Ito was a naval veteran from the Satsuma Domain, serving not only as commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy, but also as president of the Japanese Naval University. Although Saigo served as the secretary of the navy, it was because the Meiji government specially arranged it for the sake of his brother Saigo Takamori in order to entrap the samurai Shili, but Saigo did not know anything about the navy, and it was Ito Yuhiro who really formulated the combat readiness training organization, and it can be said that he was the representative of the Japanese Navy after the Meiji Restoration.

But now, he has become a mad dog in the throes of death.

The three ships of Xuanwu, Kunlun, and Canghai did not dare to be careless, and clamped the Bangbang with an inverted triangle, and Ito Yuheng ordered to storm the Kunlun on the right, he only hoped that he could pull a cushion before he died.

Although the situation is unfavorable, the strength of the list should not be underestimated, 4 240mm caliber heavy guns, 7 150mm caliber guns, it is simply a mobile artillery position at sea, and the whole body is armor, at this time there is a desperate heart, it is also extremely fierce, the artillery bombarded continuously, and two guns were hit, and black smoke billowed immediately on the Kunlun.

While directing the counterattack, Lu Han ordered to retreat, and he was in a hurry for a while, and the list bit the stern of the ship, and he looked like a jiashi who died together. Fortunately, the Xuanwu ship was diagonally inserted in front of the Kunlun, blocking the attack of the Yibang with heavy armor, and then several guns fired back, and a heavy cannon pierced its armor, exploding in the ship's galley, and a fire immediately ignited in the Yibang.

At this time, the Canghai was copied from behind, and the large and small artillery guns were fired continuously, killing and wounding Japanese officers and soldiers, and Ito Youheng was also wounded by shrapnel, blood gushed out from his waist and abdomen, his hat was gone, his hair was scorched, and his left eye was blinded by shrapnel, and his face was covered with blood, and his whole person looked like a madman.

He screamed wildly, commanded all the artillery to counterattack, and one of the shots hit the Canghai command tower, and the captain Xu Shoushan was blown into the sea by the explosion, although he was rescued, but he was seriously injured, and the staff officer Xu Zhenpeng acted as the commander, and the warship withdrew to avoid it.

It seems that the number of the list is actually one against three, and it is not left behind, but it is just a return to the light, and the catastrophe is coming soon. The artillery battle with the Canghai attracted all its attention, and the Xuanwu took the opportunity to approach from the other side and unleashed a ferocious heavy cannon.

With a bang, the shell hit the deck, and the commander of the battery, Navy Captain Kiyoshi Shima, was killed on the spot, and the violent explosion caused the hull of the Ikon to tilt by 5 degrees instantly. At this time, the front and rear decks, and various batteries were full of dead bodies and blood, and there were nearly 100 casualties on the whole ship, and thick smoke rushed up and flames rose!

But that wasn't the worst of all, the violent explosion detonated the charge of the 240mm shell that had been placed nearby, and it bounced right into the open ammunition magazine, and with a thunderclap, another earth-shattering explosion.

The power of the explosion was unprecedented, and the entire number was lifted into the air more than two meters above the sea, then fell, and disintegrated and sank within a dozen seconds.

Ito Youheng, who was covered in blood, held the command knife in his arms, bowed his head and sang "Kimi-no-yo", and solemnly sank into the icy sea.

The death of Ito Yuhiro meant the end of the Japanese Navy.

On another pursuit battlefield, the Naniwa and Takachiho fled frantically, and the Zuihou Takachiho was successfully surrounded and sunk after a vicious battle, and the captain Zuihou was captured alive and became the only captain of the Combined Fleet to be captured in the naval battle.

And the cunning Togo Heihachiro commanded the Naniwa to go around, and Zuihou successfully escaped and disappeared.

As dawn dawned in the east, a ray of light appeared on the sea, and it was already dawn on February 26, 1884.

In the Shandong Peninsula to the east of Xiangshang, stretching over the vast sea area, there are all kinds of debris, wreckage, debris, corpses, and oil stains, witnessing the bitter battle for nearly a day and a night. At this time, the warships of the Chinese Navy have returned to Weihaiwei Port one after another, all the ships have been damaged lightly or severely, and some have been sleeping forever in the depths of the ocean, the soldiers are in mixed moods, both the joy of victory, and the luck of survival, and the sadness of mourning the deceased comrades, Liu Buyun is in a stirring mood, feeling a lot, and writing a poem very rarely:

If the rivers and mountains are so strong, the ocean is now on fire.

