Although it was the flagship main gun of the Beiyang Fleet that blew up the main gun because of the shells, this can be said to have nothing to do with the submarine formation, the two sides are not a command system at all, nor are they in the same camp.

Even so, the Beiyang Fleet was not willing to be lonely and did its best to strike at the enemy's ships, but when the whole army was dancing, this most undesirable thing happened, the flagship main gun because the shells were mixed with sand, causing the shells to explode in the barrels, blowing up the bridge, the fleet commander Ding Ruchang fell and was injured, and the letter flag was destroyed, but he still insisted on his combat post and inspired the morale of the officers and men of the whole ship with the courage of a husband.

If Ding Ruchang was a captain, it might be okay to do this, but he was the commander of the entire fleet, and his duty was not only to be responsible for the operation of the Dingyuan ship, but the operational coordination of the entire fleet.

Looking at the Beiyang Fleet, which was in disarray for a while because of the loss of command, the roar of artillery had no effect, and it could only be a waste of shells.

Wang Wei lay on one end of the periscope, looking at the formation of the Beiyang Fleet that was gradually beginning to be chaotic, in order to best complete the task assigned by Wang Lin, he had to float the submarine and expose half of his body to the sea on this battlefield.

"Herald, tell the Beiyang Fleet that the flagship has no ability to command operations, so it should hand over the command to warships capable of fighting." Wang Wei said with some anger.

Although Ding Ruchang did this to show his will to fight, this could only encourage the soldiers of a ship, he was the commander, not the warship pipe band, and doing so could only drag down a fleet.

When the huge body of the 091 boat surfaced, the entire battlefield stopped its work, and all looked at this uninvited guest, wanting to see what he was going to do?

"Pipe tape, what are they? Looks about the size of our ship? How did they sink? A staff officer stood beside Lin Taizeng and looked at the huge body of the 091 boat that gradually surfaced, and said in surprise.

Lin Taizeng, who is the descendant of Lin Zexu's younger brother Lin Peilin, was unwilling to fail and finally committed suicide by taking poison, this is indeed a respectable person, but it is a pity that he followed the Qing court, but I don't know if this change in history can save his life?

"Is this a submarine? We built it ten years ago, but it's too small to fight long distances, how did this behemoth do it? Where does his motivation come from? Burning coal? Definitely not, although the hull is big enough, but there is no smoke exhaust system, manpower? No, there are no tools for human propulsion in the places where they surfaced, how the hell did they do it? Lin Taizeng also fell into deep thought, if it weren't for the fact that he was lucky enough to see the submarine at that time, he must not have known that it was a coal-burning thing.

"Pipe band, the other party sent a flag, saying that since the flagship has no command ability, it should hand over the command to the officer who has the ability to command." The flag speaker looked at the flag that the other party had been waving constantly, and said to Lin Taizeng.

"Hey, it's a pity that we are not flagships, so naturally we can't answer them for the flagship." Speaking of this, Lin Taizeng continued to pick up his monoculars and looked at the flag speaker, and finally shouted softly: "Huh? Asian? ”

"Captain, there is no response."

"Fuck, tell them, let the Zhenyuan ship take over the flagship, Lin Tai once took over as the commander of the fleet, who is not convinced that Lao Tzu will sink him." Wang Wei said with some anger, he didn't expect Ding Ruchang to be so stubborn, and he was unwilling to give up power to others after becoming like this, did he have to drag the entire fleet to death?

As everyone knows, after seeing these words, Ding Ruchang was about to ask the flag bearer to tell the other party that this is a matter of our fleet, so don't worry about it. It's just that before they issued the flag, the other party once again issued a strong order.

"Lord Admiral, the other party named the Zhenyuan ship to take over the flagship, and exercised the right to command the fleet, and threatened to sink whoever dared not listen to them." The flag speaker said to Ding Ruchang.

After hearing this, Ding Ruchang was suddenly stunned in his heart, what is this? Is it forced? The Beiyang Fleet actually had to obey the orders of the outside fleet, and it was impossible to negotiate, but in view of the strong force of the other party, Ding Ruchang only dared to say it in his heart, and told the 091 boat in a serious way that he still didn't dare to do it.

Lin Tai took over the command of the entire fleet very smoothly, and seeing the formation of the entire fleet return to the past, Wang Wei put down the periscope and dived the submarine to a depth of 50 meters at the fastest speed. You must know that the period when he surfaced was the most dangerous time, this was already a great danger for him, if it weren't for the huge body and powerful combat ability of his 091 boat to deter them, so that he had this minute to show up, he really wouldn't dare to let the submarine surface.

The battle resumed its previous fierceness, and the ships of the Beiyang Fleet continued to fight in an orderly manner under the command of the flagship Zhenyuan, while the combined fleet lost the significance of the original sneak attack because of the threat of the submarine formation, and suffered heavy losses; after the loss of the Yoshino, Takachiho, and Akitsuzu, the flagship of the combined fleet, Matsushima, was listed as the main target of attack, and the 4,278-ton Matsushima was the largest displacement company in the combined fleet, but its speed was only 16 knots, and it was attacked by four submarines, and finally had to go underwater to accompany the three warships that had just gone down.

