Kawahara Kazuichi was chilling all over. Now he was also two warships, but the previous poor performance of the "Yimei" made him lose confidence. These Chileans are money-loving goods, and once they fight, they are afraid of losing a hair, it is a shame for soldiers. However, fighting with just a 4,000-ton cruiser and a 6,000-ton ironclad ship, there is no hope of winning. Perhaps it is time to leave some seeds for the navy.

When Kawahara thought of this, he decisively ordered:

"Retreat immediately, leave the Qing Dynasty fleet at full speed, and sing flags and let Jimei follow our ship."

So, in front of the scarred Kyuyuan, the Yoshino cruiser fled in panic, while the other cruiser, Yoshimi, did not follow the Yoshino, but instead avoided the Yoshino far away. After ensuring that he left the Yoshino artillery range, he was shockingly shooting out the white flag. The Yoshino penetrated the slightly side, as if he wanted to turn around, but under the huge pressure of the Qing Dynasty fleet, he had to turn around and run wildly.

This naval battle that took place near Dagukou lasted for more than three hours in total, and finally came to an end. All the Qing Dynasty fleets were injured, eight of which needed to be seriously injured and overhauled in the dock, and the other three ships also needed to replace most of their weapons and equipment. However, compared with that, the losses of the Japanese Combined Fleet were even heavier, six of the eighteen cruisers were captured (Yimei, Takachiho, Kaohsiung, Haimen. Kazuki, Kazuko, Kazuko, and Yoshimi were renamed Yoshitsuki, Takashi, and Takashi.

Chiho changed his name to Dark Moon, and the remaining four were sealed and sold to Japan), one escaped (Yoshino, later passed through Lushun, was attacked and sunk by a torpedo boat formation, and the water was salvaged at the end of the year, and was renamed the Moon Exploration), two of them sank (Matsushima, Hashiri, and were later salvaged, that is, the Northeast Federal Fleet Hiroshi and Leng Yue), and seven were sunk (only Chiyoda was salvaged out of the water, which was later Qianyue), and the gunboats and torpedo boats were wiped out, which was a loss of money.

Victory, yes, after two years of preparation and after a failed blow, Zhao Gang finally led the fleet to defeat the powerful Japanese joint fleet. Zhao Gang walked out quietly with tears in his eyes, and cheering soldiers were everywhere, and the deck became a sea of ​​joy.

Where is Commander Zhao? Captain Wen looked around and there were cheering naval soldiers everywhere, without Zhao Gang's figure. Captain Wen left the captain's room and searched for Zhao Gang. No one was found in the engine room and crew lounge. Finally, behind the huge iron anchor, Captain Wen heard a young man crying with depression and happiness. Captain Wen quietly retreated. The sunset was like blood, and the hero might not be without tears!

At this time, the second fleet of the Qing Dynasty Navy finally arrived, with 16 ships

"Guangjia (iron-sie wood shell, displacement of 1290 tons)"

"Guangyi (iron-sie wood shell, displacement of 1290 tons)"

"Guangbing (iron-stranded wood shell, displacement of 1290 tons)"

"Nanchen (all steel hull, displacement of 1905 tons)"

"Nanrui (all steel hull displacement 1905 tons)"

"Jingqing (Iron-stranded double wooden hull, displacement of 2200 tons")

"Huantai (Iron-stranded double wooden hull, displacement of 2,200 tons")"

"Baomin (steel plate ship, displacement of 1477 tons)"

"Kaiji (Iron-stranger double wooden hull, displacement of 2200 tons")

"Weiyuan (Iron Stand Double Wooden Case, Displacement 1310 Tons)"

Six mosquito boats in the east, west, south, north, middle, and edge of the town (displacement of 430 tons)

The total tonnage reaches 20,000 tons, objective evaluation - the performance of a single ship is slightly lower than the pile of garbage in the second group of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the overall performance is slightly higher than that of the second group, but it cannot be compared with any new cruiser. However, the only new Japanese cruiser is fleeing in panic and will sink to the bottom of the sea in a few hours, so this fleet is currently invincible.

