The coal smoke spurted, and the cannon fire made the sea surface boil.

There are towering striking figures everywhere, and there are fireballs roaring and flying everywhere. When they hit the deck, the flames gush and the sea of ​​fire gushed; when they hit the bridge, the mast tower collapsed, and steel flew everywhere; when they hit the sea, the water columns were rising up, the waves rushing, and the waves gushed for dozens of meters away.

With the courageous efforts of the gunners of the Super Yong, at 13:08, a 254-mm shell fired by the Super Yong finally hit the Yoshino. Some ammunition piled up next to the gun position was ignited, and the flames suddenly ignited on the rear deck of the Yoshino. A large amount of toxic smoke released after the bitter acid burned dissipated with the wind, forcing the Yoshino to interrupt the dense artillery fire. Looking at the Yoshino, which finally fell silent, all the officers and soldiers on the Super Yong were finally relieved. Under the leadership of Huang Jianxun, the fire was led by Huang Jianxun, the fire was hit by more than 20 large and small caliber shells. The fire was high, and the bottom cabin was flooded with water, and the hull was seriously tilted.

Not long after, the "Akitsuzhou" and "Langsu" of the First Guerrilla Fleet were also hit one after another. The officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet were cheering and prepared for the next round of shooting with great confidence.

However, this gratifying situation lasted only less than 2 minutes...

At 13:10, the Yoshino extinguished the fire on the rear deck. The artillery on the ship was like a poisonous snake that woke up from hibernation, and started a new round of attacks again! A shell penetrated the unprotected hull of the "Super Yong" like a thunderbolt, and a violent explosion occurred inside the warship. This shell took the life of the "Super Yong".

The "Super Yong" was originally designed by high-speed impact. In order to reduce weight, shipbuilding steel was used only on the outer layer and some key stress-bearing parts. Most of the other cabins were made of wood. After this shell exploded, the explosion flames encountered wood that was easily burned, and the fire immediately broke out!

The water dragon roared and the fire snake roared. The sky-high cloud-like flames rose from the "Shaoyong" ship, like a huge torch burning. On the cruiser of the "Yoshino", the Japanese naval officers and soldiers were already dancing excitedly and laughing wildly. A few sailors who were killed by the "Shaoyong" just now also struggled to limp out of the medical room, watching the miserable situation of the old enemy, and venting their abnormal fury and excitement. In the commander's tower, Yoshizo Tsukii smiled even more; such a huge fire had already ruled that the last destination of the "Shaoyong" had only one word "death". Even if the gods and Buddhas all over the sky arrived, I was afraid they could not save it!

"What did I say just now, what did I say just now? The Joint Fleet has great god Amaterasu and the Emperor's blessing, so it must be a battle of everything and will never win!" Hitoi Yokomitsu was proud and couldn't help laughing: "In less than 10 minutes, a Qing warship has been completely destroyed by us! The Joint Fleet Hong Fu Qitian, the rise of the Japanese Empire is just around the corner!"

"Wow!" The shells roared angrily and slammed into the sea water next to the "Yoshino". Silver pillars soared into the sky, and white waves shook. Yoshizo Tsukii turned his head and saw that the main gun of the "Yangwei" hit the cruiser in the distance rolling up layers of orange-purple glows. The smoke slowly rose up and soon dissipated in the sea breeze. Obviously, when the "Yangwei" was in trouble, he was trying his best to launch artillery to support the ships of the same team; but because the fire rate of the old-fashioned artillery was too slow, it was difficult to affect the destruction of the "Yoshino" on the "Yoshino".

A cold and cold smile appeared on the corner of Tsukii's mouth, and he said hoarsely: "Is this Qing Dynasty boat really tired of living? Since you want to accompany the army to bury it with you, I will fulfill your wish!"

"Boom! Boom!" The red light burst out, and the aura soared into the sky. Dozens of shells shot down the "Yangwei" in anger, and the waves gushed; after a while, the cabin collapsed and the flames rushed high. The disadvantage of these two warships using a large amount of wooden structure is that they are very easy to catch fire. Under the attack of the Japanese Navy's pico acid explosives, the fire was no longer controlled in a moment. Against the backdrop of the fire, the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers on the two warships were full of hatred and grief. Their skills and their wills were completely overwhelming all the companions on the opposite Japanese warships, but due to the huge gap in equipment disadvantages, it could no longer be compensated by human factors!

The artillery fire was flying and the flames were burning. The bow of the "Super Yong" was completely swept by fire waves, and thick smoke rolled. As the propeller was also destroyed in the dense rain of bullets just now, the entire warship stopped motionless on the sea, becoming the best floating target of the first guerrilla fleet. On the broken deck, the sailors flew to death with the shooting stars, fighting fiercely with the flame demon.

