The Weed torpedo boat with a maximum speed of 25 knots was built and launched by the British Armstrong Shipyard in 1891 to supply the Royal Navy torpedo boat with a crew of 30 people, a displacement of 198 tons, a coal-fired boiler with a single-axis propulsion, with a power of 3,597 horsepower. The main combat weapons on the boat are of course torpedoes, five 14-inch torpedo tubes, and of course, two 37mm cannons are also used as close-defense weapons.

The first batch of these torpedo boats to enter Hakodate Harbor this time were four such new torpedo boats, Weide, Weiyuan, and Waii, and a total of 120 warriors. Each of them received a reward of ten taels of silver in advance. Although it was very exciting to enter the port at night to make trouble, it was also a dangerous thing. Therefore, Liu Buchan, Lang Weili and Lin Tai personally met these warriors on behalf of the fleet's highest command center. Because when they were peeling their braids together, part of their bodies had been left in their hometown and on the mainland, so these warriors had long lost their concern. The blood in their bones was stimulated by alcohol, and they completely forgot what fear was.

"Liu Junmen, we can't keep this money on our body. We can trust you. We will all charge you. If I, Li Laosan, have my life back, I will take it back. If I can't come back, please remember to send someone to my mother. My name is Li Shugen, who is from Li Wangzhuang, Haizhou County, Yizhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. I also remember to kowtow three times for my mother." After speaking, the man with a naked upper body exposed with a body full of tendons and flesh said respectfully, turned to the west and kowtowed three times.

"My name is Song Xiaosheng...Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong..."

"My name is Ma Dapiao...Anhui Chizhou Prefecture..."...

Although it has obvious advantages and is sure to win, the enemy ships are in the port, and the large fleet is fighting on the group will waste their intelligence advantages. Moreover, during the night battle, the airship support advantages cannot be reflected. Therefore, Liu Buchan and Lang Weiley decided to use small torpedo boat troops to enter the port to make trouble at night, so that the enemy cannot rest with peace of mind. The enemy will be in no spirit when leaving the port tomorrow. If it is a hunch of Hakodate, it is better to do so. The southern Nagasaki Port will definitely fall tomorrow. At that time, it will be seen that the army land on Kyushu Island. Tonight, all the sailors who have sailed on the main ships will sleep peacefully and fight tomorrow! Of course, this is just a plan one. Once the torpedo boats have obvious results and have the advantage and take the initiative, the large army can complete the siege outside the port at any time. All that needs to be done at that time is to concentrate all firepower and open fire in the port!

The task of selecting the torpedo boat troops was handed over to Deng Shichang. He has always been in charge of the training of the torpedo boat troops. Night harassment can take advantage of the advantages of the torpedo boat's fast speed, agility and huge attack power, and can best kill the opponent. Even if it cannot, when the first attack is about to end, use the cover of the harassment of the previous torpedo boats, the second wave of eight torpedo boats can enter the port at full speed without limiting the speed.

In front of the captains of the two waves of twelve torpedo boats, there was a map of Hakodate Port drawn by airship scouts, as well as the location map of the various berths of the Japanese army. Hakodate is not a standard military port, and there are no daunting shore defense turrets. There are only two mortar cannon turrets built in the early years of Meiji. It is still a question whether there is anyone on duty at night.

Everyone clearly remembered the direction to remember. After drinking the farewell wine on the flagship Dingyuan, all the crew members of the first wave of four torpedo boats broke the wine bowl, bowed deeply to Liu Linlang, and returned to the boat. After a while, the four torpedo boats with Fuzi hung the sunrise flags of the Tianhai Kingdom and headed towards the Gulf Stream in the east.

What Ito Yukihiro saw in the dark was the light cruiser Chiyoda with a displacement of 2,439 tons hit by the Fude torpedo boat. Since it was the first attack target, Fude's first four-stage stands under the leadership of Fude to reduce the speed to avoid disturbing the Japanese fleet in the port. Chiyoda's berth is the most external, so of course it was chosen as the first attack target. After two torpedoes were fired one after another, one was missed and the other did not explode, Wu Huairen, a steward from Tianjin Naval Academy, personally launched the third one, and finally hit Chiyoda and exploded Chiyoda.

At the same time, the torpedo boat formation was also discovered by the enemy. The series of cannon sounds that Ito had just heard was one of the seven 47mm rapid-fire cannons on the flank of Chiyoda, and shed tears unyieldingly.

