On the morning of August 21, the main force of the Imperial Navy's Pacific Fleet once again returned to the waters south of the Sasebo Naval Base. In the past two days, the fleet has destroyed five cities on the Japanese island of Kyushu, causing at least 200,000 Japanese casualties. Admiral Liu Guanxiong believes that it is impossible for the Japanese Navy to sit still at this point.

He desperately hoped that the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy would leave the Sasebo military port and come out to fight the Chinese Navy to the death. In this way, we will be able to fully control the sea control in Japan's coastal waters.

However, to the surprise of the Imperial Navy's Pacific Fleet, even at this moment, the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet had no plans to leave the port. This made General Liu Guanxiong and others depressed.

"****, are these little Japan determined to be shrunken turtles? Forcing Lao Tzu to be in a hurry, even if he loses a few warships, he must solve them. Admiral Liu Guanxiong scolded. Of course, this is nothing more than angry talk.

"Commander, it shouldn't be! We have destroyed so many cities in Little Japan and inflicted so many casualties on them. They should not be unresponsive. Lieutenant General Li Dingxin's brows furrowed tightly.

"Humph! Little Japan did not react, probably because the damage we caused them was not big enough, and the pressure on them was not great. In that case, we are ready to attack their coastal cities once again. I'd like to see if they can sit still after the destruction of the entire coastal city of Japan. Admiral Liu Guanxiong said viciously.

Unbeknownst to the Imperial Navy, the Japanese Navy had actually sent a fleet of broken ships out of the port of Sasebo.

In the eastern waters of the East China Sea, a warship flying the flag of the Japanese Navy is moving at high speed on the sea, and this warship, the third ship of the Japanese Navy's "Superior" light cruiser, the "Suzuya" light cruiser, is captained by Nakajima Shindasa.

"Your Excellency. No warships of the Chinas were found in the nearby waters. It seems that they did not expect that we had left the Sasebo military port. A staff officer said.

"Well, that's good. From now on, it is the best time for us to launch a revenge war against the Chinese people, and let those Chinese people pay their blood debts! Nakajima said through gritted teeth.

"From now on. Search all the ships of the Chinese people. Whether it's a warship, a merchant ship, or a fishing boat, sink them all! "Nakajima Shindasa gave the order.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The staff officer immediately went to give the order.

Although, Nakajima's order seems to be a little arrogant. However, he does have the ability to be arrogant. The light cruiser 'Suzuya', with a displacement of up to 11,200 tons, was armed with five triple 155-mm guns. It also gives it a very strong firepower. The Chinese Navy, with the exception of heavy cruisers, is simply not able to confront it. Even the 'Zodiac-class' heavy cruisers built by the Chinese Navy in the early days were only equipped with three twin 210mm guns, and they were not necessarily able to compete with them in terms of performance. 210 mm guns, capable of penetrating the armor of the light cruiser 'Suzuya'. However, the five triple 155-mm main guns of the 'Suzuya' light cruiser were just as capable of submerging the Chinese Navy's 'Zodiac-class' heavy cruisers.

Other than that. The Suzuya's light cruiser's maximum speed of 35 knots allowed it to calmly shake off the enemy ships. Whether it is a light cruiser or a heavy cruiser of the Chinese Navy. There are few that can compete with it. Even if it's catching up, it's definitely not beating. For example, those destroyers of the Chinese Navy have already exceeded 35 knots. But will the destroyer's main guns be able to pose a threat to the light cruiser 'Suzuya'? That's obviously impossible.

Half an hour later, a fishing boat from the Ryukyu Kingdom was discovered by the light cruiser Suzuya. Although, it was nothing more than a fishing boat with a displacement of only a few tens of tons. But. Nakajima Jindazo still didn't let go.

"Full speed ahead and sink the Ryukyu fishing boat." Shindasa Nakajima gave the order. This time, the Chinese Navy's pretext for going to war against Japan was that Japanese fishing boats were loaded into Ryukyu fishing boats. The Ryukyu Kingdom undoubtedly played a very disgraceful role in this time. This has long made the Japanese Navy hate them to the core. Right now. When they ran into the fishing boats of the Ryukyuans, of course they would not let it go.

The speed of the light cruiser 'Suzuya' accelerated to more than 30 knots, and it rushed towards the Ryukyu fishing boat with great vigour.

The Ryukyu fishing boats also spotted Japanese warships approaching at high speed. The Ryukyu fishermen on the boat screamed in horror one by one.

"The Japanese are coming, the Japanese are coming, run!" The Ryukyu fishermen shouted in horror. But how is it possible to compare the speed of a fishing boat with a light cruiser? The Ryukyu fishermen could only watch as the Japanese navy's warships approached them closer.

