On the flagship Kyuyuan, Zhao Gang was a little regretful. The Zhiyuan ship was injured. After salvaging it, it was found that the keel was slightly distorted. It was said that it had to go through the process of recalibrating the keel before sailing. However, the leader Deng Shichang insisted on seeking a battle. On the one hand, Zhao Gang could not refuse this national hero; on the other hand, he also believed that Zhiyuan had strong combat power, so he brought Zhiyuan to fight.

Unexpectedly, when Zhiyuan was maneuvering, it was a deviation and suddenly left the queue, causing a key attack from the Japanese joint fleet, and was about to suffer a disaster. Zhao Gang ordered anxiously:

"Hurry, the Kiaoyuan ship immediately goes forward to rescue Zhiyuan, hurry up!"

The fleet commander Scher, who was standing by, was dissatisfied with it, "Zhao, I am the commander in this fleet, your orders are not passed."

"Bird! I'll spare you."

The guards on the side cooperated and stood beside Zhao Gang, looking at Sheer maliciously. Sheer was furious: "Mr. Zhao Gang, you are unreasonable to do this, you have to pay the price for it."

Zhao Gang ignored him and asked, "Captain Wen, whose order are you obeying?"

"Only the leader of the generals is the leader of the humble position."

"Okay, come forward immediately and rescue Zhiyuan. Dingyuan will temporarily perform the flagship function, and the fleet commander will be temporarily taken by Guanshen Tan."

"The humble official is instructed. Go forward at full speed, turn left and cover Zhiyuan."

The most powerful monster on the sea roared and roared, bulging every piece of steel and iron bone on his body to rescue his companion who shared life and death.

The situation of the Zhiyuan ship at this time was not particularly bad, at least it was much better than the lightning strike formation of Japanese gunboats 1,200 meters away.

After the unlucky "Fengxiang" and "Achicheng"

Maya was hit by a super luxurious 250mm shell, and the warhead of more than 100 kilograms immediately folded it into two pieces and sank it to the bottom of the sea.

At 16:28, the joint fleet "Mayer" disappeared. 94 of the 112 people on the ship were killed and 24 were rescued.

I think that compared to this, Bird Sea was not so lucky, only hit a 75mm shell, but this did not stop him from becoming the fourth sunken ship. A large hole with a diameter of more than half a meter allows it to rest in peace on the continental shelf under the sea.

At 16:29, the joint fleet "Bird Sea" disappeared. 54 of the 102 people on the ship were killed and 48 were rescued.

Seeing the friendly ships around him sinking one after another, the gunboat formation flagship Oshima tried hard to fire at Zhiyuan 1,000 meters. The huge impact of the four 120mm rapid-fire guns made the gunboat, which was only 630 tons, jumped hugely. Most of the shells did not hit the target, and only one shell hit the far ship - the far ship 2,400 meters away. However, after leaving a 40mm deep pit on the 120mm armor belt of the far ship, the shell was bounced out. All Japan's shells were loaded with the Shise fire, which could cause a big fire. However, because the Shise fire fire was not stable, it was loaded much less when loading the medicine, and its power was not as good as the * loading shells.

The harassment noticed the annoying little reptile. Within one minute, 840 shells covered the area where the island is located. The wreckage afterwards indicated that about 23 75mm shells hit the island.

At 16:31, the joint fleet "Big Island" was gone. All 130 people on the ship were killed.

The lightning strike boats 10, 16 and 17 were also hit by this rain of bullets. The small boat, which was only 50 tons, was not qualified to negotiate and successfully threw it into the arms of the sea.

At this time, the gunboat formation was only 900 meters away, but this distance was a road to death. The remaining three gunboats Atago Iwa Castle Ryutsuki were already scared to death when they saw the miserable consequences of the previous gunboats. They hurriedly turned the rudder to avoid the attacks of the Qing navy. In the chaos, Atago and Ryutsuki collided, and Ryutsuki sank. Atago hull broke down and flooded a lot of water. It sank in three minutes. Dangban was lucky, and ran aground in Xiagu, 20 miles south of Dagukou.

At 16:34, the joint fleet gunboat formation all lost its combat power! After all, in the place where the giant beasts duel on the sea, things like rats cannot be added.

At this time, the situation of the Zhiyuan was already very unoptimistic. The flames ignited by the Shise Fire were extremely destructive. In addition, the 19th century warships used a large number of wooden components. The "Zhiyuan" ship "the next door in the cabin was made of wood, painted and decorated with appearance", and soon the fire broke out. The fire was out of control. The fire demon spread all over the place in the "Zhiyuan" ship, forming flames. The "Zhiyuan" was constantly being shot in the previous artillery battle, and the hull had been seriously tilted right. At the most dangerous moment of her life, this beautiful swan born on the British Isles had become a phoenix in the ashes.

In the warship cabin, Deng Shichang, the chief lieutenant Weng Shouyu organized the sailors to fight against the fire. In the main gun position of the head of the ship, regardless of the yellow and toxic smoke surrounding it, the deputy cannon Li Jingtang was commanding the sailors to use the artillery to fight back against the Japanese warships.

The engine room located at the bottom of the warship has become a purgatory on earth at this moment. In order to prevent the fire from entering the engine room, all the passages leading to the upper deck have been closed, and the heat is scorching every officer and soldier here. The engine room soldiers who have no hope for their survival have worked hard to fill coal in the boiler with shovels of coal in the boiler, even though the servo system of the "Zhiyuan" ship has been completely destroyed in the fire.

This 2,300-ton medium cruiser turned into a huge fireball. The first team of the Japanese United Fleet had already stepped forward, and the 11 120mm40-diameter rapid-fire cannons of the Matsushima were aimed at the dying Zhiyuan...

Captain Omoto looked at the commander and said in admiration: "The Zhiyuan ship is really brave!"

Yuki Ito nodded, "The performance of the Zhiyuan ship reminded me of Xu Chu of the Three Kingdoms era, Captain. Should we express some respect in the face of such a respectable opponent?"

Omoto knew that his body was straight and ordered: "All artillery fired the Zhiyuan ship in a concentrated manner."

11 120mm shells roared towards the Zhiyuan ship, and dozens of shells of different caliber were flying in front, back and left and right of them. A distance of three thousand meters, a few seconds, determines the moment of life and death.

A 120mm shell hit the hull, and the hull was immediately covered by a mass of fire...

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen shells hit the hull, which was covered by more than a dozen large or small flames.
Chapter completed!