The 47mm shell did not hit the Ford. In the dark night, the four torpedo boats were supposed to be four ghosts, shuttled through Hakodate Port. This was a very rare summer night without starlight. Afterwards, the Japanese also mentioned this in particular when studying the failure of the war, as if all the natural conditions were against the Great Japanese Empire, one coincidence after another.

As the crew of each ship was awakened one after another, Hakodate Port entered the state of facing the enemy. The fire on Chiyoda became more and more surging. Finally, his light shattered the dark side of the night. The searchlights on Yamato and the Emperor and the Sanjing ships successively captured the figures of four torpedo boats of Via. Fierce artillery fire rang out. In the subsequent strangulation battle, only the Waii struggled to release a torpedo that hit the target. The port side of the Matsushima, which was blocking the Emperor, was hit. Fortunately, it did not induce a series of explosions, and only a big hole was blown up on the side.

Four torpedo boats have been captured by the firepower network. The Weide and the Weide are shot one after another, and their shuttle figures are slowly falling down and are about to be sunk. At this time, the Weide issued an order to retreat. At the same time, the new forces waiting outside the port broke into the harbor. The torpedoes released a wave of fire, sinking a coal transport ship and a freshwater supply ship.

Although the battle was good, our side did not suffer much damage. It was just two torpedo boats were injured, and only thirteen people were killed or injured. However, the enemy's defense was a big deal, and the searchlights of each ship had blocked the sea surface, so it would be meaningless to attack again. The enemy's rapid-fire guns were too advantageous to deal with small-tonnage torpedo boats.

"Fuck it, it's so fucking satisfying! Oh, lord, we still have one of them out! Will we go back now?" The man with murderous look on his face was Shandong man Li Dexiang. He spoke generously, but tears had already rolled in his eyes. In front of him was his younger brother Li Debao. Before he finished speaking, Li Dexiang choked up: "Are we going back now? Are we going back now?" The lower and lower the words, the man who was seven feet tall hugged his younger brother and started crying.

"Big Li..." Wu Huairen sighed and stroked Li Dexiang's shoulder and said, "The war is like this... tomorrow, tomorrow, and they will see Liu Junmen and others avenge Li Er... don't cry..."

"Sir, I know, I know..." Li Dexiang wiped his tears silently, looked at his brother's stubborn face, and couldn't help but shed tears.

In Seoul more than a thousand miles away, countless people were crying. Lord Yuan was about to set off, Lord Yuan was about to set off! It was Quan Hongji of the dog, Quan Hongji was about to drive away Lord Yuan!

The fellow villagers of Seoul were guarding outside the Qing army camp, watching the 8,500 Yuan troops' team carrying spears and luggage, and the car was filled with supplies. They silently bowed their heads and walked out of the gate, lined up on the streets at night waiting for Yuan Shikai's appearance.

"Famous people!" Yuan Shikai was full of indignation, followed by Tang Shaoyi and others with anger, strode out of the gate, stopped in the middle of the street and bowed to the four directions, "It's not that I, Yuan, can't take care of you all! The guard commander Quan has an order. As an outsider, Yuan must not refuse to obey!"

"What kind of outsiders? Lord Yuan is his own! Besides, North Korea has always been a vassal of China, so where does outsiders come from?!" A young voice roared outside the crowd, which caused a group of people to echo: "Yes! The court doesn't know what to think about! What's wrong with following the Qing Dynasty? I have been hooking up with outsiders to deal with Lord Yuan over the years, and it's no wonder Lord Yuan is disheartened!"

"Shh, whisper, I heard that the Japanese soldiers have arrived in Yuanshan! Lao Pu, be careful, wait for the Japanese to come, and chop your head first!" A voice reminded.

The old Pu looked like a Confucian scholar, and his head was particularly eye-catching under the dim firelight of the lantern in the hands of the soldiers along the street. Lao Pu twisted his head and looked at the reminder and said, "Are you afraid of death? I am afraid of death, Park Sannong will not come here either! Come here to sacrifice your life to send Lord Yuan! Seeing that the Japanese were about to come, the commander-in-chief also asked to transfer Lord Yuan to attack Dongxue Party! Isn't Dongxue Party still a Korean? No, we have to find a theory with the surname Quan!"

