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After Wang Shizhen became the commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance, he first eliminated the Japanese navy according to Song Xiaofei's suggestion. After discussing with the generals of the other seven countries, the allied warships were divided into two fleets, and a combined fleet consisting of nine ironclad cruisers including the British "Sun Never Sets," six ironclad cruisers including the American "New York," and four warships including the French "Lion," attacked the three Japanese fleets stationed in Hiroshima, while the 20 warships of the Beiyang Fleet and the remaining 20 warships of the Russian Pacific Fleet headed north and headed straight for the port of Tokyo.

Heihachiro Togo received a telegram from the Japanese military headquarters and was worried when he heard that the Chinese and Russian fleets were heading for the port of Tokyo, and rushed to the port of Tokyo overnight with more than 30 warships to provide support. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain in order to seize maritime supremacy, and France, Spain and other countries in the sea wars, in 1805 in the Battle of Trafalgar, the British fleet completely defeated the combined fleet of France and Spain, the United Kingdom maritime supremacy in the next hundred years, so, British Rear Admiral Horshawn . Wilson was elected commander of the combined fleet of Anglo-French-American forces, and he was a battle-hardened general.

Moreover, the firepower and tonnage of the fleets of both sides are not at the same level. The British ironclad ship "The Sun Never Sets," the American cruiser "New York," and the French battleship "Lion" all had a tonnage of about 8,000 tons and six main guns. The main warships of the Japanese Navy are the "Saikyo Maru", "Matsushima", "Chiyoda", "Itsukushima", "Hashidate", "Fuso", "Chicheng" and other seven ironclad cruisers of about 3,000 tons, because the Japanese Navy has been suppressed by Song Xiaofei for many years, these capital ships are all requisitioned commercial ships, which have been modified and imitated British ** ships. It is characterized by high speed and a large number of artillery. For example, the flagship warship "Saikyo Maru", which was originally a merchant ship of the Nippon Yusen Shipping Company, was launched in 1888 and was temporarily requisitioned by the naval commander Heihachiro Togo, and was retrofitted with artillery as a base ship and converted into a substitute cruiser. The ship has a displacement of 2913 tons. 387 horsepower, speed 12 knots, the main armament is 1 caliber rapid-fire gun, 2 machine guns, 1 machine gun, the captain is the Japanese Navy Shozo Kano Yuno.

It was already dark, mist had risen from the port of Hiroshima, and white water vapor was floating in all directions as the sea breeze blew. As soon as the Japanese fleet appeared. Shawn. Wilson ordered the Allied fleet to open fire on the Japanese fleet's command flagship, the "Saikyo Maru," and the dense artillery spewed out angry fire, and the muzzle steel pipes turned red after a while, and fiercely strafed the Japanese command ship from bow to stern.

The ironclad ship "The Sun Never Sets" hit the bridge of the "Saikyo Maru" with a single shot, and another shell landed on the deck of the "Saikyo Maru", killing Captain Yuyuki Kano and three gunners who were operating on the battery. The steering rudder and the forward battery of the "Saikyo Maru" were also blown up. Navy Commander Heihachiro Togo saw that this was not good, and hurriedly personally ordered the "Saikyo Maru" to evacuate at full speed. The ironclad ship "The Sun Never Sets" pursued relentlessly.

At this time, the "Matsushima", "Chiyoda", "Itsukushima", and "Hashidate" rushed to the rescue. The four fastest Japanese cruisers put on a "one-way line" and deliberately moved the "Saikyo Maru" to the left side of the fleet on the non-combat side in order to protect the warship of the naval commander Heihachiro Togo.

Shawn. In view of this formation of Japanese ships, Wilson adopted a "cracked geese marching formation" to meet the battle, so as to give full play to the power of the bow and heavy guns of the allied warships, and at the same time, the warships increased their horsepower to advance, disrupting the Japanese column formation, and dividing them into sections, so as to achieve results similar to those of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and the Battle of Lisa in 1866.

Anglo-American-French warships generally had thicker armor. The firepower is also fierce and the range is long, when it is 5,300 meters away from the "Matsushima". The "New York" first fired its first shot at the "Matsushima," and the shells landed in the sea 100 meters to the left of the "Matsushima," rolling up a huge wave, and the British and French fleets formed a "man-shaped" Yan shear formation and began to attack the Japanese warships in turn. It was not until the distance between the warships of the two sides was 3,000 meters that the Japanese warships had a chance to fire back when the Japanese rapid-fire guns reached the appropriate firing distance of the Japanese rapid-fire guns.

