At 15:55 p.m. on March 31, 1895, just as Seris's army units began to land in Bohai Bay, in the eastern waters of Jeju Island in Korea, Seris's First Naval Detachment suddenly appeared here and "unexpectedly encountered" an unprepared Japanese naval fleet.

"This ...... It's ......"

Through the binoculars, the captain of the Japanese ship "Hashidate" suddenly saw several rapidly expanding black dots in front of the port side of the fleet, and he realized that his fleet might be in trouble.

At this time, the "Hashidate" ship was escorting the supply fleet sent by Japan to the Korean garrison, and the "Hashidate" was accompanied by the cruisers "Akitsuzu" and "Chiyoda" of the Japanese Navy. As one of the few remaining elite forces of the Japanese Navy, it takes these three warships to escort the ship, which shows the importance of this Japanese supply fleet.

As the most powerful "Hashidate" ship, it naturally assumed the responsibility of the forward reconnaissance warship, and the captain Hitaka Zhuangzhi was also the temporary commander of this group of escort fleets.

Originally, Japanese naval officers such as Shotaka Zhuangzhi Cheng had also heard the news of the battle between the Southern Expeditionary Fleet (the Taiwan Expeditionary Fleet) and the Seris Navy, but what he did not expect was that he would actually encounter the other party in the Korean Strait at his doorstep.

"A ...... Two ...... Four ...... Seven, actually seven armored ships! ”

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, the strong man was gradually able to see each other in the line of sight.

"Signal Corps! Raise the alarm flag for the rear fleet! Encounter the enemy fleet! ”

"Hay!"

As the signal of the Japanese signal corps on the "Hashidate" was issued, the piercing sirens suddenly resounded throughout the entire Japanese fleet!

Since the day of the war between the two sides in the waters of Taiwan, the Admiralty of the Republic of China has issued an order to make every effort to block the shipping routes between Japan and Korea, and it is no longer limited to the sea and sea supply lines of the original Japanese army in the western part of Korea.

The opponent encountered by Rear Admiral Hideyuki Hidaka of the Japanese Navy was a powerful mixed naval fleet under the command of Admiral Eizhe Seris, consisting of a "Nanning" Luzon-class battleship and six Taiwan-class armored cruisers "Pontianak", "Anping", "Taipei", "Kunming", "Fuzhou", and "Ningbo".

As the commander of this Ceris naval fleet, Yingzhe has been cruising the waters with the fleet for a whole week.

As one of the first naval officers to be awarded the rank of colonel in the Ceris Navy, Yingzhe has always dreamed of one day a "Trafalgar-style" naval battle of his own. But it's a pity that in these days, except for helping my own army troops escort a few voyages, let alone "Trafalgar", I haven't even encountered a single "fly" on this sea.

It wasn't until this morning that the radio operator on his ship received a message from a spy ship that he was reconnoitring in Japanese waters, that Yingzhe was able to refresh himself! Knowing that a group of Japanese transport ships were about to sail to Busan and were about to pass through the cruising sea area where they were, Yingzhe was naturally pleasantly surprised, and immediately adjusted the course of the fleet and sailed at full speed to the waters of Busan.

That's right! This Seris naval fleet led by Yingzhe was premeditated! In order to destroy this group of Japanese supply fleets.

"Bang! Boom! ――”

Just as the Japanese ships "Akitsuzu" and "Chiyoda," which were also participating in the escort, were approaching one after another, 7,000 kilometers away, the warships of the Seris fleet began shelling the Japanese ship "Hashidate" at the front.

The artillery bombardment that began at such a distance from such a distance surprised the commander of the Japanese ship, Hitaka Strong.

In this day and age, artillery bombardment at a distance of five thousand meters in naval warfare was a complete means of wave fire. Even at a distance of 3,000 meters, because it still could not overcome the problem of the artillery firing curve, the statistical hit rate of the naval gun's guns was only about 10 percent, and the other side actually started shelling at a distance of 7,000 meters.

"It's a battleship! The whole fleet turns 180 degrees! ”

"'Akitsushu', 'Chiyoda' and our ship together to meet the enemy!"