Seeing the surging emotions, Yuan Shikai looked extremely anxious and shot the sky with a bang and shocked everyone, "My elders, please listen to my Yuan Shikai's words! Lord Quan is your court and your heaven, so you can't be so unruly. The Southern Rebellion Party is uprising, Lord Quan asks Yuan to suppress it, which is also the right thing to do! As for the Japanese, you must believe Lord Quan, Yuan's army has been ordered to withdraw from Yuanshan and suppress the rebellion Party in one piece! This is Lord Quan's request, Yuan can only follow it! Moreover, it is an extraordinary period. Lord Quan has issued an order, and those who go to the streets at night will kill them. You have already arrived. Yuan is responsible for escorting home, but if you go running around again, Yuan..." As he said, Yuan Shikai raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, put down his arms and sobbed: "Yuan is really powerless..."

As he was talking, tears flowed out, and his body swayed and he was about to fall.

"Mr. Yuan!", the personal soldiers beside him hurriedly supported him. Yuan Shikai cursed in his ear: "Who the hell got this chili pepper? I'm so hot!"

"Go back. Go back. Don't make it difficult for Lord Yuan." Tang Shaoyi suppressed his laughter and greeted the common people: "Please wait for us. Once the southern rebellion is pacified, we will come back to fight against the Japanese with all the elders!"

"Okay, let's give Lord Yuan a face!" Everyone dispersed.

A sudden sound of horse hooves sounded in the street market, and a row of North Korean troops escorted a high-ranking official to speed up. Everyone avoided it, with a look of contempt on their faces.

Quan Hongji strangled his horse, ran to Yuan Shikai and bowed and smiled, "Mr. Yuan, Lord Yuan! Where are you going to go this late!"

Yuan Shikai's face was very smelly now, which was definitely different from the hipster smile in the past. He saw him with a stern face and said, "Why should Lord Quan ask me knowingly? Yesterday Lord Quan ordered me, Yuan, to go south to suppress the rebellion, but today Lord Quan forgot?" As he said that, he raised his right hand and showed a white warrant and said, "This is Lord Quan's black and white warrant. Yuan respects this order!"

"Mr. Yuan misunderstood, misunderstanding!" Quan Hongji smiled awkwardly and said, "Why is Quan's courage to order Mr. Yuan?"

"Oh, Lord Quan Hongji Quan, the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, all defenses in the Gyeonggi are adjusted by you. If you ask me Yuan to leave, how dare I not leave?" Yuan Shikai sneered and handed the warrant to Tang Shaoyi, nodding to the latter.

Tang Shaoyi took it, walked slowly to the street, lit the orders to the people around him, and those who knew the literacy explained to the surroundings that Quan Hongji ordered Yuan Shikai's troops to immediately set sail to the south and suppress the Dongxue Party members.

Quan Hongji was even more embarrassed and shook his head and said, "Quan Jue has no such intention, no such intention!" Seeing that Yuan Shikai still ignored him with a cold face, he thought about it and shook his head and said, "Duke Yuan, do you really want to leave?"

Yuan Shikai went to the gate and spread his hands to the camp and said, "Of course it's true." He lowered his voice and said, "Isn't it a good thing for the adults?" As he said, a gloomy smile finally appeared on his face.

Quan Hongji was stunned and said in a daze: "What do you... mean?"

"Forget it, Lord All, everyone knows what benefits the Japanese give you, everyone knows. You and I have acquaintances at least, and Yuan is not able to block your way, so he has to give way to you..."

"Do you know everything?" Quan Hongji softened his body and whispered: "Why should Mr. Yuan leave?"

"Everyone said that they are friends..." Yuan Shikai smiled mysteriously and said twice: "Since they are friends, I know you will come tonight. Yuan also prepared a gift to give to you. Mr. Inoue is now in my camp. Now you can save him." With a loud noise, he left Quan Hongji who was stunned on the spot and called the soldiers to go away.

Of course Quan Hongji is coming tonight. After discovering that Inoue Xin is missing, Quan Hongji is suddenly in a mess. Should he leave Inoue Xin and walk all the way to the dark, or quickly join Yuan Shikai's camp? He couldn't make up his mind at once. He hated Inoue Xin's disappearance so coincidental. He just followed the agreement with Inoue, and finally smiled and said good things before he told Yuan Shikai to transfer the army from the front to the south to suppress the Dongxue Party. The Japanese who could not control his second half disappeared disappeared.

After that, he had to consider taking his position slightly towards Yuan Shikai. Without Inoue Xin, the Japanese came, and the ghost knew who Quan Hongji was. Don't help the Japanese and finally kicked away by the Japanese. That would be no good. Now that Inoue Xin has lost it, although Yuan Shikai looks terrible, it doesn't matter. It's better to jump on a boat than to step on two boats. Thinking of this, Quan Hongji stomped his feet and touched the Qing army camp.

