At 3:20 a.m., the main mast of the ship Yoshino spat out its last breath and sank completely.

Then, the three remaining three warships of the 1st Guerrilla Force of the Navy's Navy, fiercely fired at the Zhiyuan, preparing to avenge the sinking of the Yoshino.

Previously, the Zhiyuan ship was besieged to save the Dingyuan ship that was on fire, and it was already scarred, but at this moment, it was besieged by the mad three ships of the Navy, Gao Chiho, Akitsu Zhou and Naniwa, and the hull caught fire in many places, and the situation was critical.

At this time, the fire of the Dingyuan ship had been extinguished, and the Zhiyuan ship was hurriedly reinforced, and the heavy armor was used to block the shells fired by the enemy ship for the Zhiyuan ship.

Theoretically, the ironclad ship could only be sunk by an ironclad ship of the same level, and the shells fired by the ship could only be smashed on the armor of the Dingyuan, and could not be pierced.

"Knock knock!"

The two single-mounted 150-mm breech-loading guns in the front and rear of the Dingyuan opened fire angrily, and the double-mounted 305-mm main guns on the port side rotated to aim at the ship, sending a solid armor-piercing weighing 325 kg out of the gun chamber.

The three ships were eager for revenge, forgetting that the Dingyuan had extinguished the fire and restored its combat effectiveness. In such a close battle, the shells came in an instant, and it was too late to evade.

"Boom, boom!"

Of the four shells, three shells were fired into the sea, instantly stirring up a column of water dozens of meters high, and the waves splashed hundreds of meters, which was amazingly powerful.

The fourth shell hit the starboard deck of the Naniwa directly. The huge penetrating force of the shells quickly penetrated the deck armor, which was protected by only 70 mm, and continuously penetrated three layers of armor protection into the boiler room.

The No. 3 boiler of the Naniwa was immediately opened, and a large amount of high-temperature steam and hot water leaked out, and the nearby sailors and workers were burned to death by as many as five or six in an instant.

But it is a pity that the Dingyuan fired an armor-piercing projectile, which had strong penetration but insufficient lethality.

The 6 coal-fired boilers of the Naniwa can be detonated immediately as long as the shells can explode, which is enough to sink the Naniwa in one fell swoop.

In the distance, Wang Chenhao was happy that the cannon of the Dingyuan ship could hit it even if it could not sink the wave speed, but unfortunately he waited for a few minutes and did not react, and he was immediately disappointed.

However, Naniwa did not please either. The steam leak from boiler No. 3 caused heavy casualties among sailors near boilers No. 2 and No. 4, and they were forced to evacuate.

Although the navy's damage management ability was very strong, it could not prevent the Naniwa from plummeting, and the captain of the ship, Heihachiro Togo, was afraid of the Dingyuan giant cannon and hurriedly turned around and sailed away.

Gao Chiho and the captain of the second ship of Qiujinzhou saw the Naniwa sailing away, and they also noticed that the Dingyuan had regained its combat effectiveness, and they did not dare to fight at close range anymore, so they hurriedly moved away.

The Zhiyuan ship hid behind the Dingyuan ship, quickly extinguished the fire, repaired the machine and armor, and dealt with casualties.

Deng Shichang wanted to fight again, but unfortunately the ammunition ran out, and going up would only increase casualties, so he played the banner of "the ship's ammunition is exhausted" and prepared to withdraw from the battle sequence.

At this time, Fang Boqian, the leader of the Jiyuan ship, sent a signal to the Zhiyuan ship that "this ship's ammunition is sufficient and can be replenished", Deng Shichang was overjoyed, so the second ship temporarily withdrew from the battle sequence and sailed to the Dadonggou estuary to hedge ammunition.

Wang Chenhao saw it really and secretly scolded Fang Boqian for being shameless.

Wang Chenhao saved the Zhiyuan ship and Deng Shichang, and at the same time changed history, Fang Boqian didn't have to flee in fright, nor did he have to sink the Yangwei, and naturally he wouldn't be beheaded.

However, Wang Chenhao can change the battlefield, but he can't change Fang Boqian's timid surname.

Obviously, Fang Boqian's supply of ammunition to Deng Shichang was just to smear oil on the soles of his feet and stay away from the battlefield, and his essence was to be afraid of war.

At this moment, there are still eight warships left in the combined fleet, including Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate, Chiyoda, Fuso, Takachiho, Akitsuzu, and Naniwa, which are still fighting. Nishikyo Maru, Hiei, and Akagi were heavily damaged and left the battlefield and towed back to Sakamoto by tugboats from the Saimoto Navy.

On the Beiyang Naval Division, there are also Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Laiyuan, Guangjia, Guangbing, as well as gunboats Zhennan and Zhenzhong, and torpedo boats Fulong, 1st left, 2nd on right, and 3rd on the right are fighting, Zhiyuan and Jiyuan are hedging and replenishing, and the Yangwei is running aground and is being repaired, and its strength is greater than that of the Yueben fleet.

It is said that the overall combat effectiveness of the fleet was greatly reduced due to the lack of fire support from the Yoshino.

The Sanjing ship, which was designed by the French to deal with the two ironclad giants in Dingzhen, proved to be too slow to fire accurately with its 320 mm Ghanaian main gun, so that it did not hit the Dingzhen 2nd ship with a single shot, which became a serious failure.

