Tsuboi Kozo was unusually calm. The more times of crisis like this, the better his mind becomes.

There are only six in front of you, and there is no doubt that they are the main force, so what about the other warships, have they all been abandoned? Also, the guy who hides in the shadows...... Damn, they must have known our position and formation a long time ago! The rest must be in ambush ahead!

"Damn! Let all the battleships speed up with all their might, turn the rudder left to avoid it, and the danger ahead ......!"

Before his words fell, the 152mm secondary gun of the "Jingyuan" opened a hole on the right side of its hull, and the fierce collision and the explosion of steel shattering made people feel a fear of being crushed!

It's a trap, a king-size trap! Not only is the other party extremely familiar with their location, but even the distance is accurate to the kilometer! Such calculations are simply terrifying to the point of despair.

Tsuboi Kozo suddenly remembered the hateful ghost ship, the damn Yang family's armed cargo ship, maybe they were helping to work in it, and a big reason for the loss of this battle was to eat on them!

He made the best command plan he could give, but the course of the battle situation was still sliding in the worst direction!

The warships of this era have to work hard to make a turn, and the speed is even slower and outrageously slow. As soon as the cannon fire in front began, the "Sina Speed" and "Qiujinzhou" ships behind had not yet made a maneuver and change direction.

"Qiujinzhou", which ran in third place, was hit by "Zhiyuan" head-on. A 210mm armor-piercing round smashed through a lump in the ship's hull and through the power compartment, destroying a boiler before it stopped.

Another secondary shell hit its stern. Knocked over an open fort. Kill and wound three of the sailors inside. But no explosion was triggered.

The tube took Deng Shichang to see it really, and he couldn't help but shout that it was a pity! If he has a powerful enough flowering shell, these two cannons can blow each other to pieces!

The problem is that there are not so many ifs in the world, and there are too many congenital defects, which can be made up for in a hurry. He could only command the battleship, load the shells as fast as possible, and prepare for the next blow!

It's just that whether it's him or the "Jingyuan" on the other side. The main gun reload speed is too slow! Even if there are two 152mm guns, the fastest is only one shot per minute. If you can be like those rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army, this one will make the other side suffer heavy casualties!

One way or another, this was the best moment of attack that the Beiyang Fleet could find.

The "Dingyuan Ship", which was the first to open fire, followed up with a secondary artillery bombardment to "Shintaka Chiho", and after killing one of its secondary guns, the three guns hurriedly reloaded.

The two cannons on the right side were silent for a while, and then they fired one after another!

These two cannons. The same is a high-explosive grenade, because it is fired sequentially. A terrible explosion that accurately hit its command tower and killed the command staff inside!

Another shell blew a 6-inch rapid-fire gun emplacements on the side to pieces, and the ammunition rack exploded, tearing out a large hole in the hull that half of the ship that reached the waterline!

"Shintaka Chiho", who had just entered service, did not fire a single shell, and was seriously injured!

The disaster is not over yet! The two ships "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan," which were a little behind, could be regarded as cheap, and their twin front main guns and forward secondary guns opened fire one after another, hitting the half-crippled "Gao Qiansui" one large and one small, and the sturdy ones were opened through two transparent holes. In particular, a 210mm shell penetrated from the rear, breaking one of the main shafts and rendering one of its propellers useless. If you want to speed up and escape, it is impossible.

Coupled with the great destruction of the bow, the "Shintaka Chiho" leaking everywhere is crooked, and there is a sinking posture at the sight!

Within a minute, six battleships opened fire one after another! With their fastest speed, they fired all the preloaded shells at the four Japanese ships, and the four Japanese ships were all wounded!

For Tsuboi Kozo and all the Japanese troops, it was an unprecedented black minute, a terrifying minute. Or, as is customary in Japan, it would be better to call it "Devil's Minute".

The "Yoshino" alone was hit by six shells from two battleships from beginning to end, and was blown up to smoke and filled with water. Although the command tower and the main gun were still alive, more than half of the artillery fire on one side had been destroyed, and the violent explosion shook too much, and it was too late to counterattack.

