Just when Zhiyuan, Sea Dragon, and Sea Tiger were inseparable from Yoshino and Akitsu, Takasago was very comfortably pursuing Jiyuan, who had fled the battlefield. Although the Takasago also suffered a few shells, this 4,000-ton cutting-edge protective cruiser still has an absolute advantage over its prey! As the distance continued to close, the Takasago's artillery began to aim at Jiyuan.

2500 meters! Takasago started his first volley. Dense shells exploded around Jiyuan. As if frightened, the 2,000-ton Beiyang battleship immediately lowered the dragon flag of the Beiyang Fleet and raised the white flag symbolizing surrender, and there was also a Japanese flag under the white flag!!

"Your Excellency, Major General, Jiyuan raised the white flag." A staff officer said.

"Raising the white flag and not stopping the boat? Leave him alone, keep shooting. "Kawahara wants to take a look at Jiyuan. There was disdain in his eyes. The navy of any country looks down on this kind of cargo that escapes and abandons friendly ships. At the same time, Fang Boqian, who was hiding behind the Jiyuan dome armor, turned pale with fright. The scene a few dozen minutes ago was like a nightmare. At the beginning of the war, Fang Boqian also realized that the gap between the two sides was huge, although he was afraid, but he did not run, until a shell from the Qiujinzhou hit Jiyuan, and the flying shrapnel shot into the Jiyuan command tower, and the first mate Shen Shouchang, who was standing beside him, was shot in the head, and the white brain and blood instantly sprayed Fang Boqian's body, and the extremely frightened Fang Boqian was stunned at that time. When he reacted and scanned the surroundings, the command tower was simply a hell on earth, and the first and second officers were killed. The bell, microphone and rudder of the conning tower were also broken. (The above scene is based on "The Sinking Jiawu") "No, I must not die like this. "The desire to survive in a moment completely overwhelmed the duty of being a soldier. In his mind, only the family's rich property and multi-room concubines remained. What friendly ship, what kind of guilt, in his eyes, is not as important as going back quickly! As a result, this historical coward is still a coward after Xu Jie crossed. He ordered the battleship to turn and abandon Zhiyuan, who was fighting. Flee the scene at full speed.

As the distance narrowed, the Takasago's shelling of the Jiyuan became more and more accurate, and Fang Boqian timidly trotted to the engine room below the deck and did not dare to come out, but it did not mean that the other officers and soldiers on Jiyuan wanted to be like this cowardly captain. When the distance was close to 1,500 meters, Jiyuan's long-silent tail gun began to fire. A few sparse shells landed on the 4 ships of the Takasago, hitting the water columns one by one.

"Shameless Qing people." Looking at the Jiyuan who counterattacked, Kawahara was about to scold. Takasago sped up like an enraged lion at his chance, rushing towards Jiyuan. I want to eat each other in one bite! But at this very moment, a fast cruiser with a slender hull and elegant shape was rapidly approaching the Takasago from the northwest, and the knife-like flying shears ploughed through the water, and the scattered water sprayed in the air, forming a thin layer of mist. A rainbow of colors is refracted in the sunlight. And the pursuing Takasago did not notice the column of smoke coming out of the battleship's chimney, and it was not until the cruiser appeared at sea level that the Japanese sentinel surrounded by gunpowder smoke did not let the Japanese sentry line be surrounded by gunsmoke!

"Your Excellency, a Qing cruiser has appeared in the northwest direction." The first mate hurriedly reported.

"One?" After hearing the news of the discovery of the enemy ship, Kawahara was shocked at first, but then relieved, even if it was a new cruiser of the Qing Kingdom, if it was a hit, Takasago couldn't beat it, at least there was no problem in retreating, right? Heyuan wanted to take a look at Jiyuan, who was about 1 kilometer ahead, and shook his head a little unwillingly, with this ship to stir up the situation, I am afraid that this Jiyuan ship can escape. Is to withdraw first, or to sink Jiyuan and then retreat, the two ideas make Kawahara want a ten contradiction, after half a ring, Kawahara wants to decide to rush up first, a lightning strike, if not, and then retreat, anyway, the distance is 1KM, relative to the speed difference between the two sides into 7 knots, you can approach in an instant. Hit and go, if you're lucky, you can sink, if you're unlucky, then flash people immediately, there shouldn't be anything, right? …,

Kawahara Yuichi's idea is good, and the distance between him and Jiyuan is really good for Takasago at high speed, but tragically, just a few minutes of charging and then releasing the torpedo, the lookout on the Takasago has bad news again, and two other unknown warships are rushing from the side and rear towards the Takasago!!

