While the Zhiyuan, Hailong, Haihu, Yoshino, and Akitsusu were fighting inextricably, the Takasago was happily chasing the Jiyuan, which had escaped from the battlefield. Although the Takasago also received a few shells, this 4,000-ship

The ton-class cutting-edge protected cruiser still had an absolute advantage over its prey! As the distance continued to get closer, the Takasago's artillery began to aim at Jiyuan.

2,500 meters! The Takasago began its first salvo. Intensive shells exploded around Jiyuan. The two-thousand-ton Beiyang battleship seemed to be frightened, and immediately lowered the dragon flag of the Beiyang Fleet and raised it.

There was a white flag symbolizing surrender, and there was a Japanese flag under the white flag!

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

"You're still not stopping the ship when the white flag is raised? Ignore him and keep shooting." Kaori Kaname glanced at Ji Yuan. His eyes were full of contempt. Any country's navy would look down on such a person who deserts friendly ships before the battle. And with

At the same time, Fang Boqian, who was hiding behind the dome of the Jiyuan, turned pale with fright. The scene dozens of minutes ago was like

It was like a nightmare. When the war first started, Fang Boqian also realized the huge gap between the two sides. Although he was scared, he did not run away until a shell fired from the Qiujinzhou hit Jiyuan, and the flying shrapnel shot into the Jiyuan control tower.

The first mate Shen Shouchang standing next to him was shot in the head. White brain matter and blood instantly sprayed all over Fang Boqian, who was extremely frightened.

Fang Boqian was stunned at the time. When he reacted and glanced around, the conning tower became a hell on earth. The first mate and second mate were both killed. The clock, transmission microphone and wheel rudder in the conning tower were also damaged.

(The above scene is based on "The Sinking of Sino-Japanese War") "No, I absolutely can't die like this." The desire to survive was completely suppressed for a moment.

He abandoned his responsibilities as a soldier. In his mind, only the rich family property and multiple concubines were left. Friendly ships and guilt were not as important in his eyes as returning as soon as possible! So, this coward in history

, after Xu Jie traveled through time, he was still a coward. He ordered the battleship to turn around, abandoning the fighting Zhiyuan, and fled the scene at full speed.

As the distance got closer, the Takasago's bombardment of the Jiyuan became more and more precise. Fang Boqian ran timidly to the engine room below the deck and did not dare to come out. However, this did not mean that other officers and soldiers on the Jiyuan wanted to fight with this cowardly captain.

Same. When the distance approached 1,500 meters, Jiyuan's long-silent tail cannon began to fire. Several sparse shells fell on the four Takasago ships, shooting water columns one after another.

"Shameless Qing people." Looking at the counterattack of the Jiyuan, Kawara Kaname cursed. Takasago accelerated towards Jiyuan like an enraged lion when he had the opportunity. He wanted to eat the opponent in one bite! But it was

At this time, a fast cruiser with a slender hull and elegant appearance was rapidly approaching the Takasago from the northwest, like a knife.

The flying shears plowed open the water, and the flying water dispersed in the air, forming a thin layer of water mist. It reflected rainbow-like colors under the sunlight. The Takasago, which was pursuing, did not notice the battleship.

The smoke column coming out of the chimney did not let the Japanese sentries surrounded by smoke appear until the cruiser appeared on the sea level!

"Your Majesty, Major General, a Qing cruiser appeared in the northwest direction." the first mate reported hurriedly.

"One?" After hearing the news of the discovery of an enemy ship, Kawara Kaname was surprised at first, but then he felt relieved. Even if it was the Qing Dynasty's new cruiser, Takasago couldn't beat it one against one. At least there would be no problem in retreating.

? Kawara Kaname glanced at Jiyuan, which was about 1 kilometer ahead, and shook his head unwillingly. With this ship disrupting the situation, he was afraid that the Jiyuan ship could escape. Should he withdraw first, and then return?

He wanted to sink Jiyuan before retreating. The two thoughts made Kawara want to be in conflict. After a while, Kawara wanted to make a decision to rush up first and carry out a lightning strike. If it failed, he would retreat again. The distance was only 1km anyway.

Compared with the 7-knot speed difference between the two sides, they can get close in an instant. Just fire and go away. If you are lucky, you can sink it. If you are unlucky, just dodge immediately and nothing will happen.

Kawara Kaichi's idea was good, and the distance to Jiyuan was indeed good for the high-speed Takasago. However, tragically, in the few minutes it took to charge and then release the torpedoes, the lookout on the Takasago came again.

