator of all this, Lu Hong, who was watching the battle situation from the bridge of the cruiser Namrui, once again unexpectedly issued a new combat order, "Lin Guan Band, we must rush to defeat the enemy in front of us before Yoshino and Nani, and there is not much time left for us!" ”

On the battlefield, the focus was still centered on the Fuso, which was currently on fire and was seriously damaged, and the formation of the three Nanyang ships had just completed a half-circle fire attack around the Fuso, and more than 3,000 meters away, the cruiser Katsuragi and the gunboat Akagi had already entered the range of mutual fire and immediately entered the battle.

At a distance of only 10 kilometers from the core of this operation, the ships Yoshino and Naniwa are rushing at full speed to rush to the battlefield and enter the battle according to the speed of the two ships, that is, in just 10 minutes, whether they can quickly complete the task of striking at the ships within this period of time is already a key issue.

At this time, the heavily damaged Fuso made the decision to evacuate the battlefield, however, due to the serious water penetration of the aft compartment and the impact of water penetration on the speed of the battleship, the speed of the Fuso ship was less than 6 knots, but this opened an important opportunity for victory!

Lin Jianzhang thought about it resolutely for a few seconds, and immediately gave a loud order, "Sit on the rudder 30 degrees, pursue the enemy ship Fuso, and take the opportunity to force the enemy ships Katsuragi and Akagi...... The first choice for shelling the Katsuragi! ”

The captain of the cruiser Katsuragi, Oda Henosa, also looked solemn at the moment, and the pursuit target suddenly showed hideous minions, and almost instantly crippled the Fuso, it is obvious that all the previous interpretations have made serious mistakes, and the cruiser Katsuragi, as the first generation of unprotected warships built in Japan, obviously cannot be compared with the protective power of the Fuso armored cruiser.

Seeing the Chinese fleet approaching at high speed in the distance, he immediately realized the crisis, "Order, turn the rudder 70 degrees to the right, cover the evacuation of the Fuso ship, ensure the distance between the Chinese fleet and maintain a counterfire at 3,000 meters!" ”

Rumble...... Boom Boom Boom ......

After some adjustments, in less than 2 minutes, the cruiser Nari, which had completed the turn, was the first to launch an artillery bombardment of the distant ship Katsuragi, and the front main gun and side chord secondary guns opened heavy fire...... A new battle has begun!

At this moment, locally, the three Nanyang ships obviously still have a considerable advantage in terms of total firepower and protection, and Lu Hong is looking forward to quickly turning this advantage into results!

But in fact, only 1 minute later, he immediately realized that he was not stupid at all, and while the other party was desperately fighting back, he kept turning to maneuver, trying to affect the hit of the Nanyang 3 ship, and the other party's plan was obviously to support Yoshino and Naniwa to help! (To be continued.) )