Originally, I saw that most of the fleet had already left the port. Who would have thought that a patrol of the Japanese army would appear here.

Ding Ruchang picked up the binoculars, took a closer look, and knew that it was the No. 9 torpedo boat and the Yaeyama gunboat of the Combined Fleet.

The person who stalled my way died, Ding Ruchang thought of this, and gave an order to Lin Taizeng: "Sink quickly, and then pass quickly."

The two twin-mounted 305-mm naval guns of the Dingyuan ship are not vegetarian, such heavy guns, even if the capital ship of the Japanese army is hit by a shot, it will be painful for a long time, not to mention these two small toys.

There was a loud bang, and the four 305-mm heavy guns let out an earth-shattering roar.

The Yaeyama gunboat is a wooden iron-hulled gunboat, then you are a dish from Dingyuan Zhenyuan, where can you withstand such destruction.

With just one round of shooting, Yaeyama was blown in two on the spot, and his companion No. 9 torpedo boat sank to the bottom of the sea in less than ten minutes. It became the first Combined Fleet warship sunk by the Beiyang Naval Division since the start of the war.

The huge explosion woke up Ito, who was resting on the outer Matsushima. Hurriedly putting on his clothes, he came to the bridge and saw a raging fire in the direction of Weihai, which was Yaeyama burning.

"Nani, what is Ding Ruchang going to do, why did he suddenly go out of the port to attack our army." Ito muttered to himself.

He never thought that the Beiyang Naval Division would break through, in his opinion, in the past few days, if the Beiyang Naval Division wanted to break through, it would have broken through a long time ago, and there was no need to do so at this time.

He believes that this is an operation of the torpedo boats of the Beiyang Naval Division, after all, such a thing has not happened once or twice in the past few days.

The wrong judgment made Ito miss the opportunity to annihilate the Beiyang Naval Division, and also brought huge trouble to the combined fleet in the future.

Judging that this was an attack by the Beiyang Naval Division, Ito ordered Fuso and the Yoshino to force the Beiyang Naval Division's harassment team back to Weihai Harbor.

The Fuso was originally a second-class escort ship.

After the Naniwa was sunk and the Hashidate was destroyed by the scourge of Liu Jun. Yuhiro Ito was heartbroken and didn't eat for three days.

And he was criticized by the Minister of the Navy. As a last resort, Ito had no choice but to use pheasants as phoenixes and pull garbage like the Fuso and Yaeyama over to make up the numbers.

If it weren't for the destruction of the Hashidate and Naniwa, he would not have been able to use such a warship with no protection at all in such an important matter as the blockade of Weihai.

The Fuso and Yoshino had already turned off their guns and rested peacefully, but after receiving the order from Ito Yuhiro, the sailors who had already fallen asleep were immediately woken up by the sound of the siren, and then quickly entered the gun emplacement, waiting for the warship to fire and depart.

From the time the fire was raised to the start of the sighting, more than ten minutes was enough time for the Beiyang Navy Division to leave.

When the Yoshino and Fuso were working at full speed to the point of the incident, where was the figure of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The arrogant Hanoi had already returned to the port for the Beiyang Naval Division, and he did not dare to rush into the port of Weihai rashly after it was dark, so he communicated with the Fusang, and then returned to the berthing point to report to the flagship.

When Ito learned about Kawachi's report, he didn't pay attention and went back to his bedroom. Waiting for tomorrow's attack.

There was a loud bang, followed by a series of explosions. Ito sat up from the bed and looked at the time, eleven o'clock.

"Baga, these damn army." Ito thought it was the Army bombarding the battery again.

Grunted and put on his clothes. I was about to go out and have a look.

I heard an anxious knock on the door of the cabin.

"Here we are." Ito Yuheng was a little displeased, and then opened them, and looked at the panic and sweat on the face of his chief of staff, as well as his pale face.

"Yaga, what's going on, it's making you so panicked, and you're losing the face of the Imperial Navy." Ito scolded loudly.

"Report...... Your Excellency the Commander...... Weihai ......" The chief of staff of the six gods who had been frightened pointed out in fright.

"Waste" Yuhiro Ito scolded and pushed away the chief of staff and ran to the bridge.

As far as the eye can see, Weihai has become a paradise of fire.

From time to time, explosions and skyrocketing fires illuminated the entire Weihai red.

It's not like an army shelling. Ito's brows furrowed. Looking at the burning Weihai port in a daze.

With a clear snap, Ito Yuheng slapped his hand on the railing at once, his face turned pale and then suddenly he yelled: "It's not good." ”

The direction of the explosion just now, that is the direction of the port, is the anchorage of the Beiyang Naval Division, but now where is the skyrocketing explosion. It could not have been done by the artillery on the shore. The only explanation is that the Beiyang Naval Division blew it up by itself.

Since the sailors blew up their own base, that .

"Order, the whole ship is aiming." The distorted Yuhiro Ito turned his head and began to yell.

Now his heart was filled with anger and remorse.

The Beiyang Navy Division blew up its own port, what does that prove, it proves that the Beiyang Navy Division has given up on giving up Weihai.

