Hearing that the commander of the Japanese Northern Dispatch Army, Oyama Iwa, ordered the transport ship to rush to the shoal near the pier of the Wild Boar River, the Japanese army Osa did not hesitate, "Yes, commander!" Then he turned around and asked the flag soldiers on the hill bag to signal the transport ships to convey the orders of the big mountain rock. ●⌒，

Soon, the transport ships that received the order from Dashan Rock began to sail towards the shallows near the pier of the Wild Boar River.

"Knock--" A transport ship with a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons had not yet washed up on the shallows, but it hit a reef more than 100 meters from the shore, knocking out the underwater hull of the transport ship, and the transport ship was still stuck on the reef, and the turbulent sea water continued to pour into the transport ship, and the transport ship was loaded with reinforcements from the Japanese Army, and when it saw that the transport ship had hit the reef and could not move, it had no choice but to jump into the sea one by one and swim to the shore of more than 100 meters.

The Japanese army recruits who can swim are okay, they can swim ashore and save their lives by throwing away their weapons and equipment, but those who can't swim are sad, there are not a few lifebuoys on the transport ship at all, and with the influx of more and more sea water into the transport ship, the transport ship has become more and more tilted.

The Japanese army reinforcements who didn't know how to water had to jump into the sea one by one, hoping that their Apayasu would bless them, so that they could learn to swim automatically as soon as they jumped into the sea, but unfortunately their Apayasu did not manifest, it may be a little far away from Japan, and Amaterasu's authority was a little out of reach, and in the end, many of the Japanese army reinforcements on this transport ship drowned in the sea.

One Japanese transport ship was even more unlucky, crashing into the reef and directly knocking the transport ship over. At least 2,000 Japanese Army reinforcements were carried to the bottom of the sea by this hapless transport ship.

However, most of the Japanese transports washed up the shallows. Although it ran aground, it allowed the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Army to jump directly into the deep sea. Ascend to the shore.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Yade, the flagship of the Third Fleet, Jiang Hui, the commander-in-chief of this naval battle, saw that the battle line of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's combined fleet converged 6 all-steel battleships that were originally guarding the transport ships in the waters near the Wild Boar River Pier, and did not feel worried, now the comparison of the battleships of the two sides is 23:15, and the Northeast Navy still has the advantage, oh, no, it should be 22:15. The difference of 1 ship is also a considerable advantage.

Jiang Hui said to Sun Cai, the captain of the Yade next to him: "Send a report to Shi De, the captain of the Tianxiong ironclad battleship, and let the Tianxiong ironclad battleship withdraw from the battle line, after all, its two double-mounted main guns are all dumb, and now it is 7,000 meters away from the enemy's battle line, and the secondary guns of the Tianxiong are far from threatening." The other battleships continued to fire their main guns at the enemy's battleships, focusing on the six all-steel battleships that the enemy had just joined the battle line, and it seemed that all six all-steel battleships were wounded, most likely by torpedoes from two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, last night. ”

Sun Cai nodded, and asked someone to send a telegram to Shi De, the captain of the Tianxiong ironclad battleship. After that, Shi De, who was unwilling, had no choice but to withdraw from the battle line with the ironclad battleship Tianxiong, sail to the northeast, and join the five battleships of the Northeast Navy that were injured in front.

Subsequently, the battleships of the Northeast Navy and the battleships of the British and Japanese Navies continued to bombard, but the battle lines of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet always maintained a distance of 6,500 to 7,000 meters from the Northeast Navy's battle line. It was not desirable that the battle lines of the two sides would be closer, after all, the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet were already preparing to withdraw, and now they were just waiting for dark.

However, the Northeast Navy is not willing to rub time with the British and Japanese Navy. Jiang Hui ordered the destroyers and torpedo boats of the Northeast Navy to continuously launch torpedo attacks on the battle lines of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.

In the midst of artillery fire. The British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet finally stayed up until dark, and by this time it was 5:35 p.m. The British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet could only transmit signals by light, and they did not have the radio stations equipped on the warships of the Tohoku Navy.

The commander of the British Navy, Bridget, saw that the sky was finally darkening, and let out a long breath, and immediately ordered all the surviving warships of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet to retreat to the east, and then retreat all the way to Sasebo Naval Base on the Japanese mainland.

