As mentioned last time, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in a different time and space, Japan and the Qing Dynasty had different attitudes towards the war and decided to achieve different results.

At 12:20 on September 17, 1894, the "Beiyang Naval Division" changed from a double vertical formation to a horizontal formation during the march, with the flagship Dingyuan in the center, and the rest of the ships deployed in turn to the left and right, and the fleet was in a wedge-shaped echelon. At the same time, Ding Ruchang also issued an order: "All squads must act together; Always face the enemy with the bow of the ship; The ships are to be accompanied by the flagship as far as possible. ”

At 12:50, when the fleets of the two sides were 5,300 meters apart, the "flagship" of the "Beiyang Naval Division," that is, the "Dingyuan ship," opened fire first. The 1st Guerrilla Group of the "Combined Fleet" turned to the left at a distance of 5,000 meters from the Beiyang Naval Division and sailed to the right flank of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The "Combined Fleet" sailed to the right flank of the Beiyang Naval Division, risking exposing the fleet to the front of the Beiyang Naval Division. Ten seconds later, the Zhenyuan ship also fired shells, and immediately after, all the ships of the "Beiyang Fleet" fired artillery bombardment in unison. Three minutes later, the Japanese flagship "Matsushima" also began to fire back.

At 12:53, the flagship of the Japanese "Combined Fleet" "Matsushima" began to fire back. The main mast of the "Dingyuan" of the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Army was shot, and the signal rigging was destroyed by artillery fire, and it is also said that because the warship itself was decrepit, the "flying bridge" collapsed when the cannon was fired, so that Ding Ruchang, who was supervising the battle on the flying bridge, was seriously injured.

In an instant, hundreds of guns from both sides were fired at the same time, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the sea water was boiling. At the beginning of the war, the balance of forces between the two sides was as follows: name artillery / door torpedo tubes / frame total displacement / ton total strength / average speed of men / section Qing Dynasty "Beiyang Naval Division" 19555632100212610.2, while the Japanese "Combined Fleet" was 26856840840391614.5. Among them, the average speed of the Japanese 1st guerrilla group reached 19.4 knots.

According to the statistics of the British Navy Yearbook, the firing speed of rapid-fire guns at that time was six times that of the original rear-loading guns, and from this calculation, the "firepower" of the Japanese "Combined Fleet" was actually three times that of the "Beiyang Fleet" of the Qing Dynasty!

According to the order of sailing, the Japanese ships are equipped as follows: 1st Guerrilla Ship Name Captain Displacement / Ton Speed / Section Main Gun / Gate "Yoshino" Kawahara Yoichi 421622.5150mm Rapid-Fire Gun x 4 "Takachiho" Nomura Sada370918260mm x2 "Akitsuzu" Uemura Hikonojo 315019150mm Rapid-Fire Gun x4 "Naniwa" Togo Heihachiro 370918260mm ×2 Japanese First Group Formation Captain Ship Displacement / Ton Speed / Section Main Gun / Gate "Matsushima" Flagship: Omoto Knowi 427816320mm x1 "Chiyoda" Masatoshi Uchida 243919120mm rapid-fire gun x1 "Itsukushima" Yokoo Michiyu 427816320mm x1 The name of the second group of ships of the Japanese team, Captain Displacement/ton, speed/section, main gun/door, "Hashidate", Hiroshi Hidaka, 427816320mm x1, "Hiei", Sakurai Noriyuyuki, 228413.2170mm x2, "Fuso", Arai Yugong, 377713280mm x2 Japanese team left ship name, captain displacement / ton speed / section main gun / door "Saikyo Maru" Yunoki Kano 410015120mm "Akagi" Sakamoto Yataro 62210.25120mm.

The 12 warships of the "Beiyang Fleet" of the Qing Dynasty were equipped with the following names: Captain (pipe belt), displacement/ton, speed/section, main gun/door, "Dingyuan" flagship, Liu Buchan, 733514.5305mm x4, "Zhenyuan", Lin Taizeng, 733514.5305mm x4, "Jingyuan", Lin Yongsheng, 290015.5210mm x2, "Laiyuan", Qiu Baoren, 290015.5210mm x2, "Zhiyuan", Deng Shichang, 230018210mm x3, "Jingyuan" Ye Zuqi 230018210mm x3 "Jiyuan" Fang Boqian 230015210mm x2 "Pingyuan" Li He 210014.5260mm x1 "Chaoyong" Huang Jianxun 135015250mm x2 "Yangwei" Lin Luzhong 135015250mm x2 "Guangjia" Wu Jingrong 129615150mm x2 "Guangbing" Cheng Biguang 100017120mm x3.

Notes: The other six ships are the gunboats Zhennan and Zhenzhong and the torpedo boat Fulong, 1st from left, 2nd from right, and 3rd from right. Soon after the battle began, the flagship of the "Beiyang Fleet", the "Dingyuan" ship, was launched for 12 years and had not been repaired for 7 years, the main gun turret caught fire, Ding Ruchang was burned, and the letter flag was destroyed.

However, it is also said that it was caused by the shelling of Japanese ships, but Ding Ruchang refused to be carried into the inner compartment by his entourage, but insisted on sitting on the deck to supervise the battle. Taking advantage of the speed advantage, the four ships of the Japanese No. 1 Guerrilla Force circled and attacked the "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" on the right flank of the "Beiyang Fleet." The two ships were hit one after another and caught fire, withdrawing from the battle. At the same time, the Japanese ship "Yoshino" was also hit by the "Beiyang Fleet" and caught fire, but it was quickly extinguished.

