【Today's second update, 6300 words】

The north wind roared, and the sea surface rolled up thousands of waves, one wave after another slashed towards the reefs on the shore of Weihai Weiwan. Suddenly, the sea water splashed and waves were everywhere.

In the Weihaiwei Naval Base, the iron wharf southwest of Liugong Island, the Beiyang Navy's main battleships Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Laiyuan and other five main battleships docked at the wharf.

At the wharf, the Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang, the ship's management team Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng, Deng Shichang and others looked at the sea outside the breakwater from time to time, waiting anxiously.

Since the Beiyang Navy received the news that the Pacific Fleet was Kejibei, it immediately began to actively prepare to cooperate with the Pacific Fleet to remove Weihaiwei and Lushun. The Beiyang Navy's main battleship was not idle during this period of time when it was encircled. Instead, it entered the dock for comprehensive maintenance and transformation, replaced the main gun barrel, and installed rapid-fire guns of various calibers to improve the thermal efficiency of the boiler and steam engine, and restore the standard speed of each ship when it left the factory as much as possible.

At noon on the 13th, when the Pacific Fleet encountered the Imperial Russian Fleet, Wang Chenhao's fleet arrived at Rongcheng Bay along the coastline to hide. The Qing army in Rongcheng Bay learned that the Pacific Fleet had fought with the Russian Fleet.

Soon, the news of the naval battle reached Liugong Island, and the generals of the Beiyang Navy immediately held a meeting. Ding Ruchang believed that the main force of the Russian Far East Fleet was fighting with the Pacific Fleet, so the Russian Navy outside the port must be very weak. We should take the opportunity to fight, break the blockade, and work with the Pacific Fleet to defeat the Russian Fleet.

The plan was soon approved by Li Hongzhang, so Ding Ruchang sent six minesweepers, "fast horse", "sea horse", "pole thunder", "guarding thunder", and "patrol thunder" to clear the mines arranged by the Russian army on the waterway outside the port, and at the same time, several gunboats were sent to drive away the Russian gunboats outside the port.

However, the Russian Navy has blocked the port for half a year and has laid a large number of mines on the outer sea channel, which is difficult to remove in a while.

"When will it take to get out?"

Deng Shichang walked back and forth at the pier, anxiously looking at the sea from time to time with a telescope.

"It will take five hours! In the past six months, the Russians have arranged at least a few hundred mines outside!"

Lin Tai once said his judgment, and everyone else sighed. "Five hours? The cucumber and vegetable were cold!"

Deng Shichang's eyebrows frowned.

Ding Ruchang sighed and said, "I don't know what the fleet of Lord Wang Chenhao is like with the Russian fleet, and it's better to win."

Liu Buchan said at this time: "You have to think of a solution! Can't this mine clearance speed be faster?"

Ding Ruchang smiled bitterly and said, "If only you are a person with a strong wall, just make a way out in the channel!"

Deng Shichang suddenly said: "It would be great if Chen Hao was there. His Dragon will drain all these mines in a short time!"

Liu Buchan said: "Far-water cannot quench near-thirst! If I am as rich as Lord Wang, I will find a few ships to drive them out directly to hit the thunder. Then we can know that the Russians are setting mines there and we can go out as soon as possible."

Lin Tai once said: "I think Lord Wang is so rich, he shouldn't care about how many broken ships?"

Everyone immediately looked at Lin Taizeng, with confusion on their faces.

Lin Tai once hurriedly explained: "I mean, I use a few ships to go to the minefield. Lord Wang is in a hurry to go out to reinforce the Pacific Fleet. I guess Lord Wang has to express it?"

Everyone suddenly realized, and Deng Shichang hurriedly said, "This is definitely no problem! We can't afford the cost of several ships, but Chen Hao must be no problem."

Ding Ruchang looked at everyone, and they nodded one after another, and then said, "Since that's the case, let's be so relaxed and find a few ships to go out to the minefield!"

Everyone was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly returned to their respective warships, ordering the warships to anchor and prepare to leave the port.

Ding Ruchang immediately transferred the four ships "Liyun", "Xizhao", "Flying Fu" and "Chaohai" to the minefields in front of the four ships. The four ships were towed by several shallow-drained gunboats. Once the four ships touched the mines, the towed gunboat immediately dragged them to the side to prevent them from sinking into the waterway.

