The steam gas torpedo struck the Akitsushu at a high speed of 45 knots, and the Japanese on the 3,000-ton protective cruiser attacked the surface of the water with all the weapons they could use, but unfortunately nothing could stop the white track line under the water, and in an instant it hit the waterline of the Akitsushu like a sharp sword.

The bump fuse instantly detonated the 180 kilograms of antimony in the head, and the huge fire exploded suddenly, and almost at the same time, the giant ship was thrown out of the water like a toy, and then fell with a bang, but at the moment of falling, the steel body broke from it like a rotten wooden stick, and began to sink as fast as possible with a body of fireworks.

Everyone on the sea was stupid, and the two sides that were fighting fiercely stopped shooting almost at the same time, and looked at the scene in front of them in amazement, until the half-cut stern of the Qiujinzhou had begun to rise, and then it suddenly reacted, and the Naniwa, which was besieging Jiyuan, turned around and rushed towards Guangyi at the fastest speed.

"One more shot!" Lin Guoxiang roared excitedly, this torpedo was too ruthless, three kilometers away with one blow, the 3,000-ton Qiujinzhou was sent to the bottom of the sea without even a chance to escape.

Anderson bowed his head proudly, just about to calculate the shooting angle of the wave speed, at this moment suddenly there was a strange sound of breaking the air, Lin Guoxiang, who was standing next to him, subconsciously dragged him out of the side of the ship, and at the moment when the two fell to the sea, a huge ball of fire exploded at the torpedo, and the remaining steam gas torpedo was immediately blown into scattered parts.

This 152 mm picric acid shell not only destroyed their only remaining torpedo, but also completely destroyed Guangyi, this iron-ribbed wooden ship can survive under the picric acid shell until now, it can almost be said to be a miracle, this shell blew one side of the hull to pieces, seeing that it began to enter the water and tilt, the sailors on board jumped into the sea to escape.

O'Connor, who was on fire on his back, carried a cork lifebuoy, screamed and jumped to Lin Guoxiang and the two, at this time, the Fulong quickly approached with the help of Guangyi's cover, and then stretched out the hook and dragged the three of them and the crew who fell into the water to the deck.

"Lao Cai, give Guangyi a torpedo, don't let it fall into the hands of the Japanese." Lin Guoxiang looked at his beloved ship and said helplessly to Cai Tinggan, the captain of the Fulong.

"Ma, Jiyuan ran away!" Cai Tinggan didn't answer him, but stared ahead and shouted, the destruction of the Guangyi made the Jiyuan completely lose the courage to fight, of course, with the current situation, it is a dead end to stay, this cruiser, which has been shot in many places, is taking advantage of the opportunity of Nanisu's departure to the south to leave the battlefield, and Yoshino, who has been fighting against it, immediately followed behind to catch up, and at this time Naniwa aimed at Fulong.

Cai Tinggan, who was born in the United States, showed his technical level at this time, the 120-ton speedboat burned enough steam, and he barely ran out of nineteen knots, under the dense shells of the Naniwa, he twisted his body desperately on the sea, and opened the distance between the two sides little by little, fortunately, there was a Guangyi that was beginning to sink in the middle, and Fulong, who was beaten all over his body, still threw off the wave at high speed.

But at this time, Lin Guoxiang saw in the distance, the bow of the Yoshino, which was pursuing Jiyuan, suddenly a series of fires flashed, and then the latest cruiser with a high speed of twenty-three knots suddenly slowed down, as in the past, the Yoshino, which was pursuing Jiyuan, was suddenly attacked by the tail gun of Jiyuan, but unlike history, this attack was not the old 150 mm Krupp cannon and black Huoo medicine shells, but the latest 152 mm Armstrong rapid-fire gun.

Although the shell is not picric, but the power of the shell filled with nitrocellulose is also not small, plus it is too light on the enemy, in less than a minute four bullets in a row, the violent explosion blew up its bow to a mess, the command cabin position even ignited a fire, the sudden fierce blow, so that the pursuing Yoshino immediately stopped, in the end this warship is the hope of the Japanese Navy, in this case the risk is a little not worth it.

The escaped Jiyuan rushed south to seize the road, Yoshino did not continue the pursuit, it can be seen that its injuries are not light, Naniwa also did not continue the pursuit, it has to go back to save the surviving sailors of the Akitsu Prefecture, Fulong quickly caught up with Jiyuan, did not go far to the south to catch up with the Cao Jiang who fled south after getting the news of the Sino-Japanese war, and raised two ships, which is different from the original history, at this time the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division were equipped with General Electric's wireless telegraphs, and at the same time as the Yoshino three ships were found, As the commander of the escort, Fang Boqian sent a telegram to Liu Gongdao.

Ding Ruchang is not a fool, in this case, how can he let these two ships go north to die, not only sent a telegram to Caojiang, ordering it to escort Gao Sheng back, but also ordered the main fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division to anchor and go north, and then met the Jiyuan four ships that escaped back on the way.