Looking at the intersection of the sea and the sky, the waves curb the turbulence of the giant ship.

A little soot to stop the murderous enemy.

Where the dragon flag is raised in the wind, the sound of cannons is scattered.

Who has not died in life since ancient times, I recommend China with liver and brain!

In the early morning of the same day, Ding Yuntong received a battle report from Weihaiwei, victory! What a victory! Decisive victory!!

He was ecstatic, jumping, laughing, holding Wang Xuehui in a circle, regardless of the emperor's decency, after years of planning, today finally got his long-cherished wish, finally liberated, finally liberated.

He shouted loudly: "Japan is finished!" China won! I won! Long live the Chinese Navy! ”

His emotions infected Wang Xuehui, which made her cry with tears in her eyes.

Ding Yuntong read the battle report over and over again, and when he saw that the enemy ship was sunk, he was overjoyed, and when he saw our ship sinking, sadness came from it, and it took him a few tosses and turns to calm down a little.

He assessed the situation of the war, and the Japanese combined fleet was almost completely wiped out, and its standing and reserve fleets basically ceased to exist. Fuso, Kipong, Kongo, Hiei, Yamato, Musashi, Kaimon, Tenryu, Yaeyama, Iwaki, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Oshima, Akagi, Tsukuba, Amagi, Katsuragi and Takachiho were sunk, and a total of 19 warships of all sizes were sunk.

Nineteen ships, nineteen ships were sunk in one day and one night, which is truly a miracle of naval warfare. Only the Naniwa and Tsukushi escaped, plus some gunboats from the garrison fleet, and the Japanese Navy no longer had the strength to confront China.

On the Chinese side, five ships, the Magpie, the Lark, the Beidou, the Nanchen, and the Nanrui, were sunk, and the Kaiji was heavily damaged and completely lost its combat effectiveness. The total loss of six ships is relatively speaking, but the main force of the essence is still intact, which means that China can do whatever it wants in the entire East Asian Ocean.

Ding Yuntong issued a series of orders, the first was to ask Liu Buyun and others to rest for two days, and then immediately organize a formation of ships to leave the port, completely cut off the Japanese army's sea communication line, and cut off the material supply of the Japanese army;

The second was to send a report to Feng Zicai, commander of the Southern Group Army, and Liu Jintang, commander of the Northern Group Army, asking them to make persistent efforts, and the Japanese army was cut off from supplies and could not hold out for long.

The third is to order the Propaganda Department to vigorously publicize the victory of the naval battle, showing the strength of the country and the sage of the emperor.

In the early morning of the 26th, the Japanese Shandong Combat Army once again launched an attack on the Nanbang coastal defense battery in Weihaiwei, at this time Dashan Yan and others only knew about the occurrence of the naval battle, and did not know the result, and they would not believe that the combined fleet had been destroyed anyway.

The attack lasted until noon, and as Liu Mingchuan was seriously wounded, the battle was commanded by Wang Debang. Several forts fell one after another, Wang Debang led 4,000 guards to defend the largest Sujiazui fort, just when it was in danger, the Southern Army finally arrived, the Japanese army was also exhausted at this time, had to temporarily retreat, and the two sides formed a brief confrontation in this area.

Dashan Yan was extremely anxious at the headquarters, the strange silence at sea, not a single warship or person came back to report the news, which made him worried, he didn't even dare to guess the possible consequences, could such a powerful Imperial Combined Fleet still lose?

On the afternoon of the 26th, the "Global Times" published a big red number, with only two headlines "won", solemnly celebrating the victory in the naval battle and the total annihilation of the Japanese navy.

In the evening of the same day, the Japanese base camp finally got the terrifying news, and everyone entered a nightmare panic, in fact, there were some unconfirmed rumors one after another, but the Japanese government seemed to find it difficult to accept this fact, and preferred to remain silent, and the Meiji Emperor was in his inner palace, tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep at night.

At dawn on the 27th, the Tsukushi, which was lucky and scarred, finally returned to the port of Nagasaki, and everything was confirmed, and the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was over!

An urgent telegram was sent to the base camp, and Japan was in complete chaos!