In the south of the main battlefield, there was an observation group headed by Clinwood of the British Empire's Sino-British Joint Fleet. On one side was the French Far East Fleet. This naval battle that took place in the steam era in the Far East was of great research significance. Especially the Chinese side, it adopted many new tactics and fully demonstrated the importance of grasping the right to control information in naval warfare. The application of radio command systems and airships can fully reflect the different results brought by this right to control information to two fleets with equal strength.

The Qing Navy is currently waiting for the rabbit, while the Japanese Navy is more like a fish falling into the net.

There were many British officers serving in the Chinese Navy, so they were the first to get the news that they had been sailing for more than a day before they arrived at the ocean near the Jinqing Strait. The French Navy was designed and built by the Frenchman Bailaoyi. Since the Sino-British friendship has become more and more French people serving in the Japanese Navy, they also wanted to watch this main decisive battle. After arriving in Shanghai, they headed north with the Sino-British Joint Fleet.

The relationship between Britain and France is now on a honeymoon. Germany's aggressive rise and the Russians' heavy emphasis on the Balkans have led to the two countries, which have a very special relationship, to rebuild friendship, which fully proves that there is no eternal friendship between countries, but only eternal interests. You can imagine that in the near future, if Germany is weakened one day and France becomes the extreme of Europe, then the French will inevitably face the iron fist of the British Empire.

Of course, it is not yet possible. After receiving the news that the Sino-Japanese War in the Far East is about to break out, the British government promptly informed France and Russia, emphasizing its ally with China. Although the two countries also received notifications and coordination requests from Japan, in the face of a war where you can see the winner and lose, the two countries did not need to cause backlash from the British for this matter.

The reason why Britain firmly supports China to teach Japan is very simple. The Japanese are too stubborn. The most-favored-nation treatment they received after a hard negotiation did not bring any commercial benefits to the British Empire within three years. This is unwilling. Now that there is a conflict between China and Japan, it is just right for the Chinese to teach the arrogant Japanese a lesson. After all, between China and Japan, it seems that the Chinese are closer to the UK. Moreover, the UK is also helping the Chinese train local bureaucrats. Once these bureaucrats return to China, they will be a firm pro-British class, which will have indescribable benefits for the British Empire's future interests in the Far East.

Less gossip, Japan's main fleet is currently the arrows of the Itsujima ship and the Hashitaki ship. The Emperor is in the center. Behind the Emperor is the Yamato, whose main gun is damaged. In such a long-distance battle, the Yamato has lost its function. Only by trying to get close to the enemy fleet can it play its role as a secondary gun. Under the current circumstances, only the two 320mm cannons on the head of the Itsujima ship and the Hashitaki ship can play a role.

The Imao and the Hashitara were carefully adjusting their course and firing artillery during the intervals. Dingyuan and Zhenyuan in front of them were exposing their sideways to the direction of their main guns. How could such a god-given opportunity be missed? The captain of the Imaoshita, Yokoo Daoyu, looked at Dingyuan in the distance with the telescope in his hand. This was his goal. The design concept of the Sanjing Ship is to use super powerful main guns to shoot through the thick skin of the Dingzhen Ship.

Of course, trapped by the displacement of 4,000 tons of Sanjing Ship, the 320 giant cannon can only be installed, facing the course, and cannot be adjusted left and right. Let's review the terrible data of this 320 giant cannon: 38 times the body weight, the cannon weighs 65.7 tons, 90 Laifu line, 1.6 mm deep, 10 degrees elevation angle, -4 degrees, armor-piercing bullet weighs 450 kilograms, usually weighs 350 kilograms, the initial velocity of armor-piercing bullets is 650 meters/sec, the initial velocity of armor-piercing bullets is 610 meters/sec, and the iron-powered muzzle is 1111 mm, 8,000 meters and 334 mm. The effective range is as high as 8,000 meters, and the maximum range can reach 12,000 meters.

The distance in front of me is the distance that can best use the small profits of the main gun of the Sanjing Ship! This is also the reason why Ito Yukishima and Hashita were transferred to the arrow position in time. Itoshima Mao went to Dingyuan, and Hashita Mao went to Zhenyuan.

Fortunately, it was Matsushima that was injured instead of Itsuki and Hashitara. Yuki Ito couldn't help but thank the great god Amaterasu for Fuyou, because if Matsushima had the 320 main gun on the stern of the ship, then it would be impossible to effectively shoot the Qing army at this moment. Unless it was running away, there could only be one 320 ball to play a role when it escaped. Moreover, as a soldier of the Imperial Japanese, how could he escape?

