"This torpedo just doesn't work." Hikonojo Uemura looked at the outcome of the first wave of attacks with some disappointment. "But that's fine, I'll leave these two warships to destroy." The first mate next to him said. "Stupid, even if Takachiho and Izumi can sink their opponents, they will definitely pay a considerable price. Now the situation on other battlefields is unknown. Dingzhen can appear at any time, and we have to be careful. The best option is to solve the battle as much as possible. Uemura Hikoyuki glared at the other party and said angrily. Dingyuan Zhenyuan is like two mountains pressing on the heart of the Japanese Navy. When you can't see it, you're often more scared than when you see it.

"Look over there. Isn't it a gunboat formation with the Haimen? There are still two Qing warships in pursuit! The second mate suddenly pointed to the Japanese fleet that was running wildly in the distance.

"1 cruiser and 3 gunboats were actually chased by 2 battleships of the Qing State, this is simply a shame for the Imperial Navy!" Seeing this scene, the first mate said indignantly. "Are we going to help them?"

"This Qing Navy is too bold." Hikonojo Uemura muttered quietly. No, there is a situation! There must be reinforcements behind these two ships, let's hurry up! As if aware of something. Uemura Hikonojo immediately ordered the fleet to retreat, and regardless of the heavily damaged Jingyuan and Laiyuan, he did not go to the rescue of the Japanese fleet that was being pursued, but quickly sailed to the open sea with the Izumi. This move caused an uproar within the Japanese Navy after the end of the naval battle. Some people accused Uemura of abandoning friendly ships, and did not even warn the torpedo boat unit that had a chance to escape the pursuit of Dingzhen. Just turned around and ran away, which is almost a death sentence.

However, in France, Uemura Hikonomasung put forward his own opinion: "Jingyuan and Laiyuan are already at the end of the crossbow, if the torpedo boat force increases its strength, it can be sunk, and it turns out that the Kitty Hawk did destroy Jingyuan." The torpedo boat itself is a consumable, and it is still worth it to exchange these cheap consumables for an armored cruiser of the other side, as for the Dracon? The Jiyuan must be followed by Dingyuan Zhenyuan, otherwise the Qing Navy would not be so bold. We also suffered a considerable blow in the naval battle, and the speed of the ship was only a little more than 11 knots, and if we met Dingzhen, such a speed would obviously not be able to get rid of the pursuit, so I decided to retreat. And afterwards, the top brass of the Japanese fleet may have felt that what Togo said was indeed reasonable. So it was decided to release Togo. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Although it felt that the evacuation of Takachiho and Izumi was a little strange, the Japanese second wave of torpedo boat formations still launched a charge, and the Jingyuan, which broke away because of the evasion of torpedo strikes, still became quite vulnerable. Losing the cover of the Laiyuan, the Jingyuan will face 5 Japanese torpedo boats independently. While twisting the hull, which was slightly bulky due to the large amount of water, the Jingyuan used its rapid-fire cannon to strafeze the incoming torpedo boats as much as possible. The few rapid-fire guns left to form a sparse barrage of bullets on the surface of the sea to block the enemy's lightning strikes. This time the Japanese torpedo boats fired the first wave of torpedoes at a distance of 500 meters. Three torpedoes cut through the sea and rushed towards Jingyuan, although the shooting at this distance basically missed, Jingyuan did not dare to joke with his own life, so he had to avoid it first. And the one on the side is using the artillery on the other side to support Jingyuan.

