"Order, go around from the rear and cover the flagship!"

In the previous firepower raid, although the artillery fire was extremely fierce, it was a pity that the luck was not good, and the results were lackluster, which made the captain Chen Yaojia inevitably a little annoyed, but before he could vent out, he saw that the flagship and the "Weiming" not far ahead were fighting fiercely with the two ships of the other side, and he did not dare to slack off, but he saw that the warships on both sides were traveling at a low speed, and it was difficult for the "Weiyi" to take the turn to fight for a while, so he was in a hurry, and he gave the general order with a loud roar, and then saw the "Weishun" The sailors on board were frantically busy, and the sail-filled "Weishun" wildly broke away from the battle line, circled around the rear of its own front, and inserted itself directly into the front of the flagship "Zhenyang", and at this time, the British medium-sized battleship "Yuanwang" in the combined fleet also happened to sail to the war zone, and the two sides almost immediately saw each other's bombardments, and the heavy artillery and medium naval guns opened fire in unison, which turned the central theater of operations, which was already full of artillery fire, into a big melee.

On the number of artillery, the British side obviously has more than 20 guns, but when it comes to the power of artillery, the artillery of the Britons is obviously much worse, not to mention the huge gap between the heavy artillery, even if the power is relatively close to the medium-sized flowering shells, there is also an irreparable gap, there is no other, the Qing army's medium-sized flowering shells are loaded with yellow explosives, and the Britons are equipped with traditional black powder, and the two are really not comparable. After such a long-distance low-speed battle, the Britons obviously suffered a big loss, even if the actual hit rate was actually higher than that of the British, the results that could be obtained were far inferior to the Qing warships, after a fierce battle, the unfortunate "Kelly" was set on fire by the three ships of the Qing army, and even if it was beaten into a torch, it didn't take long for it to be capsized and sunk by several heavy artillery blasting shells, as for the "Hood", relying on the height of the ship, although it was injured everywhere, it still managed to escape from the melee area, but " The "Yuanwang" suffered almost no losses, and after the "Hood", it also accelerated the parallel connection of the three ships of the Qing army.

With the Qing army's tail of the "Zhenshan" battleship and the last French third-class battleship "King" in the combined fleet at a distance of 350 meters after a round of fire, the first round of battle line confrontation that lasted more than half an hour has come to an end, and the final results have been out - the Qing army, the "Zhenyu" was seriously injured and had to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield, and the two medium-sized warships "Weishan" and "Weihe" were not lightly injured and had no strength to fight again, so they could only withdraw from the battlefield. On the other hand, in terms of the combined fleet, in addition to the Spanish second-class battleship "Federde" was sunk as soon as the battle began, the "Iceberg", "Kelly" and the Dutchman's "Tulip" were also sunk by the Qing army on the spot, and the rest of the ships were rarely damaged, and even the flagship "Brave" was also heavily damaged, there is no doubt that The first battle line clashed, and the Qing army won a big victory!

"Report to the general, the Xiban has sent a small boat and is heading towards our fleet under a white flag."

In the previous war, although the Qing navy was slightly damaged, but compared with the combined fleet, it was almost negligible, the morale of the whole army was high, and under the contact with each other by radio and flag, they quickly adjusted the queue, turned around, and prepared to meet with the combined fleet again, but did not wait for the Qing fleet to attack, but saw that the combined fleet that had also lined up the battle line at the far end was the first to discharge a traffic boat with a white flag, and was quickly moving towards the Qing army array.

"Order the forward fleet to fire a warning shot at that small boat, and inform it with a flag that all enemy ships will die if they do not surrender, and all battleships will attack according to the predetermined combat sequence!"

There is no need to listen, Wang Yanxia can also guess what the purpose of the other party sent people at this time, the left and right are just to negotiate peace, but this is not the result Wang Yanxia wants, in his opinion, only the dead enemy is a good enemy, and he is too lazy to waste time to meet the messenger on the boat.

"Bow gun, fire warning!"

As soon as the order was issued, Sun Changning, the new captain of the "Zhenshan" who was the first ship of the fleet, did not dare to slack off, first ordered the bow gun to fire a warning, and then ordered the flag soldiers to relay Wang Yanxia's reply to the panicked messengers on the dinghy.

"Send an order to all ships: for the sake of glory, fight to the end, attack!"

There was no need to wait for the messenger sent to return, but as soon as he saw that the Qing army's battle line was already rushing from the far end, Edward Vernon knew that it was impossible to negotiate peace with the Qing army.

"Report to the general, the Portuguese have fled!"

