At the beginning of the battle, the "Guyang" of the 1st Thunderstrike Squadron of the Chinese Army took the lead and rushed into the group of ships of the British 3rd Destroyer Fleet at full speed, hitting the "Lessander" with one lightning strike, blowing it in two, and at the same time bombarding the "Laurel" with all its artillery fire, and the bridge of the opponent was knocked off with a single salvo.

The 4-inch shells of the "Skylark," "Cardinal," and "Lafrey" fired directly at it at a distance of less than 1,000 yards, and at 16:23, two shells hit the engine room of the "Guyang" at the same time, and the white steam pouring out of the boiler pipes instantly enveloped the whole ship, and the "Guyang" was paralyzed on the sea, and was immediately hit by a thunderbolt of the "Lafrey" in the bow, but it still lasted for half an hour before sinking. All the 107 officers and men who survived during this period were successfully transferred to the lifeboats.

The "Xinyang" and "Muyang" of the same team followed the "Guyang" in unison, firing their bows left and right, and the "Xinyang" smashed the out-of-control "Yuegui" with several shots, and the "Guyang" lifted off one of the "reckless" chimneys, and none of the torpedoes fired by the two ships in the first round hit, so they had to turn around and rush back to their own battle line to reload, and on the way, the "Lightning" that was blocking the way was bombarded into a ball of fire. Eight torpedoes came from both sides, the "Muyang" could not dodge, a thunder hit the boiler room, and there was a loud bang in an instant, and a large cloud of black smoke and steam was wrapped in each other and rushed straight into the sky, and the "Muyang" disappeared from the sea in less than three minutes, and the 139 crew members of the "Xinyang" retreated while fighting with one enemy and two enemies, and successfully broke away with five bullet marks above the waterline.

The light patrol of the "Golden Leopard" on which Colonel Fang Xiaoyun, commander of the combat team, was riding, led the "Quanyang," "Shengyang," and "Anyang" ships to rush behind, and the "Golden Leopard" fired four 150-millimeter main guns on the left and right sides of the "Golden Leopard," and bombarded them in a series of attacks, causing the British destroyers to jump and turn around one after another to evade, and the "Lafrey," which had just given the "Guyang" a fatal blow, could not dodge, and the torpedo compartment was detonated by a direct attack. A dazzling red light flashed, and a rain of steel pieces of flesh fell in the sky, and no one could see how the thousand-ton "Lafrey" sank with all ninety-six crews, in fact, it disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Not surprisingly, the relatively large hull of the "Golden Leopard" quickly became a torpedo magnet, and in just 10 minutes, more than 20 mine trails crossed from its front, back, left and right. At 16:35, the good fortune of the "Golden Leopard" came to an end, and it had just been paralyzed and boldly approaching the "Watchman". However, a 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo shot from a distance by the "Swift" led ship hit the stern of the ship, and seawater poured into the engine room, and the "Golden Leopard" floated diagonally on the surface of the sea.

The "Quanyang" took the initiative to raise the commander's flag, leading the "Shengyang" and "Anyang" and the follow-up "Gaoyang" and "Luanyang" to drive the British destroyers that were circling the "Golden Leopard" like wolves competing for food; the "Gaoyang" easily fired three mines in succession, blasting the "Watchman," which had already been a dead fish, into the sky, and the "Luanyang" grabbed the 347 survivors under Fang Xiaoyun, the commander of the "Golden Leopard," and gave the "Golden Leopard" two more torpedoes before breaking away.

At 16:44, the "Quanyang" received a telegram from the "Pinghai" that the expulsion team was closing in to the southeast. "Quanyang" led the "Shengyang", "Anyang", and "Gaoyang" to fire a salvo of torpedoes before voluntarily breaking away at 16:05, and one of the mines hit the "Yangji" and sent it to the bottom of the sea within five minutes.

The 7th Squadron of the Chinese Army took the "Xiyang" and "Dongyang" as the vanguard, and Colonel Jiang Tao's flagship "Shenpan" led the follow-up six ships to follow up and slaughtered the nine ships of the British 1st Destroyer Fleet, and the first round of torpedo salvos of "Xiyang" and "Dongyang" blew up the "Jarvis", and the "Shenpan" concentrated its firepower to bombard the enemy's "fierce" lead ship, and within a few minutes it was smashed into a pile of burning scrap iron.

The torpedoes of the remaining seven British ships were fired at the "Divine Panther" one after another, and seeing that the "Divine Panther" was about to be unable to dodge, fortunately the "Kaiyang" that rushed out from the side gave up its life to block the most dangerous mine. "Leopard" was safe and sound, and continued to lead the team to rush. The "Javelin" was immediately detonated, the "Jaguar" was paralyzed, and then the "Mianyang" fired a torpedo to "give it a good time." The "Kaiyang," which was suffering for the flagship, held out for more than 10 minutes, but finally capsized and sank, and 98 crew members under the captain of the ship, Major Chen Feng, were rescued.