Fire! Yokoo Daoyu gave an order! Fire! The Rigao Zhuang issued an order! Two 320mm giant cannons roared almost at the same time. The armor-piercing bullets headed towards the distance with a whistling sound.

"Hit! Hit! Hit!" Almost all the people in the Japanese fleet were in their throats, and they were silently reciting in their hearts, completely forgetting that the Qing army's fleet was not idle at this moment. There must be a roar when they roared. One of the four 305mm shells hit Ichidao, and the other three splashed white waves in the sea.

Unfortunately, the bomb only exploded at the bow and did not hit the main gun. Of course, it didn't matter if it hit. The turret has 305 mm armor protection and is not overturned so easily. Therefore, the Itsukushima was just traumatized by the bow, and it was not a big deal at all.

The Japanese sighed, "Amaterasu is still blessed." In the distance, two huge waves splashed on the left and right sides of the Dingzhen Second Ship. It was very bad, and the course was wrong.

"There are twelve minutes to prepare the cannon. Within eleven minutes, the course will be adjusted, and the left side will be deviated by five degrees!" Yokoho Daoyu roared at the copper tube. Yes, the design of the Sanjing Ship is difficult. The boat cannot carry the double-equipped 320, but it can only be equipped with a single door 320. It has power, but each time the fire breaks, there must be a twelve to fifteen minutes of responsiveness. During this period, he can only carry it desperately. Moreover, the main gun cannot turn, and the hull really does not match the giant cannon...

Dingyuan and Zhenyuan on the opposite side were double-equipped, one shot and the other was ready. This cycle was repeated, and the shooting efficiency was much higher than that of Imajima Hashita. Just as the gunners on Imajima Hashita were trying to prepare for guns, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan's four main guns began to roar again. Fortunately, this time, Imajima and Hashita were not shot. On the contrary, the too high shells cut off a small piece of the command tower of the Yamato behind him.

Another round of Dingzhen was much accurate this time, and the commander tower of Ichidao was shot. Fortunately, the two ships of Dingzhen were not short of gun preparation time, and in this way, the distance between the main fleets of both sides was much closer.

This can't go on! Seeing that the distance is right, Yuuki Ito decisively made up his mind. If he continues to fight like this, the Japanese Navy, which has always disliked firing from a distance, will suffer a great loss. Moreover, if this continues, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan will sooner or later overturn Itsukibashita.

On the Qiaoli ship, the sweaty gunner finally couldn't help it. He kicked the cannon, and then suddenly realized that the thing in front of him was an iron lump. He held his feet and squatted on the ground, cried and scolded: "What the hell is this! Once a wave passes, he has to re-seek! He can only aim up and down! He can fart!"

"Assault!", a charge signal was issued on the flagship. The Japanese fleet, which had a faster overall ship speed, launched an assault. All the chimneys of ships blew out thick black smoke, covering the sky and the sun for a while.

The airship's gun aiming command has lost its effectiveness. Of course, there is no need for airship now. The two fleets of extremely hard-trained training have finally entered the stage of close-range melee.

In the combat sequence, the Qing army was not injured except Zhiyuan. The Japanese Yamato and Hashita were damaged, and the Songdo did not participate in the war. The rest of the ships were shot from one to four, and they were all slightly injured. Except for two Sanjing ships, the rest of the ships did not fire a single shot.

Speed, speed! Speed ​​is the life of Japan! Ito Yukishi's incitemental voice transmitted from the copper tube to the entire Emperor. The flag language passes the order to the entire fleet. Of course, there is no such order. The entire fleet also knows that what is needed most now is speed. If it does not enter the melee in time, the entire standing fleet may become the target of the other party.

Japan, Japan! 1500 meters, 1300 meters...1000 meters, fire! The first one was the fastest Takachiho, the fastest double-mounted 260mm gun on the bow was aimed at Zhiyuan. Captain Nomura Sadashi knew that the main gun on his ship could not cause substantial damage to the two ships of Dingzhen, so he directly aimed at Zhiyuan, because he knew that just yesterday, Zhiyuan had just fought a fierce battle with Takachiho's similar type of ship Langsu.

The shells crossed the sky and splashed into the sea in the dazzling sunlight in the morning. At this moment, Liu Buchan also issued an order: "Everyone fights freely! Let go of Yamato and Sanjing, and focus on attacking enemy cruisers Takachiho and Akitsu!"

Yamato Ho is thick and cannot be beaten, and Sanjing has no threat. You can ignore it for the time being. First, I cleaned up Takachiho and Akizusa, and then concentrated my firepower to clean up the Emperor, and finally cleaned up the Yamato Ho and two Sanjing waste snacks. This battle is definitely a sure win.

