Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

At this time, the Sakura Kingdom fleet had no fighting spirit, and they all understood that their battleships were unable to deal with the battleships of the Daxia Empire.

Therefore, the captains of Sakura Kingdom all thought of evacuating the battlefield.

If, at this time, someone can raise the command flag and leave some battleships to block the Daxia battleships, maybe they can really get away with some of the battleships.

But the problem is that Wang Hongchang's order just now to attack the flagship first made the captains of Sakura Kingdom dare not raise the command flag easily.

If it is said that Togo Heihachiro or the Yashima appointed a captain to take command before it sank. The situation will be better.

Even if he didn't want to, he could only raise the command flag and command.

But the reality is that there are no ifs. Togo Heihachiro did not identify the third fleet commander, nor did the captain of the Eighth Route.

In addition, all the ships in Sakura Kingdom wanted to preserve their strength, so they did not choose to raise the command flag immediately.

Therefore, the current Sakura Kingdom fleet is in chaos.

When Wang Hongchang saw the chaotic Sakura Kingdom fleet, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"Very good, order the Qinhuang to take Wang Jian, Bai Qi, and the Manchu to cut into the enemy formation from the left! The Hanzu to take Wei Qing and Huo Qubing (Redston-class light cruiser), and the Gayden to cut into the enemy's formation from the right! "Wang Hongchang looked at the messy Sakura Kingdom fleet and said to Liu Yuxi behind him.

"Yes!" Liu Yuxi also thought this was a good opportunity, and he quickly responded.

Soon, after receiving the order, the Daxia fleet was divided into two, and one left and one right hit the Sakura Kingdom's fleet like two heavy punches.

The fleet of Sakura Kingdom suffered a lot, and the parents who were beaten no longer recognize them.

It was only then that the captains of Sakura Kingdom discovered that this would not work without a fleet command.

Thus, the turning point of this naval battle came.

Fuso and Hashidate raised their command flags at the same time, and because the two battleships were far apart, observers did not immediately notice that the other side had raised their command flags.

After Fuso and Hashidate raised their command flags, the warships around them all saw the command flag closest to them.

Coincidentally, both Fuso and Hashidate felt that if they still wanted to run away at this time, they would only be beaten by Daxia as if they were living targets.

In this case, it's better to turn around and teach Daxia a lesson first, so that they can't continue to pursue this unscrupulously.

If you can't beat Daxia's battleships, then hit the cruisers behind the battleships! The captains of the Fuso and Hashidate thought so.

To be honest, according to normal thinking, there is actually no problem with such a decision.

The armor of cruisers is inherently thinner than that of battleships. Otherwise, how can they achieve high speeds?

If only one battleship in Fuso or Hashidate raises the command flag, then the entire fleet can obey the command, and the Sakura Navy may indeed sink or damage one or two Meishu-class cruisers.

But the problem is that the actual situation now is that the two ships Fuso and Hashidate raised the command flag at the same time.

The Fuso was on the left side of the entire fleet. He ordered the entire fleet to turn to the right, hoping to turn around on the sea and defeat Hanzu, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Gaiden first. Even if Han Zu cannot be sunk or injured, then he can directly pass Han Zu and attack Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Gaiden behind him.

The Hashidate was on the right side, and the order he gave was exactly the opposite of the Fuso.

The captain of the Qiaodate felt that the Hanzu had already tested it and was unable to penetrate its armor, so he would not attack the Hanzu.

They didn't even attack the cruisers behind the Hanzu, but directly attacked the Qinhuang and its fleet on the left.

One gave the order to turn left, and the other gave the order to turn right.

This made the other warships of the Sakura Kingdom caught in the middle collectively confused. They don’t know exactly whom to listen to.

If the orders of Fuso and Hashidate are followed, there will be no need for the Daxia navy behind them to attack them. They can sink friendly ships themselves.

After about 5 minutes, the Chiyoda in the middle sent a signal asking Fuso and Hashidate.

At this time, Fuso and Hashidate saw that the other party had raised the command flag just like them.

By another coincidence, the Fuso and the Hashidate did not communicate with each other after seeing each other's command flags, and directly ordered the lowering of their own command flags.

As a result, Fuso and Hashidate lowered their command flags at the same time. At this time, the captains of the battleships in the middle were a little confused.

When Chiyoda's captain saw this scene, he was so angry that he directly cursed the captains of Fuso and Hashidate in the bridge, saying that they were sinners of the Imperial Navy.

In the end, the captain of the Chiyoda could only send a semaphore and ask the Fuso to raise the command flag, and the matter was considered over.

But the time in between had already passed by seven or eight minutes.

The battleships on Daxia's side also completed the encirclement and cutting at the same time.

Wang Hongchang knew very well that it was unrealistic for him to keep all the Sakura Kingdom warships. Because he has too few battleships.

Therefore, Wang Hongchang's goal was clear from the beginning. He needed to defeat as many battleships of the Sakura Kingdom Navy as possible in this battle.

At this time, there are only seven battleships left in the Sakura Kingdom: Chiyoda, Fuso, Hashidate, Matsudate, Matsushima, Itsukushima, and Hiei. The rest are small battleships of about one or two thousand tons. .

The cruisers Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, relying on their ultra-high speed of 26 knots, have already held back the four battleships Matsuri, Matsushima, Itsukushima and Hiei.

Then Qinhuang and Hanzu began to roll call the four warships.

At 5:13 pm, the middle deck of the Songli was hit by a bullet and caught fire. The fire ignited the main ammunition depot of the Songli. The huge explosion directly blew the Songli into two pieces and did not give the Songli any protection at all. In the reaction time, it sank directly to the bottom of the sea.

At 5:28 p.m., Itsukushima's wheel well was hit by a bullet, and shrapnel hit Itsukushima's steam engine, causing Itsukushima to lose power and become a living target.

The captain of Itsukushima could only order to open the valve at the bottom of the ship and actively pour seawater into the hull.

Half an hour later, at 5:58 pm, the Itsukushima sank to the bottom of the sea.

At 5:42 pm, the Songdao's bow and stern received one main gun shell from the Qinhuang, knocking off the Songdao's two main guns.

Knowing that it was impossible to defeat the Daxia fleet with only secondary guns, the captain of the Songdao directly issued an order to surrender.

At 6:12 p.m., the armor on the left side of the Hiei near the waterline and the bridge were hit by the Hanzu, and a fire also broke out on the deck.

In the end, the captain of the Hiei could only order the abandonment of the ship.

In addition to these capital ships, seven destroyers were sunk.

At around 7:6 p.m., the Fuso, along with Hashidate, Chiyoda and the remaining six destroyers, escaped Wang Hongchang's pursuit.

Wang Hongchang looked at the messy sea with a smile on his face.