After holding out for 1 hour and 7 minutes, the "Chaoyong" could no longer resist the water ingress caused by the torpedo explosion, and capsized and sank in the Yellow Sea outside Dadonggou at 14:05. Huang Jianxun insisted on refusing to abandon the ship and escape, accompanying this old friend who had followed him for nearly 10 years, and slept together in the vast Yellow Sea. Only 10 minutes later, the "Yangwei" also spewed flames and slowly sank into the rolling waves of Dadonggou overseas.

So far, the Beiyang Naval Division has sunk 4 warships of the Combined Fleet, but the overall situation is still unclear. Although in terms of sinking tonnage, the Beiyang Naval Division achieved great tactical success, because the shells of the Beiyang Naval Division were filled with extremely powerful black powder, although it hit the Japanese battleship many times, it was difficult to inflict a major blow; Except for the "Takachiho," the eight main cruisers of the Japanese Combined Fleet basically did not suffer any major losses, and they still completely outnumbered the Beiyang Fleet in terms of the number of artillery fire, the rate of fire of the guns, and the power of the explosion. The main squadron of the Combined Fleet had already completed its turn, and with intact port firepower, it opened heavy fire on the Beiyang Fleet 3,000 meters away!

Cannonballs rain down and flames like rainbows. Countless columns of water spurted into the sky, and from time to time, orange-purple waves of light exploded on the battleship. I don't know how long it took, nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers on both sides felt that the sky had darkened, and when they looked up, they found that the pitch-black soot had covered the entire sky!

The waves are undulating, and the broken wood is up and down. Seeing that their comrades were in trouble, the four torpedo boats of the Beiyang Fleet stopped rushing to the battlefield and began to rescue the robes who were close at hand. As long ropes and lifebuoys were thrown into the sea, the surviving officers and men of the "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" ships, who had been struggling in the water for nearly half an hour, finally waited for their own rescue to arrive. As they struggled up the gangway to the torpedo boats, the familiar and solid deck beneath their feet gave the surviving sailors a sense of being away from home; When some sailors saw their close relatives and friends struggling to get ashore and survived, they hugged each other tightly, crying and laughing, despite the fact that each other was covered with wet water.

Cai Tinggan, the pipe leader of the "Fulong" torpedo boat, stood on the side side, watching the sailors of friendly ships like chickens in soup climb onto the ship with difficulty, and the big stone in his heart finally landed. After sinking the "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei," the Japanese No. 1 Guerrilla Fleet seemed to be in a hurry to make tactical maneuvers and left in the dust, and had no time to pay attention to the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division who had fallen overboard. Seeing this situation, the two warships and four boats decided to divide their troops into two routes: "Pingyuan" and "Guangbing," two warships with relatively strong combat effectiveness, went straight to the "Songdao," the general flagship of the combined fleet, while the remaining four torpedo boats rushed to the wreck site at high speed to rescue the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division who had fallen into the water.

His eyes swept around, and a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye, Cai Tinggan was shocked, and when he looked closely, he saw that the middle-aged man who had just been rescued turned out to be the "Yangwei" pipe belt Lin Luzhong! He strode forward, couldn't help but punch the middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "Lin Shaogu, you are really still alive, Lao Tzu thought that your bones were eaten by sharks!" ”

Because he had been soaking in the sea water for too long, the middle-aged man Lin Xuzhong's face was bruised, and the skin on his whole body had a large number of folds; After being punched in the chest by Cai Tinggan, Lin Luzhong began to cough violently, and after a while, he chuckled in a hoarse voice: "Lao Tzu's life is so hard, even Lord Yama doesn't dare to accept it, not to mention a few white sharks, just a few Japanese criminals?" Besides, I haven't witnessed the total annihilation of the Japanese Navy, so how can I just die? Before he could finish speaking, a sea fish came out of his cuff, fluttered twice on the deck, and leaped into the mighty waves.

