The entire naval fleet of the Naval Academy, following Lin Daxin's instructions, began to send warships to block the sea passage from Japan to Korea and Liaodong in the Korean Strait, Liaodong Bay, and Changshan Islands.

On March 18, 1895, the third day after the end of the Battle of Jinju Bay, the large fast armored cruiser Second General and the fast protection cruiser Rihai of the Second Fleet of the Navy Academy formed a formation and cruised the waters around the Korean Strait.

At this time, the two warships noticed a few wisps of black smoke in the distance, and the two warships immediately sailed in the direction where the black smoke appeared, and after a while, three merchant ships flying the British flag appeared in front of the two naval warships of the Naval Academy.

The flag soldiers on the large fast armored cruiser of the Second General issued a flag saying that they were the Beiyang Naval Division of the Great Qing Dynasty and asked 3 British merchant ships to stop for inspection!

But the three British merchant ships did not stop, but issued a flag saying that the warships of the Qing Dynasty had no right to inspect the merchant ships of the British Empire! Then 3 British merchant ships continued in the direction of North Korea!

At this time, on one of the British merchant ships, a Japanese soldier said worriedly to the captain of the British merchant ship: "Mr. Captain! Don't stop the boat! All 3 ships were supplied with weapons and ammunition for our Great Japanese Army. If the ship is stopped, it will definitely be seized by the warships of the Qing Dynasty, and your merchant ships will also be seized! ”

The British captain took a leisurely smog of his pipe, spat out a smoke ring and said, "Don't worry! Sir, we will not stop the ship, we will definitely deliver the goods to the destination. ”

Japanese Shaozo looked at the two naval warships of the Naval Academy in the distance and said worriedly: "Mr. Captain! The warships of the Qing Dynasty won't open fire, right? ”

The British captain laughed and said, "Don't worry! No one would dare to fire a cannon at a British merchant ship flying the British flag! But the British captain did not know that during the Battle of Toshima, the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet opened fire on the British merchant ship Takasho, flying the British flag. If it weren't for Lin Daxin, the Gaosheng would have been sunk by a Japanese warship in history.

As soon as the laughter of the British captain stopped, the two warships of the Navy of the Navy of the Naval Academy fired a few shots at the sea area a few hundred meters in front of the three merchant ships without giving him face!

Japanese Shaozo shouted in horror: "Not good! Qing Dynasty warships fired! ”

The British captain's face changed and he still said strongly: "This is just the bluff of the Qing Dynasty warship!" They didn't dare to really shell the merchant ships of our British Empire! ”

At this time, a British sailor said to the British captain in horror: "Captain! The Qing Dynasty demanded that we stop the ship immediately! Otherwise, the next shell will not fall on the sea, but on our merchant ships! ”

The British captain still snorted coldly, "Bluffing Qing Dynasty people, don't worry about them!" Sue sù the other 2 merchant ships, let's continue sailing, ignore the Qing Dynasty people! ”

The three British merchant ships ignored the warnings of the large fast armored cruiser Second General and the fast protection cruiser Ilhae and continued to sail in the direction of Korea.

The captain in the bridge of the Second General is Liu Huan of the first phase of the Naval Academy, seeing that the three British merchant ships are still going their own way in the direction of North Korea, Liu Huan gritted his teeth, although his principal has an order that if the British transport ship refuses to be inspected, it can be sunk by cannoning, but it is the British transport ship after all, and it is the transport ship of the most powerful country in the world. When it was time to really open fire, Liu Huan couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, but now he had to send the arrow, so Liu Huan took a deep breath and ordered: "Give me a cannon shot at the British merchant ship!" ”

Then the 4 260-mm naval guns, 24 200-mm naval guns, and 6 155-mm naval guns on the large fast armored cruiser Second General began to aim at 3 British merchant ships within 1,500 meters!

Before the cannon was fired, Liu Huan stopped the main and secondary guns from firing at the British merchant ships, and only let a few 155mm naval guns shoot at the British merchant ships.

Immediately, the 155-mm naval guns on the Second General began to fire at 3 British merchant ships!

In just the first round of shelling, 1 155-mm shell hit a British merchant ship. The British merchant ship was loaded with shells for the Japanese Army, which happened to hit the shell pile in the hold of the merchant ship, and after a deafening burst of explosions, the British merchant ship disappeared into the sea.

Liu Huan was stunned and looked at the stumps of some merchant ships on the sea, he really didn't want to sink it, he could only say that this merchant ship was too unlucky!

Liu Huan ordered with a wry smile: "Stop the shelling!" Send flags to 2 more British merchant ships and ask them to stop at once and be inspected! Otherwise, we will continue the shelling! ”

At this moment, the British captain saw that a British merchant ship had been sunk, jumped up like someone had stepped on his tail and shouted: "This is murder!" Murder! The British Empire will never let them go! These murderers of the British will not be spared! ”

The Japanese Shaozo muttered in despair: "It's over! The British also, the Qing Dynasty really dared to open fire! ”

An English sailor ran to the British captain in a panic, "Captain! The Qing Dynasty sent another flag! If we don't stop the ship for inspection, they will continue to shell! Captain, what shall we do? ”

The British captain's hand holding the pipe trembled, hesitated for a moment and said, "Do what the Qing Dynasty said, stop the ship!" These Qing Dynasty people are crazy! ”

The Japanese Shaozo next to him heard the British captain's order to stop the ship, and he did not object to it, but sighed helplessly, ready to accept the fate of becoming a prisoner.

