The Hiei was already under siege at this time, besieged by five or six warships, but it did not show weakness, and the two 170mm Krupp guns and six 150mm Krupp guns on the ship opened fire like crazy, and in the chaotic battle, they actually punched a big hole in the bow of the Nanchen, fortunately not on the waterline.

After a moment of fierce fighting, almost all of the Hiei's batteries were blown up, and seeing that there was nothing to be done, the captain Sakurai ordered the white flag to be hoisted, which was unique among the Japanese army, and as unusual as the captain's name.

But the Chinese did not buy his account, and Shen Shoukun cursed: "His mother, sink and injure each ship, and the shells are almost exhausted, only then do you remember to surrender, how can it be so cheap?" Sink it! ”

The fierce platoon artillery continued to bombard, so that the Japanese army screamed, and the flag was hung on the Hiei, accusing China of violating international law, and the enemy surrendered and did not let go, but soon the entire mast was broken, and at about 16:40, the Hiei sank.

The captain Sakurai was about to float on the sea, took out the white crotch cloth from under him, used it as a white flag, and waved it in the air relentlessly, with a stubborn attitude of being a prisoner, and a rifle bullet finally ended this strange thing.

At this time, the two formations of the Japanese army had converged, and the commander Ito Yuhiro quickly understood that there would be no good results today, and that it was necessary to retreat to preserve Liliang, and he immediately led the whole army to flee to the east.

Naturally, the Chinese fleet would not let go, and pursued closely behind, and the two sides formed a pursuit battle on the vast ocean.

Liu Buyun was sure in his heart that he was not worried that the Japanese fleet would flee back directly, because the four new cruisers on the Chinese side were the fastest in terms of speed, and they believed that they would be able to catch up with the Japanese army in a maximum of ten minutes, and this was exactly the case, and the distance between the two sides was shrinking step by step.

At this time, it was 16:55, and the sunset was hanging on the western horizon, and it felt like it was not far ahead, and it seemed to be a golden paper-cut painting, everything was particularly unreal.

Seeing that the Japanese army was already in danger, Ito Yuheng looked up to the sky and sighed: "I didn't expect that the Chinese navy was so powerful, this is a big strategic mistake of the empire, and it is not a crime of war!" ”

At this moment, his subordinates reported that black smoke was billowing ahead, and a formation of warships was coming!

Ito Yuhiro was taken aback: "Is it an enemy again?" ”

A moment later, the formation was already approaching, five battleships, two large and three small, all with the Japanese Navy's Japanese Navy's flag flying high on their masts!

Ito Yuhiro was overjoyed and increased his amount with his hand: "Amaterasu bless the empire, reinforcements are coming at the right time!" ”

This formation consisted of two large new cruisers, as well as the three remaining small ships of the reserve fleet, "Oshima," "Amagi," and "Katūgō," and the two large ships were the "Naniwa" and "Takachiho" newly ordered from the British Armstrong factory in the third phase of the Japanese Navy's military expansion.

These two warships are the secret weapons of the Japanese Navy, and even when Kawakami was caught by China and tortured to extract a confession, he made reservations, and only confessed to the first and second phases of the military expansion case.

The second ship belongs to the sister ship, strictly speaking, it is an upgraded version of the previous "Tsukushi", "Yamato", and "Musashi". Sir White, with a displacement of more than 3,700 tons, is not only fast, but also fully armored, although the thickest part is only 76mm, but after all, there is protection. Firepower is also more powerful, 2 260mm caliber Krupp heavy guns, 6 150mm caliber Krupp guns.

The two ships had just arrived from Shinagawa Port in Tokyo, and when they heard of a naval battle on the way, they immediately joined up with three ships, including "Oshima," which were patrolling the area around Eisei Bay, and rushed to reinforce them.

As soon as he saw the arrival of reinforcements, Ito Yuheng was in high spirits, and he couldn't escape anyway, so he simply fought to the death, and the Japanese troops all turned around and faced the chasing Chinese fleet, and Ito raised the "Z" flag again to boost morale.

In just five minutes, the two sides entered each other's firing range, and Liu Buyun was quite surprised: Why did the Japanese army suddenly boost their morale? Are there reinforcements? But the most elite warships of the Japanese fleet are here, what other great reinforcements can come out?

