After a busy night, when all 4,000 army brothers landed ashore, all the people in the Beiyang Naval Division secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When the first rays of sunlight rose, Ding Ruchang ordered the flagship Dingyuan to raise the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, and led the other fifteen warships to start their return voyages.

"Dog calf! Don't shoot! It's also training! Listening to the return of the Swordfish, Long Guozhang took a sip and scolded.

Li Mo glanced at it obliquely, pursed his mouth, and said with contempt in his heart: "! You think everyone is you! Every training has to shoot a hundred and eighty guns, and if you don't fire the guns, you will feel uncomfortable! Since the establishment of the fleet, the young master spent a lot of money on shells alone! ”

But having said that, for this kind of training of the light training team without firing artillery, the Pacific Army is all pouted, and Young Master Li is even more angry, although later generations of experts called the beasts to say that Beiyang lost in the shells mixed with sand and did not explode, in fact, there were a lot of hits.

But Li Mo didn't believe it! Just the eight 305 mm main guns of the two ships in Dingzhen are enough to drink a pot, how can they not even sink it! The Yoshino is a newcomer, but it's not like the Akagi, which is a few hundred tons, can't be sunk, right? Just one shell is more than 500 catties, and if you smash it alone, you can also smash it!

In the final analysis, there is still a problem with training, and the ancestor said well, in advanced weapons, it also depends on people! Let a fleet that can't fight two or three artillery pieces in a few years, against a fleet that has been training hard to target itself, even if the overall firepower is superior, it is impossible to win!

Li Mo raised his wrist and looked at the newly bought watch, 10:13!

According to the records, there are still ten minutes before I will discover the Beiyang Naval Division.

Looking at the models of wooden ships that were getting closer and closer on the charts, Li Mo suddenly had an impulse, if he let the Swordfish take the lead in notifying the Beiyang at this moment, saying that the fleet was twenty nautical miles away, would it change history?

"The Exocet returned, and the fleet raised the signal flag, and the formation began to accelerate."

"The Swordfish reported that they saw the smoke column of the fleet!"

"The Exocet reported that the fleet had discovered the Beiyang Naval Division, and the first formation of four cruisers began to accelerate, and they were about to enter the range of the Beiyang Naval Division!"

"Report, the Swordfish returned, the Beiyang Naval Division began to light a fire and stand by, the flagship raised the flag, ordered all ships to load live ammunition, and asked all ships to lock the windows and hatches, and pile sandbags in various key positions!"

Before Li Mo could come back to his senses, the sudden series of reports suddenly made the entire war room nervous, especially when he heard that the flagship had ordered sandbags to be piled up! Even Chen Ping scolded fiercely.

"This army stupid bird!"

Li Mo was even more dumbfounded, he hadn't heard of Ding Ruchang using this trick! However, if this is hit, the speed of the warship will sink several times faster! Could it be that this is the reason why the Beiyang Naval Division sank five ships, and said that one of them did not sink?

"The Swordfish reported that the fleet has entered the visual distance, and there is still no change in the Beiyang Naval Division."

"Stupid, grab the T-slot!" Simmons learned a little bit of Chinese, but the communications officer's hurried words, he listened to it confused, and waited until Chen Ping put out the battle situation map, only to find that he saw that the Beiyang Sailor had not made any action so far, and couldn't help but curse in a hurry!

"Simmons, don't forget, I'm flying the American flag at this moment." Chen Ping raised his eyelids.

"Shit! How did the Americans end up here? And with so many warships! Simmons stamped his feet in a hurry and shouted, "Are the people of the Beiyang Fleet stupid!" You should hurry up and seize the T-position and give full play to the firepower of the whole ship! ”

"The Swordfish returned, and the Beiyang Naval Division began to change its formation, changing from a double column to a geese horizontal formation to meet the enemy, but the two wings were too open, and the speed of each ship was different, and it was estimated that it could not be completed before receiving the enemy!"

"The Swordfish returned, Dingyuan waved the flag, and ordered the warships of the same type to fight together and support each other."

"The Swordfish returned, and Dingyuan once again raised the flag, ordering all ships to always bow to the enemy, and not to turn around at will."

"Dingyuan waved the flag, asking all ships to be within the scope of possibility, with the flagship movement."

With a series of three orders brought by the Swordfish, Chen Ping immediately lowered his head, lined up the wooden ships representing the Beiyang Naval Division, and then aimed the bow at the approaching Yuben fleet.

"Stupid! This piggy! "Seeing this formation in Beiyang, I saw that the ships had never turned sideways, and they were still facing the enemy with their bows. Simmons couldn't stand it anymore first, and he didn't know where to take out a small iron wine bottle and poured it violently.

"The Exocet returns, and the ships of this ship have raised the flag of the Flying Fish, and the two fleets are currently six nautical miles apart!"

Six nautical miles!

Li Mo's heart trembled, although he didn't know much about naval warfare, he still had a concept of distance, and this distance was too close for the Beiyang Fleet, which had not yet issued a combat order.

Dadonggou.

As soon as Ding Ruchang gave three orders, he saw that all the warships on the opposite side had been replaced with the military flag, and he immediately knew that he had been tricked, so he angrily squeezed the telescope in his hand and shouted: "Pass my order and prepare to fight!" ”

As the fleet got closer and closer, even the air became scorched, and more than a dozen warships were silent, and all eyes were focused on the fleet that suddenly changed to the flag of the army.

Fang Boqian stood on the overpass, holding a telescope and looking at the rapidly approaching Yuben warship, frowning slightly, because he found that at this time, his side actually didn't even set up a wild goose flying formation, and once the battle was engaged, he was afraid that he would be scattered by the faster Yuben warship.