At this point in the battle, the fleet had already lost four main warships, but on the Beiyang side, only the shell accident of the Dingyuan ship had become the most seriously injured warship at present, and the other ships had only suffered two shots at most, which was irrelevant.

Due to the support of the submarine formation, the combined fleet could not meet the enemy with one heart, and many sailors were distracted to observe the underwater, but even if they were discovered, it was useless. The Beiyang Fleet is different, after knowing that the submarine formation is supporting its own side, morale was suddenly greatly boosted, and there is Lin Taizeng, the old man of the navy, the battle is getting smoother and smoother, and now it has sunk the Saikyo Maru and Fuso, in addition, the Akagi has not been taken care of by the main force because of its small size, but it is still a hole several meters large in the hull of the Beiyang warship, and finally the captain of the Akagi, Sakamoto Yataro, had to order to abandon the ship.

As the battle became more and more intense, and the losses of the combined fleet were getting bigger and bigger, the captain of the Itsukushima, who had taken over the command of the combined fleet, had to order the fleet to withdraw from the battlefield, and when it went out, there were twelve main warships, and in less than half a day after the start of the battle, he actually lost more than half of the seven main warships, and now there are only five warships left full of wounds.

Today, only Itsukushima, Chiyoda, Naniwa, Hashidate, and Hiei remain in the Combined Fleet. Because the retreat requires a strict retreat formation to prevent the place from taking advantage of the chaos to attack, the Naniwa, which originally had a high speed of 24 knots, still has a speed of nearly 20 knots even if it is injured, and it can be said that it is no problem to escape, of course, this is in the absence of submarines.

After discovering that the combined fleet wanted to escape, Wang Wei immediately ordered the 093 and 095 boats, which were waiting in ambush not far away, to lay mines in the place where the combined fleet was about to escape, and to prepare for battle. The rest of the boats that had already participated in the war, except for the 092 and 095 boats that had stayed behind to clean up the 092 and 095 boats that were not yet dead, were already following the combined fleet underwater.

On the Zhenyuan ship not far away, Lin Taizeng also found out that he wanted to escape, but now the question is whether he wants to pursue it? And can you get cheap by catching up? The most important thing is that if there is a loss of ships, there must be a scapegoat to be found, Ding Ruchang was injured in battle, and now he has handed over the command, so if he loses a warship in the pursuit, this responsibility must be borne by him Lin Taizeng.

And Lin Taizeng also knew that this battle was just the emperor shouting to fight, and Lafayette did not support the war, and the emperor did not dare to speak loudly in front of Lafayette, how can this be called the soldiers in front of him?

"My lord, is the ship going to run?" A staff officer saw that the combined fleet had the intention of escaping, and hurriedly spoke up, only to find that Lin Taizeng had a melancholy look on his face after speaking.

"Order the ships and chase." Lin Tai once gritted his teeth, as a soldier, he was afraid of wolves and tigers on the battlefield? No matter what the consequences, let's talk about it when it's all over.

Two hours later, the Beiyang Fleet finally caught up with the Combined Fleet, but instead of the tragic battle picture, four equally large submarines all surfaced, and the other end was the Combined Fleet that was about to sink to the bottom.

Dozens of sailors were standing on the three submarines, shooting and killing the sailors of the Combined Fleet who had fallen into the water with heavy machine guns and rifles. After about an hour or so of shooting, there was no longer a single sailor alive on the sea. And the ships in Beiyang could only watch blankly, not daring to move at all, for fear of angering each other.

This was a torturous time, and the ten Beiyang warships were parked there in such a daze, neither moving nor moving, and they could only watch the other party shoot the sailors who fell into the water, and their own side did not dare to stop them. Because they know that the other side has at least one or more submarines who don't know where to stare at them.

"My lord, the other party sent a flag, saying that this battle was fought by ourselves, and it has nothing to do with them, you know what to do." The flag bearer said as he ran up to the bridge at a high speed.

"What? We fought it ourselves? Lin Tai said in disbelief.

They helped themselves win the war in a daze, and now these credits are actually their own? What exactly are they trying to do? Lin Tai once picked up the monocular and looked at the three submarines that surfaced one by one, only to find that their boats had the same symbol, that is, a red flag, with a big star and four small stars on it. Is this their flag? I secretly made up my mind that when I went back, I would definitely check which country they were. But he felt a little strange, because he had never seen this flag before.

"Tell them I'll do what they ask." Lin Tai once said lightly, since the other party doesn't want this credit at this time, it means that they must not want to surface too early, and they don't want to leak themselves in front of the world too early.

"In addition, tell the ship's management belt to go to the Zhenyuan ship immediately." Yes, he wants to unify the caliber and begin to divide the war achievements, and on the way back, the soldiers of each ship will be explained by them, and I hope that no one will say anything about it.

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