The main battleships of the Beiyang Navy, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, and Laiyuan followed him with the torpedo boat destroyer Feiying and Feiting as frigates to go out with the fleet.

With a loud bang, the auxiliary ship of Liyun in front hit a mine. The two gunboats quickly pulled it to the waters next to it before Liyun sinks and opened the channel.

Then, "Xizhao" began to trek into the minefield again. "Flying Fu", "Shaohai" two auxiliary ships continued to line up, while the Beiyang Navy ships followed them and marched slowly.

Although auxiliary ships were used to wading through the minefield, Ding Ruchang knew that the main channel had been arranged by the Russian Navy, and the four auxiliary ships might not be able to wading out. So Ding Ruchang chose a backup channel because the backup channel was a secret channel. The Russian Navy did not know the specific location of the backup channel. Even if mines were arranged nearby, the number would not be large, and the chance of collision was much lower.

An hour later, the four auxiliary ships of "Liyun", "Xizhao", "Flying Fu", and "Chaohai" all sank when they hit thunder, but they did not sink in vain, but instead escorted the Beiyang Navy's main battleship, Ma Shi, who was safe from the deep water safety area.

"Listen! It's the sound of cannons!"

The officers and soldiers of various ships of the Beiyang Navy who had entered the safe sea immediately heard the roar from the sky in the distance. The sound was not very loud, but the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy who had experienced the Dadonggou Naval Battle were very sensitive to this kind of cannon sound and could easily be heard.

"It seems that the sound comes from the east?"

"We received news that the Pacific Fleet was a Russian Far East Fleet that encountered about 60 nautical miles southeast."

"It's been more than an hour since the battle between the two sides has been transferred to the east."

Ding Ruchang listened to his subordinates' analysis and judged that the combat area between the Pacific Fleet and the Russian Far East Fleet had probably been transferred to a certain sea area in the east, so he immediately ordered. "Search and Feiting Ship two ships were ordered to search and advance in the eastern waters quickly. The entire fleet set out immediately, heading to the east, and the battle speed." "Here!"

The generals took the order and the Beiyang Navy ships immediately pressurized the boiler and drove towards the eastern waters at full speed.

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After the second hour of the battle between the Pacific Fleet and the Russian Far East Fleet, the balance of power between the two sides changed again. A protective cruiser, the Reinda, and the unprotected cruiser, were sunk, causing the Russian Far East Fleet to lose four cruisers, and the entire third echelon was wiped out.

In terms of the Pacific Fleet, the Sea Scale was severely damaged and forced to withdraw from the battle and make emergency repairs outside the combat area. The first team of the Pacific Fleet was left with the flagship Weiyuan, fighting alone, and was also severely damaged under the attack of seven warships of the Russian Fleet. However, the Weiyuan was an iron-clad ship with thick skin and thick flesh. The fortress-style artillery layout allowed it to continue fighting. The emergency came from the Second Team of the Pacific Fleet, forcing the Russian Fleet to change its tactics and transfer five warships to intercept the Second Team of the Pacific Fleet. In this way, only two warships left in the first tier of the Russian Fleet attacked the Weiyuan, and its firepower was reduced sharply, giving Weiyuan a chance to breathe, so that it would not immediately withdraw from the combat sequence.

At 3:45, when the Duke of Attenborough further approached the distance of 1,600 meters by 4 knots ahead of the Weiyuan, a 305mm main gun on the bow of the ship hit the Weiyuan island, instantly blowing half of the building seven or eight meters high. The reconnaissance room on the island was destroyed, and the artillery of all levels of the Weiyuan guns suddenly lost their firing data and could only rely on the experience of the gunners to fire the guns.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Foucault Foucault Jem, commander of the Russian Far East Fleet, changed the tactics of the first echelon again. In order to give full play to the speed advantage of the Nicholas I armored cruiser, Lieutenant General Foucault asked him to leave the formation, accelerated from the flank of the Weiyuan to the front of the Weiyuan, and conducted interception actions, and cooperated with the flagship Duke of Attenborough to launch an attack on the Weiyuan.

