Super dictator.

On the west side of Liugong Island Iron Pier, more than a dozen ships of the Beiyang Fleet are moored, and the command tower of the flagship 'Dingyuan' is full of senior generals of the fleet.

Admiral Ding Ruchang was standing at the forefront, raising the telegram in his hand, and said with some joy: "Everyone, this admiral received a telegram from Zhongtang, asking our Beiyang Fleet to wait for an opportunity to break through. Now the situation is getting worse and worse for us. Unfavorable, the north and south forts have already fallen into the enemy's hands, and the Japanese fleet is stalking outside the port, so this admiral feels that the sooner the better, the better."

Ding Ruchang pointed to the Dagukou on the map of the sea area and continued: "We retreat northward to Dagukou, if we encounter most of the Japanese fleet at sea, we will fight to the death, otherwise the Japanese will pursue and suppress them all the way, and there is no possibility of withdrawing. "

Liu Buchan, the leader of Dingyuan, echoed Ding Ruchang's words: "Since the support cannot arrive on time, breaking out of the siege is also a way out. However, breaking out of the siege is also dangerous. If we are not careful, our entire army will be wiped out. The Japanese still don't understand our intentions. In my opinion, it is better to break through tonight."

The captains of the fleet were surprised at first, and then they carefully considered Liu Buchan's words. It is true that if they break through tonight, their own fleet is somewhat insufficiently prepared, but the Japanese are also insufficiently prepared, and the chances of breaking through will be greatly increased.

Ding Ruchang was from the army and had always relied heavily on Liu Buchan, now hearing what he said, and most of the crowd agreed, he couldn't help but make a decision.

"Everyone, prepare immediately after going down. Our Beiyang Fleet will break through at midnight tonight." Ding Ruchang breathed a sigh of relief. These days, his heart has been hanging high. Now that he has made a decision, no matter what the consequences are, There is no possibility of any further changes.

At midnight, when the moon was setting and it was getting dark, the commander of the Japanese fleet, Ito Yuhiro, had already ordered the four ships of the first guerrilla squadron, Yoshino, Takachiho, Akitsusu, and Naniwa, to monitor the movements of the Beiyang Fleet day and night.

On board the Naniwa, Captain Hachiheiro Togo sipped sake while playing Go with the first officer.

"Your Excellency is really powerful. Before I wrote a few words, I was already unable to move an inch." The first officer stared at the chessboard, frowning and thinking hard.

Dongxiang Baheirang pointedly smiled and said: "Your left and right sides have been cut off by me, and now only the middle game is left to survive. It's a pity that you don't have many chess pieces, and you will eventually lose."

The chief mate suddenly dropped a word, just above the mouth of the dragon, and immediately solved the trapped dragon.

Dongxiang Baheirang's smile froze on his face, and he bowed his head solemnly to watch carefully, but it didn't take long for him to laugh and said: "Even so, you are doomed. You will be helped more if you are right, but you will be less helpful if you are wrong. Now the overall situation is in my favor. No matter how well you go, you can't beat the general trend."

Dongxiang Bapinglang dropped a single word, and the chief mate immediately lost everything.

At this moment in the observation room, the Japanese were scanning the sea with searchlights, but the two Japanese soldiers were dedicated to their duties, following the lights without blinking their eyes.

This is, suddenly, a large group of dark fleets sailed into his eyes on the sea.

Beiyang Fleet!

The watchman exclaimed, the Beiyang Fleet has been hiding in the port, and only came forward to cooperate with the army to defend against the enemy when the Japanese attacked the South and North Forts.

woohoo…

The watchman immediately sounded the alarm, which immediately woke up Togo Heihachiro who was addicted to Go.

When something happened, Dongxiang Huo stood up immediately. The siren sounded that there was an enemy attack, and it could be that the Beiyang Fleet had left the port.

Dongxiang and the first officer hurried to the bridge of the Naniwa. At this time, the searchlights on the sea were like countless lightning bolts in the dark night, and they all shone on the Beiyang Fleet.

