Jiang Hui, the commander of the second fleet of the Naval Academy, saw that the Changhai sank into the sea, and none of the naval cadets of the Naval Academy escaped, and he almost gritted his teeth in distress, he knew that the old-fashioned ironclad ship Yunhai, the coastal armored cruiser Changhai, and the coastal armored cruiser Ruihai were all warships that had been in service for a long time in Argentina, and their speed was not fast, and the three warships were only about 14 knots.

Originally, Jiang Hui was going to use 9 warships of the Second Fleet and 4 giant ships to fight hard, and the speed was not very important. But he didn't expect the 4 giant ships to target the Second Fleet, which was exactly in Jiang Hui's arms, and Jiang Hui commanded the warships of the Second Fleet to keep a distance from the 4 giant ships for an artillery battle. You don't have to block the eye-catching, you can still entangle the enemy's 4 giant ships.

However, the captains of the three warships all sent telegrams to Jiang Hui, petitioning Jiang Hui that the three warships were willing to attract the firepower of the enemy ships, so that the other six warships of the Second Fleet might be retained, and you must know that the remaining four large armored cruisers and two fast protection cruisers of the Second Fleet are almost the most advanced and elite warships of the two fleets of the Naval Academy.

The Yunhai, Changhai, and Ruihai sent a report to Jiang Hui saying that since the "death" flag had been raised, there was no reason to retreat, and the three warships would never be deserters!

Jiang Hui hesitated and did not let the Yunhai, Changhai, and Ruihai retreat, but asked them to follow the other fast warships of the Second Fleet as much as possible.

The 3 warships have been doing very well, and the 6 fast warships of the Second Fleet have always maintained a formation, which is already commendable for these Sailor Academy students who have just been in contact with warships for a year! But in the end, the speed was slow and easy to target, and the Changhai was hit by a huge cannon shell, which instantly exploded in two and sank to the bottom of the sea.

But dragging the 4 giant ships now is the most important thing, Jiang Hui gritted his teeth and ordered: "All the warships of the Second Fleet, give me a hard beat!" Avenge the Changhae! ”

The Second Fleet's artillery rain fell on the Italian fleet again, and the four Italian ironclad battleships also continued to bombard the remaining eight warships of the Second Fleet. The Second Fleet led 4 Italian ironclad battleships farther and farther away from the main battlefield.

The remaining 10 warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, the remaining 7 warships of the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, and the remaining 15 warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet have been maintaining a distance of about 2,000 meters, and neither side dares to approach each other again, maintaining a distance of about 2,000 meters while firing guns, while constantly changing the direction and route of navigation to avoid enemy shells.

If the distance is closer, although the accuracy of the artillery fire will be improved, the chance of being hit by the shell will also become greater!

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito, saw that the Itsukushima, one of the three ships, had also sunk, and that the four Italian warships were not converging with the Combined Fleet, and felt that if this continued, the essence of the Japanese Combined Fleet would be lost more and more.

Ito then ordered: "Order the 1st Guerrilla Detachment, the 2nd Guerrilla Detachment, and all the warships of the Combined Fleet to turn to the east and join the Italian warships!" ”

Ito thought to himself that now the defeat of the combined fleet has appeared, since the four Italian warships will not come to merge with the Japanese combined fleet, then our combined fleet will go over and merge with your Italian warships, relying on the four Italian ironclad battleships, the commander of the combined fleet, Ito Yuhiro believes that the Japanese combined fleet will turn defeat into victory!

With the order of the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro,

The remaining warships of the Combined Fleet, the First Guerrilla Force, and the Second Guerrilla Group all turned their bows in the direction of the Italian warships, but it was not so easy for the Japanese Combined Fleet to meet up with the Italian warships.

Ding Ruchang, who was on the Dingyuan, the flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division, saw the Japanese warship turn its bow and understood the plan of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and immediately ordered: "We must not let the Japanese Combined Fleet and those four giant ships converge together, and order all the warships to rush up and fight bayonets with the Japanese Combined Warships!" ”

When the warships enter within 2,000 meters, it is the same as infantry fighting with bayonets!

