As early as 13:10, when the cruiser "Hashidate" reported that the four warships of the rear team had not followed, Ito Yuhiro had already realized that he had made an extremely low-level mistake.

While the Beiyang Fleet was speeding up the assault, the four cruisers of the squadron were all carrying out a wide range of steering maneuvers, and the rapid-fire guns on the side could not shoot at the battleships of the Beiyang Fleet, and could only watch the other side cut the combined fleet into two parts. At this point, Ito could only accept the reality of the success of the Beiyang Fleet's chaotic battle, and while ordering the 1st Guerrilla Fleet of Tsuboi Kozo to quickly solve the "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" on the right flank, he also prayed that the two ironclad ships "Hiei" and "Fuso" in the rear team would be able to hold out long enough to support the four main cruisers of the team.

With the rapid maneuvering of the First Guerrilla Fleet, the firing range of the "Kaiyuan" against the First Guerrilla Fleet was greatly reduced, and in just a few minutes, the four heavy guns in the bow and amidships lost their firing range one after another, and only the main gun turret in the tail could continue to attack them. The 1st Guerrilla Fleet, which had been greatly reduced, showed its jackal's fangs again, and beat the two weak ships, "Chao Yong" and "Yang Wei", into a wave of fire and flames, and the victory was decided.

However, what Ito did not expect was that the four ships in the rear of the combined fleet collapsed quickly under the blows of the Beiyang Naval Division: the "Hiei" battleship only lasted less than 15 minutes before it sank, and the "Fuso" ironclad ship, which he had high hopes for, was also surrounded and precarious; It's just that this is not enough, and the "Saikyo Maru", which Vice Admiral Shikini Kayama, the head of the partial military command, was riding, almost lost its power and was in danger!

"Boom!" There was a loud explosion in the northeast, and Ito didn't need to look at it to know that it must have been sent by the Qing warship "Chaoyong" or "Yangwei". Although they were already boiled ducks for the First Guerrilla Fleet, Ito did not have the slightest joy in his heart: these two Qing warships were the weakest warships on the entire battlefield except for the "Akagi" and "Saikyo Maru", and when added together, they were only 2,700 tons; And the price paid by the Combined Fleet in order to eat these 2 small ships was the annihilation of the entire rear fleet of 4 ships, with a total tonnage of 9400 tons!

"Report!" The voice of the observer suddenly came from the microphone connected to the top of the mast, "Six Qing warships have been found in the northeast, and they are heading towards the combined fleet at a speed of 8 to 9 knots!" ”

"Another 6 Qing warships?" Ito suddenly jumped up like he had eaten a powder keg, slammed the table hard, and roared, "Are you sure you're right? If you misreport the military situation, you know what the consequences will be! ”

After 10 seconds of silence, the voice that was neither humble nor arrogant came from the other end of the microphone: "Tell the commander, the villain is born with eagle eyes, and he can see it clearly: there are 2 ships with huge angles of attack in the bow, and there are 4 boats around the sanitation, from the morphological point of view, it is definitely 4 Qingguo torpedo boats!" ”

Ito Yuhyung clenched his teeth and turned pale. The fists clenched, then slowly relaxed, and after a few moments they tightened again, repeating this several times before finally letting go. Judging from the current situation, the Qing people must be planning to fight the combined fleet today; He was mistaken by the idiot intelligence department and did not bring all the warships, if the main forces of the combined fleet arrived, why not be afraid of the Qing country!

Artillery rumbled, and the battle was in full swing. Ito Yuhiro stood motionless in the command tower of the flagship "Matsushima", and many complicated expressions flashed on his face, like remorse, unwillingness, sadness, and anger. The officers next to him saw that the commander was in a bad mood, and they didn't dare to touch his moldy head, and for a while the command tower was silent, and only the roar of the steam engine and the roar of the artillery were left in their ears.

"I remember that the two old cruisers of the Qing Kingdom, 'Chaoyong' and 'Yangwei', were not equipped with torpedoes, right?" Ito Yuhyung suddenly said lightly.

The cruiser "Matsushima" Nagamura Sadachi was stunned, and then replied affirmatively: "What the general said is right, those two Qing warships are indeed not equipped with any torpedo weapons. ”

Ito Yuhiro nodded and said, "Send a signal to Tsuboi Kozo, so that he must solve the battle within 10 minutes, and if necessary, he can get close to the enemy and use a torpedo attack to completely end the opponent!" ”

"Hey!" The herald did not dare to slack off, and ran out of the city quickly.

Looking at the back of the herald in the distance, Nomura Zhen felt a little bitter in his heart; Due to the technical limitations of the times, the effective range of the 360-mm torpedoes equipped by the Combined Fleet was only 300 meters, and it had to be shortened to a very close distance before the attack could be carried out. If the guns on the Qing battleship had not been knocked out, the hit rate of the guns would have been 100 percent at this distance!

"Commander, this is going to be desperate......" Nomura muttered in his heart.

