This round was played against the lesser-known Jiyuan against the Combined Fleet's Hequan.
The izumi (Waszumi), a protective cruiser, derives its name from the ancient Japanese province of Izumi, approximately in the territory of present-day Osaka Prefecture. Hequan was built by the British Armstrong Shipyard. Originally built for the Chilean Navy, japan purchased the ship from Chile in 1894. During his service with the Chilean Navy, Izumi's ship name was esmeralda. The ship's design was settled in April 1881, launched in 1883 and completed in 1884, and sold to Japan on November 15, 1894, but did not reach Japan until February 1895. There are also historical records that originally Planned to buy the Izumi, but Japan used means to buy the ship.
Combined Fleet and Izumi
Although the Battle of the Yellow Sea was over in the late summer and early autumn before the ship was reached, since it was a paper battle, the author would compare it with Izumi and Jiyuan.
The water discharge of the spring is nearly 3,000 tons, the length and width are 82.29 meters and 12.8 meters, and the draft is 5.64 meters. 4,536 kW power, 600 tons of coal load, extreme speed of 18.25 knots. The main firepower was 2 10-inch main guns and 6 6-inch secondary guns. The crew is 300 people. According to some sources, the stability of Izumi was not very good, and it was modified to reduce the center of gravity and increase stability when it was in service with the Combined Fleet.
Combined Fleet and Izumi as oil paintings from the time of the Chilean Navy
Jiyuan, German protective cruiser built by Vole. Originally, Jiyuan was ordered as a Dingyuan-class No. 3 ship, but due to budget constraints, it was eventually possible to build a protective cruiser.
Imagine what would happen if the Beiyang Admiralty had 3 Dingyuan class ships...
The design of Jiyuan was set in January 1883, launched in December at the end of the year, and completed in August of the following year. He served in Beiyang in July 1885. The displacement is 2,337 tons, the length and width are 71.9 meters and 10.5 meters, and the draft is 5.2 meters. It is a circle smaller than Waizumi in size, with 2,100 kW of power, which is more than twice as much as Waizumi, and its speed is only 15 knots, with a crew of 180 people.
The main firepower was 2 8.2-inch Krupp main guns and 1 5.9-inch Krupp secondary gun, which also fell behind in firepower.
As mentioned above, since it was already the end of the Sino-Japanese War when Hequan was in place, Hequan was unable to participate in the main maritime confrontation with the Beiyang Marine Division, so there was not much actual combat to refer to.
As for Jiyuan, it is also one of the warships full of "legendary" colors in modern history. On July 25, 1894, jiyuan and hiroyoshi encountered three fast cruisers of the Japanese combined fleet, including Yoshino, Nanasu, and Akizu- on their way to meet with the troop carrier Takasho, and the historic Battle of Toshima was fought. At first, Jiyuan tried to get close to Yoshino in order to attack Yoshino with torpedoes at close range, but Shunshi, Wave Speed, and Akitsu-chau began shelling Jiyuan, while Hiro, who had a displacement of only more than a thousand tons, was temporarily ignored. Under the attack of a cruiser with much greater tonnage and firepower than Ji Yuan, Ji Yuan's front main gun was quickly damaged, and the buildings above the waterline armor were also seriously damaged, so The pipe belt Fang Boqian ordered him to flee back to Weihaiwei at full speed.
Beiyang Marine Division Jiyuan
It seems that Fang Boqian has also fought, rather than running away as soon as he starts fighting.
Naturally, the Japanese army would not just let Jiyuan and Guangyi take a horse, and Yoshino would not give up on Jiyuan. Let's take a look at the speed of the three Japanese ships at that time, Akitsu-chau 19 knots, wave speed 18.5 knots, and Yoshino reached 23 knots. In fact, these three warships were the main crew members of the First Japanese Guerrilla Force during the Yellow Sea War. On the other hand, Jiyuan only had 15 knots, and his speed was simply crushed by Yoshino. However, in the end, Jiyuan escaped, and there are two theories, the first is that Jiyuan hit Yoshino with his tail cannon while escaping, and the second is that Guangyi hit Yoshino. While Ji fled home, Guangyi, who had a displacement of only 1,000 tons and a caliber of only 120 millimeters, was fighting against Akitsushu and Langsu. Of course, the final result was not unexpected, and Guang Yi was sunk. Afterwards, Fang Boqian was questioned and investigated, but the final result was that Fang Boqian continued to stay in the position of Jiyuan Pipe Belt, perhaps Fang's explanation made the head convinced that his choice was correct, or perhaps he hoped that he would make a meritorious contribution.
Not long after Jiyuan repaired it, the Battle of the Yellow Sea began. In this battle, Jiyuan and Guangjia were divided into groups. However, not long after the start of the battle, JiYuan signaled that he was wounded and withdrew from the battle sequence, and then returned to the battlefield again after the exit, and Fang Boqian's command was once controlled by his subordinates. This is very interesting, xiaobian guessed whether the subordinates could not see Fang Boqian escaping and put him under house arrest, and the other officers on the ship commanded the battle. However, Ji Yuan, who eventually returned to the battlefield, bumped into the friendly ship Chao Yong and sank Chao Yong. After the war, Jiyuan was the least injured of any surviving warship of the Beiyang Marine Division, and Fang Boqian was also executed.
In short, apart from the initial attempts at the Battle of Toshima torpedoes to attack Yoshino and the controversial hitting of Yoshino, Jiyuan had no other bright spots.
Comprehensive comparison, Ji Yuan loses.