At this time, the commander of the Japanese ship adjusted his strategy in time, using his team to concentrate on dealing with Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, while the first guerrillas attacked Jingyuan and Laiyuan with all their might. The purpose was to prevent the Beiyang fleet from looking after each other, and to strive to sink the weaker Jingyuan and Laiyuan first, and then siege the two giant ships with all their might.

Jingyuan and Laiyuan formed a temporary team under the siege of four ships, with few enemies and many fighting hard for a long time. The deputy general of the right wing left battalion of the Beiyang Navy, the Laiyuan commander Qiu Baoren, led the officers and soldiers of the Laiyuan ship to fight to the death. When Chicheng was chasing Chicheng, unfortunately was hit by the tail artillery shells of Akagi. At that time, the Japanese joint fleet was widely equipped with shells loaded with strong medicines, the Laiyuan ship ignited a fire and could hardly be cleaned up. The Laiyuan cabin was too many shots, and dozens of cabins were burned. The first guns in the ship were still fired, and the soldiers tried hard to put out the fire.

Jingyuan was also shot more than 100 times and a fire broke out. So the two ships rushed out of the siege one after another, headed to the near Dalu Island, occupying favorable terrain, leaning against the shallows, and using heavy artillery on the head of the ship to fight against the enemy. After the first guerrillas arrived, they did not dare to approach the situation, so they could only fire artillery from afar, losing the advantage of siege on all sides. The two ships took the opportunity to extinguish the fire and repair it. Under the command of Qiu Baoren and Ye Zugui, the officers and soldiers of the two ships fought against the enemy and put out the fire, and finally put out the fire.

In the original combat waters, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were already in a siege and fought fiercely against the five ships led by Songdo. Dingyuan, Zhenyuan was a rare iron-armored giant ship among the navies of various countries in the world at that time. Although the tonnage was only of medium tonnage, the main gun caliber was first-class. The Japanese Navy tried hard for more than ten years to defeat the second ship.

In the left-wing central camp guerrillas, the Zhenyuan gang led the army. Yang Yonglin said to his subordinates: "There is no need to win the battle, but this sea is the place where I die!" Then he said: "The time is coming! I will serve the country with death."

The subordinates were so excited that they burst into tears and said, "Don't you die, why do we live? We go through fire and water, only the Lord's orders!"

During the naval battle, Yang Yonglin assisted the left-wing general Lin Taizeng, commanding the soldiers of the ship to fight hard. In the fierce artillery fire, the flagship Dingyuan caught fire, and the flames surged, spreading to the entire ship. At this critical moment, Yang Yonglin suddenly turned to the rudder of Zhenyuan, blocked Dingyuan, and launched an attack on the enemy ship, so that Dingyuan could extinguish the fire immediately and respond to the enemy calmly.

The Western Navy officials who were watching the battle in nearby waters at that time all praised: "If Zhenyuan does not have the support, Dingyuan will be in danger."

At three o'clock, when Dingyuan was two thousand meters away from the Japanese flagship Matsushima, Dingyuan sent a huge bomb hit Matsushima, and exploded with a bang, hitting the deck, causing the ammunition piled up on the deck to explode. There were 113 casualties and soldiers, accounting for 32% of the depot. Fleet Commander Yuki Ito saw the urgent situation, ordered a military band to replenish the gunners and personally directed the fire to extinguish them.

At this time, Dingyuan caught fire again, and Jingyuan, Laiyuan, had repaired and restored its combat effectiveness. Liu Guanxiong, who had been assisting in commanding the Jingyuan ship, saw that the situation was critical, immediately suggested to Guanye Zugui: "Sir! The Dingyuan ship must be injured and unable to command. Now the situation is urgent, our ship should immediately replace the command and gather the ships. Otherwise, our army is in danger of being wiped out." Ye Zugui also felt that this should be done, so he boldly accepted Liu Guanxiong's suggestion and resolutely ordered the order flag to be raised on the Jingyuan ship and shoulder the important task of commanding the fleet's actions.

Then the Jingyuan ship sent a signal of gathering to the scattered ships. At the nearby Laiyuan, Pingyuan and Guangyuan, three cruisers, two gunboats and four torpedo boats, they all rushed to meet. Under the command of the Jingyuan ship, the ships lined up again to fight the First Guerrillas. The fierce artillery battle reached its climax again.

