"Want to run? How can it be so easy! Yu Kun looked at the Yoshino who was fleeing from the wolf, and said viciously, "Catch up, you must hit Shen Yoshino!" ”

"Yes!"

"Commander! Akitsu is back, and this time it's troublesome! Zhang Haitian pointed to the sea in the distance and said loudly.

"Damn it!" Yu Kun glanced at Qiu Jinzhou in the distance and couldn't help but scold, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Ignore them first, go full speed, and you must not let Yoshino escape!" Yu Kun knew in his heart that with the maximum speed of the Yoshino at 23 knots, if he escaped at full speed, the Celestial Empire, which had a maximum speed of only 19 knots, would not be able to catch up at all, so he had to seize the opportunity in front of him to sink the Yoshino as much as possible. With one more shot, we might be able to sink the Yoshino! ”

"Commander! Look, Zhenhai and Jinghai are back! Zhang Haitian pointed to the sea in the distance and shouted excitedly.

Yu Kun turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that Zhenhai and Jinghai had turned, and it was not far from the battlefield at this time, Yu Kun couldn't help but sigh, "Order them to intercept Yoshino immediately." ”

In the command room of the Yoshino, Tsuboi was sweating like rain, silently praying in his heart that the shells would not fall on the Yoshino, but his prayers obviously did not work, and a 150-mm shell landed on the Yoshino accurately, and a 120-mm secondary gun on the port side was completely scrapped in the violent explosion.

"Yaga!" Tsuboi Kozo couldn't help but scold, "Why haven't you thrown off the enemy ship yet, how can this giant ship have such a fast speed!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, I'm afraid it's not that the enemy ships are fast, it's that ours is slowing down!" Kawahara said with a bitter face, "The Yoshino was seriously damaged, and at this time it can only guarantee a speed of less than 20 knots!" ”

"Amaterasu! Are you going to abandon your most loyal people? Tsuboi Hangzo was desperate in his heart, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

"Your Excellency, the enemy ships Shinichi and Shinichi are returning to the battlefield at full speed, and they are trying to intercept us!" Kawahara said loudly as he pointed to the sea in the distance.

"Turn the rudder! Get around them! Tsuboi said helplessly. Tsuboi Kozo suddenly found that the battle had developed to this point, and it seemed that he could no longer do anything but pray. Tsuboi Kozo prayed that Yoshino could get rid of the siege of the enemy ships, and at the same time prayed that the three Japanese ships that followed the Celestial Empire all the way could do their best to damage the Celestial, so that not only could the Yoshino be relieved of the danger, but perhaps he could turn defeat into victory and take the opportunity to sink the Celestial Empire in one fell swoop, but unfortunately these were just the extravagant hopes of Tsuboi Kozo.

With the heavy armor of the Celestial, it was difficult for artillery below 300 mm caliber to hit it hard. At present, the largest caliber guns in the Japanese ships are only a total of four 260 mm main guns on the two battleships Naniwa and Takachiho, and only two of these four main guns can attack the Celestial Empire at most. Although the hit rate of these two guns was not bad, the hit rate even exceeded 2 percent (the hit rate of the Chinese and Japanese sides in the Battle of the Yellow Sea was 1 percent and 0.5 percent respectively), and only two shots were hit! And these two shells were also very lucky not to hit the vital parts, so naturally they did not cause much damage to the Celestial, as for the remaining 150 mm and 120 mm shells on the Japanese side, most of them were no different from tickling!

At this moment, the main gun of the Celestial Empire double-mounted rear successfully hit the Japanese ship Takachiho, and the violent explosion caused Takachiho to ignite a fire, and the captain Nomura Sadaosa could only order to temporarily stop the attack and extinguish the fire to save himself!

"Nomura, this idiot!" The captain of the Naniwa ship, Heihachiro Togo, couldn't help but curse. Fearing the Celestial Empire's main guns, the Japanese ships never dared to get too close and tried to avoid getting within the firing angle of their main guns. And this Nomura Zhen was greedy and reckless, and he got too close, and he really suffered a big loss! In fact, Togo Heihachiro is also bitter in his heart, this battle is really not easy to fight. "The Beiyang is so strong!" Heihachiro Togo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Order Akitsu to continue the attack with our ship and cover the retreat of the Yoshino!" Heihachiro Togo ordered loudly.

"Hurry up and turn the rudder and dodge Shinichi and Shinichi!" In the Yoshino command room, Kozo Tsubii shouted nervously. The Zhenyuan and Jinghai were in front of the Yoshino to the right, and were rapidly approaching the Yoshino, while the Celestial Empire was also in hot pursuit.

"Turn the rudder right!" Tsuboi ordered in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, Commander! It won't take long to drive to the right and you'll be in the reef-filled waters, and once we hit the reef, we're done! Kawahara couldn't help but remind, and the fine beads of sweat on his forehead showed that Kawahara was nervous at this time.

Yoshino was one of the best cruisers in the world at that time, when the Japanese government purchased the Yoshino, only with the income of the Japanese government at that time was still not enough to pay for the "Yoshino", for which the Japanese emperor raised funds to buy "Yoshino", and even announced that he only ate one meal a day from then on to defeat the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager donated her jewelry, because the emperor's actions aroused the national self-esteem of the people, so that the people enthusiastically donated to buy "Yoshino", Japanese businessmen and people initiated the "'' The Yoshino 'fundraiser', and the silver taels raised later could buy three "Yoshino". Half a year later, the Japanese government drove Yoshino back to its port. In other words, this battleship was created by all the Japanese people, including the emperor, on food and clothing, and its position in the hearts of the Japanese is quite important, and if the Yoshino sinks, it is conceivable that Kawahara will deal a great blow to the morale of Japan.

As a senior admiral of the Japanese Navy, Tsuboi Kozo naturally knew the importance of the Yoshino, but the enemy in front of him wanted to sink Yoshino at any cost, and now Yoshino has been heavily damaged, and once it is besieged by three enemy ships, I am afraid that it will only sink in an instant. Now the only way out is to the right, although there are many reefs there, but the Yoshino may not be able to hit it, on the contrary, if the rudder is not turned, the Yoshino will be besieged, unless Amaterasu Okami appears, the Yoshino will definitely sink.

"Hasn't the fire been brought under control yet?" Tsuboi Hangsan asked coldly.

"The fire has basically been charged, but if you want to extinguish it, I'm afraid you can't do it in a short time, it will take at least half an hour!" Kawahara replied hurriedly.

"Turn the rudder!" Tsuboi Hangzo shouted firmly. Now I can only fight to the death, hiding in the reef area, although there is a certain danger, but the enemy ship must be afraid of hitting the reef, and dare not pursue, so that the Yoshino can turn the corner, and now the only thing that Tsuboi Kozo can do is pray silently in his heart.