The Japanese Combined Fleet was sunk three warships in a row, and only then did the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, realize his mistake, but at this time the ship had already sunk, and the only four remaining warships of the Combined Fleet's main fleet, the Matsushima, Hashidate, Chiyoda, and Fuso, had already completed the turn, and could maintain normal speed and evasive maneuvers to avoid most of the ferocious artillery fire of the Beiyang warships.

Since this was the case, Ito only gritted his teeth and ordered the 4 warships to speed up and move closer to the Italian warships.

At this time, the Japanese ships Yoshino and Naniwa on the left found that the three cruisers of the Naval Academy were rushing towards them, and the warships of the combined fleet were sunk in succession when they turned, and the captain of the Yoshino, Kawahara Yoichi, and the captain of the Naniwa, Togo Heihachiro, felt that it was to merge with the Italian warships, and there would not be many warships left in the Japanese Combined Fleet!

Moreover, the three cruisers of the Sailor Academy rushed towards their two warships, blocking the sea to the east, and as soon as the two captains discussed it with the flag, they turned the bow of the ship slightly and headed south.

The Yasukai, Tachikai, and Yangkai also chased Yoshino and Naniwa and headed south.

The Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, Pingyuan, Jiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jingyuan launched a charge against the four Japanese ships that were reversing, the Second Guerrilla Force, the Takaba, the Murayu, the Qifeng, and the Ishikari.

The Pingyuan, which was charging, was hit by a 200 mm main gun shell from the Village Rain, detonating 3 torpedoes of 457 mm in the torpedo compartment, and the smoke column rose dozens of meters high, and the sound of the explosion suddenly covered up the sound of other guns on the battlefield, and the bow of the Pingyuan was blown to pieces in an instant, and it didn't take 5 minutes, this displacement of 2100 tons, the No. 29 ship built by the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the first all-steel armored cruiser built in the Qing Dynasty, represented the highest level of warships in the shipbuilding industry of the Qing Dynasty, He sank to the bottom of the sea with more than 50 officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division, took Li He with him, and jumped into the sea with nearly 100 other officers and men of the Pingyuan Ship to escape.

The Pingyuan became the fourth warship sunk by the Beiyang Naval Division.

The Jingyuan, which had been wounded in the naval battle just now, lost 2 of its 3 210-mm main guns, 1 of its 2 150-mm secondary guns, and more than half of its 8 57-mm guns.

Originally, after being repaired by Lin Daxin's shipyard, the Jingyuan could run at a speed of 18 knots, but at this time, Ye Zuqi, the pipe leader of the Jingyuan, could only command the warship to rush to the four Japanese ships of the Second Guerrilla Force of the Japanese Combined Fleet at a speed of 13 knots.

At this time, the Japanese ship Qifeng fired a 200 mm naval gun shell, and hit the charging Jingyuan, to add insult to injury, this shell just hit the power compartment, although the boiler was not detonated, but the Jingyuan lost power, floated on the sea, and the hull continued to seep water. Fortunately, the four warships of the Second Guerrilla Group of Japanese ships were anxious to join the Italian warships, and did not bother with the Jingyuan, which was floating on the sea.

The Zhiyuan ship was also hit by the Japanese ship Ishikari, which caused a fire, so it had to retreat back first to extinguish the fire.

It is equivalent to losing 3 warships in a row, so that the other 3 Beiyang warships that rushed to the first guerrilla force were all a little hesitant at this time, and did not dare to accelerate the charge again! So much so that the 4 Japanese ships easily got rid of the entanglement of the Beiyang Naval Division, turned the bow of the ship, and converged in the direction of the Italian warship.