The Northeast Navy is really too knightly, people are just ready to wait for dark to run away, what are you Northeast Navy doing so hard, we are all keeping a distance from your battle line, just hoping to survive this 1 hour, your Northeast Navy is good, there is no mercy at all, I feel that the main gun is far away and the hit rate is low, and I also sent destroyers and torpedo boats to carry out torpedo attacks, can we be friends? Although the Northeast Navy and the British and Japanese Navies have never been friends, your Northeast Navy has to think about it later! It's not that there are no eternal enemies, maybe they will become friends in the future, so ruthless doesn't even leave a little thought!

In just one hour of engagement before dark, the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet lost a lot of warships, and the Sovereign-class all-steel battleship Lamiyi, which had been injured in the submarine attack, was hit by four torpedoes from destroyers and torpedo boats of the Northeast Navy.

The old man-star all-steel battleship Revenge, which was also injured in the submarine attack, was also hit by 3 torpedoes from a destroyer and torpedo boat of the Northeast Navy, and finally sank into the icy sea water at the end of its life.

In addition, the all-steel battleship Old Man Star of the same level as the Revenge, the first ship of the Old Man Star, was broken through the waterline armor by a 305 mm main gun shell of the Northeast Navy Diao Chan, and exploded directly near the ammunition compartment of one of the main gun shells of the Old Man Star, and suddenly detonated the remaining dozens of 305 mm shells in the ammunition compartment, making the Old Man Star, an all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of 14,320 tons, broken in two, and disappeared on the sea not long after.

Bridget, the commander of the British Navy, has now become numb, last night's submarine attack, seeing the sinking of the powerful battleship of the British Navy, Bridget was furious, vowed to seek revenge on the Northeast Navy, and scolded the Northeast Navy and Lin Daxin in his native dialect for most of the night.

Now after such a tragic naval battle, Bridget has become accustomed to the sinking of the warship, like the captain of the Prince George, Gail told Sù Bridget, the all-steel battleship Old Man Star was sunk, Bridget just said "oh", indicating that he knew, it seems that he is used to being calm and composed.

The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy did not have a good time in this one hour, the two all-steel battleships of the Mikuma and the Fuso, which were injured by a submarine attack last night, one was torpedoed and sunk by destroyers and torpedo boats of the Northeast Navy, and the other was sunk by the battleships of the Northeast Navy with shells from their main guns, and in just one hour, the combined fleet of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy lost five all-steel battleships.

Heihachiro Togo was also numb, at the beginning of the war the combined fleet had 16 powerful all-steel battleships, and now how many are left?

5 ships, there are only 5 ships, the Fuji, Kongo and Hyuga on the battle line, as well as the Kirishima and Suzuya 2 all-steel battleships that were seriously injured and retreated first, Togo Heihachiro does not know if Emperor Meiji will be angry when he sees the tragic situation of the combined fleet after returning to the Japanese mainland, and he will be angry and cut himself with a thousand knives, but His Majesty the Emperor took out a lot of real money to build it, and lost more than half of it at once, and the rest does not know if it can be safely withdrawn to the Japanese mainland.

The large fast armored cruisers of the British Navy were also dealt a heavy blow after dark because the Northeast Navy was unruly about the rules, and the large fast armored cruiser formations of the two sides faced off on the other side of the main battlefield of the naval battle, but the Northeast Navy did not pay attention to it at all, and even transferred 10 fast protection cruisers into this secondary battlefield, which was unbearable, and we also transferred warships, but unfortunately at this time the British Navy could not draw any warships to support this secondary battlefield.

The remaining battleships of the British and Japanese were bombarding the battleships of the Northeast Navy at a distance of about 7,000 meters, while the few protective cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the British and Japanese navies were resisting the attacks of the destroyers and torpedo boats of the Northeast Navy against their own battleships.

In this case, the British Navy's large fast armored cruiser formation had to endure it, ** against the large fast armored cruisers of the British Navy and 10 fast protection cruisers of the Northeast Navy, but you must know that the naval guns of the Northeast Navy's 4500-ton anti-several fast protection cruisers are not small, 6 main guns of 40 times caliber 210 mm, 8 secondary guns of 40 times caliber 155 mm, the firepower is not worse than 1 large fast armored cruiser, but it is much weaker in defense.

It is no wonder that the destroyers and torpedo boats of the British and Japanese navies did not have much effect on the raids of the battleships on the battleships of the Northeast Navy, and there were dozens of such fast-defending cruisers to protect the battleships, and it was really not easy to break through their protection, and the destroyers and torpedo boats of the British and Japanese navies were able to inflict one sinking and one serious injury on the battleships of the Northeast Navy, which is already worthy of pride.

By the time the British formed large fast armored cruisers until dark, there were only 7 large fast armored cruisers left, 3 of which were still seriously wounded. (To be continued......) uR1071