Good news, two other unknown warships are rushing towards Takasago from the side and behind!!

"This chaos has actually hoisted a white flag!" Lin Yongsheng said angrily when he saw Jiyuan who was fleeing and the white flag on Jiyuan.

"Don't worry about him, let's get rid of this Japanese warship first." In Xu Jie's eyes, Fang Boqian is already dead. This time when he goes back, Fang Boqian must die!! And what he is more concerned about now is the layout he has planned for a long time.

, can this new Japanese cruiser be killed? For this reason, Xu Jie did not hesitate to send only Hailong and Haihu to support, and even sent the ship

The team dispersed and surrounded Takasago from all sides. You must know that there was no radio at the time. This kind of action could only depend on the captain's judgment. But fortunately, whether it was Lin Yongsheng, Lin Yingqi, or Xu Jiexin, the retired navy recruited from the United Kingdom

Major Zhao Yuanjie (Chinese) is quite good in quality, but now he has formed a tendency to surround Takasago!

Looking at the three cruisers approaching at high speed in the distance, Kawara Kaname's first feeling was that this was a trap!! A naked trap!! He used Zhiyuan and Jiyuan as bait to lure him into pursuit, and then ambush him at a suitable place."

The Qing people are too cunning." He Yuan gritted his teeth.

Kawara Kaname, 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? Instead, Jiyuan left the seriously injured Zhiyuan and ran away alone? What if

It's a bait. Why did Jiyuan hang up when he saw reinforcements coming?

Wearing white flags and Japanese flags and keeping our heads down and continuing to run? If Kawara knew that Jiyuan’s supervisor Fang Boqian was huddled in the engine room of Jiyuan with his head in his arms, I don’t know how he would feel. However, he might never have the chance to think about it in his life.

I understand the reason, because just before the Takasago turnaround, I

When they were escaping quickly, Xu Jie's flagship Guiyuan had already rushed over. At a distance of 3,000 meters, Guiyuan's rangefinder transmitted data to each gun position through the vehicle bell. With the sound of the shells entering the chamber, Guiyuan,

This war machine carefully built by Xu Jie finally showed its sharp fangs!!

In just 2 minutes, Kawara Kaname, who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy, keenly discovered that the firepower of the two sides was not at the same level at all! It was not just because Takasago's side strings were five 4.7-inch guns, and the opponent's were four 6-inch guns.

inch gun. More importantly, he discovered that the opponent's 8-inch main gun had a rate of fire so fast? Takasago's 8-inch main gun had a rate of fire of

Clearly, if you lift up the shells and then store them for shooting, you can shoot every 1 and a half to 1 minute. But if you finish shooting the shells and powder bags stored in the gun emplacement, you need to lift the shells again.

The speed is much slower. But the 8-inch turret gun of Beiyang's new cruiser really subverted Kawara Kaname's cognition. A wave of main gun fire every 30 seconds made

The rear admiral of the Japanese Combined Fleet completely lost confidence in escaping. 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 trial state, and after a long and fierce battle, the battleship would inevitably appear.

Water ingress and losses. Especially after the stern of the ship was hit by an 8-inch shell, a large amount of water entered, and the hull was hit by a 6-pound shell.

Even if the 3-pounder hits, a hole will be left. Although there is a dome at the back to block water, water will still enter to some extent. If the pursuit is a battleship like Zhiyuan, Takasago can still evacuate at a relatively high speed.

, but now, he encountered three light armored cruisers chasing and intercepting them. And the opponent's speed was not less than 23 knots!!

"I wonder if Yoshino and Akitsusu know about the China people's plan?" At this moment, the competent Kawara Kaname suddenly remembered the other two battleships. "No, we can't leave the fleet here, even if we die, we will die.

Take the Beiyang Fast Fleet away from the battlefield." Thinking of this, Kawara had to order Takasago to turn around and sail away from the battlefield. If Yoshino and Akitsusu could sink Zhiyuan and escape, would it also save some face for the Imperial Navy?

"The abacus is good, but it doesn't help." Seeing the Takasago turning around for the second time, Xu Jie sneered. Xu Jie could see Kawara Kaname's plan at a glance. It's a pity that even Amaterasu can't save him now.

It’s your fault. The Takasago is going to be eaten, and it’s going to be eaten quickly. Soon, the Guiyuan

Adjusting the course and cutting off the Takasago's retreat, the distance between the two battleships quickly shortened, from over 2,000 meters to about 1,200 meters. The sides of the warships were almost facing each other, which was an excellent shooting condition. The two Qing and Japanese warships fired their bow guns one after another.