The really violent lightning strike was the second wave, with 5 torpedo boats firing 6 torpedoes at a distance of 300 meters. At such a close distance, the torpedo fired in a fan-shaped shape had completely covered the warp distance. After trying to dodge three of the torpedoes, the other three were inexplicably sunk to the bottom, the other two opened in the hull but did not detonate, and the other one grazed the stern. "Heaven forbid." With such a close lightning strike being dodged, Chen Rong couldn't help but feel a little proud. But just when he thought the crisis was over, the Japanese Kitty Hawk suddenly fired a torpedo from its rotating canister as it turned away! And this one was launched at a distance of less than 200 meters. Rush to the bow of the Jingyuan! And this one didn't go wrong! Chen Rong only felt that the bow of the ship sank violently, and the entire battleship jumped! Then the battleship had a sharp tilt! …,

"It's over, it's over." Chen Rong closed his eyes in pain. However, the Kitty Hawk was not able to get away with it, and at this distance, an 8-inch shell from the Jingyuan accurately hit the bow of the Kitty Hawk. Make a large hole at the waterline. And the Kitty Hawk is getting rid of it at high speed, which makes the sea water pour in in a lot. So, after this wave of lightning strikes, the Jingyuan was finished, but the Japanese torpedo boat formation also paid the price of 4 ships. (The other was destroyed by the Laiyuan during the second attack)

However, the naval battle here has also come to an end, and just when the Japanese torpedo boat formation was congratulating itself on the destruction of an armored cruiser of the Qing Kingdom, two huge figures coming from a distance made the hearts of all the Japanese navies sink suddenly! Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which made all the Japanese navy fearful, sail towards the Laiyuan like a god of war from ancient times. The Japanese gunboats and Tenryu, who had fled earlier, also came to an end. (At that time, the speed of the gunboats was only about 10 knots, which was not as fast as Jiyuan) and the improved Dingzhen was not something that these Miscellaneous Fish-class warships could withstand, whether it was frontal fire or side-chord rapid-fire firepower. Two 7,000-ton battleships sailed from the Japanese gunboat formation like the god of war.

"Don't use a 12-inch gun. The main artillery shells are still left for the big guys, and they should be sunk with 6-inch guns. Liu Buyun looked at the Japanese fleet that was still staggering and retreating not far away. Then two ironclad ships lined up and sailed past the outside of the Japanese fleet. 6-inch guns and 12-pounder guns spewed death-signaling shells at the remaining Japanese fleet at a distance of less than 1KM, and the dense shells weaved into a dense net of fire. The Japanese gunboats, on the other hand, struggled a few times under artillery fire and sank to the bottom of the sea, like mosquitoes stuck in cobwebs.

At this point, all the Japanese gunboats and 2 unprotected cruisers that participated in the battle were completely destroyed. And Beiyang also paid the price of 4 battleships and 2 gunboats of Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Chaoyong, and Yang Wei. The Pingyuan ship was killed in battle.

"I don't know what's going on in Zhenhai. They were the main force of the Japanese fleet. Ding Ruchang said with some concern.

"It's been more than an hour, I'm afraid I can't hold it anymore, right?" Liu Buyun looked at the pocket watch and said gloomily.

"This sortie is still hasty, and the Japanese fleet is still stronger than the Beiyang Fleet. At present, our Beiyang results are superior, but I don't know what happened to the Zhenhai ship, where are the elite Fuji, Yashima, and Sankei ships of the Japanese fleet, and our army does not even have a 4,000-ton warship over there except for one Zhenhai. Ding Ruchang said with a long sigh.

"Although the battleships of the Guangdong and Penghu naval divisions are small, they are all new ships, I'm afraid they can support them until now, right?" Liu Buyun said, in fact, he also has a general calculation in his heart, but at this time, there is a big war, and he must first stabilize the army's heart.

"Reorganize the fleet and prepare to support the second detachment." Ding Ruchang ordered, so the remaining Beiyang battleships left the seriously injured Laiyuan and Guangjia to rescue the Beiyang officers and soldiers who fell into the water. The three ships of Dingyuan Zhenyuan and Jiyuan rushed towards the place where the cannon sounded in the distance, where were their comrades and brothers!! Where are powerful enemies waiting for them to overcome!

It's not easy for newcomers to be the first to be promoted. Looking at the current situation, it is not optimistic--! Everybody help. There's a change tonight.,At least make the collection and recommendation passable~~.