"Yaga! This group of bored Brits must have come to see the fun, but it's a pity that they came late! The adjutant said indignantly, and he didn't have the slightest affection for these British lieutenants.

"Even the British warships cannot be careless, anyone except our own warships can be enemies." Ito said with a stern face.

"Hay!" The adjutant replied respectfully.

"Such a big battleship, it looks like it's bigger than the Dingyuan ship!" At this time, as the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, the adjutant couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"What kind of battleship is this? I don't remember that the Far Eastern Fleet of the British had such a huge ship? Ito Yuheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation, Ito, who thought he knew everything about the main ships of the navies of various countries, was also puzzled at this time, could it be a newly built battleship built by the British?

"There is a problem with this battleship? Order all ships to be on alert and prepare for battle! Wave a flag at them and ask them which country's warships they are and what is the purpose of their visit? A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Ito's heart.

In order to confuse the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ren Chao deliberately asked the Celestial Empire to raise the British naval flag, and even the sentries changed into the military uniforms of the British Navy.

"Report to the captain, the Japanese fleet waved the flag and asked us which country's warship we were and the purpose of coming here?"

"Oh! Sue them we just passed by! Yu Kun, the captain of the Celestial Empire, said with a smile, "Lord Ren is really clever, and the little devil is really here!" The order went down and prepared for battle. ”

"But Captain, we only have one warship, and the enemy has eight warships!" The first mate couldn't help but persuade.

"How scared! Don't forget that this battleship at our feet is a battleship! It's not easy to deal with these boats, and even if we can't beat them, they won't want to keep us! Yu Kun squinted his eyes and said, "Execute the order!" ”

"Yes!" The first mate bowed down to receive the order.

"The order is to insert into the rear of the Japanese fleet and take out the three weak ships behind first." Yu Kun said with a sneer.

On the Matsushima, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the adjutant pointed to the Celestial Empire and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, you see, the other side is trying to pass through the rear of our fleet, and it seems that they are really just passing by, and there is no malicious intent. ”

"It's better to be careful!" Ito squinted his eyes and said, "This battleship is so strange, I don't remember such a battleship in the navies of various countries. Summoned Hiei, Akagi, and Saikyo Maru to speed up, and now the distance between them and the brigade is too great. ”

"Your Excellency Commander, these three warships were originally old ships and weak ships, and their speed was originally slow, but now they have been injured and are now their fastest speed." The adjutant reminded with a bitter face.

"Yaga!" Ito Yuheng still frowned, "Then order the other ships to slow down, hurry up!" ”

"Hay!"

"Captain, look, the Japanese fleet seems to be about to change formation!" The first mate in the command room of the Celestial Empire pointed to the Japanese fleet and reminded loudly.

"It's too late to think of changing the formation now! The herald ordered the British flag to be lowered and the flag of the Beiyang Naval Division to be raised. Yu Kun ordered with a stern face, "The front main gun is aimed at the Japanese ship Hiei and hit me hard!" ”

"Yes!"

"Your Excellency Commander, the other side lowered the British naval flag, and they~ they raised the flag of the Beiyang Naval Division, they are the Beiyang Naval Division." The adjutant said with a look of trepidation.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Kajimoto, the captain of the Matsushima ship, knew that Osa also had a look of panic on his face, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Ito Yuhiro.

"It is impossible for the Beiyang Naval Division to have such a huge ship! But since he has hung the banner of the Beiyang Naval Division, he is our enemy! Order all ships to sink this giant ship! Ito said through gritted teeth.

"Boom! Rumble! As soon as Ito finished speaking, two violent explosions were heard outside, and two huge water columns suddenly rose around the Hiei.

The Hiei, which has a displacement of only more than two thousand tons, shook a little, and the face of the Hiei Sakurai Shiroyuki changed suddenly, "This is a giant cannon of more than 300 mm, and the current Hiei simply cannot withstand the attack of such a shell, so the herald ordered to speed up and move at full speed and quickly avoid the enemy ship." ”

"Your Excellency, this is already our fastest speed!" The first mate of the Hiei said with a bitter face.

"Baga Ya Road! No matter what method you use, do your best to get rid of this plague god! Sakurai rules left and right Shaozo shouted loudly.

"Hay!"

"Boom! Rumble! "Just after the Celestial Empire opened fire, the Japanese fleet also bombarded the Celestial Empire with tail guns and broadside guns. For a while, the smoke of gunpowder was billowing and the cannon was rumbling!

The main guns of the Celestial Empire bombarded the Japanese ship Hiei, while the port guns concentrated their fire on Itsukushima, which was on the left flank of the Japanese fleet.

About fifteen minutes after the battle began, a 320-millimeter bomb from the Celesti hit the Japanese ship Hiei, and the Hiei ignited a fire again, and the Hiei, which was already seriously damaged, was now even worse and became even slower.

"Gathering fire Biei, you must sink it for Lao Tzu!" Yu Kun commanded loudly. At this time, the Hiei was finally exposed to the Celestial Empire's gunwales, and at one time more than a dozen guns bombarded the Hiei. Soon the Hiei was hit several times in a row, the black smoke and fire had completely engulfed the Hiei, but the little devil still did not give up, the Hiei swayed and fled to the southeast, although the little devil on the ship tried desperately to put out the fire, but it was still to no avail, the fire burned to the ammunition room, causing a martyrdom, the violent explosion almost tore the hull in half, the cabin was flooded in large quantities, and finally sank in the surging seawater.

"Isn't that sinking?" Yu Kun sneered and looked at the Hiei who was caught in the sea of fire, "Concentrate your firepower to bombard the Saikyo Maru!" At this time, the Celestial Empire ventured behind the Japanese fleet, and after the Hiei was wounded and fled, the Celestial Empire immediately turned its guns and began to bombard the Saikyo Maru.

However, in this way, the Celestial Empire was also exposed to the tail guns of several Japanese ships, and after a fierce battle, the Celestial Empire was also hit by two shells, but two 150 mm shells did not pose any threat to the Celestial Empire, which was thicker than the rough flesh.

Ito Yuhiro quickly realized that it was not a way to fight like this at all, "Summon, inform Hiei, Akagi, and Nishikyo Maru to let them dodge on their own!" The two squads of this team immediately turned around and outflanked the enemy ship from both flanks, and they were sure to sink it! Ito ordered with a stern expression.

"Captain! You see, the Japanese fleet divided into two groups and turned separately, for fear that they wanted to encircle us! ”

"I see it! Leave them alone! Let's sink the Saikyo Pill first! Yu Kun ordered indifferently.

"Yes!"