By four o'clock in the afternoon, the fire was finally put out, but the facilities on the ship had been destroyed and they had lost their command and combat capabilities as flagships. Due to the inability to sink the Dingzhen Second Iron Craft, the Japanese fleet became afraid, so the Matsushima tried his best to get rid of Dingyuan, Zhenyuan Second Ship and escape to the southeast. Seeing this, the other four ships of our team ignored the First Guerrillas and fled.

So the two giant ships of the Beiyang Fleet took advantage of their heavy artillery and heavy armor, seriously injured the Japanese ship, and instead took the initiative. The Japanese ship retreated when they saw the situation was defeated.

After the Japanese fleet turned around and retreated, the two ships of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were chasing each other. When the two sides were two or three nautical miles apart, the Japanese ship had to go back and fight again. The fierce artillery battle reached its climax at this time. In the fierce artillery fire, all the Japanese ships were injured to varying degrees.

The Beiyang Fleet became more and more brave and its momentum was greatly boosted. At 5:30, Yuuki Ito saw that most of the ships in the team were injured and could not fight again. The Beiyang Fleet gathered the ships and became more and more excited, so he sent out a signal to stop the battle. Before the first guerrillas could not meet, he continued to flee southward. The Beiyang Fleet, Ding, Jing, Come, Ping, and B, chased after the rear. The Beiyang Fleet could not keep up with the speed, so he could only watch the gradually fleeing the far-flying ships. The Beiyang Fleet finally stopped chasing and turned to Lushun. The nearly five-hour battle between the Sino-Japanese Yellow Sea ended.

The Battle of the Yellow Sea is the first large-scale battle of steam-powered warships in the world. Its scale is so large, the fierce battle is so fierce, and the time is long. It is rare in the history of world naval warfare, and the impact is very far-reaching. As a result of the main decisive battle between the Chinese and Japanese navy, the Japanese ship Nishikyo Maru was destroyed and almost sunk. Yoshino, Hiei and Akagi were seriously injured, Matsushima lost its combat effectiveness, and other ships were also severely damaged. The Beiyang Fleet Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Chaoyong, and Yangwei sank. After escaping, Hirokao was stranded and destroyed, and the rest of the ships were seriously injured.

British naval warfare historians commented: "The result of the Dadonggou naval battle is the product of the ignorance of the naval warfare theory between the two sides: if Japan knew more about naval warfare theories, it would not dare to challenge the Beiyang Fleet with stronger strength and indestructible ironclad ships; and if the Beiyang Fleet had more knowledge of naval warfare theory, how could it still be defeated with a huge "score" of 0:5 if it had a large ship and a giant cannon?"

To this day, this history still only knows the result. The Japanese Joint Fleet defeated the Beiyang Navy. There are only sporadic records of the reasons and detailed processes, but they are different, leaving endless memories and imaginations for future generations. Perhaps there are some political factors and personal interests. However, in the Russo-Japanese War 10 years later, I think we should give us some warnings. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Navy also wiped out the Russian Pacific Fleet that was far stronger than itself at the cost of only three torpedo boats, and defeated the strong with the weak. However, Russia was defeated because the soldiers were unable to withstand the fatigue. So what about our Beiyang? Is it also because of the quality of the soldiers?

I don’t want to pursue it anymore. Even if many modern things with highly flexible information are deliberately covered up, we don’t know, let alone in that era of closure. If one day we know that our heroes turn into bears, what would it be like? I really can’t imagine it.

There was no protagonist involved in this naval battle, so the information was written based on the existing various materials. The information was limited and may not be very complete. Please forgive me. I wrote this history just to commemorate those soldiers who died in the war. Regardless of their merits and demerits, since they were all killed for the country, they should be worshipped by future generations! Because they have endured too much responsibility, the Chinese people still cannot forget it today, because this humiliation is too close to us. I think the Five Barbarians invaded China, hundreds of millions of Han people were slaughtered, and the Han people in the north were almost extinct. How many people will think of complaining about the people of that era?
Chapter completed!