Although the Kunming ship failed to completely kill the four battleships of the Combined Fleet, it at least made the battleships of the Combined Fleet lose their combat effectiveness. The remaining two armored cruisers of the 1st Team of the Combined Fleet, Kasumi, were scared by the officers and soldiers on the Rijin. In fact, the overall combat effectiveness of these two warships was not as good as the six armored cruisers of the 2nd Team. The six warships of the Bijing Second Team were all large armored cruisers with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons. The displacement of Kasumi and Kasumi was only 7,600 tons, which could only be regarded as medium armored cruisers. It was just the battleship of the 1st Team, Hachise, which originally belonged to the 1st Team, sank from the thunder during the battle against Lushun, so they had to incorporate these two warships into the 1st Team to make up the number.

Just now, the Kasumi and Hirigen followed the Fuji and the Fuji headed west. After the Fuji was hit by the *, they naturally did not dare to continue to go west, but hurriedly turned left and fled south.

In fact, the Japanese were not afraid of death. Although the Kasumi and Hiroshi were basically listed in the last battle of the 1st team in the previous battle, they still performed very bravely on the battlefield. In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, they dared to step forward to participate in the battle against the six battleships of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Moreover, when the Russian fleet was intercepted just now, the two warships were also lined up behind the four battleships and carried out a large turn in front of the enemy. But now the two warships don’t know who their opponents are, and what weapons are they using? Even if they want to fight to the death, they don’t know who they are.

However, the direction of the Kasumi and Rijin escaped was not to meet with the 2nd team of the Joint Fleet, but to head south. Therefore, the Kunming ship did not continue to attack them. After all, there was the South Fleet of the People's Army Navy, and the 2nd team was handed over to the North Fleet to deal with. Although the North Fleet had only 4 armored cruisers and two were medium-sized armored cruisers, the 2nd team had suffered damage to varying degrees after more than three hours of fierce fighting, and the combat power was only 70%. Moreover, the North Fleet did not have only 4 armored cruisers, but also 4 large protective cruisers and 4 medium-sized protective cruisers. In terms of overall strength, it was not worse than the 2nd team, not to mention that there were 2 modern troops behind the formation.

When the Mikasa and Asahi of the 1st Team were attacked by the *, the 2nd Team, led by the flagship Izumo, hid eastward. At this time, the North Fleet of the People's Army Navy had entered the vision of the 2nd Team. At this time, the two fleets were about 8 kilometers apart, forming a "eight"-shaped line and constantly approaching each other. Therefore, the commander of the 2nd Team, Lieutenant General Hirosuke Uemura, immediately ordered the fleet to prepare for battle and accelerate the journey, striving to seize the other party's "t" character.

However, Hikaru Uemura thought so, and the Navy of the People's Army also thought so. After the fleet was divided, the commander of the Northern Fleet was Wang Hailong, the captain of the Yueyang ship. Although he was commanded after 30 kilometers, he knew the situation on the battlefield and knew that both sides were competing for speed at this time. Therefore, he ordered the armored cruiser team to accelerate and seize the word "t". The 2nd Cruise Detachment's four Qingzhou-class cruisers followed closely, and the other three squadrons were temporarily located outside the fleet and were acting as a host.

The maximum speed of the six warships of the 2nd Team of the United Fleet was above 21 knots, but after all, they drifted on the sea for more than 10 days and had more than 3 hours of fierce fighting, and the machines were worn out. Therefore, the maximum speed now does not exceed 19 knots. Since it is an overall action, it can only reach a speed of 18 knots.

Due to the superior ship design, the four warships of the People's Army Navy Armored Cruiser Detachment all reached 23 knots, and they just went on the battle, and they were in the best condition. At this time, the fleet's speed reached an astonishing 21 knots. According to the calculations of the computer on the Yueyang ship, both sides were driving at this speed. After about 40 minutes, the armored cruiser detachment could turn right and cut across the "t" word of the second team from a distance of 3,000-4,000 meters.

About 15 minutes later, the distance between the two sides had reached about 5,500 meters. The Izumo opened fire first and fired at the enemy ship. The Izumo and the Asama also opened fire one after another. In fact, for the 200mm caliber main gun of the armored cruiser, the distance of 5,500 meters was a bit too strong, and the ideal distance was within 5,000 meters.

However, at this time, Hiroko Uemura had already seen the opponent's warship clearly and found that the opponent's warship was not only significantly faster than himself, but also had 8 main guns installed on the first two warships, which were arranged high and low along the central axis. Of course, there were many benefits. Not only could the head and tail fire at the same time, but all 8 main guns could be concentrated on the side, and the firepower was twice as high as that of himself. Therefore, from the paper data alone, the combat effectiveness of the opponent's warship could be comparable to that of the two warships on his side.

