The older the ginger, the spicier. Sun Wanghua's plan was to let the Beiyang and Japanese fleets go all out, and then the Prideful Sky would be the last to reap the harvest. At this point, the Japanese navy could not escape even if they wanted to. Almost all the ships were damaged, including the Prideful Sky.
"Then that's it. It looks like the Northern Fleet can still hold on.”The Japanese Navy had lost three main warships, and their firepower had obviously decreased. In addition to the death of two flagships, the other warships did not hang the commander's flag. They must have known that hanging the commander's flag would attract attention and die faster.
The gunboat Red Castle, which had been bombarded by Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, had already retreated from the battlefield. Its speed was extremely slow. This gunboat, which was only a few hundred tons, was just here to be a bystander. It did not have much armor or firepower.
Other than the Red Castle, the Fusang was also riddled with injuries. Both sides were using their best warships to fight against the enemy's worst warships. If it wasn't for the Proud Heaven, the balance of the sea battle would have already begun to tilt towards the Japanese Navy.
Proud Sky, which burned oil, was much more powerful than coal ships. Whether it was acceleration or the time to change the rudder, Proud Sky raised the flag and took the initiative to show its attitude. The morale of the Northern Navy was greatly boosted. Proud Sky sank four enemy ships, which was worthy of being called an ACE.
Red Castle and Fusang were about 8,000 meters away from Proud Heaven. On the right side of the front, the angle was about 15 degrees from the bow. At this position, only two sub-cannons and one turret could shoot. On the left side of Proud Heaven, 5,000 meters away were Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. On the other hand, the Japanese ships were Chiyoda, Yan Island, and Hashimoto. The few ships were very close to each other. It was like a bayonet fight. The original flagship Dingyuan was on fire, and the situation was not good.
"Chase after them and kill them. Aim the main cannon at Fusang and attack Red Castle.”The Red Castle was too small, less than 50 meters long and four meters wide. Using the Pride to attack it was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
The helmsman moved slightly to the left, and the secondary cannon got the chance to shoot. It started to fire at the gunboat.
At the same time, the turret of the main cannon was also rotating, aiming at the Fusang ironclad. The ship's speed was extremely slow, almost no different from hitting a fixed target.
One cannonball after another slammed into the small gunboat, the Red Castle. The Pride's 152mm sub-cannon took less than 7 seconds to load. Other than the first two missed, the rest of the cannonballs hit the Red Castle, causing it to be in tatters. Almost all the sailors on the ship were dead. The boiler room was probably hit, and the Red Castle was set off by fireworks. It exploded and broke into two pieces, sinking into the sea.
The first round of shots from the main cannon did not hit Fusang. It was deviated more than 100 meters to the left, probably because of the wind speed. It was blowing southwest, and it had already started to rain.
The captain of the Fusang, Arai Yuuki, said to everyone," Abandon the ship quickly. The future of the Imperial Kingdom is entrusted to you young people. If you lose the warship, you can buy it again."”
The British had always supported the Japanese because of Russia's ambitions. Compared to the old Manchu Empire, the new Japanese Empire clearly had more outstanding potential, whether it was the government or the people.
In contrast, the rulers of both sides, the old witch used the navy's military funds to build a garden for her retirement, while the Emperor of Japan called on government officials and the people to raise funds to buy warships.
Other than a few people, the Fusang's sailors began to dive. Half a minute later, the Fusang was hit. The Fusang and its captain, Arai Yuuki, were brought into the sea. The ship was with the people, and the ship was dead. This had almost become the custom of naval captains.
"All the small fries are dead. Now, there are only five ships left, namely, Nimisu, Takachiho, Itsukashima, and Hashi Chiyoda.”Wei Chenghong looked at the time on his phone. It was 2:30 in the afternoon, and the Prideful Sky had already circled to the right wing of the battlefield.
The Japanese Navy was also doing their best. They were practically sticking close to the Beiyang Fleet, facing the bombardment of the cannons. The warships of both sides were covered in blood and flesh. Even if they could not win this war, they would drag the Beiyang Fleet down with them.