Akitsushi, who was rushing in the front, suddenly faced tremendous pressure. The enemy Dingzhen was not talking about it. Liuyuan and Chaoyong Yangwei Eight ships. Although the ship speed was not as fast as themselves, their firepower was unbearable to Akitsushi, which had a displacement of only more than 3,000 tons. At the same time, the two ships of Dingzhen put down two torpedo boats each carrying. The twelve torpedo boats with the Wei-sized in the rear row were also inserted into the battle group with the fast speed and flexibility.

At this time, in Jinqing Strait, apart from the waves caused by shells, the wind was calm and the sea was covered with golden color and beautiful dazzling under the sun.

The sound of bombardment was that the two ships of Dingzhen were jointly attacking the Emperor. Eight 305 giant cannons were bombarded in turn. Although it would take two rounds to make one or two shots, for the Emperor, a sub-iron ironclad ship with a displacement of only more than 5,000 tons, the 305mm shell was also embarrassing.

From time to time, Yuuki Ito's ears came from time to time, mixed with the report was a furious report: "Report! The main gun was damaged and the fire could not be fired!", "Report! The port side was damaged and water was infiltrated!", "Report! The secondary gun missed the enemy!", "Report! The first torpedo was staggered!"

"Baga!", Yuki Ito, who was furious, didn't want to listen anymore. The smoke of gunpowder was filled with his vision. At this moment, the fireworks of the enemy fired like a god of death. Every time he smiled, he always seemed to take away the lives of several proud naval soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire.

However, he could explain that the Emperor's deputy cannon exploded three or four pits on the Dingyuan's side armor. Although it did not cause fatal damage to the opponent, it was the first time that the Japanese fleet had hit the opponent.

Just as he clapped his hands to encourage himself for the gunner, he saw a ball of fire in front of his right, rising from the Takachiho. The Takachiho, which had more than thirty bullets in his body, seemed to have been hit by the ammunition depot. At this time, he seemed to be able to hear the hoarse and angry roar of Sada Nomura.

Sada Nomura hit the bulkhead violently, and a trace of blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth. He roared angrily, raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and struggled and squatted up halfway. A severe pain in his abdomen made his teeth tremble. He roared lowly. He pulled out the command knife from his waist, nailed it to the deck, and stood up with the command knife.

"Baga!" Nomura Sada struggled toward the copper tube and shouted: "Release all the torpedoes! Release them! The turbine driver! Go to the full power! Go to the goal! Go to the goal!"

Zhiyuan was closest to him, and with his speed of up to 19 knots, he rushed towards Zhiyuan at high speed, and in just three or four minutes he could reach his opponent who was about to die together.

Whoosh, whoosh, the last two torpedoes were released one after another, targeting the Zhiyuan, which was already half-seriously injured. Although there was a rumbling sound of cannons outside, there was a silence in everyone's ears of the Takachiho and Zhiyuan, except for the sound of the torpedoes passing through the water.

350 yards, 300 yards, 200 yards... 100 yards! Two torpedoes go hand in hand, and it seems that Zhiyuan is already unavoidable. The figure of Takachiho in front is getting bigger and bigger.

Wow! At the critical moment, a torpedo suddenly appeared in Deng Shichang's vision, and he stepped on the white waves and headed straight towards the Gao Qiansui. A torpedo boat penetrated into his vision from the right, which was the Weide!

Boom! Boom! The huge explosion sound and the rising smoke blocked Deng Shichang's vision, as if he was afraid of the smoke and dust floating in front of him, as if he was afraid of the dazzling sunshine. He closed his wet eyes tightly. Wu Huairen! The guardian Wu Huairen! His power blocked two torpedoes! His soul returned to the sea!

Nearby, there was the broken hull of the Weed. Occasionally, a few pieces of broken wood fell from the air, hitting the ocean surface, splashing white waves. Thirty brave Qing navy were buried in this burning sea.

In the distance of sight, there was the remains of the Takachihoe that was still burning. The ship could no longer be called a ship, a fire boat. The raging fire engulfed the entire ship. From time to time, I saw the firemen burning with flames jumping into the sea wailingly, looking for the coolness of that moment.

On the right front of Zhiyuan, Akitsusu was also in big trouble. Jingyuan ship bit it under the command of Lin Yongsheng. Akitsusu, who had weak firepower and fast ship speed, was also panicked after witnessing the disastrous defeat of Takachiho. Captain Hirosuo Uemura saw that one of his own ships suddenly came forward, and the eight ships of the other side surrounded, and the assistance of the torpedo boats, had no choice but to turn the bow of the ship and move closer to Yamato, hoping to use Yamato's cover to find an opportunity to attack the other side's cruiser. However, in this situation, if you don't turn around, you might find a chance to die together. Turning around would be like suicide. Lin Yongsheng, who was rushing in the front, had his eyes red. After one round of shooting, the main gun fired at the same time. At the same time, Jiyuan Laiyuan, who assisted the attack in the rear, also opened fire at the same time. One round of fire was fired, and the Akitsusu power was completely lost. One quarter of the crew on the ship died.