But as soon as the battle began, Liu Buyun was very shocked by the two new Japanese ships, because this was not in the information provided by the emperor, that is, this was Liliang outside Jihua, China. All along, the emperor's judgment of the situation of the Japanese army was to hit every shot, but this time it was an exception.

Naniwa made an extraordinary shot, under the command of the captain Heihachiro Togo, a few bombardments of twin heavy guns, it severely damaged the cruiser Magpie, the Magpie was originally the French army's "Dujuz Luin" iron-ribbed wooden hull ship, built in 1870, the hull has also been aged, although the sides of the ship are covered with a thin layer of iron, but this is simply not able to withstand the 260mm caliber shells, after two shots, the engine room in the cabin ignited a fire, and quickly spread.

Captain Lin Yingqi desperately commanded the firefighting, but he didn't expect the fire to spread along the exhaust pipe to the ammunition depot, with a shocking thunderbolt-like loud sound, the Magpie exploded, and almost in a few seconds, it took more than 300 officers and soldiers, including Lin Yingqi, to die in the sea.

The ferocity of the Naniwa greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese fleet behind, and they accelerated and rushed over, a picture of a counterattack. Liu Buyun didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the Qinglong and White Tiger to quickly approach the Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu, and use these four ironclad ships to form a thick iron fist as the fulcrum of the battlefield, and the rest of the warships still use clock tactics to maneuver around this fulcrum, using these ironclad ships as cover.

The two sides once again fell into a fierce battle, the cannonballs on the sea were whistling and flying, constantly splashing huge water, all warships were shuttling back and forth in the splash, or forward, or backward, or smoke screens, or blazing fire, everyone was fighting with all their might, everyone knew the meaning of this battle, this was a duel between China and Japan, it was a gamble on the fortunes of the country, and the fate of so many people had never been decided by the battle between so few people.

In the fierce battle, Naniwa fired a heavy cannon and hit the bow of the Nanchen, coincidentally, the cannonball flew into the big hole damaged by the Nanchen before, and the violent explosion caused the ship to leak a lot of water, tilting to one side, in fact, it was no longer able to fight, and the speed was reduced to 4 knots.

Captain Chen Jingying ordered to withdraw from the battlefield while rescuing, and the lower cabins were all sealed, and at the same time tried to release water into the upturned side of the cabin to balance the water pressure and straighten the ship, but the ship was still slowly tilting. Seeing that the ship was about to capsize, Chen Jingying had no choice but to order to abandon the ship.

Seeing that the Naniwa was so arrogant, the sea, the Beidou II ship was attacked, but Togo Heihachiro was extremely cunning, beckoning Gao Chiho to turn together, using his 18-knot high speed, wandering on the battlefield, and actually sank the Nanrui together in the melee, and more than 200 officers and soldiers under the captain Chen Entao died.

In just half an hour, three Chinese warships were sunk in a row, arousing the anger of all Chinese soldiers.

At the same time, Beidou, Kunlun, Canghai, Kaiji and other ships moved closer to the ironclad ships, not giving the enemy a chance to take advantage of them.

This tactic really worked, the four major cruisers used speed to control the fast, closely following the butt of the second Naniwa ship, and Togo Heihachiro could only keep swimming and dodging, and there was no time to sneak attack others.

In the confrontation of the large bloc on the other side, the Chinese fleet has already had an overwhelming advantage, and the Japanese side has never been able to compete with the ironclad formation.

The three heavy guns of the White Tiger actually hit three targets in a row, the first shot hit the battery on the right side of the bridge of the Yamato, killing all seven or eight gunners such as Jotaro Miyamoto and Shigeharu Tsubaki, and the second shot hit the watchtower of the Yamato, and several Japanese lookout sentries were blown to pieces, and the third shot was particularly powerful, directly hitting the Musashi.

The Musashi had already suffered heavy damage when the shell pierced the deck and exploded in the medical cabin, instantly killing the military medic Miyake Sadazo and nearly 20 wounded. The entire Musashi was on fire, dragging smoke, staggering, and turning to the left, hoisting the flag of "This ship is out of battle in a fire."

But it didn't take long to retreat, and it was made up by the Kaiji and pierced the waterline, and the already battered Musashi finally bubbled and sank, and the captain Omoto knew that he committed suicide by disembowelment.

The accuracy of the White Tiger's guns made the other Chinese warships cheer, and the Japanese army was extremely frustrated, and this gunner was none other than Wang Guocheng!