Seeing that Lin Luzhong's lips were purple, Cai Tinggan, who had served in the navy for many years, understood that this was dehydration caused by floating at sea for too long; He untied the water bag on his waist and handed it over, saying, "My ship has been towing troop barges in Dadong Port, and I just untied the cable and rushed here, what about our main fleet, how is the current battle situation?" ”

When it was, the artillery roared, and the sky and the sea were red. As far as the eye could see, almost all the warships on both sides were in flames, dancing with scorching and rolling colors under the pitch-black coal mist. Lin Luzhong took a deep breath, tried his best to remove the tragic scene of the sinking of the "Yangwei" from his mind, and said slowly: "Although the Chaoyong and Yangwei ships were sunk, the two troop carriers and two warships of the Japanese rear team were also buried in the guns of our Beiyang Naval Division. Now half an hour has passed since the first stage, and if it is not surprising, the two sides will face off at this moment! ”

As soon as the words fell, a reddish-purple light more than ten meters long suddenly rushed out of the Japanese Combined Fleet's array, like a fire dragon dancing angrily, and a rainbow crossed the sky. Lin Luzhong pointed to the hot waves that slowly dispersed, and said to Cai Tinggan: "That's the 32-centimeter cannon that the Japanese spent a lot of money to build." Don't look at its fierce power and amazing momentum, but it is an out-and-out embroidered pillow; From the beginning of the war to the present, they have only fired an average of 2 shells per gun, and none of them have landed within 200 meters of our Beiyang battleship. If this battle can be won, this ironclad ship will be a great merit, and the imperial court will spend a lot of money to buy it from the Germans, and it is really worth the money! ”

Seeing Cai Ting's stunned face, with a look of horror and fear on his face, Lin Luzhong only said that he was intimidated by the momentum of the main guns of the Japanese Sanjing ship, and couldn't help but say slightly angrily: "Cai Yaotang, are you afraid of this kind of good-looking thing on paper?" Even if it is indestructible, but it can't hit people, and there is a bird to use? ”

Cai Ting said dryly: "Brother Shaogu, this shot seems to have hit ......"

"Boom!" The huge sound of the explosion swept like a hurricane, and it was as if thousands of thunderbolts exploded at the same time in Lin Luzhong's ears; When I turned my head to look, I saw that the stern of the battleship "Kaiyuan" burst out with monstrous waves of fire and flames, and the light and flames were so strong and fierce that they were several times more powerful than the scene where the cruiser "Takachiho" was hit before!

The sailors of the Japanese Combined Fleet thundered with joy and shouted in unison: "Emperor bless, the Empire is unparalleled!" Blessed by the Emperor, the Empire is unparalleled! ”

Lin Luzhong was shocked, and a pair of eyes stared motionlessly at the battleship "Kaiyuan" struggling and roaring in the flames in the distance, and after a while, he still couldn't believe his eyes. The accuracy of the Japanese 320 mm cannon is very poor, and he has already felt it clearly in the previous 1 hour of battle, why did he have a divine help this time and directly hit the "Kaiyuan"?

Seeing such a scene, the commander of the 1st Guerrilla Fleet, Kozo Tsubori, trembled with excitement. In the two hours since the start of the battle, this evil German battleship has hit many ships of the Combined Fleet, and as many as 3 ships have died directly or indirectly under her guns; It is equipped with six 283 mm guns with extremely high accuracy and amazing power. If the No. 1 Guerrilla Fleet can sink it in one fell swoop, it will certainly be able to deal a serious blow to the morale of the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty, and as the commander of the First Tour, he will also enjoy the immortal honor of being the first person to sink a 10,000-ton battleship in China and even in the world!

However, Tsuboi still has some concerns in his heart. The scene of the "Gao Chiho" cruiser being hit is still vivid, and the deterrence of the 305-mm cannon of the "Dingyuan" ironclad ship also made him dare not step forward easily. It is of course best to be able to sink enemy ships in hand-to-hand combat, but if they are counterattacked, the 4 battleships that have been sunk by the Combined Fleet will be a lesson from the past!