So Hikaru Kamiura couldn't help but worry in his heart. When did overseas Chinese build such two armored cruisers that adopted such clever designs and doubled their firepower? Didn't they just build two medium-sized armored cruisers that were comparable to the Kasugi-class?

It turns out that Japan's understanding of the People's Army Navy warships is still on two Jinan-class armored cruisers. Since the tonnage of the Jinan-class armored cruisers is only equivalent to that of the Kasugi-class, Japan does not take this type of warship seriously. The Mingma-class armored cruisers entered the People's Army Navy after the Russo-Japanese War began. At this time, Japan had no energy to collect People's Army Navy. It just knew that there were two more armored cruisers in service and knew nothing about other information.

However, Hiroshinocho Uemura also knew that he could not care about so much now, and he could not escape, so he could only fight to the death. And no matter what, he was bombarding each other face to face with the enemy, which was much better than the Mikasa and Asahi attacks the Mikasa and Asahi just now. So Hiroshinocho Uemura knew that it was not the best fire distance, but still ordered the first firing attack. However, in such high-speed driving, the difficulty of shooting increased greatly. Therefore, although the 2nd team opened fire first, they did not hit a single hit, and they only made water on the sea.

At this moment, the People's Army Navy's counterattack also started, and the eight 200mm main guns on the flagship Akatu opened fire together, and the target was naturally aimed at the Izumo.

Around the Izumo, 7 or 8 water columns more than ten meters high immediately rose. The nearest one was less than 50 meters away from the Izumo. The splashing waves even hit the Izumo's bridge.

Hiroyuki Uemura was not only secretly shocked. Although this round of shooting did not hit the Izumo, the accuracy was much stronger than the Izumo's shooting just now. Since it was the closest shell to the Izumo, it almost caused a near-lost bomb.

However, Hikaru Uemura Hikaru is also a person who has been through the battle formation for a long time. He has seen any scene. As long as he is not attacked like the Mikaru Mikaru and Asahi just now, Hikaru Uemura Hikaru will not be panicked. At this time, Izumo also corrected the ballistics and fired again.

Almost as the Izumo opened fire, Akabu also launched a second round of strikes. Amid the rumbling cannons between the two sides, the Izumo's hull suddenly shook. Hirosuke Uemura, who was commanding the battle on the bridge, failed to grasp the railings and almost fell down. Fortunately, he grabbed it again and stabilized his body. He also knew that Izumo was shot. He didn't have time to check the position of the shot, but immediately looked at the other party. After the water column fell, the other party's warship seemed to be intact.

At this time, the communications soldier reported to Hinako Uemura that he was shot at the waterline in front of the port side, and more than a dozen soldiers were killed and injured. Water was in the cabin. At this time, the soldiers with damaged pipes were trying to block the water.

Before the report was over, there were two more "booms" sounds, and the hull of the Izumo shook violently again. It turned out that the Izumo had hit two bombs in a row, and another side cracked and water was infiltrated.

In fact, the protection of the Izumo is quite strong. The thickness of the main armor belt reaches 180 mm and the thickness of the secondary armor belt is 90 mm. Although it is not cracked or incoming water when it is hit by several bombs, in the battle with the Russian fleet just now, the Izumo was shot in a total of 10 bombs, and several cracked and incoming water. However, on the one hand, it was not severely damaged, and on the other hand, it was effective in the pipe damage, so it had little impact on the entire ship, but it was obviously not comparable to the brand new time. The few guns just now got hit and the crack was shaken into the water again.

Of course, Hikaru Uemura knew that his warship was not in the best condition, and it was not abnormal to enter the water, but the opponent's accuracy was really terrifying. Three hits were hit in two rounds of artillery attacks. How do overseas Chinese train artillery?

At this time, several other warships also reported to the flagship that they were shot. The Imae, which was against another large enemy armored cruiser, had been shot 4 times, but they did not hit the opponent. The Asama, which was against the two enemy medium armored cruisers, was also shot 2 times, but the Asama hit the opponent with one shot, which was considered to have won a game back. There were only the last two Yamamo. Since the Imai was not against the armored cruiser, although they had 3 guns and 4 guns, they were only 155mm shells, which were not powerful, so the loss was not large.

When they received these news, the Izumo carried out two rounds of artillery bombardment with his opponent. The Izumo finally made a record, hitting the opponent 1 203mm shell and 1 152mm shell respectively; but it was successfully caught in 5 guns, 2 200mm shells and 3 155mm shells. More than 50 soldiers were injured and killed, and there were more places where the cracked water was in the controllable range.
Chapter completed!