"This chaos actually hung up the white flag!" Lin Yongsheng saw Jiyuan who was fleeing and the white flag on Jiyuan, and said angrily.

"Leave him alone, let's get this Japanese warship done first." In Xu Jie's eyes, Fang Boqian is already a dead man, and this time when he goes back, Fang Boqian must die!! And he is now more concerned about the layout he has planned for a long time, whether he can kill this Japanese cutting-edge cruiser, so Xu Jie did not hesitate to send only the sea dragon and the sea tiger to support and support, and even dispersed the fleet to surround Takasago from all sides, you know, there was no radio at that time, this kind of action can only depend on the captain's judgment ability. But fortunately, whether it is Lin Yongsheng, or Lin Yingqi or Xu Jiexin, a retired naval lieutenant recruited from the United Kingdom, Zhao Yuanjie (Chinese). Su zhì is quite good, and now it has formed a situation of encirclement of Takasago!

Looking at the 3 cruisers coming at high speed in the distance, Kawahara Yoichi's first feeling was that this was a trap!! A naked trap!! Zhiyuan and Jiyuan used as bait to lure themselves into pursuit, and then ambushed themselves in a suitable place. "The Qing people are too cunning." Kawahara said through gritted teeth, Kawahara Yoichi, who was already a little flustered at this time, didn't think about it carefully, if it was just a bait, why didn't Zhiyuan and Jiyuan retreat together? But Jiyuan threw off the seriously injured Zhiyuan and ran alone? If it was a decoy, why did Jiyuan continue to run with a white flag and a Japanese flag when he saw reinforcements coming? I don't know how Kawahara would feel if he knew that Fang Boqian, the leader of Jiyuan, was huddled in Jiyuan's engine room with his head in his hands, but he might never have a chance to figure out the reason in his life, because just when Takasago turned and was about to accelerate to escape. Xu Jie's flagship Guiyuan has rushed over, at a distance of 3000 meters, Guiyuan's rangefinder passed the number of jùtong guò car bells to each gun position, with the sound of cannonballs entering the chamber, Guiyuan, this Xu Jie's carefully built war machine finally showed its sharp fangs!!

In just 2 minutes, Karuichi Kawahara, who graduated from the Royal Naval College in the United Kingdom, keenly discovered that the firepower of the two sides was not on the same level at all!! It's not just that Takasago's side chord is 5 4.7-inch guns, and the opponent is 4 6-inch guns. What's more, he found that why was the fire rate of the opponent's 8-inch main gun so fast? The rate of fire of Takasago's 8-inch main gun is clear to itself, and if the shells are brought up and stored for fire, they can be fired in one and a half to one minute. However, if you finish firing the shells and medicine packs in the zài gun emplacement, you need to re-load them, which makes the speed much slower. But the 8-inch turret gun of the new Beiyang cruiser did subvert Kawahara's perception. A wave of artillery fire every 30 seconds completely made the Japanese Combined Fleet rear admiral completely lose the confidence to escape. You must know that although the Takasago claims to be able to run at a high speed of 23 and a half knots, it was in a state of trial sailing, and after a long and fierce battle, the battleship inevitably entered the water and suffered losses. Especially after the stern was hit by an 8-inch shell, a large amount of water entered, and the hull position was hit by a 6-pound or even a 3-pound gun, leaving a hole, although there is a rear dome armor to block the water, but it will still be more or less water, if the pursuit is a battleship like Zhiyuan, Takasago can still evacuate at a relatively high speed, but now, he is met with the tail of 3 light armored cruisers to chase and intercept. And the speed of the other party is not less than 23 knots!!

"I wonder if Yoshino and Akitsu know about the plans of the Shina people?" At this moment, the competent Kawara suddenly remembered two other battleships. "No, you can't throw the fleet here, it's just death, and you have to take the Beiyang Fast Fleet away from the battlefield." Come to think of it. Kawahara ordered Takasago to turn around again and drive away from the battlefield. If Yoshino and Akitsusu can sink Zhiyuan and escape, it can be regarded as saving some face for the Imperial Navy, right? …,

"The calculation is good, but it doesn't help." Seeing the Takasago turn around for the second time, Xu Jie sneered, Xu Jie could see Kawahara's plan at a glance, but it's a pity, even Aunt Apayasu can't save you now. The Takasago is to be eaten, and it must be eaten quickly. Immediately, the Guiyuan adjusted its course and cut off the retreat of the Takasago, and the distance between the two warships quickly narrowed, from more than 2,000 meters to about 1,200 meters. The side chords are almost square, excellent firing conditions. The two warships of the Qing Dynasty opened fire one after another, pouring this firepower on the other side with their fastest rate of fire.