That is, after the Japanese Navy was wiped out, the Japanese Army seemed to be inevitably severely damaged, and the future of 20,000 troops was as dark as the sunset hanging in the sky.

In the second fleet, the first one to fire was six 430-ton mosquito ships. Six mosquito ships (430 tons of displacement) raised huge Armstrong 11-inch cannons. With the loud bang of the shells, six 240.4 kilograms of grenades flew out, three of which hit the target. The morale of the second fleet was greatly boosted, and Guangjia and other ships then fired. The artillery fire turned the sea near Dagukou into a hell on earth.

The bulky Tokyo Maru was loaded with 4,000 soldiers. Because of its huge appearance, it was favored by many shells. Within a few minutes, the ship with a displacement of 6,200 tons sank into the seabed. The huge whirlpool sucked all the Japanese soldiers who were asking for help on the seabed to the bottom of the sea. Immediately afterwards, the troop transport ship Takakumaru, which had a load of 3,000 tons, and the 2,500 tons of Tenryumaru were named one by the shells.

Seeing that the second fleet had fierce firepower, the remaining ships did not dare to act rashly, and hung the white flag in unison.

More than 11,000 soldiers, all the heavy equipment of the three divisions, and most of the military supplies fell into Zhao Gang's hands. At this point, the Battle of Dagukou finally ended. Although Japan's adventure plan achieved surprising success in the early stage, under Zhao Gang's strong counterattack, the navy was wiped out; only half of the army's troops escaped with a small number of rifles, and the 300,000 troops were on the way to the capital, and it was only a matter of time before and after. Japan's only war potential was exhausted, and it seemed that the Warring States Period would appear again on the land of Japan.

Zhao Gang's main ship has strong combat power, and can be re-mounted after a few days of simple maintenance. The captive Jimi is no less than the new cruiser of the three main ships. Other cruisers need to undergo overhaul to recover to normal. Zhiyuan was forced to retire due to severe deformation of the keel and fracture. In other words, the remaining seven cruisers can only recover their combat power after one month. However, if the two Sanjing ships that were fished out of the water, plus the other two 3,000-ton cruisers, the total tonnage of the newly formed fleet will reach about 60,000 tons. It will become the well-deserved first fleet in Asia.

In the Dagukou naval battle, iron-clad ships as large as 7,000 tons, torpedo speedboats as small as dozens of tons; cruisers as fast as 23 knots, mosquito ships as slow as a few knots; large caliber artillery has huge 320mm38 caliber, and some have much different power, but the faster firing speed, there are 250mm dual-mounted main guns with a firing rate of almost hundreds of times faster than 320mm, and 250mm floating turrets that cannot be rotated; medium caliber artillery has 120mm and 152 mm caliber artillery, and there are old-fashioned cannons with the same caliber but much slower old-fashioned cannons; in the small caliber artillery, the 75-caliber artillery competes with the 7 series of rapid-fire cannons. Almost all weapons appeared in the Dagukou naval battle, which played a great role in the subsequent development of weapons.

After the Battle of Dagukou, Zhao Gang made the Kyuyuan very miserable and parked it in the dock of Lushun No. 1, intentionally or unintentionally let foreigners see the terrifying power of the 320mm caliber cannon. On the one hand, Britain, France, Russia and the United States saw the terrifying power of small ships carrying cannons, and began to give up the development of huge armored ships, and developed more fast and low-protection cruisers with tonnage of 4 to 5,000 tons, and were keen to carry extremely powerful cannons on them.

The most extreme one here is Russia. In the six years after 1895, nearly forty fast cruisers were produced continuously. Even the most conservative British built nearly twenty fast cruisers.

On the way back to Lushun, Zhao Gang believed that no matter how things evolve in the future, he had already won a better future for the Chinese nation.

The huge ironclad ship gradually sank into the quiet night, and the sun will be even better tomorrow.
Chapter completed!