Not long after the battle began, the problem of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's flagship fleet aging appeared frequently. It was already 12 years old and had not been repaired for eight years. Its speed had decreased severely. In addition, it had not purchased ammunition for three years, so the main cannon ammunition was too little. It could not fight for a long time.
Shortly after the battle, the flagship of the Zulong Kingdom's naval fleet was hit and caught on fire. The fire burned Yang Zihao, and the messenger flag was burned by the enemy's artillery fire. Yang Zihao refused to be carried into the cabin by his attendants and insisted on sitting on the deck to continue commanding the entire ship.
The four warships of the Sun Nation's first guerrilla fleet used their speed advantage to surround the right wing of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet. They leaned back and attacked in a roundabout manner. The Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's Zhi and Chao warships were hit and caught on fire, retreating from the battle.
The Sun Nation's naval fleet, Wave High and Wave Low, were also hit by the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet and caught fire, but they were quickly put out.
At around 14:30, the Super Battleship was sunk by the Sun Nation's naval fleet. Huang Xun fell into the water. The Guang Zi Torpedo Boat approached Huang Xun to rescue him, but Huang Xun did not let it go. He could not help but calmly and generously die. Of the more than 100 crew members, except for six who were rescued, most of them also died heroically.
At that time, the Sun Nation's first guerrilla squadron was on the right wing of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet. The Sun Nation's naval fleet had also clashed with the main force of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet.
The Sun Nation's naval fleet was hit and heavily injured. It was not the same as the Ancestral Dragon's naval fleet. It turned out that the Zhizi ship had heavily injured the Japanese army. Both the Hiei and Langdi ships were hit. Tarō Yasube was killed, and the Nishimaru was also heavily injured.
At about 14:15, the Sun Nation's naval fleet circled behind the Ancestral Dragon Nation's naval fleet and formed a pincer attack with the first guerrilla fleet. The Ancestral Dragon Nation's naval fleet was attacked from the back and the front, causing the morale of the fleet to become even more chaotic. In the chaos, the Ancestral Dragon Nation's naval fleet had been attacking the Zhi-shaped warship in the front. After being hit by several high-explosive bombs, the fire gradually rose. The Sun Nation's naval fleet immediately seized the opportunity to shoot at close range. The waves were high and low, and many ships were bombarded. Many of them were injured, causing the ship to be filled with flames.
Colonel Ito commanded the first guerrilla fleet to rescue the Langdi. The Hiei was also at the forefront and finally caught up with the burning Zhishi. Deng Chang saw that the head ship of the Wave High had a strong cannon and was extremely fast. He said," Our warship has already used up all its ammunition and has no cannon to use. The enemy's Wave High relies on its speed to bully us into not having any cannon to use. I've decided to crash into it. We soldiers should remember this and die together with it."”
All the soldiers obeyed the order and also collided with him to die. They were all men, what was there to be afraid of? It still crashed into the main fleet of the Sun Nation's naval fleet at full speed. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers of the Sun Nation's naval fleet were shocked and concentrated their artillery fire on the ship. The right torpedoes of the ship were hit, causing a big explosion. At 3:30, the ship sank in the Pacific Ocean at 123 degrees 34 minutes east longitude and 39 degrees 32 minutes north latitude. All the officers and soldiers, except for seven rescued, died heroically for the country.
It was also possible that the Zhiyuan warship had been attacked by torpedoes. There was another saying that the Zhiyuan warship had been hit by the Japanese warship's artillery fire. Before the Zulong Kingdom's naval fleet started the battle, they had already thrown torpedoes into the sea.
After the Zhi warship sank, the Jing warship led Wu Jing to escape. The Lai warship fought against the attacks of many enemy warships. Due to its heavy injuries, it withdrew from the battle and hid near the island to urgently repair the damaged machines. The Ding warship and the Zhen warship fought bloody battles and severely injured many enemies. It even caught fire several times and was put out. After the fire was extinguished, it continued to fight.
" It's not like the Jing Firm is running away with Wu Jing, and the Guang Firm won't run away either. We're going to win this battle for sure. Brothers, hurry up and fix the machines. We'll fight again. If we don't defeat the Sun Nation's navy, how can we have a good life?”The manager of the Lai family said.
"Yes, sir! Bind! Brothers, put more strength into it and push it away.”The sailors on the warship laughed loudly, but their work also sped up.
Lin Zeng looked at the battlefield. The Lai warship was carrying the attack of four enemy warships, and he was really worried for him. However, he had no choice but to watch. Fortunately, our warships have been repaired!
"Hurry up and get up! Fire!"
At 3:30 pm, Langgao, the fleet of the Sun Nation's naval fleet, was hit by 3.5 mm cannons from the town ship of the fleet of the Ancestral Dragon Nation's naval fleet. Langgao, the flagship of the fleet of the Sun Nation's naval fleet, was hit twice. After the No. 4 turret of Langgao was hit, it caused a big fire, causing a boiler failure and an explosion. The ship tilted 5 degrees and emitted white smoke. Commander Hunyuan saw the warships of the fleet of the Sun Nation's naval fleet which had not been repaired in time. The situation of the four fleets wasn't optimistic either. Seeing that the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's navy fleet, which was also injured, had regrouped and moved over, at about 5:40, he ordered them to retreat from the battlefield.
The Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet gave chase and returned to Lukou. The five-hour naval battle ended here. The result of the naval battle was that the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet lost five warships. In fact, when the Guang warship was escaping from the war, it was destroyed. A few days later, the sailors on the Guang warship self-destructed, and more than a thousand soldiers were killed or injured in this battle.
As for the Sun Nation's naval fleet, Turtle Island, Langdi, Birong, Gaochang, and Xiwan were heavily injured. The navy officials had lost more than 600 people. This time, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet had suffered a large loss, but they had not completely lost their combat power.
? From the perspective of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's history, if the enemy fled, we should have won. However, if we look at the history of the world's naval battles, regardless of who withdrew first, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's navy lost completely.
However, I still feel that there is hope for a comeback. First, the Sun Nation's naval fleet only has seven main ships. Five of them are heavily injured and unable to fight, while two are lightly injured. On the other hand, our side had about 12 main warships. Five of them were sunk, but the rest were lightly injured. They could continue fighting. If our side replenished their forces and continued fighting, it would be seven against two. The odds of victory were definitely very high.
However, in order to preserve the strength of the fleet, Li Hongzhang ordered the Zulong Kingdom's naval fleet to hide in Weihai Port and not to patrol the sea to meet the enemy. The Sun Nation's naval fleet seized the sea control.
The naval battle between the Zulong Kingdom and the Sun Nation lasted for about five hours until 12:50 on September 14th, 1894. The scale and duration of the battle were rarely seen in the Far East War Zone in modern history and even in the history of the world.
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