At 15:55 p.m. on March 31, 1895, just as Seris's army unit 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 naval fleet.

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

Through the binoculars, the captain of the ship "Hashidate" suddenly saw several rapidly expanding black spots 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 the "Hashidate" to the Korean garrison, and the cruisers "Akitsuzu" and "Chiyoda" of the Kawamoto Navy were accompanying the "Hashidate" ship. As the few remaining elite forces of the Navy, these three warships need to be spent to escort the ship, which shows the important surname of this batch of military supply fleets.

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

Originally, Gao Zhuang Zhicheng and other naval officers 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 tall and 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 signal of the signal of the signal corps on the "Hashidate" was issued, the piercing siren suddenly resounded throughout the entire fleet!

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

The opponent encountered by Rear Admiral Yue Gao Zhuang was a powerful mixed naval fleet under the command of Admiral 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 the waters of this area, that Yingzhe was able to refresh himself! Knowing that a group of transport ships were about to sail to Pusan, Young-cheol 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 the supply fleet of this army.

"Bang! Boom! ――”

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

The artillery bombardment that began at such a distance from such a distance surprised the commander of the ship, Yu Gao Zhuang.

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 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 on the 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 sequence of letting the ship join the steering sequence, Gao Zhuang Zhicheng looked at the increasingly critical situation, and ordered the "Hashidate" ship to turn the rudder 15 degrees in reverse with the fleet and plunge directly into the right flank.

"Release the smoke!"

At this time, the "Hashidate" ship at the forefront of the fleet was completely exposed to the sight of the various battleships of Seris, and soon the second round of main gun salvo 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 tall and strong man and the signal corps on the ship were instantly torn to pieces, and at the same time, a hole more than 2 meters long was torn open on the port side of the "Hashidate." Although the sailors were able to sail after the emergency plugging and rescue of the sailors, 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 captains didn't know that they had increased the power of the salvo of the Ceris battleship by doing so!

"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, the tall and strong man had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery in front of him, and in front of his eyes, his two friendly ships were instantly hit into a bunch of fireballs by the volley 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 warships were sunk by the opposing side before they could fire back with a single shot.

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

Gao Zhuang Zhicheng 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 other party. 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!

Captain Yu Zhuangzhi was sad to find that the naval combat method of Captain Yu Ben had fallen behind again.

"Boom Boom!! ――”

There was no need to be frustrated again, for the next moment the commander of the 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, Gao Zhuang also lost consciousness of his body at the same time......

"Give orders to all ships, chase and kill the 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 warship "Hashidate" that was 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 this 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......

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