Just as he was struggling and hesitating, a few shells exploded on the battleship "Kaiyuan", and the air waves were full of vigor and fire. Tsuboi Hangzo clearly saw that a puff of billowing smoke rose from the front of the "Kaiyuan", and then burst into an overwhelming purple wave of light, and its brilliance was as dazzling as being hit by a 320-millimeter bomb again!

"Propellant! We must have detonated the projectile in the opponent's turret! Pingjing Hangsan's spiritual light flashed, and he was so surprised that he couldn't help but shout, "The enemy has lost all the firepower in front and behind, if you don't take advantage of this opportunity, how long will you wait?" Pass my general order, immediately approach the Qing fleet, and concentrate all your fire to shoot at the 'Kaiyuan'! ”

Under the leadership of the "Yoshino", the four cruisers of the 1st Guerrilla Fleet began to accelerate one by one, and pierced the slash and plunged straight towards the battleship "Kaiyuan". At a distance of about 2,000 meters, the four cruisers concentrated more than 20 120 mm or 152 mm rapid-fire guns to fire fiercely at the "Kaiyuan", although the three battleships "Dingyuan", "Zhiyuan" and "Jingyuan" on the flanks tried their best to fire artillery support, but with the slow rate of fire and inferior quality of the shells of the Beiyang Naval Division, it was difficult to cause effective damage to the Japanese battleships, unless it was the 305 mm shells of the "Dingyuan", it could not pose a fatal threat to the Japanese cruisers!

"Boom! Rumble! The cabin and deck were hit by artillery fire one after another, and the battleship "Kaiyuan" at this moment has become a dragon bathed in fire. The shell slammed into the waterline armor belt, and was bounced back in the explosion, causing a splash of water at sea. In the armored commander tower, which was protected by 300 mm thick armor, Admiral Claude had a grim face, and even when he was besieged by four Japanese cruisers, his face still did not show the slightest panic. At the beginning of the construction of this battleship, it was equipped with powerful auxiliary machinery for fire extinguishing and drainage, and as long as the main armor fort was not penetrated, the "Kaiyuan" could always float on the water!

"Hiss......" As the pumping system began to run at full strength, more than ten water dragons burst into the air in an instant, and rushed towards the first and last flames. While the fire was extinguished at a speed visible to the naked eye, the crew of the main turret of the amidships, which was the only intact amidships, did not sit idle for a moment, transporting and fixing the two shells that added up to nearly half a ton and loading them in place. The tail gate was closed, the turret rotated, and the muzzles of the black hole were adjusted up and down, and finally all of them were aimed at the cruiser "Takachiho".

"Put!"

There was a huge thunderstorm, red light bursting, and two shells weighing 240 kilograms broke through the air at twice the speed of sound at 685 meters per second, roaring and flying!

Less than four seconds later, an earth-shattering explosion erupted in the formation of the Japanese First Guerrilla Fleet; A 283-millimeter shell was like a meteor, and without any suspense, it split the 76-millimeter-thick inclined dome armor of the "Takachiho", pierced through the two-story compartment one after another, and exploded in the ammunition depot. Although Japanese sailors moved most of the ammunition to the deck before the war, some of it remained; Picric acid is chemically extremely active, and after feeling the strong shock wave and blazing temperature from the outside world, it is like a dry firewood fire, and it is out of control. The hull of the "Takachiho" shook suddenly, and then the entire bow of the ship was blown into thousands of pieces, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured in like a frenzied wave, and the fire that burned the sky and the earth was extinguished in an instant. A few minutes later, the cruiser with a displacement of 3650 tons disappeared into the sea, leaving only some pieces of wood and oil, still floating on the surface of the sea.

PS: The second chapter was finished in time, but fortunately I didn't miss the appointment. Ask for a collection~~~~