At 3:20, the main mast of the Japanese ship Yoshino completely sank after it spitted out its last breath of air bubble.

Then, the remaining three warships of the Japanese Navy's First Guerrilla opened fire violently at the Zhiyuan, preparing to avenge the sinking of Yoshino.

The Zhiyuan ship was besieged to rescue the Dingyuan ship that caught fire, and was covered with scars. At this moment, it was besieged by the crazy Japanese Navy Takachiho, Akizusa and Langsu. The hull caught fire in many places, and the situation was critical.

At this time, the fire in the Dingyuan ship had been extinguished, and he hurriedly reinforced the Zhiyuan ship and used heavy armor to block the shells fired by the enemy ship.

Theoretically, the ironclad ship can only be sunk by ironclad ships of the same level. The shells fired by the Japanese ship can only be smashed to pieces and cannot penetrate them.

"Dongdong!"

Two double-equipped 305mm main guns in front and behind the Dingyuan ship opened fire angrily, and solid armor-piercing projectiles weighing 325 kilograms were fired at the Japanese ship.

The three Japanese ships were eager to take revenge and forgot that the Dingyuan had put out the fire and restored its combat effectiveness. At such a close-range battle, the shells arrived in an instant, and it was too late to avoid it.

"Boom boom boom!"

Among the four shells, three shells shot into the sea, instantly arousing water column dozens of meters high, and the waves splashed hundreds of meters, making them amazingly powerful.

The fourth shell hit the starboard deck of Langsuo. The huge penetration force of the shell quickly penetrated the deck armor with only 70 mm protection, and continuously penetrated three layers of armor protection into the boiler room.

The Langsu No. 3 boiler was immediately opened, and a large amount of high-temperature steam and hot water leaked out. Five or six nearby Japanese sailors and workers were instantly scalded to death.

But unfortunately, Dingyuan launched armor-piercing bombs, which had strong penetration but insufficient lethality.

The 6 coal-fired boilers of Langsuo can immediately detonate these six high-pressure boilers as long as the shells can explode, which is enough to sink Langsuo.

Wang Chenhao in the distance was happy that the Dingyuan ship's gun could hit it even if it could not hit the wave speed. Unfortunately, he had not responded after waiting for a few minutes and was disappointed.

However, Langsu did not please him. The steam leak of boilers No. 3 caused heavy casualties near boilers No. 2 and No. 4, and they were forced to evacuate one after another.

Although the Japanese Navy had strong damage and pipe damage, it could not prevent the speed of the Langsuo. Captain Hirahachiro Togo was afraid of the Dingyuan cannon and hurriedly turned around and drove away.

When the captains of Takachiho and Akizushi saw the Langsu depart, they also noticed that the Dingyuan had recovered its combat effectiveness and did not dare to fight at close range anymore, so they hurriedly stayed away.

The Zhiyuan ship hid behind the Dingyuan ship, quickly put out the fire, repaired machines and armor, and dealt with casualties.

Deng Shichang originally wanted to fight again, but unfortunately he was exhausted, and he only suffered casualties when he went up. So he took the banner of "the ammunition of this ship was exhausted" and prepared to withdraw from the battle sequence.

At this time, the Jiyuan ship manager Fang Boqian sent a signal to the Zhiyuan ship that "the ship has sufficient ammunition to replenish supplies". Deng Shichang was overjoyed, so the second ship temporarily withdrew from the battle sequence and headed to the Dadonggou River mouth to hedge ammunition.

Wang Chenhao saw it really, and secretly scolded Fang Boqian for being shameless.

Wang Chenhao saved the Zhiyuan ship and Deng Shichang, and at the same time changed history. Fang Boqian did not have to be scared to escape, nor did he have to collide with the powerful, so he would not be beheaded.

However, Wang Chenhao can change the battlefield, but he cannot change Fang Boqian's timid character.

It is obvious that Fang Boqian provided ammunition supply to Deng Shichang just to apply oil to the soles of his feet and stay away from the battlefield. The essence is to be afraid of fighting.

At this moment, the Japanese joint fleet still had eight warships including Matsushima, Itsujima, Hashita, Chiyoda, Fusang, Takachiho, Akizusa and Nasuo who could still fight. Nishikyo Maru, Hiei, and Akagi were severely damaged and left the battlefield and were towed back to Japan by the Japanese Navy's towboat.

The Beiyang Navy also has Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Laiyuan, Guangjia, Guangbing, gunboat Zhennan, Zhenzhong and torpedo boat Fulong, the first, second and third-level warships on the left, second and third-level right are fighting, Zhiyuan and Jiyuan are hedging supplies, and the Yangwei is stranding is under emergency repair, which is greater than the Japanese fleet.

The Japanese fleet has greatly reduced its overall combat effectiveness without the fire support of the Yoshino.

The French designed the Sanjing ship, which was specially designed to deal with the two giant iron armored ships in Dingzhen, has a single 320mm Ghana main gun, proved to be too slow to accurately aim, and thus failed to hit the Dingzhen second ship, which has become a serious failed design.

But Yuki Ito still believes that they still have a chance to win, that is, the Japanese fleet is stronger than the Beiyang Navy in terms of speed and ammunition reserves.