, pouring this firepower on the opponent with its fastest rate of fire.

"Hit." Accompanied by the cheers of the Japanese gunners, Kawara Kaname saw a 4.7-inch shell accurately hit the side string of the Guiyuan, and then a burst of fire spread out from the center of the bullet. "Uh." But then

After the smoke cleared, Kawara wanted to have a meal

He was speechless at the time. The highly anticipated shot only left a hole in the armor of the Guiyuan, with some traces of fire next to it. Then, nothing happened! "This is absolutely impossible." Kawara Kaname

It is very clear that the 4.7-inch gun is in the

There is no problem in penetrating 6-inch steel-faced armor at such a short distance. According to the intelligence, the light cruiser in front of us obviously cannot have a 6-inch main armor. But it just didn’t penetrate! But the battle situation is no longer

Give the rear admiral too much time

Consider the problem. The 8-inch main gun, 6-inch string gun and 3-inch string gun on the Guiyuan fired shells at the fastest speed. At the peak of the intensity, there were 6 8-inch shells and 15 6-inch shells per minute.

There are at least 25 rounds of 3-inch cannons flying towards Takasago!

!More than one and a half tons of ammunition fell in an area with a radius of about 100 meters centered on the Takasago ship. Just 5 minutes later, the surface of the Takasago ship was turned into a sea of ​​flames. At first, there were some brave men who tried to put out the fire, but they just rushed out.

Not a few steps

It was forced back by the fire and poisonous smoke, or it was smashed into pieces by flying bomb fragments and shrapnel. The side of the ship was also punched with several 6-inch and 8-inch holes, and a large amount of seawater poured directly into the hull. The Takasago hull was obviously tilted.

Tilt to the right, and the speed drops again and again.

As for the close-range battle, although the Takasago had some hits before each gun position was destroyed, except for a few hits on buildings that caused a small fire, the shells that hit the side string of the battleship were all blocked without exception. The most frustrating thing for Kawara Kaname was

One is desperate, one is

The 8-inch shell clearly hit the main turret of the Guiyuan, but not only did the shell fail to penetrate the turret, it even bounced off and fell into the water before it had time to explode. Then a water column surged up and splashed with water.

On the deck of the Guiyuan...

"That Japanese warship is finished." Hannagan said while standing on the deck of the Gaosheng. How did Hannagan see this scene? It's actually very simple. At first, he was going to take the Gaosheng to rendezvous with Jiyuan Zhiyuan.

Then they rushed to North Korea, but on the way, Cheng Guangbi's two warships caught up and told them that there would be fighting ahead and asked them to get out of the way first, and showed Xu Jie's handwriting. Start

Hannagan and others did not buy it, but after seeing the two Japanese cruisers fighting Zhiyuan in the distance, Gao Huiti, the captain of the Gaosheng, immediately decided to return to the ship. As a result, while avoiding the battleship, he happened to see the first battleship Guiyuan.

The scene of the battle! When they heard the sound of cannons, the soldiers of the Huai Army on board the Gaosheng also walked onto the deck one after another to observe this first battle of the Beiyang Navy with the British captain and the German instructor!

After Suiyuan joined the bombardment, Takasago finally met its end. All the artillery on the fighting side were destroyed by the attack of two new Beiyang warships. The entire side string had been riddled with holes and was flammable.

The fire caused by the excellent picric acid explosive completely engulfed the entire bridge, and the battleship had turned into a sea of ​​flames. It was only a matter of time before the Takasago sank.

"Major General, please get on the lifeboat quickly?" the loyal first mate said sincerely.

"Get in the lifeboat? Do you want me to be a prisoner?" Kawara slapped the first mate to the ground like an angry lion. Then he pulled out his sword and prepared to kill this greedy man with a knife. But

Seeing that the opponent's face was covered with blood, Kawara threw away the sword again and said feebly: "

Open the sea valve and don't let the Qing people drag the Takasago back. Let the Takasago go with dignity." Then the rear admiral of the Japanese combined fleet sat motionless on the chair. 15 minutes later, the Takasago finally sank. This was the Yellow Sea.

The first modern warship sunk in the war, but this is just the beginning.

"Commander Xu, what should we do with the Japanese sailors who fell into the water?" Lin Yongsheng asked.

"Send a signal to Gao Sheng and ask them to salvage the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water and send them back to Lushun. We will chase Kaiyuan immediately." Xu Jie said without even looking at the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water.

"It's despicable for these Japanese to fight without declaring it. It's better to let them drown." the first mate muttered.

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