"Second round shot missed, sidecar!" The Daming Sailor Observation Post, who was standing on the watchtower, put down the high-powered binoculars in his hand and shouted to his companion who was guarding the phone. His companion grabbed the telephone receiver and shouted the results of the shooting, also to the bridge command connected to the phone: "Report! Second round of shooting, miss! Sidecar! ”

Just as the soldier shouted a sidecar, the first round of shells fired from the Japanese battleship Nagato landed not far in front of the Ming battleship Wuyishan. Looking at this accuracy, it seems that there is still a considerable distance compared to the naval shooting accuracy of the Ming Dynasty.

"These rebellious widows have not grown up until now...... Last time, if it weren't for the help of the British, my Ming army would have leveled those small islands a long time ago! Lu Chongwen looked at the cannonball that fell into the water far away, and after sneering, he calmly said to the people around him: "Lu must let the Japanese remember it for a long time this time, knowing that not everyone can underestimate my Ming Empire!" ”

At this time, the Japanese Navy's combined fleet was more difficult than imagined, and the main fleet of the Japanese Navy was pouring out this time, ready to come to provoke with an overwhelming advantage: the newly launched Nagato-class battleships needless to say, they have an overwhelming advantage over the battleships of the Ming Dynasty in terms of performance, that is, two Fuso-class battleships, which are really on par with the Wuyishan battleship of the Ming Empire.

But now these four battleships of the Japanese Navy have been suppressed by the opponent's firepower in the face of a battleship of the Ming Empire's Wuyishan, how can this not make the arrogant Japanese Navy Minister and Commander of the Combined Fleet, Takaichi Togo, not be annoyed?

"How can this be reasonable...... Togo Guiichi watched the shells fired by the Daming battleship fall near his fleet, getting closer and closer, and just now he almost hit his new flagship battleship Nagato, patted a map table next to him, and shouted angrily: "Urge all ships, give me a cannon to shoot back!" Today, I vow to sink this Ming warship here! No matter what it takes! ”

He desperately needed a victory to inspire Japan, and the whole of Japan had not been able to get a decent victory in the hands of the Ming Empire alone since it was out of the control of the Ming Empire. Even in the war that broke out of the control of the Ming Dynasty, Japan finally achieved the goal of asking the Ming Dynasty to control it, but the naval blockade of the Ming Empire has always been a lingering nightmare in the hearts of the Japanese.

During that time, Japan had a very difficult time, and even though almost the whole world was on Japan's side, the fleets of various countries stationed in Japan were too frightened by the huge fleet of the Ming Empire's navy to leave the port. In the end, although the Ming Empire withdrew its fleet and ended the blockade, the Japanese Navy never dared to forget those terrible years.

If the absolute superiority of the Ming Empire around Japan cannot be ended, then Japan may be defeated at any time and once again fall under the rule of the Ming Empire - but this time, no one can say whether the Ming Empire will show mercy to allow the locals to continue to live.

"Boom!" Although the battleship Wuyishan of the Ming Empire faced the battle alone, it seemed to be at ease on the rough sea. Although the battleships of the Ming Empire were at an obvious disadvantage in terms of speed, in the face of the powerful Japanese naval force, Lu Chongwen still did not have the slightest intention of retreating.

"Keep aiming at the enemy flagship and fire!" As the distance between the two sides gradually approached, Lu Chongwen felt more and more pressure, he knew that he was in a clear numerical disadvantage, if he couldn't put enough pressure on the Japanese fleet as soon as possible, then his battleship would fall into passivity in a few minutes, and be completely bitten by the Japanese fleet pulling into the distance.

Because most of the battleships of the Ming Empire used coal as a raw material, the speed of the battleships was generally slow. In addition, the efficiency of the boiler is not as good as that of the new machinery, so the warships of the Ming Empire can only be second-rate in terms of armor thickness. This problem was infinitely magnified by the newly invented battleships of the British Navy in the battle for the Indian Ocean - and finally the Ming Dynasty withdrew from the Indian Ocean and began to follow the British example in building battleships and launched an arms race.

After all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was subject to the limitations of the times, and there was no way to build a real battleship - this left time for the British Navy to develop, and also indirectly buried the hidden danger that the naval warship design was finally surpassed by the British: with the development and progress of science, the British were forced to build the Dreadnought battleship in order to defeat the Ming Navy, and the maritime superiority of the Ming Dynasty was gradually eroded from that time.

This is also one of the reasons why the caliber of the battleships of the Ming Empire was 356 mm: because it was the first to popularize modern weights and measures, the caliber of weapons in the Ming Empire was unconventional: 150 mm army guns, 200 mm navy guns...... Only the caliber on this battleship used the somewhat awkward unit of inches, and the final caliber was 356 mm.

The origin of the name battleship and battleship is that this kind of battleship is to line up in battle formation and bombard the enemy with gunwales in naval battles. In naval warfare, formation is indeed a very important and key factor, and if you can face the enemy in a more comfortable formation, you can greatly increase the probability of defeating the enemy.

Undoubtedly, in attacking in formation, approaching the enemy's forces, and so on, the side with fast speed has the absolute initiative and superiority. The Japanese battleships finally began to turn around at a distance of 22 kilometers, showing more gun emplacements, ready to launch a more ferocious counterattack on the battleships of the Ming Empire.

Due to the influence of the design of the battleships, except for a few battleships with unique designs, most battleships could not exert their full firepower when they attacked the enemy, because the gun emplacements in the tail and middle would not be able to fire at an angle when facing the enemy head-on. Therefore, in naval battles, the side that takes the lead in grabbing the T-shaped position will have an advantage.

After all, the Japanese Navy is not a fool, and Kiichi Togo is also a famous Japanese Navy veteran. Of course, he would not go head-to-head with the inferior Ming Navy warships, but played the tactic of bullying more and less: he cunningly relied on the speed advantage and the numerical advantage, and in this turn, he directly divided his fleet into two sub-fleets on the left and right, trying to disperse the artillery fire of the more and more accurate Ming battleships.