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The six warships reinforced by the Beiyang Naval Division were the coastal defense ironclad ship "Pingyuan" and the torpedo cruiser "Guangbing" that Ding Ruchang sent to protect the landing ground, as well as the four torpedo boats "Fulong", "Zuo 1", "Zuo 2", and "Zuo 3".

At 12:10 p.m., the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division discovered the combined fleet coming from afar, and then the signal flag of the "Dingyuan" raised a set of information, ordering the warships in the shallow water area to take immediate action and fight with the main fleet. Because of the long distance, it was difficult to see the truth in the eagerness, and it took a while for the "Pingyuan" to react, and then immediately beckoned the "Guangbing" and the four torpedo boats that were towing civilian boats to immediately stop what they were doing and rush to the battlefield.

The "Pingyuan" ironclad ship is the first Chinese all-steel armored warship designed and built by the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau with reference to the French "Huangquan" class mosquito ship, representing the highest level of China's shipbuilding industry. With a standard displacement of 2,100 tons, a speed of 10.5 knots, the ship is equipped with one 260 mm Krupp main gun, two 150 mm Krupp secondary guns, two 57 mm guns, two 47 mm guns, four 37 mm guns and four 457 mm torpedo tubes, and the waterline is laid with 127-203 mm thick steel armor, so the "Pingyuan" ship has the reputation of "ironclad ship". In 1886, when the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau put forward the construction plan of the "Pingyuan", it was almost aborted because of criticism and factional strife from all sides.

The wingman of the "Pingyuan", the "Guangbing", is also an all-steel armored warship designed and built by the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. Completed in 1891, the ship has a displacement of 1,000 tons, a speed of 16.5 knots, and is equipped with three 120 mm guns, four 57 mm guns, four 37 mm guns and four torpedo tubes. Before the start of the war, the "Guang Bing" replaced the old Krupp gun with a 120-mm rapid-fire gun built by the Jiangnan Manufactory, and the rate of fire was greatly improved, and its performance was comparable to the 120-mm Armstrong rapid-fire gun commonly equipped by the Japanese Combined Fleet! You must know that the caliber of the rapid-fire guns equipped with the latest German battleship "Brandenburg" class is only 105 mm!

China's industry during this period was far from being as bad as many people imagined in later generations, and it was quite successful in many places; The 120-mm rapid-fire gun alone has completely entered the ranks of the most advanced level in the world. If you can make good use of it, it is definitely an unimaginable wealth!

The addition of six Beiyang ships made the northern battlefield, which had gradually fallen silent, tense again. At 13:55, I saw that the two weak ships of the Qing State were in flames, and the hull was tilted, but they struggled but refused to sink, and Tsuboi Kozo, who had been holding his breath at the beginning of the war, finally couldn't hold his breath.

At this moment, the cruiser "Saikyo Maru" in the rear has been completely destroyed, and the combined fleet has lost 3 warships, but it still has not opened up the situation. The tenacity of the resistance of the two weak ships of the Qing Kingdom has greatly exceeded their expectations, as if they can overcome all the achievements with just one more shell, but they are like Xiao Qiang who can't be killed! Tsuboi Kozo couldn't understand that the two weak ships "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" were obviously unprotected products, and they held out for nearly 1 hour under the stormy attack of their own 4 cruisers!

Seeing that the six new Qing ships in the north were rushing towards the battlefield at full speed, and the two cruisers "Laiyuan" and "Jingyuan" also pointed their guns at themselves, Pingjing Hangsanyi gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Pass the order, the flagship will accelerate to 20 knots, turn right and 2 compass points, and prepare to launch a torpedo attack!" ”

With the order of the tsuboi Sanshi, the speed of the "Yoshino" was finally revealed. Between the opening and closing of the steam valve, the two chimneys spewed out thicker black smoke; The boiler pressure rises sharply, and the blazing water vapor pushes the reciprocating steam engine to run at high speed. In just two minutes, the Yoshino accelerated from 12 knots to 18 knots, and slashed towards the Chaoyong.

2000 m ...... 1500 m ...... 1000 m ...... 500 m ......

"Boom!" The rear main gun of the "Chaoyong", which was shrouded in flames, suddenly erupted into a dazzling blazing heavenly fire, and the 254-mm shells thundered through the hull of the "Yoshino", and the waves flew sideways; At the same time, the bow of the "Yoshino" deflected, and two 360-mm torpedoes pounced into the water like two wild dogs, shining with a desperate white halo in the sunlight; And because the propellers of the "Super Yong" were broken into thousands of pieces, the power was completely lost, and there was no spare energy to make any dodge!

PS: Today's holiday is early, and this chapter is a draft in the company, and it has just been written and passed on. There should be a second update at 11 o'clock in the evening.,It's still yesterday's chapter.。

I have carefully read the comments in the book review area, thank you for the problems pointed out, which carry the expectations and spurs of the author, and I will definitely improve it seriously. I just want to write a different battle in the Yellow Sea, and then I will only point to the mite Qing, and after the battle is over, it will return to the protagonist.

After the most bowed, he thanked the angel for his reward~~~~~ and then weakly asked for some collection