The Beiyang Fleet actually left the port. Dongxiang was overjoyed, put down his binoculars, and shouted loudly: "Quickly, send the order to your Excellency, Commander, and we will surround it."

The Japanese ships continued to win at sea, and the Beiyang Fleet did not dare to fight, which made them more arrogant and dismissive of the Beiyang Fleet. Therefore, seeing that there were only four ships on their side, Dongxiang dared to encircle them.

The captain of the Yoshino, Heyuan Kaname, had already surrounded the ship without his own order. He had no choice but to send a signal to the other two Japanese ships and follow them away.

On the Dingyuan, Guan led Liu Buchan solemnly commanding the fleet to move forward slowly in a single column, the sea was drawn into waves, and when he encountered the Japanese No. [-] guerrilla, he stopped hiding and gave an order , the whole ship speeded up.

Not long after, Liu Buchan saw that the enemy ship was within range, so he ordered without hesitation: "Get ready to shoot!"

boom…

It turned out that Dongxiang couldn't wait to fire. The bomb fell around the Dingyuan, and after the explosion, it stirred up tall water columns.

Liu Buchan didn't change his face, and gave orders: "The whole ship shoots, breaks forward with all its strength, and breaks out of the encirclement before the main force of the Japanese arrives."

Boom, boom.

The two sides officially exchanged fire.

The shells of the Beiyang Fleet also did not land on the Japanese ship, only a few hit the Naniwa, which shocked Dongxiang. He really did not expect the Beiyang Fleet to be so desperate.

It is the first time for both parties to test fire, and only after calibration can they show their true skills.

"The point of impact is 500 yards away!"

The observer immediately reported the information to Liu Buchan, and the sailors in the shooting command room began to get busy. In less than 30 seconds, they calculated the new shooting speed based on the impact point of the previous salvo and the speed of the warships on both sides. , and convey these data to the gunners in the main tower guns in the first time.

"The No. 1 turret is ready."

"The No. 2 turret is ready."

...

"Shoot all in 10 seconds!" Liu Buchan ordered with a blank face.

Soon, the turret's alarm sounded. At this time, the front and rear decks of Dingyuan and the left and right corridors were empty, and the sailors who were closer to the main turret also tightly covered their ears.

The sound of the cannon salvo can be described as earth-shattering, and the shock waves and recoil generated by the shooting are also huge.If the ears are not covered, the sailors on the Dingyuan may be ordered to be half-deaf after a battle.

Less than a second after the launch of the Dingyuan, the Zhenyuan next to it also fired, making the roar of a giant cannon.

The eight explosive bombs headed towards the Japanese ship Naniwa rushing to the front with the expectations of the officers and men of the ship.

The sound of shells piercing the air became farther and farther away, and everyone was looking forward to the scene of the burst of fire.

The shells of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan did not disappoint the Beiyang Fleet, or Dongxiang's carelessness caused disasters for his fleet.

After a loud bang.

Exciting flames and thick smoke filled the Naniwa immediately.

"Cough cough..."

The disheveled Dongxiang Heihachiro got up from the floor, looked at the first officer beside him who agreed that he had just got into the stove, his conning tower was not directly hit, but the pungent smell of gunpowder and burning still filled the conning tower In this small space.

"Extinguish the fire, report the loss. Advance to the Chinese fleet at full speed, use torpedoes... use torpedoes to attack, ahem..." Dongxiang shouted to the officers on the side with difficulty, and a few short words made him take a few more mouthfuls thick smoke.

Dongxiang was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

The smoke exhaust device in the command tower of the Naniwa is running quickly, and the command system is also being restored, but the deck and below the deck of the battleship are full of sailors busy fighting fires.

The Beiyang Fleet must not be allowed to escape from the encirclement. Seeing that the other ships of the First Guerrilla Squadron had encircled them, Dongxiang couldn't help feeling very proud.