"It's finally time to come, and it seems that even with the help of our fellow Lightning Strike team, we still can't escape the call of death." Looking at the Suiyuan ship and the Kaiyuan ship that gradually became clear in the distance, the captain of the Chiyoda, Uchida Zhengmin, couldn't help but sigh and said.

"Get them on their way, hurry, maybe we'll be able to catch up with the rest of the battle." When Fang found that the battleships that appeared in front of him were actually 2 small boats, Lin Yongsheng said angrily. "Even if it's two three-view ships, it's fine."

The two Guiyuan-class battleships are two lions that rush towards the Chiyoda and Izumi. They are tired of fighting such a weak opponent. And the Chiyoda and Izumi still did not want to give up resistance, and they patted the column to prepare for the most difficult moment. Even if they knew that their artillery could not penetrate the opponent's protection except for the 10-inch gun, which had an extremely slow rate of fire!

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, 4000 meters, 3500 meters, 3000 meters, 2500 meters! The two battleships, Suiyuan and Kaiyuan, opened fire almost at the same time! The 8-inch main gun and the 6-inch secondary gun spewed tongues of fire at the target. At the same time, Chiyoda and Izumi also began to launch counterattacks with the few remaining 4.7-inch guns and 6-inch guns.

The two sides fought like four knights, attacking each other with their swords and tomahawks on their horses, but the difference was that one side was heavily armored heavy cavalry and equipped with powerful war hammers. On the other side were hussars with the simplest chain mail, with only slender swords in their hands. The battles between the two sides were fought on such a small scale without any fancy. No tactics can be unfolded. Single-ship-to-ship, keeping the flanks engaged, in this case is to see who has the better ship and whose gunnery is higher. That's all!

It's a pity that the Japanese army has no advantage in any of them! And you can't even run away! The first thing that can't be supported is the Izumi. This warship of the same era as Jiyuan was too old, and because there were 2 10-inch guns on it that posed a potential threat. And it has become the focus of attention! 8-inch guns, 6-inch guns, and even 12-pounder guns poured grenades at the Izumi without stopping.

"The bridge part of the battleship, called the Izumi, was quickly reduced to rubble. The shell of the picric charge was a big hole every time it hit. Scattered debris and flames erupted from the hole. At first, the Japanese tried to save the battleship, but in the face of the grenade bombs that exploded overhead from time to time, after a dozen people fell, they no longer had the courage to rush out. Lin Yongsheng wrote in his diary.

Some battleships were hit by the core compartment and then exploded and sank, some battleships sank because there was too much water in the waterline, and some battleships sank because the fire was out of control, and the Izumi happened to be the third way to die. The fire-ridden Izumi finally reached the end of its life, and the cruiser, which had served in the Chilean Navy and was purchased by the Japanese Navy, was at the end of its life, almost the same era as Jiyuan. Then it sank into the rough Yellow Sea little by little, and disappeared from sight with a boatload of Japanese sailors and a body full of crime.

Izumi sank. The Chiyoda followed suit. Not long after the sinking of the Izumi, the Kaiyuan gave the Chiyoda a happy break! An 8-inch shell pierced through the Chiyoda's fragile armor, and then passed all the way, exploding after concentrating the boiler, and in an instant the white high-pressure water vapor tore through the Chiyoda's already extremely fragile upper deck and erupted! Then, with a tooth-sore hull breaking, the bow of the Chiyoda began to sink. Then a loud bang completely cut the armored cruiser of more than 2,000 tons in two.

"It's over?" Zhao Yuanjie asked in a low voice.

"Maybe it's over, maybe it's not over yet. It's up to us to see if we can meet new enemies. Lin Yongsheng said with some unfinished words. …,

At the same time, Ye Zuqi took the Zhenhai and Zhiyuan, and also caught up with Itsukushima and Songdao, which were evacuating. These two brothers and sisters saw an 8,500-ton battleship with a 2,300-ton cruiser catching up. I have also had the consciousness of mortality. "You can't run away, but you have to take one with you before you die!" Omoto Zhilu looked at the Zhiyuan ship behind Zhenhai and said viciously.

"Send a signal to Itsukushima and say that even if we die, we will pull up the Zhiyuan ship!" Omoto Chiro commanded. Then Itsukushima and Matsushima did not run away, and began to turn and rush towards the Zhiyuan.

"They're going to fight hard." Ding Yuqian looked at the two dome armored ships that turned around and rushed towards him.

"I'm afraid they still want to hit Shen Zhiyuan first." Looking at the Zhiyuan that was already injured behind, Ye Zuqi said worriedly.

"Send a signal to Zhiyuan and tell it to pay attention to dodging attacks." Ye Zuqi ordered, now that it was about to end, he didn't want to lose another cruiser. After all, after repeated bloody battles, there are not many ships left in the Beiyang Fleet.

So there is a very interesting phenomenon on the battlefield, everyone has played the eagle to catch the small **, Itsukushima and Matsushima are like two eagles with half-pulled wings, and they want to attack the Zhiyuan behind, but Zhenhai is like a hen with strong strength, protecting Zhiyuan to the death, and Zhiyuan also takes Zhenhai as the core, trying to avoid the 4.7-inch rapid-fire guns on the side chord of Itsukushima and Songdao!

