Hiroshima, Japan

After the outbreak of this war between Japan and the Qing Kingdom, the Japanese government set up a wartime base camp here.

Since the beginning of the war, Emperor Muhito has established the highest decision-making body of the army and navy directly under his own here. Hiroshima is located in the southwest of Honshu Island, and it is geographically the most suitable place for front-line command, as it is the camping place where the army is stationed before the departure of the army. In addition to the convenience of command and communication, Emperor Muhito also hoped that his gesture of being at the head of the battle would be the greatest encouragement to all the officers and men of the Imperial Navy and Army who participated in the war. In addition, since the day Emperor Muhito arrived in Hiroshima on May 22, he has demanded that at least one imperial council be held every day at the base camp. From the beginning to the end, Muren was not at ease with the battle situation with the boss empire on the other side.

The same is true on the day of July 15, the Imperial Council

While the Emperor and his ministers were rejoicing at the progress of the Imperial Army on the Korean battlefield, an attendant officer hurried over.

"Your Majesty! Seoul Front Telegram! ”

It was Minoru Saito, the attendant on duty today, who came in, and he didn't care if it was unruly for him to run in front of him, Muhito said eagerly.

"Give it to me!!"

"Hay!" Mu Ren opened the telegram and saw that it was the news of the naval battle on the Yellow Sea, and after taking a closer look, Mu Ren's face suddenly sank.

The loss of the Imperial Combined Fleet was so heavy that Muren had not expected it beforehand. Fortunately, our own army is progressing fairly well in North Korea, otherwise......

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South Seas, Republic of Seris

"Führer, a telegram from the Naval Observation Fleet that went to watch the battle!"

Chen Zeyu, who was looking at the map of the Far East with his back in the office, suddenly turned around!

"Read!!"

"Yes! As of 12:20 p.m. today, the battle between the naval fleets of the Qing and Japanese navies in the waters off Inchon has ended. ”

"A total of seven warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, including the flagship 'Matsushima,' as well as 'Itsukushima,' Yoshino,' Fuso,' Chicheng,' Hiei,, and 'Saikyo Maru,' were sunk, and the 'Hashidate' was seriously damaged; on the side of the Qing Beiyang Fleet, eight warships 'Zhiyuan,' 'Jingyuan,' 'Pingyuan,' 'Jingyuan,' 'Weiyuan,' 'Guangyi,' 'Guangbing,' and 'Fulong' were sunk, and two ships of 'Dingyuan' and 'Zhenyuan' were seriously damaged.

Listening to the telegram sent back by his own naval fleet that was observing this naval battle at the first time, Chen Zeyu sighed in thought.

History has changed! Because of his active participation, the outcome of the Sino-Japanese naval battle between Japan and Qing has long been unrecognizable. Compared with the Battle of Dadonggou in the original history, which took place in mid-September, the location of this naval battle took place off the coast of Incheon, and the time of the naval battle was also two months earlier, which is a bit of a bit of an initiative of the Beiyang Fleet to attack. In the whole naval battle, because of the artillery shells and rapid-fire naval guns supported by Seris, the Beiyang Fleet fought more aggressively than in another time and space, and of course, it was more tragic.

Chen Zeyu was very glad that the Beiyang Fleet did not repeat the mistakes of history, and this battle with the Japanese fleet was a draw, at least in terms of results. There is nothing to say about the four Japanese ships "Fuso", "Chisei", "Hiei", and "Saikyo Maru", except for the two old ships "Fuso" and "Hiei", which still have some weight, and the rest of them are either only a few hundred tons, or they are simply rebuilt by merchant ships, and it is only incidental that they are sunk.

However, the sinking of "Matsushima" and "Itsukushima" was very valuable, and with the exception of the "Hashidate" which narrowly escaped after being seriously damaged, the Sankei ship, which had been relied on as the main pillar of the Japanese Navy, was suddenly lost. In addition, Japan's latest fast cruiser "Yoshino" was also sunk, which surprised Chen Zeyu. In Chen Zeyu's opinion, the Beiyang Fleet is worth sinking this "Yoshino" ship alone! I think about how much the whole of Japan spent to buy this new warship, starting with Emperor Muhito, who only ate one meal a day, and the people of the whole country donated money, so it was not easy to buy this new warship. It was sunk by the Qing Beiyang Fleet in just a few days, and the blow to the morale of the Japanese people can be imagined.

