Almost the next moment when the peace treaty signed by the Qing court was exposed, Seris's second batch of army units immediately began their respective combat operations.

On February 4, 1895, Miyako Island was located in the ocean east of Taiwan

As early as half a month before the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Hiroshima base camp on this side could not wait to dispatch the 6th Mixed Detachment led by the Army Grand Sabishijima Yoshiki to land on the island with the cooperation of several warships of its Combined Fleet, hoping to prepare for the future Taiwan campaign.

This 2,000-strong army is mainly stationed in the plains such as Pingliang District in the central area, and now there are countless newly built warehouses and newly renovated simple docks within visual reach, except for a few military camps.

Obviously, the army is stockpiling supplies such as arms and food for its future operations.

In the early morning of February 4, a sentry of the 2nd Wing of the Mixed Detachment was carefully observing the direction of the sea in the far southwest from the lookout.

The faint light curtain of Sentinel Oda seemed to hear the familiar sound of a ship's engine.

"Strange, could it be that the Imperial Navy has another supply ship sent over? But it's not the right direction......"

Xiao Tian raised his monocular glasses and looked ahead, and was stunned when he saw the scene of billowing smoke in front of him, only to see more than a dozen ironclad warships suddenly sailing on the southern ocean not far away.

The huge silver-gray hull, the dark and thick muzzle of the cannon makes people shudder, and the strange red flag flying high on the warship, where the hell is this fleet?!

"Police... Alarm... Alert, enemy ... Enemy attack! "In the midst of Oda's trembling sirens, all the guns on those battleships were already firing at the camp on Miyako Island—

"Bang! - "Bang! ——”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! - ""Whew! ——”

"Boom! - "Boom! - Bang! ——”

With the completion of the first round of artillery bombardment of the battleships in front, all the battleships of the second mixed fleet of Seris began to fire one after another, and the violent explosions and fires suddenly rose on the island, and the entire Miyako Islands were plunged into a sea of fire in an instant, and the soldiers of the island who fled in confusion could be seen everywhere around the island, and a cannonball hit the sentry tower impartially, and the next moment Oda no longer had a chance to perceive his existence......

On the sea, as the battleship group of the Seris fleet with Taiwan-class cruisers as the main force launched the shelling, the 255mm caliber naval guns continued to roar and spew out bright red flames and yellow-brown gunpowder smoke more than several meters long from the more than 6-meter-long barrel.

After half an hour of non-stop "scrubbing" shelling by naval artillery groups, there was no longer a figure to be seen on Miyako Island.

This mixed fleet, floating not far southwest of the Miyako Islands, is a part of the Seris fleet that had just received an order from the Admiralty last night to carry out operations, and the entire mixed fleet consisted of two Luzon-class ironclad battleships, 10 Taiwan-class armored cruisers, and dozens of transport and supply ships and landing ships.

At 7:40 a.m., after nearly two hours of fleet shelling, the combat units of the 701st Brigade of the 7th Integrated Division of the Serris Army rushed toward the predetermined waters and shoals in dozens of landing ships.

After the landing ship arrived at the predetermined shoal, the hatches were opened, and the soldiers of the 701st Brigade of the Seventh Integrated Division all charged inland one by one in accordance with the battle cover formation like dragons going out to sea, and the movements of the entire unit were as precise as Swiss clocks.

At this time, the smoke on the shore of the main island of Miyako had dissipated, and the original civil and wooden semi-permanent fortifications had long been flattened by the powerful firepower of the Seris fleet, leaving only some charred black rubble and wood scattered around.

The first groups of soldiers to land, in accordance with the prior arrangement, quickly seized the favorable terrain on the island one by one under the leadership of the higher level, covering the landing of the follow-up troops, the division commander Liu Chao still looked up to himself too much, at this time there was no longer half of the living people in the original shelling coordinate unit, after the soldiers searched the whole island, except for some local Ryukyu aborigines, the soldiers who could be captured were also missing arms and legs, and the brigade commander Sun Jitong directly issued an order for his soldiers to clear them.

"Bang! - "Bang! ——”

At the same time, several other islands on the island were also cleared, mainly some patrol boats and gunboats left behind by the navy, which had long since been destroyed in the sea under the blow of the mixed fleet.

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On February 9, 1895, the weather was clear

On the sea, a fleet of more than a dozen warships and freighters was sailing on the route to Miyako Island, and these fleets that had just departed from the Yaeyama Islands were carrying all the combat soldiers of the Guards Division of the Morimoto Army, and they were surrounded by the standing fleet of Yamato, Musashi, Tenryu, and Kaimon, which were four old armored cruisers.

At 7:30 a.m., some suspicious smoke suddenly appeared in the field of vision of Sailor Ishizuka Yunsheng, a lookout post on the ship "Haimen" at the forefront.