The first echelon of the Imperial Russian fleet changed its tactics, which put the Weiyuan in a serious threat. Although the Nichila I shells could not cause fatal damage to the Weiyuan, its large number of rapid-fire guns greatly damaged the warriors exposed on the side of the Weiyuan side, causing continuous loss of Weiyuan combat personnel. At the same time, the Weiyuan suffered a long period of saturated shells, and its hull floor building had been knocked into a hornet's nest, which was in a mess. When the Nichila I's rapid-fire gun poured shells into it in large numbers, it immediately caused a lot of fire everywhere, and the fire was in a trend of further expansion.

At this time, the Weiyuan lost radio communication and the Ship Island Reconnaissance Room, and even the flag language could not be issued. The Weiyuan was isolated on the battlefield. Although the four 240mm main guns of the Weiyuan can still fight, the accuracy of the loss of the reconnaissance parameters of the reconnaissance room was a thousand miles away, and they could hardly hit the enemy ship and could not pose a threat to the enemy ship.

There was a sea of ​​fire around the commander's tower, and there was thick smoke everywhere in the commander's tower. Wang Chenhao almost couldn't open his eyes and was covered in black and gray. The others were not much better. Sweat touched his face and turned into cat faces one by one.

"How long has it been? When will the battle speed be restored?"

"Report to the master, I have sent three waves of people down, but I haven't replied to it. I guess it's not done well!" "The artillery fire outside is too fierce, and the people sent out are probably dead halfway. The telephone system has been destroyed. Even if the lower part is repaired, they will not receive the order."

"If we don't restore the combat speed, we will have to die. The 12-inch cannon of the enemy's ironclad ship may have blown us over!"

There was too much smoke on the surface, so Wang Chenhao couldn't stand it, so he simply sat on the floor and leaned against the commander tower to protect the wall trying to breathe in the fresh air.

Lin Jiantong hurried over and said, "Sir, don't rely on your face. Although the shells cannot be hit, the shock is enough to damage your internal organs."

After two hours of fierce battle, Wang Chenhao's head was already shocked. After experiencing this cruel and fierce naval battle for the first time, Wang Chenhao's physical strength was quickly lost. As soon as he sat down, he didn't think about anything.

Lin Jiantong had no choice but to ask Zhao Sheng to come and move Wang Chenhao to the middle and away from the wall protection.

Wang Chenhao shouted: "Send another one! The horse resumes combat speed!"

Gao Erqian smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, all the eight staff officers of the headquarters have gone out, now "Before the words were finished, Wang Chenhao interrupted him and said loudly, "No one is there? Then I'll go down!"

Gao Erqian knew that he had said the wrong thing and immediately said, "Sir, please calm down. I will go down in person!"

As he said that, Gao Erqian wrapped his braid around his neck, put the tips in his mouth and bit it with his teeth, and then tucked the collar into the waist of his pants.

He shouted and ran a few steps out of the commander's tower, and ran to the cabin aisle in the fire.

The shells kept exploding around him, and the air waves made him shake left and right. The cabin aisle had been blown up, so Gao Erqian had to crawl forward and climb in from the deformed steel plate. The steel plate that had been burned by the fire was filled with a scorching pain at the tentacles. But Gao Erqian still gritted his teeth and rushed over, finally got into the engine compartment aisle and went down the steam engine room smoothly.

Wang Chenhao could see clearly through the back door, and Gao Erqian's performance still satisfies him.

After a few minutes, the speed of Weiyuan increased significantly and quickly reached a combat speed of 1 knot.

"Sir, it's successful!"

Lin Jiantong, Zhao Sheng and Lyons immediately looked at Wang Chenhao, with joy in his face full of life after the disaster.

As the Weiyuan resumed its combat speed, the Russian ship Duke of Attenborough was once again left behind. Its 305mm main gun was also because its diameter was only 30. When the distance was too far, its hit rate and destructive power plummeted, and soon it could no longer threaten the Weiyuan. Although Nicholas I could chase the Weiyuan at a speed, its shells could not penetrate the Weiyuan armor and pose no fatal threat to the Weiyuan.

At about four o'clock, the Hailin outside the battlefield had put out the fire, and the broken facilities were roughly repaired. Chief of Staff Wu Daqing sent a telegram to the flagship to request a new formation to join the battle, but he could not get a response. Wu Daqing judged that something must have happened to the Weiyuan, so he immediately led the Hailin back to the battlefield.

