The torpedo boat fleet quickly completed the adjustment of the torpedo depth, and then the eight speedboats rushed to the Saikyo Maru III again, and by this time the Amagi had already ignited a raging fire, and there was no comparison between the two in terms of protection performance compared to its opponent, and the wooden cruiser of more than 1,000 tons was withdrawing from the battlefield to find a place to extinguish the fire.

Such a lonely sheep, for torpedo boats is naturally the best delicacy, the smallest of the two and Zhen Er immediately pounced, this kind of full-body wrapped boat shape is quite sci-fi, of course, it is the sense of science fiction in this era, although the speed is not fast, but it is enough for the ten-section outcropping Amagi, in the frightened eyes of the Japanese sailors, the first to rush to the fifty-meter position of Dinger fired two torpedoes at the same time, and then turned around and retreated, before it finished turning! There was a loud bang behind him, and the explosion that was so close at hand that it even swayed violently itself.

The explosion of the black-headed torpedo was to replace the shell of the Celestial City with steel, which was also fatal with one blow, not to mention that the wooden cruiser was already scarred, and a huge gap more than ten meters long was directly torn open in the amidships, and the sea water poured into it, and it had already begun to sink when Dinger turned around.

Dinger, who completed the mission, quickly escaped, it no torpedoes now, and then it was time to watch the excitement, Dingyi and Zhenji retreated unwillingly, and then rushed to Saikyo Maru and Oshima, in fact, at this time, Oshima had been hit by two torpedoes from the right, but unfortunately they didn't explode, and even took the second from the right in vain, but the torpedoes of this era are like this, whether they can be blown up or not depends on luck, and the torpedo boat attack is like gambling.

But Oshima is not having a good time, this steel-hulled gunboat has a small tonnage, slow speed, and weak firepower, and the 152 rapid-fire gun in Pingyuan uses nitrocellulose shells, which has a little penetration ability to its pitifully thin shell, and the power of shells of this caliber is also a little ruthless for small gunboats, and now the power system has been seriously damaged, and it can be said that it is ridiculously lucky to be able to escape this catastrophe. But good luck will not always accompany it, and then the second left rushed to a range of tens of meters, or two in unison, this time Oshima did not dodge one of them, the explosion of the two torpedoes was too terrifying for it, the poor gunboat was blown up on one side of the hull almost gone, and disappeared into the sea after only a few minutes.

How dare the lonely Xijing Maru continue to fight, Kayama Shiki hurriedly ordered to speed up the escape, it was very easy to get rid of Pingyuan at its speed, but it was impossible to get rid of the five torpedo boats, looking at the five torpedo boats that pounced on His Excellency the Minister like a hungry wolf, Li He on the Pingyuan shook his head helplessly, the speed of the Pingyuan was too slow, there were only less than ten knots, and it definitely couldn't be compared with these guys who robbed themselves of the delicious food.

He turned his gaze to the main battlefield to see if he could make some money, but he saw that because there was too much water, he couldn't continue to fight, and as a result, he had to withdraw from the battlefield, this large protective cruiser with a speed of more than sixteen knots, because its stomach was filled with seawater, and now its speed is no more than ten knots, and it is looking for a safe place to stop and drain water.

The captain of the Itsukushima Arima really didn't expect that he would fall into Pingyang, looking at Pingyuan, who was slowly approaching at a similar speed as himself, not to mention the kind of grief and indignation in his heart, although it had a 320 giant cannon and eleven 120 rapid-fire guns, but now it didn't seem to have any advantage over this small battleship with only one 152 rapid-fire gun and two 150 old-fashioned guns, because its giant cannon had been damaged, and the rudder had also been damaged, and there were still three 120 secondary guns left to use, Pingyuan is cutting through the port side where there is only one 120 rapid-fire gun left.

In fact, what he didn't know was that Li He only had one front main gun left, and the other two 150 mm Krupp guns were damaged in the battle, and the next scene was more funny, the two battleships each held their only cannon, just like two ancient knights fighting each other and began to bombard, but it was not good to play this Itsukushima, Pingyuan was much thicker than its armor.

Itsukushima himself was not the only one who withdrew from the battlefield, the defeated Tsukushi and Guangbing withdrew from the battlefield at the same time, plus the previously sunken Guangyi and the completely destroyed Guangjia, and now Li Hanzhang's Sanguang who assisted his brother has been completely wiped out, but its opponent Tsukushi has also lost its combat effectiveness. Although this super brave and majestic brother has two 254 guns and four 120 guns, and its firepower is obviously higher than that of Guangbing, the problem of rate of fire has changed on these two ships. Because Guang Bing is three domestic rapid-fire guns, and Tsukushi is an old-fashioned cannon, as a result, the two sides met each other in chess, and both lost their combat effectiveness after the last fight, but Guang Bing's loss of combat effectiveness is not a big deal, and Tsukushi's loss of combat effectiveness is equivalent to a death sentence, and Zuo Yi, who has been wandering around the periphery, immediately pounced on it and sent the Rendal gunboat to the bottom of the sea with two torpedoes.

