Sometimes a small thing can affect the outcome of a war.

Jiang Hui found that at a distance of 5,000 meters, although the accuracy of his warship's guns was very low, the accuracy of the giant guns of the four enemy ships was even lower, so Jiang Hui ordered the Second Fleet to take advantage of the advantage of fast speed and keep a distance of 5,000 meters from the four giant ships.

Pirlo quickly discovered Jiang Hui's intentions, Pirlo sneered, my purpose is to rush over and join the Japanese Combined Fleet, and then crush the Beiyang Naval Division little by little, I will rush over with the warship now, see what you can do!

Pirlo was just about to give an order to let the 4 Italian ironclad battleships ignore this drag tactic, and if the Qing Dynasty warships did not intercept them in a straight line, they would rush over directly and join the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy!

Pirlo had just opened his mouth when a 155-mm shell fired from the Tsukimi hit the bridge of the flagship Italia, and although it did not penetrate the thick bridge armor, several shrapnel pieces from the shell shattered the glass of the narrow window of the bridge and flew into the bridge.

After a scream, the surviving Italian soldiers in the bridge found that Pirlo, the commander of their fleet, had been hit in the head by a shrapnel, and Pirlo fell to the ground with his brain flowing out, and he was helpless!

And the Japanese liaison officer Kameda Hongwei was also hit in the chest by two shrapnel and fell to the ground, the Italian soldiers stepped forward to take a look, and a shrapnel hit Kameda Hongwei's heart, and the equally unlucky Kameda Hongwei had died of anger! And two of Kameda's subordinates under the Red Guard were also hit by shrapnel, one dead and one seriously wounded!

The Italian soldiers in the bridge also had 3 killed, 2 seriously wounded, and suddenly lost their commander, and the captain of the Italia, Vice Admiral Ram, immediately contacted the other 3 Italian ironclad battleships with hidden grief to inform them of the death of their commander, Admiral Pirlo!

When the soldiers on the 4 Italian ironclad battleships heard that the commander had died in battle, they were immediately indignant at the warships of the Second Fleet and demanded revenge for the commander!

After Ram, the captain of the battleship Ironclad Italia, took the position of commander, he no longer thought about the merging of the Japanese Combined Fleet! Order 4 Italian ironclad battleships to destroy the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy and avenge Admiral Pirlo! The captain of the Lepanto told him that most of the enemy's warships were at high speed, and the 4 Italian ironclad battleships were at a loss in pursuit of them, so they should rush over and join the Japanese combined fleet first! But it was vetoed by the new commander, who once again emphasized the need to eliminate the murderer who killed Admiral Pirlo!

The reason why the captain of the Italian is so obsessed with avenging Pirlo is because this captain Ram is Pirlo's own nephew!

Although Jiang Hui asked the fleet to maintain a distance of 5,000 meters from the four giant ships, he was also prepared that if the enemy ships went straight to the battlefield where the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet were engaged, Jiang Hui would not hesitate to order the nine warships of the Second Fleet to block the route between the battlefield and the four giant ships, even if the whole army was destroyed, it would buy time for the First Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division.

What is surprising is that the 4 giant ships did not go straight to the battlefield of the main battle, but kept following the Second Fleet and constantly firing at the Second Fleet!

The 4 giant ships clung to the Second Fleet, which was exactly in Jiang Hui's arms, so Jiang Hui kept commanding the warships of the Second Fleet to keep a distance of 5,000 meters from the 4 giant ships and conduct artillery battles at sea!

Lin Daxin saw in the bridge of the Xinghai that the Second Fleet had attracted 4 giant ships that suddenly appeared, and he was just a little relieved in his heart when another of his own warships sank!