Now, it was not Deng Shichang's Zhiyuan that was going to crash into the ship, but the Japanese ship's Hashimoto. The captain of the ship was determined to die, so he gave the order to crash into Zhenyuan. The Hashimoto was only 400 meters away from Zhenyuan, and their ship was facing Zhenyuan.
The frenzy of the Hashimoto immediately attracted the attention of the other battleships nearby. Lin Tai, the commander of the Zhenyuan Warship, had ordered them to focus all their firepower on the Hashimoto, but it was too late. The distance was too close. Under everyone's gaze, the Hashimoto of the Sanjing Warship slammed into the ironclad Zhenyuan Warship.
Even though Zhenyuan was 7000 tons in weight, it couldn't withstand the 4000 tons of the Bridgestone. The collision of the two huge ships brought about extremely serious consequences. The Bridgestone, which wanted to reverse, had no way to do so. The Bridgestone's hull was hit by the Bridgestone, and a large hole was made in Zhenyuan's hull. At the same time, the Bridgestone was hooked, and the two ships were now connected.
"Kill, kill all those Japanese devils.”In this era, the Beiyang Navy was not a rotten army. Their combat power was still very strong. They picked up their military sabers and rifles and charged at the Hashimoto. The larger Zhenyuan allowed the Beiyang sailors to easily jump from the warship to the deck of the Hashimoto.
The two sides that were fighting with their eyes red did not give preferential treatment to the captives. This was related to the fate of the two countries, and everyone was fighting with their lives.
Compared to the artillery battle on the sea, the battle between Qiaoli and Zhenyuan was even more brutal. Wei Chenghong saw this scene. Compared to the sh * t of the Huai Army and the Army, the men of the Navy were really good. From the looks of it, they wanted to take the Qiaoli.
Although Zhenyuan was hit with a big hole, the bridge was not large enough and could not sink Zhenyuan at all. Instead, the bow of the ship was stuck on Zhenyuan and could not even reverse. They were forced to take on the boarding battle of the Zhenyuan crew.
At such a distance, the Pride's main cannon couldn't fire at all. If they accidentally injured their allies, they would definitely lose money and experience if they fired Soul Imprint.
Zhiyuan's old enemy, the Yoshino, had sunk the moment the battle started. Now, Zhiyuan's opponent had become the Wave Speed. After fighting for almost two hours, other than the crew of the Proud Heaven, all the warships that participated in the battle were not having an easy time. At this time, Jiyuan actually fled on its own. Judging from the condition of Jiyuan's hull, it was still passable. Compared to it, Zhiyuan's situation was much worse. It was still fighting.
"One of them escaped, but fortunately, the situation isn't too bad.”Wei Chenghong looked at the battleships that were fighting. Zhenyuan VS Qiao Li, Zhiyuan VS Lang Su, Dingyuan, Jingyuan VS Yan Dao, Laiyuan, Jingyuan VS Qiu Jinzhou, and finally, Pingyuan, Guangbing VS Chiyoda. Jiyuan had already left the battlefield.
Among them, Dingyuan and Jingyuan were on fire. The Japanese ship Yan Dao was also on fire. All the warships were squeezed together without any order. It was a mess. Sun Wanghua frowned and said to Wei Chenghong," Commander, I suggest that we gather all the warships to regroup. The enemy ships are all damaged. Among them, Qiao Li is already entangled with Zhenyuan. In addition, the enemy ship Yan Dao has no combat power with our Dingyuan and Jingyuan. The result of the stalemate is that the ships will be burned down.”
The two sides were now competing to see who could not hold it in first. Jiyuan's manager Fang Boqian obviously could not hold it in anymore and chose to retreat from the battlefield. He reckoned that this guy would not have a good ending.
After receiving the flag signal from the Proud Sky, Dingyuan and Jingyuan were the first to leave the battle. Following that, the other ships also gave up on fighting. Under the call of the Proud Sky, they were prepared to rest for a while before fighting again.
At this moment, the sounds of battle shook the skies. Hundreds of sailors from both sides were fighting madly on the deck of the Bridge. From time to time, people and corpses would fall into the sea beside the Bridge, dyeing the seawater around the Bridge red. It even attracted the sharks, the predators of the sea.
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