How could his poor little head play with Yuan Shikai? The Yuan army was 8,500 people swaggering all the way to the south without mentioning it. Tang Shaoyi and others admire Yuan Shikai a little more. As for when they go to the south, they acted with the Dongxue Party and had a relationship, they would not mention it later.

As time progressed, May 19, 1894, inevitably arrived. With the cooperation of Jeon Hongji on the Korean Peninsula, the Big Bird Mixed Force advanced without resistance to Seoul, and Yuan Shikai's town was walking southward. Then in Hakodate Port, the Japanese standing fleet faced a choice, a choice to go left and go or not. Although the result could not be changed at all, in the eyes of the selector, the choice made was 100% correct at the time.

The emergency meeting of the Supreme Command of the Fleet was held on the Yamato. The captains of each ship and the Supreme Command of the Fleet counted the losses suffered last night. The cruiser reimbursed one. The Matsushima was repaired urgently, but it was not silent, but it was definitely not suitable for ocean navigation. Therefore, after the Captain of the Matsushima, the meaningless Omoto knew that the meaningless resistance was meaningless, he and the captain of the Chiyoda, who had lost the ship, were ordered to lead the Matsushima to stay in Hakodate to cover the Hokkaido offensive and actively repair the Matsushima.

Although these two lucky unlucky guys were very angry at the time that they could not participate in the main decisive battle, to be honest, Amaterasu had enough care for them. Compared with other colleagues who were about to be buried in the fish belly in a few hours, their luck was incomparable.

Go left? Go right?

On the left is a safe Pacific waterway, and you can reach Tokyo after less than a day of navigation. After the war, some Japanese lamented that if the Fleet Command decided to take this route and participate in the Tokyo defense battle with the strength of the standing fleet, and cooperate with the damage caused to the Qing fleet before the Osumi Strait, the outcome would be hard to say.

But Shiki Kawayama and Yuki Ito decided to go right. The reason was very simple. The Qing army who came to sneak attack last night was indeed the Qing army. Although they hung the flag of Tianhai Kingdom, it was obvious that the Qing army supported the small troops of Tianhai Kingdom when the war was about to break out. The Qing army's large fleet could not have known that the standing fleet would be at Hakodate Port that night. Their main force should land on the front line of Yuanshan, or directly attack Nagasaki Port, or they would go to Vladivostok. There was no reason to choose to go to a place like Hakodate where birds do not shit.

Therefore, the fleet has only two choices: one is to attack Yuanshan, and the other is to return to Nagasaki Port for renovation and then find an opportunity to fight. After fierce debate, the plan to attack Yuanshan received widespread support because if the master Amaterasu takes care of him, he might be able to ambush the Qing fleet outside the sea of ​​Yuanshan. After all, the Qing fleet may be in Vladivostok. On Juwen Island, there are already road troops landing in Yuanshan, and it is unlikely that the Qing fleet will bend the port there.

In fact, from the perspective of the Qing army, their two choices are equal to one choice.

For the Jinqing Strait, Liu Buchan's Dingyuan ship lies across the western ocean. In front of Dingyuan is Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, and comes to the far away; behind is Jingyuan, Pingyuan, Chaoy, and powerful. An arc-shaped fleet, all the cannons aimed at the Jinqing Waterway and waited patiently.

Behind them are supply ships, the Sea of ​​Japan, North Korea, and the motherland. Of course, the Sino-British Joint Fleet, which came day and night, also came to the edge of this pocket, carefully observing the upcoming second and largest steam ironclad duel in world history. The two sides of the showdown were two major powers trying to dominate East Asia.

The airship was launched and the Japanese could see the Japanese. Of course, the Japanese could see the airship. Although it was a small black spot, the Japanese fleet, which was scared by the airship, quickly reported the situation to the headquarters.

"The Chinese fleet was not discovered." Yuki Ito put down his telescope, turned to Shiki Kawayama and muttered, "Can you read it wrong? The Chinese people's flying boat cannot fly so far. Could it be that it flew from Vladivostok?"

Shiki Karayama carefully searched the sea level, but still couldn't find any shadow of the fleet. He decided to say: "Change the original plan, my Yamato suddenly came forward, and then, the two ships of the Sanjing ship followed closely, target: Yuanshan, set off!"