Before the signal corps of the Japanese ship "Hashidate" could unfurl the second group of signal flags, the salvo of naval guns after the first round of calibration firing by the Seris fleet had already bombarded one after another, and a row of 305 mm caliber huge shells instantly fell on the surroundings of the "Hashidate" ship, and the splashed water column hit the deck.

Astound! The opposing fleet actually hit so many close misses in the second round!

Resisting the fact that he had let the ship join the steering sequence, Hidaka Zhuangzhi looked at the increasingly critical situation and ordered the "Hashidate" ship to turn the rudder 15 degrees in reverse with the fleet and go straight to the right flank.

"Release the smoke!"

By this time, the ship "Hashidate", which was at the forefront of the Japanese fleet, was completely exposed to the sight of the battleships of Seris, and soon the second salvo of the main guns immediately sent it to hell.

"Boom!! - "Two 305mm shells accurately hit the bridge and port armor of Hashidate!"

In the roaring explosion, the first mate of the Japanese Warrior and the signal corpsman on board were instantly torn to pieces, and at the same time, the port side of the "Hashidate" was torn open with a hole more than 2 meters long, and although the Japanese sailors were able to sail after the emergency plugging of the leakage and rescue, the speed had dropped from 18 knots to 10 knots.

Fortunately, on the left and right sides of the battleship at this time, the two cruisers "Akitsuzu" and "Chiyoda", which were originally in the rear, had already rushed over.

At least in terms of battleship numbers, the two sides became three to seven. The Japanese captains did not know that they did this, but instead increased the power of the salvo of the Ceris battleship!

"Boom Boom!! ――”

At a distance of 5,000 meters, the third salvo of the Upper Seris fleet was unlucky, and at this time it was the two ships "Akitsuzu" and "Chiyoda" that had caught up to help.

The dusk in the North Sea is spectacular and beautiful, with the sun shining through the thin clouds and the sea and the horizon plastered with an orange hue. At this time, Hitaka had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery in front of him, and in front of his eyes, his two friendly ships were instantly smashed into a pile of fireballs by the salvo of cannonballs from the opposing fleet! When I opened my eyes again, the original "Akitsuzuzu" and "Chiyoda" ships had turned into a mass of steel mixed with corpses and scattered in the sea.

The two Japanese warships were sunk before they could fire back with a single shot.

Looking at the Seris fleet that was getting closer and closer to his battleship, Hinataka Zhuangzhi could hear the sound of the engine of his ship "Hashidate" running quite hard while his heart beat faster, and the Japanese ship commander had the feeling of being put on the death table at this time: the sword of Damocles was hanging over his head, and you knew when it would fall!

Hidaka no longer expected the smoke from the walk on the battleship to save him, and through the several rounds of salvo fire from the opponent's fleet just now, he also felt a little "skill" of the opponent with a lot of experience. With a salvo of uniform-caliber naval guns, the enemy's warships are always within the range of the shells of their naval guns. This is a very clever revolution in naval warfare!

The Japanese captain Hitaka Zhuangcheng sadly discovered that Japan's naval combat methods were once again lagging behind.

"Boom Boom!! ――”

There was no need to be frustrated again, and the next moment the commander of the Japanese fleet felt that the perimeter of his battleship "Hashidate" was instantly surrounded by a brightly colored "fire net". The next moment he saw all this, Hitaka Zhuangcheng also lost consciousness of his body at the same time......

"Give orders to all ships to hunt down the Japanese transport ships behind, and leave no one behind!"

Not far away, on the battleship "Nanning", the flagship of the Seris fleet, Yingzhe was quietly watching the Japanese warship "Hashidate" gradually sinking into the sea through the telescope in his hand.

Yingzhe did not have the heart to lament the speed of technological development, and the Japanese cruiser "Hashidate" was no longer the first victim of the Ceris naval revolution.

As the morning glow on the horizon gradually turned from orange to purple, the young Yingzhe, dressed in the uniform of the Republic Navy, looked at the other side of the Korean Strait......