After nearly an hour and a half of naval battles, Chaohai was hit by more than 10 shells of more than 150 mm or more, the hull leaked Yan zhòng, and finally the Chaohai had a tilt of Yan zhòng, and the captain Wen Yu hurriedly ordered the crew to inject water into the other side of the Chaohai, but there was no way to make it rebalance. When a 260 mm shell from the main gun of the Naniwa hit the Chaohai again, the captain of the Chaohai, Wen Yu of the first phase of the training team had to give an order to let the sailors of the Sailor Academy abandon the ship.

After Wen Yu, the captain of the Chaohai, let the crew board the lifeboat, he wanted to sink to the bottom of the sea with the Chaohai, but was forced to set up a lifeboat by the other crew members on the ship.

Not long after the crew of the Chaohai boarded the lifeboat, the Chaohai overturned on its side and sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming the third warship sunk by the Beiyang Navy Division and the first warship sunk by the Navy of the Navy Academy! Captain Wen Yu was on the lifeboat, watching the first warship under his command sink into the sea, and Wen Yu, who was only 22 years old, cried loudly!

When Lin Daxin was heartbroken about the Chaohai, there was a "boom-" sound, and Lin Daxin was almost knocked down, this was the Xinghai was hit by another shell.

Jiang Chen, the captain of the Xinghai ship next to him, hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked about the situation of the Xinghai ship, and learned that another 200 mm naval gun had been destroyed, Jiang Chen said to Lin Daxin in a deep voice: "Principal, another 200 mm naval gun has been destroyed, and the Xinghai has already lost its combat effectiveness with 3 200 mm naval gun positions!" ”

Lin Daxin's tragic naval battle was mentally prepared when 4 Italian warships appeared. Originally, when he and Ding Ruchang were going to fight with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Beiyang Naval Division's main team, plus the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy could easily defeat the Japanese Combined Fleet out of thin air, but unfortunately his calculation was disrupted by 4 Italian ironclad battleships!

Now that the naval battle has reached a tragic point, none of the surviving warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, and the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy are not injured, and now we can only see who can grit their teeth and hold on to the end!

At this time, Lin Daxin suddenly saw the armored cruiser Yasumi on the outer line of the formation, and a main gun shell hit the stern of the Takachie of the Japanese Navy's First Guerrilla Force, so that the speed of the Takachime, which had relied on high speed to dodge the shells, suddenly dropped from 19 knots to less than 10 knots.

Sun Xitao and Lin Daxin saw that Gao Qianhui's speed was much slower all of a sudden, and while it was sick to kill him, the two shouted almost at the same time: "Aim at Gao Qianhui!" ”

At this time, in the bridge of the Takachie, the captain of the Takachie with a blue face, Onomura Sada, asked the ship's first mate angrily: "Inoshita-kun, order the boiler to immediately increase the pressure and increase the speed, otherwise we will immediately face countless shells!" ”

The first mate of the Gao Qianhui said with a pale face: "Captain, one of the propellers is damaged, and it can't speed up anymore!" ”

When the captain of the Takachie Onomura Sada, heard this, his face also turned pale, if the speed of the Takachie is now less than 10 knots, it will not be able to avoid the shells of the Qing army, and the disaster of the Takachie will befall immediately!

The captain of the Takachie, Onomura Sada, was not mistaken, the three surviving warships on the outside of the formation of the Naval Academy fleet, the Yasumi, the Lihai, and Yanghai, and the flagship Xinghai, which had strong broadside firepower, saw that the speed of the Takachie was slowing down, and they all concentrated their artillery fire on it.

In less than 5 minutes, there were 5 rounds of 200 mm shells that hit the Takachie continuously, causing not only water seepage on the bottom of the Takachie, but also blazing fire on the deck and in the cabin, and the speed became slower.

In the end, a 260-millimeter shell from the main gun of the Yasumi hit the ship of the Takachie, detonating the ammunition compartment of the Takachie, and after a violent explosion, the Naniwa ship of the same class that Japan ordered from the British company G, Takachie, sank to the bottom of the sea with more than 300 Japanese naval personnel, including the captain Onomura Sada, and became the sixth warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.