Just when Guiyuan and Suiyuan were storming Takasago, the Kaiyuan ship was speeding towards another battlefield. Support Zhiyuan and Cheng Guangbi's two third-class dome ships, which are almost untenable. The captain of the Kaiyuan is not an old man in the Beiyang, but a Chinese who once served in the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Royal Navy. Because of a chance acquaintance with Xue Fucheng, and after a long period of investigation, Xue Fucheng recommended him to Xu Jie. Then he started from the second officer and worked all the way to the captain's position. However, when he returned to Beiyang with the fleet, he could obviously feel the rejection of the old Beiyang as an outsider, too. Traditionally, in the navy of any country, in addition to ability, seniority is also an important asset for people. Is it capable? There has been no contact, there has been no war, and no one can say anything about this. Those who are usually eloquent may not be able to do it, (such as Fang Boqian) and those who are usually taciturn may not be able to do it. As for qualifications? Hehe, what qualifications can people who have never been in the Qing Kingdom have? Therefore, Zhao Yuanjie needs a chance to prove himself and prove that he is capable of leading a warship. And Xu Jie's order happened to give Zhao Yuanjie a chance!

Starting from the reinforcements led by Cheng Guangbi, the naval battle lasted for nearly an hour, looking at the Gaosheng and Caojiang in the distance, Zhiyuan, Hailong, and Haihu also began to retreat, moving closer to Xu Jie's main fleet. With the reinforcements of the Sea Dragon and Sea Tiger, the Zhiyuan ship can temporarily withdraw from the battle column to extinguish the fire, carry out simple repairs, and then continue the battle by re-entering the battle column. But the power gap is clear. After the initial stalemate phase, Yoshino and Akitsuzu's resistance and firepower superiority were finally manifested in the long war of attrition, and the sea dragons and tigers gradually showed signs of exhaustion. But the Japanese are not easy either. "Why hasn't the Takasago been out for so long and hasn't come back?" Shikano looked at his watch from time to time, looking forward to Takasago's return voyage so that he could eat the three battleships in front of him. But what he was waiting for was not the Takasago that would never come, but the Kaiyuan that sharpened the knife!

Later generations of naval experts agreed. As an epoch-making battle of fame for the Guiyuan-class armored cruiser, it was not Guiyuan and Suiyuan that flanked Takasago, after all, it was normal for two 5,000-ton battleships to sink a 4,000-ton dome cruiser. Rather, it was the pursuit of the Kaiyuan against the Akitsuzu and the Yoshino. When Kaiyuan appeared on Kano's telescope, Kano's first feeling was that Takasago was finished! Otherwise, it is impossible for the Kaiyuan coming from the direction of Takasago's pursuit to not have a trace of battle! And if the Takasago is finished, then it means that the Beiyang Fleet has deployed considerable strength nearby. As for the two ships Yoshino and Akitsu Zhou, which have been fighting fiercely for a long time, nothing else is counted, and this new Beiyang cruiser is not comparable to the two damaged ships. So Shikano immediately sent a signal to let Akitsu Chau get out of the battle with him. As for Takasago? I'm afraid I'm already loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, right? Lu Ye couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.

"Let the Akitsuzu immediately turn to evacuate the battlefield with the main ship." At this point, Shikano is more experienced than Kawara, and as soon as he sees that the situation is not right, he immediately runs away. The idea is extremely correct, but whether or not you can run away successfully is another matter. Captain Akitsu Captain Uemura Hikonoki faithfully carried out Kano's order, and the two Japanese battleships turned together and made a splash to the south. There was much controversy about this decision in later generations, and some in Japan accused Kano of why Kano did not retreat in the direction of Inchon and inform the army of the start of the war at the same time as the fleet round in the port of Incheon, but chose to flee south. Kano's explanation is very simple, the fleet in Incheon Port plus the two disabled warships are definitely not the opponent of the Qing fast fleet, although Luye does not know how many warships the Qing country has come, but considering the fact that Takasago has sunk, Luye estimates that the Incheon Fleet will not be able to defeat the Qing army, and the heavily damaged Qiujin Island needs to be repaired locally, in this case, Luno decided that Yoshino will cover the retreat of Qiujin Island to the south. …,

But the reality is cruel, Akitsu Zhou, who was already badly injured, really can't maintain an excessively high speed, and the speed of 14 and a half knots is already his limit. And Yoshino had to slow down in order to cover the 3,000-ton dome cruiser. The Kaiyuan behind was pursued at a speed of 22 knots. Looking at the ever-closing distance, Kano and Uemura had already realized that if they didn't run away from the battleship behind them, Akitsusu wouldn't be able to escape! So the two Japanese cruisers again turned to prepare for battle.

The Kaiyuan was inserted from the left side of the Japanese formation, and the left side was the battlering side of the Japanese fleet just now! Both battleships suffered heavy losses, and the firepower of Yoshino's flanks had been reduced from 3 6-inch guns and 4 4.7-inch guns to 2 6-inch guns and 3 4.7-inch guns. And the 3-inch fast gun has been destroyed because the protection is really bad. The Akitsu Island was even worse, with only 2 6-inch guns and 1 4.7-inch gun left if the side chord could be used. The full firepower of the two battleships is actually not as good as one far away!