"It's ......"

More than ten seconds later, more than a dozen armored battleships appeared in the glasses!

"Alert! Alert! Discover a strange fleet ahead! ”

After sending an alarm to the bridge below, Ishizuka began to nervously stare at the mysterious fleet that had slowly become clearly visible in the distance, and he didn't know why Ishizuka always felt that something was wrong.

At this time, all the ships in the fleet had already discovered this mysterious fleet, which was still six kilometers away.

On the "Musashi", the captain of the ship, Ikemizu Tongyang, was also full of doubts at this time, and stabbed the first mate next to him with his elbow.

"Kazuo, do you know what the flags on the warships of these fleets mean, and which country's warships they are?"

Kazuo Sakihara was holding up his glasses and observing this strange fleet that had unexpectedly encountered him.

From a distance, I saw that the strange warships of the opposite fleet were all flying bright red flags in the shape of stars, and there was also a black dragon naval flag next to them, "Captain, which country's navy do you say will use that kind of thing as a symbol?!! ”

Chi Shui Tongyang snatched the telescope and looked at it, and was immediately surprised, "Is it Qingguo?" That's impossible!! Except for the sunken ones, the rest of their capital ships are still cowering in Weihaiwei, and the direction is not right!! ”

What surprised the captain of the warship, Chi Shui Tongyang, was the Seris Navy that rushed over to intercept the fleet after receiving the reconnaissance submarine in front.

On the ironclad battleship "Xiangshan", the flagship of the Seris fleet, the fleet commander Cai Jinzhang officially gave an order, "Notify all ships and surround them in a fan shape!" After the flagship opened fire first, the battleships fired freely!! It is not allowed to let go of a single warship and sink all of them!! ”

"Yes! Captain! - "The signal corps on one side of the bridge command module began to use the ship's radio communication equipment in the cabin to send Cai Jinzhang's orders to all nearby combat ships.

In an instant, all the Seris battleships that had arrived at the sea area of the predetermined location turned on the ship's shipboard radio rangefinder to measure the flotilla that was already visible in the distance, and soon the distance and azimuth of each target ship were calculated.

At this time, most of the gunners on the battleship were already glued to the optical sights in front of them, and the gunners still trusted their eyes more than radio ranging.

"Distance 4452, azimuth starboard 255, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4630, azimuth starboard 239, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4237, azimuth starboard 270, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4448, azimuth starboard 242, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4249, azimuth starboard 260, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4523, azimuth starboard 262, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4360, azimuth starboard 250, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4019, azimuth starboard 221, main gun salvo ready!"

"Distance 4146, azimuth starboard 243, main gun salvo ready!"

………

"I order, fire!!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ——”

The fleet within five thousand meters of Seris was too lazy to shoot at all, and with the order of Cai Jinzhang, the commander of the fleet on the flagship, the naval guns on all the eleven "Luzon" and "Taiwan" class warships in the fleet suddenly roared instantly!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ——”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ——”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ——”

As all the main guns of the Seris battleships shot out a uniform curve of metallic heat, several irregularly shaped fireballs appeared on the distant ocean surface, and the original silent engine sound was suddenly broken by the roaring thunder, and the roaring cannon fire covered the original fleet like raindrops.

Even if some of the warships occasionally avoided artillery fire, the next moment the second round of fleet shelling immediately covered them, which was the first long-distance concentrated covered shelling in the history of world naval warfare.

Except for the "Tianlong", which had been sailing at the back of the fleet, the rest of the warships were soon sunk in the depths of the ocean by the "baptism" of Seris's guns......

Seris mixed into the flagship of the fleet "Xiangshan" ironclad battleship

"The 'Xiangshan' ship hit a total of eight of the 24 shells in the first round, a good hit rate!"

Cai Jinzhang, who was also the captain of the battleship, grinned, "Exactly one-third, it's not satisfactory!" Order the gunner to correct the data! ”

"Ruler minus 5, azimuth 03!"

At this time, Cai Jinzhang and his first mate Xi Zhenghao were standing on the bridge watching this naval battle through their respective binoculars, no, it was a massacre!!

Xi Zhenghao, who believes in Catholicism, is silently drawing a cross on his chest, "May God bless these sailors." ”

Cai Jinzhang put down the binoculars in his hand, glanced at him and continued to watch the battle, "God doesn't bless me!" ”

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An hour later, all the ships, including warships and transports, disappeared into the vast sea, and only the wreckage and oil stains that remained on the surface of the sea reminded people that there had been a "naval battle" here.

This one-sided "massacre" naval battle caused the Combined Fleet to lose four cruisers and dozens of gunboats and transports, and they were accompanied by more than 8,000 soldiers on board who had originally belonged to the Army Guards Division. Before that, they hadn't even had time to put a shot......