Sure enough, without waiting for him to send a flag to warn Dingyuan, the fleet suddenly divided into formations, and the four cruisers separated from the main formation at high speed and rushed over at an accelerated pace, and at the same time, the six main battleships of the formation pressed over along the middle line, and the last two warships that pressed the formation were protected on the flanks of the main formation and pounced in a single column.

Fang Boqian was immediately attracted by the four warships in front, no one was more familiar with the three warships in there than him, the Yoshino, the Naniwa, and the Akitsuzu, it was they who killed his good assistant Shen Shouchang, and they also sank the Gaosheng troop carrier under his nose, resulting in the death of more than a thousand soldiers!

When the enemy met, he was naturally very red-eyed, but the subsequent order made him stupid, the flagship actually ordered to change the double column into a wild goose marching horizontal formation, isn't this waiting to be scattered by the other party's four high-speed cruisers?

But at this time, the distance between the two sides was no longer enough to think about it, and Fang Boqian immediately ordered the whole ship to prepare for battle. With the roar of the Dingyuan ship, the main gun of the Jiyuan ship also let out an angry roar, and suddenly there was a roar on the sea surface where the needle drop could be heard just now.

"Fire! Fire! Aim for the Yoshino! Fang Boqian stood on the overpass, his face flushed and roared.

At this time, Li Mo, who was dozens of kilometers away, also got the news of the start of the exchange of fire from the two destroyers, and suddenly stood up, squeezed the officers and walked to the table where the sea map was already placed.

"The Exocet reported that the forward fleet had crossed the main formation of the Beiyang and rushed towards the Chaoyong and Yangwei."

The voice came again, and Chen Ping quickly adjusted the formation of the Yueben fleet, but when he pushed the wooden ship representing the four cruisers of Yueben to the right flank of Beiyang, he immediately frowned.

"I am afraid of the ironclad ship and want to avoid it, but unfortunately they made a big mistake!" Simmons also saw the problem, pointed to the huge gap between the forward and the main lineup and shouted, and following Simmons's finger, Li Mo also saw the huge gap.

The Pacific Navy officers standing around also nodded at the same time, saying that they were too risky, although they could quickly eat Yangwei and Chaoyong, but their main formation was also exposed to the 305mm main guns of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan!

Although the rate of fire of the 305 main gun is very low, you must know that such a huge cannon will also lead to very serious consequences even if it is fired in the mission, will the Beiyang Naval Division seize a good opportunity to destroy the opponent's main formation?

"The Swordfish returned, Dingyuan, and the two ships of Zhenyuan intercepted the rear of the main formation of the fleet, and led the three ships to surround the remaining four warships, and they are attacking!"

"Well done!"

Hearing the report, the war room suddenly felt like a cheer, and as expected, although Ding Ruchang was born in the army, such a big gap could still be seen, and sure enough, he surrounded the four warships that were dragged behind, and surrounded a violent beating!

"The Exocet reported that a shell from the Yoshino hit the cabin of the Chaoyong, which has now caused a fire, but the Chaoyong is still fighting back!"

Start a fire! Everyone secretly said in their hearts that the Chaoyong is just a wooden ship clad with iron, and if this matter catches fire, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious!

The news from the front is still like a waterfall, judging from the news they brought back, the two fleets are currently evenly matched, the forward is besieging the two weakest Chaoyong and Yangwei, and the Beiyang Naval Division has also concentrated superior forces in beating the four fallen warships, now it depends on who can achieve the results first!

Listening to the sound of the report like a history book, Li Mo felt that his whole heart was going up and down with the sound, until he heard that the two ships in Dingzhen surrounded the main formation of the Yue army, and then he suddenly remembered something and sighed long: "If it weren't for that thing, how good it would be, maybe the outcome of the naval battle would also be changed." ”

Long Guozhang, who was closest to the young master, heard the young master sigh, and he didn't understand, at this moment, the two sides were fighting fiercely, and the victory was not divided, why did he sigh? Is there something wrong with that?

Long Guozhang was about to ask. Suddenly! The communication room remembered the sound of the report again.

"The Swordfish, the Flying Fish return at the same time, and the Dingyuan ship." The voice in the communication room suddenly hesitated, and after a pause, it continued: "The main cannon exploded, which collapsed the overpass behind, Ding Ruchang's pipe belt was injured, and the signal rigging was destroyed." ”

The officers of the Pacific Fleet originally thought that the Beiyang Naval Division would seize the opportunity, decisively abandon the two old ships, and go all out to round up the opponent's own formation, relying on the large-caliber artillery and the thick armor of the two ironclad ships, they would definitely be able to take the lead in achieving the results, but after hearing such news, they were all dumbfounded.

The main cannon exploded?! The commander was injured? Even the communication rigging has been destroyed, so who will command the rest of the battle?!

Everyone chuckled in their hearts, they were all senior officers of the fleet, and they knew better than anyone how much the loss of the flagship of a fleet at the beginning of the war would affect morale, and more importantly, so far, the Dingyuan had not yet raised the flag of who would take command temporarily.

"MLGB!" Liu Haitao slapped the table hard, this is also too weird!

At this time, there was also heart-wrenching news from the communication room: "The Flying Fish reported that the Super Brave ...... and was sunk!" "Bastard!" Listening to the words of the communications officer, Long Guozhang kicked the chair hard, and the wooden chair suddenly split apart and sprinkled all over the war room.

"Young Master!?" The officers who were born on the side had red eyes in an instant, and Liu Haitao shouted even more, hoping that Li Mo could order the fleet to set off to save the Beiyang officers and soldiers who were about to collapse!

Li Mo clenched his fists and exhaled.

(To be continued)