The three ships of Nari, Nanchen and Jingqing fiercely intercepted the pursuit direction of the Fuso, and then, with the roar of the guns on the flagship Nanrui, Nanchen and Jingqing fired fiercely at the opponent who was in pursuit almost at the same time...... However, the first round of competition between the two sides was obviously half a catty against eight taels, and a barrage splash was set off on the sea, however, it was clear that neither side hit the opponent, and only one 120mm shell fired by the Jingqing ship was missed, but the poor power of the small-caliber shell was really difficult to pose any threat to the 200mm thick armor Fuso.

And the fierce fire from the Chinese fleet in front of him finally made the commander of the cruiser Fuso, Arai Yugong, completely sober up from the fanatical pursuit...... I obviously misjudged the seemingly weak fleet in front of me, and the fleet commander Kawahara Osa obviously completely misjudged the situation!

After the first round of engagement between the two sides, the distance has been reduced to 2,500 meters, and there is almost no time left for Arai Yugong to carefully consider countermeasures, and he obviously has only two options, one is to maintain the current course and pass through the middle of the opposing fleet, and the second ...... With a wave of his hand, he shouted the order to turn to the microphone to evade, "Left full rudder, disengage from contact with the enemy!" ”

However, at this time, the Fuso, which was still pursuing at full speed just now, wanted to make a sharp turn, which was already completely impossible to achieve, and if it was replaced by the powerful and slender Yoshino, it might be able to complete the steering and disengagement relatively quickly at high speed, but it still had to take a huge risk.

After all, the reversal from positive to negative will completely expose the entire side of the battleship to the enemy's intensive artillery attack, and the speed of the ship and the shape of the hull will only shorten this dangerous period...... And now, Arai Yugong has apparently just made a decision that has to be made!

The distance of the first round of engagement between the two sides is less than 2,700 meters, however, the warships on both sides are maneuvering at high speed, and they are still moving in a curve, so to speak, although you have been within the regular range of training on both sides, but this first round of artillery bombardment, to hit the opponent, is by no means guaranteed by training, it should be more of an element of luck.

Therefore, the first round did not hit, which was naturally expected by Lu Hong, and at this moment, the Nanyang Fleet and the Fusang formed an angle of nearly 70 degrees, and the side firepower of both sides was all put into battle, and the combat distance was also rapidly shortened...... The enemy must be inflicted heavy losses with the heaviest firepower! This is Lu Hong's death order, and defeating Fusang is the key to laying the battle situation.

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

Just a dozen seconds after the first round of shelling, the left gun position of the NARI took the lead in the second round of shelling, and only a few seconds apart, the eight 120mm rapid-fire guns on the side chord of NARI and Nanchen burst out again with fierce shelling......

The enemy, who was previously regarded as a second-rate fleet of the Qing Dynasty and had no combat effectiveness at all, suddenly showed his powerful muscles, and this feeling was really like, and besides, the opponent showed not only muscles, but also the combat qualities of the navy of the government and the opposition.

Due to the sharp turn of the battleship, the 150mm rapid-fire guns of the four main gun positions of the Fuso ship were nervously and quickly turning their muzzles, but the Chinese fleet on the opposite side, at the same rapid turn, took the lead in firing the second round of shelling, which made him have to admit that there was a gap in tactical training, and a bigger gap...... Obviously that's not all!

There is definitely an element of luck in the shelling in the naval battle, but it is clear that luck will not be biased with either side, and it is directly proportional to the number of gun barrels, compared to the Fuso at the moment with only 8 large-caliber guns under the lateral rampage posture, and at this moment has formed a flanking situation against Fusang, the three ships of Nanrui, Nanchen and Jingqing, but they have accumulated a strong advantage of 6 main guns of more than 200mm, 12 side-chord 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns and Krupp rear-loading guns.

And this advantage was immediately fully demonstrated in the second round of counterattacks, the left gun position of the NARI ship took the lead in firing, and the distance between the two sides has been shortened to within 2500 meters at this moment, which is already a high hit area for the sailors to train and shoot targets, and sure enough, ...... The 25-kilogram flowering projectile that was sprayed out was the first to hit the battle.

The cannonball directly hit the compound bridge behind the waist gun room of the Fuso, although it failed to penetrate the nearly 200mm wrought iron armor of the Fuso, but the shell at this distance obviously had a good kinetic energy, and the violent impact and explosion directly knocked Arai Yougong to the ground who was in the observation position of the bridge, and in the lower cockpit, the damage was even more serious, and the violent blasting vibration injured several people, including the first mate...... This directly led to a small delay in the movement of the battleship!

And the next cannonball fired violently from Nanchen made an even more amazing hit, 4 120mm shells, actually hit two in a row, one hit the chimney behind the Fuso, the violent explosion directly blew up the entire chimney and collapsed, and the back side of the Fuso suddenly ignited a raging fire!