Returning to the battlefield filled with smoke, the Sea Scale immediately launched an attack on Nicholas I, who was constantly attacking Weiyuan. As an enhanced version of the Yoshino ship type, the Sea Scale has very strong rapid-fire gun fire. Although Nicholas I is an armored cruiser, its tonnage is only 300 tons and its armor coverage thickness is limited.

As a 4,600-ton Sea Scale, although it is a dome armor protection, the difference between it and armor protection is that the former is uniform armor with uniform thickness. The dome armor is only because the middle deck is particularly thickened. The tonnage of the Sea Scale is large, and the thinnest part of its dome armor is thicker than that of the Nicholas I. This is the difference in tonnage of warships. The advantages of warships with large tonnage are here.

"Dongkou Dongdong!"

The Sea Scale, which had recovered its combat power, violently poured shells on Nicholas I.

At 4:03, an inch shell fired by the front main gun of the Sea Scale hit the part of the starboard ship of Nigira I. The shell instantly penetrated its armored protection of less than 3 inches and exploded. Fierce flames erupted from the exploded hole. Nicola I was busy concentrating manpower to put out the fire, and the offensive became weaker but the fire did not diminish.

The Hailin accelerated to 23 knots and took the opportunity to approach the attack.

With a "bang", when 600 meters away from Nicholas I, a torpedo was fired on the bow of the Sea Scale ship. The torpedo headed straight to Nicholas I's starboard side.

At such a long distance, it is difficult to hit the torpedo. However, Wu Daqing did not expect the torpedo to hit the opponent, but instead used the time to launch the torpedo to force Nicholas I to turn the rudder and give up attacking the Weiyuan. Wu Daqing's goal was soon achieved. Nicholas I might be overly nervous. When he saw the torpedo approaching, he immediately turned around and avoided it. In this way, the Weiyuan could get rid of Nicholas I's interception and get along with the Sea Scale.

After the meeting, the Hailin was responsible for the task of covering the flagship, while the Weiyuan escaped from the artillery fire and immediately organized people to put out the fire and save people.

After breaking away from the attack of the enemy ship, Wang Chenhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. In the past half hour, he seemed to feel that his soul had left his body. Perhaps this was the feeling of the first battlefield, and Wang Chenhao was both excited and nervous.

"Take the flag words to the Hailin, let the Hailin report to the Shihuang Yong, let the Tang Yong be the flagship of the fleet, and let Du Xigui act as the fleet commander!"

"Yes! Just do it if you are humble!"

Lin Jianzhang also knew that in order to attract enemy firepower, the Weiyuan had endured too much artillery attack and had actually lost its combat effectiveness. For the sake of the overall situation of the fleet, Wang Chenhao's decision to replace the flagship command was very correct.

At 4:12, the Uyong raised the fleet's flagship command flag and took over the Pacific Fleet to continue commanding the operations.

At this time, the second Pacific Fleet and the second tier of the Imperial and Russian Fleet were still fiercely fighting, and they were hard to part with each other. Both sides suffered losses, but they were not enough to seize the advantage of attacking the other party.

The character is horizontal.

Du Xigui saw that he could not show his power to attack the second echelon of the Russian fleet in a short period of time, and it was not a solution to consume it.

So he had a sudden inspiration and immediately came to his mind.

At 4:15, the second Pacific Fleet's second Pacific Fleet suddenly turned right and made a ""-type maneuver. The second tier flagship of the Imperial and Russian Fleet believed that the other party planned to turn right and seize the horizontal position of the "seven", so the second tier flagship of the Russian Fleet quickly ordered the entire fleet to turn left to prevent the opponent from robbing a favorable attack position.

At 4:25, the second team of the Imperial and Russian fleet completed the left turn and headed northwest. But what they didn't expect was that the second team of the Pacific Fleet did not stop turning, but continued to turn right and finish the last turn of the "" shape.

At 4:35, when Navy Nasimov, the flagship of the second echelon of the Imperial and Russian fleet, was observing the opponent's combat intentions, he found that the second Pacific Fleet, which had completed the "" turn, headed southeastward and used extreme speed to quickly leave the waters between the two sides' battles.

Major General Dobovsky, the commander of the second echelon of the Russian fleet, immediately laughed out loud and shouted at his subordinates: "Did you see? They were scared and ran away!"

Major General Dobovsky's subordinates burst into laughter, but the next moment, a little adviser suddenly shouted: "God of General, the enemy fleet seems to be heading towards our flagship!"
To be continued...