Of course, the losses of the Qing Beiyang Fleet itself were also very heavy, including the "Zhiyuan", "Jingyuan", "Jiyuan", "Jingyuan", "Jingyuan" and other eight main warships were sunk. It can be said that at this time, the entire Beiyang Fleet was able to continue fighting only the two capital ships "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", and although the remaining "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" ships were also replaced with rapid-fire naval guns, the hull was too light, but it was only about 1,400 tons, and the combat effectiveness was limited, and the remaining "Guangjia" torpedo ships and several gunboats of the Zhenzi could only be regarded as auxiliary ships at most.

In contrast, although the Japanese ships also suffered heavy losses, there were still a large number of armored warships available in the naval sequence, such as "Naniwa", "Takachiho", "Akitsuzuzu", "Chiyoda", "Tsukushi", and "Kongo". Among them, the "Naniwa" and "Takachiho" are still the latest fast cruisers, and the surviving capital ship "Hashidate" also has terrifying combat capabilities. In addition, Japan was much better than the Qing army in repairing its own shipyards. At a time when the Beiyang Fleet could only carry out simple repairs to its Dingyuan and Zhenzhen ships in its home port of Weihaiwei (there was no dock in the Qing Dynasty that could accommodate the Dingyuan-class shipyard), the Japanese Kureto Shipyard and other enterprises were carrying out intensive and comprehensive repair work for their own injured warships.

It can be said that after the Battle of Incheon, the sea control over the Yellow Sea in East Asia has substantially fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

Chen Zeyu frowned slightly, and was a little worried about whether it would affect his future battle plan.

But in any case, as far as the Beiyang side is concerned, it is slightly superior in terms of the quality of sinking enemy ships. In Chen Zeyu's opinion, compared to the results of the original history, such a result is simply a miracle for the Qing Kingdom, but I don't know what happened to Li Zhongtang, the optimus pillar of the Qing Kingdom, when he heard such a result?

The Battle of Incheon shocked the world in a short period of time, both as the first battle of steam armored warships in human history, and in terms of the severity of the battle, the combined fleet of the Beiyang Fleet and the Japanese Navy, as the belligerents, suffered heavy losses. In naval battles, there are many tragic scenes of ships colliding with each other. What Chen Zeyu didn't expect was that when countries saw that the ship ramming tactics were still lethal, the ramming angle design that should have been gradually removed was gradually continued in the mainstream design of warships in Western countries, which made Chen Zeyu cry and laugh after knowing it, which should also be regarded as part of the butterfly effect brought by himself.

In addition to this, the Battle of Inchon also once again proved the powerful power of the giant ship cannons of the Beiyang Fleet, and the two "Dingyuan" class ironclad battleships of the Qing Kingdom showed the advantage of defensive capabilities, and none of the thick armor was penetrated, and the battleships were still irreplaceable capital ships in the navy. From then on, the navies of the world began to pursue the thick armor of warships and the large-caliber naval guns with high attack power. On the other hand, the Japanese Navy's fast-ship and fast-gun strategy has also begun to be favored by the navies of many countries; in naval battles, the capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were equipped with a large number of small- and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, which made up for the lack of large-caliber guns through the intensive fire of rapid-fire guns, and had a non-negligible impact on the future development of the armaments of the navies of various countries in the world. After this battle, the warships designed by the navies of various countries paid attention to increasing the rate of fire of large-caliber guns and strengthening the firepower of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns.

Japanese fast warships such as "Naniwa" and "Akitsuzu" were almost always pressing the ships of the Beiyang throughout the naval battle. During the battle, these Japanese warships penetrated the waterline armor of all warships in Beiyang except Dingzhen on many occasions, causing a large number of their ships to enter the water, and their threatening nature also left a profound impact on the naval circles of various countries in the world.

Stretching out his hand to summon the secretary in front of him, Chen Zeyu signed several documents one after another and asked them to be distributed to various ministries and organs in the building of the National W Academy.

On one of the most conspicuous red-headed documents, the four big words "Tsunami Plan" are impressive!

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Beginning on July 19, 1894, according to a new order issued by the Army Command, the eight main integrated divisions of Seris began to conduct high-intensity amphibious combat training in various coastal areas.

On 13 August, the Seris War Department ordered the establishment of a new engineering and civil engineering unit in the army units.

On 22 September, the people's armed forces departments of all major cities across the country began to conduct intensive combat training for the soldiers of their reserve forces, and the training content added such training contents as coastal beach rush operations and island operations.

On 11 October, the Seris Ministry of Defence issued an order to re-enlist seven infantry divisions from among the national reservists......