Even Xu Jie would never have thought that the first battleship of the second Beiyang detachment would sink like this.

A 350KG 320MM GHANA SHELL HIT THE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HULL AND EXPLODED IN THE BOILER ROOM THROUGH THE FRAGILE DOME. The huge explosion instantly broke through the fragile hull and cut the entire battleship in two! As if it had been directly cut in half by a huge and incomparably large force, this 1570-ton cruiser was directly killed in an instant! Most of the crew members were brought into the sea by the sunken battleship without even having a chance to save themselves, and the flying debris and sea water were scattered in all directions, and some of them even fell on the two Beiyang battleships in front and behind.

Maybe it's the blow that's just too shocking. The fleets of both sides even paused to open their cannons, and many sailors poked their heads out to look outside, although this qiē was very dangerous, but the inquisitive nature of people still made some people forget that this was on the battlefield. Then a burst of cheers erupted in the Japanese fleet. Cleanly take out one of the opponent's Dome Cruisers, and this is definitely a big victory! The captain of the Itsukushima, Michiyu Yokoo, danced with excitement, forgetting for a moment that he was still the captain of a battleship and that he was still on the battlefield.

"See, Noda! The Seal was blown up by a single shot. It was we who sank the first Beiyang battleship! Or their best cruisers!. Yokoo Michiyu didn't want to explore the situation on other battlefields at this time, and directly chose to ignore the three 5,000-ton cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet. His whole being was in a frenzy.

"I see, Mr. Captain, but the battle continues, so please save the celebration for the victorious return." Although the second officer next to him was also very excited, at this moment, it was more like a captain than Yokoo Michiyu.

Yes, the battle did continue, and the sinking of the Seal did shock the hearts of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division. But after a brief period of shock, all the officers and men returned to the battle, operating their ships and artillery with greater enthusiasm to engage the formidable enemy. The Sea Tigers, who were originally standing in front of the seals, gave up the Matsushima and exchanged fire with Itsukushima. The battle lines of the entire Beiyang Fleet have been adjusted and the order of engagement has been rearranged.

As the fierce artillery battle continued, the three third-class protected cruisers in the rear of the Beiyang Ocean had already shown signs of defeat. With the exception of the sea lions that were better than Chiyoda's fire, the other ships were in flames, and the sailors had to extinguish the flames under machine guns and high-explosive shells, which occasionally cost the brave sailors their lives. But every time one person falls, the other obscures the work of the former until he falls or the fire is extinguished. At the same time, the Japanese fleet also suffered heavy losses after a long engagement.

The Zhenhai, which had reloaded a set of shells, used its fierce artillery fire to hold down the Yashima to the death, and the 8-inch and 6-inch high-explosive shells exploded on the hull from time to time, and a hole was opened in the side and bridge of the ship. And the grenade bombs fired by the faster 12-pounder cannon caused a storm of steel balls on the surface of the Hachishima ship. Even Hidaka had to admit that the opponent's gunners and artillery were more powerful than Fuji and Yashima.

And the Hashitachi, which shot at the Zhiyuan, actually showed its decline in the firefight. The 320 Cannon of the Hashidate was not as lucky as the Itsukushima, and in the engagement, 6 4.7-inch guns could not defeat 3 8-inch guns and 2 6-inch guns! After fighting for a long time, although an 8-inch tail gun of the Zhiyuan was burned. However, the artillery deck on his side was also hit by two 8-inch shells and one 5-inch shell, and these two 8-inch guns actually exploded very closely, directly blowing up the three 6-inch guns that were densely arranged, and thick smoke and blood flowed out of the breach. The entire hull also tilted.

And the situation of the Matsushima is not very good, at the beginning, his own 6 4.7-inch guns and the opponent's two ships 10 4.7-inch guns fired, and those who can count know the result. A large number of high-explosive shells landed on Matsushima, although under the protection of the dome armor, there was no major problem with the core module, but several steam pipes were cracked after being hit by two 4.7-inch shells. But the non-core module has been burned into flames. At first, the Japanese sent people to put out the fire, but in the end they had to choose quarantine. Let the fire burn inside the ship. If it goes on like this, if you can't retreat to fight the fire, I'm afraid that Matsushima Yoshiyoshi will also be scrapped due to the fire. …,

At the insistence of the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet, this front was maintained with difficulty, but everyone could see that the Beiyang Fleet at this time was on the verge of collapse, and as long as a straw was needed, it could be overwhelmed. And with the return of the Fuji, the collapse of the Beiyang Fleet is imminent!

"The Japanese fleet suddenly began to move away from us." Ding Yuqian said with a calm face.

"That's right, they want to readjust the formation so that the Fuji can get in and be behind Hachishima." Ye Zuqi said tightly in his heart.

"Let's withdraw quickly, if we continue like this, the whole army will be annihilated." Ding Yuqian turned around and prepared to order a retreat. As for whether the warships behind him with a side almost the same as the water could be evacuated, he didn't think much about it.

