In that battle, in addition to Heihachiro Togo, the captain of the ironclad ship "To" Yuhiro Ito was also on the "Kasuga" to help his brother Ito Yuma fight.

In the first year of the Meiji era, the 15-year-old Emperor Meiji took over the power of the country from the shogunate. In the years that followed, the Meiji government made bold innovations and completely westernized. We should study and introduce science and technology from Western countries, and reform domestic political institutions to adapt to and promote the development of productive forces and enhance national strength. At the same time, Japan's Meiji government clearly decided to "open up thousands of miles of waves" and make "the prestige of the country spread in all directions"; on May 4, the third year of the Meiji era, the Japanese Ministry of War formulated the "Great Naval Plan", which particularly emphasized that "the soul of a warship is an officer, and without an officer, a sailor cannot give full play to his strengths; Sailors will not be able to play to their strengths, and the ship will become a pile of scrap metal. …… Educating naval officers is the most important task in building the navy. In February of the following year, the Japanese Navy selected 12 of the best officers from among all the young officers, including cadets, and sent them to England for further study, and Togo Heihachiro was selected at that time.

Togo stayed in England for less than a year, and was transferred to the merchant marine school because he was denied admission to the naval academy by the British government, and the internship also started as a lowly sailor (the British did not bully the Japanese, saying that it was a merchant marine school, in fact, a considerable part of the graduates entered the naval service, where they were training merchant sailors according to the standards of naval officers). Originally, the merchant fleet and fleet of the British Empire were inseparable, and in order to ensure the passage of trade by sea, the purpose of the Royal Navy was to "attack when you see the enemy", and merchant ships and warships were the same). In the seventh year of the Meiji era, due to the growing demand for "conquest of moss" in Japan and the lack of talents in the Japanese Navy, Heihachiro Togo was called back to Japan and served as the captain of the gunboat "Nisshin" before completing his studies.

Although he attended the Merchant Marine School and failed to complete his studies, the British Merchant Marine School where Togo Heihachiro attended had always trained cadets according to the standards of naval officers, and it was Togo Heihachiro's education that made him capable of commanding a gunboat.

Because of Togo Heihachiro's outstanding talent and experience as a "returnee", it was after the Japanese government decided to send troops to Moss Bay to crusade against the people under the pretext that the Ryukyu boat people were killed by the Moss Bay Fanmin, and the gunboat "Nisshin" commanded by Togo Heihachiro was selected to join the escort fleet of the Moss Army.

After Heihachiro Togo returned to Japan, as the first "returnee" to return to China, he has always been quite conceited about his naval business ability. But what he never expected was that he would meet a strong opponent he had never seen before on the surface of Mosswan.

As a result of the Battle of Langqiao, five Japanese warships, including the ironclad ship "Higashi," the capital ship of the Japanese Navy, and the gunboat "Nisshin," commanded by Heihachiro Togo, were all sunk, but one ship of the Qianguo Ship Administration and Naval Division was not lost.

In this naval battle, the Japanese naval officers and men can be said to have fought with all their might, and the commander did not make any mistakes, but he still could not escape the fate of the total annihilation.

It was during this fierce battle that Heihachiro Togo was swept into the sea by the air wave generated by the explosion of the cannonball, and became the only survivor of the "Nisshin".

Because he fell into the sea early, he escaped the fate of being captured by the Qianguo Navy at the beginning. But what happened next became a nightmare that he will never forget.

After Togo Heihachiro fell into the water, he floated in the sea with a half-cut sampan, and although he was not discovered by the Qianguo warship that salvaged the drowning man, he ran into a convoy loaded with the third group of Japanese troops.

This reinforcement force of more than 1,400 people arrived on the transport ships "Hitachi Maru", "Meritorious Maru" and "Sanbang Maru", and was escorted by the gunboats "Ganxing" and "Yunyang". Heihachiro Togo, who was drifting with the tide in the sea, was rescued by the "Yunyang".