At this time, Togo and his first guerrilla fleet also suffered a heavy blow, and Chiyoda fell behind, because of the 305 shell in Zhenyuan, its transmission system was damaged, and at first it could barely keep up with the speed of the three ships in front, but after a long time, the problem was revealed. The speed of the voyage, which was originally close to eighteen knots, has now dropped to less than thirteen knots, and such a speed can no longer keep up with the Yoshino Sanship, and it has lost almost half of its guns, so it has to withdraw from the formation and turn around to rescue Itsukushima, who is in trouble. But it is a pity that those two destroyers will not let go of this opportunity, Li Hongzhang offered these guys a bounty of 1,000 tons and 10,000 taels of silver, and the nearest Cobra immediately rushed up from the blind spot of fire in its stern at a high speed of 36 knots, and it was not until about two kilometers that two torpedoes were fired in succession.

Two steam gas torpedoes, dragging obvious trails, accurately hit the stern of the Chiyoda under the frightened gaze of the Japanese sailors on the Chiyoda, and the huge explosive power of 360 kilograms of antimony and antimony blew up the stern of the 2,000-ton armored cruiser, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea together with the more than 300 sailors on board.

This naval battle has been so far, the Beiyang Naval Division has been sunk and destroyed, but neither is the capital ship, but the combined fleet has sunk four ships, two of which should be included in the list of capital ships, Ito Hengyou on the Matsushima can't hold on, and the Itsukushima has no hope, when Heping Yuan is bombarding, Fulong and Zuo Yi rushed up again, although because of the crazy shooting of small-caliber guns, they were temporarily forced back, but Pingyuan relied on perfect armor protection and carried the Matsushima 120 rapid-fire gun attack, and also aimed the muzzle at those small-caliber rapid-fire guns, It was clear that the goal was to clear the obstacles and then get the torpedo boats up to make up for them.

Until now, it is impossible for the combined fleet to win this naval battle, look at the sea Ito Henyu found that he only had six capital ships left, although all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division on the opposite side were seriously injured, but because they were basically external explosions, they did not cause fatal damage at all, even if Zhiyuan, who was engulfed in fire, was still able to continue fighting.

"Retreat!" He gritted his teeth and ordered, the combined fleet has lost its offensive capability, and in this war, there is no hope of destroying the Beiyang Naval Division again, but it must leave the strength to defend the homeland, if it is all here, then Japan will be a lamb to be slaughtered.

After receiving his order, the five ships of the combined fleet, Yoshino, Naniwa, Takachiho, Matsushima, and Hashidate, immediately withdrew from the battlefield, but the slowest antique Fuso could not be withdrawn no matter what, this old-fashioned ironclad ship was designed at a speed of only thirteen knots, and it has been almost twenty years now, even if the Japanese serve it well, it would be good to be able to run eleven or twelve knots, no matter how slow the speed of the Beiyang Naval Division is, there is still no pressure to stop it.

Just when the five ships of Matsushima withdrew from the battlefield, Itsukushima also fought to the last moment, under the cover of the artillery fire of the Pingyuan, Fulong and Zuo Yi pounced on him at the same time and fired a torpedo, although there was only one explosion, but this was enough to send it to the bottom of the sea, and the Itsukushima, which had been filled with more than 500 tons of seawater in its stomach, slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Ito Hyungsuke almost said goodbye in tears, looking behind him with painful eyes, seeing that Itsukushima was sinking and Fuso was being beaten by seven enemies, and he only then remembered where the minister had gone.

Your Excellency is now considering whether you will commit suicide or become a prisoner. His Saikyo Maru ran aground, and although it was basically impossible to hit a torpedo attack on a high-speed moving target in recent years, it would be very difficult for the opponent to hit it if it was launched at a distance of twenty or thirty meters. The three small-caliber rapid-fire guns of the Saikyo Maru were all destroyed in the confrontation with the Heping Yuan, and another 120 rapid-fire gun was destroyed, and its total firepower was only three 120 rapid-fire guns.

So after sinking a torpedo boat, it also suffered an explosive torpedo, which was already shallow water, and finally ran aground with the increase in water intake, but fortunately its firepower was not damaged, so now it sits on the sea like a fixed battery, and confronts the remaining four torpedo boats with three 120 rapid-fire guns, and only two of these four torpedo boats still have torpedoes, anyway, the enemy can't run anymore, and he doesn't want to risk attacking, so the two sides confront each other like this, until the Matsushima four ships appeared in the distance.

His Excellency Minister of Information and Discipline of Huashan was overjoyed and hurriedly sent a flag to ask for rescue.

Ito Hengyou is also very entangled, it stands to reason that he should not not save it, after all, it is Minister Huashan, but if it can be saved, first of all, because of the draft problem, the five warships under his command now have a draft of five or six meters, and it is impossible to get up, so he can only put down the dinghy and let the sailors paddle over, but two of the four torpedo boats wandering nearby are equipped with tube guns, and the sailors go down purely to die, and it will be a long time to delay, and it will be troublesome for the Beiyang Navy Division to catch up.

Looking at the flags that were being played over and over again in the distance, Commander Ito was in a tangle.