There were as many as four torpedoes coming from behind. Two torpedoes from the Weiquan and the Waiian torpedo boats accelerated the fall of the Akitsutsu. Seeing the torpedo approaching, the crew of the Akitsutsutsu had to abandon the ship and dive. For a moment, the sea was full of Japanese swimming.

At this time, Liu Buchan released the flag-language command: If there are foreigners here, each ship shall not kill and injure the enemy soldiers falling into the water. At the same time, the British and French fleets watching the war south at the same time signaled that they could enter the battlefield to save people. This was a problem that Liu Buchan paid special attention to after the last report of the Sino-British Joint Fleet fighting with Russia and Japan. After the British criticized its own Chinese and British soldiers for shooting the enemy soldiers falling into the water. Anyway, these people no longer work for the war, so let's sell it.

So, the battle on the battlefield in the previous stage came to an end. The Qing army ships drove at full speed and headed towards the Yamato, the Emperor, the four ships of Itsukibashi and the remaining auxiliary ships in front.

The French Far East Fleet and the British Combined Fleet in the rear began rescue operations. After the war, the French ship Lianmen rescued 47 Japanese Navy and the British Bobbs rescued 87 people. The German merchant ship Ilydas, who came here with the Sino-British Combined Fleet from Shanghai, rescued 112 people.

Before this, the second ships of Dingzhen were firing against the Emperor, and the Imajima and Hashitaki had not prepared guns since the first round of artillery fire, and their aiming had been failed. At this time, more than forty minutes had passed. The artillery battle between the two sides had come to an end, and the Takachiho and Akizushi had been buried at the bottom of the sea. The treasure Sanjing ship had not fired the second gun. The suppression of the artillery fire of the Dingzhen two made them dare not go forward to join the battle group of Akizushi and Takachiho. Their ship speed was not as fast as the two cruisers, and they could not aim at the goal if they wanted to join the battle group. Although in fact, they could not aim at it, they stayed in place and still had some hope of aiming at the second ship of Dingzhen two. As long as... as long as the 320 giant cannons can hit Dingzhen, it would be enough for them to peel off the skin. This is the ridiculous hesitation of Yokoo Doyu and Higashi Takarao.

In fact, of course, they could not hit the Dingzhen Second Ship. As Dingzhen turned the bow, the bullet surface was reduced. However, the huge turning time and the vacuum of artillery fire during this period gave the two ships hope, but the preparation of artillery was ready, until the Dingzhen Second Ship had already sailed towards him at full speed. At the same time, when the four 305 giant cannons began to spit out flames again, the Hashiri and Iranjima ship finally opened fire one after another. The rumbling sound of cannons shocked the ships on their own ups and downs on the sea surface, but unfortunately, the shells were slightly off and passed by the huge ships of the Dingzhen Second Ship. However, the Jiaojiang coal transport ship behind was unfortunately shot, and the ship was blown apart with one shot and sank into the sea.

Seeing that the situation is not good, it is absolutely impossible to escape. The enemy's eleven torpedo boats have scattered into the sea and are looking for aircraft to launch torpedoes. The opponent's main formation has formed a fan-shaped encirclement. At this moment, even if the great god Amaterasu can turn around safely, there is no way to escape in front of you. It is meaningless to escape to Hakodate. And to escape to the Pacific waterway, how far can the fleet without supply ships escape?

Therefore, Yuki Ito issued an order, and the two Sanjing ships broke through left and right, trying to attract the opponent's firepower so that the Yamato can use the secondary gun to attack the opponent. Although the facts are clear, the victory or defeat of this naval battle is already destined when the Yamato's main gun and the Sanjing ship cannot exert the power of the 320 giant cannon on the head, even if the other party does not fight back, with its own small cannon, it will be useless to use the other two Dingzhen ships, which are thick-skinned.

So, just try to kill the opponent's small ship to the maximum extent!

The Imao faces north, and his flanks and fronts are four ships, Jiyuan, Zhiyuan, Yueyuan, and Laiyuan. Although they are all small ships with a displacement of less than 3,000 tons, they are not enough to eat two or three torpedoes with several torpedo boats. So let go of the burden and fire freely! Yokoo Daoyu's command knife is already tightly held in his right hand, and the sweat is wet the hilt. As a soldier of the empire, he has this kind of consciousness.