In front of a huge warship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, a fishing boat with only a few tens of tons is undoubtedly like an ant standing in front of an elephant.

"Click!"

The sharp bow of the light cruiser Suzuya slammed into the Ryukyu fishing boat, smashing the wooden fishing boat into pieces. The fishermen on the fishing boat, even if they jumped into the sea in advance to flee for their lives, could not escape at all. The Japanese sailors on the light cruiser Suzuya even began to shoot at the fishermen who had escaped with their rifles until they were completely killed.

The sinking of a Ryukyu fishing boat is nothing more than an appetizer. Two hours later, the light cruiser Suzuya spotted a Chinese merchant ship. They quickly pursued it with great vigour, and sank the merchant ship with secondary guns.

However, before the merchant ship was sunk, the news of the encounter with the Japanese warship had been sent by telegram.

It's not just the light cruiser Suzuya that is waging a major campaign to break diplomatic relations in the waters of eastern China. The other six warships of the Japanese Navy's Broken Fleet were also doing the same thing.

The Japanese Navy dispatched a fast fleet to attack the merchant ships and fishing boats of China's extremely vassal states, which attracted the attention of the Chinese Navy. The warships that carried out the escort mission immediately went to encircle and suppress these broken ships.

The northern part of the Yellow Sea was an important shipping route between the empire and the vassal kingdom of Korea, and countless merchant ships passed through this channel every day. The Japanese Navy's light cruiser Mogami boldly entered this area of water and began to attack these merchant ships.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The four twin 127-mm secondary guns of the Mogami light cruiser were firing, and less than two kilometers from the Mogami light cruiser, a merchant ship was already on fire and was rapidly sinking.

"Very well, this is the third Shina merchant ship we have sunk. If we can completely cut off this route for the Chinese people, the Chinese people will not want to go to the Korean Kingdom by sea. He, even if he wanted to launch a landing operation against the Japanese Empire, it would not be so easy. "The captain of the light cruiser Mogami, Oza Zaiji, smiled.

The Kingdom of Korea is the closest to Japan, and if China wants to launch a landing operation against Japan, starting from the Kingdom of Korea is undoubtedly a very good choice. The best way to transport both soldiers and war materials from China to the Korean Peninsula by sea.

At this time, a Chinese warship came rapidly from the west. That was a 'D-class' destroyer, numbered 'D-5'.

"Captain, light cruiser of little Japan. It is this **** light cruiser that is massacring our merchant ships. "The destroyer 'Ding Wu' was originally patrolling the nearby waters. After receiving a distress telegram from a merchant ship, they immediately rushed to the rescue. What they saw, however, was that Chinese merchant ships were sinking under the attack of the light cruisers of the Japanese Navy.

"****, it is the 'most superior' light cruiser of the Japanese. Our destroyer, if it rushes up, it won't be enough to kill people! An officer said.

The 'D-class' destroyer is the fourth class destroyer mass-produced by the Imperial Navy, with a displacement of more than 1,900 tons, and is equipped with the same armament as the previous class destroyers, but the speed has been increased to 36 knots. At the same time, anti-submarine weapons such as sonar and depth charges were added.

However, against the light cruisers of the Japanese Navy, the destroyers of the 'D-class' had no chance of winning. In particular, the other side is still the most powerful 'top' light cruiser among the light cruisers.

"Captain, what should we do?" An officer asked.

"Contact the command right away, we need reinforcements. With this small body of ours, how can we be the opponent of the 'superlative' light cruisers of the Japanese. In addition, let the command notify the merchant ships on the route and pay attention to evasion. The captain ordered.

"Yes." The messenger nodded, and immediately went to send a telegram.

And by this time, the light cruiser 'Mogami' had already set its sights on the destroyer 'Ding 5'.

Originally, the destroyer 'Ding Wu' could rely on its speed advantage to maneuver with the light cruiser Mogami. However, soon a merchant ship intruded into the waters, and the destroyer 'Ding 5' had to fight with the light cruiser Mogami in order to buy time for the merchant ship to escape.

The two twin 105-mm main guns and 88-mm secondary guns of the destroyer 'Ding 5' opened fire vigorously. However, in front of the light cruiser Mogami, even the secondary guns were of a larger caliber than the main guns of the destroyer Ding 5.

In just 20 minutes, the destroyer 'Ding 5' was hit and burst into flames.

At the last moment, the destroyer 'Ding 5' quickly rushed towards the light cruiser 'Mogami', intending to sink the light cruiser with a torpedo. However, in the end, it was not successful. Before it could reach the optimal launch distance, the destroyer 'Ding 5' sank because it was too badly damaged, and all the more than 100 sailors on board were killed. (To be continued.) )

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