At this time, Wan Yong's complaints had been swept away, and he thought that it was the remnants of the fleet that Zhang Haiyang had leaked to him that made him extremely excited. Looking at the fleet opposite, the first mate said with some concern: "Captain, it seems that there are a lot of warships on the other side, we only have three small gunboats, can we beat it?" ”

Wan Yong rubbed his hands and said: "You can't beat it, you will know the way after you try." All the gunboats were ordered to move at full speed, and we caught up. All artillery was reloaded, ready for firing. ”

The belligerent Wan Yong will not think about the comparison of strength, and he has never been able to catch the naval battle that makes his hands itch, no matter how he fights first. The three gunboats rushed straight towards the combined fleet at a speed of seventeen knots, and at the same time the six 203 mm guns on the ships began to load and aim.

"Commander." Panting, a herald ran into the command tower and reported to Ito: "Three gunboats have been spotted ahead and are rushing towards us. ”

Ito said: "Only three gunboats? He could hardly believe his ears that three small gunboats would dare to fight his own idea.

The herald said, "Yes, my lord, there are only three small gunboats. Ito said: "Order all the artillery fire that still has shells and sink these three small warships." ”

In his mind, such a small gunboat is at most equipped with some small guns of less than 50 millimeters, which not only have a short range, but also cannot penetrate well, and cannot pose any danger to himself at all, and he is not afraid to shoot at close range. Although the main gun and the secondary main gun are out of ammunition, the ammunition for the small rapid-fire gun is still available.

The three ironclad ships such as the 'Hashidate' raised the muzzles of the 320 mm main guns with great difficulty, these three main guns were too large, so the fire was very slow, and they had already set the world's slowest record for one shell in 20 minutes in the previous bombardment of Port Arthur, and it was for this reason that they kept some of their ammunition.

With a "boom," a white smoke flashed from the muzzle of the main gun of the 'Hashidate,' causing a huge splash of water twenty meters outside the port side of the 'Hashiroyama,' causing the petite hull of the 'Hashiyama' to shake violently and almost capsize.

Wan Yong, who was caught off guard, was directly pierced to the ground, he got up, straightened his hat and said: "Damn Zhang Laosi, didn't he say that the Japanese fleet has no shells?" What is it? ”

The first mate said: "Captain, the caliber of this cannon is very large, and it will be useless when it comes close, so we can only rush up and have nothing to do." ”

Wan Yong said: "Send a signal flare to the main fleet and tell them that we have met the enemy." "At this time, two more heavy shells exploded in the nearby sea.

Wan Yong hurriedly said: "Immediately take a snake shape to avoid it." "The three gunboats drew an S-shaped track towards the Japanese fleet, but the three cannons never fired again.

Wan Yong saw the clue and commanded: "It must be that the three cannons are too slow to load, and we are rushing forward." The first mate said, "Captain, our cannon is in range." Wan Yong said: "What are you waiting for? Beat these turtle grandchildren hard. ”

The six 203 mm main guns suddenly began to roar, and several water columns appeared near the United Fleet of the Japanese State, startling Ito, who was observing the enemy's situation, what kind of small warship is this, there are such large-caliber guns.

In fact, the caliber of the guns of the small gunboats is not large, but their shells have all been replaced with new explosives instead of black powder still used by the Japanese state, and the power is naturally much greater.

The guns of the Chinese fleet were equipped with mechanical loaders, and the loading speed was much faster than that of the Japanese navy, and soon Wan Yong's artillery fleet opened fire again.

The Yaeyama, which had already been wounded during the bombardment of Port Arthur, was the first to win the lottery, a 203-mm shell accurately hit the turret located at the front of the ship, and the unprotected hull could not defend against the shells, although it did not cause the ammunition to detonate due to its depletion, but the shocking explosion of the 203-mm shell with the new charge was not something that the unarmored hull of the Yaeyama could withstand.

The unprotected cruiser Yaeyama was blown up and jumped two meters before falling back into the water, breaking the entire hull into two sections.

"Well played." Wan Yong happily slammed the table with his fist. "Concentrate my fire on those ships with cannon barrels." Wan Yong pointed to three ironclad ships with 320 mm guns.

The 'Hashidate' was quickly unlucky, as its steam engines were only turned on in one group, and the slowest speed, thus becoming the first soft persimmon pinched by the three gunboats.

The three gunboats that were close together became more and more accurate, and a few shells quickly opened the skylight for the 'Hashidate', and one of the shells penetrated the engine room and exploded, causing the 'Hashidate' to completely lose power.

Black smoke soon rose on the rear horizon of the Japanese fleet, and it was the main cruiser fleet of the Chinese Leader who arrived, and when he saw the friendly ships approaching at high speed, Wan Yong shouted: "Our main fleet is coming, brothers, fight hard, if you are slow, you will not be able to grab it." ”

The five cruisers were searching nearby just now, and after seeing the signal flare fired by Wan Yong, they knew that they had encountered the large fleet of the Japanese Navy, and these five cruisers drove to extreme speed and quickly chased after them.

Zhang Haiyang, who was sitting in the commander tower of the 'Tongjiang', said fiercely: "What kind of shit luck did this Wan Yong take, he actually let him run into it, we can't fall behind, notify all ships to attack freely, and we will rush." ”

The five cruisers were like five sharp arrows that were off the string, directly inserted into the group of sailing warships behind the Japanese fleet, and opened fire with full firepower, firing fiercely at the enemy ships from both sides.

Seeing that his fleet was surrounded, Ito sighed and said, "We don't have shells, this battle can't be won, order all ships to disperse and break through." ”

The warships of the Japanese state, which had received orders from the flagship, soon began to disperse and break through. Zhang Haiyang saw the Japanese warships breaking through and immediately ordered: "Notify all ships, disperse the pursuit, and then gather at the entrance to the Seto Inland Sea of the Japanese Kingdom." ”

Receiving the flag from the flagship, the five cruisers and the three gunboats fired together at full speed and joined the pursuit, and the remaining wooden warships were the slowest and very inexorable, and were smashed to pieces by the Chinese naval force in a few strokes.

Without the wooden warships to attract firepower, bad luck fell on the slowest "Musashi", "Hiei" and "Showa" shippers with the waist gun room ironclads, these ships are very old, and the speed is slow, naturally they cannot outrun the new cruisers of the Chinese Consulate Navy, seeing that there is no hope of escape, the three warships quickly put up white flags and surrendered.