The main fleets of the Qing and Japanese countries collided like two giant dragons, and the three ships Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Jiyuan, rushed directly to Fuji and Yashimayoshi, which were led by the Japanese army, while Zhenhai led the other warships and the remaining Japanese warships to engage in a sidestring artillery battle.

The Dingyuan and Zhenyuan artillery were extremely powerful, while Fuji and Yashima had the advantage in the number and rate of fire of the artillery. Armored protection is superior, and Fuji Hachishima has a slight advantage in speed. Overall, these 4 ironclad giants are comparable in combat effectiveness. Just when the distance was close to about 3,000 meters, the 12-inch 35L giant cannon of Dingzhen and the 9.2-inch and 8-inch guns of Fuji Hachishima spewed flames almost at the same time! Huge shells staggered in the air and flew towards the target.

The battle between the four behemoths was terrifying, and with the impact of Dingyuan Zhenyuan, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and in order to avoid these two warships, Fuji and Yashima began to speed up, and this move directly led to the tendency of the Japanese fleet to become disjointed. It stands to reason that the subsequent Kurama and Yoshino could have accelerated to catch up with Fuji and Yashima, but for some reason, these two battleships did not accelerate, but continued to choose to maintain formation and engage the Beiyang Fleet.

"Maybe Commander Tsubui wants to concentrate his superior forces to annihilate some of the Beiyang warships before joining up with Fuji, right? Or like rescuing ships such as the 3 Scenic Ships at the back of the queue. In his memoirs, Inoue later explained why Kurama and Yoshino did not keep up with the two pilot ships.

But all this is an afterthought, Kurama and Yoshino didn't follow. Fuji and Yashima can only go head-to-head with Dingzhen. With the advantage of its high rate of fire, the Fuji was the first to hit. A 9.2-inch shell hit the anchor chamber of the Dingyuan. Beat the equipment inside to shreds. Billowing smoke poured out of the breach, directly interfering with the Dingyuan's firing. At the same time, the two 6-inch guns of the Yashima also hit the main equipment and the bridge of Zhenyuan respectively. The one that hit the main one bounced off, and the one that hit the bridge caused fire in 2 compartments.

Fuji and Yashima were then hit, but instead of Dingzhen, they were hit by the Jiyuan, which was armed with an 8-inch tube cannon. An 8-inch shell landed in one of the Fuji's gun galleries just in time for the Fuji to lift a new batch of kits from the ammunition depot. And so tragedy struck! Shiki Kayama and the others only felt a shock to the hull, and then a fire dragon more than 10 meters long erupted from the port side of the battleship, and the mixed fragments and blood of the hull fell into the sea.

"Hell, those bastards brought up the shells and propellants in advance." Almost instantly, the reason for the three virtues and self-denial was understood.

"Tell the Yashima to let it cover the flagship. Let's put out the fire first. Immediately, Shikinori Kayama ordered the Fuji to turn to evade.

Overall, the performance of the Yashima is slightly stronger than that of the Fuji, although the Fuji has been hit by the creation due to non-standard operation, but the Dingyuan of the North Ocean has also lost some of its firepower due to smoke problems. The two sides still seem to be evenly matched! The Yashima divided two 8-inch guns and one 6-inch gun to deal with the Fuji-mounted Jiyuan, and concentrated almost all of the other firepower on the Jinyuan.

Close range, high rate of fire, allowed the Yashima's hits to rise. It's not that there are shells that hit the town. Although it is impossible to penetrate the armored fort. But the violently burning picric acid still makes the pride of the North Sea look very embarrassed. THE JIYUAN WAS ALSO UNLUCKY, BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE DISTANCE, IT WAS HIT BY TWO 6-INCH GUNS AND DESTROYED A 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN.

However, the situation that seemed to have the superiority of the Japanese ships ended with a roar from the Dingyuan, at a distance of 1,800 meters. A SHELL WEIGHING 300+ KG ENTERED THE HULL OF THE YACHIMA FROM THE STERN AND EXPLODED IN A LEFT-LEFT POSITION BELOW THE TAIL MAIN GUN AFTER PENETRATING THE ARMOR. The crew of the Yashima only felt the stern of the ship suddenly tilt upward, and then fell back into the water. An orange flame burst through the back deck and leapt into the sky. Receiving a huge impact, the tail cannon of the Yashima was also temporarily stuck. The terrace cannot be rotated. 2 8-inch guns are considered temporarily obsolete. …,

The power of the 12-inch cannon is terrifying. Looking at the huge bullet holes and billowing smoke in the tail of the Yashima, Shiki Kayama couldn't help but feel a sense of tightness. He was beginning to regret his decision, if he took advantage of the opportunity. Judging from the current battle situation, the Japanese fleet does not have any advantage over the Beiyang Fleet, and perhaps the Japanese fleet is indeed stronger on the battleships, but when it comes to the quality of officers and men, I am afraid that the Beiyang Fleet is superior.

Just when Fuji and the Yashima were at war with the town of Dingyuan, Enjiyuan. The other 6 Japanese ships led by Kurama also fought to the death with the rest of the Beiyang Fleet. In terms of performance, the performance of the Zhenhai, Suiyuan and Kaiyuan is undoubtedly better than that of the Kurama of the Japanese fleet. However, the 3 Jingjing ships of the Japanese fleet are obviously much stronger than those of the Beiyang Fleet, Zhiyuan and Hailong. But overall, the two sides are still evenly matched from a hardware point of view.

