Chapter 148: Supernatural Events

Unexpectedly, Ye Zhichao, this kid, finally withdrew. Li Shucheng said.

"It's okay to withdraw. Jiang Mingyue said, "I will not throw these more than 10,000 lives in Pyongyang." ”

The Oriental Army did not expect the Qing army to retreat, did not ambush on the road, and waited for dawn to attack, all the way to Pyongyang without hindrance, only to find that the Qing army had already left.

The Qing army retreated, and it was impossible for Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue to stay in Pyongyang anymore, and they also left that night.

After following the Qing army for a day, and making sure that the Oriental army had not pursued them, the two men went northwest, intending to cross the northern Yellow Sea to the Liaodong Peninsula. At this time, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet was escorting the troop carrier to land in Dadonggou and was preparing to return.

Soon after dawn, the two of them were walking across the Yellow Sea when they suddenly spotted an Oriental warship, and it was stretched wide open.

Jiang Mingyue said: "Look at them and look like they are looking for the Beiyang Fleet. "Of the three naval divisions of the Qing Kingdom, there is only the Beiyang Naval Division in the north.

"Follow them, and you can also send a message to the sailor. Li Shucheng said.

"There is no shelter on the sea, and you still need to report the news?" Jiang Mingyue said with a smile, "As soon as the Oriental Army approaches, it will be discovered." ”

"I'm afraid that the people who observe don't care!" Li Shucheng said, "I don't have this confidence in the Qing army now." ”

Two hours later, Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue, who were following the Oriental Military Fleet, discovered the Beiyang Fleet, and then the Oriental Army also discovered the warships of the Beiyang Fleet.

Soon after the Oriental Army discovered the warships of the Beiyang Fleet, the Beiyang Fleet also discovered the warships of the Oriental Fleet, and the fleet began to adjust its formation and prepare for battle.

Time passed slowly, Li Shucheng looked at the Beiyang Fleet that continued to sail, and said: "At this time, we should take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Oriental Fleet has not yet rushed over, and attack these warships first." ”

An hour and a half later, the Oriental warships gradually came to converge and began to approach the Beiyang Fleet. The Beiyang Fleet on the move slowed down and adjusted the formation in a line, which was a defensive formation.

"The speed of the ship is not as fast as that of the Oriental warships, and there is no way to get rid of the other side, so I can only defend. Jiang Mingyue said.

The two sides were more than 5,000 meters apart, and the Dingyuan, the flagship of the Beiyang Fleet, opened fire first, and the rest of the warships also opened fire one after another, shelling the first echelon of the Eastern Fleet. However, the opponent had been prepared for a long time, and the speed was fast, so he turned in time to leave the shells behind.

Soon after the start of the war, the main turret of the old flagship Dingyuan caught fire, and Ding Ruchang was burned, but he refused to enter the cabin for treatment and insisted on sitting on the deck to command.

The leading generals are so unafraid of sacrifice, and the Beiyang Fleet naturally does not hesitate to die and fight hard.

The right-wing Chaoyong suffered heavy damage and sank after catching fire, and Li Shucheng hurriedly dissolved the whirlpool caused by the sinking of the warship, so as to prevent the officers and men of the navy who fell into the water from being taken to the bottom of the sea.

When the first echelon of the Oriental Fleet circled the right flank of the Beiyang Fleet, this team also attacked with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet. The Oriental warships Hiei, Akagi, Fuso, and Saikyo Maru were intercepted by the Beiyang Fleet, and Hiei and Akagi were heavily damaged.

Half an hour later, the main squadron of the Oriental Fleet and the first echelon of the encircling attack formed a flanking attack, and the Beiyang Fleet was attacked by the enemy on its back and began to be confused.

The Zhiyuan ship, which had been rushing ahead, was bombarded intensively, was injured in many places, and its hull tilted. At this time, the Toyo Yoshino ship, which was strong and gunned, was in front of the Zhiyuan ship, so the Zhiyuan ship rammed into the Yoshino ship at full speed.

