After Lin Daxin received the news of the breakdown of the peace talks between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, he pouted, he knew that Japan had staked almost all his belongings for this war with the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to end the war with Japan without paying a huge price, the Japanese would not agree, and if they did not get huge benefits from the Qing Dynasty, the entire Japanese economy would collapse!

Although the Japanese Army took advantage of the opportunity of the peace talks to replenish a large number of troops to the Southern Route Army in Liaodong, Lin Daxin was still confident that the Dingbei Army could defeat the Japanese Southern Route Army again.

Now the Japanese army's Southern Route Army is stationed in Liaoyang City, and has built a large number of fortifications, obviously telling the Northern Army that our Southern Route Army will not attack you, just waiting for you to attack our Southern Route Army in Liaoyang City!

After Lin Daxin saw the situation of the Japanese Southern Route Army, he made up his mind to solve the Japanese Southern Route Army in World War I. So he ordered a part of the 50 tanks of the second division of the Dingbei Army in the Lushun area, of which 4 tanks with tracks damaged in the Battle of Jinzhou were also replaced with new tracks, as well as 33 armored vehicles. Together with the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Divisions of the Dingbei Army, more than 100,000 troops, along the line of Jinzhou and Yingkou, moved towards Liaoyang City!

Lin Daxin is preparing for a decisive battle with the Japanese Southern Route Army in Liaoyang City!

In addition, Lin Daxin personally led the 6 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet of the Navy and the 9 large fast armored cruisers of the Second Fleet to leave the Lushun base, and converged the 7 warships of the Beiyang Naval Division's main team, namely the Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Weiyuan, Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jiyuan, as well as a brigade of the Marine Corps of the Naval Academy on 5 transport ships, and then the entire fleet sailed in the direction of Japan!

In the bridge of the Dingyuan ship, Liu Buyun said excitedly to Admiral Ding Ruchang: "Admiral! The subordinates really didn't expect that there would be an attack on the Japanese port one day! Just thinking about it makes my blood boil! ”

It turned out that the purpose of the naval fleet of the Naval Academy and the main team of the Beiyang Naval Division was to attack the Japanese mainland ports.

Ding Ruchang was also full of red light at this time, and said with a smile: "Haha! The old man didn't expect that there would be such a day of raising his eyebrows! Sue all the ships, cheer up the old man! When I arrived in Japan, I bombarded the old man fiercely, so that the Japanese could taste the power of our Beiyang Naval Division! ”

After a period of sailing of the entire fleet, in the bridge of the Flying Bear, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Navy in the Sailor Academy, Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, said to Lin Daxin: "Handsome! We're about to arrive at the Sasebo Naval Port in Japan! ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said, "Order all the warships of the Navy of the Navy of the Naval Academy to be ready for battle!" At the same time, inform the Beiyang Naval Division that the team is ready to fight! I hope that the remnants of the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet are all in Sasebo, so that we can do our best in one battle! Wipe out the Japanese Combined Fleet cleanly and completely! ”

When the entire Beiyang Naval Division fleet approached the waters not far from the Japanese Sasebo Military Port, a small Japanese patrol gunboat first spotted the huge sea fleet. The captain of the Japanese gunboat looked at the huge fleet that appeared in the distance in amazement, and exclaimed: "Quick! Back to Sasebo! The Beiyang Sailor called! ”

The Japanese gunboats fled at full speed towards the port of Sasebo, and the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division ignored this small gunboat and continued to sail towards Sasebo.

As the entire Beiyang Naval Division fleet approached, a piercing siren sounded at the Sasebo base!

"Oh no! The Beiyang Sailor is calling! ”

"Quick! Shore defense artillery opened fire on Qing warships! ”

"The warships in the harbor are on fire! Get ready to rush out! To stay in the harbor is to be a target! ”

"Quickly let the Sashi Reserve Force enter the position! Defend the Qing army landing! ”

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The entire Sasebo port was suddenly messed up by the arrival of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Japanese troops in the port kept running around, shouting in panic!

In the bridge of the Flying Bear, Lin Daxin looked at several Combined Fleet warships in Sasebo Port in surprise, and was pleasantly surprised, the remnants of the main warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were indeed in Sasebo Port.

From a two-story brick house in Sasebo Port, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yukyo, ran out with a group of captains of various ships of the Combined Fleet and Japanese naval officers on the warship.

Shiro Matsushita, the temporary captain of the Zuizuru next to him, immediately anxiously reminded Ito Yuzuki: "Commander! We must get back on the warship right away! Organize a combined fleet breakout! Otherwise, our combined fleet will be wiped out in Sasebo today! ”

When the captain of the Mizuzuru, Heihachiro Togo, escaped from the last naval battle of Jinshu Bay, the bridge of the Mizuru was hit by a cannonball, although it did not penetrate the armor of the bridge, but Heihachiro Togo in the bridge was shocked and hit the steel wall, broke 3 ribs, and was left in Japan to recuperate! Shiro Matsushita temporarily became the captain of the Zuizuru!

Ito Yuxiang reacted immediately and shouted, "Quick! All officers are back on the warship! Start a fire and light the stove right away, and rush out of Sasebo! ”

A large group of Japanese naval officers ran towards their own warship with all their strength.

Ito Yuxiang is now extremely remorseful in his heart, originally after the Combined Fleet completed the task of escorting the Japanese Army to Liaodong, after returning to the port of Sasebo, it should not have stopped, and yesterday it should have returned to the safer military port of Yokosuka.