"Hit the Akitsu Prefecture and hit Yoshino hard?" Ding Ruchang was stunned by this news, to be honest, he was already very surprised that Fang Boqian and the others could come back, after all, the gap between the two sides in this battle was too big, and in terms of tonnage, the two warships combined, they could not catch up with the others.

"Thanks to Bofors's new torpedo, three thousand yards away, the Akitsu Prefecture was directly blown into two sections, and when our troops retreated, only the upper hull was still on the water, but unfortunately it was destroyed by the Naniwa gun and there was only one torpedo, otherwise this time even Naniwa would not have escaped death, but O'Connor Taipan was also seriously wounded." Lin Guoxiang said that O'Connor was indeed injured a lot, this pampered guy in Shanghai not only suffered a shrapnel in his arm, but also burned on his back, and now he is lying on the stretcher and humming!

"Very good, this official will report to the court to ask for credit for you." Ding Ruchang said, of course, it doesn't mean that O'Connor is injured very well, he has such a big victory at the beginning of the war, and he, the admiral of the sailor, also has a light on his face, as for O'Connor, he knows how to appease this profiteer.

"Mr. O'Connor, thanks to the help of the two of you in this battle, this official should play the Ming Sheng, and there will be no less reward if you want to come, Mr. will return to Shanghai to recuperate from his injuries, and since the Bofors torpedo is so sharp, the sailor will definitely buy it in large quantities." Ding Ruchang walked to the stretcher and said.

O'Connor's eyes, which were originally dying, lit up, and if it hadn't been for Anderson next to him, he might have sat up directly.

"Then please sir!" The guy said with a sigh of relief.

Ding Ruchang smiled and nodded quickly, and waved his hand to carry this guy away.

On the evening of 25 July, Yang Feng received news of the Battle of Toshima, and he had built high-power wireless telegraphs in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Perth.

"Little widows, they dare to offend my Tianwei, although the contemptible people are small people, but they are also the descendants of Yan and Huang, and they must not sit idly by and watch them rampant, so they decided to send troops to Japan to share the worries of the country!" This thing took the telegram to Xue Fucheng and Zhang Quan, and then said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner.

Zhang Quan, who was already very familiar with his style, was stunned for a moment, and then said cautiously: "Fengsheng, are you going to rob Japan?"

"What is robbery, that's the work of pirates, I'm a good citizen who abides by the law, this is called sea raid warfare, you don't understand, in modern Western warfare, this is an indispensable tactic, think about the British defeated the Spaniards, as well as the French, and even in the American Civil War, it was very common to hire armed civilian ships to attack the enemy at sea, and even pirates were hired, Britain defeated the Invincible Armada back then, and it was all up to pirates to help, in order to win over the pirate leader Drake, Queen Elizabeth didn't even hesitate to go to chuang with this guy, and finally achieved sea supremacy in one fell swoop. Yang Feng said.

"Did you already guess that there would be a war between our court and the Japanese?" Xue Fucheng looked at the telegram and said, when an old fox like him thought that Yang Feng had been leading soldiers with warships and doing such a lot of money-losing things over the years, how could he not guess this.

"Hey, hey, Lord Xue, I'm afraid that in addition to our imperial court, anyone with a little brain can see this." Yang Feng said.

"And how did you guess they'd do it this year?"

"It's very simple, I have intelligence, and the Japanese also like money, so it's not easy to spend some money and want to buy something I need? Just like our imperial court, as long as you have money, I'm afraid that the Japanese will be able to buy what they need, otherwise you think Yoshino will be so coincidental? When our warship goes out, where are we going to wait in Toshima?" Yang Feng said.

"In this case, you need an identity, I will help you send a report to the imperial court, just say that the overseas righteous people are willing to return to China to help the war, you are repairing the dock and dock in the dog port, are you going to use it as a base, right? In this case, you can ask the imperial court to give you an official position such as a Taiwanese general or deputy general, and the rank of the general soldier is too high, and you need to spend some money, which can make your employees in Shanghai responsible, or if there is no suitable way, simply let Li Zhongtang or Zhang Xianggong come forward. Xue Fucheng said, he couldn't see that this old man was really a talent, and almost instantly came up with a full set of plans for Yang Feng.

"Then I ask you to be old." Yang Feng said.

"You don't have any plans to go back this time, do you? Otherwise, I will pay some more money, and we will simply buy you the position of the governor of Taiwan, anyway, you are now a positive third product, and you should be promoted in the United Kingdom in the past few years, and it is completely reasonable to go to the next level. He went on to say that the current governor of Taiwan, Shao Youlian, is an old pedant, and playing Yang Feng with him will be sad to death, if it is replaced by Xue Fucheng, then the cooperation will be much more pleasant.

"Yes, but don't make too much trouble in Taiwan, I don't want to clean up the mess for you every day." Xue Fucheng said that he was also very prescient.

"Look at what else can I do? At most, it is to blockade the sea shipping for the Japanese, and when the time is right, to make a landing in Osaka and so on. Yang Feng said with a smile.