"Zhenhai is gone? What do they do? Ye Zuqi angrily pointed to the battleships behind that were heavily damaged but still refused to withdraw from the battle line to extinguish the fire and said, don't forget, it is precisely because of their existence that the Zhenhai can still not fall behind in the case of fighting against 2 giant ships in a row, and it is precisely because in order to maintain the "number" advantage, the officers and soldiers of these small boats have absolutely not withdrawn from the battle line even if they are sunk, even if it is just as a small boat to share the artillery fire!!

"If we don't withdraw, we'll all be finished!! Now Jingyuan and Zhiyuan can still go. Ding Yuqian looked at Ye Zuqi and said.

"What about the Guangdong Sailor and the Penghu Sailor? Those who abandon friendly ships are regarded as Fang Boqian's second!! Ye Zuqi also became hideous.

"Uh" This sentence Ding Yuqian understood what it meant. Beiyang can even do it to his own people, let alone outsiders, if he has to give an explanation to Li Hanzhang and Liu Mingchuan, he is the best choice.

But the price of perseverance is also very severe. With the addition of the Fuji. The battle situation has taken a sharp turn, and the Beiyang front has finally collapsed step by step! The revised Fuji seems to be trying to save face at the beginning of the war, supporting the Yashima and Zhenhai on the one hand, and the Jingyuan on the other. Now the situation is six against six. The quantity is the same, but the quality can be very different!

Yasuyuan, who had fought with the Yashima and Hashidate, and now happened to fight against the Fuji, is called the beginning of the rout of the second Beiyang detachment. The protective cruiser, which had been beaten and bruised all over its body, could not hold any longer, half of its hull was about to enter the water, and the waves mixed with the smell of blood rushed to the deck. Wash away the blood on this deck. And the burning fire caused fatal damage to the battleship from the bridge to the gun gallery. The burnt steel, the burnt cabins, and the charred corpses undoubtedly announce that the 2,300-ton battleship is heading for death!

"Send a signal, high-speed flagship, and our ship will provide cover for the withdrawal of the fleet." At this time, the commander of the battleship was the second officer Qi Fengyi. And the first mate Liu Guanxiong had already left the conning tower due to injury.

"My lord, how do you cover?" Someone next to him asked.

"Hit the Fuji! By the way, don't forget to take Master Liu away, it's enough to have me on this ship. When I went back to talk to Lord Ye, I said that the last general was incompetent and didn't take a good look at his ship. After speaking, Qi Fengyi waved his hand and asked the people below to prepare.

"What did Jingyuan say?" Ding Yuqian asked curiously. The special flag language of the Beiyang Fleet is not something he can understand. However, looking at Ye Zuqi's face, it doesn't seem to be good.

"We can go. After the Jingyuan was broken. Before he finished speaking, tears flowed out of Ye Zuqi's eyes. It is indeed the saddest thing for a captain to have his own battleship rammed the enemy ship, and he can only watch it perish on another battleship. Even more unacceptable than death!

A few minutes later, the Jingyuan suddenly rushed out of the battle column and rushed to the Fuji that was spewing out tongues of fire as best as she could. The distance between the two sides is only about 2KM, and the Jingyuan at this time also has a speed of about 12 knots, although because of the tilt problem, the battleship looms in the waves. But he still resolutely rushed towards the flagship of the Japanese fleet! Move forward like a dead soldier on the battlefield! Weave your way through huge waves and bullets. …,

"The Jingyuan is going to hit us!" After a short period of confusion, Shiki Kayama finally knew the purpose of the Jingyuan! "Hurry up and avoid it, quickly!" Shiki Kajiyama directly crossed the captain Katsumi Mizen and ordered. It's that he forgot that the Japanese ships behind all follow the Fuji, and the battleships behind the Fuji will follow the flash as soon as the Fuji does. In this way, coupled with the Beiyang Fleet, which was preparing to evacuate, the distance between them suddenly widened, and this was not the end, the Fuji left the course, and Yashima did not. This formation is out of order!

The angle of attack tactic is generally the last choice, because this tactic is successful, and the battleship will also suffer huge damage, not to mention that this is a 2300-ton battleship to ram an 8000-ton battleship!! The second reason is that the success rate of this tactic is extremely low! This is especially true in the face of the artillery array that the other side has already set up! As the distance closed, dense shells exploded on Jingyuan's hull.

The final termination of the death assault was a 9.2-inch cannonball that came straight through the stern of the warp and far away. Explode in the wheelhouse!! With a loud bang, the stern of the Jingyuan was almost cut off. And the Jingyuan, which lost control and entered the water in large quantities, swirled on the surface of the sea like a dying lion. Later, under intensive artillery fire, it sank into the waves of Qunshan Bay, and the whole ship survived except for the previously evacuated personnel!

However, the ships such as Zhenhai, which temporarily distanced themselves, were not really safe, and the ships behind them had been severely damaged, and their speed had dropped significantly. What Jing Yuan did was just to delay time, so that they could live longer and wait for the arrival of Dingzhen!

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