However, Ito still thinks that they still have a chance to win, that is, the fleet is still stronger than the Beiyang Naval Division in terms of speed and ammunition reserves.

From the lack of ammunition of the Zhiyuan ship, it can be found that the Beiyang Naval Division was not prepared for war at all during this trip to Dadonggou, so the ammunition of each ship was insufficient. The combined fleet was prepared, and the ships were well armed, so Ito continued to order the battle.

At this time, the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division were under much lower pressure and had high morale after sinking the Yoshino.

The mast of the Dingyuan ship was destroyed, and the command flag of the fleet flagship could not be raised, at this time, Lin Taizeng, the commander of the Zhenyuan ship, raised the flagship of the fleet on behalf of Ding Ruchang, and reassembled the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division and lined them up.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting before, the Beiyang Naval Division was well aware of the strengths of the fleet and its own shortcomings, so it no longer used the geese marching formation, but formed a group with the Dingzhen No. 2 ship as a meat shield to block the enemy in front, and divided the six warships of Jingyuan, Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Laiyuan, Guangjia, and Guangbing into two groups to avoid the flank of the Dingzhen No. 2 ship, waiting for an opportunity to disrupt the enemy's formation, and concentrating firepower to attack the lone enemy ship.

Previously, the Beiyang Naval Division was attacked by surprise, and there was no preparation, and the formation of a wild goose formation in a hurry turned out to be a burden because the speed was too slow, and the mast of the Dingyuan ship was destroyed, and the fleet had no way to command the tunnel, so that the fleet had a chance to take advantage of it.

Now Lin Tai has raised the flag to command, and the attack power of the Beiyang Naval Division has increased greatly after the change of formation, and the power of the cannons of the two giant ships in Dingzhen has been brought into play.

At 4 o'clock, after several changes and adjustments between the fleets of the two sides, a fierce battle broke out again.

The Combined Fleet still adopted the tactic of quickly defeating the enemy, trying to use the speed to force the Beiyang Naval Division to disperse, and then break through each one.

Unexpectedly, the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division took the Dingzhen Second Ship as the center and maneuvered around the Second Ship, so as not to be left alone.

The second ship of Dingzhen made a small turn, always facing the direction of the artillery fire of the fleet, relying on the thick skin and flesh of the ironclad ship as a meat shield to block the shells of the other cruisers.

Whenever the fleet ventured to attack closely, the shells fired by it were blocked by the Dingzhen No. 2 warship, and the other Beiyang Naval Division battleships flexibly maneuvered to the other side and attacked the flank of the warship, causing considerable losses to the navy.

However, the ships of this fleet did not dare to approach the Dingzhen No. 2 ship for a long time, for fear of being hit by its large-caliber main guns, so they could only circle around from a distance most of the time.

Looking down from the sky, the Beiyang Naval Division turns in a small circle, and although the speed is slow, it can complete a small circumference maneuver. However, the fleet was afraid of the main artillery of Dingzhen, so it could only circle around the Beiyang Naval Division, and although the speed was fast, it was offset by the large circumference. The maneuver trajectories of the two sides were like concentric circles, and the ships were never able to seize the advantageous attack position.

In this way, the speed advantage on which the fleet relied was negated.

In the case of a close-range attack, the Beiyang Naval Division was blocked by two meat shields, and the long-range attack was obviously the strength of the Dingzhen Second Ship, and the Navy still suffered a loss.

Without the Yoshino, the Yoshimoto Navy had no tactical chance.

At 4:30 a.m., the Matsushima Ship Island, the flagship of the Navy, was attacked by a 305-millimeter shell from Zhenyuan, and most of the facilities were destroyed at once, causing more than 30 casualties among the Japanese troops, more than half of whom were bridge staff officers, and even Ito Youheng was wounded, and the command was immediately paralyzed.

Five hours after the start of the battle, the ships of the fleet also lost the command of the flagship Matsushima.

At this moment, the fleet had to fight on its own, and the overall combat strength was suddenly greatly reduced.

At 4:50, Naniwa was damaged by the No. 3 boiler, and the No. 2 and No. 4 boilers were affected by the No. 3 boiler. Had to stay away from the battlefield and stop ships to repair battleships.

At this moment, Wang Chenhao was driving the Jiaolong to stay at the sunken position of the Yoshino, and the two mechanical arms kept sneaking up on the sailors who were asking for help on the sea.

"If you dare to invade China, you will not die well in your next life!"

The huge manipulator attacked left and right, and every time he caught the sailors, he immediately dragged them into the sea and drowned them, or the strength was not well controlled in the middle of the road, and they were directly pinched to death.

In less than half an hour, the more than 100 sailors who survived the Yoshino, including Kawahara Yoichi, were all killed by Wang Chenhao.

Then, Wang Chenhao drove the Jiaolong to the bottom of the sea, preparing to take some loot on the Yoshino and go back to show off.

It just so happened that the bow of the Yoshino was blown up, and the anchor chain was broken.

Wang Chenhao thought that he had put the iron anchor of the Dingyuan in the park to show off, so out of revenge, he also picked up the iron anchor of the Yoshino and took it back as a trophy.

After the Jiaolong surfaced, Wang Chenhao suddenly found that the Naniwa was parked in the distance.

A maneuvering warship is not good to explode, so what about a warship at anchor?

Thinking that there was a big iron anchor and an iron chain on the mechanical arm of the Jiaolong, Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled evilly, and the obscene second type came into being.