"Shucheng, the Zhiyuan ship collided with the Oriental ship. Jiang Mingyue said.

Li Shucheng looked up and said, "What a good man who is not afraid of life and death! The distance is not close, and the speed of the Zhiyuan ship is slow, and it will be intercepted by the opponent's artillery." We're going to help them. ”

The two of them quickly came to the back of the Zhiyuan ship underwater, and the panicked Oriental Fleet in the spiritual sense began to open fire to intercept it, and the two put their hands on the stern of the Zhiyuan ship, and with a push, the speed of the Zhiyuan ship, which had reached the maximum, suddenly accelerated, leaving the cannonball behind. After two rounds of shells, the Zhiyuan ship was hit by two more shots, but at this time it was too close to the Oriental warship Yoshino, and the officers and men on the Zhiyuan ship scolded and screamed angrily, without any fear of death. On the other hand, the Oriental soldiers on the Yoshino ship let out a desperate howl, watching the Zhiyuan ship crash over.

There was a muffled sound, and the Zhiyuan ship was crashing into the middle of the Yoshino ship, and the two ships were heavily damaged and sank at a tilt. Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue rescued the sailor generals who fell into the water, and assassinated the Oriental soldiers who fell into the water. Since the Oriental soldiers have fallen into the water, don't come up again.

The Zhiyuan ship crashed and sank the Yoshino, although the Yoshino was not the largest warship in the Oriental Fleet, but it was indeed the fastest and best-equipped warship. The Yoshino ship sank, and the Oriental army was sad and aroused the barbaric heart, and the three nearby Oriental warships vented their anger on the Jingyuan ship, and the officers and men on the Jingyuan ship were not afraid, and the warship was hit and caught fire many times and still did not retreat, causing a lot of damage to the enemy ship and then sinking the bow of the ship.

"Mingyue, you go to save people, I'll go to that Qiujin Island. Li Shucheng pointed to the enemy ship Qiujinzhou and said.

After speaking, Li Shucheng quickly came to the bottom of Qiujinzhou, took out a cannon barrel from the space, and fought hard to hit Qiujinzhou quickly with both hands.

The Oriental soldiers on Akitsu Island suddenly felt a shock, and then heard a long "bang", and the captain of the ship, Uemura, shouted, "What happened? Hurry up and check the warship." ”

Soon an Oriental soldier ran out of the cabin and reported: "Captain, the hull of the ship has been torpedoed, the shipyard has been flooded, leave the warship!"

"Yaga! The Jingyuan ship on the other side is already silent, where are there enemy ships nearby? Where are the torpedoes without enemy ships?" shouted Uemura.

"My subordinates don't know, but the cabin is indeed flooded. The soldier said.

"Yaga!" Uemura listened, angry but helpless, slapped the soldier twice to vent his anger, and then led people out of Qiujinzhou.

Two warships with fast speed, each equipped with four rapid-fire guns sank, the strength of the two sides was almost the same, a big battle, the Zhenyuan ship hit the flagship of the Middle East Ocean Matsushima twice in a row, the rear deck turret of Matsushima was hit by a bullet and caught fire, the flames triggered explosives, and a large explosion occurred.

Soon after, the damaged Jingyuan and Laiyuan ships were repaired and re-entered into battle. Yoshino and Akitsuzu were sunk, the Toyo Fleet Akagi, Hiei, and Nishikyo Maru were badly damaged, Fuso and the flagship Matsushima were wounded, and the Toyo Fleet finally withdrew from the battlefield as the Hokuyo Fleet regrouped. The Beiyang Fleet pursued for a while, and also closed the group and returned home.

In this battle, the Beiyang Fleet sank four warships, many of which suffered heavy damage, and Guangjia ran aground after escaping the battlefield, and there was no need for rescue, and it self-destructed a few days later. The Beiyang Fleet returned to Lushun, and after a short rest, returned to Weihai for repairs.