However, at this time, the Japanese "Matsushima" and other battleships had already been hit by many guns, the lookout was damaged, and the Japanese military commander Shikinori Kayama, who was supervising the battle on the flying bridge, was caught in the ironwood and burned his left leg. The shells flew, and the two officers next to him were pierced through the chest, their flesh and blood fell, and the mast was pierced by a grenade, killing all six of them.

The main turret of the "Matsushima" located at the stern of the ship was hit by a shell fired by the French ** ship "Lion", and two Japanese sailors who were operating on the gun position were immediately wounded by shrapnel, and the hydraulic rotation mechanism of the main gun was seriously damaged.

The "Chiyoda" was also hit by several cannons, the officer's room near the powder magazine was pierced, the steel plate more than eight inches thick penetrated three large holes, the bedding utensils had been shattered, and projectiles flew in all directions.

The No. 5 gun mount of the "Itsukushima" was hit by a 21-centimeter shell, and five people under Navy Captain Ryohei Nagata were killed, and the "Hashidate" was hit by a shell and caught fire. Captain Yoshitsu Takahashi, commander of the detachment who was supervising the battle in the turret, Captain Kakushiro Kakushiro of gunnery Nagase, and Private Cao Hirohara were killed with a heavy hammer, and seven sailors were wounded.

The "Saikyo Maru," which was sailing nearby, was shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly sent out a danger signal and summoned other Japanese ships to rescue the four Japanese warships that had been severely damaged. But at this time, other warships were also dizzy by the warships of the coalition forces. The "Akagi" ship rushed to the rescue, but the flybridge deck was hit by a shot by the British ** ship, and the acting captain Sato Tetsutaro was wounded in the face and wrist and was sent below deck for treatment, and the captain's post was replaced by Captain Matsuoka Shuzo, the second captain of the second detachment, who was commanding the bow gun position, and the bow gun position was commanded by the gun commander Eiji Shinto Captain Cao. Before it could catch its breath, the deck was hit again, causing a fire, and its bow was completely submerged in the sea, and its stern was raised high above the sea, revealing its turning propeller, and gradually sinking below sea level.

At this time, Heihachiro Togo completely understood that the warships of Britain, the United States and France were not the Pacific Fleet of the Russians, and they could not fight them by virtue of blood and luck, so they quickly escaped, but it was too late. With an earth-shattering bang, a huge bullet from the New York of the United States directly hit the gun shield of the port side rapid-fire gun of the "Saikyo Maru", the fuse that was hit by the heavy blow quickly ignited the shell, and the shell exploded on the fourth gun position, and the huge shock wave and fragments produced by the earth-shattering loud noise made the entire gun body actually be shocked and flew up, and then smashed down heavily, the steel gun barrel was twisted into an incredible crescent shape, the gun body bent and fell, and the nearby medicine shell was detonated by the momentum, and the Xijing Maru warship emitted a continuous huge explosion sound, The choking yellow poisonous mist immediately spread in the ship, and the side panels burst and broke the iron piles and iron beams on the upper deck, and three or four pings appeared on the left and right sides of the upper deck, causing the hull to lose its balance, the hull tilted, and the sea water poured in, which soon caused several damage in the ship.

But at this time, the sky was not beautiful, there was a strong wind blowing on the port of Hiroshima, the wind direction was also unfavorable to the "Saikyo Maru", the thick smoke carried billowing poisonous gas, and the fire brigade could not extinguish the fire, and the faces and backs of more than 800 Japanese naval officers in the warship were blown up to the point that it was difficult to distinguish, and the muscles on those broken bones had already been burned, just like white bones after cremation, and the sticky blood flowed along the inclined direction of the ship's hull, dripping with blood and still trembling slightly The pieces of flesh stuck to the fiery cannon body, and it had not yet cooled, and 814 people were killed and wounded after the war.

Togo Heihachiro watched one Japanese warship after another being sunk by the British and American ironclad giants like bombardment toy ships, the raging fire was ignited in the sea of Hiroshima, and the fire in the sky shone red on the sea, and also illuminated his face red, Togo Heihachiro had no way to retreat, completely desperate, and committed suicide by seppuku, martyred in the sea, and then the huge waves caused by the shells disappeared.

In the Battle of Hiroshima, the Japanese fleet fought stubbornly for more than four hours, and of the 35 warships, 24 were sunk, 3 were captured, 8 were sunk by self-bombing, more than 4,000 people were killed, and the Japanese elite fleet was almost completely wiped out.