At the critical juncture, under Deng Shichang's order, the "Zhiyuan" ship fiercely highlighted the formation of the fleet.

The "Zhiyuan" ship has been following the port side of the flagship "Dingyuan"!

At this time, it rushed up, which meant that at this moment, the "Zhiyuan" battleship had to withstand the shelling of all the warships in the fleet!

Regardless of the artillery fire of the Japanese side, the "Zhiyuan" ship continued to fire back at the "Yoshino," which had the strongest firepower in the fleet.

At this time, as the distance between the fleets of the two sides was getting closer and closer, the "Zhiyuan" hit the opponent with great precision in successive shelling, and the ship "Yoshino" actually rose with thick smoke in a short period of time, and the captain of the ship, Kawahara, hurriedly ordered the battleship to turn the rudder and sail aside.

At the same time, the "Zhiyuan" under the command of Deng Shichang was also in an extremely bad situation, and as it was hit more and more bullets, the hull of the "Zhiyuan" began to tilt slowly.

On the "Jiyuan" on the right flank of the Beiyang Fleet, Fang Boqian, the pipe leader, watched the "Zhiyuan" ship gradually fall into danger, and hurriedly issued an order.

"Highlight the formation and gallop to the aid of 'Zhiyuan'!! ――”

"Concentrate the artillery fire on the ship, and first hit the 'Yoshino' of the sub-fleet!!"

"All guns in place!"

"Fire!"

"Bang!! Boom Boom Boom !! ――”

At this time, as the distance between the enemy and the enemy ship was shortened, the newly installed 150mm rapid-fire gun on the "Jiyuan" ship began to gradually show its power. Equipped with an automatic loading machine, the five twin 10 150mm rapid-fire guns were capable of raining an average of more than 70 rounds per minute at the enemy ship Yoshino!!

"Keep shooting!! ――”

"Fire!"

As a large number of 150mm rapid-fire gun shells were fired, the bullet trails spanned the room, as if a bridge had been built between the enemy and our warships, and the water jets scattered around the shells gradually obscured the sight of "Yoshino".

"Bang!! Boom Boom Boom !! ――”

"Bang!! Boom Boom Boom !! ――”

In the melee, two 150mm blasting grenades from the "Jiyuan" made a meritorious contribution and hit the right side and the rear deck of the enemy ship "Yoshino!!

At this time, the "Pingyuan" and "Jingyuan" ships on the right side of the formation also rushed over, and while joining the array besieging "Yoshino", they also shared the pressure of the "Zhiyuan" and "Jiyuan" two of their own warships.

For a time, the three oldest warships, "Jiyuan", "Jingyuan", and "Pingyuan", concentrated 30 150mm rapid-fire naval guns in a short period of time and began shelling the "Yoshino," the flagship of the Yumoto rapid detachment!!

"Fire!"

"Bang! Boom Boom! ――”

"Fire!"

"Bang! Boom Boom! ――”

At 8:40, another shell from the "Jiyuan" ship hit the "Yoshino"!

At this time, coupled with the damage to the front main gun and starboard side before, the "Yoshino" ship of the Japanese army had completely lost its combat capability at this time.

As the port side guns were hit again in the melee, a fire suddenly rose on the ship "Yoshino".

"Quick! Fast! Right rudder!! ”

On the latest cruiser "Yoshino", Captain Kawahara, who was wounded all over his body, desperately opened the water intake valve on the side of the turret.

"Boom, boom!! ――”

But before he could save the battleship, I don't know if the fire just now ignited the ammunition in the turret, and with an explosion, a crack with a diameter of more than 3 meters exploded on the left side of the "Yoshino" ship.

As the water from the side of the ship poured into the hull, the Yoshino began to sink slowly......

More than 380 officers and men of the Navy, including the captain of the "Yoshino" warship, were killed on the spot!

"Not good! Take a look at the !! of 'Zhiyuan' ――

Just when Fang Boqian and the others, who had made meritorious contributions, fell into a state of joy, there was a sudden explosion in the direction of the "Zhiyuan" ship!

In order to win rescue time for the flagship "Dingyuan", the "Zhiyuan", which carried the siege of several ships alone, was not saved after all.

As dozens of shells from the ships "Naniwa", "Takachiho" and "Matsushima" hit one after another, the boiler of the "Zhiyuan" ship finally exploded after it was broken!

"Deng Guanband!! ――”

"Deng Guanband!! ――”

Watching the "Zhiyuan" not far away turn into pieces and fall into the sea, the officers and men of the flagship "Dingyuan" all had tears in their eyes, and it was the sacrifices of those brothers not far away that gave the "Dingyuan" ship precious firefighting time.

"Ah!! Tang Shichang!! ”

Liu Buyun knelt on the deck of the "Dingyuan", looking at the sea where the Zhiyuan disappeared at a loss.

"Bastard!! The son of a bitch!! ”

"The target is the flagship 'Matsushima'!! The whole ship concentrated its firepower and hit me hard-"

"Grenade !! on the main gun"

"All guns in place!! "Fire!! ――”

"All guns in place!! "Fire!! ――”

"All guns in place!! "Fire!! ――”

At the same time, in addition to the "Zhenyuan" and "Jingyuan" warships that continued to drag the six left columns of the Yueben Navy, including the "Qiaoli", the remaining three Beiyang warships, "Jiyuan", "Jingyuan", and "Pingyuan", which had just stood out with the "Zhiyuan" ships, angrily concentrated their artillery fire and began to turn to the right side of the flagship "Songdao"!

For a time, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the "Songdao," actually faced four insane Qing armored warships, including the "Zhenyuan," the absolute main force of the Beiyang Fleet.

"Fire!"

"Bang! Boom Boom! ――”

"Fire!"

"Bang! Boom Boom! ――”

"Quick!! Fast!! ”

"Quick! The whole ship turns right rudder!! Rendezvous with Naniwa! ――”

On the "Matsushima", Ito Yuhiro gave an order to the chief engineer at the first time.

In the confusion, the "Matsushima" ship was hit one after another, and the front main gun, which had long been damaged, could no longer do anything at this time.

As a shell from the Beiyang Naval Division hit its ammunition depot from nowhere, "boom, boom!! ――”

In the midst of the roar, the Matsushima, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, also followed in the footsteps of its colleague Yoshino, and was quickly submerged by the surrounding water......

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