Seeing that the two British merchant ships had finally stopped, the Second General and the Nichikai immediately approached the two merchant ships and sent personnel on board the two merchant ships. Sure enough, a large number of weapons and ammunition were found in 2 British merchant ships, and there were dozens of Japanese soldiers accompanying the ships, indicating that these weapons and ammunition were supplies for the Japanese army in Korea and Liaodong!

The sailors of the Second Admiral and the Rihai immediately took control of two British merchant ships and sailed towards the port of Arthur.

After the Second Admiral and the Rihai escorted two British merchant ships back to the Port of Arthur, not only did Lin Daxin know for the first time that his navy's warship had sunk a British merchant ship transporting weapons and ammunition for Japan, but even the British naval personnel on the British observation ship that stayed in Lushun also knew the news.

After the Battle of Jinzhou Bay, the observation ships of several countries did not choose to leave, but continued to stay in the port of Arthur. The naval personnel of these countries send people to see Lin Daxin every day, hoping to visit the submarine of the Navy of the Naval Academy!

Lin Daxin was already annoyed by these foreigners, and found a reason to refuse to meet them, so he no longer cared about these foreign naval personnel!

Foreign naval personnel have begun to wander around the Lushun base in the past few days, and began to look for submarines by themselves, thanks to Lin Daxin who let the two submarines stop in a hidden cave in the Lushun base, it is not so easy for those foreigners to find!

The British observation ship was a protective cruiser, and the captain on it came to Lin Daxin's headquarters in Lushun in a menacing manner, and was stopped by the soldiers of the guard regiment outside the door of the headquarters.

Nash shouted almost with red eyes: "I am the representative of the British Empire!" I want to see your commander Lin Daxin! I must see him immediately, immediately! ”

Nash spoke English, and the soldiers of the guard regiment at the gate of the headquarters couldn't understand what Nash was saying!

Nash shouted at the door of Lin Daxin's headquarters for a long time before he was invited into the headquarters by Chen Ergou, the head of the guard regiment, and came to Lin Daxin's office.

As soon as Nash entered Lin Daxin's office, he shouted at Lin Daxin: "Lord Lin, you must be responsible for sinking the British merchant ship!" You must release the remaining 2 British merchant ships and their crews right away! Compensation must be paid for the dead crew and the sunken merchant ship! Those responsible must be handed over to us in the hands of the British Empire! ”

Lin Daxin listened to Nash say a few musts in a row, sat on the chair and sneered, and said in English: "Mr. Captain! You British, who have declared their neutrality in the war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, have now violated the international neutrality treaty by transporting weapons and ammunition to the belligerents! When I was cruising by my warship, I dared to continue to drive in the direction of North Korea, and I was sunk by the warship of our Navy of the Naval Academy, which was to blame! ”

Nash also knew that his merchant ships were not reasonable, but when did the British Empire be reasonable!

Nash shouted at Lin Daxin and said, "Lord Lin! I'm not interested in what the British merchant ships are shipping! All I know is that your warship sank a British merchant ship! If Lord Lin doesn't give an account to the British Empire, we in the British Empire will let you know the consequences of offending the British Empire! ”

When Lin Daxin heard this, he was immediately furious, stood up and yelled at Nash: "I want to see how arrogant you British can be!" It's best that you British send the main forces of the Royal Navy to me, and I, Lin Daxin, are waiting for you in Lushun! Let the horses come! ”

Nash was also very angry, he had never encountered it in the Qing Dynasty, and someone dared to despise the British Empire so much, he said angrily: "Lord Lin! Since you have such an attitude! Prepare to accept the wrath of the British Empire! ”

After finishing speaking, Nash angrily brushed his sleeves away and left Lin Daxin's headquarters. Soon after, Nash returned to the British protective cruiser, and Nash ordered the boiler to be lit and set sail to Hong Kong, the base of the British Navy in the Qing Dynasty!

When he got to sea, Nash stood in the bridge of the cruiser and looked back at the Arthur base, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart! Although Nash is very tough, the naval strength under Lin Daxin's command is already very strong! The combined strength of the British Navy's warships in the Far East is far inferior to Lin Daxin's naval fleet. I don't know what will happen to the sinking of the British merchant ship this time!

After Nash left Lin Daxin's office, a person walked out of the office, it was Yu Fu, the commander of the Lushun garrison fleet.

It turned out that Yu Fu came today to sink 1 warship in the Battle of Jinzhou Bay for the Lushun Garrison Fleet, and hoped that Lin Daxin would replenish some warships for the Lushun Garrison Fleet!

As one of the three major fleets of the Navy at present, the Lushun garrison fleet is the weakest of the three fleets, and now one more warship has been sunk in the naval battle, and the old ironclad ship Yunhai has been sunk, and there are only 4 warships left in the entire Lushun garrison fleet, the old ironclad ships Dinghai and Zhenhai, the ironclad ship Weihai, and the protective cruiser Lihai.