"Hit." Accompanied by the cheers of the Japanese gunners, Kawahara saw that a 4.7-inch shell accurately hit the side chord of the Guiyuan, and then a burst of fire spread from the middle bullet. "Ugh." But as the smoke cleared, Kawahara was speechless for a moment, and the highly-anticipated cannon only left a hole in the armor of the Guiyuan, and there were some traces of fire next to it, and then, nothing! "It's absolutely impossible." Kawahara knew very well that it would be no problem for a 4.7-inch gun to penetrate 6-inch steel-faced iron armor at such a close distance. And the light cruiser in front of him, according to the intelligence, it is obviously impossible to have a 6-inch main outfit. But it just didn't break through! However, the battle situation did not give the rear admiral too much time to think about the problem, the 8-inch main gun, the 6-inch string gun and the 3-inch string gun on the Guiyuan fired shells at the fastest speed, and at the most intense time, there were 6 8-inch shells per minute, 15 6-inch guns and at least 25 3-inch guns flying towards Takasago!! More than 1 and a half tons of ammunition fell in an area centered on the Takasago ship with a radius of about 100 meters. Just 5 minutes later, Takasago's ship was smashed into a sea of flames. At first, there were a few brave people who tried to put out the fire, but after rushing out a few steps, they were either forced back by the fire and poisonous smoke, or they were beaten into a sieve by the fragments of flying bullets and grenades. The ship's side was also 6 inches and 8 inches out of a few holes, a large amount of seawater poured directly into the hull, the Takasago hull tilted to the right, and the speed dropped again and again. In close combat, although the Takasago had some hits before the gun emplacements were destroyed, the shells that hit the side chord of the battleship were all blocked, except for a few cases that hit the buildings and caused a small fire. What made Kawahara desperate the most was that an 8-inch cannonball obviously hit the main turret of the Guiyuan, but this shell not only did not penetrate the turret, but was bounced off and fell into the water before it could even explode, and then a column of water surged, and the splash of water fell on the deck of the Guiyuan.......

"That Japanese battleship is finished." Hannagan said as he stood on the deck of the Ascend. How did Hannagan see this? In fact, it was very simple, at first he was going to take the Gaosheng to join Jiyuan Zhiyuan and rush to North Korea, but on the way, Cheng Guangbi's 2 warships caught up and told them that there would be a battle ahead for them to avoid first, and showed Xu Jie's hand. At first, Hannagan and the others didn't buy it, but after seeing the two Japanese cruisers that were fighting with Zhiyuan in the distance, Gao Huiyi, the captain of the Gao Sheng, immediately decided to sail back. So, when I was evading, I happened to see the scene of the first battle of the Guiyuan battleship! And the Huai soldiers on the Gao Sheng, who heard the sound of the cannon, also walked onto the deck one after another, and watched the first battle of the Beiyang Naval Division with the British captain and the German instructor!

After the Suiyuan joined the shelling, Takasago finally ushered in its end. All the artillery on the warring side was completely destroyed under the blow of the two Beiyang cutting-edge warships, the entire side chord had been beaten to a thousand holes, and the fire caused by the picric acid explosives with excellent combustion completely engulfed the entire bridge, and the battleship had turned into a sea of fire. The sinking of the Takasago was only a matter of time.

"Your Excellency the Major General, hurry up and get into the lifeboat, right?" The loyal first mate said sincerely.

"Get on the lifeboat? Do you want me to be a prisoner? "Kawahara wants to slap the first mate to the ground like an angry lion. Then he pulled out his war knife and prepared to slash this greedy person to death. But seeing that the other party's face was covered with blood, Kawahara threw away the war knife again and said weakly: "Open the sea valve, don't let the Qing people drag the Takasago back." Let the Takasago go with dignity. Immediately, the rear admiral of the Japanese Combined Fleet sat motionless in his chair. Fifteen minutes later, the Takasago finally sank, the first modern warship to sink in the Yellow Sea, but that was only the beginning.

"Mr. Xu, what about those Japanese sailors who fell into the water?" Lin Yongsheng asked.

"Send a signal to Gao Sheng, let them salvage the Japanese troops who fell into the water, and then send them back to Lushun. Let's catch up immediately. Xu Jie didn't even glance at the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water, and spoke.

"It's too despicable for these Japanese to go to war without declaring it, it's better to let them drown." The first mate muttered.

"What's the use of drowning for us? These people have a lot to do. Xu Jie said with a smile.

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