To be honest, the Sanjing ship is actually quite good, and it is not easy for Master Bai Laoyi to build such a ship, and not only has it been built, but the speed is also said

In the past (theoretical speed), the most important thing is that the sidestring guns of the Sankei ship are still okay, and the 6.7-inch rapid-fire guns are still very scary to fight, of course, it would be better if which Ghanaian gun in the bow of the ship was replaced with a more suitable twin 8-inch gun.

The two Sanjing ships also have 9 4.7-inch rapid-fire guns on one side that can be used. In the face of the Zhiyuan, which has an advantage in speed, flexible action and can be evaded, it is really difficult for the two Sanjing ships to concentrate their firepower to annihilate them. In desperation, 9 4.7-inch guns and other small-caliber guns poured bullets down on Zhenhai!

The 4.7-inch rapid-fire gun, which had a rate of fire of up to 6 rounds per minute, still put some pressure on the Zhenhae. Before the Sanjing ship was broken, the Zhenhai's 6 8-inch guns and 5 6-inch rapid-fire guns fired at the 9 4.7-inch guns of the Sanjing ship.

"Next time, we must do a good job of protecting the gun gallery." Look at the smoke pouring out of the breach after a 6-inch rapid-fire gun on the side chord was pierced by a 4.7-inch rapid-fire gun. Ding Yuqian said bitterly.

"And the height of the armor belt of the Zhenhai is not enough. Look at the middle deck, smoke is already billowing out. Ye Zuqi frowned and said. Although the Zhenhai was hit by more bullets. But the tonnage is there after all, it seems that the smoke is billowing and embarrassing, but the lethality of these 4.7-inch guns is still not enough for this battleship of more than 8,500 tons.

As the Zhenhae re-put a batch of spare ammunition from the ammunition into the turret. The Zhenhai, which is equipped with 8 8-inch guns, can finally exert its might. With an average high rate of fire of 40 to 50 seconds, the projection volume of the Zhenhai skyrocketed. At least about 1 ton more shells can be fired per minute. At this time, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the closest point was only 1,800 meters, and at this distance, Songdo and Itsukushima were at a loss in the face of the sudden power of Zhenhai.

The main guns of the Zhenhai quickly got hits, and the 2 8-inch guns were concentrated on the opponent's Songdo almost at the same time, and one of them hit the control tower of the Songdao, and the huge shell went straight through the armor of the Songdao's control tower and exploded in a small space, and the huge power blew the entire control tower to pieces, and none of the senior officers in the control tower were spared! Another shell pierced the Matsushima's protection and went straight into the torpedo compartment. But alas, it was a dud. Straight through the other side of the hull. …,

"It's a pity." Looking at the huge hole in the hull of the Songdao, Ding Yuqian said with some regret.

"Nothing. The stability of the Matsushima was already a problem, and it was enough to withstand the water alone. And without the conning tower, the ship would be scrapped. "Ye Zuqi is very open.

"Let's sink the other one first, and when we're done, we can go home." Ye Zuqi said. Later, Zhenhai Hao began to focus on Itsukushima, and the Matsushima, which had been disabled, was handed over to Zhiyuan to deal with.

Maybe it's because of the exhaustion of character, or maybe it's because the Itsukushima has already entered a lot of water, and the ship's side has been lowered, causing most of the shells to hit the superstructure. Lost the support of the Matsushima. The side-chord rapid-fire guns themselves suffered heavy losses. In the face of an attack of as many as 3 6-inch guns and 6 8-inch guns, the Itsukushima simply could not support it for long.

Suddenly, the Itsukushima began to turn and rushed straight towards the Jinhae. "Itsukushima is going to launch a lightning strike." In an instant, Ding Zhiqian had insight into the other party's intentions from the movement of the Itsukushima, and the distance between the two sides was only about 2,000 meters, but Ding Jieqian was not nervous, this distance was enough for Itsukushima, which was only about 10 knots, to run for 6 minutes. And it's also when the Zhenhai ship doesn't move!

The Zhenhai began to accelerate, attacking the Itsukushima that was rushing towards it as it accelerated. It turned out that the decisive impact of the Itsukushima, which had been burned to the ground by too much water, was nothing more than a joke. And it was not Zhenhai who put an end to the joke, but an 8-inch shell from Zhiyuan!

With the sound of a cannonball tearing through the ship's plank, the shell was fired directly from the stern of the ship, exploding at the helm bay of the Itsukushima, and then a column of smoke erupted from the stern, and the Itsukushima struggled for a moment before turning into a dead fish across the sea. Just when Ding Yuqian was about to re-approach the sinking of Yan Island, this battleship that had been designed to deal with Dingzhen actually sank by itself! It became the only self-sinking warship on both sides in the entire Sino-Japanese War!

"Maybe the Japanese are afraid that we will capture this battleship?" Looking at the sinking Itsukushima, Ding said

"This kind of ship, even if you give it to Beiyang, we don't want it." Ye Zujue's eyes were full of contempt, although the Beiyang Naval Division has lost many warships now, but with the return of 3 10,000-ton giant ships, these old ships are really not in Ye Zujue's eyes, and they can be predicted, after this battle, Zhiyuan and other ships will also withdraw from the front-line battle sequence.

"The Beiyang Sailor is wealthy, but I can't do it in the South Ocean." Ding felt a little pity.

After Itsukushima sank, Zhenhai and Zhiyuan re-conducted a brutal and inhumane onlooker on Songdao! Amid the continuous explosions, the Matsushima finally sank into the rolling waves of the Yellow Sea.

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