At about the same time, the "Ganxing" also began to fire at the "Princess Heshuo" and joined the battle, although it was "two to one", but the Japanese soon understood that their attack was ineffective.

Due to the relatively good sea conditions, the degree of swaying of the hull is not large, the guns are easy to aim, and the guns have been very skilled in the previous battles, so the guns on the Qianguo warships are extremely fast in loading and firing. For a time, the 190-mm and 140-mm shells seemed to fall from the sky like a hurricane, and the Qianguo gunners, based on their experience in dealing with the "Dong" ironclad ship, deliberately fired at the gun emplacements and masts of the Japanese ships.

Seeing that the "Yunyang" was instantly dumb and unable to move, the captain of the "Ganxing" may have been quite shocked by this fierce Qianguo warship, and hurriedly ordered the rudder to turn around to avoid the artillery fire, intending to leave the battlefield. Seeing that the Japanese warship was about to escape, the Qianguo warship temporarily ignored the "Yunyang" and instead went all out to attack the "Ganxing."

Heihachiro Togo saw the "Princess Pegaku" catch up with the "Ganxing" at high speed, and the 140-mm breech-loading gun and the 40-mm Habekaisi five-barreled rapid-fire gun on the side began to rain bullets continuously. Due to the close proximity of the two sides, the flybridge of the "Dry Line" was quickly hit, and several officers and sailors were killed on the spot, and then a mast was broken, and then another shell hit the middle of the hull of the "Dry Line" one after another, destroying the engine room. After that, countless machine shells exploded on the main deck, killing and wounding Japanese officers and men, including the helmsman. Due to the close proximity, most of the shells fired by the "Princess Pegatron" hit the "Ganxing". Under the overwhelming firepower of the "Peshuo Princess" and after a series of devastating blows, the thin hull of the "Ganxing" could no longer withstand it, the deck facilities were almost swept away, the steering gear was damaged and could not move, and almost all the deck personnel were spared. Under the heavy artillery bombardment of the "Peshuo Princess", the "Ganxing", with a displacement of less than 600 tons, quickly capsized and sank.

After the sinking of the "Ganxing", the "Yunyang" was also unable to move, the hull was seriously damaged, and there was a danger of sinking at any time. Seeing that the Japanese ships had given up their resistance, the "Princess Heshuo" stopped firing, but just as the cruiser of Qianguo approached the "Yunyang" and tried to rescue the person who had fallen into the water, several Japanese gunners who were angry in Japan actually fired another shot at the "Princess Heshuo," and the shells swept past the bow side of the "Princess Heshuo" and fell into the sea on the other side. The blast wave ripped through several ropes and knocked several sailors to the ground without causing additional damage. Seeing the Japanese ships firing, the "Princess Heshuo" immediately reopened fire, and after another salvo, the hull of the "Yunyang" was torn apart, a large amount of sea water poured in, and it quickly capsized.

Heihachiro Togo once again fell into the icy waters.

The sea completely engulfed him, and he felt his body sink incessantly, struggling to swim upward, when a cannonball fell into the water and exploded not far from him.

In the water, Togo Heihachiro couldn't hear any sound, he only saw a water ball burst in the sea water in the distance, and then he felt like a heavy hammer hitting his chest and abdomen, his eyes turned black, and he fainted.

After a while, the darkness around him gradually disappeared, and Togo Heihachiro found himself on the deck of a transport ship, surrounded by Japanese Army soldiers running around.

"The cannonade has stopped! The warship of Qianguo should have been sunk! ”

"Yes! The incompetent navy of the Qianguo country will not be the opponent of the imperial navy at all! ”

Heihachiro Togo saw the words "Hitachi Maru" written on the lifebuoy on the ship, and then realized that he was now on the Japanese transport ship "Hitachi Maru"!

With a full load displacement of 3,000 tons, the Hitachi Maru is the largest transport ship of the Japanese Navy.

The officers and men of the Japanese Army gathered on the deck fell silent when they heard the sound of artillery in the distance, and all of them showed a look of surprise on their faces.

Because of the distance just now, the three Japanese transport ships could barely see the signal sent by the "Yunyang" asking them to evade it (they did not see the evacuation signal), and they did not see clearly the Qianguo cruiser that appeared, because after receiving the signal from the flagship, many people wishfully thought that the flagship sent such a signal in order to keep them away from the battlefield and avoid artillery fire.

"Discover the Qianguo warship!" The lookout suddenly shouted.

Togo Heihachiro turned his head and immediately saw two tall and mighty Qianguo cruisers, with the dragon flag hoisted high, sailing straight for them in a proud attitude.

Looking at the two Qianguo warships that were speeding up, the Japanese officers and men on the deck were suddenly terrified.

Seeing that the tonnage and firepower of each Qianguo cruiser surpassed the "Yunyang" and "Ganxing" escorting them, Togo Heihachiro's heart sank suddenly.

He now understood why the sound of the cannon on the distant sea had fallen silent so quickly.

"Yunyang" and "Ganxing" have already suffered misfortune at the moment! He had just experienced that battle to the death, but now, the people on the "Hitachi Maru" didn't know it!

The approaching Qianguo cruiser hoisted the international signal "stop the ship immediately" on the ramp and fired two rounds of air cannon warning to order the Japanese transport ship to stop sailing.

The captain of the "Hitachi Maru" was an American named Campbell, and he probably did not believe that the Qianguo warships had killed all the Japanese warships, and that the Qianguo people did not dare to make excessive moves against their ships, so they only ordered to slow down.

As the Qianguo warship approached, Heihachiro Togo recognized the word "Chaowu" on the nameplate on the hull, and his heart was full of fear.

The captain of this cruiser, Ye Fu, is notoriously fierce and good at fighting!

The "super-forced" ship hoisted a signal flag that read, "Stop and do not move, otherwise you will bear the consequences." The "Hitachi Maru" slowly stopped and anchored a quarter of a nautical mile away from the "Super Take". The Qianguo cruiser "Chengqing," which was sailing after the "Chaowu," immediately caught up with it and further signaled that it would "drop anchor, otherwise you will bear all the consequences." Immediately after the "Chaowu" dropped the ship's course, anchored to a distance of 400 meters from the "Hitachi Maru," and turned the starboard side toward the "Hitachi Maru," the muzzle of the black hole in the gate was eyeing the "Hitachi Maru," and the "Chengqing" caught up with the other two transport ships, the "Sanbang Maru" and the "Meritorious Maru," from the other side, and fired warning shots one after another.

Seeing the murderous Qianguo warship, the "Sanbang Maru" and the "Meritorious Maru" did not refuse to anchor like the "Hitachi Maru," but obediently stopped sailing and lowered the anchor in accordance with the order.

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