At this time, in the bridge of the Italian ironclad battleship Italia, the first mate of the Italian reported to the captain of the ship, who was also the new commander of the fleet, Ram: "Captain, there are not many shells left for our main guns!" We must do everything we can to end the naval battle here, go to the island where we are staying, and find the Japanese transport ships to replenish the ammunition! ”

Hearing that the main gun was running out of shells, Ram frowned and asked, "Don't we have 80 rounds of ammunition for each of our main guns?" Now we probably haven't fired even 20 rounds per of our main guns! Why are there no shells? ”

The first mate said with a pale face: "Captain, you forgot? You and your uncle, Admiral Pirlo, didn't let the warship carry only 20 shells for the main guns, but only 30 percent of the other shells! It is said that when we go to the Far East, the Japanese will give us free ammunition, and we can bring more Italian specialties and crafts to the Far East to sell! ”

Only then did Ram remember that he and his uncle Pirlo, who had died, had indeed unloaded a batch of spare shells in Italy in order to transport more Italian specialties and handicrafts, and those unloaded shells were also sold by his uncle Pirlo! The warship's cabins and ammunition compartments were filled with Italian products and crafts.

After arriving in the Far East, Pirlo seems to have been in contact with people to sell these Italian specialties and handicrafts, and only sold the Italian specialties and handicrafts of the four warships last night, and before he had time to load the shells sent by the Japanese, he received the news early in the morning that he was going to engage the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty, and his uncle Pirlo thought that 20 shells per main gun, and 30 percent of the ammunition reserve of other artillery, were enough to destroy the weak Beiyang Naval Division!

Ram only thought about avenging his uncle, but he forgot about the lack of ammunition on his warship!

As the hull of the battleship of the Italian ironclad shook and the main gun of the Italian fired another round, Ram quickly picked up the telescope to watch the results of the main gun firing of the Italia.

Immediately Ram smiled, and another small warship of the Beiyang Naval Division was hit by the main gun of the Italian, looking at the situation of that ship, there should be no hope of staying on the sea anymore!

Next to the old ironclad ship Yunhai, which was hit by cannonballs, the coastal armored cruiser Ruihai of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy was hit on the side by a 450 mm shell, which not only ignited a fire, but also broke the keel of the hull, and after a sound of "crunch-crunch-", the hull of the Ruihai cracked from the middle and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, only 69 of the 230 people on board escaped, and the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

Ram looked at the sinking Ruihai, smiled, turned to the first mate and said, "Good job the boys!" Our Italia also sank a warship of the Beiyang Naval Division! Oh, by the way, how many shells are left for the main gun now? ”

The first mate shrugged his shoulders and said, "Captain, that round of shelling just now is the last 4 450mm shells on our Italy!" Now we have only 150 mm and 120 mm shells! And not too much! ”

Ram put his hand over his head and said, "Oh! My God! This is really sad news! What happened to the ammunition of the other 3 warships? ”

The first mate said with some frustration: "The other three warships only have 20 rounds of ammunition for their main guns, and after such a long naval battle, I guess their main guns are almost out of shells!" ”

At this moment the second mate of the Italian came over and reported to Ram: "Captain! The Lepanto, Durio and Enrico sent the flags, and their main guns had run out of shells! Ask us if the Italian warships can be withdrawn from the battlefield! ”

Ram helplessly looked at the 7 warships of the Beiyang Naval Division that were still firing in the distance, and ordered: "Order all the Italian warships to turn around and leave the battlefield!" When we have resupplied our ammunition, we will find the Beiyang Naval Division to avenge Admiral Pirlo! ”

Jiang Hui, the commander of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy in the distance, was still deeply saddened by the sinking of the Ruihai just now, and suddenly found that the enemy's 4 giant ships had turned around, and he was no longer chasing his remaining 7 warships of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy!

Jiang Hui was suddenly shocked and shouted, "It's not good! Order all the ships of the Second Fleet to rush over the enemy ships! ”

Originally, in order to drag the four giant ships, the Second Fleet led the four giant ships to sail to the outside of the main battlefield, but now the four giant ships suddenly turned around, which is equivalent to being closer to the main battlefield than the seven warships of the Second Fleet. And the 7 warships of the Second Fleet now have no way to stop them! It became 7 warships of the Second Fleet, chasing behind the butts of 4 warships!

Jiang Hui really wanted to slap himself now, and he only cared about keeping his distance from the 4 warships, and he ignored such an important issue! There is no way to let the 7 warships of the Sailor Academy sacrifice themselves to block the eye-catching!