And what really hit the Fuso ship was the second hit flowering shell, which magically hit the 150mm rapid-fire gun silhouette in the old modified gun room in the bow of the Fuso, but this flowering shell did not explode at the same time as it hit, but fell under the strange-looking modified gun profile after being forced, and then exploded violently.

This strange explosion that caught them off guard immediately caused the two groups of gunners in the gun shaft to fall into bad luck, and the flying shrapnel and the high-temperature explosive flames immediately swept them in, and even more terrible were a few 150mm shells stacked on the terrace gun emplacement...... The explosion caused by the high temperature suddenly raised a black cloud on the bow of the Fuso cruiser, and the fire rushed into the sky with the explosion of explosives!

The huge power of this cannon made even Lu Hong taken aback...... He was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was still silent, the Fusang was just an appetizer on his plate, but this guy was definitely not a soft-footed shrimp to eat at will, the waterline armor was 200mm, although it was just an outdated wrought iron armor, but it was a serious iron plate......

The 120mm rapid-fire guns reequipped by the two ships Nari and Nanchen had just hit the sidestring armor belt and the bridge command tower armor belt one after another, but failed to penetrate the opponent's armor, which made him a little disappointed...... However, it is also reasonable! This made him even more vigilant...... The armor of the Yoshino is the most advanced Harvey steel armor of this era, and the thickness of the armor is between 4-5 inches.

"Fight to sink the Fuso ship!" Lu Hong turned his head calmly and said his intentions to Lin Jianzhang, who was flushed beside him, amid the rumbling cannon...... Of course, he was even sure that this thing must not have heard clearly, at this moment, the entire battlefield except for the sound of artillery, that is, the roars of officers and soldiers, as for everything else, it was ignored by the other party.

And at this moment, on the lookout, Kuang Qizhao had already set up his camera, ignoring the messy small-caliber Haqikaisi machine shells fired from the Fusang in the distance, and struggling to line up the battle situation and the burning Fusang ship, such a spectacular naval battle scene, made him tremble with excitement, he was actually convinced that any one published in his "Yiwen Report" would be the shocking news that shocked the entire domestic media.

And just a moment when he took pictures, the broadside rapid-fire guns of Nanrui and Nanchen had already fired two rounds violently again, and next, the side Krupp rear-loading guns of the Jingqing ship also joined the siege of the shelling of Fuso...... It was just a short moment when he made a quick U-turn, and the situation on the battlefield was completely out of his control...... All that remains is the question of how to escape, and the stubborn resistance is worthless.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

In an instant, another round of shelling landed on the Fusang ship, just lucky to have escaped the previous rounds of shelling, it seems that luck has run out, has been shortened to 2000 meters of Nanrui and Nanchen two ships, in this round of crazy shelling, 8 120mm rapid-fire shells actually hit 4 at once......

Seeing the four black clouds rising from the Fuso ship in an instant, mixed with the raging fire in the cannon fire, it made the entire battleship seem to turn into a huge fire at this moment...... Three of the four shells hit the weakly protected foredeck and the side-chord lifeboat, and the high temperature of the explosion easily ignited the wooden deck, and the explosion that rushed into the deck caused a fire in the lower cabin!

The fourth shell hit the bridge conning tower again, but this time the position of the hit was very mysterious, and it happened to hit the outer window of the cockpit of the lower battleship, and the shrapnel and flames of the explosion poured directly into the wheelhouse from the flat window, which immediately ignited the wooden structure inside, and although the shrapnel rebounded through the armor, the lethality was reduced, but it was enough to easily sweep all the seven or eight people in the wheelhouse to the ground.

This change immediately made the first mate ambush the rudder, and the entire cockpit was full of flames, and for a while, the Fuso ship immediately fell into a complete predicament, and the battleship, which was still maintaining its speed, actually began to slowly turn in circles in the same place...... This is undoubtedly exposing the whole body to the fierce guns of the Chinese warship!

1 minute ...... In just one minute, the Nanrui, Nanchen, and Jingqing ships that were approaching quickly did not waste this God-given opportunity, and all the firepower on the battleship was completely projected onto the armored battleship in front of them...... On the gun position, the officers and gunners were frantically loading and firing like hormones......

The fatal blow came from the close blow of the Nanchen ship's 200mm main gun, and within two minutes, Qi Fengyi, the Nanchen pipe belt, had no scruples about sticking the battleship to a position of 1,000 meters, and with the bombardment of two heavy guns, it directly entered from the rotating wooden armor belt on the stern of the Fusang ship, and after penetrating the multiple layers of hull, it directly caused a series of explosions at the bottom of the ship.

As an old warship, although the Fuso ship has heavy side chord armor, but it does not have a steel shell in the real sense, the internal high-explosive bomb exploded, directly destroyed the keel of the bottom bilge, and caused a large area of water ingress, when the three ships of the Nanyang can bypass the Fuso that is spinning in place, the battleship has been out of balance due to a wide range of water in the tail compartment, and is slowly sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye! (To be continued.) )