"Order, the front main gun and a 6-inch gun will fire at Yoshino, and all the other side chord guns will concentrate their fire on Akitsu Island!" Zhao Yuanjie glanced at the Japanese cruiser contemptuously and ordered. The distance is 2300 meters! The tail guns of Akitsu were the first to fire. Then Kaiyuan and Yoshino also began to shoot. Once again, the rumbling of artillery rang out in the Yellow Sea.

If Kaiyuan is a tiger, then Yoshino is a leopard at most, and Akitsusu is also a wolf. And this tiger is still facing the leopard and wolf who have been exhausted and scarred after fighting for more than 1 hour, from the beginning of the shooting, Zhao Yuanjie on the Kaiyuan has already felt that the rate of fire of the opponent's artillery is not fast, on the one hand, because some of the gun positions have been destroyed and the firing angle problem, and on the other hand, it is caused by a large number of losses and fatigue of the gunners. In the face of this not dense ammunition, the Kaiyuan continued to approach, venting its anger with dense shells. Kaiyuan's first result was a 6-inch gun that hit the back chimney of Akitsuzu. The powerful 6-inch cannon directly smashed the chimney into two ends. The broken chimney fell, smashed all the way across the bridge and the side chord, and fell into the sea, adding insult to injury, the already slow Akitsu was even worse, the flue was blocked, and some of the boilers had to be shut down, so that the speed dropped to about 13 knots again. And just two minutes later, an even bigger disaster struck. An 8-inch shell pierced directly through the dome armor of Akitsuzu. Punched into the boiler compartment of Akitsu Island. After a muffled sound, a sky-high burst of fire rushed out from the amidship of the Qiujinzhou hull. Mixed with black smoke and metal shards, it soared into the sky. The whole battleship shook violently, and the sound of tooth-aching metal breaking could be heard from time to time. And Lu Ye of the front team felt a sour feeling when he saw this scene. Because he knew that Qiu Jinzhou was dead and couldn't go back. Yoshino also got hit in a short firefight, with a 6-inch shell hitting the forward turret of the Guiyuan, while another 4.7-inch shell hit the waterline armor belt of Guiyuan. But these two shells were of no use other than to leave 2 pits in the hull of the returnee. However, Kaiyuan's 6-inch shot hit Yoshino's galley on the ship's surface. Although there was no one in the kitchen, it didn't cause much damage, but the fire caused really kept the damage management team on the Yoshino busy.

"Retreat at full speed." After one last glance at Akitsuzu, Shikano ordered. Then, as if all the strength of his body had been drained, he sat in his seat without saying a word, and his heart was full of remorse and fear. Two hours earlier, the Japanese cruiser formation, which had gained the upper hand, had also made a fierce attack on two Beiyang battleships. It was the first time in the history of the Japanese Navy that it could be achieved. But only for 2 hours. The Takasago is finished, and the Akitsuzu is about to end. Where did the formations of fast cruisers in the North Ocean come from? Why did they catch the Japanese fleet so accurately? This is a question that makes Shikano puzzled. The desperate battle between the Zhiyuan ship and the sea dragon and sea tiger, as well as the ferocious firepower on the Kaiyuan, made the Japanese captain frightened. For the first time, he felt that Japan was very far away from victory, and that it was even impossible to get rid of Japan at all. …,

Just as the Yoshino shook off Takasago and fled south at a speed of 21 knots, the Akitsuzu finally ushered in his final moments. With an 8-inch shell, the last 6-inch gun on Akitsu Island was destroyed. The Akitsuzu, whose port guns were almost completely wiped out, had become a dead fish to be slaughtered. The Kaiyuan also had a chance to approach the sinking battleship to take a closer look at its opponent, and after two hours of fierce artillery fighting, the hull of the ship repaired by Qiujin Zhou was full of bullet holes and fire points. Destroyed artillery, shattered steel plates, as well as the corpses and blood of sailors, covered the left hull. The entire battleship tilted to the left, the hull was tilted about 15 degrees, and the stern was basically level with the deck because of the heavy bombing, and there was no sea water rushing up. And on the side of the ship and on the superstructure, from time to time there were fires and explosions. The whole ship has completely lost power and can only move with the current. It was only a matter of time before it sank.

"Take a few pictures and send it away." Zhao Yuanjie ordered.

"What about the Japanese who fell overboard?" The first mate asked.

"Let's catch it first, the chief soldier said that a captured Japanese soldier is more valuable than a Japanese soldier who died in battle." Since Xu Jie has an order. Zhao Yuanjie directly executed it.

The Kaiyuan then approached a distance of 300 meters, and after giving the Akitsuzu a signal to the Japanese to leave the ship. Three 8-inch guns roared together and opened two large holes in the waterline of the side chord of Akitsuzu. I saw a large amount of seawater pouring in from the breach, and the sinking speed of the entire battleship suddenly accelerated, and only 10 minutes later, Qiujinzhou became the second battleship to sink in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle of Qing and Japan. Completely swallowed by the rolling waves of the Yellow Sea. Then the Kaiyuan lowered the dinghy to salvage the Japanese sailors. After searching and finding no other living people, he left the battlefield to join Xu Jie's team.

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