The remnants of the British army saw that the situation was not good. After firing a salvo of torpedoes, the smoke screen was released, and only then did Jiang Fang order to close the formation and rescue the crews of both sides, after receiving the order of the general flagship to gather and assemble. He turned around at 4:55 p.m. and detached.

In the southern part of the battlefield, the 3rd, 4th, and 8th Destroyer Squadrons of the Chinese Army, which were part of the main force of the East Asian Army, and the 1st and 2nd Destroyer Fleets of the British Army, which were part of the main force of the Allied Army, were also in full swing. As soon as the battle began, the Chinese destroyers were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers: the 3rd Destroyer took Colonel Huang Jing's "Seawolf" as its flagship and had 7 destroyers of the same class under its jurisdiction, the 4th Destroyer took Colonel Wei Chenguang's "Shenyang" as its flagship and had 7 Yangzi destroyers of the same class under its jurisdiction, and the 8th Destroyer Team, which was not yet fully formed, took Major Wang Longan's "Zhengyang" as its flagship and had 3 Yangzi destroyers of the same class under its jurisdiction, totaling 20 destroyers. Among them, as the first 1,000-ton destroyer in the empire, the 1,090-ton Wolf with a standard row is slightly inferior to the Yang in all aspects except for its speed, such as only 3 120 mm main guns and only 2 twin 550 mm torpedo tubes.

The British 1st Destroyer Fleet was led by Commodore Campbell's "Lin Xian". There are 16 G (Hound Dog) class destroyers under its jurisdiction, the former being a new "light" cruiser designed by the British Royal Navy three years ago to replace the old reconnaissance cruisers that were no longer able to cooperate with the operations of the new high-speed battleships. Its standard displacement is 3750 tons. The maximum speed is 28:5 knots. The main armament is 2 6-inch guns and 6 4-inch guns (2 6-inch guns and 3 4-inch and 4 21-inch torpedo tubes can be used on either side. Only 3 ships were completed before the outbreak of the war. After the start of the war, all was used as the flagship of the destroyer fleet.

The class destroyer is the last class of coal-fired destroyers in the Royal Navy. The maximum speed is only 27 knots. Due to the design concept inclined to the "torpedo boat destroyer". The armament is heavy on artillery. A total of 4 4-inch rapid-fire guns are installed on the standard row of 1,000-ton hulls. The torpedo tubes are only 21-inch and 2-seater. Weak lightning strike ability.

The 2nd British destroyer was led by the light cruiser of Commodore Hawksley's "Daring" (a ship of the same class as the Linsen). It has 1 H-class destroyer. The latter is a G-class modification. Coal-fired boilers were replaced by oil-fired boilers. The maximum speed was increased to 30 knots. There has been no improvement in armaments.

Although in terms of single-ship performance. The Chinese destroyers deserve the upper hand. But after all, the other side has a numerical advantage of nearly twice as much. It is not the best strategy to rush into battle with the existing forces alone.

Fortunately, the battle was not long in coming. Brigadier Li Lingyun rushed to the 4th team of the ground light patrol at full speed. The leopard-shaped light patrol "Iron Leopard". "Silver Leopard". "Steel Leopard". The "stone leopards" lined up in unison. Become a strong backing for the 3 expulsion teams. Finally, the commanders of each team made up their minds. Each led the team to attack with all its might-

Colonel Huang Jing rushed the "Seawolf" in the most hurry. Led the 3rd Destroyer Team to take the lead in the formation of the British 2nd Destroyer Fleet. It came up with a flurry of torpedo fire. A thunderbolt blew up the "Rush". A thunderbolt exploded the "Hero". Another group of artillery crippled the "Heriworth". Coming to their senses, the British counterattacked with all their might. Shell-torpedoes fired in clusters from three sides. In a few rounds, the "Cloud Wolf" was paralyzed. The bridge and searchlights of the "Wind Wolf" were flown off. The most unfortunate "Golden Wolf" was first shot in the chimney. The boiler pipes are completely extinguished. Black smoke and white vapor enveloped the whole ship. The most rear-rear stern mine. It was only after struggling that all the surviving crew boarded the lifeboat that it capsized and sank.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Commodore Li Lingyun's flagship "Iron Leopard" led the "Silver Leopard" and "Steel Leopard" ships to kill at the right time. Several rows of 150-mm shells flew away, first blowing up the enemy's flagship "Daring" and lowering its head. Following the split attack, the "Iron Leopard" led the "Silver Leopard" to destroy the "Hunter", and the "Steel Leopard" and the "Sea Wolf" and other ships paralyzed the "High-Perrien". Running away at full speed with his ass spitting smoke.