From the insufficient ammunition of the Zhiyuan ship, we can find that the Beiyang Navy was not prepared for war during this trip to Dadonggou, so the ammunition of each ship was insufficient. The Japanese Combined Fleet was prepared and the ammunition of each ship was sufficient, so Yuki Ito continued to order the battle.

At this time, the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers were under great pressure after sinking the Yoshino Hokage.

The mast tower of the Dingyuan ship was destroyed and the fleet flagship command flag could not be raised. At this time, the Zhenyuan ship manager Lin Tai once raised the fleet flagship on behalf of Ding Ruchang, and regrouped the Beiyang Navy ships and arranged them in an array.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Beiyang Navy knew the strengths of the Japanese fleet and its own shortcomings. The tunnel no longer used the Yanxing Formation, but formed the two ships of Dingzhen as flesh shields to block the enemy in front. The six ships of Jingyuan, Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Laiyuan, Guangjia and Guangbing were divided into two groups, avoiding the side of the two ships of Dingzhen, waiting for an opportunity to disrupt the enemy formation, and concentrate firepower to attack and land a single enemy ship.

The Beiyang Navy was raided before, but was not prepared. He hastily formed a geese formation, but became a burden because of its slow speed. In addition, the Dingyuan mast tower was destroyed, so the fleet had no way to command the tunnel to give the Japanese fleet an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now Lin Tai has raised the flag and commanded the command. After the Beiyang Navy changed its formation, it greatly increased its attack power, exerting the power of the two giant ships and cannons in Dingzhen.

At about 4 o'clock, the fleets of both sides broke out again after several changes and adjustments.

The Japanese joint fleet still adopted the tactic of using fast to defeat the enemy, trying to use speed to force the Beiyang navy to disperse and then defeat them one by one.

Unexpectedly, the Beiyang Navy ships centered on the two ships Dingzhen as the center and maneuvered around the two ships so that they would not be left alone.

The two ships in Dingzhen turned in a small circle, always facing the direction of the artillery fire of the Japanese fleet, leaning on the ironclad ship as a thick flesh as a meat shield to block shells for other cruisers.

Whenever the Japanese fleet ventured to approach the attack, the shells it fired were blocked by the Dingzhen two ships. Other Beiyang Navy warships flexibly maneuvered to the other side and attacked the flanks of the Japanese warships, causing considerable losses to the Japanese Navy.

The Japanese fleet ships did not dare to approach the second ship of Dingzhen for a long time, for fear of being hit by their large-caliber main artillery, so they could only circle long distances most of the time.

Looking from a high altitude, the Beiyang Navy turned into a small circle. Although the speed was slow, it could complete the maneuver of a small perimeter. The Japanese fleet was afraid of the main gun of Dingzhen and could only circle the Beiyang Navy around the Beiyang Navy. Although the speed was fast, it was offset by the large perimeter. The maneuvering trajectory of both sides was like a concentric circle, and the Japanese ships could never seize the favorable attack position.

In this way, the speed advantage that the Japanese fleet relies on is offset.

During the close-range attack, the Beiyang Navy had two flesh shields blocking it, and the long-range attack was obviously the strength of the Dingzhen two ships, so the Japanese Navy still suffered a loss.

Without the Yoshino, the Japanese Navy has no tactical opportunity.

At 4:30, the Japanese Navy flagship Matsushima Island was attacked by a 305mm shell in Zhenyuan for a long-range attack. Most of the facilities were destroyed, causing more than 30 Japanese casualties, more than half of which were the staff officers of the bridge. Even Yuki Ito was injured and the commander was paralyzed.

Five hours after the war began, the Japanese fleet ships also lost command of their flagship Matsushima.

Now, the Japanese fleet had to fight on their own, and the overall combat power was suddenly greatly reduced.

At 4:50, because the No. 3 boiler was damaged, the No. 2 and No. 4 boilers were affected by the No. 3 boiler. After the emergency repair, the power could not keep up, and the speed dropped sharply to 10 knots. As a result, it was frequently attacked by the Beiyang Navy Liuyuan, covered in scars. It had to stay away from the battlefield and stop the ship to repair the battleship.

At this moment, Wang Chenhao was driving the Jiaolong and staying at the sank of Yoshino. His two mechanical arms kept attacking the Japanese sailors who were asking for help on the sea.

"Dare to invade China, you will never die in your next life!"

The huge robot attacked left and right. Whenever he caught the Japanese sailors, he would immediately drag them into the sea and drowned them alive, or the strength on the road was not controlled properly, so he would directly kill them.

In less than half an hour, all the 100 sailors who survived the Yoshino, including Kawahara Yaoichi, were killed by Wang Chenhao.

Then, Wang Chenhao drove the Jiaolong into the sea and prepared to take some spoils from the Yoshino to show off.

It happened that the bow of the Yoshino was blown up and the anchor chain was broken.

Wang Chenhao thought that the Japanese put the Dingyuan anchor in the park to show off, so out of revenge, he also picked up the Yoshino anchor and took it back as a spoil.

After the Jiaolong floated up, Wang Chenhao suddenly found that the Langsuo was stopping the ship in the distance.

The maneuverable warships are not easy to explode, so what about the moored warships?
Chapter completed!