Japan, unlike China, is an island nation. One of the main reasons why this country has survived is because it has an unbeatable geographical advantage due to its isolation from abroad. If any mainland country wants to build its own national defense, it needs to put its main investment in army construction, but if the country is also near the sea, then the limited military expenditure will have to be allocated to the navy.

A country like Japan, on the other hand, can devote almost all of its limited military spending to its navy, because the enemy's navy will never really threaten its homeland if it cannot defeat it.

Therefore, Japan devoted all its resources to the construction of its own navy, and it also built a powerful navy under the tremendous pressure of the Ming Dynasty. The degree of importance attached to this naval fleet by the whole of Japan is still greater than that of the Ming Dynasty, which has three fleets in the South China Sea, the North Sea, and the Pacific Ocean.

Although this fleet was not as large as the Daming Naval Division, it had trained as much as it could, and it pinned all the hopes of Japan. So when this fleet really went to sea to fight with the North Sea Division warships of the Ming Empire, it showed its hideous minions like a young master.

The luck of the battleship Wuyishan in the Ming Dynasty was very good, and its second tentative attack was almost one hit the Japanese flagship Nagato. However, the speed of the battleship Nagato was much higher than that estimated by the Daming Naval Division, so during the third salvo, because of the sudden turn of the Japanese naval fleet, the battleship Wuyishan did not successfully hit the Japanese fleet.

"Commander...... The Japanese fleet split into two and made a detour to our flanks. "One of the officers reported on the increasingly unfavorable situation of the battle, and it was clear that the opponent was about to give full play to the numerical superiority, and in terms of speed, they did not get rid of the opponent's capital. In fact, in the case of the first fire several times without hitting the opponent, the victory or defeat on the battlefield is already known.

"Hah! If the enemy's commander did not divide his troops, then it was really a bad brain. If I were the commander of the opposing fleet, I would do the same, in order to distract my firepower......" Lu Chongwen sneered, and then gave the order to deal with it: "Order, turn south, maximum speed...... Gradually approaching the flagship of the enemy fleet, all artillery fire is aimed at the enemy flagship and fires! ”

The tactics adopted by the Japanese fleet were to outflank the two flanks, taking advantage of the slow speed of the Ming Empire's warships to surround and disperse the firepower of the battleship, in order to maximize the use of their own firepower advantage. And the response of the Ming warship is a bit like a brawl - after being surrounded by the other side, regardless of the rest of the people who are staring at the other party's leader.

Naval warfare is a very conventional tactic to bombard the enemy's flagship with concentrated firepower, because if it hits the enemy's flagship, it will cause confusion in command and hit the morale of the opponent. The Japanese battleships did not have any more options at this time, they did not have a second target to choose from in front of them, and the Xingkaihu really did not have much room to play in a battle of this level.

"Boom!" The Japanese battleship Fuso finally fired the first shot of its own shot in this battle. Because of its slow speed, it kept following the battleship Nagato, and it was not able to get a good angle of fire, so when the battleship Nagato fired, it could only wait, waiting for the opportunity to fire after turning.

Now the absolute superiority of the Japanese battleships in numbers can be regarded as manifested, the eight main guns fired alternately, and the water column stirred up by the shells that fell near the battleship Wuyishan gradually began to increase.

However, because the battleship Wuyishan moved in the direction of the Nagato's outflanking, it was a short distance away from the Japanese battleships Mutsu and Yamashiro. Therefore, some of the Japanese battleships on the detour still did not fire, which can be regarded as good news for the battleship Wuyishan during this time.

However, all the Ming soldiers, including Lu Chongwen, knew very well that it was only a matter of time before they were surrounded and attacked, and they had to fight a better situation before they were attacked by the enemy.

"Boom!" Ignoring the enemy shells that fell near the battleship, the battleship Wuyishan still opened fire, aiming all its artillery fire at the battleship Nagato, which was evading the bombardment in the distance. The distance between the two sides is slowly approaching, and the Japanese navy is also desperately rushing to the T-shaped position of the Wuyishan. Because of the angle, the two turrets behind the Wuyishan and the one in the middle began to struggle to aim, but as the battleship turned, the situation began to gradually improve.

"There's only one battleship, and it's so tough...... Da Ming Sailor is worthy of being an opponent who makes the British jealous of three points. Dongxiang Guiyi put his hands behind his back and watched his fleet keep firing and bombarding the opponent in the distance, but he got the news of missing one after another, and sighed and said: "Fortunately, the main force of the Daming Naval Division is in the south, if it is in the north, today's victory is unknown." ”

Although it has the second most battleships in the world, and the vast sea area under the control of the Ming Empire is also one of the best, so the forces are seriously scattered, and the main force is in the South Seas, so Japan has the courage to dare to attack the Ming warships at this time.

But what is unexpected is that after several rounds of shelling on both sides, they still did not achieve a single result. Although it is beneficial for Japan to delay the situation, Takaichi Togo is really afraid that if the time drags on for too long, it will bring unexpected changes.

"The one from Jin Shang is named Zhang Baiting...... Really confirmed, in the Dalian military port, there are three battleships? Togo Guiichi, who was not sure about the current situation, turned around again and asked the adjutant beside him. What he is holding in his hand is half of the combat strength of the Japanese Navy, and there is absolutely no room for loss.

The officer stepped forward, bowed his head and answered Takaichi Togo's question, "Your Excellency, Mr. Zhang really said that...... We've worked together many times, and nothing goes wrong. ”

"Keep closing! Keep firing! Sink this Ming battleship and avenge the Kyoto 500 Yoshitake! In order to resist the colonial rule of the Ming Dynasty in Japan, in the year of the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, 500 Japanese locals rebelled in Kyoto, and were finally suppressed, and all died in prison. It can be said that Japan has a deep blood feud against the Ming Empire.

Referring to the famous "500 Righteous Martial Deaths", the Japanese officers on the bridge gritted their teeth, and Togo Keiichi even pulled out the command knife on his waist and pointed in the direction of the Ming battleship: "The decisive battle is here, the whole army will surprise and sink the Ming battleship!" ”