At around 13:30, the "Chaoyong" was shot and sank, and its "pipe belt" Huang Jianxun fell into the water. The "No. 1 on the left" torpedo boat approached to rescue him and threw a long rope to help, but Huang Jianxun did not give up, calmly died, and died a martyr, while most of the officers and men on the ship also died heroically.

When the Japanese No. 1 Guerrilla Force circled the right flank of the Qing Dynasty's "Beiyang Fleet", this team also attacked with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet. Among the Japanese warships, the "Hiei", "Akagi", "Fuso", and "Saikyo Maru" were intercepted by the "Beiyang Fleet" of the Qing Dynasty. As a result, the Qing army's ships such as "Dingyuan", "Laiyuan", and "Jingyuan" also severely damaged the Japanese ships "Hiei" and "Akagi". And the captain of the "Akagi" Sakamoto Yataro was killed. "Saikyo Maru" was also hit hard!

At around 14:15, the Japanese fleet circled behind the Qing Dynasty's "Beiyang Fleet" and formed a flanking attack with the first guerrilla force. The Beiyang Fleet was attacked by the enemy, and the formation was even more chaotic. In the melee, the "Zhiyuan" ship, which had been rushing to the front of the Beiyang Fleet, was bombarded intensively by the "rapid-fire guns" of the Japanese Navy's "Yoshino" and "Takachiho" ships, and was wounded in many places and tilted its hull. The Japanese general Ito Yuhiro ordered the first guerrillas to rescue the "Akagi" and "Hiei".

The Japanese Navy's "Yoshino" rushed to the front and encountered the "Zhiyuan" ship that was on fire. Deng Shichang saw that the enemy ship "Yoshino" relied on its ships and guns to be unscrupulous, and said angrily: "If the Japanese ships are dedicated to Yoshino, and the ships are sunk, then our army can gather trouble." "Determined to collide with it, and die together!

Deng Shichang resolutely rammed into the starboard side of the Japanese capital ship "Yoshino" at full speed, and the Japanese officers and men were shocked when they saw this, and concentrated their artillery fire on the "Zhiyuan," and the torpedo tube on the right side of the "Zhiyuan" ship was hit, causing a large explosion. At 3:30, it tilted on the starboard side and sank over the Yellow Sea at 123 degrees 34 minutes east longitude and 39 degrees 32 minutes north latitude. Except for seven officers and men on the ship, all the rest from Deng Shichang and below were martyred.

This statement is closest to the truth, because when the "Zhiyuan" ship rushed to the enemy ship "Yoshino", it may have been so that it could use the "torpedo" to attack the enemy warship. However, there is another theory that the "Zhiyuan" was sunk by Japanese artillery, because before the war, the "Beiyang Naval Division" had already thrown torpedoes into the sea.

The "Jingyuan" of the Qing Dynasty's "Beiyang Naval Division" continued to meet the enemy ship "Yoshino", but was besieged by the four ships "Yoshino", "Naniwa", "Akitsuzu", and "Takachiho". The officers and men of the "Jingyuan" "fired cannons to attack the enemy, and flooded water to put out fires, and they were still in good order."

The "Jingyuan" ship resisted the battle for a long time with one enemy and four enemies. In the fierce battle, its "pipe band" Lin Yongsheng unfortunately "was suddenly hit by a cannonball and died of a split brain". Its "first mate" Chen Rong and "second mate" Chen Jingying were also killed by the gun.

Finally, under the siege of "Naniwa", "Yoshino", "Akitsuzu", "Takachiho". The "Jingyuan" ship was hit by a lot of bullets. Soon after, "the port bow sank into the water", and at 123 degrees 40 minutes and 7 seconds east longitude and 39 degrees 51 minutes north latitude, the bow of the ship turned east, and the port side capsized and sank. There were more than 200 officers and men on the ship, and all but 16 were rescued and escaped.

After the sinking of the "Zhiyuan" ship, Fang Boqian, the "pipe band" of the "Jiyuan" ship, and Wu Jingrong, the "pipe band" of the "Guangjia" ship, actually escaped from the battle. "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" withdrew from the battle because they were shot too much, and took refuge in the vicinity of Oshikashima to urgently repair the damaged machines. The "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" warships fought bloodily, and were hit by many bullets and caught fire several times. At 3:30 p.m., the 30.5-centimeter large-caliber guns of the "Zhenyuan" hit the Japanese flagship "Matsushima" twice in succession.

After the No. 4 turret on the aft deck of the "Matsushima" was shot, the flames triggered explosives and a large explosion occurred. Matsushima's shaft tilted 5 degrees, white smoke rose and a fire broke out. Soon, the "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" rushed to complete repairs and returned to battle.

Among the Japanese "warships" "Akagi", "Hiei", and "Saikyo Maru" were wounded, the situation of the flagship "Matsushima" was not optimistic, "Yoshino" and "Fuso" were also wounded, and seeing the "Beiyang Fleet" regrouping, Ito Yuheng ordered to withdraw from the battlefield at about 17:40.

The "Beiyang Fleet" pursued for a while, and also returned to Arthur for renovation, and was upgraded by the way. This was the end of the "Battle of the Yellow Sea," which lasted more than five hours.

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