And giving up Weihai, it proves that the Beiyang Naval Division has broken through, and he thought of Yaeyama dozens of minutes ago, which was not the attack of the Beiyang Naval Division, but the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division breaking through.

After the Beiyang Naval Division broke through, the first place that Ito Yuheng thought of was Lushun.

On the surface of the Yellow Sea, the sky has already brightened. The weather was also good today, the sun was shining, although the wind was a little strong, but Liu Jun still stood on the bridge with great interest, and his black cloak was swayed up and down by the sea breeze.

After receiving the telegram of Ding Ruchang's breakthrough yesterday, he was overjoyed and asked Zhong Lin to find Li He, and asked Li He to quickly fill in coal and bombs, and then go out of Lushun at eight o'clock in the evening to search for the traces of the Beiyang Navy Division along the Weihai area.

This matter was originally handed over to Li He by Liu Jun, but perhaps Liu Jun thought that the Beiyang Naval Division was too important, and in the end he decided to take it personally.

Li He couldn't disobey Liu Jun, so he had to let Liu Jun get on the bridge with better firepower and protection, and told Liu Jun that if he engaged, he must stay in the command tower, otherwise he would not dare to take Liu Jun even if he was shot.

Liu Jun has no objection to this. Instead, he happily agreed, after all, naval warfare was not his cup of tea, and if there was a war, he would still leave these things to the professionals to do well.

Under the bridge, there was the terrifying 320 mm heavy gun. For this, Liu Jun despised the Japanese Navy and was frightened crazy by Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. Such equipment is simply a mosquito carrying a cannon. A small cruiser, just the hell with a 320 mm main gun, I really don't know what kind of monster Japan would install if there was such a big guy as the Dingyuan ship.

But Liu Jun just despised it, not insulted, after all, now the Hashidate is his warship.

Looking at the sea in the distance, Liu Jun frowned. After looking at Li He, who was standing in front of him, wearing a new white navy uniform and wearing the rank of lieutenant general, Liu Jun asked suspiciously: "It's been so long, why haven't you found it yet?" ”

Li He already knew Liu Jun's temper, and when he arrived on the battlefield, it was definitely a swear word.

Looking up at the endless sea in the distance, Li He shook his head, but seeing Liu Jun's anxious expression, Li He still said: "The Yellow Sea is so big, and the distance from Lushun to Weihai is not very close. ”

"Gotta get it, don't say nice things." Liu Jun interrupted Li He depressedly, his eyes rolled, and he thought of the task he had assigned to Li He last time. "I'll let you train me a thousand excellent sailors, what has become of me now, hurry up, the German warships are coming."

"Dashuai...... What do you mean. Li He's eyes glowed with gold, just like looking at gold. Just now he clearly heard a few words, the German warship was coming.

"This ...... That ......" Liu Jun really doesn't know how to explain it now. You can't tell Li He that he got two German armored cruisers.

Boom, there was a faint sound of artillery in the distance.

The voice diverted the attention of the two of them, and both of them held up their binoculars in unison, observing the direction from which the cannon fire came.

Nothing, except for the thick sound of cannonballs.

Li He was a veteran after all, and he knew that there was definitely a naval battle going on in the sea ahead, and he estimated that the sailors who broke through and the Japanese army had already started a battle.

"Full speed ahead." Li He sternly gave the order.

The Hashidate and the Pingyuan, which followed closely behind, received the flag of the signal soldiers, and both pulled down the speed to the maximum speed. Break the waves and ride the wind forward.

"South, smoke found."

"Smoke found in the South."

The lookout puts down his monoculars. Start raising alerts.

In less than two minutes, the lookout once again issued the latest observation: "The main force of the Beiyang Naval Division has been discovered, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Guangbing, Jiyuan, Jingyuan and torpedo boats. ”

"The main force of the Japanese army pursued our army, and Dingyuan caught fire."

The report came again.

"All guns in place." Li He kept giving orders on the bridge. He knew that this time he was settling accounts with the Combined Fleet.

Woo woo woo, the sirens on the Hashidate were loud, and the sailors quickly ripped off their gun jackets, then pushed out the shells and loaded the shells. Wait for the battle order.

"Okay, okay, finally broke through." Liu Jun is very ignorant of current affairs on the bridge? The bridge yelled.

Li He bit his lip: "Dashuai, can you go back." ”

"What, where are you going?" Liu Jun didn't understand what Li He was talking about.

"Dashuai, can you promise my ......" Li He was anxious. If Liu Jun regrets it now, he will have the heart to jump into the sea.

If he dies, it's fine, but if Dashuai loses some skin, he doesn't know how he will be cleaned up when he goes back.

"Oh," Liu Jun suddenly realized, he understood, Li He asked him to go back to the command tower.

Hehe smiled, Liu Jun smiled: "Okay, then I'll go back." After Liu Jun finished speaking, accompanied by the guards, he ran into the thick armored control tower, and looked through the window at the bridge that was turning the gun port and the hull of the ship.

A naval battle is on the verge of breaking out.