The rumbling artillery fire continued to splash and bloomed on the Itsukushima. The naval soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire stubbornly used 120mm secondary guns and 6-pound rapid-fire guns to fight back at the surrounding Qing ships. Torpedo? No matter how hard you pull it, you can't control it.

After sinking a torpedo boat of Weiyuan and losing the boiler of Zhiyuan, amid the explosion of two torpedoes, Itsuki, the former pride of the Japanese Navy, slowly sank into the depths of the sea in the blooming sparks. Shiki Karayama woke up from his coma. On the high bridge, he could just look down at this sea area. The burning Itsuki and the burning Hashitaki, as well as the large Japanese torpedo boats sunk by enemy rapid-fire cannons, were like gorgeous cherry blossoms, blooming gorgeously and rapidly annihilated.

The sky is dead! A severe pain in his abdomen is heard. Is it a cross cut? Shiki Kawayama lowered his head and looked at his abdomen with blood and filth. He could no longer tell whether the septum was the beautiful cross shape this time? He closed his eyes, and the great god Amaterasu was waving to him.

"My emperor's prosperity is... for thousands of years; sand and gravels form rocks... moss grows everywhere...", murmuring this sad Jun Zhidai. He seemed to be able to recall the time he was young in Taiwan, stabbing a pregnant woman to death with this knife. When he saw the Qing army fleet coming to Taiwan, he vowed to build a powerful navy of the Great Japanese Empire... I remembered the first formation of the navy, the Emperor's military parade... I remembered...

He never finished singing this song "June" in the past."

At the moment when Shiki Kawashan was cleared, it was also the moment when the Qiaoli was buried at the bottom of the sea. The four ships Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Chaoyong and Yangwei in the south did not give the Qiaoli any chance. Although the Yangwei was hit by a 320 giant cannon and sank the explosion, the Qiaoli gradually lost the qualification to continue floating on the sea amid the explosion of torpedoes and artillery fire.

The British and French could no longer bear to continue watching. The French once cast a flag-word asking Liu Buchan to stop fighting and accept the other party's surrender. Liu Buchan, who was so angry that he beat the flag-word, responded: If you want to fight, please fight! Otherwise, shut up!

The French ships had only two broken warships from the early 1970s, so how dare they join the battle group? In addition, the British people next to them were also labeled as the Sino-British Joint Fleet, and their positions were not necessarily so neutral, so they had to shut up obediently. When the British saw that the French had hit hard nails, they originally planned to smooth things over, but they also took back their minds. They only silently recorded the key points of success or failure of this battle. In the future, the fleets of the British Empire should pay attention to the application of airships, the application of radio, the command of artillery, and the use of superior firepower to attack the enemy's superior firepower. In this battle, the world's largest naval power learned something from the Chinese.

In the strangle battle, only this word can accurately describe the one-sided situation. In less than an hour, the nine Qing army main battleships removed the auxiliary ships around the Yamato and Emperor. A total of twenty attack ships were attacked in succession around the Yamato with a displacement of 12,000 tons and the 5,400 tons of the Emperor.

Yamato, which lost its main gun, only six secondary guns with 152 mm can be used for effective combat. Although the main gun of the Emperor is effective, in this atmosphere of inevitable defeat, the hit rate is pitiful. Yamato, who did not have the main gun, was hit by two torpedoes, and sank two torpedo boats, Weiquan and VIA. At this time, Liu Buchan ordered the stop of shooting.

The other party was also tactful and stopped shooting at the same time. The comparison of the strength of 20:2 was embarrassing. The two Japanese ships stood alone in the middle of the arc-shaped encirclement.

"Soully advise your army to surrender! You are a good man!" The Dingyuan ship was flag-spoken.

silence.

"The second time I advise your army to surrender is nothing but three things!"

silence.

"Last time..."

The answer to Dingyuan was a round of artillery fire. There was no fire on the Yamato. The Emperor was fired. The shells of the 280mm main gun landed in front of the Dingyuan ship. A wave hit Liu Buchan's body. Liu Buchan's murderous aura suddenly rose up. He spat fiercely and said, "Give me shamelessness, beat me hard!"

Boom! Countless artillery fires sounded at the same time, and a series of firelight flashed on the Emperor. The huge explosion and fireballs rose up, igniting the sea.

On the Yamato, a white flag was finally raised invisibly. At the same time, many people cut through their abdomen with samurai swords.

At the highest point of Dingyuan, on the golden flag, a hideous dragon was opening its bloody mouth, looking at the land in the east with a hideous look.
Chapter completed!