The first thing Heihachiro Togo, who was rescued on the ship, did was to tell everyone that the first escort fleet of the Expeditionary Army had been completely wiped out, and the Qianguo fleet was not far ahead, and asked this transport fleet to return immediately.

But it was already too late.

At this moment, two cruisers of the Qianguo Ship Administration and Naval Division, "Chaowu" and "Chengqing", appeared, stopped the convoy, aimed their cannons at the Japanese ships, and demanded that the Japanese surrender immediately.

In the face of the persecution of the Qianguo warships, the Japanese army on the "Hitachi Maru" resolutely refused to surrender, opened fire on the Qianguo warship, and moved out the army's artillery to fire at the Qianguo warship, but was retaliated by the fierce artillery fire of the Qianguo warship, and the escort ships "Yunyang" and "Ganxing" were quickly sunk, while the "Hitachi Maru" was hit by the ammunition compartment of the shells fired by the "Chaowu", and a large explosion occurred, and it quickly sank. And after being shot by the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water, the enraged Qianguo sailors actually took a small boat and shot at the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water with their rifles, and launched a bloody massacre of the Japanese soldiers!

Of the more than 600 Japanese soldiers carried by the "Hitachi Maru", only about 100 survived, and the rest turned into lonely ghosts at sea.

At the same time that the "Hitachi Maru" was sunk by the "Chaowu", the "Sanbang Maru" and "Yukomaru" were also captured by the "Chengkei", and the captain of the "Sanbang Maru", Katsuichi Mishima, and the captain of the "Kokomaru", Tatsunobu Hayakawa, panicked and had no claim, and ordered the flag to be lowered and the white flag was raised to surrender. Under the reminder of the American first mate Lenbert who was aboard the "Sanbang Maru," all the code books and important documents carried on board the ship were burned, but before the 100,000 yuan of silver yen could be thrown into the sea, the Chinese officers on the "Chengqing" boarded the "Sanbang Maru" and took full control of the Japanese transport ship.

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Attached: "Lin Wenxiang's Public Collection? Transcripts? Langqiao Naval Battle Situation":

“…… Chen led 5 steam clippers and 4 gunboats to set sail from Mawei, Fuzhou, and was about to arrive at Penghu, when they suddenly encountered heavy fog, in order to avoid the ships from touching, and the reefs in the sea area were dense, so they stopped sailing to wait for the fog to dissipate. Fearing that the trip would be delayed, the warships were forced to set sail and want to risk breaking out of the fog area. However, after a short time, the coal carrier 'Hui Li' accidentally touched the reef, and the ministers were worried that the battleship ran on the reef, so they had to stop sailing and rescue the coal carrier. Three days later, the fog dissipated, and soon after setting sail again, the reconnaissance ship 'Feihong' came with an injury, and Huang Jianxun told the Penghu Navy Division to go to Langqiao to prevent the Japanese soldiers from going ashore, and the Japanese ships brazenly opened artillery bombardment, and the Penghu Naval Division was all old-style division ships, and was defeated by the Japanese ironclad ships, so they were completely destroyed, and the 'Feihong' fought with it for a long time, with few small cannons on the ship, and was shot in many places, so the wheel withdrew the report. After receiving the letter, the minister immediately led the ship to sail straight to Langqiao, and saw that the Japanese soldiers had landed, and there were 5 Japanese ships on the sea, including an ironclad soldier ship, which was its flagship, and the rest was a steam cannon ship, two small steam gunboats, and a steam paddle gunboat. The minister led the ships forward to meet the enemy, and he intercepted our ship, but the speed was insufficient, and it was circumnavigated by our ship, and it was repeatedly bombarded with gunwales. …… Fortunately, thanks to the protection of the emperor, the soldiers fought hard for a long time, and destroyed the Japanese ships, but this was not enough to kill the soldiers and vent the public anger of the subjects......"

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