After the evacuation of the Oriental Army, they analyzed the battle and concluded that because the Qing army did not want to die, they hit and sank Yoshino, and Akitsu Zhou was only unlucky to touch the torpedo, and the three warships of the Beiyang Fleet were sunk by them personally, so it was concluded that they had surpassed the Beiyang Fleet, and the next battle would definitely be able to severely damage the Beiyang Fleet.

Soon the spies planted in Beijing City came with the news that Li Hongzhang, in order to preserve his strength, ordered the Beiyang Fleet not to patrol the sea to meet the enemy.

At this time, the Dongyang government was very happy, and decided to replenish the logistics materials, and the troops in the territory of Korea crossed the Yalu River all the way to attack Liaodong, and the other way from Pyongyang to the Liaodong Peninsula by boat, and after landing, the two sides attacked.

In late October, Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue, who had been waiting on the islands off the Liaodong Peninsula, finally waited for the Oriental Army troop carrier.

This time, the two of them had the idea of annihilating the entire Oriental Army, otherwise they would let the Oriental Army go to the Liaodong Peninsula, and they didn't know how many people would be killed or injured.

The two figures flashed, came to the top of the Oriental ship, and at the same time, the air was stirred, and the Oriental soldiers on the ship looked at the two pitch-black balls above in amazement, and gradually moved with the air, forming a Taiji pattern, and then the lightning split the storm and reached the sea surface to form two tornadoes, and the Oriental soldiers who came back to their senses hurriedly wanted to steer the ship away, but something strange happened, the ship was bumpy, but it was impossible to escape from this sea at all.

One by one, the Oriental soldiers were sucked away by the tornado and disappeared without a trace. The leading general ordered the troops to take refuge in the cabin, but hiding in the cabin did not save them, and the air in the cabin was emptied.

After more than ten minutes, the two of them stopped and came to the boat. Most of the Oriental soldiers who hid in the cabin suffocated to death, and a few fell unconscious. Kill the unconscious Toyo soldiers, put all the corpses into the space, and the two leave quickly.

"This time I overexerted myself, I'm afraid I will have to raise it for a few years. After going ashore at the entrance of the garden, Li Shucheng said with a sigh. Although the two of them looked majestic just now, and the corpses of more than 25,000 people could also increase the space a lot, the price paid by the two was that the golden pill the size of the lower dantian egg completely dissipated, and the middle dantian golden pill also shrank from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of a pigeon's egg.

Two days after the two left, the fishermen found the Oriental boat parked at sea and hurried back to report it to the official army.

The officers and soldiers got the news, but they were indifferent, just waiting for the Oriental army to come. The people had no choice but to go back. However, for the sake of their lives, the people of the nearby villages united and planned to defend the village against the enemy.

After another day, it was found that the enemy had not yet come, and the village sent a few men with good water characteristics to investigate. Before a few men arrived, they found that the ship was still here, and there was no one on board.

A man was stupid and bold, got off the fishing boat and swam over and shouted a few times, but no one answered. Now he was even more daring, and swam directly into the group of ships, and then he found a ladder on a ship, and climbed up it, and saw some guns littered on the deck. He had seen a gun, too, and although he couldn't use it, he picked one up and held it before reaching out into the cabin.

The big bull entered the cabin and collected it, and hurriedly ran to the deck and shouted: "Come here, come here! There is no one on board!"

They searched all the boats, and there was no one on board.

"The guns are still there, where do you say the people have gone? Da Niu asked suspiciously.

"You ask me, who do I ask?" said one man, "Is it taken by God?"

The Qing army got the news from the big bull and finally took action, not to mention those ships, even the guns on them are worth a trip!

Drove the ship back to the port, and the Qing army couldn't find the reason for the disappearance of the people, so they could only think that these Oriental soldiers were collected by the heavens, just like the big bulls, otherwise they couldn't explain it.