"Within 10 minutes of the battle, I realized that we had lost the chance of victory. The Beiyang Fleet is not as weak as we think. If the combined fleet and the guerrilla fleet can converge, we can defeat the Beiyang Fleet with the advantage of 3 more cruisers, but for now, it is good to be undefeated. In her memoirs, Inoue wrote.

The reality is that Kurama and Yoshino, who are at the top of the line, are being attacked by the Zhenhai and Suiyuan. At this moment, the power of Beiyang's high-velocity guns was exerted vividly and exquisitely, Zhenhai's 6 8-inch guns and 5 6-inch guns plus Suiyuan's 3 8-inch turret guns and 4 6-inch rapid-fire guns, plus a huge number of 12-pounder rapid-fire guns, really let Kurama and Yoshino understand what is a real rain of bullets!!

The rapid-fire guns of both sides are constantly spitting out a rain of bullets, and the two dragon-like queues are shuttling in the sky-high water column and gunsmoke, from the beginning of the engagement, the two sides quickly get hits, facing Zhenhai, an 8500-ton armored cruiser, Kurama and a ship naturally can't resist, so in the battle sequence, Tsuboi Kozo adjusted, Kurama and Yoshino attacked Zhenhai together, and the three Sankei ships dealt with 2 Guiyuan-class, and Izumi and Chiyoda dealt with the remaining three Beiyang warships.

However, even so, a large number of 8-inch shells and 6-inch shells still fell on the pommel horse, and within 10 minutes of the start of the battle, no less than 2 8-inch shells and 3 6-inch shells hit Kurama, and the ship was turned into a sea of fire, and a 6-inch gun was blown up into the sky in the gun gallery, and at the same time, the Zhenhai was also hit by several shells, and all the 6-inch shells and 4.7-inch shells were still hit, and one of the 6-inch shells pierced a gun gallery of the Zhenhai and destroyed a 6-inch gun.

What's more serious is that a large number of 4.7-inch shells hit the bridge, causing many fires, and in the flying shrapnel and flames, it was difficult to carry out the damage management work, and Zhenhai was a little unbearable for a while. After all, there were 2 9.2-inch guns, 9 6-inch guns, and 4 4.7-inch guns, and a lot of 12-pounder guns.

Fortunately, the Suiyuan, which was in second place, adjusted the target of the attack, using two 8-inch guns and one 6-inch gun for the attack on Yoshino.

The order of engagement was adjusted several times, with both sides trying to concentrate their fire on each other's ships in order to sink them as soon as possible.

But no matter how one side changes, the other side will make corresponding changes, so the change comes and goes, and the firepower is almost evenly distributed on both sides, so the naval battle becomes a stalemate battle, and it is difficult for both sides to achieve results in a short time, and they can only use a large number of bitter high-explosive bombs to suffocate the opponent until one of them can no longer support it!

Boom, boom, suddenly a loud bang came from the back of the line. "It's Laiyuan, it seems that something has happened." Lin Yongsheng said. Sure enough, at the end of the Laiyuan, a heavy shell hit the main armor belt, (according to analysis, it may be a 10-inch gun of the Izumi, but it is not easy to hit the main belt.) As if it had been hit hard by a heavy hammer, the Laiyuan suddenly shook to the right, and then sank to the left, and its speed dropped instantly. A large amount of seawater poured into the hull, and the Sea Dragon and Zhiyuan next to it quickly filled this vacant position and continued to engage the enemy. Cover the self-help of the Lai Yuan. …,

And not long after the Laiyuan was shot, the Japanese fleet Nakahashitachi finally could not withstand the blow of the opposite Kaiyuan, and began to leave the battle column with scars and raging flames. The biggest problem with the Hashidate was that there were too many bullets in the bow, and the dense bullet holes almost smashed the entire bow. A large influx of seawater caused a serious head tilt, and coincidentally, there was a huge 320MM Ghanaian gun in the bow of the Hashidate, which made the stability of this small boat even worse, and it is estimated that if it continued to fight, the final result of the Hashidate may not be burned or pierced, but because of stability and sank into the sea!

"It can't go on like this." Watching the Hashidate leave the battle line, Inoue Yoshishin said.

"Yes, both sides had a battleship leave the battle line, but we lost a 4000-ton second-class cruiser." Tsuboi said.

"That's not what I said, it's been more than 20 minutes now, I wonder what happened to them in Asahi?" Speaking of this, a bitter chill surged in Inoue's heart.

"Ahh Tsuboi Hangsan couldn't help but shout, yes, it's been so long now, it is estimated that Asahi and they are already more than lucky, their flanks have been exposed, once the opponent's three 10,000-ton warships come over, they don't even have a chance to run.

"Prepare to break away from the battle and join the Fuji Hachishima." Tsuboi Hangzo ordered.

"How to get out of it? The two sides are now fighting, and if Kurama and Yoshino retreat, the slow boats behind will be left behind!! The first mate objected.

"Attack with torpedo boats and cover the retreat of the fleet, this is the last chance." Inoue Ryoshin ordered. And this seemingly overstepping order is indeed the most complacent thing in Inoue's life, and it is because of this order that Inoue Liangxin saved the lives of nearly 2,000 people!

"Execute, Inoue-kun is right, except for mistakes, I, the commander of the guerrilla fleet, bear it!" Tsuboi Kozo said unusually calmly, and then Kurama and Yoshino prepared to speed up their evacuation, and the main force of the rear torpedo boat of the Japanese Combined Fleet began to move towards the gap, launching the second lightning strike on the Japanese side in this battle and the last lightning strike!

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