Huang Jing led the team to chase closely, and the "Seawolf" was unexpectedly smashed through the bow by the 6-inch tail gun of the "Daring". Immediately a sharp trim, change ships and chase again. The enemy brigade had long since gone, and only the "Daring", which had fallen behind in the water, was overtaken by Li Lingyun's three light cruisers. Fifteen 150-millimeter cannons were fired horizontally on the starboard side, and a frenzied bombardment was carried out, and at the end of the day, there was a loud bang, and the "Daring" and the 289 officers and men below Brigadier General Hawksley on it exploded one after another, splashing down with the wind.

At 16:45, Huang Jing, who had changed to the "Sky Wolf," was ordered to lead a detachment to break away, and along the way, he used torpedoes to solve the two ships "Heriworth" and "Hyperien," which had previously been paralyzed on the sea, and ordered the "Cloud Wolf," which was paralyzed by the "Angry Wolf," and each ship carried several hundred enemy and enemy crews that had been rescued in time to sail to the southeast gathering point.

Following the expulsion of the 3rd Squadron, Colonel Wei Chenguang's Expel 4th Squadron and Major Wang Longan's Expel 8th Squadron of 12 "Yang" ships also rushed to the British 1st Destroyer Fleet on the opposite side at full speed, and the light patrol "Stone Leopard" pressed the formation in the rear.

It seemed that the commanders on both sides were blinded by evil, and the ships on both sides rushed head-on with torpedoes flying sideways, during which the ammunition depot in front of the British "Greenville" was violently exploded by 120 mm shells, and instantly exploded into a dazzling fireball; The boiler compartment of the "Corolla" was penetrated, and a large amount of white steam rushed out of the broken pipe belt and dragged it into a fairyland-like cloud belt with the wind; The "Harehound" was blown up by a torpedo and the bow of the ship was lifted high above the water, and at the moment of sinking, the propeller was still spinning at high speed -

In contrast, the "Liaoyang" of the 4th Sentai was first shot into the water in the bow of the ship, followed by a bullet in the engine room, and the main shaft was rolled into a twist, instantly turning into a floating dead fish; The ship "Zhengyang" of Major Wang Longan of the 8th Sentai was hit several times in a row, igniting a skyrocketing fire and being forced to suspend the voyage for rescue.

However, the most thrilling thing was that when the ships on both sides passed by, the bridge of the "Yueyang" that drove out the 4th Sentai was suddenly hit by a 4-inch bullet, and all the bridge personnel, including the captain, were killed, the steering was out of control, and they went to the front of the British "Firefly" route, and were hit by the "Firefly" at a speed of 27 knots! Within a few minutes, the "Firefly" sank to the bottom of the sea with 128 officers and men, and the "Firefly," whose bayonets were red, immediately lost its bow, and the violent shaking caused the engine to stop and collapsed to death on the sea.

In addition to these two ships of zero distance and close contact, the two sides staggered and rushed over, and the ships turned around, turned around each other, and rushed head-on again—

The "Stone Leopard" opened its bow left and right, and one 150-millimeter shell penetrated the ammunition compartment of the "Grenade", "as if 100,000 million grenades exploded at the same time." Only half a minute later was left with only a large area of smoke and a whirlpool of rapid rotation on the ground; Another round of shells burst the boiler of the "Tanghuang", and the "Hongyang" immediately blew it into three with two torpedoes.

The torpedoes of the British destroyers concentrated on the "Stone Leopard", but the number of each salvo was too small, and the "Stone Leopard" was always lucky to dodge.

Although the power of the British destroyer's 4-inch guns was insufficient, the rate of fire was slightly better than that of the Chinese destroyer's 120 guns, and for a destroyer with only a thin hull, it would be fatal to be hit by any kind of shell.

Commodore Campbell's "Lin Xian" blasted the paralyzed "Liaoyang" as it passed by, and Colonel Wei Chenguang's "Shenyang" retaliated by a tat-for-tat attack on the "Firefly" that had been submerged in the bridge and finally could not resist firing a torpedo at a distance of 200 yards and blasting it to pieces.

Before the two sides passed by for the second time, the British "Grafton" bombed the "Shaoyang" of the 8th Squadron and was beaten to death, after which the British finally could not bear the huge losses that followed, and released the smoke screen in turn to break south.

Colonel Wei Chenguang led the team to turn around and chase after him, and after receiving the order to retract at 16:44, he immediately ordered to go all out to rescue the officers and men who had fallen into the water on both sides, and the "Shaoyang" was punished by the "Deyang" lightning strike, and the "Jianyang" of the 4th team dragged Major Wang Longan's "Zhengyang", and the whole team turned and broke away at 17 o'clock.

While the destroyer units of the two sides were engaged in a desperate melee, a vicious battle of life and death also began between the cruiser units of the two sides as support forces at the north and south ends of the battlefield.

At the north end, the 4th Squadron of British Light Cruisers, which belonged to the Allied reconnaissance force, was commanded by Commodore Admiral Edlan on the "Bristol", and the "Glasgow" and "Liverpool" of the same class.