At least Yokosuka's shore defense artillery is much stronger than Sasebo, and the combined fleet can fight with the Beiyang naval division with the shore defense artillery in Yokosuka port.

But today is Ito's 60th birthday, and the officers of the Combined Fleet are going to celebrate a birthday for Commander Ito in Sasebo, and Ito has no objection to the kindness of his subordinates! In the two-story brick house provided by the Saseki Conservative Force, the officers of the entire Combined Fleet were celebrating Ito's birthday.

Ito Yuxiang and his subordinates were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, when they were suddenly interrupted by the harsh siren, and by the time the officers of the combined fleet ran out of the room, the entire fleet of the Hokuyo Naval Division was not far from the port of Sasebo!

When the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division was 4,000 meters away from the port of Sasebo, 7 warships of the Beiyang Naval Division and 15 warships of the Naval Academy began to fire at the warships of the Combined Fleet that were still lighting the fire in Sasebo!

For this kind of shooting, which is similar to target shooting, the hit rate of the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division is very high, and "boom-boom-boom-" shells constantly hit Japanese ships.

After a loud explosion, the 4,050-ton Takanami, a 260-mm shell of the Japanese Combined Fleet protection cruiser Takanami, hit the location of the Takanami's ammunition compartment, detonated the shells in the ammunition compartment, and almost broke the Takanami in two, and soon sank into the sea of Sasebo port. Less than half of the Japanese naval officers and sailors aboard the Takami escaped!

However, due to the depth of the water in Sasebo Port, after the Takanami sank into the sea, some of the watchtowers leaked out of the sea.

Immediately after that, the protective cruisers of the same type as the Takanami, the Murayu, the Flag Wind, and the Ishikari were sunk in the harbor one after another, and nearly half of the ship's personnel were lost, and the rest of the Japanese naval officers and sailors fled to the port of Sasebo.

Although the two ironclad battleships Fengxiang and Zuizuru, which were thick-skinned and thick-skinned, were hit by continuous shells, causing a large fire, they were slowly starting up, and the protective cruiser Naniwa and the armored cruiser Hashidate, which were on fire on the warship, were also slowly activated.

There are only 12 shore defense guns in the Sasebo military port combined, and they are all old breech guns, although they are constantly firing at the sea, but they do not pose any danger to the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division 3,000 meters away! Let the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division's own team, and the warships of the Navy of the Naval Academy, rest assured that they can concentrate their firepower on the last 4 warships of the combined fleet!

The fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division came from the south of the Sasebo Military Port, and the four warships of the Combined Fleet, which were still on fire and smoking, were heading towards the north of Sasebo and preparing to break through.

At this time, a 432-mm shell from the main gun of the Flying Bear hit the Naniwa protective cruiser that was already on fire, this shell pierced the Naniwa armor and exploded inside the Naniwa ship, detonating the boiler and ammunition compartment at the same time, and after a series of explosions, the Naniwa cruiser also sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Japanese panicked and forgot that there was a shoal north of the Sasebo military port, and the two ironclad battleships that were fleeing crashed into the shallows one after another because of the warship's draft, and after two "clicks-", the two ironclad battleships ran aground!

Only the armored cruiser Hashidate was left in the Combined Fleet because of the shallow draft, which did not run aground in the shallows, and continued to flee north.

However, it was not easy for the Hashidate to escape, Lin Daxin suddenly saw the Japanese 2 ironclad battleships suddenly running aground in the bridge of the Flying Bear, and immediately laughed and said: "God help me!" Don't fire at these 2 Japanese ironclad battleships! They've become fish in our net! Today I'm going to add 2 more ironclad battleships to our Navy Academy! ”

Immediately, the artillery fire was concentrated on the fleeing Hashidate, and the captain of the Hashidate, Hidaka Strong, knew in his heart that his Hashidate had no chance to escape!

Hidaka Zhuangzhi glanced at the desperate eyes of the subordinates inside the bridge, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Stop the ship!" Raise the white flag! We've done our best! ”

Immediately, under the order of the captain of the ship, the Hashidate raised the white flag, turned off the power, and raised the guns on the warship to the highest angle.

Seeing the surrender of the Qiaoli, Lin Daxin sent a telegram to Ding Ruchang, asking the Beiyang Naval Division to take over the Qiaoli, Ding Ruchang received a telegram from Lin Daxin, and immediately asked the Jingyuan ship, the Laiyuan ship, the Zhiyuan ship and the Jiyuan ship to approach the surrendered Qiaoli and take over the Qiaoli.

When the 2 ironclad battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet ran aground, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yuxiang, shook his body and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth!

The captain of the Fengxiang, Keio Uesugi, looked at Ito Yuzu, who was vomiting blood, and exclaimed, "Commander! How are you? ”

Ito Yuxiang spat out a mouthful of blood, pressed his hand on the table, supported his crumbling body, and commanded gloomily, "Uesugi-kun!" Order the soldiers of the two warships to flee to Sasebo Port in lifeboats! ”

Uesugi Keio was shocked and said, "Commander! We all fled, didn't the 2 ironclad battleships fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty? ”

Ito Yuxiang smiled bitterly: "You just stay on the warship, can you still prevent the 2 warships from falling into the hands of the Qing Dynasty!" ”