Amid the singing of Junzhidai, the most powerful fleet in the history of the Great Japanese Empire embarked on a voyage to the West.

"Enemy ships leave, leave! Yamato, Emperor, Itsukijima, Hashima, Takachiho..." Liu Guangping, the operator on the airship, put down the Qianli Mile Mile and sent a message back to the fleet.

"Prepare for battle!" Dong Haitong heard Liu Buchan's low roar coming from the copper tube. He then stuck to the four 305mm main cannons lined up on the left and right sides of the ship's head, aimed at the east direction and silently recited the blessing of the Bodhisattva. He ran down the stairs and made a move in front of the 150th cannons at the head of the ship, made a gesture to the bridge above, patted his chest, and nodded desperately.

There is still no shadow of the Japanese fleet in the field of vision. Time passes by minute by minute.

A ball of black smoke gradually emerged on the sea level in the east. As the black smoke became thicker, a huge body appeared on the sea level. It was Yamato!

"Fire!" Liu Buchan issued an order. Dong Haitong waved the red flag, and the gunner fired the shells with a bang. The whistling shells hit the Yamato from afar. The fleet was watching the first gun. At the same time, the Japanese standing fleet also discovered the main fleet of the Qing army, but it was too far away, about three nautical miles away. At this time, the firing was purely nonsense. Shiki Karayama smiled disdainfully.

Sure enough, the shells of the main gun of the Dingyuan ship fell far into the water, and from the perspective of ballistics, they were far behind.

"The distance is 130% different, and the angle is about five degrees away!" Liu Guangping sent back observation data to the Dingyuan ship, and Liu Buchan conveyed it to Dong Haitong through a copper tube.

This is the discovery of the British old man Lang Weiley. During long-range combat, the shooting elements can be fully calibrated through aerial cannon aiming and commanding, thereby achieving the maximum killing effect.

"Okay! Liu Junmen, look at it again!" Dong Hai gritted his teeth and directed everyone to pull the water pressure cannon at a certain angle, then shook the gun a little, loaded it, and fired it!

The shells roared, no! On the bridge of the Yamato, Shiki Karayama opened his mouth wide. How could it be!

It was already incredible that the Qing army fleet was here, and something even more incredible happened. The damn Chinese people could fight so accurately at such a long distance!

The shells hit the fore deck, and the open-air bore cannon was twisted into a ball of scrap iron. Five gunners flew into the sky and met the beloved master Amaterasu in advance.

With this amazing and accurate shot, the naval battle officially began. At that time, it was the Jiawu period and the new Jiawu period.

"Minister!Minister!" The air waves shook Huashan Ziki far away, fell on the deck, and some donation blood came out of his mouth.

"It's okay..." Shiki Karayama struggled to push the orderly soldiers away, and shouted: "Notify Commander Ito, the main force... the main force is commanded by him!"

The main force finally came, but unexpectedly, in this way, Shiki Kawashan was full of regret and fainted for a moment.

The artillery fire of the Dingyuan ship is far from over. It takes a while for the enemy fleet to unfold its formation, and even if it unfolds the formation, it will take a while to reach an effective combat area of ​​about three kilometers. This period of time is purely a massacre.

The giant cannons of Dingzhen two ships naturally opened fire first, and eight 305mm cannons ruthlessly poured out the artillery fire. At long-range fire, due to the aerial cannon aiming calibration, although the firing speed was slower, the hit rate of nearly 30% was enough to make up for the loss in the rate of fire.

Within about fifteen minutes, the enemy fleet was completely in a passive situation.

"The whole fleet obeys the order!" Liu Buchan issued a combat order: "Whoever emerges will attack whoever is fucking! Fight the main gun first, the main gun will be broken, and fire freely!"

"The entire fleet disperses, covers the minister!" Yuki Ito also issued a stupid order. The six main battleships of the entire fleet spread out into formations, forming a formation facing the Qing fleet, "Run!"

The Japanese ships were generally fast in speed, and soon they used an arrow formation to cover the injured Yamato at the end of the arrow.

The remaining Imai and Hashitara, the three-scene ships, are the remaining three-scene ships. In terms of conscience, such a formation is suitable for the characteristics of the three-scene ships. As a special design where the main gun cannot rotate, this formation facing the enemy ships is suitable for the power of the 320mm main gun in the idiot design of the three-scene ships.

Boom! The angry Itsuki and Hashiri opened fire. The shells vented their anger to the sea.
Chapter completed!