Edward Vernon dared to fight, and wanted to fight, but this fleet was a rabble of many countries, and it was okay to fight a good fight, and now facing the Qing army with strong ships and guns, the commanders of the fleets of various countries obviously had their own plans, and were not ready to fight for the glory of the British, no, Edward Vernon's order had just been given, and the five Portuguese warships at the end of the queue had already taken the lead in turning left and slipped away, and they did not even give Edward Vernon, the nominal commander, an explanation before leaving.

"Damn bastards, retreat, the whole army retreats!"

As soon as the Portuguese fled, the Spanish fleet that was originally lined up next to it naturally did not intend to stay longer, and also turned the bow of the ship, and fled wildly with a hula, and the originally neat battle line suddenly became a mess, seeing that there was nothing to be done, Edward Vernon, even if he was unwilling, could only curse and give the order to retreat on all fronts.

"Report to the general, the enemy fleet has broken and fled, please instruct the general!"

The combined fleet was in such a mess, and the forward warships of its own Qing army reported the situation to the flagship in flags, and as soon as they heard the news, the lookout posts on the tall masts did not dare to slack off, and they hurriedly roared.

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard that the enemy ships had fled, Wang Yanxia's brows were even a frown, no side, in the previous battle, the Qing army was victorious, and also sank several enemy ships, but it did not hurt the foundation of the combined fleet, this battle still has to be fought, at least in Wang Yanxia's view, the victory of the Qing army is a sure thing, but in the end, it will take a series of hard battles to succeed, but I never thought that the combined fleet would escape like this, whether there will be something strange inside, it is difficult to say, as soon as I think of this, Wang Yanxia did not dare to make a decision lightly, and regardless of the injury on his arm, quickly pedaling the soft ladder next to the mast, quickly climbed up the tall mast, and looked in the direction of the combined fleet.

"Order: All detachments are scattered in pursuit, and those who do not surrender will be sunk!"

Wang Yanxia was originally worried that the combined fleet would have an ambush, but when he saw that the formation of the combined fleet had been completely dispersed, and the fleets of various countries had fled separately, and there was no possibility of joining forces, he was immediately overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly issued an order, and then saw that the Qing fleet had also turned its course, and with the detachment as a unit, it rushed towards the fleeing combined fleet with a rainbow of momentum......

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy, my Bohai Fleet defeated the combined fleet of the five countries of Xiyi in the waters of Kouzi Island, sank six enemy ships, forced to surrender seven, General Wang Yanxia is leading the main fleet to pursue and destroy the remnants of the enemy, the existing telegram is here, please take a look."

At four o'clock in the morning, as soon as he received the telegram from the Bohai Fleet, He Tao hurriedly entered the palace, and he had just entered the Palace of Cultivating Hearts, and he didn't even have time to see the number of salutes, so he was already excited.

"Oh? Quick, hand it over! ”

Hongqing, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, heard the news of his great victory, and he would not care about He Tao's courtesy, so he stood up excitedly and hurriedly gave the order.

"Wow!"

As soon as Hongqing's golden mouth was opened, Li Dequan, who was waiting on the side, didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly responded, hurriedly ran down the front pier, took the telegram in He Tao's hand, and forwarded it to Hongqing.

"Hahaha...... good job! He Aiqing, immediately sent a report to the Bohai Fleet, saying that I had received good news, and I was very relieved, and I hope that all the officers and men will make persistent efforts to pursue and annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and they must not be tolerated and nurtured! In addition, a telegram was sent to the East China Sea Fleet, telling Wang Changgeng to immediately lead the East China Sea Fleet to the north to intercept the remnants of the fleeing Xiyi Fleet, and the two fleets immediately established radio contact, making sure to ensure that the remnants of the fleet were gathered and annihilated at sea, and then, to the South China Sea Fleet, the Third Group Army, and the Marine Division, to inform them of the great victory in the naval battle at Kouzi Island, and to immediately mobilize and prepare for the expedition! ”

Before the good news, although Hongqing is confident in his own victory, but after all, he does not dare to guarantee that he will win, although he has made a lot of prior arrangements, but he does not dare to really let go, and now, seeing the telegram with his own eyes, Hongqing's heart is hanging on the big stone finally fell to the ground, and he will not let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs, and hurriedly issued a series of orders.

"Yes, Wechen obeys!"

Since Hongqing made the will, He Tao didn't dare to delay it in the slightest, so he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and went to arrange all kinds of matters without mentioning it.

"Li Dequan, go, spread my will, and the members of the first grade or above in Beijing will come here immediately!"

The victory in the first battle was a good thing, but Hongqing was not carried away by the victory, because he knew very well that the current naval battle was just a prelude to a series of battles, and there were countless big battles to be fought in the future, so the arrangements that should be made should naturally not be neglected.

"Wow!"

As soon as he heard Hongqing's order, how dare Li Dequan slack off, hurriedly and respectfully responded, and hurriedly withdrew from the main hall......