After receiving the news that the "Shaoyong" had completely lost its combat power and was irrescue, Liu Buchan, who was commanding the overall situation on the "Dingyuan", was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, beating his chest and stamping his feet, and was heartbroken. At this moment, his seven central warships were in a fierce confrontation with four cruisers of the joint fleet, and both sides were using their strengths to defeat the enemy's weaknesses. However, due to the gap in technical and equipment, "Shaoyong" could no longer respond, and "Shaoyong" was about to follow in the footsteps; if the central army on his side did not open up the situation, the outcome of this naval battle would be really unpredictable!

"Boom!" Another violent shock of the hull, Liu Buchan staggered and almost fell to the ground. The Dingyuan was once again hit by enemy shells, and the hit position was quite close to the commander tower! He felt relieved. Before he could feel glad that the shell did not hit the commander tower, an officer hurried in and shouted: "Report that Ding Junmen was injured on the flybridge, his right arm was burned, his left leg was broken, and he was receiving emergency intense treatment!"

"Fuck Ni's ancestors are eighteen generations. Are you waiting to eat shit when you put on so many fast cannons?" Liu Buchan was angry and couldn't help but roaring hysterically in the command tower. Everyone was also holding a sense of anger in their hearts and felt sad. In the past 20 minutes of battle, the rapid-fire artillery of the joint fleet was as dense as a storm, one wave after another, one wave higher than the other, and the Beiyang Navy ships were shot one after another. The situation of the three large iron ships was even better. The waterlines of the dome-armored cruisers without waterline armor had been holed.

After several times, black smoke rolled and fire waves hit the sky. Although the Japanese warships were hit many times because they exposed their sides to the Beiyang Fleet, due to the quality of the shells, most of the shells hit by the Beiyang Navy only left some holes on the Japanese warships, and did not cause any substantial damage at all. Moreover, the First Guerrilla Fleet is almost all around the side and rear of its own fleet. Only the rear main gun of its own central army can obtain the shooting boundary against the First Guerrilla Fleet, and the support effect it can play is extremely limited.

"Liu Guandai, even the signal flag has been beaten by the Japanese now. If you can't command it, what should we do now?" a staff officer couldn't help asking.

Liu Buchan frowned and was anxiously paced back and forth in the commander's tower, with a gloomy face and silent. The officers around him looked nervously at the captain and commander in front of him, hoping that he could come up with a practical way to reverse the unfavorable situation facing the Beiyang Fleet.

After a while, there was still a cloud of mucus in his mind. Liu Buchan couldn't help but grab the telescope and looked forward again. Battle flags were flying and artillery was like forests. At some point, the four fast cruisers of the United Fleet's team had already opened a large gap with the four slow ships behind. Seeing this, Liu Buchan's mind flashed and suddenly shouted like crazy: "It's now! I'll order this ship to turn left and turn 2 quorum points, increase the speed to 12.5 knots, and rush up at full speed!"

First mate Jiang Renhui was shocked and said, "Chapter 12.5! Liu Guandai, you want to..."

Liu Buchan did not answer him, but laughed wildly on his own: "Old Ito, you are foolish, but you can't blame me!"

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Ten years later, Liu Buchan, who has become the commander-in-chief of the navy, was still full of compassion and gratitude for this command that year when recalling the Battle of Dadonggou. Although he admitted that this was a fire of thinking that burst out in an instant and had not been carefully analyzed after careful consideration, no one could deny that the decision was absolutely correct!

According to the naval rituals issued by the Beiyang Navy, the fleet was arranged in a row of Pisces, in two groups; when encountering the enemy's battle, it turned into a horizontal line to meet the enemy, and the two warships of the same team cooperated with each other, both offensive and defensive. After this well-known regulation, there was actually another system, that is, each ship must follow the flagship movement. When the flagship went east, the fleet went east; when the flagship charged, the fleet also charged!

When he lost the signal flag and was unable to command the fleet, facing the tense and severe situation, Liu Buchan thought of using the movement of the Dingyuan itself to command the fleet. At this moment, "Super courage" and "Yangwei" had lost their combat effectiveness; although the Beiyang Navy lost a small team, it was a blessing in disguise, and the speed did not have to be dragged down by the two old ships. Now the headquarters of the joint fleet suddenly broke a crack, which was only over 2,000 meters away from him. If he rushed up at full speed at this time and cut it in half from the gap, can the four warships landed at the end of the team escape their palms?

Liu Buchan is now gambling, and the excellent qualities that Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers have had after more than ten years of training; he firmly believed in his heart that everyone was an old man who had been on the ship for more than ten years. As long as he saw the flagship "Dingyuan" turn and accelerate, he would definitely react and follow the flagship to move together!

"German, it depends on you now." Liu Buchan murmured at the battleship "Kaiyuan" bathed in the smoke of bullets next to him.
Chapter completed!