The continuous explosions and deafening roars in the rear made his commander, who was known for his wisdom, at a loss, and it was difficult to make more correct decisions!

But that's not the end, just the beginning of disaster!

Because before, both he and the chief of staff of the fleet firmly demanded the implementation of the tactics of a one-word column. These days of synthetic training, the guide zhì fleet has maintained this order without any doubt. In the current low-speed voyage, the four battleships could not make evasive actions at all, and they were bombarded from head to tail!

A minute passed, and the "Yoshino" ran in the forward direction of "Zhenyuan" and came to the front of "Jingyuan", where it was hit again by a 152mm armor-piercing bullet loaded at the fastest speed!

Fatally, this cannon destroyed another side main gun, and the counterattack fire was completely gone.

After a while, another shell from the opponent was also ready, and while the course was stable, it advanced a few hundred meters, and with a bang, it blasted past the stern, and actually injured one side of the rudder!

Nothing more unfortunate than this.

But the most unlucky "Shin Gao Chiho" was then hit by the previous main gun of "Zhenyuan" with a transparent hole, and he was injured even more. By the time he ran in front of "Jingyuan" under inertia, he was already on fire, and he didn't even need to replenish his gun.

The third-placed "Akitsuzu" began to maneuver slightly on the left side, but in the face of the twelve-knot straight forward ship group, how easy was it to dodge? In just one minute, the opponent's secondary artillery was all filled, and two cannons were fired, and two holes were opened again. Although it is not fatal, it keeps colliding and being damaged again and again, making it powerless to fight back.

The captain of the ship, Hikonojo Uemura, was a decisive guy, and when he saw the unlucky guy "Takachiho" in front of him injured like that, he decisively ordered to use it as a shield, and let himself hide before saying - that battleship is obviously hopeless, so it is better to play a little shield role.

But want to run? It's not that easy! The main gun of "Dingyuan" has just been filled, and the two guns on the right side, which are locked diagonally, are being reserved for him.

After three minutes of loading work, facing the danger of being fired back at any time, Liu Buyun lay in front of the command tower, eager to go up and help resist the shells! But I can only say that if you think about it, the more than 300 kilograms of big iron lump can only be assisted by the machine, and you have to endure it no matter how slow it is.

He kept patting his thigh: "It's a pity! What a pity! If you can go half as fast, only half as fast! Lao Tzu will be able to clean up all these enemy ships! ”

Finally, the two rounds were loaded, and the "Akitsu Island" had already turned left to open up a little distance, and almost hid behind the crooked "Shintaka Chiho". Two 305mm cannons, booming!

"Boom"!

Uemura Hikonojo felt the hull of the ship shake violently, and he involuntarily hit his head against the wall, and the blazing flash made his mind blank!

The shell of the Command Tower, smashed by the splinters of the Hurricane, seemed to be about to shatter at any moment. When he turned around, he was shocked to find that the mast behind the battleship had been blown up, and the hula fragments and raging flames swept forward from behind, spreading almost the entire hull.

This cannon, from one side of the hull close to the deck, exploded and destroyed in all directions, not only destroying the backmast, destroying a cannon, but also tearing open a terrible hole, the number of casualties is incalculable!

The last "Sina Express" is the luckiest guy. Because of its position, it did not have a single shot until all six battleships fired, and it was the first to start maneuvering to the left. When they approached the attack column, the main guns of Dingyuan and Zhiyuan had not yet been filled, so they could only use the secondary guns to launch a bombardment.

Two armor-piercing bullets, but with two holes, the damage is not severe. When it came to the front, the main gun on the right side of the "Dingyuan" was reloaded, but it was not completed, and it was lucky to dodge.

However, at this time, both "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" were reassembled, the main and secondary guns were fired together, and eight shells were smashed one after another, opening three more waterline holes for him. One of its chimneys was blown up, a rapid-fire artillery battery was destroyed, and the Command Tower received a 152mm armor-piercing round.

Fortunately, it passed from above, and it didn't cause much damage, but it also scared the Chilean mercenary officer!

However, just when they thought the worst calamity was over, a new fire suddenly burst out in front of them! (To be continued......)