Chapter 53: The Battle of the Yellow Sea (End) Captures the Giant Ship

Inside the Naval Academy's Second Fleet Flagship Admiral, Jiang Hui was gritting his teeth and looking at the 4 giant ships in the distance, because of his own mistakes, the 4 giant ships were out of the second fleet's containment and were about to join the Japanese Combined Fleet!

Jiang Hui now can't wait to take out the matching gun on his waist and shoot himself in the head! He sent a telegram to Lin Daxin saying that he would definitely be able to drag the four giant ships and prevent the four giant ships from merging with the Japanese Combined Fleet. Unexpectedly, the four giant ships pretended to chase the Second Fleet and kept firing their guns, but when the position of the Second Fleet was farther away from the main battlefield of the battle than the four giant ships, the four giant ships turned around and headed in the direction of the main battlefield.

Jiang Hui stood in the bridge of the Great General with regret, commanding the warships of the Second Fleet to chase after the four giant ships, at this time, the captain of the Great General, Chen Ming, took the telegram he had just received from the radio, and shouted with joy on his face: "Commander! Good news! Our principal called, the enemy's 4 giant ships have no main artillery shells! There are not many shells for other models either! Here's our chance! ”

Jiang Hui, who was in remorse, heard Chen Ming's words, walked to Chen Ming's side in a few steps, took the telegram in his hand and looked at it carefully, and suddenly his depressed expression was gone, and he shouted with laughter: "Give me full power!" Catch up! I'm going to capture them! ”

The Second Fleet of the Naval Academy, the Great General, the Second General, the Third General, the Fourth General, the Yuehai, and the Xinghai, 6 warships with a speed of more than 20 knots, rushed towards the 4 giant ships with full horsepower.

The old ironclad ship Yunhai, which had a speed of only 14 knots and was already leaking at the bottom of the ship and still on fire on the deck, did not chase it, but began to extinguish the fire under the command of the captain.

All the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, and the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy rushed to the four Italian ironclad battleships.

The Italians panicked at this time, and the captain of the Italia, Ram, shouted in horror: "Quick! Give flags to the Japanese! Let them come closer to us! We must be protected from this hellish place! My God! The warships of the Qing Dynasty have rushed towards us! Put on full speed! We have to leave right away! ”

In the bridge of the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the second officer announced to the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro: "Commander! The Italians let us move closer to them! Protect them from the battlefield! ”

At the window inside the bridge of Ito Yuheng TongguΓ², I saw the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, like sharks smelling fish, flocking to the four Italian ironclad battleships from all directions, and the Beiyang warships, which were originally pursuing the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, no longer pursued the Japanese warships, but all flocked to the four Italian ironclad battleships.

Ito Yuhiro snorted coldly: "Stupid Italians! If they follow the original plan and join up with our Japanese Combined Fleet! The Beiyang Naval Division has now been defeated by us! Instead of being like this, our Japanese Combined Fleet lost most of its warships and had to admit that it had lost to the Beiyang Naval Division in this naval battle! I will not risk the best of the Great Japanese Combined Fleet to save the treacherous and stupid Italians! Order all warships, evacuate the battlefield, and return to the Japanese military port of Yokosuka! ”

Inside the bridge of the Italia, the captain and commander of the new Italian mercenary fleet, Ram, looked at the remaining 8 warships of Japan, did not care about the Italian warships, but turned the bow of the ship and left quickly!

Ram's face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "These Japanese who should go to hell!" Quick, order the fleet to turn to the east! We retreat in the direction of the Pacific Ocean! ”

But at this time, it was not so easy for the 4 Italian warships to escape!

The Italian ironclad battleship Durio and the ironclad battleship Enrico both had a speed of only 16 knots, the ironclad battleship Italia had a speed of only 17.8 knots, and the sister ship of Italy, the fastest ironclad battleship Lepanto, had a maximum speed of only 18.4 knots.

The four large armored cruisers of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy, the Admiral, the Second General, the Third Admiral and the Fourth Admiral all have a speed of 20 knots, the fast protection cruiser Yuehai and the fast protection cruiser Xinghai are all at a speed of more than 22 knots, and the first fleet's Xinghai large armored cruiser is also at a speed of more than 22 knots.

The warships of the Naval Academy, 120 nautical miles south of Jeju Island, caught up with four Italian warships. At a distance of less than 1,000 meters between the warships of the two sides, Lin Daxin ordered the 260-millimeter main gun of the Xinghai to fire a few hundred meters in front of the four giant ships to deter the four giant ships.

Then Lin Daxin asked the sailors of the Xinghai to use the international flag to order the 4 giant ships to surrender immediately, and ensure the safety and integrity of all the facilities on the warship, otherwise Lin Daxin will order the cannons on the warship to sink the 4 giant ships!

In the bridge of the Italia, all the Italian naval officers and sailors looked at the commander and captain Ram with pale faces, the Qing Dynasty warships chased after all large warships, although there were no more than 10,000 tons of warships, and the caliber of the main gun did not exceed 400 mm, but according to the current situation that the 4 Italian warships could only be beaten and could not fight back, at a distance of 1000 meters, if they did not surrender, they would definitely be sunk!

And Ram, who was also pale, thought of the dozen young and beautiful ** in Italy at this time, and the huge amount of money in the bank, Ram opened his mouth and said: "Italian boys, you have done a good job today!" We fought a fierce naval battle with the Beiyang Naval Division of the Great Qing Dynasty! Sink and severely damage many warships of the mighty Beiyang Naval Division! Yes! I have to admit that the Great Qing Beiyang Naval Division is a powerful navy! Today's naval battle has shown the world the strength of our Italian Navy! Now we don't have the ability to continue fighting! For the lives of more than 2000 young lads of our Italian Navy! I declare that under the condition that the Qing Dynasty people promised to guarantee the safety of our lives and personal property! I agree to surrender to the Qing Dynasty Beiyang Naval Division! ”

As soon as Ram's words fell, all the Italian naval officers and sailors on the Italian bridge cheered as if they had won the battle!

The Italians spoke the guΓ² flag, and under the condition that Lin Daxin guaranteed the safety of the lives and personal property of the Italians, the boiler was extinguished, the barrels of all the ship's guns rose to the maximum angle, and the four powerful ironclad battleships calmly stopped on the sea.

At this time, Lin Daxin knew that the four giant ships were Italian warships and were hired by the Japanese government!

Lin Daxin transferred 800 people from 7 warships of the Naval Academy, fully armed on the ship's lifeboats, and went up to 4 Italian ironclad battleships, with 200 people arranged on each Italian warship and controlled 4 giant ships.

On board the Xinghai, Lin Daxin accepted the surrender of Ram, the captain of the Italian ship and the new commander of the four Italian warships. When Ram put his gorgeous saber in Lin Daxin's hands, an earth-shattering cheer rang out from the Xinghai: "We have won!" Long live the principal! ”

Cheers rang out from all the warships.

The sailors of the Naval Academy on the 4 Italian ironclad battleships locked up most of the Italian naval officers and sailors, but the Italian sailors in charge of power were escorted and let them restart the warships and sail in the direction of Weihaiwei Port, while the 7 warships of the Naval Academy surrounded the 4 Italian warships and also sailed in the direction of Weihaiwei Port.

Not long after, the fleet led by Lin Daxin encountered the slower warships of the Beiyang Navy Division and the Sailor Academy led by Ding Ruchang.

Ding Ruchang was stunned and looked at the 4 giant ships that were surrounded by 7 naval academy warships and sailed together in formation.

Because the four warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons have been removed, the original Japanese flag has been taken off and replaced with the dragon flag of the Beiyang Naval Division!