Lin Daxin received a telegram from Ding Ruchang from the radio station in the bridge of the Xinghai, and immediately said to Sun Xitao: "Carry out the order of the Admiral!" ”

Sun Xitao nodded and ordered: "Order the Yashai, Lihai and Yanghai to attack the remaining Yoshino and Naniwa of the Japanese Combined Fleet on the left at a close distance!" The Xinghai, Weihai, Dinghai and Zhenhai charged the Japanese Combined Fleet headquarters! ”

In the Beiyang Naval Division next to him, Ding Ruchang ordered the Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, Pingyuan, Jiyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, and six main warships to charge the Japanese Second Guerrilla Force on the right, the Takaba, Murayu, Qifeng, and Ishika.

The flagships, the Dingyuan Ship, the Jingyuan Ship, the Guang B Ship and the Guang C Ship, cooperated with the four large ships of the First Fleet of the Naval Academy to charge the Japanese main team.

Soon, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division and the First Fleet of the Naval Academy did not evade, but rushed to the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, at this time, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuheng, only wanted to meet with the Italian warships, so he made a fatal mistake, when the Beiyang warships were charging forward, Ito Yuhiro continued to let the Japanese warships speed up the turn, and the warships of the First Guerrilla Group and the Second Guerrilla Group had no effect.

The 1st Guerrilla Group was originally facing the east in the direction of the ship, but after receiving the order from the flagship, the 2 Japanese ships of the 1st Guerrilla Group prepared to bypass the Beiyang warships and converge with the Italian warships to the east with their high speed.

The Second Guerrilla Group originally had its bow facing the west, but after receiving the order from the flagship, the four Japanese ships of the Second Guerrilla Group began to reverse and face the main and secondary guns of the bow of the ship, and continued to bombard the Beiyang warships without delay. The four Japanese ships of the 2nd Guerrilla Group were ready to wait until a safe distance before making a U-turn.

When the warships of the Combined Fleet turned around, although the side fire of these warships kept facing the Beiyang warships, the turning inevitably affected the accuracy of the shelling, and also affected the speed and evasion action!

The four warships of the Beiyang Naval Division and the four main warships of the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, which were rushing towards the main unit of the Japanese Combined Fleet, did not miss this rare opportunity to fire fiercely at these Japanese ships whose sidefire had weakened at a distance of 1,500 meters.

The warships coming from the side became much larger and easier to aim at within 2,000 meters, and sure enough, the Japanese Combined Fleet immediately paid a heavy price.

The 260-millimeter main gun shells of the Dinghai and Zhenhai hit the Japanese ship Kongo with four consecutive shots, and the old ship with a displacement of 2,200 tons, after a violent explosion, sank into the sea with the captain Arima Shinichi and more than 300 Japanese naval personnel. It became the ninth warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The Japanese ship Saikyo Maru, a cruiser converted from a merchant ship, had good luck in the naval battle just now, and did not hit it with a single heavy shell, but now the good luck ran out, and a 305 mm shell from the main gun of the Weihai hit a little above the surface of the water on the side of the Saikyo Maru, and suddenly a gap with a diameter of nearly 3 meters was blown up on the side of the Saikyo Maru, and half of this gap was below the water surface, and the turbulent sea water rushed to the inside of the Saikyo Maru, and immediately the hull of the Saikyo Maru tilted, The slow sailing speed was like a toddler old man, and it was immediately covered by the fire of the Beiyang warship, and the battered Saikyo Maru was the last to capsize and sink into the sea, and more than 300 Japanese naval personnel under the captain Yuyuki Kano were buried at the bottom of the sea. It became the tenth warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The doom of the Japanese Navy was not over, the Japanese ship Hiei was directly pierced through the hull by a 305-mm main gun of the Beiyang Naval Division Dingyuan, and the shellhead exploded in a boiler of the Hiei, which instantly detonated the boiler of the Hiei at the same time, and blew the 2,285-ton Kongo-class old cruiser in two and sank into the sea. None of the 321 people on the ship survived. It became the eleventh warship sunk by the Japanese Combined Fleet.